I suggest that cell phone records should be pulled in the event of an
accident and if a cell was in use, within, say 5 minutes, of the incident,
by ANYONE in the vehicle, that the driver should be considered, at the very
least, negligent. This would apply to all vehicles involved. I remind you
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I have SEEN Obama compared to a lot of things, but never a Mac.
I was experiencing a silly moment. The equation I was trying to
make was one of how expectations are often not met.
Steve
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:27 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to think of when, Jobs has brought out a device to show the mac
faithful, that when it was released a few months later it was different...
The iPad was not brought out solely for the Mac faithful. That
group is but one
A new improved model could be called a Maxipad.
:-)
Perhaps because of its ability to absorb so much umdata.
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It's simple: try this i (change), etc. The idea of Obama always
was government for the rest of us. Too simple, and isn't working.
Steve
It's not working because he's not doing it.
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Too bad so far it is only a really big iPod Touch which is OK but it
ain't a
game changer. The bookreader is a color Kindle with higher prices
BTW I meant Higher book prices. I think as soon as the Kindle app
On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Tony B wrote:
But for people that just want to
manage some content in a modern CMS, it's virtually useless.
Yes indeed. A tool like Dreamweaver is for people interested in
producing a quality product. Modern CMS is IT speak for a low-
quality sausage making
On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:57 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
I was experiencing a silly moment. The equation I was trying to
make was one of how expectations are often not met.
M$ is already referring to it as a DeathPanel.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:29 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Dock isn't portable. Needs to be plugged in. What if I want to use a
flash drive or SD card? Sleek and stylish? Not with a dock and a
bunch of cables.
Mine is a skinny little cable about 2 feet long. How is that not
portable? And if both the
On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:15 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It is possible that this new device just unveiled may fail to meet
Apple's own expectations as well as those of their prospective
customers. A lot of folks are saying, After all the hype, this is
it? Time will tell.
The M$ minions are
Gotta link?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:27 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:15 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It is possible that this new device just unveiled may fail to meet
Apple's own expectations as well as those of their prospective
customers. A lot of folks are
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
I want to handle one with the form
factor of two facing pages in a book like shape. I've only seen a
kindle up
close once and had a quick look at the NookEBook at a Barnes and
Noble. The
nook looked too small.
The reason most books
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
Don't be silly. All the items you cite are paired with something
other than a single letter.
So you object to the single letter? Now who is being silly?
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The fact this doesn't have any ports is just further proof this is really
just a giant ipod touch.
Another thing that I'm not sure has been addressed in general...if I have a
kindle, and I buy an ipad..do I have to re-buy all those kindle books
again? What if I buy a Nook and then a kindle? Are
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
On the last part we will have to disagree. As I type this on my
netbook, with a video out, 3 USB ports, and a SD card reader built
in. (6 hours battery with wifi.)
Netbooks will be seen the 8-track tape players of the early 21st
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:25 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:29 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Dock isn't portable. Needs to be plugged in. What if I want to use a flash
drive or SD card? Sleek and stylish? Not with a dock and a bunch of cables.
Mine is a skinny little cable
There were four or five formats called Octavio, I suppose keeping it the
size of a 'book', Apple was bound to hit close to one of them.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:47 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
I want to handle one with the form
factor
Is it just me or does the iPad (finally) look like the flatscreen tablets
predicted in Kubrick's 2001?
http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/life/chess.jpg
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Only in the sense that anyone working for a newspaper needs to buy
their own printing press to put out a quality product. I disagree. A
few should, but the vast majority of writers shouldn't have to know
anything at all about a printing press or CSS.
If you can sit down at DW and design a good
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/decade-of-vaccines-wec-announcement-100129.aspx
Pledges 10 Billion dollars to vaccines, could save as many as 8 million
kids.
Has anyone ever even come close to doing this much good with their money?
I am not interested in 3G I pay enough for hookups as it is right now
(Phone, cable, Cell plan) that I will not pay for another plan.
As nice as it would be no way.
I just had to cancel what I hoped would be a good DSL connection
because they can only top out at 4mps. The infrastructure will
Whoa. The book was written by Arthur C. Clarke, not Kubrick. It's been
many years since I read it, but as I recall the thing in the picture
you show wasn't a pad, it was the surface coating of the console
itself - the paint, if you will. Probably not too far off, once
flexible e-ink displays
Or does it look like an HP tablet?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:21 AM, David D Odell waffenf...@atlanticbb.netwrote:
Is it just me or does the iPad (finally) look like the flatscreen tablets
predicted in Kubrick's 2001?
http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/life/chess.jpg
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:48 AM, mike wrote:
The fact this doesn't have any ports is just further proof this is
really
just a giant ipod touch.
Which is absolutely wonderful. The iPhone/iTouch have revolutionized
how people use computers.
Prediction: Business suits will start to have cargo pants pockets.
Thomas Pink already sells ties with a Nano pouch.
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I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I am not interested in 3G I pay enough for hookups as it is right now
(Phone, cable, Cell plan) that I will
The problem I see is that we are being asked to pay dearly for
connectivity and everyone wants a piece of the action.
Buy a device pay for a connection plan.
I do not want to do all that.
I would like to consolidate some of my connection plans so I am not
paying so much.
Stewart
At 09:45
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Stewart Marshall wrote:
So at present I pay over $400 per month staying connected and you
want me to add a 3G plan on top of that?
If you lived in a higher rent district you would be getting
connectivity of better quality and lower cost. But many of your other
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Tony B wrote:
Only in the sense that anyone working for a newspaper needs to buy
their own printing press to put out a quality product. I disagree. A
few should, but the vast majority of writers shouldn't have to know
anything at all about a printing press or CSS.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:45 AM, mike wrote:
I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
Near a McDonalds.
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Has anyone ever even come close to doing this much good with their
money?
It is my and your money money. We were cheated out of it.
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Anyone who is not intrigued by the iPad is just showing a lack of
imagination.
OK, why don't you tell us what's so intriguing about a midsize touchscreen that
has no HD, no widescreen, no camera, no USB, no memory card slots, and no GPS,
that can only get music and video from
iTunes, that can
No, I'm not OBJECTING to anything. I'm just pointing out that for 50
+ per cent of the population, calling something a pad without a
modifier (word, adjective, etc.) up front (e.g. lily pad, launch pad,
mattress pad) inevitably raises mental pictures of a certain kind.
If anything, the
Still waiting for you link...
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:04 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:45 AM, mike wrote:
I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
Near a McDonalds.
I knew Tom would be the first to complain about saving kids.
BTW, it's not YOUR money or MINE...it's HIS...you gave it to him if you
bought an MS product, he didn't take it.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:02 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:33 AM, mike wrote:
Has anyone ever
So he shouldn't complain because you are willing to get raped? Makes sense.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:08 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Stewart Marshall wrote:
So at present I pay over $400 per month staying connected and you want me
to add a 3G plan on top of
Not on this scale, but the Newman Foundation seems to do pretty good
too.
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You do not know what I pay per month for my house. :-(
My property taxes are lower I will admit that.
Stewart
At 10:08 AM 1/29/2010, you wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Stewart Marshall wrote:
So at present I pay over $400 per month staying connected and you
want me to add a 3G plan
I have heard this schtick before Mike.
What ends up being found out is that costs are level across the
board. Where you might save in one area, you more for in another area.
But here is the kicker. The wages are also usually lower in those
low rent areas, so the net effect is less money.
Amen to that.
I'm concerned that the cost of basic participation in the workforce--
and in society--is going up, with every new device we're expected to
acquire and support. For example, when I go in for my next job
interview, will I be expected to have a smartphone, a blackberry, or
Quoting David D Odell waffenf...@atlanticbb.net:
Is it just me or does the iPad (finally) look like the flatscreen tablets
predicted in Kubrick's 2001?
I'm just wondering how long it will be 'til we're all poking and
stroking our iDesks (a la LCARS http://www.lcarscom.net/). Tapping
on
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It just gets frustrating being told well because you live there, you
deserve what happens to you.
Do you have a restricted travel permit that won't let you visit the
big city?
Bit it ain't all roses here either...
Golden
No but I have a job that needs to be done here
and I do have a limited travel budget.
I do get to the city, but am usually busy with
work at that location so I do not get to get out
much. (Some of us do have to work for a living.)
And yes we do have to worry about crime out here
also.
Apple prefaced the names with I for internet, when most things internet were
lower-case. Internet was shiny new for many consumers in the 1990's. They
have continues with this branding.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Apple has fond a marketing niche with the i format. McDonald's has
done it with the Mc format. (I read about a lawsuit recently where
they are attempting to shut down a young ladies fund raising
organization as it uses the Mc format for their name)
It makes someone identify with them
Too bad Gates didn't spend some of that money ten years ago to fight
computer viruses' ability to attack Windows. He made that money selling
Windows; a virus magnet.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Still waiting for you link...
I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
Near a McDonalds.
McDonald's WiFi will be free like obesity starting January -- Engadget
I firmly endorse your thoughts, Constance. There is another consideration
about Apple that has troubled me. When it's important to the corporation,
minorities provide entertainment content to rollouts, and dork white guys
present substance. Perhaps this is the same for other digital
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
OK, why don't you tell us what's so intriguing about a midsize
touchscreen that has no HD, no widescreen, no camera, no USB, no
memory card slots, and no GPS, that can only get music and video
from iTunes, that can only run what the suits
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:17:14 -0600, Stewart Marshall wrote:
Apple has fond a marketing niche with the i format. McDonald's has
done it with the Mc format. (I read about a lawsuit recently where
they are attempting to shut down a young ladies fund raising
organization as it uses the Mc format
On 1/29/2010 10:32:20 AM, ton...@gmail.com wrote:
Whoa. The book was written by Arthur C. Clarke, not Kubrick.
Of course the book was written by Clarke; but the movie, the source of the
image, was by Kubrick.
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Some of us want a little less simple and a little more usefulness though.
I have to ask, just how many hours do you have using the Android OS?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Most of my admiration for the iPad comes from the fact that I left that
demo room with
I meant a link regarding what Tom said about the 'ms minions rushing out to
insist what people need is a windows..'
Never really expected to get a link though so..
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:56 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
Still waiting for you link...
I heard a tech reporter say
On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:37 PM, katan wrote:
I'm gonna go with not so much. Especially in light of the Mad TV
skit
already pointing out the obvious. Surely *someone* at Apple had seen
that already.
It is a brilliant name. The radio program I'm listening to has spent
the last hour talking
Wow. No, really...WOW. He could be saving 8 million children and the mac
fan bois are crying about a computer virus.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
Too bad Gates didn't spend some of that money ten years ago to fight
computer viruses'
Tom has his Apple goggles turned up extra special bright of late.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:25 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:37 PM, katan wrote:
I'm gonna go with not so much. Especially in light of the Mad TV skit
already pointing out the obvious. Surely *someone* at
Yes, that surely is the answer.
--- On Fri, 1/29/10, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] iPad ramification
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Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 4:28 PM
Maybe they aren't applying for the job.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:58
On Jan 29, 2010, at 4:44 PM, mike wrote:
Tom has his Apple goggles turned up extra special bright of late.
WFBs are certainly riled up as Apple hits another home run.
You can take your Zune home and sulk.
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They have just come up to bat we will have to wait a few months to
see how they swing and what type of ball has been hit.
Back down a little and lets see how the filed goes.
As of right now they are still debating how the home run king will do
as he enters the batters box. (There will be the
Dock isn't portable. Needs to be plugged in. What if I want to use a flash
drive or SD card? Sleek and stylish? Not with a dock and a bunch of cables.
Mine is a skinny little cable about 2 feet long. How is that not portable?
And if both the computer and iPad has bluetooth do I really want a
I will quote Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun Times...
Is it better to have a device that is loaded with bullet-pointable
features?
Being able to get your music from wherever you want is just a bullet point?
Being able to run programs from whoever you want is just a bullet point?
David D Odell waffenf...@atlanticbb.net escribió:
Whoa. The book was written by Arthur C. Clarke, not Kubrick.
Of course the book was written by Clarke; but the movie, the source of the
image, was by Kubrick.
Kubrick asked Arthur C. Clarke to write the screenplay for the 2001
movie.
As reported on Engadget and other blogs, Apple is currently running a promo
on their website for the ipad showing it running flash from Adobe..which it
can't do. So the ipad that can do it all, but not flash, has to lie about
doing flash? How long till Apple pulls it?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123084040
*It found that month-to-month fluctuations in collision accident claims
didn't change before and after cell phone bans took effect. Nor did accident
patterns change compared with those in nearby states without cell phone
bans. *
*The
Yes, both based on Clarke's short story Childhood's End
And in the novel, the action takes place around Saturn, not Jupiter. The
rings would have made the graphic work even harder.
But nowhere, in any of the WRITTEN work, will you find the IMAGE I gave the
link to. That is from the movie.
You
On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:46 PM, mike wrote:
As reported on Engadget and other blogs, Apple is currently running
a promo
on their website for the ipad showing it running flash from
Adobe..which it
can't do. So the ipad that can do it all, but not flash, has to lie
about
doing flash? How long
On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
They have just come up to bat we will have to wait a few months to
see how they swing and what type of ball has been hit.
Back down a little and lets see how the filed goes.
The ball has vanished over the left-field wall and we have
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:34 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow. No, really...WOW. He could be saving 8 million children and the mac
fan bois are crying about a computer virus.
I think that Gates, and I believe he is the biggest philanthropist
in the United States, just met with Italian
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/29/apples_ipad_promo_materials_misleading_on_adobe_flash_support.html
Mac fan bois bloggers Apple Insider. Really super secret neomicrosofticons
in disguise.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:46 PM,
On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:37 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
... I can't mount the device on my desktop or view the drive
anywhere except in limited view in limited apps. Real networking has
to work before it's ready for release.
... What if you need two USB ports? Carry a hub? Bummer. What if you
need USB
What's the game, Tom? We don't even know yet, this could turn out to be a
newton or an appletv. Is your only measure Jobs said so? Since virtually
no one has seen it yet, what are your metrics?
And yes, I'm still awaiting your links.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:13 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:02 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123084040
*It found that month-to-month fluctuations in collision accident claims
didn't change before and after cell phone bans took effect. Nor did accident
patterns change
Following are links to special offers on Pro versions of two softwares.
The first is for EASEUS Partition Master Professional 4.1.1 --
available for free download until February 1. (regular price seems
to be somewhere between $30 - $40) The blurb says:
EASEUS Partition Master Professional is
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Prediction: Business suits will start to have cargo pants pockets.
Thomas Pink already sells ties with a Nano pouch.
Not exactly a business suit but ScottEVest announced that it already has a
bunch of clothes with the appropriate
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:07 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I downloaded Safari to once again try it out. One thing is driving me
absolutely batty...I click on some links and they open in new windows
instead of just opening in the current window or at the least a new tab. I
have checked
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
It's not working because he's not doing it.
Correct. He is not doing it, and neither is anybody else.
Steve
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:48 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
Are customers buying books
or are they only renting them?
In this, the digital age, customers are probably only purchasing a
license that allows them to use the data they have obtained. If so,
then the customer owns only the
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:43 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Which is absolutely wonderful. The iPhone/iTouch have revolutionized how
people use computers.
There now. We have established, through the expert knowledge that
Tom possesses, that cell phones, or at least iPhones, are actually
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
And I hope that if/when I actually land that job, my boss
doesn't expect to be in constant communication with me on a Blackberry or
iPhone I can't possibly afford on what he pays me. I've had to take jobs
like that
... I can't mount the device on my desktop or view the drive anywhere except in
limited view in limited apps. Real networking has to work before it's ready for
release. ... What if you need two USB ports? Carry a hub? Bummer. What if you
need USB and want to use AV out? ... How many people are
On Jan 29, 2010, at 8:20 PM, mike wrote:
Mac fan bois bloggers Apple Insider. Really super secret
neomicrosofticons
in disguise.
This is a tech site, not Fox News. You saw a picture of a screen
display and you insist it shows Flash. How do you know that?
Tell the truth.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:24 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
You forgot to mention the lack of parallel port and built-in floppy disk
drive. Apple is showing you the future while you cling to the past.
Everything you mention is a technology on its way out. You want the iPad
studded with ports
According to what I read, Fujitsu had a trademark on a 2003
product they called an iPad. In 2009, that trademark was
either declared invalid or was in the process of being declared
abandoned, and Fujitsu started making some weak efforts to
revive it. Also, the Fujitsu iPad was some kind of
Which one is better, the Kindle or the Kindle DX ?
Thanks
Marcio
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I would have to check the book again. But I thought it was Clarke that
was predicting flat surface displays, not Kubrick. I recall being
somewhat disappointed that Kubrick made them look more like TV screens
built into the console rather than curving around the edges and
things.
Why is everyone making a big fuss about this? The most likely
explanation is that this is a production error, and Apple will have
to fix it soon or get sued. It isn't surprising if this is the case,
because Apple's well-known secrecy concerning upcoming
product means that Marketing probably
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