The correct computer has almost always been determined by what software you want coupled with an appropriate form factor. I can't really think of any reason I would want a Windows or Linux tablet. For those, I think I would almost always choose a more traditional machine. The only tablet that appeals to me is the iPad because I enjoy using it, there available software fits perfectly with what I want to do with it, it's very simple, and the hardware is nice. I totally understand that you want a tablet form factor and a Windows or Linux environment. I believe though that there are an order of magnitude more people like me than you.
There's no absolute right or wrong in this. Just different markets.
There is one big advantage in the iOS world - innovation. There is more activity and energy around iPhones and iPads these days than just about any other computer. Everybody has known forever that retina displays would come to the iPad (and probably Mac laptops). Where are the retina displays on Windows computers? I bought a laptop last year and the best I could find was a 1920x1080 15" Thinkpad and frankly, other than the mediocre display, it's not a very good computer (it's running Windows 7).
Says you. Fortunately there's no English language authority, only groups who document usage and meaning (ie dictionary folks).
The language evolves, sometimes quite rapidly. A great example of radical change over a relatively long time span is the word "nice". An example of change in a short time span is "gay".
In the end, the correct usage depends on the context, which includes the forum and audience. The TV journalist is probably ok with their usage of "begs the question" because they will be understood by their audience. A student in a philosophy class wouldn't get away with it.
Not sure why you've been marked as troll, but there are services that will do this for you. Send them a box of paperwork and a couple of weeks later you get access to everything as searchable pdf files.
I wish I had mod points today. The links you posted are excellent.
Paul Krugman has been writing some very good stuff about the debt lately. A country's debt is nothing like a household's debt. See here for one example of his writing.
I still don't see where the anti-trust issues come from. A monopoly isn't illegal until you use it for leverage in another area. How is Google's monopoly in internet advertising (which I'm not sure exists) being used for leverage?
It depends on what it is that you are saying Google has a monopoly in. Their search market share is about 65%. I would say it isn't a monopoly because there are basically no barriers to entry for a new competitor. If it went to court, it would be easy for Google to show how things like Facebook and Apple's Siri are disrupting their business.
If you define their business as advertising, then it might be a different story. I have no idea what their market share is in online advertising.
How is Google using search to promote their other properties any different from FOX airing ads for upcoming shows during a football game? If they didn't have any real competition, I could understand it, but the search market has lots of competitors.
They wiped the visible parts of the CE slate clean, but it's still the CE kernel. They needed to keep the CE guts to get the phone to market when they did. If they had started fresh, they wouldn't have made the same design compromises with the CE kernel that they did years ago. IMHO, Apple made some very smart decisions with iOS, especially in power management features. It's amazing just how much of the iPod/iPad/iPhone gets shut down when idle or doing something like watching video. I think Apple's heritage as a hardware + software company gives them a big advantage over a mostly software company like Microsoft or Google.
As far as Nokia and RIM are concerned, I really don't understand how they have managed (and continue to mange) to do almost everything wrong.
Every other manufacturer's tablet isn't fun to use, has poor application support, and poor battery life. The iPad works well for lots of normal people and is affordable (but not cheap).
Start hitting them with damages when they file these erroneous claims and watch how fast that shit stops
The flipside to that coin would be for people who upload content for which they don't own the right to get penalized without notice. I think the claim / challenge method is better.
The United States is the world's largest manufacturer, with a 2009 industrial output of US$2.33 trillion. Its manufacturing output is greater than of Germany, France, India, and Brazil combined, despite manufacturing being a small portion of the entire US economy as compared to other countries.
I'm not sure what the trend is, but I'd guess that the manufacturing sectors of China and some other countries are growing faster than ours. A lot of it depends on what you are measuring. By dollar output, the US is doing well because we make lots of expensive things that are in high demand.
20% of global output might not seem that impressive to you, but the US has only around 4% of the world's population. I think that makes us relatively productive.
I understand that they use off-the-shelf consoles to run the software, but I thought that they did all of their development on actual developer consoles (the things that look like a dual-deck VCR).
This is a common misconception. According to wikipedia, the US is the world's largest manufacturer, representing a fifth of the global manufacturing output. The number of manufacturing jobs has been shrinking, but that's because high volume manufacturing of simple things has moved out of the US (mostly to China). Big, expensive things are made in the US and those sectors (telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, aircraft, etc...) are growing. The people working in these sectors are more highly skilled and well paid.
Who cares? It might be a truism, but the people who care, care. As a programmer, there's a balance between maintainability, performance, and ease of development that I care deeply about. I'm proud of my work and I'm not willing to slap something together with no regard for efficiency or longevity.
If I were making a game, I would probably be willing to sacrifice some ease of development for the sake of better efficiency. If I were making a prototype to demo UI concepts, ease of development might be paramount. Whatever trade-offs I'm making, I try to be aware of them and make good decisions because I care about my work.
I wonder why companies like B&N don't look for help from the community on digging up prior art. If they would have sent out a call for help and managed to get it noticed by outlets like Slashdot, I bet they could have doubled the size and quality of their list. There are a lot of old farts here that helped build the stuff that's being patented 20 or 30 years later.
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The correct computer has almost always been determined by what software you want coupled with an appropriate form factor. I can't really think of any reason I would want a Windows or Linux tablet. For those, I think I would almost always choose a more traditional machine. The only tablet that appeals to me is the iPad because I enjoy using it, there available software fits perfectly with what I want to do with it, it's very simple, and the hardware is nice. I totally understand that you want a tablet form factor and a Windows or Linux environment. I believe though that there are an order of magnitude more people like me than you.
There's no absolute right or wrong in this. Just different markets.
There is one big advantage in the iOS world - innovation. There is more activity and energy around iPhones and iPads these days than just about any other computer. Everybody has known forever that retina displays would come to the iPad (and probably Mac laptops). Where are the retina displays on Windows computers? I bought a laptop last year and the best I could find was a 1920x1080 15" Thinkpad and frankly, other than the mediocre display, it's not a very good computer (it's running Windows 7).
Says you. Fortunately there's no English language authority, only groups who document usage and meaning (ie dictionary folks).
The language evolves, sometimes quite rapidly. A great example of radical change over a relatively long time span is the word "nice". An example of change in a short time span is "gay".
In the end, the correct usage depends on the context, which includes the forum and audience. The TV journalist is probably ok with their usage of "begs the question" because they will be understood by their audience. A student in a philosophy class wouldn't get away with it.
Not sure why you've been marked as troll, but there are services that will do this for you. Send them a box of paperwork and a couple of weeks later you get access to everything as searchable pdf files.
Reality has a liberal bias.
I wish I had mod points today. The links you posted are excellent.
Paul Krugman has been writing some very good stuff about the debt lately. A country's debt is nothing like a household's debt. See here for one example of his writing.
Won't somebody think of the advertisers!
I still don't see where the anti-trust issues come from. A monopoly isn't illegal until you use it for leverage in another area. How is Google's monopoly in internet advertising (which I'm not sure exists) being used for leverage?
Your comment is a great example of why I don't think anti-trust issues will be a big problem for Google, at least in the US.
It depends on what it is that you are saying Google has a monopoly in. Their search market share is about 65%. I would say it isn't a monopoly because there are basically no barriers to entry for a new competitor. If it went to court, it would be easy for Google to show how things like Facebook and Apple's Siri are disrupting their business.
If you define their business as advertising, then it might be a different story. I have no idea what their market share is in online advertising.
Last I heard, Google had less than 65% market share. Not very dominant if you ask me.
How is Google using search to promote their other properties any different from FOX airing ads for upcoming shows during a football game? If they didn't have any real competition, I could understand it, but the search market has lots of competitors.
They wiped the visible parts of the CE slate clean, but it's still the CE kernel. They needed to keep the CE guts to get the phone to market when they did. If they had started fresh, they wouldn't have made the same design compromises with the CE kernel that they did years ago. IMHO, Apple made some very smart decisions with iOS, especially in power management features. It's amazing just how much of the iPod/iPad/iPhone gets shut down when idle or doing something like watching video. I think Apple's heritage as a hardware + software company gives them a big advantage over a mostly software company like Microsoft or Google.
As far as Nokia and RIM are concerned, I really don't understand how they have managed (and continue to mange) to do almost everything wrong.
Are you claiming that the iPad isn't the best selling tablet?
Every other manufacturer's tablet isn't fun to use, has poor application support, and poor battery life. The iPad works well for lots of normal people and is affordable (but not cheap).
The flipside to that coin would be for people who upload content for which they don't own the right to get penalized without notice. I think the claim / challenge method is better.
That's a little like blaming Ford when somebody drives too fast in a Mustang.
Wikipedia also says this:
I'm not sure what the trend is, but I'd guess that the manufacturing sectors of China and some other countries are growing faster than ours. A lot of it depends on what you are measuring. By dollar output, the US is doing well because we make lots of expensive things that are in high demand.
20% of global output might not seem that impressive to you, but the US has only around 4% of the world's population. I think that makes us relatively productive.
I understand that they use off-the-shelf consoles to run the software, but I thought that they did all of their development on actual developer consoles (the things that look like a dual-deck VCR).
This is a common misconception. According to wikipedia, the US is the world's largest manufacturer, representing a fifth of the global manufacturing output. The number of manufacturing jobs has been shrinking, but that's because high volume manufacturing of simple things has moved out of the US (mostly to China). Big, expensive things are made in the US and those sectors (telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, aircraft, etc...) are growing. The people working in these sectors are more highly skilled and well paid.
Have they solved the problem with pollution from coal plants?
I don't believe they need custom firmware. If they have dev consoles, won't their software be properly signed?
Exactly. Mobile gaming converts another industry legend.
Who cares? It might be a truism, but the people who care, care. As a programmer, there's a balance between maintainability, performance, and ease of development that I care deeply about. I'm proud of my work and I'm not willing to slap something together with no regard for efficiency or longevity.
If I were making a game, I would probably be willing to sacrifice some ease of development for the sake of better efficiency. If I were making a prototype to demo UI concepts, ease of development might be paramount. Whatever trade-offs I'm making, I try to be aware of them and make good decisions because I care about my work.
Flash is dead. It would be very foolish to start a new project with Flash today.
How are you defining cross platform? Recent versions of Windows and OS X?
Are you talking about when Samsung referenced tablets from Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" as prior art?
I wonder why companies like B&N don't look for help from the community on digging up prior art. If they would have sent out a call for help and managed to get it noticed by outlets like Slashdot, I bet they could have doubled the size and quality of their list. There are a lot of old farts here that helped build the stuff that's being patented 20 or 30 years later.