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FLASH DANCE!
The Verge
Duotronic
On The Verge since Jan 08, 2012
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Put against the many apps that are on there, when a big name developer refuses to port one of the top 10 apps/services over, something that is guaranteed to be among the top apps downloaded on any platform, it’s not very compelling. And again, there are developers who do this for not just 2 or 3 platforms, but for half a dozen or more. Why are they capable of that and others are not?
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Best. Trailer. Ever. Is. Poltergeist.
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Goldsmith is near the top for me.
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I feel like this article reinforces a perspective that I find frustrating. It’s often framed as if it’s a problem with the ecosystem or the platform that various apps aren’t available, and this is a slight against them. But in my book, we should be directing these critical comments against the developers the majority of the time. There is nothing stopping people from bringing their apps to WP and W8. Microsoft isn’t stopping them, in fact they’re encouraging them. Instead of repeated comments that these app stores are missing a big name apps, essentially faulting MS for something they are powerless to fix, we (writers and commenters) should be faulting the app developers. Complain about them and take them to task for it. I remember when people would praise apps like Evernote and Dropbox because they were available on all the different platforms. That’s the right tack and is more likely to improve the situation.
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Can’t, I eat a high protein diet. But I think it would be easier to be vegan. Pasta and bread….
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What nonsense. My cat is indoor/outdoor, we got her as a stray that we took in. She was given a collar and tag. She’s been registered and given her shots and checkups at the vet. Being our pet consists of her spending probably 18 hours a day inside (she stays inside at night). She has food, water, and a litter box inside. She’s also fed two or three times a day with soft food. When she is outside, she’s around the house the majority of the time; literally within 10 feet of the back door, sleeping on the patio furniture. She is brushed, checked for bugs and sores daily, is petted/held/played with numerous times a day. When she does roam, she doesn’t go very far because she has a small territory, as a female (males are significantly wider), but she comes back within hours. She will seek people out in the house to come lay next to (space sharing). If you move, she follows. And I can assure you if she were to be shot by someone, I would claim every right to be pissed off. And I am not in the least an exception for a cat owner.
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His best role was on Malcolm in the Middle.
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The problem is not necessarily that people are using cat pelts for something. The problem is that they are killing people’s pets to do so. It’s like a cuter version of cattle rustling. And I say this as huge kitty lover. Besides, cat skin is better when there’s a cat in it, all warm and squishy and purry.
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What about emergency alerts that are below the national level? Say a trail car of noxious chemicals derails. Authorities could highlight a map of the danger zone and send an alert to any cellphone in that vicinity. That seems more useful than a catchall, national alert from the President. Usually the President has the least relevant information in an emergency.
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You might be right. I looked at it again, and there are other third party apps, like All Recipes and Netflix. Oh well.
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I hope you’re right. :)
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I’m crossing my fingers for a subsidized cablebox version. That’s the console I want.
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There’s streaming, but what about it downloading prior to a release date and becomes playable at a certain time?
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How do you figure on 9 hours? I’m trying to keep my expectations in check and looking for 7 hours at least.
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Yeah. MS, I think, is trying to set a default for the whole life cycle of the device, and they want to just assume people have internet connections. It’s already the case that the vast majority of people do, and it will only become more and more pervasive in the years to come.
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I think the Zoom is really cool, but isn’t it a full-on point and shoot/optical zoom camera/phone? They’re kind of similar, but kind of not. Sort of a progression: regular phone with regular camera —> regular phone great camera —> regular camera with phone —> great camera.
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oops, ignore above.
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Well, one can take it seriously and not do anything about it. It’ll be okay, relax! Maybe it will be nice.
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Sometimes when I do Sudoku, I get stuck and make the computer give me a hint. It’s faster, but I don’t feel as proud of myself. Maybe we just do the math extra hard?
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Really? Hmm…it doesn’t seem that bad so far. Let’s give it awhile.
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Well, my point was to see if the simulations pan out.
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I’m curious, could we instead pay a bunch of matheticians a fraction of this expense to do it virtually? Or are we not that good at math yet? If we spent the money, could we be that good at math?
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I really hope we don’t avert global warming. It’s been hyped so much that I want to see it happen. Plus, it’d be interesting to see how close all the models/predictions are. If we stop it, then we’ll never know for sure if we had it figured out.
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I thought that Disney got rid of their 2D departments years ago in a bid to go all 3D and then when they bought Pixar, and their management changed, they brought it back….so now they’re closing it again? Did management change again or did they come to the same conclusion as the prior execs?
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The best trailer ever made, still, is for Poltergeist.
