tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post117907841297323356..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Ever More Signs of the Singularity!Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-70269664657609504282011-02-15T08:58:06.858-08:002011-02-15T08:58:06.858-08:00It sounds interesting but I don't want to be a...It sounds interesting but I don't want to be an early adopter. If you have the patience to wait a year or two you get better gear at much lower prices. And often you find that after the initial hype disappears so does your desire for the gadget.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-72916237995577299602011-02-14T09:30:54.418-08:002011-02-14T09:30:54.418-08:00jollyspaniard wrote:
> I do notice that after...jollyspaniard wrote:<br /><br />> I do notice that after an initial 6 months gushing over smartphones<br />> functionality everybody goes back to using it strictly for phone calls<br /><br />What, you mean you're not zooming out to buy a Motorola Xoom?<br />http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Consumers/US-EN/XOOM/<br /><br />I would actually be interested in one of these if you didn't<br />have to buy a Verizon phone contract in order to use the WiFi<br />on the thing.<br />http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-news/124102-exclusive-leaked-xoom-info-contract-requirements-costco.html<br /><br />I was thinking of using it to control my stereo system from bed<br />(via a remote desktop app letting me operate a Windows PC running<br />Foobar 2000).<br /><br />But I'm certainly not going to pay Verizon for the<br />privilege.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-80209683286779445932011-02-14T05:36:52.961-08:002011-02-14T05:36:52.961-08:00I'm wishing I had one of those boring old 1st ...I'm wishing I had one of those boring old 1st generation boring, lightweight, reliable and nearly indestructable Nokias right about now. My second Smartish phone has just croaked. it weighed quite a bit and was loaded with features that I never used and didn't want. The ability to mute my phone by accidentaly touching the screen with my ear wasnt especialy unwelcome although I do appreciate some very high technology went into that worse than useless feature. Apparently the designers in their technical genius didn't realise that someone might actually hold a phone to their ear when making a phone call. If smartphone development is a sign of the singularity then it would entail death by feature creep.<br /><br />I do notice that after an initial 6 months gushing over smartphones functionality everybody goes back to using it strictly for phone calls and texting with the ocassional photo snapped. The biggest development has been the improvement in photo quality over the past ten years.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-25748484967644345262011-02-13T22:44:44.309-08:002011-02-13T22:44:44.309-08:00> Ever More Signs of the Singularity!
It must ...> Ever More Signs of the Singularity!<br /><br />It must all be true after all. It made the cover<br />of _Time_ magazine last week.<br />http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048138,00.html<br /><br />It's an astonishingly uncritical article -- there's none<br />of _Time_'s usual wink-wink-nudge-nudge-isn't-all-this-silly<br />cynicism. _Time_ must be going soft.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com