My general rule for technology roll-outs is never buy version 1.0. The same will apply to the iPhone, and I'd recommend that to anyone who'll listen to me. So I agree with you the wise course of action is to wait and judge. Let the determined early adopters work out the kinks.
I'm not as concerned about tactile feedback, but I feel your concern is legitimate. I believe I have greater faith in Apple's design team. This isn't a product they rushed out the door, so I'm certain my faith is well-placed.
However, I completely disagree with your anecdotal statement about young people only looking at their typing in a casual glance. My 14-year-old step-daughter seemingly text messages constantly. In the morning, in the evening, late at night. She is completely focused on the message she's typing out and never removes her eyes from the screen until she's done typing. But then that's just my anecdotal evidence. We're probably both correct within our small sub-sets of humanity.
Just a minor correction. The show was terminated. The syndication company which had produced the first four seasons folded. They had a wrap party and had begun breaking down the sets, when TNT came in and bought the rights to the fifth season, a spin-off series, and three TV movies.
Regarding Babylon 5... the fifth season was hurt because the main story arc was truncated and crammed into the second half of the fourth season. Half-way through the production of the fourth season, they were informed the fifth season would not be picked up. I believe the syndication company folded. So JMS, who didn't want to cheat the fans, altered his schedule so he could provide an end to the main story arc.
It wasn't until they finished the fourth season that TNT acquired the rights to the fifth season. They'd already had a wrap party and begun breaking down the sets. They had to begin production on the fifth season immediately to meet the deadline, which is why they lost Claudia Christian, who was already moving towards other projects.
Season 5 was diminished by circumstance. If it had gone according to schedule, I'm sure it would have been as good as the first four seasons. Plus, we would have had the pleasure of seeing Susan Ivanova in charge of Babylon 5.
I'm curious about the Wii's software sales. Every non-gamer I know has 2-3 games...
1. Wii Sports
2. Wii Play
3. MAYBE one other game (usually Trauma Center)
The only reason they get Wii Play is it comes with the controller and you need to have at least 2 controllers for the Wii.
I also don't know any one that's bought more than 2 controllers.
Allow me to introduce myself, so you'll know someone who's bought more than 2 controllers and 3 titles. I'm married and a father/stepfather of four. We purchased the Wii around Thanksgiving and acquired 4 controllers (wimote & nunchucks) between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
As of today, we have the following titles:
Wii Sports, Smooth Moves, Raving Rabbits, Zelda, Downhill Jam, Trauma Center, Madden NFL, Super Monkey Ball.
As described by an earlier poster, my wife and I tend to fall into the Wii's demographic. We both work and have little time for dedicated gaming. Quite frankly, until the Wii my wife didn't game at all. The Wii has moved her into the casual gamer category. Our friends, all working couples with kids, either have bought a Wii or are considering it. None of them has an Xbox 360 or a PS3, nor do they intend to buy one.
Anecdotal evidence aside, I find it hard to believe you don't know any Wii owners with Zelda, it's the best selling Wii title. I'm not going to call bullshit, but I am going to say you are pulling from a very limited pool.
I have a Wii and have previously tried out the beta Opera browser on it. I have viewed on-line videos streamed through the Wii, I don't remember if it was YouTube or Apple's QuickTime movie trailers though.
I concur. If you read through the thread, you'll see this...
On Mon 4/9/2007 10:38 PM Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>Dear HTML Working Group,
>[three hyphen-delimited proposals; one auxilliary proposal]
I guess since much of this is already on the co-chair's agenda: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/il16 (item #2) , I would, from a procedural point of view, have preferred the question to have been called by one of the chairs. It would lend an air of formality to whatever discussion ensues.
From the title of TFA alone, I presume this is Microsoft FUD being dispensed via this AP writer.
I have a 35" TV from the mid-90's which accepts three-lead component cable. So I guess it would be the "less need", unless newer means TVs made in the past 20 years.
Speaking of HDTV, you more or less need one of those sets for the Apple TV. It's not designed to connect via the older single-lead RCA video cable. You need a TV that takes either the three-lead component cable (the jacks are usually colored red, green and blue) or the all-digital HDMI cable. Newer standard-definition sets may have component inputs, but most TVs out there don't.
Apple iPod set to swap 'white box' for 'black box' as LoPresti launches data recorder version
By Justin Wastnage
Apple Computer's popular iPod music player could become a flight data recorder (FDR) following an announcement by US light aircraft manufacturer LoPresti SpeedMerchants to introduce the device in the cockpit of its Fury piston aircraft.
The company says it plans the "full integration of the iPod into the Fury's avionics systems". The iconic 'white box' iPod will serve as a digital data recorder, nicknamed 'black boxes' by the general media. The iPod, with suitable software, acts as a hard disk with the ability to record over 500h of flight time data.
It was not immediately clear from the company's statement which parameters would be recorded and for what purpose. Recorders are currently used to collect data for maintenance purposes through system monitoring, for post-flight analysis in training and safety-monitoring, and, when suitably protected, for crash investigation.
Vero Beach, Florida-based LoPresti. "The iPod becomes the first truly portable, personal flight recorder with a huge recording capacity."
"This is a watershed technology for aviation," says LoPresti vice president of operations, RJ Siegel, "and we are delighted to be the first to bring it to market." The Fury (pictured below) will prove the concept, but once certificated, the iPod FDR could be deployed on other light aircraft.
The iPod can also act as an audio recorder, and can be used to capture two-way cockpit conversation and communication with air traffic control.
The iPod FDR would work with the patented iPod Dock Connector port on the bottom of the iPod, for which there is a large software developer community. "This is the perfect marriage of a consumer product to the aviation market" says Siegel. "The iPod has an ideal product spec for aviation. It's light and small, with very low power requirements and a simple interface. There are thousands of developers passionate about writing applications for the iPod. With such a large body of programmers we literally have no idea what the next great aviation application may be."
Greek mythology? That was available the first time around and Star Trek didn't steal it. Star Trek producers lack knowledge of history, even their own.
Parents buying computers for their kids for college/hs are going to care about one thing: Price.
As a parent, who bought a computer for my college-bound child last year, I cared about one thing... her ability to use it daily without my presence.
My daughter is very intelligent. She graduated in the top 10... not top 10%... of her graduating class of 600+ students. She's a freshman at a tier one school and she made Dean's List. I love her dearly, so I say this with total honesty and no ill-will. She lacks a great deal of common sense.
We had a Dell at home and the child crashed it every 6-9 months with all the crap she downloaded, either intentionally or not. Usually unintentionally. If it wasn't crashing, then it was running really, really slow. There were also the weekly claims of the printer being dead. Never was, but she could never understand how to establish the connection between the computer and the printer.
She wanted a Windows laptop for college because Windows is what she was used to. After much thought and discussion, we purchased her an iBook. She wasn't happy about it, and I even thought she might try and leave the iBook at home. One semester later, and only one technical call, and the iBook has been everything I wanted for my daughter away at school. There is no price for that, and certainly none that Dell could ever offer.
True. The idea is to have multiple opportunities at any threat. The flight of a missile is broken into three phases. Boost, Midcourse, and Terminal. There are missile defense systems being designed and tested for each of the phases and for different types of missiles (ICBM, cruise, scud).
I suggest you review the entire program before you ask further irrelevant questions about the THAAD test. THAAD is just one part of the entire program. Specifically, look at Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).
By and large, you are absolutely correct. Because it is so uncommon, I'd like to highlight one example of an older game being updated quite successfully.
Wasteland. One of the coolest RPGs ever, was successfully updated by InterPlay when they later released "Fallout". So I'd love to see an update to the Fallout line. I think there's something about post-apocalyptic games which intrigues my fancy.
Either a sequel or a remake. The sequel at the time (X-Com: Terror from the Deep) wasn't an improvement. They used the same engine and even had the same broken difficulty setting. I think I'd rather see a remake with improvements.
I outright banned my kids from using IE. I removed it from the Apps folder, then blocked the download site for IE in Safari. I did the same for AIM. I told them if they want to screw up a computer, then get a job and buy their own computer. Until then, there will be no IE and no AIM.
Fortune's Peter Lewis goes inside one of the year's biggest tech launches
It's January 10th. Obviously this is going to be the year's biggest tech launch to date. Talk about hyperbole. Talk to me in November and then we can talk year's biggest tech launches.
This is Insightful?!?
It says "one" of the year's biggest tech launches. As in one of many. It doesn't say "THE biggest tech launch". You said that. Also, it says "launch". By December the iPhone will still be one of the biggest tech launches of 2007. Will it be the year's biggest tech success? Don't know, but they aren't claiming that.
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Please, register iMail and watch the money not roll in ... go ahead already.
And that ammendment makes a big difference, as my original reply to you was based on my step-daughter's Sidekick III which has a QWERTY keyboard.
I'm not as concerned about tactile feedback, but I feel your concern is legitimate. I believe I have greater faith in Apple's design team. This isn't a product they rushed out the door, so I'm certain my faith is well-placed.
However, I completely disagree with your anecdotal statement about young people only looking at their typing in a casual glance. My 14-year-old step-daughter seemingly text messages constantly. In the morning, in the evening, late at night. She is completely focused on the message she's typing out and never removes her eyes from the screen until she's done typing. But then that's just my anecdotal evidence. We're probably both correct within our small sub-sets of humanity.
Just a minor correction. The show was terminated. The syndication company which had produced the first four seasons folded. They had a wrap party and had begun breaking down the sets, when TNT came in and bought the rights to the fifth season, a spin-off series, and three TV movies.
It wasn't until they finished the fourth season that TNT acquired the rights to the fifth season. They'd already had a wrap party and begun breaking down the sets. They had to begin production on the fifth season immediately to meet the deadline, which is why they lost Claudia Christian, who was already moving towards other projects.
Season 5 was diminished by circumstance. If it had gone according to schedule, I'm sure it would have been as good as the first four seasons. Plus, we would have had the pleasure of seeing Susan Ivanova in charge of Babylon 5.
As of today, we have the following titles:
Wii Sports, Smooth Moves, Raving Rabbits, Zelda, Downhill Jam, Trauma Center, Madden NFL, Super Monkey Ball.
As described by an earlier poster, my wife and I tend to fall into the Wii's demographic. We both work and have little time for dedicated gaming. Quite frankly, until the Wii my wife didn't game at all. The Wii has moved her into the casual gamer category. Our friends, all working couples with kids, either have bought a Wii or are considering it. None of them has an Xbox 360 or a PS3, nor do they intend to buy one.
Anecdotal evidence aside, I find it hard to believe you don't know any Wii owners with Zelda, it's the best selling Wii title. I'm not going to call bullshit, but I am going to say you are pulling from a very limited pool.
I have a Wii and have previously tried out the beta Opera browser on it. I have viewed on-line videos streamed through the Wii, I don't remember if it was YouTube or Apple's QuickTime movie trailers though.
I have a 35" TV from the mid-90's which accepts three-lead component cable. So I guess it would be the "less need", unless newer means TVs made in the past 20 years.
Speaking of HDTV, you more or less need one of those sets for the Apple TV. It's not designed to connect via the older single-lead RCA video cable. You need a TV that takes either the three-lead component cable (the jacks are usually colored red, green and blue) or the all-digital HDMI cable. Newer standard-definition sets may have component inputs, but most TVs out there don't.
Look here and here for some examples.
By Justin Wastnage
Apple Computer's popular iPod music player could become a flight data recorder (FDR) following an announcement by US light aircraft manufacturer LoPresti SpeedMerchants to introduce the device in the cockpit of its Fury piston aircraft.
The company says it plans the "full integration of the iPod into the Fury's avionics systems". The iconic 'white box' iPod will serve as a digital data recorder, nicknamed 'black boxes' by the general media. The iPod, with suitable software, acts as a hard disk with the ability to record over 500h of flight time data.
It was not immediately clear from the company's statement which parameters would be recorded and for what purpose. Recorders are currently used to collect data for maintenance purposes through system monitoring, for post-flight analysis in training and safety-monitoring, and, when suitably protected, for crash investigation.
Vero Beach, Florida-based LoPresti. "The iPod becomes the first truly portable, personal flight recorder with a huge recording capacity."
"This is a watershed technology for aviation," says LoPresti vice president of operations, RJ Siegel, "and we are delighted to be the first to bring it to market." The Fury (pictured below) will prove the concept, but once certificated, the iPod FDR could be deployed on other light aircraft.
The iPod can also act as an audio recorder, and can be used to capture two-way cockpit conversation and communication with air traffic control.
The iPod FDR would work with the patented iPod Dock Connector port on the bottom of the iPod, for which there is a large software developer community. "This is the perfect marriage of a consumer product to the aviation market" says Siegel. "The iPod has an ideal product spec for aviation. It's light and small, with very low power requirements and a simple interface. There are thousands of developers passionate about writing applications for the iPod. With such a large body of programmers we literally have no idea what the next great aviation application may be."
Greek mythology? That was available the first time around and Star Trek didn't steal it. Star Trek producers lack knowledge of history, even their own.
As a parent, who bought a computer for my college-bound child last year, I cared about one thing ... her ability to use it daily without my presence.
My daughter is very intelligent. She graduated in the top 10 ... not top 10% ... of her graduating class of 600+ students. She's a freshman at a tier one school and she made Dean's List. I love her dearly, so I say this with total honesty and no ill-will. She lacks a great deal of common sense.
We had a Dell at home and the child crashed it every 6-9 months with all the crap she downloaded, either intentionally or not. Usually unintentionally. If it wasn't crashing, then it was running really, really slow. There were also the weekly claims of the printer being dead. Never was, but she could never understand how to establish the connection between the computer and the printer.
She wanted a Windows laptop for college because Windows is what she was used to. After much thought and discussion, we purchased her an iBook. She wasn't happy about it, and I even thought she might try and leave the iBook at home. One semester later, and only one technical call, and the iBook has been everything I wanted for my daughter away at school. There is no price for that, and certainly none that Dell could ever offer.
True. The idea is to have multiple opportunities at any threat. The flight of a missile is broken into three phases. Boost, Midcourse, and Terminal. There are missile defense systems being designed and tested for each of the phases and for different types of missiles (ICBM, cruise, scud).
Here's a link for information on MEADS
I suggest you review the entire program before you ask further irrelevant questions about the THAAD test. THAAD is just one part of the entire program. Specifically, look at Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).
Once upon a time, when the THAAD program started with a string of failures, it was derisively called "THUD" within the industry.
THAAD
correct link
I believe so. Here's the wiki entry ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_(computer_g ame)/
Wasteland. One of the coolest RPGs ever, was successfully updated by InterPlay when they later released "Fallout". So I'd love to see an update to the Fallout line. I think there's something about post-apocalyptic games which intrigues my fancy.
Either a sequel or a remake. The sequel at the time (X-Com: Terror from the Deep) wasn't an improvement. They used the same engine and even had the same broken difficulty setting. I think I'd rather see a remake with improvements.
I outright banned my kids from using IE. I removed it from the Apps folder, then blocked the download site for IE in Safari. I did the same for AIM. I told them if they want to screw up a computer, then get a job and buy their own computer. Until then, there will be no IE and no AIM.
TelePod?
It's January 10th. Obviously this is going to be the year's biggest tech launch to date. Talk about hyperbole. Talk to me in November and then we can talk year's biggest tech launches.
This is Insightful?!?It says "one" of the year's biggest tech launches. As in one of many. It doesn't say "THE biggest tech launch". You said that. Also, it says "launch". By December the iPhone will still be one of the biggest tech launches of 2007. Will it be the year's biggest tech success? Don't know, but they aren't claiming that.