Use the GPS to create a map of all the areas where the phone works reliably, and where it doesn't work... aren't digital phones constantly touching base with the cell towers anyway? Then they could get rid of that obnoxious guy constantly walking around saying "Can you hear me now? Good!"
The Newton's shortcoming was actually it's handwriting recognition; it unfortunately was a couple years ahead of it's time. The handwriting recognition algorithms had not been perfected yet, and portable CPUs weren't powerful enough. The only genius of the Palm was the insight that it is easier to train a human to write in ways a computer can understand than it is to train a computer to understand any human's writing.
The Lisa was screwed by the Mac stealing all of it's good features, then requiring it to be compatible, leaving the only potential market for the Lisa being as a development system for Macs. Why ship it at all then, especially at $1000 more than a Mac?
The other Apple "mistake" I was trying to remember is the Apple III. Advertised as a small business computer system, at the last minute they discovered heat disipation problems and reverted back to the 6502 -- the same processor as the Apple II. Again, why pay hundreds more for a machine that wasn't any more powerful? I beleive it was quietly withdrawn from the market within a few months.
My original point still stands -- Apple, like any other company, has made it's share of mistakes. Unlike many companies, it has survived them.
P.S. My wife's "natural talents" have nothing to do with shopping or handling money. I have to handle all the bills myself. My wife handles... uh, something else. Perhaps in your family, it is the other way around?
Isn't the fact that they selected the landing site BEFORE noticing a 1km large crater an indication that they've got the cart before the horse? Perhaps they should try thouroughly mapping the planet from low orbit before landing on it!
Other companies (like Apple) certainly have their share of failed products, but they do not foist them on the public. You mean like the Apple Lisa and Apple Newton? I'm sorry, but Apple has shipped "Microsoft Bob" level mistakes just like any other company...
Open source enthusiasts have TWICE paid to renew Microsoft's domain registries (once for hotmail, once for microsoft UK) when Microsoft forgot... so who should you trust with your data, the people that can't even remember to renew their own domain registrations, or the people that keep bailing them out?
I thought it was the extremely flamable paint the Hindeburg was painted with, which laboratory tests showed could be easily ignited by a spark or lightning strike. At any rate, yes, the Hindenburg gave hydrogen an undeserved bad reputation.
Well of course, BHT and other preservatives are anti-oxidents; i.e. they prevent the diseases that have been making us so thin for so many years. Ever notice people dying of cancer, AIDs and other virii, drug addiction, etc. get real skinny? That's right -- thinness is a sign of poor health; obesity is a sign of good health!
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Are we altering the planetary system more than the occaisional huge volcanic erruption or meteoroid strike? Hey, Nature can be a bitch and cause massive extinction too, you know! If our climate wasn't self-regulating, all life would have died out long ago. The tricky part is knowing what the limits of that self-regulation are while simultaneously avoiding pushing it past those limits -- which argues that moderation is in order.
All the traffic mirrors I've seen are convex, and thus tend to disperse headlight beams so they don't blind you anywhere near as much as the light directly from the vehicle.
The moment I switch on the "auto-pilot", I'm no longer responsible for the control of my vehicle; now the company that made the device is liable for any accident the vehicle causes. That being said, do you want to be the owner fo the company making the device? Won't anybody who gets into any accident with one of these in the car simply claim "the auto-pilot did it!" Even if you switch it on scant milliseconds before plowing into that group of pedestrians, it's still the devices fault, not yours! Now imagine your ex-wife has one of these in her car, and you're crossing the street in front of her...
...there's currently a test running at an intersection in McLean, Va., where sensors can automatically warn a motorist when another car is approaching, thus helping to avoid a collision.
Don't they already have a device that allows people to see around blind corners? I beleive it's called a "mirror"... but then, I guess they can't get a patent on that technology.
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With all her horse and bar skills, she was the best helpdesk operator we ever had.Do you really get a lot of horses and drunks calling the help desk?
Use the GPS to create a map of all the areas where the phone works reliably, and where it doesn't work... aren't digital phones constantly touching base with the cell towers anyway? Then they could get rid of that obnoxious guy constantly walking around saying "Can you hear me now? Good!"
Endangered?!? The giant sloth went extinct in California 10,000 years ago. Anything you see today resembling a giant sloth is clearly a fossil.
The Lisa was screwed by the Mac stealing all of it's good features, then requiring it to be compatible, leaving the only potential market for the Lisa being as a development system for Macs. Why ship it at all then, especially at $1000 more than a Mac?
The other Apple "mistake" I was trying to remember is the Apple III. Advertised as a small business computer system, at the last minute they discovered heat disipation problems and reverted back to the 6502 -- the same processor as the Apple II. Again, why pay hundreds more for a machine that wasn't any more powerful? I beleive it was quietly withdrawn from the market within a few months.
My original point still stands -- Apple, like any other company, has made it's share of mistakes. Unlike many companies, it has survived them.
You're likely to get a photo of Ms. Streisand herself sunbathing nude, and gouge your own eyes out when you see it...
"Hey, you fucked up... you trusted us!" -- Animal House
P.S. My wife's "natural talents" have nothing to do with shopping or handling money. I have to handle all the bills myself. My wife handles... uh, something else. Perhaps in your family, it is the other way around?
Isn't the fact that they selected the landing site BEFORE noticing a 1km large crater an indication that they've got the cart before the horse? Perhaps they should try thouroughly mapping the planet from low orbit before landing on it!
Why can't they do what they do in the real world, that is, grandfather in any existing structures?
Other companies (like Apple) certainly have their share of failed products, but they do not foist them on the public. You mean like the Apple Lisa and Apple Newton? I'm sorry, but Apple has shipped "Microsoft Bob" level mistakes just like any other company...
So now SCO is claiming that if you are POSIX compliant, you must be violating SCO copyrights?
Great... now the RIAA thinks they are our parents. "Don't make me reach back there and spank you!"
Open source enthusiasts have TWICE paid to renew Microsoft's domain registries (once for hotmail, once for microsoft UK) when Microsoft forgot... so who should you trust with your data, the people that can't even remember to renew their own domain registrations, or the people that keep bailing them out?
You're saying the song should have been named "Isn't it pathetic" instead?
I thought it was the extremely flamable paint the Hindeburg was painted with, which laboratory tests showed could be easily ignited by a spark or lightning strike. At any rate, yes, the Hindenburg gave hydrogen an undeserved bad reputation.
Try breathing hydrogen. Then try breathing gasoline. Report back on your results...
You forgot: Having places on earth where you can stand on top of a mountain, and not hear airplanes in the distance or see contrails in the sky.
Well of course, BHT and other preservatives are anti-oxidents; i.e. they prevent the diseases that have been making us so thin for so many years. Ever notice people dying of cancer, AIDs and other virii, drug addiction, etc. get real skinny? That's right -- thinness is a sign of poor health; obesity is a sign of good health!
Are we altering the planetary system more than the occaisional huge volcanic erruption or meteoroid strike? Hey, Nature can be a bitch and cause massive extinction too, you know! If our climate wasn't self-regulating, all life would have died out long ago. The tricky part is knowing what the limits of that self-regulation are while simultaneously avoiding pushing it past those limits -- which argues that moderation is in order.
Coffee flavored breakfast cereal takes too long... gimme some of that breakfast cereal flavored coffee instead, I'm in a hurry!
Have you tried reading the release notes?
If all the suicide bombers were busy downloading porn from the internet, wouldn't there be fewer bombings? Think of the children!
All the traffic mirrors I've seen are convex, and thus tend to disperse headlight beams so they don't blind you anywhere near as much as the light directly from the vehicle.
The moment I switch on the "auto-pilot", I'm no longer responsible for the control of my vehicle; now the company that made the device is liable for any accident the vehicle causes. That being said, do you want to be the owner fo the company making the device? Won't anybody who gets into any accident with one of these in the car simply claim "the auto-pilot did it!" Even if you switch it on scant milliseconds before plowing into that group of pedestrians, it's still the devices fault, not yours! Now imagine your ex-wife has one of these in her car, and you're crossing the street in front of her...
Don't they already have a device that allows people to see around blind corners? I beleive it's called a "mirror"... but then, I guess they can't get a patent on that technology.