The big questions are a) battery life, b) how the various governments will assess this as a potential driving hazard, and c) whether Apple will steal Google's thunder by doing the same thing, only sleeker.
Google's giant R&D operation is starting to look like a huge flop. Google has never originated a successful post-search product in-house. The ad system was acquired from DoubleClick. They had to acquire YouTube because Google Video was a flop. The hard part of Gmail, the smart filtering, came from Postini. The Android software was acquired from Android, Inc. PIcasa was acquired from Picasa, Inc. Google Earth was acquired from Keyhole, Inc. SketchUp was acquired from @Last Software. Google Voice was acquired from Grand Central.
In-house, they produced Google Answers, Base, Lively, Knol, Buzz, Wave, Gears, Page Creator, etc - a collection of cool hacks, all now discontinued.
You have a point, but to be nitpicker (if I recall correctly), Google Maps counts as in-house product. Page Creator is now Google Sites, Buzz functionality is on Google Plus, as well as most of Wave technology.
I don't see Google's giant R&D has a huge flop, but I guess is my personal opinion.
... in English, but what about voice recognition in other languages? Is it that good? I wonder.
Siri is mostly about voice recognition and Google/Android already has that. I think that if Google wants, with the inhouse search engine knowledge, they can bring to Android some kind of Siri overnight IMHO.
The U.S. needs to realize that even if they successfully drive Wikileaks from the internet, it is an idea whose time has come and there will be other whistle blower web sites from here on out.
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof." from V for Vendetta
The difference between a master and an amateur is not the technical skill, but the emotional content of the works. People can study Vermeer's brushstrokes or Ansel Adams' exposure techniques all they want, but it won't make them into their role models.
Very true indeed. I as a musician have already experienced that.
On 2007 I recorded a improvisation on guitar and although the recording is IMHO emotionally strong, some "guitarists" told me that "has errors", "the notes are not very clear", etc.
I'm not saying that there isn't errors, but that's not the point.
but I really don't see how Apple could possibly not have found this issue in their testing.
IMHO, Android (the new 2.2 version release) made Apple "rush" iPhone4 into the market.
After all, it seems that iPhone4 owners seem to prefer to post on the Internet the issues instead of returning the defective product.
Creedy: Die! Die! Why won't you die?... Why won't you die?
V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.
... "rewards". Not necessarily money, but something that kids do enjoy like games or toys. An incentive to meritocracy, which seems to be lacking in our society these days.
They all use IE, and you tell them all about Firefox. Some of them will say "Pssh... whatever" and conclude that IE is both adequate and familiar, making it easy to rationalize not considering a change. Others will note the benefits along with your shining recommendation and consider a switch. I said that to my girlfriend and she didn't care. Then I said her that once she would start using Firefox, she will never wanna go back to IE.
Probably the most interesting comment about M$ I've read in months.
My opinion is that average Joe's are starting to see the real Micro$oft.
Yes it's a giant, but like any other when you cut their legs (customers), they fall. The bigger they are, the more time it takes.
I have an old XP box (Dell GX620, ~ 3 GHz processor with 1 GByte of RAM)
I'm using a PC with pretty much that specs, and you say old? Windows Vista should run faster than XP.
(I'm going to repeat myself from another post, but...)
They only place layers of s*** without cleaning and optimizing code.
They rely on the latest generation of CPUs to run all that junk and produce "satisfying" results.
One day, they will wake up and realize they 1) got to clean all that code or 2) start all over again (yeah right...). Either way, they lose!
This is how M$ should do things.
It's the latest version? Then it should run faster than its predecessors. IE7 (as Windows) it's so slow compared to previous versions. They only place layers of s*** without cleaning and optimizing code.
They rely on the latest generation of CPUs to run all that junk and produce "satisfying" products.
One day, they will wake up and realize they got to clean their "backyard" (code) in order to have the same garden as the neighborhood (competition).
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The big questions are a) battery life, b) how the various governments will assess this as a potential driving hazard, and c) whether Apple will steal Google's thunder by doing the same thing, only sleeker.
It seems they solved that problem. :)
... demand a simple answer: No!
Oh... and he lost me just by comparing Google to Facebook. That's just ignorance.
It's nice and all Sir, but I don't care about their relationship with my fridge.
The question is: will they fly?
Google's giant R&D operation is starting to look like a huge flop. Google has never originated a successful post-search product in-house. The ad system was acquired from DoubleClick. They had to acquire YouTube because Google Video was a flop. The hard part of Gmail, the smart filtering, came from Postini. The Android software was acquired from Android, Inc. PIcasa was acquired from Picasa, Inc. Google Earth was acquired from Keyhole, Inc. SketchUp was acquired from @Last Software. Google Voice was acquired from Grand Central.
In-house, they produced Google Answers, Base, Lively, Knol, Buzz, Wave, Gears, Page Creator, etc - a collection of cool hacks, all now discontinued.
You have a point, but to be nitpicker (if I recall correctly), Google Maps counts as in-house product. Page Creator is now Google Sites, Buzz functionality is on Google Plus, as well as most of Wave technology.
I don't see Google's giant R&D has a huge flop, but I guess is my personal opinion.
... in English, but what about voice recognition in other languages? Is it that good? I wonder.
Siri is mostly about voice recognition and Google/Android already has that. I think that if Google wants, with the inhouse search engine knowledge, they can bring to Android some kind of Siri overnight IMHO.
It seems to me that the music's rhythm tries to stay in sync with the average heart beat rate and not the other way around.
After all this years and all the fuss around IE9, still it doesn't support CSS's propriety "text-shadow".
The U.S. needs to realize that even if they successfully drive Wikileaks from the internet, it is an idea whose time has come and there will be other whistle blower web sites from here on out.
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
from V for Vendetta
Sheesh, kids today. Get off my lawn.
You Sir, made me feel old looking to your UID.
... and Duke Nukem Forever it's coming soon! Sheezz...
Very true indeed. I as a musician have already experienced that.
On 2007 I recorded a improvisation on guitar and although the recording is IMHO emotionally strong, some "guitarists" told me that "has errors", "the notes are not very clear", etc.
I'm not saying that there isn't errors, but that's not the point.
I guess for some people a diamond is just a rock.
IMHO, Android (the new 2.2 version release) made Apple "rush" iPhone4 into the market. After all, it seems that iPhone4 owners seem to prefer to post on the Internet the issues instead of returning the defective product.
Creedy: Die! Die! Why won't you die?... Why won't you die?
:)
V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.
I'm hardly the first person to make this point, but consider the last time you heard of a rooftop-suicide epidemic at a major corporation. Can't?
Actually, I can
Amen to that.
To support that, here is Frank Zappa on CNN's "Crossfire" on 86 about "words" on rock lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc
... "rewards". Not necessarily money, but something that kids do enjoy like games or toys. An incentive to meritocracy, which seems to be lacking in our society these days.
I installed FF on the machine and still uses it.
PS. Sorry my English
If you want that Duo Core juice to what really matters, stick with XP.
Just plain simple.
Probably the most interesting comment about M$ I've read in months. My opinion is that average Joe's are starting to see the real Micro$oft. Yes it's a giant, but like any other when you cut their legs (customers), they fall. The bigger they are, the more time it takes.
SDL
Does it render correctly on IE?
:P
Sorry, had to ask...
Google is already doing this for me... well at least, my virtual life :P
I'm using a PC with pretty much that specs, and you say old? Windows Vista should run faster than XP.
(I'm going to repeat myself from another post, but...)
They only place layers of s*** without cleaning and optimizing code.
They rely on the latest generation of CPUs to run all that junk and produce "satisfying" results.
One day, they will wake up and realize they 1) got to clean all that code or 2) start all over again (yeah right...). Either way, they lose!
This is how M$ should do things.
It's the latest version? Then it should run faster than its predecessors. IE7 (as Windows) it's so slow compared to previous versions.
They only place layers of s*** without cleaning and optimizing code.
They rely on the latest generation of CPUs to run all that junk and produce "satisfying" products.
One day, they will wake up and realize they got to clean their "backyard" (code) in order to have the same garden as the neighborhood (competition).
SDL
I'll wait until this or this comes out.
There's already solutions beyond Blu-ray or HD-DVD on the works.
For me, at the moment, DVD's are fine: (very) cheap and everyone has at least one DVD player in their homes.