TomOfTTB

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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I don't claim to be an expert when it comes to Iceland. But I know the IMF did eventually give them all the bailout money. See this quote from 3 days after the link was published (From here: http://tribune.com.pk/story/240763/iceland-bai
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I'd much rather see these people write an HTML5 based platform that addresses the areas where Flash is still needed (mainly pay feeds) or create tools that make creating HTML5 content easier (which ironically is what Adobe is doing). But th
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
There are good answers throughout this thread but the thing I find a lot of people forget is support. Startup founders and small businesses tend to have more talent available to them. When you have 4 guys with MIT degrees you can hack thro
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I don't see how this fixes the problem. To my eyes the problem we have right now is the first part of so-called "Trickle Down Economics " worked in that more wealth was created and the rich got far richer. But the second part didn't in tha
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I am... 1. Primarily a C# developer 2. In charge of the IT needs for an agency of 250+ computers 3. Currently have over 20 Microsoft certifications in Development and Server technology. Having said all that let me say he's completely wro
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I agree this shouldn't be posted on HN but just to clarify. My issue with this article is it doesn't spell out the law behind the case. If the SEC doesn't think they can win a case against Citigroup and they were settling to impose whatev
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I think you're mis-reading this. I work around "real" people and I've been shocked at how many of them have ordered Kindle Fire's both for themselves and as Christmas presents. These are people who have never owned a tablet and in the case
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
Hardly the same thing but you can get a little out of Engadget's hands-on videos... Kindle Fire: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/amazon-kindle-fire-impres... Nook Tablet: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/barnes-and-nobles-nook-ta...
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
Spec wise it beats the Kindle Fire in just about every category (More RAM, more Storage Potential, Better Battery Life). The question is will B&N stick with it and keep pushing. Two things make me think they will. 1. They recently mad
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
The blog and demos are still up so I'm inclined to believe this is just a run-of-the-mill outage.
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It really bothers me when stuff like this gets posted on HN I'm not attacking the point of view. There are two opinions on this issue that are backed by large numbers of people. One saying inequality increases with our current system and
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
To say Art isn't Art unless it's the highest form of art is silly. Is the work of a great comic book artist not art because it isn't Picasso?
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Here's a reason: He poisoned the world. When Microsoft had control of the world's technology they had a choice. They could backtrack and use their enormous money reserves and 90% or more profit margins to make their products stable and rel
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
DST is an example of how stuck in our ways humanity can be. In addition to the evidence in the article there have also been studies that have shown increased car accidents, lost productivity and all kinds of other problems caused by the co
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I don't buy that at all. It's impossible to look at the success The Richards Group has had and conclude it's all "moderately creative trash". More to the point it's insulting to the people who did that work. If there's a lesson here for t
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
Speculative claims based on poor fact checking. Some examples... "Apple’s new CEO is not like Steve Jobs. In fact, in many ways he is the polar opposite of the technology icon that he has replaced. Pundits and fans alike see this as a majo
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I'd argue what you're saying and what he's saying are different arguments. Your arguments almost all apply to poor people in general (and I believe them to be absolutely true). In fact I'd argue it's more true than people know. When heari
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I know I (as someone in charge of a campus) and others I know in the same position are really considering a migration to Mac The problem with Windows 8 and Metro is Microsoft's upending things to the point where Windows doesn't resemble its
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
It's cheaper than their nearest competitor in the space: http://www.box.net/pricing/
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
Multi-Touch was disabled in the G1 on purpose but was there (it appeared in the European version: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f8/some-good-videos-on-en... ). It didn't have an onscreen keyboard because it had a physical keyboard but
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
Right and the point I'd make is his example doesn't hold weight because the first Android touchscreen device looked exactly like an iPhone. Same number of icons per screen, same resolution, same gestures, same icon placement on the applica
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I agree with everything you said but the one thing you didn't mention is he makes the mistake of dating the prototype to the Techcrunch post. When in fact the prototype was obviously from an earlier version (hence the SDK looking like an i
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
Not really. The metaphor is completely different. There are no desktop icons. You side scrolled through things (see the arrows on the left and right side). On that note navigation was done through the multidirectional button in the cent
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I couldn't find a link but it was later shown this prototype pre-dated the iPhone-like video. If I recall correctly this prototype was actually from the pre-Google acquisition days. I just thought the point would be obvious since it makes
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I don't disagree. I'm GLAD Google stole from Apple. My only issue is with those who deny that's what happened. That's disrespectful to the innovation represented by the iPhone.
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It wasn't just touch. The icons were placed differently. The resolution was different. The screen size was different. The touch interface was different (you can't just say touch because Windows Phones had touch way before the iPhone but
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Can you name an Apple like app store before the iPhone? The closest you can come is Nokia and Symbian and that was a download an executable type thing. An app store as we understand it today where you click a buy button and the app install
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by TomOfTTB 15y ago
This was different. Look at the original Android Prototype: http://techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/android-prototype-lets-hope... Google scrapped that and then turned around and copied the iPhone. And they copied everything about the iPhone.
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It was more than that. Jobs issue was that Google flat out stole the entire interface. Not the look and feel but the entire thing down to resolution, icon placement, user interactions and app delivery. He did feel betrayed by Schmidt but
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I think there's an easy answer to this problem but it gets obscured by an "either/or" mentality. Either you support patents or you think it's ok for Google to outright steal the iPhone interface. Allow companies to patent innovations but l

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