Hate to admit it but yes, this thing looks very cool. To an 80s game programmer (like me) it would have been a dream machine - four-way hardware scroll and a ton of sprites.
If I'm honest I'd rather see Android than either iPad/Kindle. At least then people are entering a market where there's competition so they're not tied to a single hardware manufacturer (who can charge whatever they like when products become compulsory).
I would have thought a kindle would be much better/cheaper/more useful, but what do I know. I obviously don't like shiny screens and brushed metal as much as I ought to.
It's a shiny gadget*, of course they'll say yes. The fact that 20% said "no" really means that more like 90% would have said no if they were paying for it themselves (and of the 10% who say "yes", 90% of them will be getting a big allowance from rich parents).
{*} Too shiny in fact. Is it really just me who can't see anything but reflected lights on iPod screens?
I note they didn't try any applications or devices. I'm stuck with at least three useful peripherals which don't work after upgrading to Win7 (A Canon scanner, Soundblaster Extigy and a space mouse).
Didn't Microsoft do a campaign: "The Wow Starts Now!!"? And one with Jerry Seinfeld?
Design/advertising aren't usually the same thing. People know they're buying an appliance but they associate the decision with image presented in the adverts.
Despite their "fun to drive" advertising Toyota has stopped making Supras and MR2s - their only fun cars. Even their slightly-fun Celica was eventually canned in favor of more mundane models.
Yep. They'll just send the rep round, pay for a few lunches and it'll be "Microsoft office is open, too!" in all the meetings to decide which format to use.
Um, coal plants produce mercury. Enough mercury that everything in the sea which is high up the food chain is now toxic. So, yes, incandescent bulbs are bad for other people.
If the power grid is overloaded then it's their business. If everybody switches to CFLs then they won't need to build a dozen new power stations (at horrendous cost in both money and environment).
As long as they're the ones building/running the power stations then they should probably have a say in how much electricity the average person is allowed to suck up.
Their biggest problem is that they're not listening to their consumers and giving them their music in a format they want. The only music seller which does (ie. Apple) is still making huge money off music.
That... and number of people who are obsessed with music is declining. Consumers are now spending their money on other things, eg. DVDs, mobile phones, apps for their mobile phones, cinema, etc. The market has changed, music is less relevant.
But still, keep on passing those laws and suing the few die-hard music lovers who are left.
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Hate to admit it but yes, this thing looks very cool. To an 80s game programmer (like me) it would have been a dream machine - four-way hardware scroll and a ton of sprites.
The thing has a compressor with access to the video RAM which runs FORTH? I bet the guy who came up with that design has a beard....
I dunno. It must be a pretty short document if he's typing it on an iPad 'keyboard'.
If I'm honest I'd rather see Android than either iPad/Kindle. At least then people are entering a market where there's competition so they're not tied to a single hardware manufacturer (who can charge whatever they like when products become compulsory).
It's simple preference.
Not any more it isn't. When was the last time you saw a non-shiny screen in a store, Apple or otherwise?
These days it's just marketing for magpies, not people who have use the things for hours every day.
Please explain how an iPad makes a better text book than, say, a Kindle...
The iPad costs three or four times as much and has a worse screen and battery life. I assume there must be a really big reason why it's better.
I would have thought a kindle would be much better/cheaper/more useful, but what do I know. I obviously don't like shiny screens and brushed metal as much as I ought to.
Yep. Wouldn't it be a good idea to be able to copy/paste bits of text from your book to your computer?
... electronic text books are cheaper than hard copy text books.
Sure...until eBook sales really take off and the book publishers notice their profits aren't as big as they used to be.
It's a shiny gadget*, of course they'll say yes. The fact that 20% said "no" really means that more like 90% would have said no if they were paying for it themselves (and of the 10% who say "yes", 90% of them will be getting a big allowance from rich parents).
{*} Too shiny in fact. Is it really just me who can't see anything but reflected lights on iPod screens?
I note they didn't try any applications or devices. I'm stuck with at least three useful peripherals which don't work after upgrading to Win7 (A Canon scanner, Soundblaster Extigy and a space mouse).
How exactly are they supposed to vet apps? Decompile them and analyse the code?
Who earns $100 an hour...?
(Idiot)
Maybe they have less money/lobbyists than Disney or something...
why didn't she move to him and then he would know she's safe.
Um, because she doesn't exist....
Didn't Microsoft do a campaign: "The Wow Starts Now!!"? And one with Jerry Seinfeld?
Design/advertising aren't usually the same thing. People know they're buying an appliance but they associate the decision with image presented in the adverts.
Despite their "fun to drive" advertising Toyota has stopped making Supras and MR2s - their only fun cars. Even their slightly-fun Celica was eventually canned in favor of more mundane models.
Yep. They'll just send the rep round, pay for a few lunches and it'll be "Microsoft office is open, too!" in all the meetings to decide which format to use.
They'll use Microsoft OOXML ...?
Um, coal plants produce mercury. Enough mercury that everything in the sea which is high up the food chain is now toxic. So, yes, incandescent bulbs are bad for other people.
The "lights on and off" thing isn't something intrinsic to CFLs, they can be designed for that.
PS: It's probably just a myth anyway ... see the relevant episode of Mythbusters.
If the power grid is overloaded then it's their business. If everybody switches to CFLs then they won't need to build a dozen new power stations (at horrendous cost in both money and environment).
As long as they're the ones building/running the power stations then they should probably have a say in how much electricity the average person is allowed to suck up.
Their biggest problem is that they're not listening to their consumers and giving them their music in a format they want. The only music seller which does (ie. Apple) is still making huge money off music.
That ... and number of people who are obsessed with music is declining. Consumers are now spending their money on other things, eg. DVDs, mobile phones, apps for their mobile phones, cinema, etc. The market has changed, music is less relevant.
But still, keep on passing those laws and suing the few die-hard music lovers who are left.
Long lasting bulbs use more electricity. ie. It costs you more at the meter than the replacement bulbs.