I doubt it does much good. Apple has taken it stance, and they have a very clear reason to do so: Apple is building a replacement for Flash [theregister.co.uk].
Of course, the Register based that article on a single tweet by one person who claims to have seen this replacement. Hack journalism at its finest, and business as usual for the Register, which is a very good reason not to pay any attention to what they write. Unless, of course, you're using it to support your agenda and don't really care about, you know, the actual truth or anything.
(And, honestly, why should installing Open Office be outside the scope of this machine's functions? The machine is good enough to run "iWork Pages"...)
It's not "outside its scope", it would just require a group of dedicated people willing to put the effort into porting Open Office to the iPad, while taking into account the device's relatively low processing power. The iPad versions of the iWork apps had to be scaled back quite a bit to work on an iPad.
I'm a long time PalmOS fan, so I can appreciate a system that does things a little differently in order to serve its role better
Same here. I like my iPhone but there were a lot of things that my old Palm IV did better. Unfortunately, making phone calls was not one of them.
This is about power... Diminishing Adobe's power and leveraging Apple's power.
I agree with you about Apple using its market power to diminish Flash's domination of Web video but I think that, rather than Apple wanting more power at Adobe's expense, it's more a matter of turnabout being fair play. When Apple was at its low ebb during the late Nineties, Adobe changed its development emphasis from Mac to Windows and urged its Mac-using customers to switch platforms. Now that Apple is once again strong, they're giving Adobe a bit of payback. Steve Jobs has a very long memory when it comes to things like that; after all, in his opinion at least, there might not even be an Adobe today if Apple hadn't been the first company to license PostScript for its LaserWriters.
Of course, it doesn't help that Flash for Mac really sucks, and has for years now.
Right. I'm sure there's a very 'good' legal reason why doing business in Vietnam is easier than in Finland.
Sure--it's called the Lahti M31 Suomi. Take that nasty little piece of work, add in pine tar-flavored schnapps and you've got enough to scare anyone away from doing business in Finland.
You're telling me that some "innovator" out there can invent something that's worth protecting but can't scrape together two hundred and fifty bucks? (assuming they triple the fees)
Whoa, there, cowboy--stop being rational in the face of a great conspiracy theory. You're going to put the tin-foil hat makers out of business.
I'm pretty sure Brazil imported this idea from somewhere else and I strongly belive this place is the US. I just don't know if 1000 points were enough to trigger it.
I am not a stockbroker but my understanding is that there are "circuit breakers" built into the electronic trading system but they don't trip until the market drops 10%. The 1000-point drop was just shy of that, which makes me wonder if there wasn't some deliberate manipulation involved. That's pure speculation, of course, I have no evidence of it.
I think the potential threat of the latter group would depend on what type of bread that 20-something middle-eastern guy has. Pita? Not too worrisome. White? Not too bad. Whole wheat? A little unnerving. French? Time for the full body scan.
No, it couldn't have been Bush. He was too busy plotting the 9/11 attacks to have the free time.
A troll, is it? Man, some people don't know a joke when they see one.
For the record: I am not a fan of George W. Bush but in no way do I believe he had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks. In fact, I think the whole "9/11 Truther" movement is a giant crock of shit.
Could it mean 3D without funny glasses? I have no idea, but I hope so.
Given Microsoft's penchant for announcing vaporware, I'll believe it when I see it. However, if it means 3D without headaches or eyestrain, I'll take it--even if it does come from Microsoft.
is not how tongues works. If the satellite really was broadcasting in tongues then everyone on the planet would be able to understand the transmissions.
I don't know about that. I, for one, can never figure out what those fucking Pentecostalists are trying to say.
You're not mistaken that avoiding it is pretty trivial, but it's also probably tax fraud.
That's yet to be determined. The states say it is, the vendors say it's not; right now, the vendors are winning but you can expect to see it in the courts eventually. I think that Amazon.com and the State of California are going to go at it before long.
Consider: the Chrysler 300C has a US base price of $28k, but a UK base price of £25k
While I don't doubt that's true, I'd really, really like to believe that you Brits are smart enough to know better than to buy a Chrysler 300. I mean, not even many of us Americans buy those sleds.
I agree that batteries would be better in the long run, if the technology gets to the point that they're viable. Hydrogen is a good interim solution, however. Will it solve all our energy problems? No. But it's better than what we have now.
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I doubt it does much good. Apple has taken it stance, and they have a very clear reason to do so: Apple is building a replacement for Flash [theregister.co.uk].
Of course, the Register based that article on a single tweet by one person who claims to have seen this replacement. Hack journalism at its finest, and business as usual for the Register, which is a very good reason not to pay any attention to what they write. Unless, of course, you're using it to support your agenda and don't really care about, you know, the actual truth or anything.
1.81642145 × 1034 beard seconds
Yes, this implies that there may be galaxies further away than we can see, outside of our horizon of cause or effect. Heady stuff.
More like headache stuff, as in "Ow! Thinking about that makes my head hurt!
(And, honestly, why should installing Open Office be outside the scope of this machine's functions? The machine is good enough to run "iWork Pages"...)
It's not "outside its scope", it would just require a group of dedicated people willing to put the effort into porting Open Office to the iPad, while taking into account the device's relatively low processing power. The iPad versions of the iWork apps had to be scaled back quite a bit to work on an iPad.
I'm a long time PalmOS fan, so I can appreciate a system that does things a little differently in order to serve its role better
Same here. I like my iPhone but there were a lot of things that my old Palm IV did better. Unfortunately, making phone calls was not one of them.
This is about power... Diminishing Adobe's power and leveraging Apple's power.
I agree with you about Apple using its market power to diminish Flash's domination of Web video but I think that, rather than Apple wanting more power at Adobe's expense, it's more a matter of turnabout being fair play. When Apple was at its low ebb during the late Nineties, Adobe changed its development emphasis from Mac to Windows and urged its Mac-using customers to switch platforms. Now that Apple is once again strong, they're giving Adobe a bit of payback. Steve Jobs has a very long memory when it comes to things like that; after all, in his opinion at least, there might not even be an Adobe today if Apple hadn't been the first company to license PostScript for its LaserWriters.
Of course, it doesn't help that Flash for Mac really sucks, and has for years now.
Right. I'm sure there's a very 'good' legal reason why doing business in Vietnam is easier than in Finland.
Sure--it's called the Lahti M31 Suomi. Take that nasty little piece of work, add in pine tar-flavored schnapps and you've got enough to scare anyone away from doing business in Finland.
Is there a Windows version?
This was just a little reminder than the "economy" is nothing more than a shared mass delusion.
You know, that's almost exactly what the Zen masters say about reality in general.
You're telling me that some "innovator" out there can invent something that's worth protecting but can't scrape together two hundred and fifty bucks? (assuming they triple the fees)
Whoa, there, cowboy--stop being rational in the face of a great conspiracy theory. You're going to put the tin-foil hat makers out of business.
That's all interesting, but none of it counts as actual evidence any more than my own speculation does.
I'm pretty sure Brazil imported this idea from somewhere else and I strongly belive this place is the US. I just don't know if 1000 points were enough to trigger it.
I am not a stockbroker but my understanding is that there are "circuit breakers" built into the electronic trading system but they don't trip until the market drops 10%. The 1000-point drop was just shy of that, which makes me wonder if there wasn't some deliberate manipulation involved. That's pure speculation, of course, I have no evidence of it.
I think the potential threat of the latter group would depend on what type of bread that 20-something middle-eastern guy has. Pita? Not too worrisome. White? Not too bad. Whole wheat? A little unnerving. French? Time for the full body scan.
"Use a baguette, go to jail!"
Well, what dya know!
Aw, man, you went and gave away my secret! Now everybody is gonna be wearing them...
I've heard really good things about Deox-it contact cleaner
That stuff works great. I've had it bring the switches on old vacuum tube ham radio equipment back from the dead.
Was your mom a technological hypochondriac?
All moms are technological hypochondriacs.
No, it couldn't have been Bush. He was too busy plotting the 9/11 attacks to have the free time.
A troll, is it? Man, some people don't know a joke when they see one.
For the record: I am not a fan of George W. Bush but in no way do I believe he had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks. In fact, I think the whole "9/11 Truther" movement is a giant crock of shit.
Thank you, and goodnight.
Could it mean 3D without funny glasses? I have no idea, but I hope so.
Given Microsoft's penchant for announcing vaporware, I'll believe it when I see it. However, if it means 3D without headaches or eyestrain, I'll take it--even if it does come from Microsoft.
is not how tongues works. If the satellite really was broadcasting in tongues then everyone on the planet would be able to understand the transmissions.
I don't know about that. I, for one, can never figure out what those fucking Pentecostalists are trying to say.
Now I'm off to calculate some orbital trajectories. This might not end well...
Please don't forget to do the Imperial-to-metric conversion this time, okay?
You're not mistaken that avoiding it is pretty trivial, but it's also probably tax fraud.
That's yet to be determined. The states say it is, the vendors say it's not; right now, the vendors are winning but you can expect to see it in the courts eventually. I think that Amazon.com and the State of California are going to go at it before long.
Consider: the Chrysler 300C has a US base price of $28k, but a UK base price of £25k
While I don't doubt that's true, I'd really, really like to believe that you Brits are smart enough to know better than to buy a Chrysler 300. I mean, not even many of us Americans buy those sleds.
Flash is like a zombie. Even though may be walking, it's already dead. It just doesn't know it. Yet.
Wait no, it's Bush's fault, damn Patriot Act. Damn Damn Dammmmmmmn.
No, it couldn't have been Bush. He was too busy plotting the 9/11 attacks to have the free time.
Ivan Arce
I've an arse too, but I don't feel the need to point it out to everyone..
You know, I'm embarrassed to admit it but I missed that entirely. Good catch.
...but deadly.
I agree that batteries would be better in the long run, if the technology gets to the point that they're viable. Hydrogen is a good interim solution, however. Will it solve all our energy problems? No. But it's better than what we have now.