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However unlikely this is, I think Apple should buy it, only to prevent any kind of scenario where Google or a Google partner would be able to leverage Web OS patents against Apple. The other scenario I would love to see would be Oracle buying not ju…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GQB On yesterday's TWIT Windows show, I nearly spit my drink through my nose when Thurrott explained that iPads are not computers because they don't have a fan. (Apparently only a power sucking, heat producing behemoth…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland The bulge is annoying, but overall the Samsung is thinner. I don't care really though, they get too hard to hold the thinner they become. The next iPhone will be even harder to hold when making a call. I thi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by meh 2 The architectural critics' viewpoint - the "Great Conversation" by internal experts that any discipline develops in its ongoing effort to define and refine itself. Often misunderstood by outsiders, it is often a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sideshowlol You evidently haven't been paying attention. People have been living and working onboard the USS Enterprise for years quite happily. The scale of the thing provides the illusion of nice, cosily-familiar, ri…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steven N. The issue is, most Architectural theorist are also clueless about human interaction, personalities and psychology. We do not want to live with 200,000 other people in a 1 square mile area. Read Jennifer B…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steven N. That "the feeling of a metropolitan realm" also is dark, depressing and confining is also a reason the vast majority of people fled out of the inner city areas. The idea that you have a campus that can have …
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit That just sounds like an opinion... no theory involved. The theories upon which he's basing his opinion are well-established in the Architectural community ? no need to restate them. The principle of "…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steven N. "removing the feeling of a collective metropolitan realm" Once I read that, I knew this guy was a kook. He says that as if it is a bad thing. As if everyone and their dog should live in a crowded dirty i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Except for one thing... Unlike Xerox's "non-practical, proof-of-concept" research on the desktop metaphor... I don't see anything that the critic puts forward as an example of the direction he believes…
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Quote: Originally Posted by photoshop59 I would not want to work in a circular environment like that. There is a reason that most of our architecture is right angled, and logical. People will feel out of sorts, disoriented, and uncomfortable in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kenliles The criticisms are shaped from the enviable position of critique. Namely not having to formulate and be responsible for an actual and economic solution. If the critique is deserving, he would be in a position …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I guess you have to presuppose that the feeling of a metropolitan realm (which I read as a concrete canyon) is a good thing. I'm not sure where it has the suburban feel, because even those are littered with c…
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Much of his criticisms are spot-on. However, he fails to mention the very real practical challenges of building a second campus in a city, far from 1 Infinite Loop. Unless they were to ditch their headquarters and relocate, reaching further into the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cameronj You're right, I've never worked in product distribution. Have you worked at Apple in that capacity? Because otherwise, at least if you take retail experts' word on it, Apple is different from every other ret…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy You're a rare breed. Someone who wants something, yet is mature enough to understand that your preference is not something that is logical/feasible for a company to release, and not in their best interests, ther…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cameronj http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-...fine+hyperbole Gimme a break. We aren't talking about distributing fresh strawberries. If stock runs low, that's what the Internet is for. Stock can be moved from o…
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Most people who want more storage seem to need the storage for music and movies. I'll say two things about that: Spotify Netflix Now, I know what you'll say: "I want lossless quality" A. The difference between lossless and Spotify quality would…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AllanMc OK Marvin, guess you didn't understand the word "rhetorical"... good luck with your 40x $1k mini DVD nightmare wired work out of the box rack, suppose someone had just got to do it!. meanwhile I thought we wer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tipoo ...I suppose for some pro users who for instance need workstation graphics cards (which the pro is lacking in anyways... A lot of people think that because Apple doesn't offer Workstation GPUs as BTO that they…