I honestly can't see your point. So, they weren't identical when the iPad was released, but now they are, as Apple always said they would converge. Meanwhile, Google has said that Android won't converge (according to the summary, at least).
Really, though, does it matter that much? The iPad-specific UI elements wouldn't work on the iPhone, just like some of the new features in Honeycomb wouldn't work well on a phone, either.
Gmail does have it, but you have to be using a custom domain to get the feature. I use it; it's nice. I'm not sure why it hasn't been integrated into the Gmail proper; usually, feature lag goes the other direction.
So now, not only do sellers need to give (most) of the money to publishers, they now have to give another 30% to Apple. Since I know at least Amazon sells really close to their own cost (or even less, in some cases), this would mean Amazon either needs to take a loss on eBooks sold on Apple's platform, or else raise prices.
Which is probably what this really is all about. Force other eBook sellers to raise prices, and now Apple's own solution looks much more attractive. Sure, they can still sell on their own separate website, but users will likely just choose the easiest option and get turned off by the higher prices, thus not even checking out the website.
Responding to myself because there are too many responses to pick just one. To make it clear, I'm laughing at the name. I have no problem with the car having a faster driving mode (I support it, considering what I imagine to be its normal top end). I just laugh at having it be called a SPORT mode rather than freeway mode or something similar. I actually like the car, which is more than I can say for most so-called "green" cars; if not for the weird rear wheel covers, it would actually look pretty damn cool.
While the tech is very cool and impressive, I always laugh at cars like this with a "sport" mode. In this case, the car has a "sport" mode of 39hp, for an astounding 99mph. I don't think the type of person who will want this car cares about driving super fast, and the type of person that does want a fast car won't want this one. Why try catering to both markets?
Seems to me any and all router manufacturers would see it as a great business opportunity to sell new hardware, instead of giving free firmware updates.
During the leap year bug last year, we learned that some PS3 games already require a connection, even if there's no logical reason for it. Heavy Rain, for instance, refused to play offline, due to some "live trophy" system or whatever it was called.
Thinking about it now, you (and the other posters after you) are right; it isn't a big deal. I was thinking that, since the doc type tag exists, it was actually used by browsers. So, I'll eat crow and say I was wrong.
It'll matter to web browsers, which will have to spend a lot more effort trying to figure out exactly how a page is supposed to be displayed, without version numbers.
Maybe the article explains this, but I'm at work and can't read it. Wouldn't the stars changing only affect people born after the change(s) occurred? After all, if you were born under the sign of the Cancer, then the Earth wobbles differently, you were still born under the sign of the Cancer, but people born after the new wobble might not be. And since this is a matter of the Earth changing, they can't claim some obnoxious relativistic hocus pocus.
It's not just Hollywood that sensationalizes guns--the news is probably even more responsible for it. I can't wait to cringe at all the anti-gun stuff we'll see on the media in the next few weeks. The issue of gun control will see more coverage than the reason the crime was even committed. But if this had been a case of knifing, you wouldn't hear a peep about it. Society loves to attack the symptom of a problem, not the cause. Why? It's easier.
Guns do have a certain mystique to some people. For the people who use them responsibly and correctly--i.e. those who follow the laws--there's nothing mystical about them. Some of the nicest, most down-to-earth people that I've met were at the firing range. I've never actually met a whack-job at the range, and I go pretty often. Unless, of course, I'm a whack-job myself and just don't notice it anymore:P
If you outlaw guns, then only outlaws will have guns. Somebody who has decided to commit murder isn't going to care over the legality of their implement of choice.
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You can upgrade older iOS devices, though, up to a point. Even the iPhone 3G can get iOS4, albeit without multitasking.
There isn't such a provision, but when has that ever stopped people from freaking out?
I honestly can't see your point. So, they weren't identical when the iPad was released, but now they are, as Apple always said they would converge. Meanwhile, Google has said that Android won't converge (according to the summary, at least).
Really, though, does it matter that much? The iPad-specific UI elements wouldn't work on the iPhone, just like some of the new features in Honeycomb wouldn't work well on a phone, either.
Gmail does have it, but you have to be using a custom domain to get the feature. I use it; it's nice. I'm not sure why it hasn't been integrated into the Gmail proper; usually, feature lag goes the other direction.
So now, not only do sellers need to give (most) of the money to publishers, they now have to give another 30% to Apple. Since I know at least Amazon sells really close to their own cost (or even less, in some cases), this would mean Amazon either needs to take a loss on eBooks sold on Apple's platform, or else raise prices.
Which is probably what this really is all about. Force other eBook sellers to raise prices, and now Apple's own solution looks much more attractive. Sure, they can still sell on their own separate website, but users will likely just choose the easiest option and get turned off by the higher prices, thus not even checking out the website.
There's a wall and a telescope, where you can see into the alternate universe where everyone wears cowboy hats.
Yes, you just have a small (temporary) tag in the windshield until your plates come in.
Have to second this. Back when I ran Linux, I loved Arch. It seemed to provide for many of the benefits Gentoo claimed, with none of the drawbacks.
Responding to myself because there are too many responses to pick just one. To make it clear, I'm laughing at the name. I have no problem with the car having a faster driving mode (I support it, considering what I imagine to be its normal top end). I just laugh at having it be called a SPORT mode rather than freeway mode or something similar. I actually like the car, which is more than I can say for most so-called "green" cars; if not for the weird rear wheel covers, it would actually look pretty damn cool.
While the tech is very cool and impressive, I always laugh at cars like this with a "sport" mode. In this case, the car has a "sport" mode of 39hp, for an astounding 99mph. I don't think the type of person who will want this car cares about driving super fast, and the type of person that does want a fast car won't want this one. Why try catering to both markets?
Of course, Blu-Ray was announced before HD-DVD...
Seems to me any and all router manufacturers would see it as a great business opportunity to sell new hardware, instead of giving free firmware updates.
During the leap year bug last year, we learned that some PS3 games already require a connection, even if there's no logical reason for it. Heavy Rain, for instance, refused to play offline, due to some "live trophy" system or whatever it was called.
True. I suppose there are those who think that infinity is ultimately a number, so infinity - 1 makes sense to them.
Yeah, but since neither I (or the random Blizzard "press release" I found) are using approximations, then it's true.
Yes, that Blizzard. It was an April Fools' joke, but it's still valid.
Thinking about it now, you (and the other posters after you) are right; it isn't a big deal. I was thinking that, since the doc type tag exists, it was actually used by browsers. So, I'll eat crow and say I was wrong.
Whoosh? Or maybe I'm just not funny.
Blizzard once posted a pretty good, understandable explanation.
let x = 0.999~ (repeating)
then, 10x = 9.999~ (repeating)
thus, 10x -x = 9x = 9.999~ - 0.999~ = 9.
9x = 9, so 9x / 9 = x
9/9 = 1
x = 1, so 0.999~ = 1.
Duh. There's obviously a 5 that can be added at the end of all those infinite 9s, which makes that number halfway between 0.999~ and 1.
It'll matter to web browsers, which will have to spend a lot more effort trying to figure out exactly how a page is supposed to be displayed, without version numbers.
"I have a problem" doesn't mean you're going to go out and shoot everyone.
Maybe the article explains this, but I'm at work and can't read it. Wouldn't the stars changing only affect people born after the change(s) occurred? After all, if you were born under the sign of the Cancer, then the Earth wobbles differently, you were still born under the sign of the Cancer, but people born after the new wobble might not be. And since this is a matter of the Earth changing, they can't claim some obnoxious relativistic hocus pocus.
I want a Lucy Liu bot.
It's not just Hollywood that sensationalizes guns--the news is probably even more responsible for it. I can't wait to cringe at all the anti-gun stuff we'll see on the media in the next few weeks. The issue of gun control will see more coverage than the reason the crime was even committed. But if this had been a case of knifing, you wouldn't hear a peep about it. Society loves to attack the symptom of a problem, not the cause. Why? It's easier.
Guns do have a certain mystique to some people. For the people who use them responsibly and correctly--i.e. those who follow the laws--there's nothing mystical about them. Some of the nicest, most down-to-earth people that I've met were at the firing range. I've never actually met a whack-job at the range, and I go pretty often. Unless, of course, I'm a whack-job myself and just don't notice it anymore :P
If you outlaw guns, then only outlaws will have guns. Somebody who has decided to commit murder isn't going to care over the legality of their implement of choice.