"Not one person in 1,000 reading my words has the skill nor equipment necessary to do component-level repair on anything as densely-populated as your average smartphone or tablet"
This is slashdot. Quite a bunch of us work with IR Reflow all day long, either by hobby or by profession. Your stated odds are way off the mark.
"Many musical applications (synthesizer/DAW control, mobile multitrack recording, etc."
As someone that records music, no, the iPad isn't even worth it. I can't even tune my guitar reliably with one thanks to the shitty microphone picking up everything.
"The technology is where consoles have often been ahead of PCs"
What? No way. The PS3 didn't even have the high-end 7XXX series nVidia, and the 8XXX series was already out in 2006. Maybe the Cell arch, but no way on the GPU.
Getting that much energy stored up and ready for use at 12 joules per square centimeter might be the reason, especially when you take efficiency losses into account.
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It's only devoid of useful content to those that aren't educated enough on the subject at hand. Everyone else will know exactly what is being talked about.
"And laptops cost more and are much heavier with worse battery time."
That's kind of the trade-off in having a piece of equipment that can do REAL WORK, not a toy that looks shiny and only does things when you buy other accessories like it's some sort of of hardware DLC.
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"Not one person in 1,000 reading my words has the skill nor equipment necessary to do component-level repair on anything as densely-populated as your average smartphone or tablet"
This is slashdot. Quite a bunch of us work with IR Reflow all day long, either by hobby or by profession. Your stated odds are way off the mark.
"but they didn't discourage you, either."
Remember "No User Serviceable Parts Inside?"
Of course it's fine for manga. Most manga books are SMALLER than the iPad in the first place.
*looks over at 20,000+ volumes of manga on his shelves, from Lone Wolf and Cub to Battle Royale*
No, they don't. Most musicians still use reliable gear designed for specific purposes.
Also, USB microphones introduce recording lag. Doesn't matter the OS.
They suck for reading comic books.
Comic books (typical ones published on A4 paper) need a 14.34" diagonal screen measurement to even get the text near the original readable size.
"Many musical applications (synthesizer/DAW control, mobile multitrack recording, etc."
As someone that records music, no, the iPad isn't even worth it. I can't even tune my guitar reliably with one thanks to the shitty microphone picking up everything.
Oh, I dunno, prolly the same way we have the feds asking about internet usage and making sure it's advertised correctly?
Yes, I have a packet-sniffer box attached to my modem.
I don't do illegal downloading, yet I see a bunch of illegal packet inspecting and taking of vital company information (mine.)
Guess you don't have Charter cable, do ya?
I catch said ISPs inspecting my business packets and I'll fucking sue their ass into oblivion for attempted espionage.
"The technology is where consoles have often been ahead of PCs"
What? No way. The PS3 didn't even have the high-end 7XXX series nVidia, and the 8XXX series was already out in 2006. Maybe the Cell arch, but no way on the GPU.
You ignored 'Per Square Centimeter.'
Getting that much energy stored up and ready for use at 12 joules per square centimeter might be the reason, especially when you take efficiency losses into account.
So, perfect for capturing images of stuff like textures for games.
"A piece of metal (or pretty much any matter) will emit almost no measurable light at 135 degrees. Just look at the black body curve for 135 C."
Hi, my name is IR and UV spectrum. Don't ignore me just because your chosen blackbody curve only shows visible-range photon emission.
This is illegal and a very obvious violation of the anti-tying provisions in the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act.
Google - We violate the laws just to fuck you into using our services.
Manners? In a world where nobody has any, let alone common sense? SHOCK!
Yep, especially HP.
It's only devoid of useful content to those that aren't educated enough on the subject at hand. Everyone else will know exactly what is being talked about.
Looks like your education is as poor as CPU6502.
"When all you want to do is available on the "toy" is it still a toy? "
Is it shiny and made of plastic and easily breakable with an exorbitant price?
Yep, it's a toy.
Oh look, sockpuppet modding.
Poor CPU, too ignorant to understand that a core is an element of a processing unit. CUDA cores, shader cores, etc.
What a moron. Gotta sockpuppet mod to make yourself feel better, dontcha?
I laugh at your pathetic life.
Yet you replied in the subject box as well, you ill-educated cretin.
Looks like the lower UID cabal of /. has started getting Alzheimer's.
Bet you couldn't logic your way out of a wet paper bag.
""Irony" is defined as "poignantly contrary to expectation""
A security company lacks security to secure their own shit.
That is the VERY definition of irony, you ill-educated nitwit. Go back to school.
"And laptops cost more and are much heavier with worse battery time."
That's kind of the trade-off in having a piece of equipment that can do REAL WORK, not a toy that looks shiny and only does things when you buy other accessories like it's some sort of of hardware DLC.
If only every bluetooth keyboard maker would FOLLOW FUCKING STANDARDS.
Place the blame where it's due, if you're even educated enough to pinpoint it.
"I am an opengl developer and I know what you mean..."
This statement is the best paradox I've ever read.
OGL devs (and DX devs) don't know shit.
Otherwise you'd be on-par with the demoscene in terms of technical capability.
"I thought the word "core" was synonomous with a "CPU"?"
You fail at semiconductors. Just give up and go away, already.
That's coming from someone deeper involved in the semiconductor industry than you'll ever be.
Just shut your mouth.