*looks an awful lot like the top of a 13" MacBook Pro
*weighs a bit more than it looks like it would
*probably should have popped for the case b/c it seems like one would want to carry it around like a book
*typing on-screen is easier to get used to than I thought it would be (can't say about long term though)
*"optimized" gmail works pretty well
*software-wise I already miss the feeling that open source is available ("I was wrong to break up with you, baby; please, can't we get back together? . . . well then, how about one for the road?")
*screen-orientation gyro ("accelerometer"?) is a bit testy out of the box
*not a computer, that's for sure
*also not quite Bill Atkinson's "magic slate", but almost there
I would say I probably paid about $200 too much and bought maybe 2 gen.s too early.
Doesn't this just mean that strong magnetic fields can induce current which impairs the functioning of the brain, in a way similar to alcohol and other intoxicants?
The use of intoxicants--including non-chemical ones--can develop into addiction, the very definition of which seems to include a "loss of moral compass".
The family's story about this incident doesn't really ring true.
While a 3 year old might mistake a real gun for a video-game controller, the feel, heft and pull strength required to hold and fire it is beyond most adults who aren't used to it, much less a diapered toddler.
I tried PC-BSD a few years ago (it was based on FreeBSD 5.5 then).
I think it's a good idea, but at the time it seemed like a lot of trouble to learn a new kind of "port system" when I'd already invested a lot in learning FreeBSD's (not that I've ever mastered it or anything).
I know these Ubuntu-like distributions are supposed to make things easier for those starting out, but sometimes it seems like just another learning curve.
M$'s Courier has a better name and some impressive features (if the youtube video can be believed).
Both iPad and Courier need to be good "hybrids" though--i.e. book reader, notepad, wifi browser platform--to beat out the 13 in. laptops, like MacBook Pro which seems more like the gadget they're trying to replace.
I'm surprised that anyone (even Steve Jobs) thinks netbooks are the target; seems like apples and non-apples.
If only he hadn't tested positive for HIV, I think he would have won as many rings as Jordan (which was really only half as many as Bill Russell after all).
TFA seems pretty clearly to be an attempt by the author, Mr. Shulman, to write off a pre-existing brief (probably billed at his own rate though actually written by a clerk) as an "expense incurred in the writing of an original work for publication."
Nice of the NYT to give him the opportunity to shaft the IRS and all other US taxpayers in this way.
Of course, the end of such protection would radically reduce the power of publication houses to create "prodigies" purely as a matter of marketing (as is the case of "Helena-Montana" here and her ilk), thereby rendering the little pup's comments as irrelevant as her prose.
"Back in the day" tinkerers used to hot-rod Model A's and Model T's; now cars are too reliant on electronics (ironically) for much "real" tuning or hot-rodding (it's mostly buying engine cpu interfaces, and after-market, bolt-on accessories).
I too miss ResEdit (as in "Zen and the Art of", my copy cost a lot more than US.48, btw), but this seems to be pretty much the way things go.
With any luck your kid will find something even more interesting to tinker with.
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Geeks w/ hex-weights and a babe with a nose-ring?
Now that's unrealistic.
I sit corrected--too much trouble to stand.
The two seem more yin-and-yang than antagonistic to me; as I recall, MS "loaned" Apple $100M back when Jobs returned to run the company.
Given that, it's not really surprising that they are moving through life "hand-in-hand".
Reminds an old nerd of Marvel v. DC . . . or (for the "hipsters") east coast v. west coast.
1st impressions of iPad:
*looks an awful lot like the top of a 13" MacBook Pro
*weighs a bit more than it looks like it would
*probably should have popped for the case b/c it seems like one would want to carry it around like a book
*typing on-screen is easier to get used to than I thought it would be (can't say about long term though)
*"optimized" gmail works pretty well
*software-wise I already miss the feeling that open source is available ("I was wrong to break up with you, baby; please, can't we get back together? . . . well then, how about one for the road?")
*screen-orientation gyro ("accelerometer"?) is a bit testy out of the box
*not a computer, that's for sure
*also not quite Bill Atkinson's "magic slate", but almost there
I would say I probably paid about $200 too much and bought maybe 2 gen.s too early.
Nature of the beast, eh.
Doesn't this just mean that strong magnetic fields can induce current which impairs the functioning of the brain, in a way similar to alcohol and other intoxicants?
The use of intoxicants--including non-chemical ones--can develop into addiction, the very definition of which seems to include a "loss of moral compass".
I think if you concentrate very hard you could easily substitute Roy Mallard, for higher entertainment value.
I was a hot tube in a Chinese national
There, fixed that for you.
The response this morning (3/25) seems to be that someone has unplugged Google/gmail.
The family's story about this incident doesn't really ring true.
While a 3 year old might mistake a real gun for a video-game controller, the feel, heft and pull strength required to hold and fire it is beyond most adults who aren't used to it, much less a diapered toddler.
Sounds like a case for CPS to me.
Tufte is pretty overrated, and his books are unbelievably overpriced.
Hmmmm . . . maybe being a gov't consultant is right up his alley.
OK, you convinced me; maybe I'll try it again.
I tried PC-BSD a few years ago (it was based on FreeBSD 5.5 then).
I think it's a good idea, but at the time it seemed like a lot of trouble to learn a new kind of "port system" when I'd already invested a lot in learning FreeBSD's (not that I've ever mastered it or anything).
I know these Ubuntu-like distributions are supposed to make things easier for those starting out, but sometimes it seems like just another learning curve.
M$'s Courier has a better name and some impressive features (if the youtube video can be believed).
Both iPad and Courier need to be good "hybrids" though--i.e. book reader, notepad, wifi browser platform--to beat out the 13 in. laptops, like MacBook Pro which seems more like the gadget they're trying to replace.
I'm surprised that anyone (even Steve Jobs) thinks netbooks are the target; seems like apples and non-apples.
If only he hadn't tested positive for HIV, I think he would have won as many rings as Jordan (which was really only half as many as Bill Russell after all).
TFA seems pretty clearly to be an attempt by the author, Mr. Shulman, to write off a pre-existing brief (probably billed at his own rate though actually written by a clerk) as an "expense incurred in the writing of an original work for publication."
Nice of the NYT to give him the opportunity to shaft the IRS and all other US taxpayers in this way.
In the rare case I don't see a clock during a quick 2-second scan of the environment, I now reach for the phone in my pocket.
In the long run, that may not turn out to be a good thing.
It used to be that doctors told people with a propensity for heart trouble to "stop wearing a watch", in order to remove time as a stressor.
As you've characterized conditions, it is now impossible to remove time pressure from our lives.
(There must be a good joke/trenchant observation about relativity in there somewhere, but you'll have to fill it in yourself; I've gotta run.)
I would give it 3 stars out of 5.
Not really as much of a "jump" as google streetview was at first look.
. . . protection.
Of course, the end of such protection would radically reduce the power of publication houses to create "prodigies" purely as a matter of marketing (as is the case of "Helena-Montana" here and her ilk), thereby rendering the little pup's comments as irrelevant as her prose.
I have to ask, b/c I don't know, but could this lead to lazy-, or even more inept immune systems?
From TFA:
"We are not sure when this will all happen, but there’s a good chance it will, and perhaps the only question is when."
Hmmmmm . . .
How can any self-respecting "gadget-blogger" not lust after a flirty-box like the iPad regardless of his/her list of wants?
IMHO, Apple makes very good hardware; software . . . not so much.
What percentage of non-user generated content is fake?
The research, as reported in TFA, is full of holes.
As a for instance: is looking at topless models on your pc at the bank considered "internet use"?
If so, a lot of people spend all day at work engaged in "heavy internet use" (which might be the source of their depression I suppose).
If the brakes failed and the accelerator was stuck, it wasn't really a problem with the buttons, was it?
"Back in the day" tinkerers used to hot-rod Model A's and Model T's; now cars are too reliant on electronics (ironically) for much "real" tuning or hot-rodding (it's mostly buying engine cpu interfaces, and after-market, bolt-on accessories).
I too miss ResEdit (as in "Zen and the Art of", my copy cost a lot more than US .48, btw), but this seems to be pretty much the way things go.
With any luck your kid will find something even more interesting to tinker with.