It might be because a lot of us travel and have experienced something similar from the TSA ourselves, but are too scared to do anything about it. When somebody finally does stand up for themselves, it's hard not to cheer for them and vent a little at the TSA's expense.
The limit is 1 MB, not 1 Mb. That makes a big difference.
512,000 characters is enough for a couple hundred pages of text. I've never had to write something that long but if I did, I would probably use a text editor rather than a word processor.
Office documents are typically very short and simple and it's this usage that Google is targeting. It isn't for you.
I've been using them exclusively as my office apps for almost a year now and I've grown rather fond of them. The subset of features they offer fits my needs quite well.
I've recently started automating some of the more repetitive things I do with their scripting interfaces and am pretty happy with the results.
To be fair though, there is a theory behind the scanners that they can detect concealed weapons and act as a deterrent to those who board a plane with a weapon. What's the theory behind your rock?
I have a hard time understanding the outrage. Do people here really have that hard of a time learning how to use it? Has Slashdot's core audience shifted away from geeks and nerds?
If you think the number of computers in category 3 is astonishingly low, then you are wrong. Think about what the average computer out there is? There's a decent chance it's running XP with something like 512MB of RAM. Even if it's running Vista or Windows 7, the average computer isn't going to be very good. Next consider that half of the machines out there are only as good or worse than this machine.
How on Earth did HP come to appoint a CEO from a software-only company that has probably never seen an end user customer in his life?
This may be the most insightful comment in this thread. In hindsight I think it should be obvious that this is the direction the board wanted to go. Why else would they appoint Apotheker as CEO? He makes no sense as CEO otherwise.
Yes it matters. There are usability studies that show people will wait X seconds (not sure of the exact number) before they close the page and give up. If a web browser is faster, it's going to make more page views and if you are a business that makes more money when people use the web more (like Google), then it matters.
People are purchasing software for the iPad because they don't have much of a choice, the App Store is only viable for commercial software.
I think you are forgetting about HTML5. Untill they lock the browser down, you can still get Apple users for your application by writing HTML5. If you do want to write native code, it costs $100 / year, doesn't it? Not free, but certainly not all that expensive considering you already have to own a Mac to host xcode and you probably need some devices for testing.
Make no mistake, this is bad for the industry in the long run, even if there is a short-term benefit to mobile software devs.
I disagree. It isn't a zero sum game. As people start using their iPad's instead of their netbooks, sales of software to netbook owners hasn't plummeted because there were practically no sales in the first place. Apple hasn't taken a bigger piece of the pie - they've made the pie way, way bigger and are taking their piece from the growth. This *is* bad for low end PC makers as people move from low end computers to iOS devices.
If you are talking "ideologically bad for the industry", then I don't have an opinion on that. Right now as a programmer, I see nothing but opportunities all around me.
I think Apple is becoming the media distribution company of the next decade.
That's an interesting way to look at it. They control the hardware, the software, and soon the data.
I agree entirely with you about Apple and Amazon. I'm a big Google fan, but I don't think they have what it takes to go up against Apple. Amazon does though. It's really interesting to me that Microsoft isn't even considered as a contender any more and I think that may be a mistake. If they were to split the company into two (or more parts), let Ballmer continue to drive their enterprisey stuff and hire somebody who understands the consumer market to drive the other half, they could surprise us all.
I personally can't see Apple buying Netflix. I think the entire value of Netflix is their customer database. Nobody wants their millions of DVDs, and the streaming technology is mature and can be purchased. All that's left is a customer database and some streaming contracts that are starting to expire.
I could see Apple buying HBO though. To me that would be a far more interesting play.
I never thought about the background apps draining the battery. Do you know why iOS doesn't seem to have the same problem? My wife has an iPhone and iPad and both of those devices have much better battery life than my Nexus. I always assumed it was due to hardware (ie the larger, "permanent" batteries). Never thought much about the software because I assumed they were working in similar ways.
I think you will find that when the time comes to stop spending money, people will be more willing to give up television and cable service than their iPads and Netflix.
What's your battery life like? I really don't understand why so many Android devices have such crappy battery life. I have a Nexus S and I really like the phone, but I have to be careful because it's pretty easy to kill the battery.
I think it's silly to compare your PC with a tablet. It's a little like me saying your pickup truck will smoke my Miata. They have a lot of similarities and can do a lot of the same kinds of things, but they were built for entirely different uses in mind. Your truck is what you need and I couldn't be happier in my Miata. It turns out though, that not many people need a truck.
I think a lot of computer people don't understand the iPad and are worried about what it is doing to the PC industry. It really is disrupting the PC business in unbelievable ways (and is a big part of what has HP looking to dump their PC business). There are a lot of people out there who got a computer to get on the internet and they really aren't all that happy with it. Those people are being attracted in droves to the iPad. For these people, the iPad isn't the accessory, the PC is. They only need it for iTunes right now and soon that won't be an issue any more.
As a programmer, I see the iPad as a huge opportunity. For whatever reason, people who have them are purchasing software for them. Much more than they ever did with their PC. People use these things all the time online and off. It's the best thing to happen to this industry in a long time.
I'm so impressed at how well Apple is executing lately that I've reversed my opinion on their stock price. When the stories about them becoming the most valuable company by market cap started surfacing I thought that was a great signal for people to dump Apple stock. It's ridiculous, right? Now I'm not so sure. They own the market for desktop and laptop computers that cost more than $1k. Now they are totally screwing up the low end of the computer market for everybody with the iPad. What they've done to the music and phone business, I believe they are about to repeat with other home electronics (like an Apple television). There's a very real chance that Apple is just getting started.
Why do advertisers on the web need to know who they are advertising to? They put ads on billboards and on television and only get a very coarse idea of who is seeing them.
I don't think Apple gear is as overpriced as it once was. Their less mainstream items (like 27" monitors) may be expensive, but most of their mainstream consumer stuff is priced fairly (IMHO). Apple A/V gear might not appeal to the geeks here who would rather roll their own MythTV setup, but for those of us who don't want to get our hands dirty or need equipment that can be used by less tech-oriented family members, it could be very appealing.
In other words, cost and value aren't the same thing at all.
I'm not sure Google can pull it off. They have the engineering talent, but I don't think they would be able to negotiate with the content creators or put an elegant face on their software and hardware.
There are persistent rumors of Apple being interested in making a television and I think they could pull it off. They already have a bunch of deals with content people in place. They also have the ability to look at a market and see what could be rather than what is. They reshaped the music industry and cell phone industry and I think they could do the same for televisions, amplifiers, and all the other boxes surrounding my television. I would love it if they could do something about the mess of wires and confusing remotes that I have lying around. I bought a Logitech Harmony 1100 because I thought that might make things simpler, but it is a deeply flawed device and now I have another remote sitting beside my television.
Googling for "Pantech Breeze USB" returned this page which has a bunch of information about USB and the phone. Apparently you need to use Microsoft's ActiveSync package to connect the phone, or bluetooth.
You might want to check your computer for viruses and trojans. It sounds like something is intercepting your search results.
If you have a lot of debt, that is reduced by hyperinflation as well. People who have bought a lot of real estate by borrowing money might do very well in a hyperinflation economy.
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It might be because a lot of us travel and have experienced something similar from the TSA ourselves, but are too scared to do anything about it. When somebody finally does stand up for themselves, it's hard not to cheer for them and vent a little at the TSA's expense.
The limit is 1 MB, not 1 Mb. That makes a big difference.
512,000 characters is enough for a couple hundred pages of text. I've never had to write something that long but if I did, I would probably use a text editor rather than a word processor.
Office documents are typically very short and simple and it's this usage that Google is targeting. It isn't for you.
I've been using them exclusively as my office apps for almost a year now and I've grown rather fond of them. The subset of features they offer fits my needs quite well.
I've recently started automating some of the more repetitive things I do with their scripting interfaces and am pretty happy with the results.
If I were an expert kremlinologist, I would think that you are suggesting Google will dump Java for Forth.
To be fair though, there is a theory behind the scanners that they can detect concealed weapons and act as a deterrent to those who board a plane with a weapon. What's the theory behind your rock?
Yeah, no kidding. What did KDE ever do to 0123456?
I have a hard time understanding the outrage. Do people here really have that hard of a time learning how to use it? Has Slashdot's core audience shifted away from geeks and nerds?
If you think the number of computers in category 3 is astonishingly low, then you are wrong. Think about what the average computer out there is? There's a decent chance it's running XP with something like 512MB of RAM. Even if it's running Vista or Windows 7, the average computer isn't going to be very good. Next consider that half of the machines out there are only as good or worse than this machine.
This may be the most insightful comment in this thread. In hindsight I think it should be obvious that this is the direction the board wanted to go. Why else would they appoint Apotheker as CEO? He makes no sense as CEO otherwise.
Yes it matters. There are usability studies that show people will wait X seconds (not sure of the exact number) before they close the page and give up. If a web browser is faster, it's going to make more page views and if you are a business that makes more money when people use the web more (like Google), then it matters.
I think you are forgetting about HTML5. Untill they lock the browser down, you can still get Apple users for your application by writing HTML5. If you do want to write native code, it costs $100 / year, doesn't it? Not free, but certainly not all that expensive considering you already have to own a Mac to host xcode and you probably need some devices for testing.
I disagree. It isn't a zero sum game. As people start using their iPad's instead of their netbooks, sales of software to netbook owners hasn't plummeted because there were practically no sales in the first place. Apple hasn't taken a bigger piece of the pie - they've made the pie way, way bigger and are taking their piece from the growth. This *is* bad for low end PC makers as people move from low end computers to iOS devices.
If you are talking "ideologically bad for the industry", then I don't have an opinion on that. Right now as a programmer, I see nothing but opportunities all around me.
That's an interesting way to look at it. They control the hardware, the software, and soon the data.
I agree entirely with you about Apple and Amazon. I'm a big Google fan, but I don't think they have what it takes to go up against Apple. Amazon does though. It's really interesting to me that Microsoft isn't even considered as a contender any more and I think that may be a mistake. If they were to split the company into two (or more parts), let Ballmer continue to drive their enterprisey stuff and hire somebody who understands the consumer market to drive the other half, they could surprise us all.
I personally can't see Apple buying Netflix. I think the entire value of Netflix is their customer database. Nobody wants their millions of DVDs, and the streaming technology is mature and can be purchased. All that's left is a customer database and some streaming contracts that are starting to expire.
I could see Apple buying HBO though. To me that would be a far more interesting play.
I never thought about the background apps draining the battery. Do you know why iOS doesn't seem to have the same problem? My wife has an iPhone and iPad and both of those devices have much better battery life than my Nexus. I always assumed it was due to hardware (ie the larger, "permanent" batteries). Never thought much about the software because I assumed they were working in similar ways.
I think you will find that when the time comes to stop spending money, people will be more willing to give up television and cable service than their iPads and Netflix.
What's your battery life like? I really don't understand why so many Android devices have such crappy battery life. I have a Nexus S and I really like the phone, but I have to be careful because it's pretty easy to kill the battery.
I think it's silly to compare your PC with a tablet. It's a little like me saying your pickup truck will smoke my Miata. They have a lot of similarities and can do a lot of the same kinds of things, but they were built for entirely different uses in mind. Your truck is what you need and I couldn't be happier in my Miata. It turns out though, that not many people need a truck.
I think a lot of computer people don't understand the iPad and are worried about what it is doing to the PC industry. It really is disrupting the PC business in unbelievable ways (and is a big part of what has HP looking to dump their PC business). There are a lot of people out there who got a computer to get on the internet and they really aren't all that happy with it. Those people are being attracted in droves to the iPad. For these people, the iPad isn't the accessory, the PC is. They only need it for iTunes right now and soon that won't be an issue any more.
As a programmer, I see the iPad as a huge opportunity. For whatever reason, people who have them are purchasing software for them. Much more than they ever did with their PC. People use these things all the time online and off. It's the best thing to happen to this industry in a long time.
I'm so impressed at how well Apple is executing lately that I've reversed my opinion on their stock price. When the stories about them becoming the most valuable company by market cap started surfacing I thought that was a great signal for people to dump Apple stock. It's ridiculous, right? Now I'm not so sure. They own the market for desktop and laptop computers that cost more than $1k. Now they are totally screwing up the low end of the computer market for everybody with the iPad. What they've done to the music and phone business, I believe they are about to repeat with other home electronics (like an Apple television). There's a very real chance that Apple is just getting started.
Did they accept the EULA?
Why do advertisers on the web need to know who they are advertising to? They put ads on billboards and on television and only get a very coarse idea of who is seeing them.
I don't think Apple gear is as overpriced as it once was. Their less mainstream items (like 27" monitors) may be expensive, but most of their mainstream consumer stuff is priced fairly (IMHO). Apple A/V gear might not appeal to the geeks here who would rather roll their own MythTV setup, but for those of us who don't want to get our hands dirty or need equipment that can be used by less tech-oriented family members, it could be very appealing.
In other words, cost and value aren't the same thing at all.
I'm not sure Google can pull it off. They have the engineering talent, but I don't think they would be able to negotiate with the content creators or put an elegant face on their software and hardware.
There are persistent rumors of Apple being interested in making a television and I think they could pull it off. They already have a bunch of deals with content people in place. They also have the ability to look at a market and see what could be rather than what is. They reshaped the music industry and cell phone industry and I think they could do the same for televisions, amplifiers, and all the other boxes surrounding my television. I would love it if they could do something about the mess of wires and confusing remotes that I have lying around. I bought a Logitech Harmony 1100 because I thought that might make things simpler, but it is a deeply flawed device and now I have another remote sitting beside my television.
Are you serious? I typed "Pantech Breeze" into Google and got http://www.pantechusa.com/phones/breeze_ii as the second search result, behind AT&T's page for the phone.
Googling for "Pantech Breeze USB" returned this page which has a bunch of information about USB and the phone. Apparently you need to use Microsoft's ActiveSync package to connect the phone, or bluetooth.
You might want to check your computer for viruses and trojans. It sounds like something is intercepting your search results.
Once you can print a printer, they will not be expensive at all.
If you have a lot of debt, that is reduced by hyperinflation as well. People who have bought a lot of real estate by borrowing money might do very well in a hyperinflation economy.
I don't think they can use a Unix-like kernel. Wasn't that one of the conditions that they accepted when they sold off Xenix?
Why didn't you just use sed?