So, Apple fan boyz are switching from kool-aid to tablets, then? Note to self: the cliche will no longer be "they've drank the kool-aid", but rather "they've swallowed the tablets!"
PDAs are a vanishing market now that equivalent functionality it available in a smartphone. I don't see why an iSlate couldn't provide all the same functionality of an eBook reader, with the exception that color touchscreen probably means shorter battery life -- but then, eBook readers suck for watching videos (as do cell phones).
Let's just hope the iSlate is a lot easier to clean then our current keyboard are... uh, cause I tend to spill things on my keyboard... uh, like soda! Yeah, that's the ticket, soda! It has nothing to do with using the computer to view porn, honest!
iSlates aren't meant to compete with netbooks, they are meant to compete with eBook readers (while in addition offering all the functionality of an iPhone or iTouch). Think color eBook reader/video viewer along with a google maps implementation and accelerometers so you can play games just by tilting it, and you see it has gaming functionality that netbooks don't and large screen capability that smartphones don't. (Much as I love my Android phone, it is harder than heck to read things on.)
1) Reference design != product
2) Cost of $199 is based on Freescale's projected cost of components, meaning actual cost to consumers would be higher (probably closer to the rumored $300 iSlate price)
However, if you add a tie-in to a decent eBook/mp3/video vendor, this device could have a decent niche market. In fact, it could adopt the cellphone business model and be given away for "free" with a commitment to a monthly subscription fee. Would you pay $20/month for two years for this if it included content?
Sounds remarkably similar to "G.I. Joe's" spending a lot of money to rebrand themselves as "Joe's" about a year before going bankrupt and closing all stores. Oh wait, I guess they are now an online-only store. Good luck competing with Amazon, guys!
They lost sight of "the HP way" about the same time they put Carly in charge. Note to HP buying up other companies to convert yourself to a service company and compete with IBM is just a waste of money if you can't get those new divisions to stop fighting with each other and actually work together towards a common goal.
Well, the Queen has been known to throw really bitchin' parties, for those times when you absolutely, positively, have to impress the shit out of visiting foreign dignitaries. Which is why the US doesn't have a monarch, we pretty much don't give a shit who we impress or piss off.
The reason we abolished monarchy is that sometimes the king IS the asshat. Give temporary "absolute power" to someone, and his first act will most likely be to extend the period of time that he is in power for.
Actually, it sounds to me like this corporation was doing things the right way. Unfortunately, most companies are willing to devote the resources required for doing things the right way, and take more of a management-by-crisis approach. When you're proactive and fix every problem before it occurs (with severe impact to productivity) then management starts wondering why they pay you so much when you "never do anything".
Depends on what kind of software they are writing. If they are just coding up GUIs, they don't need to understand how the OS works. If they are writing system level or communications software or drivers, they damn well better have some understanding of how the system works or they'll end up writing something that looks a lot like Microsoft's implementation of SMB.
Never done this myself, but people have inserted backdoors into Unix V7 kernels they compiled by replacing a "if (userid == 0)" with a "if (userid = 0)" check. I assume they are looking for a more sophisticated version of that trick.
I suspect suicidal people would be much more likely to take advantage of this new-fangled lottery scheme known as "life insurance". You do know that part of the fee for every death certificate goes to pay burial expenses for the indigent, don't you?
Any encryption scheme is crackable when you've got unlimited access to the machine code that actually does the encryption and decryption. Then it simply becomes an exercise in reverse engineering. That means you can decrypt the messages sent in both directions, but not necessarily spoof messages sent by the master since they may be using a trap-door function.
Part of the problem was it is not in fact a real professional commercial. It was something hacked up by one of the Songsmith team members using his own daughter. It is soooo bad that it is hilarious, in an "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" sort of way. Not sure if that was the intent, or if he just sucked at making commercials. Also be sure to check out the many "as performed by Microsoft Songsmith" videos on YouTube (classic songs redone in Songsmith -- badly!).
It is unfortunate that we use the term "robot" to refer both to truly autonomous vehicles and to what are essentially remote controlled vehicles (e.g. Robot Wars. While I would prefer the term "robot" only be used for machines that can think for themselves, I suspect that "Waldo Wars" would not a huge marketing success.
Sure, it's early still, but I'm sure tech history will vindicate that which we already know: Windows 7 doesn't suck anywhere near as badly as Vista; it is in fact the OS release that Vista SHOULD have been, had not Microsoft badly mismanaged it.
Just 3 percent of "smart" phone users are consuming 40 percent of the network capacity, de la Vega said, adding that the most high-bandwidth activity is video and audio streaming. Several applications on the iPhone provide nonstop Internet radio. I am shocked and surprised -- only 3% of iPhone owners use them for pr0n and constantly streaming music? If you're not gonna do that, what's the point of owning an iPhone? If you just wanted to, ya know, talk to people, than any old phone would do.
You are the first nominee for a 2010 Darwin Awards honorable mention for a brave attempt at removing yourself from the gene pool that unfortunately ultimately failed.
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So, Apple fan boyz are switching from kool-aid to tablets, then? Note to self: the cliche will no longer be "they've drank the kool-aid", but rather "they've swallowed the tablets!"
PDAs are a vanishing market now that equivalent functionality it available in a smartphone. I don't see why an iSlate couldn't provide all the same functionality of an eBook reader, with the exception that color touchscreen probably means shorter battery life -- but then, eBook readers suck for watching videos (as do cell phones).
Let's just hope the iSlate is a lot easier to clean then our current keyboard are... uh, cause I tend to spill things on my keyboard... uh, like soda! Yeah, that's the ticket, soda! It has nothing to do with using the computer to view porn, honest!
Uh, it's billion, not million, that is interpreted differently by our friends across the pond.
iSlates aren't meant to compete with netbooks, they are meant to compete with eBook readers (while in addition offering all the functionality of an iPhone or iTouch). Think color eBook reader/video viewer along with a google maps implementation and accelerometers so you can play games just by tilting it, and you see it has gaming functionality that netbooks don't and large screen capability that smartphones don't. (Much as I love my Android phone, it is harder than heck to read things on.)
I suspect Barry Evans has watched way to much Wallace & Gromit
1) Reference design != product
2) Cost of $199 is based on Freescale's projected cost of components, meaning actual cost to consumers would be higher (probably closer to the rumored $300 iSlate price)
However, if you add a tie-in to a decent eBook/mp3/video vendor, this device could have a decent niche market. In fact, it could adopt the cellphone business model and be given away for "free" with a commitment to a monthly subscription fee. Would you pay $20/month for two years for this if it included content?
Plus, when it falls over, the failure analysis will yield valuable insights into exactly why one shouldn't build structures that tall!
Sounds remarkably similar to "G.I. Joe's" spending a lot of money to rebrand themselves as "Joe's" about a year before going bankrupt and closing all stores. Oh wait, I guess they are now an online-only store. Good luck competing with Amazon, guys!
They lost sight of "the HP way" about the same time they put Carly in charge. Note to HP buying up other companies to convert yourself to a service company and compete with IBM is just a waste of money if you can't get those new divisions to stop fighting with each other and actually work together towards a common goal.
Well, the Queen has been known to throw really bitchin' parties, for those times when you absolutely, positively, have to impress the shit out of visiting foreign dignitaries. Which is why the US doesn't have a monarch, we pretty much don't give a shit who we impress or piss off.
The reason we abolished monarchy is that sometimes the king IS the asshat. Give temporary "absolute power" to someone, and his first act will most likely be to extend the period of time that he is in power for.
Actually, I believe the correct form is "Sir bald-headed British Shakespearian actor playing a French Captain".
Actually, it sounds to me like this corporation was doing things the right way. Unfortunately, most companies are willing to devote the resources required for doing things the right way, and take more of a management-by-crisis approach. When you're proactive and fix every problem before it occurs (with severe impact to productivity) then management starts wondering why they pay you so much when you "never do anything".
Depends on what kind of software they are writing. If they are just coding up GUIs, they don't need to understand how the OS works. If they are writing system level or communications software or drivers, they damn well better have some understanding of how the system works or they'll end up writing something that looks a lot like Microsoft's implementation of SMB.
Never done this myself, but people have inserted backdoors into Unix V7 kernels they compiled by replacing a "if (userid == 0)" with a "if (userid = 0)" check. I assume they are looking for a more sophisticated version of that trick.
I suspect suicidal people would be much more likely to take advantage of this new-fangled lottery scheme known as "life insurance". You do know that part of the fee for every death certificate goes to pay burial expenses for the indigent, don't you?
Any encryption scheme is crackable when you've got unlimited access to the machine code that actually does the encryption and decryption. Then it simply becomes an exercise in reverse engineering. That means you can decrypt the messages sent in both directions, but not necessarily spoof messages sent by the master since they may be using a trap-door function.
Part of the problem was it is not in fact a real professional commercial. It was something hacked up by one of the Songsmith team members using his own daughter. It is soooo bad that it is hilarious, in an "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" sort of way. Not sure if that was the intent, or if he just sucked at making commercials. Also be sure to check out the many "as performed by Microsoft Songsmith" videos on YouTube (classic songs redone in Songsmith -- badly!).
It is unfortunate that we use the term "robot" to refer both to truly autonomous vehicles and to what are essentially remote controlled vehicles (e.g. Robot Wars. While I would prefer the term "robot" only be used for machines that can think for themselves, I suspect that "Waldo Wars" would not a huge marketing success.
Will wonders never cease... cat food is now the currency of choice in places where there is no pussy to be found!
Sure, it's early still, but I'm sure tech history will vindicate that which we already know: Windows 7 doesn't suck anywhere near as badly as Vista; it is in fact the OS release that Vista SHOULD have been, had not Microsoft badly mismanaged it.
Just 3 percent of "smart" phone users are consuming 40 percent of the network capacity, de la Vega said, adding that the most high-bandwidth activity is video and audio streaming. Several applications on the iPhone provide nonstop Internet radio. I am shocked and surprised -- only 3% of iPhone owners use them for pr0n and constantly streaming music? If you're not gonna do that, what's the point of owning an iPhone? If you just wanted to, ya know, talk to people, than any old phone would do.
You're obviously confusing him with his best friend and his brother, respectively known as Ben Dover and Phil McCracken...
You are the first nominee for a 2010 Darwin Awards honorable mention for a brave attempt at removing yourself from the gene pool that unfortunately ultimately failed.