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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Not quite. Networks cannot own the production of the majority of their shows. I don't remember the specific threshold offhand. ... So if the law can be so easily circumvented through completely legal means wha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Ummmm, it already is that way, by law. The studios only "own" a small fraction of the shows they air now. But now the forced-to-be independent producers want some security so they get contracts from the studios…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Taskiss I don't think the government needs to be involved in any way, shape or form with television show line-ups and scheduling. Just have folks vote with their bucks - do an "adopt a show" where you pay a buck or …
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Quote: Originally Posted by King Chung Huang FingerWorks sold a multi-touch keyboard called the TouchStream LP before being acquired by Apple in 2005. I still have one, although I don't use it anymore. http://www.fingerworks.com/ST_product.htm…
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac Multi-touch is to mice what the GUI was to command line. Maybe a multi-touch trackpad is comparable to a mouse, but a multi-touch screen is way beyond the capabilities of a mouse.
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Are you serious? Who the hell wants to glide and use gestures on the desktop when you have the keyboard in one hand and the mouse/tablet pen in the other hand? After having worked on mac laptops exclusiv…
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Convertible tablets have always seemed outside Apple's design aesthetics. Similarly, cheapo netbooks aren't Apple's thing. I'm still betting on a dual touchscreen like the OLPC 2 based on the iphone OS. Of course, Apple will have to do somethin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Machead I happen to work in the CompactPCI/ATCA/MicroTCA market and am very familiar with this type of technology and I can tell you it will never happen in the consumer market. The biggest cost of electronic devices …
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Good points raised by all, so let me see if I can accommodate them- I suspected that there would be latency issues with tying together the CPU modules to act as multiprocessor machines, but I assumed that connections to drives and PCI ports would…
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Is it possible that the Mini is now the record holder for the longest time a computer model has gone without an upgrade?
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Might be vaporware and I kinda expect it is because you would almost certianly have to use jailbroke iphones, but judge for yourself... OLO
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Maybe somebody at Apple realized that the shuttle was going up on the 14th. I doubt a normal launch would crowd Apple's announcement out of media attention, but given the shuttle's track record there is always the possibility of a disaster that wou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FuturePastNow That's a stupid idea. What happens when it gets lost/stolen/broken? Hmm, I'd imagine what would happen would be the same thing that would happen if any item was lost/stolen/broken. You'd get a new one…
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Since OLPC has apparently joined the Borg, I wonder if Apple will be any more likely to jump in. They definitely have the lead on multi-touch with the iphone, but they have never desired to join the "race to the bottom" in making cheap hardware. …
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This jives with Apple's design aesthetics exactly. And frankly, if Apple is really going to embrace multitouch this is the way to go. The form, function, and familiarity of a book. The capabilities of a computer. The appeal of a canvas. The…