Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Richmond wrote: > You are an extremely well educated chap if you can read anybody else's > classical literature: I have > been trying to get through Mably's "Histoire" of various 17th and 18th > century republics, on-and-off > for the last 10 years. I made it a f

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Richmond
people here. I think its quite penetrating. If he is right, he is calling a turning point in the market. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Apple-shrinks-tp4656597p4656645.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing l

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Richmond
On 10/25/2012 08:50 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Teaching in Bulgaria (?) as you do, one would think you might recognize English as a non-native language. Funny you should write that. Yes, of course I do. However, I also know that there are very many non-native speakers of English who can write

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Peter Alcibiades
right, he is calling a turning point in the market. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Apple-shrinks-tp4656597p4656645.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-liv

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Scott Rossi
Teaching in Bulgaria (?) as you do, one would think you might recognize English as a non-native language. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Original message Subject: Re: [OT] Apple shrinks From: Richmond To: How to use LiveCode CC: On 10

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Richmond
On 10/25/2012 08:16 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=175410 I don't know who wrote that article, but their grammar is crap: "Innovation does not occurs alone. There is no "epiphany" and no "Eureka" moment. There is no lone inventor that revoluti

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-25 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Richmond wrote: > Still going strong: no battery though. Wow. I'll try to remember next time I stumble across mine in the garage . . . -- Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-live

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dave McKee
You are suggesting that the Newton is a "Reverse Entropy" device ?? Sent from my iPhone On 2012-10-24, at 1:11 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > I have the most appalling handwriting. Longtime companions cannot read it. > Even I sometimes cannot read my own handwriting. Yet, once I'd gone > through

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Bernard Devlin
I have the most appalling handwriting. Longtime companions cannot read it. Even I sometimes cannot read my own handwriting. Yet, once I'd gone through the training process, the Newton can transcribe it to text with considerable accuracy. Perhaps the Newton was the first device to reverse garbag

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
On 10/24/2012 06:09 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Richmond wrote: , and have just revived my Macintosh Powerbook 180 for when I get really desperate and cannot control myself until I get to a stationary computer. *blink* Really? How in the world did you come up with

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Mike Kerner
The thing that amazes me is that the iPod Touch (5th Gen) is only $30 less than the Mini. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said,

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Roger Eller
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 10/24/2012 01:22 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > >> When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see >> myself >> using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too >> uncomfortable in my hand. I went for a 7"

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Richmond wrote: > , and have just revived my > Macintosh Powerbook 180 > for when I get really desperate and cannot control myself until I get to a > stationary computer. *blink* Really? How in the world did you come up with a hard drive? The failure rate was c

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Richmond wrote: > But . . . "Every inch an iPad" > > which, if you think about it, is not strictly true: it's a shrunken iPad. 50% less calories than the regular iPad? On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Richmond wrote: > , and have just revived my > Macintosh Po

RE: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> Over time this prompts some of us to ask, "Why am I carrying > a second Internet device with me when I already have my phone?" Funny thing is that this question was asked back in the Palm Pilot days, and so was born the first smart phone. "Post PC" era is a marketing strategy to sell you on Ap

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: I, being a crafty type, have solved this problem; I have a tatty-old, second-hand Pentium IV in every place I am likely to spend any length of time, and have just revived my Macintosh Powerbook 180 for when I get really desperate and cannot control myself until I get to a station

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
On 10/24/2012 03:10 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: iPads work very nicely with Bluetooth keyboards. Also, close to 100% of the time you're using an iPad you're not needing to enter text. If you need something that is all about text entry, then either use an external keyboard or use a computer. Try

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Colin Holgate
iPads work very nicely with Bluetooth keyboards. Also, close to 100% of the time you're using an iPad you're not needing to enter text. If you need something that is all about text entry, then either use an external keyboard or use a computer. On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Richmond wrote: > >

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
On 10/24/2012 01:22 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see myself using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too uncomfortable in my hand. I went for a 7" HTC Android tablet. The 7" form-factor is like going back to th

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Bernard Devlin
When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see myself using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too uncomfortable in my hand. I went for a 7" HTC Android tablet. The 7" form-factor is like going back to the good old days of the Apple Newton. Only the t

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread stephen barncard
thumbs, like a phone On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Richmond wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**technology-20042738 > > a "mini" iPad . . . > > this looks like a case of neither one thing or the other; how on earth one > will > be able to type o

[OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20042738 a "mini" iPad . . . this looks like a case of neither one thing or the other; how on earth one will be able to type on the onscreen keyboard escapes me. Oh, Well, W.C.Fields forever. Richmond. ___ use-