Probably because of the cost. Those things cost less up-front, but they will break very quickly, so over a few years will probably cost more than the Macbooks.
And that's not counting the specialized and hard to find support staff you'd need. Or the terrible ergonomics of netbooks, which could set the school up for a lawsuit over Occupational Health and Safety.
Albert Einstein didn't have a laptop in school.
Ben Franklin didn't have a laptop in school.
Stephen Hawking didn't have a laptop in school.
Thomas Edison didn't have a laptop in school.
Nikola Tesla didn't have a laptop in school.
Even Bill Gates didn't have a laptop in school.
They turned out okay.
But all of those people had ample access to to the "Information Technology" of the day - the written word and the printing press. I don't think they would have been able to do their work without that technology. And Stephen Hawking in particular, is pretty heavily reliant on modern medicine and computer technology.
Would you be outraged that their schools required them to have pens and books?
Those game used a trick to make your brain think stuff looked in 3D when in reality they are all flat. Now they want to gear up to be able to send *stereoscopic* signal to a TV, which is another trick to make your brain seeing a 3D image by sending two different image to the right and left eye.
But as I noted in my previous post up-thread, this is definitely not the first stereoscopic imaging in PS3 games. There are PS3 and PS2 games that used stereography via red-blue anaglyph.
But we're talking about real 3D graphics, not those fake simulations on a 2D image.
You mean, Sony has implemented holography? I don't think so. They are talking about stereoscopic imaging, which is pretty much a slightly advanced "fake simulation on a 2D image," hardly "real 3D graphics." Anyway, "3D graphics" has been a term used to describe 3D perspective renderings on a 2D plane for decades.
Even then, it's still not the first stereoscopic gaming on the PS3 - for example, G-Force used red-blue anaglyph stereography on the PS3 and Xbox, and there were many other stereoscopic games on older platforms such as the PS2 and PC.
web browsing is an industry consumers want and benefit from. advertising is something i would pay to rid myself of.
I agree. And there's absolutely nothing stopping you. Don't like ads on TV? Buy the DVD box-set instead, or buy downloadable video. Don't like ads on the radio? Listen to community stations or podcasts. Don't like ads in your applications? Buy the full version, rather than the adware.
The biggest problem is transportation ads. You have to get to work, and you will pass billboards and other advertising signage on the way if you drive. It's pretty easy to ignore, though, especially if you concentrate on the road. Catch public transport and the ads are a bit harder to ignore. At least they don't take up any time as you walk past them.
The name seems redundant. Why not just call themselves "Goat Security" which already contains "goatse." I guess goatse fans aren't known for their subtlety.
A vote of no confidence against the current board of directors has erupted in what is possibly the first nerd war,
Seriously? Nerds have been fighting for centuries, and you think this is the first?
What about the British Boffins (including Alan Turing) versus the Nazi Boffins (some of whom would later work on NASA missions). What about Tesla versus Edison? Plato versus Aristotle? Star Trek nerds versus Star Wars nerds? Amiga nerds versus Atari ST nerds?
I love how people justify taxation based on spreading it out over time.
What's wrong with that? Our modern civilization was practically built on massive projects funded by taxation over time, things that would never have been done without short-term thinking or government investment.
Secondly, why would one have to justify taxation in the first place? It's proven to be remarkably effective.
How exactly is data which is transmitted to the public airwaves by you any different than an SSID which is transmitted into the public airwaves by a router?
Do you need an education in computing/network technology? The SSID is broadcasted with the intent of clients being able to find and connect to the access point. The data that is transferred over that access point is not intended to be broadcast as a means of finding an access point.
If you transmit information unencrypted in an extremely widely known modulation scheme, where exactly is the expectation of privacy in doing so?
There isn't any in most countries, but how doers that make it exactly the same as an SSID?/p
"Conforms to their satisfaction?" That's the weirdest sentence I've read all week. Surely, one's satisfaction is the result of a stimulus, rather than an instigator?
Now google drives a car down the streets and collects your publicly visible information (SSID) and you complain again that they should not be collecting private data?
Except that Google wasn't just recording SSID data, it was also collecting data that traveled through those access points. Doesn't anybody bother to find out basic facts before commenting anymore?
Apparently to you reading the post before replying is pointless, the device that would be over $500 isn't a laptop but the Kno. The op made no value judgement on laptops over $500, just saying that slate devices over that price don't really have a market segment.
Do you have problems with reading comprehension?
The post I was reply to begins with "So why not just get a laptop?" and later says "for $500 I can buy a great laptop or an iPad and anything more than $500 would just be pointless," and end with "Really, why would I want a giant, heavy, LCD tablet not running a real OS?"
How does anything in that post restrict the comment to the "slate device" market? It does the opposite, and puts laptops alongside "slate devices" as an option.
So, laptops that are powerful enough to run video editing or 3D raytracing software at decent speeds are pointless? Laptops that don't have shitty displays are pointless? Way to project your individual preferences onto an entire market.
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Why not Netbooks with Linux?
Probably because of the cost. Those things cost less up-front, but they will break very quickly, so over a few years will probably cost more than the Macbooks.
And that's not counting the specialized and hard to find support staff you'd need. Or the terrible ergonomics of netbooks, which could set the school up for a lawsuit over Occupational Health and Safety.
Albert Einstein didn't have a laptop in school. Ben Franklin didn't have a laptop in school. Stephen Hawking didn't have a laptop in school. Thomas Edison didn't have a laptop in school. Nikola Tesla didn't have a laptop in school. Even Bill Gates didn't have a laptop in school. They turned out okay.
But all of those people had ample access to to the "Information Technology" of the day - the written word and the printing press. I don't think they would have been able to do their work without that technology. And Stephen Hawking in particular, is pretty heavily reliant on modern medicine and computer technology.
Would you be outraged that their schools required them to have pens and books?
Those game used a trick to make your brain think stuff looked in 3D when in reality they are all flat. Now they want to gear up to be able to send *stereoscopic* signal to a TV, which is another trick to make your brain seeing a 3D image by sending two different image to the right and left eye.
But as I noted in my previous post up-thread, this is definitely not the first stereoscopic imaging in PS3 games. There are PS3 and PS2 games that used stereography via red-blue anaglyph.
But we're talking about real 3D graphics, not those fake simulations on a 2D image.
You mean, Sony has implemented holography? I don't think so. They are talking about stereoscopic imaging, which is pretty much a slightly advanced "fake simulation on a 2D image," hardly "real 3D graphics." Anyway, "3D graphics" has been a term used to describe 3D perspective renderings on a 2D plane for decades.
Even then, it's still not the first stereoscopic gaming on the PS3 - for example, G-Force used red-blue anaglyph stereography on the PS3 and Xbox, and there were many other stereoscopic games on older platforms such as the PS2 and PC.
web browsing is an industry consumers want and benefit from. advertising is something i would pay to rid myself of.
I agree. And there's absolutely nothing stopping you. Don't like ads on TV? Buy the DVD box-set instead, or buy downloadable video. Don't like ads on the radio? Listen to community stations or podcasts. Don't like ads in your applications? Buy the full version, rather than the adware.
The biggest problem is transportation ads. You have to get to work, and you will pass billboards and other advertising signage on the way if you drive. It's pretty easy to ignore, though, especially if you concentrate on the road. Catch public transport and the ads are a bit harder to ignore. At least they don't take up any time as you walk past them.
Sony plans to show off the first 3D PlayStation 3 games in the UK on 10 June
That's weird. I've had 3D games on my PS3 for years. Even had them on the PS2 as well.
The name seems redundant. Why not just call themselves "Goat Security" which already contains "goatse." I guess goatse fans aren't known for their subtlety.
Your doctor is literally an eyeball? Or is he a quack who calls himself "eye doctor" because he's not a qualified opthamologist?
There were no Atari ST nerds. It was a games machine with a keyboard duct-taped on at the last moment.
You are right. I stand corrected.
A vote of no confidence against the current board of directors has erupted in what is possibly the first nerd war,
Seriously? Nerds have been fighting for centuries, and you think this is the first?
What about the British Boffins (including Alan Turing) versus the Nazi Boffins (some of whom would later work on NASA missions). What about Tesla versus Edison? Plato versus Aristotle? Star Trek nerds versus Star Wars nerds? Amiga nerds versus Atari ST nerds?
So I kind of wonder what will be the punishment for this act?
You are forced to play Barbie Horse Adventures for 14 hours a day.
Reader mode detects multiple-page articles and displays them in their entirety at the click of a button
That's an awesome feature, but can it reduce entire slashdot comment threads into a single comment? That would save a lot of time.
Opera is the best porn browser.
I dunno, that singing fat lady kind of turns me off.
I love how people justify taxation based on spreading it out over time.
What's wrong with that? Our modern civilization was practically built on massive projects funded by taxation over time, things that would never have been done without short-term thinking or government investment.
Secondly, why would one have to justify taxation in the first place? It's proven to be remarkably effective.
Why does the purpose of the transmission even matter?
I was responding to the question "how is it any different" with a comment about how it is different. The question of privacy is a different matter.
How exactly is data which is transmitted to the public airwaves by you any different than an SSID which is transmitted into the public airwaves by a router?
Do you need an education in computing/network technology? The SSID is broadcasted with the intent of clients being able to find and connect to the access point. The data that is transferred over that access point is not intended to be broadcast as a means of finding an access point.
If you transmit information unencrypted in an extremely widely known modulation scheme, where exactly is the expectation of privacy in doing so?
There isn't any in most countries, but how doers that make it exactly the same as an SSID?/p
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Yo, Dante! Whats up, bro? Long time no speak... by the way, this is a really clear connection, you sound like you're right next to me.
conforms to their satisfaction.
"Conforms to their satisfaction?" That's the weirdest sentence I've read all week. Surely, one's satisfaction is the result of a stimulus, rather than an instigator?
I wouldn't. Both Google and German government are made up of people.
But, in the German government, one of those people is HITLER!
Now google drives a car down the streets and collects your publicly visible information (SSID) and you complain again that they should not be collecting private data?
Except that Google wasn't just recording SSID data, it was also collecting data that traveled through those access points. Doesn't anybody bother to find out basic facts before commenting anymore?
Apparently to you reading the post before replying is pointless, the device that would be over $500 isn't a laptop but the Kno. The op made no value judgement on laptops over $500, just saying that slate devices over that price don't really have a market segment.
Do you have problems with reading comprehension?
The post I was reply to begins with "So why not just get a laptop?" and later says "for $500 I can buy a great laptop or an iPad and anything more than $500 would just be pointless," and end with "Really, why would I want a giant, heavy, LCD tablet not running a real OS?"
How does anything in that post restrict the comment to the "slate device" market? It does the opposite, and puts laptops alongside "slate devices" as an option.
I thought naming your product after your company was a Kno Kno
Well, it worked for Apple, IBM, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and countless others, so I'm not sure what your point is.
anything more than $500 would just be pointless.
So, laptops that are powerful enough to run video editing or 3D raytracing software at decent speeds are pointless? Laptops that don't have shitty displays are pointless? Way to project your individual preferences onto an entire market.
If you just gouge your eyes out, radio becomes an acceptable alternative.
Not if you only receive ClearChannel stations.