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        <title><![CDATA[dumbest of all]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lassiter's comment in #9 is just stupid.  It was by then (2000) very obvious that cell phones would become ubiquitous.  It was no vision on Jobs' part to see that coming.  Given that cell phones had already been around for nearly three decades by then, it was nearly past due, wasn't it?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[fluxtatic]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:27:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lack of real breakthroughs makes IT stereotype]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's rather paradoxical, and we're too overwhelmed by ads saying that IT is so avant garde and wonderful.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[chdchan@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:27:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Predictions...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Asus memo 370T will sell boat loads.  Quad core at a $250 price point]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aflynnhpg]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:40:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not a dumb prediction, just a dumb question or so (Bandwidth for everybody?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Do you think if solar power actually catches on, wired or wireless access will be more accessible nationwide? Will an increased use of fiberoptics boost use and reduce cost?  Will we be relying more on satellites? Will the roof act as a signal booster? Should college kids start looking for summer jobs as solar panel installers or cable stringers?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jayohem@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[lots of limitations]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm referring to a combination of APIs, ability to install executable programs outside the limited context of the official package management system (unless you root it), somewhat monolithic design of the OS all the way up to the UI (sounds like MS Windows . . . ?), and the simple lack of basic tools in a default install.  Hell, the fact users have to jump through hoops, void warranties, and risk hosing up the system to get root access to their own devices is just an egregiously bad state of affairs.I wouldn't use a tablet running any closed source operating system for any purposes other than narrow professional necessities (e.g., testing software to see if it works on the platform).  I have no interest in trusting my general computing activities and private data to a closed source operating system developed and supported by a company whose interests are not even remotely aligned with my own, because I don't like getting screwed over.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:10:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[limited by android]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I saw an Asus transformer yesterday, first look at ICS. I asked the owner if it was possible to 'hack the kernel' and he replied in the negative.I'm not positive but isn't the source code freely available? At least you could know everything the system is doing, even though you have little to no control over it.It appears to me the problem is the ability to write to the OS, however it's stored. There seems to be no mechanism for loading OS components in user space, compiling things and writing it back to wherever the OS is stored/loads from.This fellow thought the OS resides in some sort of EEPROM-ish hardware, that the user has no access to, but google does when pushing updates to the system. If this is correct, and android is open source, isn't it inevitable someone will write a hack and open the door to more &quot;Linuxy&quot; development on the tablet form factor?I'm interested in your take on 'feeling limited' by android. Is it the inability to alter it to your liking? Or are you referring to APIs and app development?Would you ever use a tablet running windows? Call it ironic, but I'm thinking I would not use a tablet unless it was running a 'full blown OS' on which I could run the existing tools I use now. I'd prefer Linux, but I don't see that happening ATM.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:11:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[re: getting off on the wrong foot]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Consider it forgotten, at least from my side -- in part because I don't recall the incident(s) in question.  I generally try to treat each context separately, anyway.edit: typo (ironically, &quot;forgot&quot; the &quot;n&quot; on &quot;forgotten&quot;)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:01:44 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ahhh, that makes sense]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I wondered if that might have been what you meant.  Thanks for clearing it up.I actually feel pretty limited by Android, so I'm sure you can imagine how much worse iOS would be for my preferences.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Um . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Are you asking what I'd want to upvote about it?  The whole thing.  Thanks for the positive regard for what I wrote, too.edit: Upvoting started working for me again.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:49:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You're Welcome!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No, I think we got off on the wrong foot, but I tend to agree with much of your comments.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aflynnhpg]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:22:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No, I think you got it.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I thought that your description...&quot;utterly defanged, declawed, and spayed or neutered&quot;, was pretty accurate for Apple iOS.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aflynnhpg]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:21:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[predictions]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1.  Tablets will not replace my desktop or laptop, I like a keyboard.10.  Whether this year or soon, when Iran goes nuclear, unless Israel takes out their installation first, there will be World War 3.  There is so much hatred between these two.  It is Iran's avowed intention to take out Israel, unless they get there first.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[philstilliard]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:12:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;dung beetles?&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[or the reference to the disdain one mainstream 'content provider' has for it's 'consumers?']]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:22:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You lost me.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I must be having a slow day.  I don't get it.Siri, as far as I'm aware, is some kind of datebook application for Apple iOS.  I don't really know much about it beyond that.  What's the significance of mentioning it in this context?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:10:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If it's behind me, and doing something to me . . . I think I can imagine what it might be trying to do.  I'll be keeping my back to the wall, and a computer running an open source (copyfree licensed, specifically) OS at hand.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:07:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[interesting reference]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'd upvote your comment, but TR's interface is being weird for me right now, and voting doesn't work.  The comment reply interface is getting a little strange, too; I'm not sure it won't go belly-up on me, too.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:59:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You say that like it surprises you.  Did you expect to disagree?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:57:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[nah]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think Linux will fade by then, unless it undergoes a significant, fundamental change along the way.  We'll eventually get some kind of open source operating system &quot;on top&quot;, though.Linux-based systems suffer too many shortcomings that stand in the way of &quot;world domination&quot;, including the specific license (which prohibits its effective combination with a lot of other open source software and scares business people, among other things), the &quot;new is better even when it's worse&quot; attitude of its &quot;rockstar&quot; developers, and its tendency to become more and more like what its advocates want it to replace (and not in a good way).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[apotheon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:54:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[On eBooks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I guess I'm old fashioned but when it comes to something technical or academic, I prefer a real book in my hands.Over the weekend I did some tweaks to my Home Theater setup.  My HT receiver has a video output so you can see all the menu choices on your TV screen instead of the one-line display on the front panel.  The manuasl for both the reciever and TV have gone into that same black hole that eats socks from the dryer so I had to find them online.  Ugh.  With the printed manual I can easily hold page 32 with one hand while reading page 70, and then go back and forth to see the references.  I can also grab the nearest pen/pencil and write notes in the margins.  I have no idea how I would do that with a PDF.Much of that applies to textbooks, as well.  But it would be nice to carry an eReader to class instead of a 5 pound text.  It would also make revisions much easier.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Computer Dave]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:32:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Adding to your prediction:]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can I just add to that, on the positive side, the people that stay with &quot;major vendor(s)&quot; will have Siri.I know , I know, sarcastic, but true.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aflynnhpg]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:25:59 -0800</pubDate>
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