Huge dense population centers of China can sustain costly railway operations, where sparse populations of US cannot. China is about the size of US, yet 4 times larger in population.
>> With the tablet, I don't have such a clear image of how it will make my life worth living.
Maybe it doesn't excite you but, Kindle over at Amazon is selling like hotcakes (more importantly, selling ebooks/epapers with it), so, it's obvious that Mr. Jobs want some (if he can, all) of that action.
Its interesting, I have bought an iMac, a big shiny display with Leopard on it. After using 6 months or so, i said, fuck it. I replaced the mouse and installed WinXP thru bootcamp.
Problem was not that i needed a special software that run only on Windows, it was rather, I got annoyed with minor irritations such as these;
- when you hit enter key on an icon of a document, instead of launching the document, it tries to rename it - a window can be resized only from right-bottom corner - and of course the single-button mouse, thou capable of being double button, default set to single, it took me a few months to figure that out, most people never will bother.
there are more but cant remember all now.
so I ask to Apple, why not fix all these annoyances and get few more users?
Yup. I live in Hong Kong, down here people drive on average probably less than 20 miles a day. This is a small city with dense population. electric cars fit well here. Lately I have noticed that Toyota's Prius spreading everywhere in this city.
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Huge dense population centers of China can sustain costly railway operations, where sparse populations of US cannot. China is about the size of US, yet 4 times larger in population.
Buffett did give away I think, by handing his money in someone else's (Gates') foundation.
...how about updating those satellite images that are many years old?
i got the same me message, but trying a second time did the update.
Ignorant statement.
China is ten-times the size of japan, and five-times the size of US.
This is the difference.
It was not a KISS! It really is that simple.
>> With the tablet, I don't have such a clear image of how it will make my life worth living.
Maybe it doesn't excite you but, Kindle over at Amazon is selling like hotcakes (more importantly, selling ebooks/epapers with it), so, it's obvious that Mr. Jobs want some (if he can, all) of that action.
"[Netscape will soon reduce Windows to] a poorly debugged set of device drivers."
1995, Marc Andreessen
In my opinion there is nothing wrong with this statement other than being ahead of its time.
Nah.. Goo taken. I suggest Goat instead.
Seriously... why the +5 funny?
period.
I heard Dell himself run his own Dell box Linux (Ubi)
...a major OS that simply went away, period?
Windows Me.
I hope it did.
as playground for competition is no longer owned by Microsoft.
You type so much to notice all that? what are you Stephen King's typist?
Well said. Same issue with voice command.
Thou not the touchscreen, but a multitouch fingerpad on your desk might be usefull I think for many of us.
Facebook was built with PHP?.
Microsoft is special case. Once Windows & Office lost "mindshare" and marketshare, MS earnings can detoriate faster than you can imagine.
Its interesting, I have bought an iMac, a big shiny display with Leopard on it. After using 6 months or so, i said, fuck it. I replaced the mouse and installed WinXP thru bootcamp.
Problem was not that i needed a special software that run only on Windows, it was rather, I got annoyed with minor irritations such as these;
- when you hit enter key on an icon of a document, instead of launching the document, it tries to rename it
- a window can be resized only from right-bottom corner
- and of course the single-button mouse, thou capable of being double button, default set to single, it took me a few months to figure that out, most people never will bother.
there are more but cant remember all now.
so I ask to Apple, why not fix all these annoyances and get few more users?
...and, DONT keep score.
Yup. I live in Hong Kong, down here people drive on average probably less than 20 miles a day. This is a small city with dense population. electric cars fit well here. Lately I have noticed that Toyota's Prius spreading everywhere in this city.
BYD Already has a plugin on the market... Soon, will be near you thanks to Warren Buffett
Or maybe, they are preparing to put FedEex out of business
You have to be kidding about Silverlight overtaking Flash..
Wait until everyone and their pets switched to win7 and silverlight is an "inseperably" embedded into it.
Netscape, Real Media was killed this way.