I think it's when foreigners arrive they end up in trouble thinking it's just like continental Europe or the U.S.
"Just rent a car, fill up the tank, and load up on booze and cigs and I'm fine."
Works fine when there's a reasonable population density along the route. But when the map is wrong (and that's basically the case here), you're not just SOL. You're likely dead.
Tell you the truth, I misread the headline to say "£52K", and thought 'Hey, that's not too bad. What a whiner!'
£52 pounds, though... I could probably make more than that just scanning in some recipes or a fart app. Or at least I could on Google's or Apple's stores.
Best of luck to them. Maybe in a few years it will have traction. This is Windows v8 but essentially v1 of a new product line from Microsoft and should be treated as such.
Will I buy one? No. Will I recommend one to my non-tech friends? Hell, no. I want to keep them as friends and not people I have to do IT support for.
As many others have said, there are a lot of other tablets out there with traction. What benefit is there to using Surface? Vendor lock-in should not be considered a reason. We are entering the Post-PC world, where everything should interact, regardless of the manufacturer.
And you are probably not representative of the market for tablet computers.
The GP post had it correct. If the XBox division had created this and tied it closely with gaming and entertainment, I think you could get a hell of a lot more sales. Thnk hybrid Tablet/XBox games, multi-tablet games, and as a controller for more complex games (as well as the stand-alone Angry Birds type games, of course).
Corporate will buy a tablet when they want one. Pretty much regardless of cost.
Home users want (and now expect) something more (or less!) than Exchange/SharePoint compatibility.
And that's just fine. Touch screen computers do have demand. We've got a ton of them at my hospital, all running Windows XP (and IT has no intention of upgrading or changing the OS).
Surface is late to the game and doesn't bring much to the group of people that want tablets. (*shrug*).
[...]if he was truly innocent, he has international press coverage, so they can't just put a black bag over his head, I guess they could plant evidence and fabricate details, but still if he was "innocent" the coverage should provide him the lifeline he needs to acquit himself over there.
Or, of course, they could just disappear him for good. The public would just think he went "deep underground", and just forget about him.
I run Win2K in a VM to run those rare MSWindows-only applications. They may dial up to get updates, but they're effectively behind a couple NATs so I'm not expecting them to get infected.
or glomming onto some centralised updater (take the App store as an example).
Which usually requires an annual fee plus a cut of the sales.
True, at the moment there isn't a good, free and widely used mechanism for this. Not on Windows or Apple platforms anyway. That doesn't mean current practices are acceptable.
What needs to happen is someone creates an open source repository engine for MSWindows +/- OS X similar to Synaptic. Something that has default repositories for the usual open source applications people may be interested in, but also extensible for people to add their own apps (ie: Flash).
Now hear's the tricky part: You have to make it resilient to the typical malware associated with Windows installations (particularly malware directed at this application to corrupt the list of repositories). I don't know if this is possible.
Just bite the bullet and get a Harmony One or (if you need to control devices outside line-of-site) the Harmony 900.
I have two (for different media centers) and bought my dad one as well. Haven't had to reprogram any of them since the initial installation more than a year ago.
You don't appreciate physical buttons on your remote until you lose them all.
Oh, come on. That's not their only option. I count a few other options: 1 - No access to any computational device, ever. 2 - The parents could have become IT specialists. 3 - The parents could have paid a firm to monitor their child 24/7.
There is nothing special about the US dollar that the companies you mentioned couldn't do with bitcoin.
Now, I could agree with you if you wanted to talk about the dangers of a global economy tied to the monetary policy of a single country. We're starting to see the effect of a bit-player country (Greece) having on the Euro and the European Union.
Why would you go to anything entirely controlled by an outside entity which could decide to change interfaces or deprecate your entire workflow for no particular reason?
You obviously have access to a server, and you have a lot of legacy files. Look into a document management system that has a search function built in, and call it a day. For bonus points, create a folder structure which you find relevant and suggest everyone abide by it.
250K of gross income yearly is more than most people in the U.S. make. Unless there is rampant inflation, that's still likely to be true 20 years from now.
So, yeah, he can coast for the rest of his life. Good for him.
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I think it's when foreigners arrive they end up in trouble thinking it's just like continental Europe or the U.S.
"Just rent a car, fill up the tank, and load up on booze and cigs and I'm fine."
Works fine when there's a reasonable population density along the route. But when the map is wrong (and that's basically the case here), you're not just SOL. You're likely dead.
Most people trust maps. That's the problem here.
What about the ability to handle spam?
Spam was a problem for usenet in the early 90s (when I left). Can't imagine what it's like now.
Tell you the truth, I misread the headline to say "£52K", and thought 'Hey, that's not too bad. What a whiner!'
£52 pounds, though... I could probably make more than that just scanning in some recipes or a fart app. Or at least I could on Google's or Apple's stores.
Best of luck to them.
Maybe in a few years it will have traction. This is Windows v8 but essentially v1 of a new product line from Microsoft and should be treated as such.
Will I buy one? No.
Will I recommend one to my non-tech friends? Hell, no. I want to keep them as friends and not people I have to do IT support for.
As many others have said, there are a lot of other tablets out there with traction. What benefit is there to using Surface? Vendor lock-in should not be considered a reason. We are entering the Post-PC world, where everything should interact, regardless of the manufacturer.
And you are probably not representative of the market for tablet computers.
The GP post had it correct. If the XBox division had created this and tied it closely with gaming and entertainment, I think you could get a hell of a lot more sales. Thnk hybrid Tablet/XBox games, multi-tablet games, and as a controller for more complex games (as well as the stand-alone Angry Birds type games, of course).
Corporate will buy a tablet when they want one. Pretty much regardless of cost.
Home users want (and now expect) something more (or less!) than Exchange/SharePoint compatibility.
And that's just fine. Touch screen computers do have demand. We've got a ton of them at my hospital, all running Windows XP (and IT has no intention of upgrading or changing the OS).
Surface is late to the game and doesn't bring much to the group of people that want tablets. (*shrug*).
Why can't we all just get along?
When is Microsoft going to learn to make a truly consumer-oriented device other than the XBox?
FYI, they make (or at least made) a fantastic mouse.
Reminds me of a saying:
The Moon is just like the Earth, only deader.
[...]if he was truly innocent, he has international press coverage, so they can't just put a black bag over his head, I guess they could plant evidence and fabricate details, but still if he was "innocent" the coverage should provide him the lifeline he needs to acquit himself over there.
Or, of course, they could just disappear him for good. The public would just think he went "deep underground", and just forget about him.
Off the net is perfectly fine for some of us.
I run Win2K in a VM to run those rare MSWindows-only applications. They may dial up to get updates, but they're effectively behind a couple NATs so I'm not expecting them to get infected.
And if they do get infected, just reimage it.
Damn good software, apparently. ;-)
200 generations, at 30 years per generation is 6000 years.
Or is the age between generations less than that?
or glomming onto some centralised updater (take the App store as an example).
Which usually requires an annual fee plus a cut of the sales.
True, at the moment there isn't a good, free and widely used mechanism for this. Not on Windows or Apple platforms anyway. That doesn't mean current practices are acceptable.
What needs to happen is someone creates an open source repository engine for MSWindows +/- OS X similar to Synaptic. Something that has default repositories for the usual open source applications people may be interested in, but also extensible for people to add their own apps (ie: Flash).
Now hear's the tricky part: You have to make it resilient to the typical malware associated with Windows installations (particularly malware directed at this application to corrupt the list of repositories). I don't know if this is possible.
Bah! A true Scotsman would never use Bitcoins.
Not for most people.
Call me when I can pay for my Amazon.com cart (or other physical items from a well known store) in bitcoins.
My watch was doomed once I bought my first cell phone.
Yes.
Average Joe needs a wired port because he screwed up the setup of his wireless network and doesn't have the time/money/patience to get it fixed.
Just bite the bullet and get a Harmony One or (if you need to control devices outside line-of-site) the Harmony 900.
I have two (for different media centers) and bought my dad one as well. Haven't had to reprogram any of them since the initial installation more than a year ago.
You don't appreciate physical buttons on your remote until you lose them all.
Oh, come on. That's not their only option. I count a few other options:
1 - No access to any computational device, ever.
2 - The parents could have become IT specialists.
3 - The parents could have paid a firm to monitor their child 24/7.
There is nothing special about the US dollar that the companies you mentioned couldn't do with bitcoin.
Now, I could agree with you if you wanted to talk about the dangers of a global economy tied to the monetary policy of a single country. We're starting to see the effect of a bit-player country (Greece) having on the Euro and the European Union.
I was under the impression that focus follows mouse works fine in OS X out of the box.
My thought is that if they don't raise the price at the pump now, they can't afford the next shipment of gas.
As for bringing the price down, they have to hedge their bets on how much that next shipment is going to cost them.
I wonder if they have any insurance on this sort of thing, or some buffer in case they make a mistake in their estimates?
Are you crazy?
Why would you go to anything entirely controlled by an outside entity which could decide to change interfaces or deprecate your entire workflow for no particular reason?
You obviously have access to a server, and you have a lot of legacy files. Look into a document management system that has a search function built in, and call it a day. For bonus points, create a folder structure which you find relevant and suggest everyone abide by it.
Who would put a compiler as part of their software (either FOSS or otherwise)? Unless, of course, your software is another compiler...
250K of gross income yearly is more than most people in the U.S. make. Unless there is rampant inflation, that's still likely to be true 20 years from now.
So, yeah, he can coast for the rest of his life. Good for him.