Nexus 7 (pure Android), or Nexus 10 (pure Android, larger, loads more powerful). Don't see the point of saving a little money for some crappy customised machine. There's no problem looking at pdfs, movies etc on any Android device, so no advantage in Amazon hardware.
Does this constitute `much interest`? How hard is it to run Firefox OS on a phone? I'd have thought the developers of the OS have made sure it'll run on the same sorts of hardware which runs all the other OSes, so it's probably not much work/risk for the phone companies to have a punt. If it doesn't work out then they'll drop it and that'll be the end of that. Some manufacturers are forking Android, and/or skinning it and trying to stand out that way, and many of them produce phones for Android, Windows etc. I don't really see this as much of a big deal, and I'm also unsure how much of a big deal the 'we support the web' thing is either. This OS is going to struggle against Android/iPhones, so it's hardly going to drive any new standard forward.
> This isn't a graphics lab. It's a psychology lab. Some of the results are scary. > They've had kids go through a VR experience of swimming with sharks. A few > weeks later, the kids are asked about it, and a sizable fraction of them believe they > really did it, adding details that were not in the sim like what they ate while visiting > the sharks.
That's entirely normal. A bunch of people who all saw the same thing at the same time from the same location a few weeks later, such as a car accident, and it's very common for people to swear blind that what they're reported as happening actually happened, even though they're at odds over such details as the colour, speed and direction of the car, the colour/sex/race of the person driving it, etc.
Sounds like whining to me. Everyone sat back and lazily let Amazon get where it is, and now they start whining because they're losing. All companies make decisions designed to destroy the competition. That's the point of competition! That's why it's good - so you get inspired to survive by adapting and fighting back! They're just selling books, so...sell books better!
> In all fairness to Microsoft's formerly-evil self, the new Microsoft certainly is "better", > and they aren't "quite" the assholes they used to be, even considering this. It's like > they've gone from chaotic evil to neutral evil.
Better how? The confusing nightmare world of Windows 8, the tabtop abortion that is the Surface, or this old-skool "we own the simplest shit an offshore developer could knock up in a few hours because it's worth millions"?
> So what exactly is gonna differentiate this from a mid-level to high-end gaming rig?
It's completely different: Before "the uses of living room consoles were in flux" but now "The living room is no longer the center of the PlayStation ecosystem; the player is.". Duh! Do try and keep up!
That's exactly what I said. No-ones going to be using this tablet AND ubuntu at home, so the transition is meaningless. Chances are they'll put this device down, use a Windows PC if they want to type something (I dunno, emails are pretty popular, or update facebook etc), then pick up the tablet to surf, read stuff, watch tv/movies. And they're not going to find that confusing because they're used to Windows (same goes for pretty much any other OS other than Windows 8 or Unity which are equally baffling).
Not that bad? I used Ubuntu for 2 or 3 years as my main desktop OS. It was my first Linux I used that way, previously using Windows (for many years). As soon as Unity turned up, I hated it. For one release it was an option, so I went back to stock. On the next release it wasn't an option, so I left for Mint.
So, no exaggeration at all. Like many, many other people it was the single reason we left in droves for another OS.
Does he think many people are going to go from the Linux desktop to the tablet? Or that they'll use his tablet and then get it on their desktop? He shouldn't waste his time. He should be aiming for the mass market - people who've never heard of, or used, any form of Linux on the desktop. Even linux users think Unity is a piece of crap; I certainly did, and dumped it in favour of Mint, and I've recently bought a Nexus 10. There's no way I'm paying for that sort of experience on a tablet. I'd focus on making it usable and not worry about bridging any gaps.
Let's just focus on Javascript, and leave this other crap outside (flash, activex, java). We don't need it. I try and use a page wihch requires Java on Linux and I get warnings about how IcedTea isn't working. I click on the link to update it, but I get taken to a Wiki page...like I'm going to spend my evening searching for a solution. (It `just works` under Windows). I used to spend a lot of time playing with Linux, but I can't be bothered any more.
> Someone else's server isn't necessarily cyberspace. Your own MUD on your own > computer in your own mother's basement could be cyberspace, and be 100% > yours.
That's why I said the cloud was `somebody elses computer', and not that somebody else's computer was the cloud!
There'll always be new words for it, but basically, whether you're talking about the cloud, the blogosphere, cyberspace, the web etc, you're essentially talking about `somebody else's computer`.
Hideous digital watches never go out of fashion. That is to say, all digital watches look hideous. There's nothing stylish and/or attractive about black plastic rectangles on your wrist.
I don't see what it's got to do with you. Are you hosting this sort of video at home, as part of your business? "I'm not hosting videos, but these guys are, and they should be also hosting this sort of video!". Uh..sit down and shut up, dude. It's easy to be an expert when your just typing instead of doing stuff.
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Nexus 7 (pure Android), or Nexus 10 (pure Android, larger, loads more powerful). Don't see the point of saving a little money for some crappy customised machine. There's no problem looking at pdfs, movies etc on any Android device, so no advantage in Amazon hardware.
Does this constitute `much interest`? How hard is it to run Firefox OS on a phone? I'd have thought the developers of the OS have made sure it'll run on the same sorts of hardware which runs all the other OSes, so it's probably not much work/risk for the phone companies to have a punt. If it doesn't work out then they'll drop it and that'll be the end of that. Some manufacturers are forking Android, and/or skinning it and trying to stand out that way, and many of them produce phones for Android, Windows etc. I don't really see this as much of a big deal, and I'm also unsure how much of a big deal the 'we support the web' thing is either. This OS is going to struggle against Android/iPhones, so it's hardly going to drive any new standard forward.
> This isn't a graphics lab. It's a psychology lab. Some of the results are scary.
> They've had kids go through a VR experience of swimming with sharks. A few
> weeks later, the kids are asked about it, and a sizable fraction of them believe they
> really did it, adding details that were not in the sim like what they ate while visiting
> the sharks.
That's entirely normal. A bunch of people who all saw the same thing at the same time from the same location a few weeks later, such as a car accident, and it's very common for people to swear blind that what they're reported as happening actually happened, even though they're at odds over such details as the colour, speed and direction of the car, the colour/sex/race of the person driving it, etc.
There's also an Islamic version which makes a funny noise and then crashes into the nearest building!
Sounds like whining to me. Everyone sat back and lazily let Amazon get where it is, and now they start whining because they're losing. All companies make decisions designed to destroy the competition. That's the point of competition! That's why it's good - so you get inspired to survive by adapting and fighting back! They're just selling books, so...sell books better!
> In all fairness to Microsoft's formerly-evil self, the new Microsoft certainly is "better",
> and they aren't "quite" the assholes they used to be, even considering this. It's like
> they've gone from chaotic evil to neutral evil.
Better how? The confusing nightmare world of Windows 8, the tabtop abortion that is the Surface, or this old-skool "we own the simplest shit an offshore developer could knock up in a few hours because it's worth millions"?
> So what exactly is gonna differentiate this from a mid-level to high-end gaming rig?
It's completely different: Before "the uses of living room consoles were in flux" but now "The living room is no longer the center of the PlayStation ecosystem; the player is.". Duh! Do try and keep up!
That's exactly what I said. No-ones going to be using this tablet AND ubuntu at home, so the transition is meaningless. Chances are they'll put this device down, use a Windows PC if they want to type something (I dunno, emails are pretty popular, or update facebook etc), then pick up the tablet to surf, read stuff, watch tv/movies. And they're not going to find that confusing because they're used to Windows (same goes for pretty much any other OS other than Windows 8 or Unity which are equally baffling).
> Unity is not that bad, let's not exaggarate
Not that bad? I used Ubuntu for 2 or 3 years as my main desktop OS. It was my first Linux I used that way, previously using Windows (for many years). As soon as Unity turned up, I hated it. For one release it was an option, so I went back to stock. On the next release it wasn't an option, so I left for Mint.
So, no exaggeration at all. Like many, many other people it was the single reason we left in droves for another OS.
Car analogy:
And my car should work. But the damn thing's broken so I'm going to have to walk.
Does he think many people are going to go from the Linux desktop to the tablet? Or that they'll use his tablet and then get it on their desktop? He shouldn't waste his time. He should be aiming for the mass market - people who've never heard of, or used, any form of Linux on the desktop. Even linux users think Unity is a piece of crap; I certainly did, and dumped it in favour of Mint, and I've recently bought a Nexus 10. There's no way I'm paying for that sort of experience on a tablet. I'd focus on making it usable and not worry about bridging any gaps.
What if they ignore this problem and get sued but have no money so don't pay anything and then contiune to ignore the problem?
> Maybe the orbits of both asteroids were linked somehow?
I imagine the sun was involved somewhere. Lousy hydrogen!
Nice defence - I'll have to try that one.
Heh - I was wondering "who are you, and why would I care what could you aspire to write - what code you actually write, even?".
Let's just focus on Javascript, and leave this other crap outside (flash, activex, java). We don't need it. I try and use a page wihch requires Java on Linux and I get warnings about how IcedTea isn't working. I click on the link to update it, but I get taken to a Wiki page...like I'm going to spend my evening searching for a solution. (It `just works` under Windows). I used to spend a lot of time playing with Linux, but I can't be bothered any more.
> Since it's Oracle, I have to wonder "what's the catch".
They're trying to trick you into using Java, when everyone is dropping it as fast as they can!
> Someone else's server isn't necessarily cyberspace. Your own MUD on your own
> computer in your own mother's basement could be cyberspace, and be 100%
> yours.
That's why I said the cloud was `somebody elses computer', and not that somebody else's computer was the cloud!
There'll always be new words for it, but basically, whether you're talking about the cloud, the blogosphere, cyberspace, the web etc, you're essentially talking about `somebody else's computer`.
The submitter lost me with "Panama is somehow involved, too." It's like Idiocracy has come to life and obtained its own website.
Seriously, GIS them. They're awesome.
My response to this, and other nonsense regarding IP issues, can be lifted word for word from Arkell v. Pressdram. Both of them.
> This has nothing to do with Slashdot.
Perhaps he's going to spend more time being a grammar nazi here?
Hideous digital watches never go out of fashion. That is to say, all digital watches look hideous. There's nothing stylish and/or attractive about black plastic rectangles on your wrist.
I don't see what it's got to do with you. Are you hosting this sort of video at home, as part of your business? "I'm not hosting videos, but these guys are, and they should be also hosting this sort of video!". Uh..sit down and shut up, dude. It's easy to be an expert when your just typing instead of doing stuff.