The AT&T store that I lined up at (local Apple Store was mobbed, I guess wrong about who would have enough, etc.) was performing the credit check on every single person who bought on. They let in 6 people at a time, and the line moved once every 15 minutes tops. They botched it.
Then I went to a local Apple Store (one reported to have huge lines) and picked one up this morning. Took seconds. The Apple guy rang me up where I stood, gave me the box (in a pretty custom bag) and receipt, and sent me on my way. Total elapsed time, 5 minutes, including ooh-ing and aah-ing the demo model and being friendly with the sales guy.
Apple: Win
AT&T: Cruddy
Oh my god. Anecdotal evidence from one of 2 million people to buy an iPhone in the first 24 hours. The whole product is a failure. In fact, I am so upset about the 0.0000005% failure rate, that I am throwing away my working iPhone right now!
Not having heard of the book, I can understand. It comes out at the end of this month. Not having heard of the author, though... huh?
Neil Gaiman... You know, graphic novels like The Sandman, The Book of Magic, Black Orchid, and Mr. Punch. Books like Coraline, American Gods, Anansi Boys. Movies like MirrorMask and Stardust. Every major sci-fi, fantasy, and horror award, most of them three years out of four. One of the most popular [children's/graphic novel/fantasy] authors alive. Some of this must be ringing bells.
I think you mean a "Truth" of humans, not a "Truism". A truism is something that (either obviously, or under analysis) doesn't say anything novel, only things that are true by definition.
For example, some people think the Aristotelian Mean (the idea that the right amount of a virtue always lies in the middle) is a truism, because it just says that the best point lies between too little, and too much.
I don't think it's a Truism that "Humans will always find a way". Often we don't.
First, I want a sensible interface for Internet access on the go. At my last job, I got tethered with a Treo. I didn't like being on call 24/7, but I loved being able to jump on Google Maps or whatever to look things up, that would affect my plans for while I was out. I've been using the Internet since I was a kid (since before all the pretty pictures) and the way I think now is tied to net access. Having it in my pocket would make my life a lot more convenient and connected.
Second, my current phone is a piece of crap. I paid $200 for a (non-contractually bound) SLVR L7, one of the "best" phones out there, and it's an unstable nightmare. Within a week of buying it, the audio output on the iPod/iTunes feature died on me.
Third, my current iPod is getting a little long in the tooth. As a photographer, I regret not having the photo features on the recent models. As a commuter, I wish I could watch TV shows and movies on the subway. I have about 9 GB of music on my 40 GB iPod, including zero-star and one-star stuff I don't need on there. It turns out I didn't need that much space, so the obviously upcoming 100 GB touch-screen wide-screen iPod is more than I will need.
Finally, I've taken a look at the demos, and I am confident that Apple got the interface right. It just looks slick and intuitive. It doesn't look like I will have to struggle through the limitations of the device to do what I want. It looks like it will just work, in a way so clever that once you use it, you can't even see how it's an innovation.
Does anyone out there really expect a current/recent low end machine, made by anyone (not just Apple) to be able to run Windows Peppermint, or whatever they call it, when it comes out in 2014?
That would have looked a lot less insane with line breaks, huh?
Another way to look at it is like this:
Organism : ecosystem : The Ecosystem
Device : Network : The Internet
It's the one big damn network made up of all of the other little networks.
A network is a collection of connected devices. An internet is the overall collection of all of the connected networks and devices. The Internet is the overall collection of electronic networks and devices using common networking protocols.
Or, you could say that The Internet is all of the devices using IP networking (though I know that's nominally circular) that are connected in some way to the majority of other such devices.
An Internet is what happens once networks become so ubiquitous that they aren't distinct from one another.
It isn't a collection of ideas, or a movement, or a Zeitgeist. Those are roles that it happens to fill (or some think it does), not its definition.
My guess is that they have accidentally hit on the strategy for the iPhone, actually. The smartphone market is huge right now, with three major players in RIM (Blackberry), Palm (Treo), and MS (PocketPC)-- all of which are focusing on, and succeeding in, the business market. Probably the best way for Apple to get a footing in the SmartPhone market is to introduce a device that can create consumer demand for smartphones. Apple is known for creating new markets for existing device categories, after all.
You just described the kind of hybrid that the auto makers are selling. The engine runs at an optimal rate most of the time, even when stopped, to charge batteries that drive the engine. I believe the engine can also engage more directly when more power is needed.
My idea is simpler, and would make a good lower-end phone for Apple. Just take an iPod nano, add a speaker to the top front, and make it a bit thicker to include a slider. Closed, it's an iPod. Open, it's a phone with phone keys.
I live and work in Boston, and I have to say I'm deeply embarrassed by the general reaction around here. People are upset at Cartoon Network for planting these "devices" rather than at the authorities for stirring up a scare over nothing.
Look at the boxes. Look. This is a lite-brite, not a fucking IED.
So why, exactly, is everyone so scared? Because the police and the press blew this out of proportion. We should be ashamed to live in a country where people are paranoid to this degree, and embarrassed to live in the one city that didn't get it, and won't admit to being stupid once told the "bombs" were cartoon advertisements.
I feel like people who are using this argument are playing with words, committing an act of sophistry. Yes, the theory of global warming is just a theory. However, it is on par with any other scientific theory. The scientific method can never categorically prove a positive, only a negative, due to the nature of testing hypotheses. However, the fact that every scientific theory is just a theory doesn't undermine climate change theory. Evolution, the big bang, quantum mechanics, relativity, etc. are all also only theories. You can still act based on their conclusions and be right.
The items bought directly for the hospitals are via Amazon Wishlists created by hospital staff. The hospitals are choosing what they want, and it appears to be toys and games to help make the kids happier.
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The AT&T store that I lined up at (local Apple Store was mobbed, I guess wrong about who would have enough, etc.) was performing the credit check on every single person who bought on. They let in 6 people at a time, and the line moved once every 15 minutes tops. They botched it. Then I went to a local Apple Store (one reported to have huge lines) and picked one up this morning. Took seconds. The Apple guy rang me up where I stood, gave me the box (in a pretty custom bag) and receipt, and sent me on my way. Total elapsed time, 5 minutes, including ooh-ing and aah-ing the demo model and being friendly with the sales guy. Apple: Win AT&T: Cruddy
Oh my god. Anecdotal evidence from one of 2 million people to buy an iPhone in the first 24 hours. The whole product is a failure. In fact, I am so upset about the 0.0000005% failure rate, that I am throwing away my working iPhone right now!
I'm sorry, can you point me towards all the other devices with a similar (full-featured, zooming, auto-rotating, etc.) browser?
Don't forget Coraline (by the director of Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach) coming in between Stardust and Beowulf.
Neil Gaiman... You know, graphic novels like The Sandman, The Book of Magic, Black Orchid, and Mr. Punch. Books like Coraline, American Gods, Anansi Boys. Movies like MirrorMask and Stardust. Every major sci-fi, fantasy, and horror award, most of them three years out of four. One of the most popular [children's/graphic novel/fantasy] authors alive. Some of this must be ringing bells.
Complex? I'm pretty sure that could be defined as the most simple social behavor possible.
For example, some people think the Aristotelian Mean (the idea that the right amount of a virtue always lies in the middle) is a truism, because it just says that the best point lies between too little, and too much.
I don't think it's a Truism that "Humans will always find a way". Often we don't.
"On our own planet"? Where do you think they are looking for Higgs bosons, exactly? This isn't astrophysics, it's everywhere physics.
First, I want a sensible interface for Internet access on the go. At my last job, I got tethered with a Treo. I didn't like being on call 24/7, but I loved being able to jump on Google Maps or whatever to look things up, that would affect my plans for while I was out. I've been using the Internet since I was a kid (since before all the pretty pictures) and the way I think now is tied to net access. Having it in my pocket would make my life a lot more convenient and connected.
Second, my current phone is a piece of crap. I paid $200 for a (non-contractually bound) SLVR L7, one of the "best" phones out there, and it's an unstable nightmare. Within a week of buying it, the audio output on the iPod/iTunes feature died on me.
Third, my current iPod is getting a little long in the tooth. As a photographer, I regret not having the photo features on the recent models. As a commuter, I wish I could watch TV shows and movies on the subway. I have about 9 GB of music on my 40 GB iPod, including zero-star and one-star stuff I don't need on there. It turns out I didn't need that much space, so the obviously upcoming 100 GB touch-screen wide-screen iPod is more than I will need.
Finally, I've taken a look at the demos, and I am confident that Apple got the interface right. It just looks slick and intuitive. It doesn't look like I will have to struggle through the limitations of the device to do what I want. It looks like it will just work, in a way so clever that once you use it, you can't even see how it's an innovation.
What part of Siberia do you live in?
Does anyone out there really expect a current/recent low end machine, made by anyone (not just Apple) to be able to run Windows Peppermint, or whatever they call it, when it comes out in 2014?
That would have looked a lot less insane with line breaks, huh?
Another way to look at it is like this:
Organism : ecosystem : The Ecosystem
Device : Network : The Internet
It's the one big damn network made up of all of the other little networks.
A network is a collection of connected devices. An internet is the overall collection of all of the connected networks and devices. The Internet is the overall collection of electronic networks and devices using common networking protocols. Or, you could say that The Internet is all of the devices using IP networking (though I know that's nominally circular) that are connected in some way to the majority of other such devices. An Internet is what happens once networks become so ubiquitous that they aren't distinct from one another. It isn't a collection of ideas, or a movement, or a Zeitgeist. Those are roles that it happens to fill (or some think it does), not its definition.
In the beginning God made the sea
But on the 7th day he made me
He was tryin' to rest y'all when He heard the sound
Sound like a guitar cold gettin' down
I tried to bust a high note, but I bust a string
My God was worried 'til he heard me sing
My name is Prince and I am funky
My name is Prince
the one and only
hurt me!
My guess is that they have accidentally hit on the strategy for the iPhone, actually. The smartphone market is huge right now, with three major players in RIM (Blackberry), Palm (Treo), and MS (PocketPC)-- all of which are focusing on, and succeeding in, the business market. Probably the best way for Apple to get a footing in the SmartPhone market is to introduce a device that can create consumer demand for smartphones. Apple is known for creating new markets for existing device categories, after all.
Well I (by which I mean the world) have 100 digital audio players, and 85 (%) of them are iPods, which prefer AAC files.
How can you make a post predicting the first post?
You just described the kind of hybrid that the auto makers are selling. The engine runs at an optimal rate most of the time, even when stopped, to charge batteries that drive the engine. I believe the engine can also engage more directly when more power is needed.
No. It doesn't have an iPod, it has a vCast generic MP3 player from a company that two years ago was known for bargains not technology or cool.
My idea is simpler, and would make a good lower-end phone for Apple. Just take an iPod nano, add a speaker to the top front, and make it a bit thicker to include a slider. Closed, it's an iPod. Open, it's a phone with phone keys.
Yellow Light? Did that make anyone else wonder whether they are only experimenting on the Green Lantern?
Look at the boxes. Look. This is a lite-brite, not a fucking IED.
So why, exactly, is everyone so scared? Because the police and the press blew this out of proportion. We should be ashamed to live in a country where people are paranoid to this degree, and embarrassed to live in the one city that didn't get it, and won't admit to being stupid once told the "bombs" were cartoon advertisements.
I feel like people who are using this argument are playing with words, committing an act of sophistry. Yes, the theory of global warming is just a theory. However, it is on par with any other scientific theory. The scientific method can never categorically prove a positive, only a negative, due to the nature of testing hypotheses. However, the fact that every scientific theory is just a theory doesn't undermine climate change theory. Evolution, the big bang, quantum mechanics, relativity, etc. are all also only theories. You can still act based on their conclusions and be right.
The items bought directly for the hospitals are via Amazon Wishlists created by hospital staff. The hospitals are choosing what they want, and it appears to be toys and games to help make the kids happier.
Presumably, the weight of the controllers contributed most to the crushing.