I blame the government. Afterall, they run the schools and prevent eugenics ..
Posts by Armando 123
1116 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Aug 2011
EARTH was a BAKING LIFELESS DESERT for 5 MILLION years
Windows 8 'bad' analyst says Store is a weakness
Re: differentiators
"Using an amazing device called a 'USB hub' (as found at the bottom of my 'cables and stuff' crate), I can have a mouse, a 'proper' keyboard and a USB memory stick connected to my Android tablet. "
At this point, shouldn't you really be using a laptop? Don't get me wrong, that you *can* do this is nice, but that's one of those moments where you might want to stop and say "Now hold on, ..."
Why James Bond's Aston Martin Top Trumps the rest
DB5
I saw one in the VIP Parking area of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway two years ago for Pole Day. A crowd had gathered and they were drooling, politely behind the ropes, at an immaculate DB5 and a new Maseratti Gran Turismo. The rest of the cars, including a new Ferrari, were largely ignored.
Craig, Connery or ... Dalton? Vote now for the ultimate James Bond
Re: Brosnan totally looked the part...
I've always liked Brosnan as an actor, and thought that he'd have made a great Bond: he could be serious and humorous and could definitely convey the detatched cool needed for Bond. When they tried to sign him in the mid-80s but contracts forbade it. However, he became Bond after the Cold War, so the movies lost their way a bit. He was good, but the movies themselves weren't up to snuff.
I still liked them and watched them, of course, but ...
Apple iPod Nano 7G review
It's official: Apple will reveal 'a little more' on October 23
Global notebook sales tank in recent months
NASA's Cassini spacecraft turns 15 while spying on Saturn
Water, water everywhere on the Moon: But not a drop to drink
Vote NOW for the vilest Bond villain
November election sends chill down Valley shareholders' necks
Schmidt: Google deathmatch with Apple is 'defining' for the tech biz
Re: Hypocrite
Just what I was thinking. Didn't Googarola try this tack at one time, only to find out old and FRAND patents don't make this lucrative?
Then again, if Foofle(*) innovated something besides slurping user data for Med Men, they might feel differently.
(*) - a type, but what the heck, let it stand.
Foxconn: Worker who lost half his brain in accident must leave hospital
eBay frets as right to resell comes under scrutiny
Sony suspends slate sales
Steve Jobs is STILL DEAD
New telescope tipped to spot 700,000 galaxies
Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad
Prehistoric-super-tooth dentists drill DIAMONDS into duck-billed 'saur riddle
Does this make sense?
The fossil teeth are not the duckbill's teeth, they are fossil teeth: they are made of rock and replaced the original material in a way that we don't completely understand yet. How can they tell the wear rate by scratching on rocky material that replaced the original material?
Googorola mysteriously pulls plug on ITC Apple patent probe
Paul Allen: Windows 8 'promising' yet 'puzzling'
New study: 'Fraud behind two-thirds of pulled medical papers'
Oregon farmer devoured by own hogs
Pastafarians: Get your noodly appendages off that Facebook suspect
World's power-grid cyber breach traced to notorious Chinese crew
Apple MacBook Air 13in review
Mighty quake shook ENTIRE PLANET, broke tectonic plate
Don't panic: Arctic methane emissions have been going on for ages
A single web link will WIPE Samsung Android smartphones
Samsung slams Apple patent jury, wants new trial in US
One thing from the trial that seems to be forgotten
Remember that the trial was not about the validity of the patent system. It was about, given the patent system, did Samsung knowingly and willingly violate existing patents?
While I agree that the patent system needs fixing, with the first step being that all patent trolls and their lawyers be turned into food for abused dogs, that was not the issue at hand. There was an e-mail trail where Samsung copied the designs; Google told them their designs were too close to Apple's and needed to be changed, and IIRC even MicroSoft told Samsung the same thing. Samsung ignored this advise and continued with their designs.
Now, you can rail against the patent system, and I wouldn't say you were wrong. BUT, given the system, would you say Samsung's behavior was wise?
Senate hears Microsoft and HP avoided billions in US taxes
Re: National Sales Tax
"paying their own fair share for the benefits they receive"
So as a bachelor for 38 years, I never went to public school nor had children in public school, never got any "social services" benefites, and fully expect that I'll have to bail out Socail Security without getting a dime out of it before I'm eligible.
Remind me again what is meant by "paying their own fair share"?
Apple's brilliant plan to fix iOS Maps: Get YOU to do it
Salesforce CEO: Social is god and Zuck is its prophet
Re: Salesforce and Apple are different
"A long, deep roadmap of apparently game changing products is key."
Enterprise wants this, in fact needs this. Apple, whatever one may think of them, is too quick to adopt better technologies for enterprise customers. Heck, how many are still dragging their feet on migrating from XP? And this is not always their choice; budgetwranglers dictate a lot of this, explicitly or implicitly or inadvertently.
Apple threatens to ruin peace worldwide with voice-controlled iMacs
Ding dong, the Ping is dead! Apple brings in Facebook for iTunes
Apple Lightning adaptors reveal limitations
Apple iPhone 5 hands-on review
Re: It's a shame
"Apple have never taken the "rip it up and start again" route"
Wow, really? Like when they went from 680x0 to RISC? RISC to x86? MacOS to OS X? iPod Classic to iPod Touch? Adopting USB over ... ADB, IIRC.
Apple has, in fact, been much more willing to do this than many of the hardware and software competitors. That's part of the price of choosing Apple, just as lagging behind is the price of choosi8ng others.
Why I've got a sync'ing feeling about Amazon's new Kindle Fire
Apple and hardware
"Ultimately, Apple is a hardware company"
No, ultimately Apple is a solutions company. They came up with a complete solution to music: iTunes to organize and rip/mix/burn, the iPod for taking it with you, and the iTunes store for purchases, particularly the impulsive ones. That's but one example, albeit the best known and one that has changed since that time.
When Jobs and Gates appeared together with Walt Mossburg at (IIRC) All Things D, Jobs pointed out that PCs were about the only electronic device where the software and hardware are made and designed by different companies AND that is the successful paradigm. So the integrated approach is what generally works, at least market terms.
Google's stats show few Android tablets in use
Re: Isnt this a sign
"What does android lack as a tablet platform?"
Consistency? I heard an interview with the guy who owns the company that is bringing back Baldur's Gate. He gushed about the user experience on the iPad. When the interviewer mentioned Android, the guy wasn't so excited. He said that the variety of screen sizes, chips, video, OS versions, etc, made testing and development slower and more painful (and therefore more expensive). With the iPad, you know every officially supported combination that's out there, you can get that information from one source, and this makes things quicker and simpler (and therefore cheaper) to develop and test.