Apple's iPad

[Wiglaf]

You LIE

The "big deal" is the subtle conveniences is all it can take to prefer one app over another. If I'm moving from a well lit area to a not-so-well-lit area, I need to currently EXIT the entire reading app, find my way to the settings menu, go through several levels there and adjust the brightness, then go back and launch the reading app and find my place again. That's absurd for a fairly common usecase.

Does it not bother you SIR that you DO NOT NEED TO EXIT THE READING APP

[Wiglaf]

Wiglaf WIN on this one, I'm sorry, you tried to mislead people. If this is a private API, it's one that everyone can use and get through approval, making it PUBLIC FOR THOSE WHO NEEDS IT. The good news is that NO MORE FLASHLIGHT APPS

[Asher]

You LIE



Does it not bother you SIR that you DO NOT NEED TO EXIT THE READING APP

For Kindle, now. For the 4 other reading apps, yes.

Your defense of Apple here is disturbing. Why are you defending a tree-hugging, left-wing company so much?

[Wiglaf]

Prove that they are left wing? They boycotted Glenn Beck but so what. Beck has made fun of justin bieber, which is too far I think, the kid is only 15 and a genuine talent. You need more proof than that.

I know it is anecdotal but I bought my iPad wearing a Mitt Romney hat and things went well.

[Asher]

Prove that they are left wing?

HQ is in California.

Not only is it in California, but the Bay Area.

[Wiglaf]

They donate more on average to GOP than to liberals, you buffoon. http://www.campaignmoney.com/apple_computer.asp

[Asher]

They donate more on average to GOP than to liberals, you buffoon. http://www.campaignmoney.com/apple_computer.asp

What spin.

Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Republicans: $128,931 (21% of total)
Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Democrats: $354,736 (57% of total)

Al Gore is on their ****ing board of directors.

[Hauldren Collider]

Didn't they hire Al Gore for their "environmental consultant"?

Dammit Asher. e;f,b

[Wiglaf]

They did it for show. NO one at apple respects him. Proof: http://politifi.com/news/Al-Gore-Lau...ng-225818.html

What spin.

Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Republicans: $128,931 (21% of total)
Total Contribution Dollar Amount to Democrats: $354,736 (57% of total)

I think this indicates that the Republicans at Apple care more about their politics than the liberals, which is relevant, though the total amount I think is disconcerting.

[Hauldren Collider]

Doesn't the TI-89 have multitasking?

[Wiglaf]

So will iPad in June. But not in Ashers universe, where he is right about everything and you are just a homophobe spin artist.

[Hauldren Collider]

Dude, from what I've seen the iPad simply DOESN'T SUPPORT virtual memory. It doesn't multitask. This "multitasking" is a COMPLETE HACK.

EDIT: Bah I'm conflating virtual memory with something else. I'm not talking about swap. Maybe Asher knows what I mean? Protected memory space, you know, where the OS gives you a fraction of the memory. Agh, I can't remember what it's called.

[Wiglaf]

I'm doing it right now on the iPhone, you douche. Full-on mulitasking. Explain that. You can't but I can, it does.

Proof: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/0...itasking-myth/

[Hauldren Collider]

Yes you're doing multitasking. Give yourself a cookie. All the programs you've been using have to be specially designed to work within a loosely defined segment of memory. But if there's a program that decides it's going to break the rules while you watch your porn on that ****ty screen you'll be seeing "segmentation fault" before you can even ***.

EDIT: Asher feel free to correct me if I get this wrong, I'm still a CS padawan.

[Wiglaf]

What? I have been multitasking for a year now, jailbroken. No problems except for freezes after 6 hrs + use sometimes, with lots of apps running. Get bent, I have Sirius XM app, and Runkeeper GPS at the same time, with IM

Read the link, you're having an Asher/Kindle app moment.