What level of marijuana impairs a driver?!? Weed gets you high. There is only one level of high, and that is high. You can smoke 100 joints an hour and still be at the level of high. You drink 100 beers an hour and you will be at the level of dead. There is NO comparison.
Exactly.
There is no LD50 for Marijuana. "They" have already studied that.
Every time I've been in a discussion on pot here on slashdot, this is what I have asked for - a standard and reproducible test for when someone has consumed too much.
First we have to define "too much".
All I know is, there is absolutely no LD50 for Marijuana, and absolutely no physical addiction potential.
And, as the comedian Gallagher used to say "Don't smoke your dope when you're already stoned. You won't get any higher, just lower on dope."
In other words, empirically, there appears to be somewhat of a nonlinear relationship between the amount of pot consumed and the amount of "high", kind of like your body has a "pot overflow valve" built into its chemistry. Maybe you just can't consume enough by smoking (eating is another thing entirely!) to get the blood-level above a certain point; because you can only smoke as fast as you can breathe, and you can only breathe so fast before passing out from other reasons. So, it is somewhat self-limiting.
But to really answer your question, we first have to define what the "too much" level is, and I don't think that any study worldwide has, or even can do that...
Driving within three hours of smoking pot is associated with a near doubling of the risk of fatal crashes.
with:
'We don't know what level of marijuana impairs a driver.'"
One of those two statements HAS to be a lie.
Personally, I have NEVER heard of a story where Marijuana "impairment" alone has been implicated as thecausal factor in any traffic fatality.
And that "one week" figure is also completely bogus. Even a drugstore urine test can detect Marijuana use for around 30 days.
There have been no reputable studies that show that driving while high on pot is significantly more dangerous than driving while "sober". Any study of accidents where Marijuana use was also detected would be hard-pressed to find that the pot "impairment" was the cause. But watch the fake statistics start to pile in, by "scientists" looking for their next "Grant-Welfare" money, as the NIH helps the Federal Government "make the case against pot".
"Saliva testing only shows up marijuana usage in the last four to five hours, but 24 hours for all the other drugs, including amphetamines (speed), opiates (heroin, morphine, codeine), cocaine, benzodiazepine (valium and so on) and THC (cannabis). The advantages of saliva over urine testing are the speed of obtaining results (10 minutes versus several days) and it is less invasive.
We may as well declare tomorrow that America is under strict Muslim rule, and all courts must refer to the Qu'ran for legal guidance.
Congratulations for invoking the "Muslim Equivalent" to the Godwin Rule.
IMHO, "interpretation" has far passed over (pun intended) into "Modification". And this is especially a danger when it comes to SCOTUS doing the "interpreting"; because the results of their interpretation are not "local" (as far as the U.S. goes, at least).
Other specs on the system are borderline bottom for barely meeting the requirements. Don't subject your kids to that. Get them a new computer with Windows 7 preinstalled. For virus protection, Microsoft Security Essentials does fine (free with Windows 7, though it is a separate download).
You may prefer Linux, and it may even work for you, and for you that is fine. But we live in a Windows world - you are doing your kids a serious disservice by not giving them Windows exposure now. They'll need that experience in 10 years when they are trying to get a job - any job - that isn't Linux development.
If you are getting him a new laptop, make it a MacBook Pro. He will have a great OS, that will still run WoW and LoL, and can still have Windows in a VM or dual-boot situation if he wants/needs it. And since OS X marketshare is continually going up, you are giving your son truly useful experience going forward, because with my scenario, he can actually place all THREE major OSes on his résumé. Now that's useful!
Dont protect the machine. Let him taste windows the way Microsoft serves it. What does not kill him will make him stronger. Either he learns to protect the machine on his own and stays in Windows camp. Or learns that the few things in the Windows world is not worth the pain and suffering comes home to a real OS. At best you throw him a nickel and ask him to buy a real OS. [Growing a beard before throwing that nickel is optional.]
You're right. The few things in the Windows world are not worth the pain. In all seriousness, and without a hint of trolling: Do your kid a favor, and get him a Mac. That way, he can experience the best of both worlds, and you can continue to use your vast Linux knowledge, and both learn something.
2. However, do expose your children to Windows. It's what they're going to learn in school and possibly what they'll need in the workplace. (Oh, I'm sure some people would like to point out why I'm wrong, people have been predicting the demise of Windows for decades. It's still the de facto standard.)
And that's exactly the attitude that keeps the myth alive.
If his school supplies a laptop, there is an increasing chance it will run OS X, not Windows. So please stop saying statements with absolutes, like "It's what they're going to learn in school". They might, or they might not.
I'm not predicting the demise of Windows anytime soon; but pretending that is pretty much all that he'll ever need to know as far as OSes goes is just foolish.
Your kid might not be satisfied with the way WoW works on an old T400 laptop. Check the graphics specs vs. the game recommendations. And for security, I'd just use Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free, probably works as well as any of the subscription-based anti-virus products and how much do you really care if your kid's game platform gets a virus?
Until he d/l's something that uses the LAN to infect the other computers in the house...
When windows makes the paging file look like buckshot scattered around the hard drive, it naturally ends up scattering the files themselves all over the hard drive. Pretty soon you have a hard drive full of fragmented files, and since the paging file is often rewritten entirely each time the system boots, you end up with an increasingly fragmented paging file as well
Excuse me, but I thought that NTFS (as opposed to FAT), like HFS+ on Macs, is actually quite good at avoiding fragmentation in the first place. This is why "defragging your drive" has largely become a thing of the past, like the old Windows saw that causes old-skool Windows "admins" to recommend partitioning your HD into a zillion annoying little "mapped drives", like in the bad ol' days of FAT. The "F" in FAT stands for Fragmented. NTFS (like HFS+) is much better in that regard.
But I agree that placing a swap file in a second partition is utterly stupid, and is just a symptom of the typical shade-tree admin's "I know better than the OS engineers" attitude, which runs rampant in the Windows (and to a lesser extent, Linux) world.
I think you've done yourself and the kids a mild disservice by avoiding windows with such a passion. When they get into the real world, it won't be just WOW that they need to run. It'll be business apps like MS Office, LabView, or something else that's truly Windows-only and having Windows experience (even if they prefer Linux) will be invaluable.
Excuse me, but let's set history (and the reader) straight.
MS Office and LabView are NOT (and never have been) "Windows Only". In fact, MS Word, Excel, and I believe PowerPoint (not to mention the precursor to Access, "Microsoft File" and the precursor to Visual Basic, "Microsoft BASIC for Macintosh"), as well as (believe it or not) LabView all started out as Mac Only applications, and even remained so for several years. Yes, that's right, MS Office actually started on the Mac!
So, it seems you, fluffy99, have done yourself and perhaps your kids a disservice by (apparently) avoiding Macs with such a passion, too. Afterall, if you'd used Macs, you and yours could have been using the abovementioned apps for far longer than those like yourself who, for whatever reason, seemed to have dismissed Macs outright.
Oh, and with an OS X machine, the submitter's kid would simply be spared the wholly unnecessary pain of dealing with all that AV stuff; because, despite the people who claim that OS X is the "least secure" OS, there still, after twelve years remains no self-replicating (non Trojan) malware for OS X. ALL OSes, including those with AV protection out the ying-yang, are vulnerable to social engineering attacks; so in that regard, Windows and OS X are equal (except there is still a several-hundred-thousand-to-one chance that the social engineering attack will be targeting a Mac and not Windows.). One more thing: Not to be snarky about it, but if one can afford a Lenovo laptop, they can afford a MacBook, period.
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There are 10" tablets in that price range... if you are willing to put up with a resistive touch screen instead of capacitive, you can get otherwise respectable spec from it too. The tablet I am typing this on was $160 on sale ($190 reg) and has a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash, with a memory card slot to expand, a full size USB host, a second mini USB with an adapter so it can work as a host, and it is running Ice cream sandwich. The screen isn't awesome, but it does what most people want from a tablet at a fraction of the cost of an iPad.
So, other than the most important part of any tablet (the screen), it's great, right?
By accident apparently, and without realizing it. They fixed that.
Just like all that WiFi (and who knows what other) data they "accidently" gathered while their subcontractors drove around, "street-mapping" the planet.
This time they're targetting the iPad market, which is still on the upswing. Even if they haven't brought anything new to the table (and arguably, they have)
What NEW thing have they brought to the table?
Mark my words, this product won't last two years. Maybe not even one.
1) Email was limited in the Win8 preview because it was a preview
2) So... no retina display... you mean it has the same resolution as every other screen its size safe for the iPad? darn.
Which, when combined with NO APPS and Microsoft's legendary crash-happy behavior, makes it a total non-starter, especially being simply similar in price with the iPad.
I'd just like to add that all of you going "yay!" about this? remember the nanny state NEVER stops, and the smokers are the canaries in the coal mine.
I agree wholeheartedly with Harry Feet here.
I have never smoked cigarettes in my life; but I'll be DAMNED if I want to see (yet another) "for the good of the PEE-PULL" infringement upon the First Amendment.
And make no mistake about it, every single law that curtails a First Amendment liberty like this makes it THAT much easier for the next one.
i read these and almost every flagship from from every manufacturer is in the $180 to $200 range. Apple's bill of materials tends to be a little higher most times but their margins are also higher because they make one phone for all around the world. iphone 5 and LTE is an exception with different models supporting different frequencies around the world
And what all these children don't seem to realise is that the $180 to $200 Bill of Materials gives you a bag full of parts somewhere in a container near a manufacturing plant in China. If they saw the Bill of Materials for a pair of shoes, or some jeans, or a hamburger at McDonald's, they would faint.
...or any other smartphone, or their new $700 TV, or $400 stereo receiver, or just about anything.
The best camera is the one you have with you. And to be fair, iphone 4S produces images that would make my Sony Floppy-based digicam weep.
Nice Ansel Adams quote (IIRC); and you are precisely correct. Anyone who thinks that any lens system than can fit into a phone will be the equal of any lens on a DSLR simply doesn't understand how physics works.
But ya know, it's all about "capturing the moment". And these smartphone cameras are all about that. Which would you rather have: That priceless photo of a loved one that is now gone, but with a little spherical aberration near the edge; or nothing but a fading memory in your brain?
Depending how you wan to amortize the R&D, that was a unit BoM savings if Google has been getting a per unit fee.
Possibly, but overall Apple is paying a lot more to built out a mapping solution of their own compared to just using Google's. The cost of that would not be figured into the raw hardware calculations iSupply is doing...
I don't think in the end it is a savings.
Not only build-out; but maintain in perpetuity. iSupply is (as usual) just talking out their ass. Not to mention that they have absolutely zero way to establish a "landed cost" for the custom silicon, or for the custom display/touch interface. It's nothing more than click-bait, as per usual.
Obviously, Apple spent a lot of money on their new 3D global mapping system, which isn't included in this cost estimate. They've also spent money developing other aspects of the new version of iOS. And they spent money designing the new version of the phone, and it's updated hardware. Of course, they're going to sell so many of these it'll wipe out those costs pretty soon. Still, any new development is risky. Look at all the bad press they're getting over maps! If they have to pull it, it will be a complete loss. Contrary to popular belief, about half of the new products Apple releases are actually flops. But a flop costs as much to develop as a success. Fortunately, Apple is able to charge enough of a markup on their successful products to make up the difference.
I'd put that figure at closer to 10-25% "flop rate" these days; but otherwise, I agree completely with your comments.
What other costs are there for Apple? 300% markup on list price seems a bit drastic.
No. A 3X markup from raw material and assembly costs to MSRP, up through distribution channels, is actually about right.
Too bad Slashdot doesn't have any readers who have experience in the real world; or they'd realize that those "markups" are very realistic, when all you are considering is the BOM costs.
Are people really so stupid that they don't realize that there are a LOT of other costs other than just the raw materials and CM (Contract Manufacturing) fees?
Go do a BOM cost on your average $700 TV, or $400 A/V Receiver, or perhaps another Smartphone. You'll soon see what I mean. And CARS.... Talk about Mark-up... OMG!
The "already available" google map app is just a web-app. And is not as fast, easy, or as feature-filled as the native application was.
I agree, and must admit I didn't try it out. But as soon as Google's "Native" app gets kicked out of iOS 6, and Apple's "exclusive" then ends, you can bet that Google will be putting it right back in, via the App Store, and on this page.
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Or possibly, only Apple has figured out that it's all about cachet and cutesyness and not about making a substantially better product.
Ya know, that's what a lot of people say... Until they own an Apple product.
What level of marijuana impairs a driver?!? Weed gets you high. There is only one level of high, and that is high. You can smoke 100 joints an hour and still be at the level of high. You drink 100 beers an hour and you will be at the level of dead. There is NO comparison.
Exactly.
There is no LD50 for Marijuana. "They" have already studied that.
Every time I've been in a discussion on pot here on slashdot, this is what I have asked for - a standard and reproducible test for when someone has consumed too much.
First we have to define "too much".
All I know is, there is absolutely no LD50 for Marijuana, and absolutely no physical addiction potential.
And, as the comedian Gallagher used to say "Don't smoke your dope when you're already stoned. You won't get any higher, just lower on dope."
In other words, empirically, there appears to be somewhat of a nonlinear relationship between the amount of pot consumed and the amount of "high", kind of like your body has a "pot overflow valve" built into its chemistry. Maybe you just can't consume enough by smoking (eating is another thing entirely!) to get the blood-level above a certain point; because you can only smoke as fast as you can breathe, and you can only breathe so fast before passing out from other reasons. So, it is somewhat self-limiting.
But to really answer your question, we first have to define what the "too much" level is, and I don't think that any study worldwide has, or even can do that...
Driving within three hours of smoking pot is associated with a near doubling of the risk of fatal crashes.
with:
'We don't know what level of marijuana impairs a driver.'"
One of those two statements HAS to be a lie.
Personally, I have NEVER heard of a story where Marijuana "impairment" alone has been implicated as the causal factor in any traffic fatality.
And that "one week" figure is also completely bogus. Even a drugstore urine test can detect Marijuana use for around 30 days.
There have been no reputable studies that show that driving while high on pot is significantly more dangerous than driving while "sober". Any study of accidents where Marijuana use was also detected would be hard-pressed to find that the pot "impairment" was the cause. But watch the fake statistics start to pile in, by "scientists" looking for their next "Grant-Welfare" money, as the NIH helps the Federal Government "make the case against pot".
Mark my words.
"Saliva testing only shows up marijuana usage in the last four to five hours, but 24 hours for all the other drugs, including amphetamines (speed), opiates (heroin, morphine, codeine), cocaine, benzodiazepine (valium and so on) and THC (cannabis). The advantages of saliva over urine testing are the speed of obtaining results (10 minutes versus several days) and it is less invasive.
Or so says the sales literature.
They didn't Decriminalize it; they LEGALIZED it.
There's a difference.
We may as well declare tomorrow that America is under strict Muslim rule, and all courts must refer to the Qu'ran for legal guidance.
Congratulations for invoking the "Muslim Equivalent" to the Godwin Rule.
IMHO, "interpretation" has far passed over (pun intended) into "Modification". And this is especially a danger when it comes to SCOTUS doing the "interpreting"; because the results of their interpretation are not "local" (as far as the U.S. goes, at least).
Other specs on the system are borderline bottom for barely meeting the requirements. Don't subject your kids to that. Get them a new computer with Windows 7 preinstalled. For virus protection, Microsoft Security Essentials does fine (free with Windows 7, though it is a separate download).
You may prefer Linux, and it may even work for you, and for you that is fine. But we live in a Windows world - you are doing your kids a serious disservice by not giving them Windows exposure now. They'll need that experience in 10 years when they are trying to get a job - any job - that isn't Linux development.
If you are getting him a new laptop, make it a MacBook Pro. He will have a great OS, that will still run WoW and LoL, and can still have Windows in a VM or dual-boot situation if he wants/needs it. And since OS X marketshare is continually going up, you are giving your son truly useful experience going forward, because with my scenario, he can actually place all THREE major OSes on his résumé. Now that's useful!
Dont protect the machine. Let him taste windows the way Microsoft serves it. What does not kill him will make him stronger. Either he learns to protect the machine on his own and stays in Windows camp. Or learns that the few things in the Windows world is not worth the pain and suffering comes home to a real OS. At best you throw him a nickel and ask him to buy a real OS. [Growing a beard before throwing that nickel is optional.]
You're right. The few things in the Windows world are not worth the pain. In all seriousness, and without a hint of trolling: Do your kid a favor, and get him a Mac. That way, he can experience the best of both worlds, and you can continue to use your vast Linux knowledge, and both learn something.
2. However, do expose your children to Windows. It's what they're going to learn in school and possibly what they'll need in the workplace. (Oh, I'm sure some people would like to point out why I'm wrong, people have been predicting the demise of Windows for decades. It's still the de facto standard.)
And that's exactly the attitude that keeps the myth alive.
If his school supplies a laptop, there is an increasing chance it will run OS X, not Windows. So please stop saying statements with absolutes, like "It's what they're going to learn in school". They might, or they might not.
I'm not predicting the demise of Windows anytime soon; but pretending that is pretty much all that he'll ever need to know as far as OSes goes is just foolish.
Your kid might not be satisfied with the way WoW works on an old T400 laptop. Check the graphics specs vs. the game recommendations. And for security, I'd just use Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free, probably works as well as any of the subscription-based anti-virus products and how much do you really care if your kid's game platform gets a virus?
Until he d/l's something that uses the LAN to infect the other computers in the house...
When windows makes the paging file look like buckshot scattered around the hard drive, it naturally ends up scattering the files themselves all over the hard drive. Pretty soon you have a hard drive full of fragmented files, and since the paging file is often rewritten entirely each time the system boots, you end up with an increasingly fragmented paging file as well
Excuse me, but I thought that NTFS (as opposed to FAT), like HFS+ on Macs, is actually quite good at avoiding fragmentation in the first place. This is why "defragging your drive" has largely become a thing of the past, like the old Windows saw that causes old-skool Windows "admins" to recommend partitioning your HD into a zillion annoying little "mapped drives", like in the bad ol' days of FAT. The "F" in FAT stands for Fragmented. NTFS (like HFS+) is much better in that regard.
But I agree that placing a swap file in a second partition is utterly stupid, and is just a symptom of the typical shade-tree admin's "I know better than the OS engineers" attitude, which runs rampant in the Windows (and to a lesser extent, Linux) world.
I think you've done yourself and the kids a mild disservice by avoiding windows with such a passion. When they get into the real world, it won't be just WOW that they need to run. It'll be business apps like MS Office, LabView, or something else that's truly Windows-only and having Windows experience (even if they prefer Linux) will be invaluable.
Excuse me, but let's set history (and the reader) straight.
MS Office and LabView are NOT (and never have been) "Windows Only". In fact, MS Word, Excel, and I believe PowerPoint (not to mention the precursor to Access, "Microsoft File" and the precursor to Visual Basic, "Microsoft BASIC for Macintosh"), as well as (believe it or not) LabView all started out as Mac Only applications, and even remained so for several years. Yes, that's right, MS Office actually started on the Mac!
So, it seems you, fluffy99, have done yourself and perhaps your kids a disservice by (apparently) avoiding Macs with such a passion, too. Afterall, if you'd used Macs, you and yours could have been using the abovementioned apps for far longer than those like yourself who, for whatever reason, seemed to have dismissed Macs outright.
Oh, and with an OS X machine, the submitter's kid would simply be spared the wholly unnecessary pain of dealing with all that AV stuff; because, despite the people who claim that OS X is the "least secure" OS, there still, after twelve years remains no self-replicating (non Trojan) malware for OS X. ALL OSes, including those with AV protection out the ying-yang, are vulnerable to social engineering attacks; so in that regard, Windows and OS X are equal (except there is still a several-hundred-thousand-to-one chance that the social engineering attack will be targeting a Mac and not Windows.). One more thing: Not to be snarky about it, but if one can afford a Lenovo laptop, they can afford a MacBook, period.
Attention mods: This is not flamebait; it is simply part of the discussion. Please no hate-modding!
There are 10" tablets in that price range... if you are willing to put up with a resistive touch screen instead of capacitive, you can get otherwise respectable spec from it too. The tablet I am typing this on was $160 on sale ($190 reg) and has a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash, with a memory card slot to expand, a full size USB host, a second mini USB with an adapter so it can work as a host, and it is running Ice cream sandwich. The screen isn't awesome, but it does what most people want from a tablet at a fraction of the cost of an iPad.
So, other than the most important part of any tablet (the screen), it's great, right?
By accident apparently, and without realizing it. They fixed that.
Just like all that WiFi (and who knows what other) data they "accidently" gathered while their subcontractors drove around, "street-mapping" the planet.
This time they're targetting the iPad market, which is still on the upswing. Even if they haven't brought anything new to the table (and arguably, they have)
What NEW thing have they brought to the table?
Mark my words, this product won't last two years. Maybe not even one.
1) Email was limited in the Win8 preview because it was a preview 2) So... no retina display... you mean it has the same resolution as every other screen its size safe for the iPad? darn.
Which, when combined with NO APPS and Microsoft's legendary crash-happy behavior, makes it a total non-starter, especially being simply similar in price with the iPad.
I'd just like to add that all of you going "yay!" about this? remember the nanny state NEVER stops, and the smokers are the canaries in the coal mine.
I agree wholeheartedly with Harry Feet here.
I have never smoked cigarettes in my life; but I'll be DAMNED if I want to see (yet another) "for the good of the PEE-PULL" infringement upon the First Amendment.
And make no mistake about it, every single law that curtails a First Amendment liberty like this makes it THAT much easier for the next one.
As Harry said, "The nanny state NEVER stops."
i read these and almost every flagship from from every manufacturer is in the $180 to $200 range. Apple's bill of materials tends to be a little higher most times but their margins are also higher because they make one phone for all around the world. iphone 5 and LTE is an exception with different models supporting different frequencies around the world
And what all these children don't seem to realise is that the $180 to $200 Bill of Materials gives you a bag full of parts somewhere in a container near a manufacturing plant in China. If they saw the Bill of Materials for a pair of shoes, or some jeans, or a hamburger at McDonald's, they would faint.
...or any other smartphone, or their new $700 TV, or $400 stereo receiver, or just about anything.
The best camera is the one you have with you. And to be fair, iphone 4S produces images that would make my Sony Floppy-based digicam weep.
Nice Ansel Adams quote (IIRC); and you are precisely correct. Anyone who thinks that any lens system than can fit into a phone will be the equal of any lens on a DSLR simply doesn't understand how physics works.
But ya know, it's all about "capturing the moment". And these smartphone cameras are all about that. Which would you rather have: That priceless photo of a loved one that is now gone, but with a little spherical aberration near the edge; or nothing but a fading memory in your brain?
Depending how you wan to amortize the R&D, that was a unit BoM savings if Google has been getting a per unit fee.
Possibly, but overall Apple is paying a lot more to built out a mapping solution of their own compared to just using Google's. The cost of that would not be figured into the raw hardware calculations iSupply is doing...
I don't think in the end it is a savings.
Not only build-out; but maintain in perpetuity. iSupply is (as usual) just talking out their ass. Not to mention that they have absolutely zero way to establish a "landed cost" for the custom silicon, or for the custom display/touch interface. It's nothing more than click-bait, as per usual.
Obviously, Apple spent a lot of money on their new 3D global mapping system, which isn't included in this cost estimate. They've also spent money developing other aspects of the new version of iOS. And they spent money designing the new version of the phone, and it's updated hardware. Of course, they're going to sell so many of these it'll wipe out those costs pretty soon. Still, any new development is risky. Look at all the bad press they're getting over maps! If they have to pull it, it will be a complete loss. Contrary to popular belief, about half of the new products Apple releases are actually flops. But a flop costs as much to develop as a success. Fortunately, Apple is able to charge enough of a markup on their successful products to make up the difference.
I'd put that figure at closer to 10-25% "flop rate" these days; but otherwise, I agree completely with your comments.
this is like saying Windows costs Microsoft a nickel to make because they just had to stamp a DVD.
Precisely!
What other costs are there for Apple? 300% markup on list price seems a bit drastic.
No. A 3X markup from raw material and assembly costs to MSRP, up through distribution channels, is actually about right.
Too bad Slashdot doesn't have any readers who have experience in the real world; or they'd realize that those "markups" are very realistic, when all you are considering is the BOM costs.
Are people really so stupid that they don't realize that there are a LOT of other costs other than just the raw materials and CM (Contract Manufacturing) fees?
Go do a BOM cost on your average $700 TV, or $400 A/V Receiver, or perhaps another Smartphone. You'll soon see what I mean. And CARS.... Talk about Mark-up... OMG!
The "already available" google map app is just a web-app. And is not as fast, easy, or as feature-filled as the native application was.
I agree, and must admit I didn't try it out. But as soon as Google's "Native" app gets kicked out of iOS 6, and Apple's "exclusive" then ends, you can bet that Google will be putting it right back in, via the App Store, and on this page.