I'm not in the USA, yet I have to sit through FBI warnings on every DVD or Blu-ray I purchase. Yes, they're impressive official seals and look very threatening, but the FBI has absolutely no jurisdiction in this country. Why on earth don't they edit the bloody things out?!
It was apparently raining or overcast, seems likely that the pilots flew into the mountain while attempting a sightseeing flyby. That's a completely different story than if there was a mechanical malfunction. Of course, they'll lose sales either way.
The national party will simply claim that the robocalls were the work of a rogue campaign employee in a single riding who misused the organization's confidential database. One guy is going to get hung out to dry and they'll let time cloud the collective memory.
Dora has to be some of the most brain dead programming on earth. A vapid little child wanders around with a talking piece of luggage, interacting with bizarre (and oddly friendly) creatures from a bad college drug trip. There's some weird racial stuff in there, too -- Spanish-speaking people only live in Technicolor jungles with monkeys. What on earth does that tripe teach children that will help them in later life (apart from an aesthetic understanding of the jump cut?)
I design musical synthesizers using Atmega MCUs. They work really well as controllers in price-sensitive consumer applications, but booting linux on one is about as sensible as fixing your car with a spoon.
I bought a used iPad 2 for $300 earlier this week after placing an online "wanted" ad. I received dozens of responses - some with realistic expectations, some wanting basically new prices. Mine was a pretty specific purchase -- the rear camera didn't work, so I was able to exchange it at the Apple Store. The process took all of 10 minutes and the unit I received is indistinguishable from new. From a market standpoint, I suspect 2012 will be the iPad's biggest year. However, the fact that it's so easy to find a used iPad at a substantial discount suggests market saturation.
You're comparing apples to uranium. Merging two enormous and well established companies -- Chrysler and Fiat, perhaps -- is a monumental M&A challenge in the traditional sense. Absorbing a 20-person startup into Google is completely different. It's all about taking an existing business idea, extending it, adapting it to Google's architecture and scaling it.
Don't be a pedant. Arithmetic is a branch of mathematics. Therefore, the statement "I can't do maths" is akin to stating, "I can't read" when you don't know the letters of the alphabet.
The Romans and Napoleon understood that Stalin would one day fear famine?;) I think that all leaders fear famine, because [your city here] wouldn't be a very nice place with marauding bands of starving hoodlums on the hunt for food.
First off, try Evernote (cloud note service) and Poynt (location based search). Taptu is probably the best blog/news aggregator for PlayBook. It's actually an Android app that runs within the new Android Player. Magellan Compass is a nice GPS navigation tool that uses Google Maps and integrates Yelp and Flickr. Box is a nice cloud storage solution for sharing files between the PB and other devices and your desktop. I think they offer something like 15GB free storage. GeeReader bring Google Reader to the platform. The free version has a banner ad on the bottom of the reading pane, but it's easy enough to ignore.
As far as free games go, PewPew is a quite attractive vector graphic shoot-em-up that's a great stress relief at the end of the day. Celestial Slingshot is another free game that's quite addictive if you don't mind accidentally launching dozens of ships into the sun.
Release of the Zinio reader is imminient, and I'm sure we'll see a flock of Android apps in the AppWorld in coming months. Ignore the wisecracks from the iPadistas - the Playbook is good value for $200.
Look, there has to be a compelling reason for space exploration. In the 1960s, the reason was to beat the Soviets to the moon to avoid falling behind in the space race. Fast-forward 50 years, and there's no space race, nor have we made any amazing discoveries on the moon or Mars that would encourage a government to spend trillions of $€ to get there. You can rest assured that things would be different if we found something of great value that could be mined on the moon, or some alien life. But as it is, we're just blundering around aimlessly in LEO with vague plans to revisit the moon, visit mars or perhaps drill a hole in an asteroid. If it doesn't inspire the public, it most likely won't inspire the cranky old lawmakers who are key to the funding.
And Psalms 90:10 cheerfully pegs the number at 70: "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." Doesn't seem like a very reliable scientific text to me.;)
Like it or not Tablets running Android were out before the iPad.
Samsung released a little 7" tablet running Android 2.2 about five months after the iPad. The first commercial hardware running a Tablet version of Android was the Motorola Xoom, released 10 months after the iPad. Prior to that, there were a few utterly forgettable Android tablets from Archos, Dell and MSI. Apple's brand recognition, marketing clout, industrial design and the App Store helped to build a market segment that no one else had been able to crack. I'm not an Apple fanboi, but the products released by Steve and his minions forced other companies to play catch-up. Without the iPad, my non-Apple tablet and non-Apple smartphone would not exist in the form they do now.
Like it or not, Apple basically defined the tablet market, and their hardware + iOS ecosystem is incredibly profitable. Like it or not, Samsung is perceived as a major clone maker -- the 21st century equivalent of Compaq in the late 1980s.
I paid $70 for an unsubsidized low-end LG android phone at Christmas. It's not a bad phone, and I suspect Apple's jaw-dropping profit margin is going to get hit as Samsung, LG and Moto push out some extremely capable phones in the sub-$300 range. That said, Apple has two things going for them -- (1) a closed iOS ecosystem that encourages people to remain on their platform, and (2) Profitable multi-year contract arrangements with the telcos that allow them to market "$149" handsets with the true cost hidden in multi-thousand dollar contracts.
My 9 year old gave a powerpoint presentation in class the other day. While it's kinda cool that kids are learning to drive office suites it strikes me as a distraction. Instead of figuring out the content and structuring their presentation, the kids focused on slide transitions and effects. Instead of writing essays by hand, they type. They're rewarded for good classwork by getting to play moronic "educational" games.It's a bit worrying because they learn to be good little mouse-drivers and content consumers. The idea that a computer can be an engineering and problem solving tool is missing completely at school. It's only at home that I see that spark - he mucks with Lego mindstorms and thinks it's completely normal to dismantle handhelds to replace broken screens and such.
Datawind has already announced an upgraded version that sells for 2,999 INR (about USD $56). The extra 500 Rupees gets you a Cortex A8 running at 700 MHz, Android 2.3, a 3200 mAh battery (instead of 2100) and WiFi + GPRS. One thing to remember is that it doesn't matter if the specs are rudimentary -- if there are millions of these in the marketplace, they will become a de-facto standard and developers will create functional apps for them.
Also don't forget that the upgraded Aakash tablet costs about the same as the average monthly salary in India. It's a big purchase.
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I'm not in the USA, yet I have to sit through FBI warnings on every DVD or Blu-ray I purchase. Yes, they're impressive official seals and look very threatening, but the FBI has absolutely no jurisdiction in this country. Why on earth don't they edit the bloody things out?!
It was apparently raining or overcast, seems likely that the pilots flew into the mountain while attempting a sightseeing flyby. That's a completely different story than if there was a mechanical malfunction. Of course, they'll lose sales either way.
The national party will simply claim that the robocalls were the work of a rogue campaign employee in a single riding who misused the organization's confidential database. One guy is going to get hung out to dry and they'll let time cloud the collective memory.
Dora has to be some of the most brain dead programming on earth. A vapid little child wanders around with a talking piece of luggage, interacting with bizarre (and oddly friendly) creatures from a bad college drug trip. There's some weird racial stuff in there, too -- Spanish-speaking people only live in Technicolor jungles with monkeys. What on earth does that tripe teach children that will help them in later life (apart from an aesthetic understanding of the jump cut?)
I design musical synthesizers using Atmega MCUs. They work really well as controllers in price-sensitive consumer applications, but booting linux on one is about as sensible as fixing your car with a spoon.
I bought a used iPad 2 for $300 earlier this week after placing an online "wanted" ad. I received dozens of responses - some with realistic expectations, some wanting basically new prices. Mine was a pretty specific purchase -- the rear camera didn't work, so I was able to exchange it at the Apple Store. The process took all of 10 minutes and the unit I received is indistinguishable from new. From a market standpoint, I suspect 2012 will be the iPad's biggest year. However, the fact that it's so easy to find a used iPad at a substantial discount suggests market saturation.
Easy. We'd stop exporting oil across the border and force you to walk.
You're comparing apples to uranium. Merging two enormous and well established companies -- Chrysler and Fiat, perhaps -- is a monumental M&A challenge in the traditional sense. Absorbing a 20-person startup into Google is completely different. It's all about taking an existing business idea, extending it, adapting it to Google's architecture and scaling it.
Don't be a pedant. Arithmetic is a branch of mathematics. Therefore, the statement "I can't do maths" is akin to stating, "I can't read" when you don't know the letters of the alphabet.
The Romans and Napoleon understood that Stalin would one day fear famine? ;) I think that all leaders fear famine, because [your city here] wouldn't be a very nice place with marauding bands of starving hoodlums on the hunt for food.
The Nigerians didn't get scammed. She merely diverted the funds stolen from the unfortunate Australian car buyers for her own use.
10 cheering Playbook owners beats 1 million iPad-wielding toddlers anytime. ;)
As far as free games go, PewPew is a quite attractive vector graphic shoot-em-up that's a great stress relief at the end of the day. Celestial Slingshot is another free game that's quite addictive if you don't mind accidentally launching dozens of ships into the sun.
Release of the Zinio reader is imminient, and I'm sure we'll see a flock of Android apps in the AppWorld in coming months. Ignore the wisecracks from the iPadistas - the Playbook is good value for $200.
Look, there has to be a compelling reason for space exploration. In the 1960s, the reason was to beat the Soviets to the moon to avoid falling behind in the space race. Fast-forward 50 years, and there's no space race, nor have we made any amazing discoveries on the moon or Mars that would encourage a government to spend trillions of $€ to get there. You can rest assured that things would be different if we found something of great value that could be mined on the moon, or some alien life. But as it is, we're just blundering around aimlessly in LEO with vague plans to revisit the moon, visit mars or perhaps drill a hole in an asteroid. If it doesn't inspire the public, it most likely won't inspire the cranky old lawmakers who are key to the funding.
And Psalms 90:10 cheerfully pegs the number at 70: "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." Doesn't seem like a very reliable scientific text to me. ;)
Let's ban 60 Hz AC power, too. I hear it can be lethal.
Like it or not Tablets running Android were out before the iPad.
Samsung released a little 7" tablet running Android 2.2 about five months after the iPad. The first commercial hardware running a Tablet version of Android was the Motorola Xoom, released 10 months after the iPad. Prior to that, there were a few utterly forgettable Android tablets from Archos, Dell and MSI. Apple's brand recognition, marketing clout, industrial design and the App Store helped to build a market segment that no one else had been able to crack. I'm not an Apple fanboi, but the products released by Steve and his minions forced other companies to play catch-up. Without the iPad, my non-Apple tablet and non-Apple smartphone would not exist in the form they do now.
Like it or not, Apple basically defined the tablet market, and their hardware + iOS ecosystem is incredibly profitable. Like it or not, Samsung is perceived as a major clone maker -- the 21st century equivalent of Compaq in the late 1980s.
Umm... everyone else did go metric. Your leaders must be waiting for a sign from The Lord before jumping on the bandwagon. [ducks]
I paid $70 for an unsubsidized low-end LG android phone at Christmas. It's not a bad phone, and I suspect Apple's jaw-dropping profit margin is going to get hit as Samsung, LG and Moto push out some extremely capable phones in the sub-$300 range. That said, Apple has two things going for them -- (1) a closed iOS ecosystem that encourages people to remain on their platform, and (2) Profitable multi-year contract arrangements with the telcos that allow them to market "$149" handsets with the true cost hidden in multi-thousand dollar contracts.
Who should I vote for if I want the TSA abolished? Seems to me that neither the Democrats or Republicans are interested in dismantling it.
My 9 year old gave a powerpoint presentation in class the other day. While it's kinda cool that kids are learning to drive office suites it strikes me as a distraction. Instead of figuring out the content and structuring their presentation, the kids focused on slide transitions and effects. Instead of writing essays by hand, they type. They're rewarded for good classwork by getting to play moronic "educational" games.It's a bit worrying because they learn to be good little mouse-drivers and content consumers. The idea that a computer can be an engineering and problem solving tool is missing completely at school. It's only at home that I see that spark - he mucks with Lego mindstorms and thinks it's completely normal to dismantle handhelds to replace broken screens and such.
Datawind has already announced an upgraded version that sells for 2,999 INR (about USD $56). The extra 500 Rupees gets you a Cortex A8 running at 700 MHz, Android 2.3, a 3200 mAh battery (instead of 2100) and WiFi + GPRS. One thing to remember is that it doesn't matter if the specs are rudimentary -- if there are millions of these in the marketplace, they will become a de-facto standard and developers will create functional apps for them.
Also don't forget that the upgraded Aakash tablet costs about the same as the average monthly salary in India. It's a big purchase.
Umm. I don't need games or 1080p video to do my job, luckily. ;)
Learn to interpolate. Sometimes words get unintentionally dropped.