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    The iPad

    It's bluetooth compatible so it would be trivial to make software to control the device. I wouldn't be surprised if apple released an iPhone/iPod Touch app that can control some of the iPad functionality, but in general I would imagine steve jobs imagines you'd want to watch movies on your 15 inch macbook pro or 52 inch TV if you are sitting at home on the couch. The tablet is designed to be held. At any rate, I don't really disagree with any of the criticisms volleyed at the device, but if it ends up being a device that does email/books/videos/music/web surfing really well (read: much
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    The iPad

    I'm fairly perplexed by the decision to leave out multitasking myself. The device certainly has the hardware (battery/processor) to support multitasking, and it's such an obvious oversight that they must have had a long discussion about not including it. What I gather from early hand-on reviews of the device is that the decision to do this was based partially on saving battery life, since if it wants to be an alternative to the kindle at all, its got to have pretty darn good battery life. But mostly, the decision was about processing power. Early reports are that the iPad is extremely
  3. Happy Birthday!! I'm glad kidsmoke didn't ban you for the day to keep all the birthday wishes to herself!
  4. Happy Birthday to the pride of Riverside!
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    The iPad

    I would say people who use their laptop to do things (but not super intensive things) on the subway/train but want something a little smaller/portable. Otherwise, it does seem like you probably would either want to use a laptop or iPhone.
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    The iPad

    I think the correct response is to wait a year for version two. Let the early adopters cut their teeth on it while developers come out with cool applications. It's a nice device for what it is, if you've got a laptop and a smartphone, its a hard sell. My opinion may change once I actually get to hold one.
  7. I can't help but be excited for today's big Apple event. I've never owned a Windows PC - my dad bought the first Mac in 1984 and we've never since bought a computer from a different manufacturer. Once Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, I always got excited for all the Macworld conferences and special events the company hosted over the years. There was one Apple store in the entire Midwest (at Woodfield Mall) back in 2001, and I was first in line to buy an iPod the day it came out. (there were actually only about 10 people there - plenty of folks thought the thing was going to flop - thi
  8. It's a breast joke, I imagine. Perky golden globes -> SAGging breasts.
  9. I don't have health insurance and the VA and military hospitals I went to recently were fairly nice to me and did their job quite well - gratis. However, if I get sick or injured in the next couple of months I will be F'ed in the A.
  10. I guess the idea now is that the House can pass the bill that the Senate passed and then it doesn't need to go back to the Senate.
  11. I don't have any ponies in the playoffs at this point, so I'm just rooting for my fellow alma maters from USC, and Mr. Sanchez and Mr. Bush seem to be doing their part thus far.
  12. No, I'm a loser alright. But I'm VC's loser, and proud of it :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go035D6gDP8
  13. Thanks for playing guys but I'm a loser!
  14. I think USC does well based on my physically proximity to them. My first 2 years as an undergraduate I attended all the games and we won National Championships both years. Then I moved off campus and we lost the national champion one year and next year wentto the rose bowl (won). Now I'm back in Chicago and we've slowly declined (Emerald Bowl?). I'll be heading to Africa in June, and we no longer have Pete Carroll and (as you say) we may be heavily sanctioned. So be it.
  15. I would make that deal, but Votings only open for another hour and I would want to make sure our agreement got notorized
  16. oooh, international votes. Contest ends at 5PM Hawaii time (10PM Eastern) So I'll be done being annoying very soon. Here's the video for Day 4
  17. I think my ideal situation is Conan gets canned from NBC and his contract doesnt allow him to go on TV for 3 years, so he ends up creating "The ConanObrien.com Show" which broadcasts live at 11:35PM every night from conanobrien.com. Online ads in the same places that normal TV ads used to be, and with no NBC/FCC to censor him, he can do whatever he wants. Anything that furthers the demise of TV and the rise of the internet is cool in my book.
  18. For someone lazy like me this was a godsend. Completely painless and I generally trust the Red Cross. I did hear all the cell phone companies (except for ATT) would be waiving text message charges if you're donating to Haiti, so there's that as well.
  19. Oh I know - I'm mostly kidding too. However, if there is a VC get together sometime in the next few months (like before a living room show or something) I think I would at least bring free beers to that and maybe macadamia nuts.
  20. I was deciding between Dogfish Head 90 minute and maybe doing a Great Lakes beer, but I suppose I can take requests.
  21. As a USC fan, I've been following it very, very, very closely. Kiffen was an Assistant Coach when I was an undergraduate while we were winning literally every single game, so alumni have a good memory of him at USC...I think the hire could really go either way at this point even though he doesn't have much experience. He's bringing along a super talented staff on both sides of the ball and on recruiting which is similar in style to the old regime, so the feeling is they could be good right away. I think the way Kiffen's staff tried to immediately poach all the Tenn. recruits was lame thou
  22. Thanks again everyone for all the votes! I'm starting to worry I might actually win! Not that anyone needs to see these, but to keep my Youtube subscribers voting, I've been uploading a video every day with user-suggested original songs. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
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