You don't carry a full PC tower around with a display, a keyboard and a mouse. You buy a laptop.
You don't walk around with a laptop in your arms while trying to use it, you buy a tablet computer.
There's also the fact that Apple didn't try to force the desktop UI interface into the iPad, they used one that was designed as a touch interface from day one.
If you don't know how to code in C or if you're not a programmer to begin with, Arduino is fine. But for MIT students, if find it weird.
You can't say 'performance aside' in the real world. If your C code can run on a 4 MHz AVR but your Arduino code requires a 8 MHz part to do the same job, you're potentially costing your company a lot of money*.
* I'm talking millions+ of units here, for 1 to 1000 units the cost difference between the two parts is almost negligible.
The guide has this to say about supercomputers: "Supercomputers," it says, "are big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big they are. I mean, you may think your SGI Challenge DM is big, but that's just peanuts to supercomputers, listen..."
It would be if copyrights were still about the original core reason for copyrights. Unfortunately, they have been twisted into the completely insane version we have today.
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You don't carry a full PC tower around with a display, a keyboard and a mouse. You buy a laptop.
You don't walk around with a laptop in your arms while trying to use it, you buy a tablet computer.
There's also the fact that Apple didn't try to force the desktop UI interface into the iPad, they used one that was designed as a touch interface from day one.
Or they could end up working for FedEx or UPS.
Or, to make sure you get the usual Slashdot news approval: LEGO Mindstorms controlled by Arduino!
Haven't heard of these things since the 1980's.
Since the poster hasn't said anything about price, I'd go with LEGO Mindstorms.
How about giving one of those RSA generator to everyone with access to the internet?
Or since we're talking about cash transactions here, why aren't the credit cards equipped with built-in RSA number generators yet?!
I've got eight 8-bit AVRs and duct tape right here. That's almost the same thing.
Maybe his ARM are 9-bit?
That's some serious lag.
If you don't know how to code in C or if you're not a programmer to begin with, Arduino is fine. But for MIT students, if find it weird.
You can't say 'performance aside' in the real world. If your C code can run on a 4 MHz AVR but your Arduino code requires a 8 MHz part to do the same job, you're potentially costing your company a lot of money*.
* I'm talking millions+ of units here, for 1 to 1000 units the cost difference between the two parts is almost negligible.
Not only that, but Arduino instead of straight C code? They should receive bad grades for making MIT look like pre-school.
If only they could find a way to install Linux inside the Arduino and then make beowulf clus.. OUCH! MY ARM! OK I'LL STOP!
And if changing the laws don't work, chairs will be delivered to you in person by our chairman.
The guide has this to say about supercomputers: "Supercomputers," it says, "are big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big they are. I mean, you may think your SGI Challenge DM is big, but that's just peanuts to supercomputers, listen..."
I thought everyone agreed that average customer = Web, email, instant messaging, music, maybe movies.
Yeah but you can' really - SQUIRREL!
No, it was also the whole homepage of apple.com, apple.co.uk, apple.ca, etc.
"Tomorrow is just another day" by itself would have been fine. But the hype came from the 2nd line below it: "That you'll never forget".
Obligatory.
It would be if copyrights were still about the original core reason for copyrights. Unfortunately, they have been twisted into the completely insane version we have today.
iTunes LP is more than just music files.
Well, you're forgetting about the packaging, handling, shipping costs, importation fees... oh wait.
Yeah, but they had to close down. Turns out that nobody wants to buy drinks on mars.
5) All of the above.
Yeah! Everyone knows that apples are better for your health than chocolate bars!
Are you telling it costs 8$ to rent a movie from Blockbuster or Rogers Video?
And here I thought my local rental place was a rip-off at 4$ per movie or 3 movies for 9$...
It's even one step higher than that (or one step backwards, depending on how you look at it), people in Japan can pay using their cellphones.
I can't wait for the 5$CAD coins though. I'm gonna buy a bag for my coins and tie it to my belt, next to my mana and health potions*.
* for the humour-impaired, this is a joke about how the 5$ coin is probably going to be 5 cm in diameter and weight 500 grams.