"most are bad at labeling whether they support 5GHz or not."
In my experience, it's the "not" that's the problem. If a device supports 5 GHz, it will almost always say so (usually labeled "dual band"), because it's a marketable feature. If they don't support that band, they say nothing.
"Burn it, bury it, put a stake through it's heart."
I was thinking you were talking about that imposter, Mark Stevens, who stole the Cringley name from Infoworld. I was going to mod you up, then figured out you were talking about the tape.
The technology wasn't there yet in the '90's. Such things as processor speed/power efficiency, size/cost of memory, LCD resolution/size/economy, etc. Being quick to take advantage of the latest advancements doesn't make you an innovator, just an early adopter. Just because it may have been "possible" years ago doesn't mean it would have had the performance, size and price needed to be successful. If Apple had introduced the iPhone of 2007 back in 1997, that would have been innovative.
The Palm pilot wasn't a phone, so didn't "compete in the same market" (as you define that) as the iPhone. Therefore, by your logic, it can't be prior art. You seem to be arguing against yourself.
Apple never had a product called "OS9." (nor did Motorola, and Microware's product was "OS-9"). Apple had "Mac OS 9", which was preceded by "Mac OS 8", and followed by "Mac OS X". Apple didn't buy any rights, it was settled in court as "not a likely source of confusion."
One can easily make up "if this, then that" scenarios. But, they're all worthless.
The author says she didn't violate the contract. The publisher's actions imply that they think she did. From the author's description, it sounds like a "no compete" clause, not an "exclusivity" one. The author says one of the e-published works was actually published prior to their contract. The e-published works were short story collections, which according to the author, contained subject matter different than the contracted novel.
She says that the works were previously rejected by the "big six" publishers, which includes Penguin. From that, it seems to me that Penguin, by their prior rejection of the work, had already determined that it wasn't competitive.
Cite a reference for your claim. I'll point to the Wikipedia article, and Rick Santelli's call for a tea party on the Chicago River, based on government bailout of failing mortages.
No, Sarah Palin is about as far from Tea Party root principles as can be. She supported the bailouts which were the rallying point for the start of the Tea Party movement! She did, however, see that parade coming by, and jumped at the chance to hop on a bandwagon. So, now you've got a bunch of Palin supporters saying they're part of (or trying to take over) the Tea Party.
The Tea Party isn't organized, it's a true grass-roots movement. Hence, there's no one to really say exactly what it is. But this much is clear - it was named for it's root cause - excess spending/taxation with no effective representation of the people.
"The current climate change you deniers no longer bother to deny is actually in progress is happening over just a few decades and centuries. "
Yep. 200 centuries ago, the spot where I'm sitting was covered by a 1000 foot sheet of ice. Then WMCGW (Wooly Mammoth Caused Global Warming) started, and it's been getting warmer ever since.
The Asians made it to America some 20,000 years before Leif Ericson. Both the Asians and Columbus resulted in successful settlement. What's your point?
"Do the majority of US citizens still believe Columbus discovered America in 1492?"
Are you saying he didn't get to America? Or, he didn't in 1492? Or, he already knew about America, so it wasn't a discovery?
That Columbus discovered the Americas doesn't imply that he was the first to discover the Americas. The first to discover the Americas were very likely Asian, and were already here (now called native Americans) by the time any known Europeans arrived.
Since you don't know, and are asking, the fascination with Columbus is that it was his discovery of the Americas which started the large scale European colonization/settlement of the Americas. I thought that was pretty common knowledge, but maybe it's not taught where you are.
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Correction. "Unknown Lamer" ups the ante as worst editor evar.
...and the English language site editors are idiots.
/. no longer shows which mod chose to post a submission to the front page, but my bet's on Timothy.
I just noticed that
"Never devise punishments on an empty stomach."
Huh? Chicken tastes like.....chicken.
"I think you got it backwards, in many countries poor people can't afford to not have many kids because if they don't they're screwed as elderly."
Maybe if the GP had used a few more double-negatives it would have been clearer to you. "If they don't not have many kids, they're screwed..." Huh?
Just remember, of all those 7 billion people, you're unique. Just like everyone else.
"most are bad at labeling whether they support 5GHz or not."
In my experience, it's the "not" that's the problem. If a device supports 5 GHz, it will almost always say so (usually labeled "dual band"), because it's a marketable feature. If they don't support that band, they say nothing.
Middle Eastern companies have Kings, not CEOs? Do they have princes instead of board members? Are the workers called serfs or peons?
dude much yung english spkrs dont spk english lolz
"Burn it, bury it, put a stake through it's heart."
I was thinking you were talking about that imposter, Mark Stevens, who stole the Cringley name from Infoworld. I was going to mod you up, then figured out you were talking about the tape.
The technology wasn't there yet in the '90's. Such things as processor speed/power efficiency, size/cost of memory, LCD resolution/size/economy, etc. Being quick to take advantage of the latest advancements doesn't make you an innovator, just an early adopter. Just because it may have been "possible" years ago doesn't mean it would have had the performance, size and price needed to be successful. If Apple had introduced the iPhone of 2007 back in 1997, that would have been innovative.
The Palm pilot wasn't a phone, so didn't "compete in the same market" (as you define that) as the iPhone. Therefore, by your logic, it can't be prior art. You seem to be arguing against yourself.
Apple never had a product called "OS9." (nor did Motorola, and Microware's product was "OS-9"). Apple had "Mac OS 9", which was preceded by "Mac OS 8", and followed by "Mac OS X". Apple didn't buy any rights, it was settled in court as "not a likely source of confusion."
You're confusing the user interface with the OS. The Samsung Galaxy S II doesn't use the Android interface, but Samsung's TouchWiz.
Android phone manufacturers seem compelled to compete on UI, for good or bad. In addition to TouchWiz, there's Motorola's MotoBlur, and HTC's Sense.
FTA: "The name is a fitting one. It comes from a combination of the names "BlackBerry" and "QNX""
They should just call it BBQ. Mmmmmmm, BBQ.
"Only in english could you possibly pronounce the two g's differently,"
How do you pronounce "gigantic," which is from the same Greek root?
One can easily make up "if this, then that" scenarios. But, they're all worthless.
The author says she didn't violate the contract. The publisher's actions imply that they think she did. From the author's description, it sounds like a "no compete" clause, not an "exclusivity" one. The author says one of the e-published works was actually published prior to their contract. The e-published works were short story collections, which according to the author, contained subject matter different than the contracted novel.
She says that the works were previously rejected by the "big six" publishers, which includes Penguin. From that, it seems to me that Penguin, by their prior rejection of the work, had already determined that it wasn't competitive.
Cite a reference for your claim. I'll point to the Wikipedia article, and Rick Santelli's call for a tea party on the Chicago River, based on government bailout of failing mortages.
But, that 5% had all the guns.
No, Sarah Palin is about as far from Tea Party root principles as can be. She supported the bailouts which were the rallying point for the start of the Tea Party movement! She did, however, see that parade coming by, and jumped at the chance to hop on a bandwagon. So, now you've got a bunch of Palin supporters saying they're part of (or trying to take over) the Tea Party.
The Tea Party isn't organized, it's a true grass-roots movement. Hence, there's no one to really say exactly what it is. But this much is clear - it was named for it's root cause - excess spending/taxation with no effective representation of the people.
"The current climate change you deniers no longer bother to deny is actually in progress is happening over just a few decades and centuries. "
Yep. 200 centuries ago, the spot where I'm sitting was covered by a 1000 foot sheet of ice. Then WMCGW (Wooly Mammoth Caused Global Warming) started, and it's been getting warmer ever since.
The Asians made it to America some 20,000 years before Leif Ericson. Both the Asians and Columbus resulted in successful settlement. What's your point?
"Do the majority of US citizens still believe Columbus discovered America in 1492?"
Are you saying he didn't get to America? Or, he didn't in 1492? Or, he already knew about America, so it wasn't a discovery?
That Columbus discovered the Americas doesn't imply that he was the first to discover the Americas. The first to discover the Americas were very likely Asian, and were already here (now called native Americans) by the time any known Europeans arrived.
Since you don't know, and are asking, the fascination with Columbus is that it was his discovery of the Americas which started the large scale European colonization/settlement of the Americas. I thought that was pretty common knowledge, but maybe it's not taught where you are.
So, the corollary is that iPhones are popular because they're less crappy and marketed towards the average consumer.
just think of the children!
it was always assumed that it was West Germany assimilated East. Instead, it appears that the Stasi lives on, in spirit if not name.