Is it only me, or ...
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Maybe in heaven?
Clifford Nelson wrote:
Maybe in heaven?
When you try walking on air, it may feel like that for a short while - who knows what happens afterwards ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Maximilien wrote:
The large majority
Which majority is that? Most people are not carpenters, electricans, cooks, warehoude workers, etc. In our part of the world, most people shuffle papers, write reports, etc. the stuff that's called office work ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
Those are the lucky people that have reasonably well paying jobs. There are all the people that wait tables, bus boys, dish washers, sit around the airport with TSA on their uniforms, on in their car with "Police" on the outside, do deliveries, sales clerks... And of course the unemployed (I mean all unemployed, not just the few official unemployed, retired... Of course they do not get paid much, so the cell companies are taking a good chunk of thier paycheck to provide service for that smart device.
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Where is this 'large majority' hiding away? And what is that majority of work which doesn't require a computer, but can be done on a tablet or mobile phone?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
wait tables, sales clerks, bank clerks, delivery, security... Of course some work with specialized devices, and do not otherwise need a computer except for personal needs.
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Espen Harlinn wrote:
Which shows that it's possible to do something on a tablet, but it is somewhat cumbersome, which is why you prefer working on a PC ...
That's not entirely true or fair. While I would prefer to be doing remote access (for example) from a PC I wouldn't want to hold my PC in front of a customer (while we stand on a factory floor) and try to draw on it with my finger. I don't try to do software development at all on my tablet. The devices have very different strengths and some area of overlap.
Phil
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Yes, but you would prefer to be able to use a real computer and order the person to your desk. Probably not practical though.
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Those are the lucky people that have reasonably well paying jobs. There are all the people that wait tables, bus boys, dish washers, sit around the airport with TSA on their uniforms, on in their car with "Police" on the outside, do deliveries, sales clerks... And of course the unemployed (I mean all unemployed, not just the few official unemployed, retired... Of course they do not get paid much, so the cell companies are taking a good chunk of thier paycheck to provide service for that smart device.
Clifford Nelson wrote:
Those are the lucky people that have reasonably well paying jobs.
Perhaps ...
Clifford Nelson wrote:
There are all the people that wait tables, bus boys, dish washers, sit around the airport with TSA on their uniforms, on in their car with "Police" on the outside, do deliveries, sales clerks...
Yes, you're right, that would also be occupations that could benefit from using a tablet based solution at work ...
Clifford Nelson wrote:
cell companies are taking a good chunk of thier paycheck to provide service for that smart device.
This will get you on the Internet Ubislate 7ci[^]
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
Those are the lucky people that have reasonably well paying jobs.
Perhaps ...
Clifford Nelson wrote:
There are all the people that wait tables, bus boys, dish washers, sit around the airport with TSA on their uniforms, on in their car with "Police" on the outside, do deliveries, sales clerks...
Yes, you're right, that would also be occupations that could benefit from using a tablet based solution at work ...
Clifford Nelson wrote:
cell companies are taking a good chunk of thier paycheck to provide service for that smart device.
This will get you on the Internet Ubislate 7ci[^]
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
These people have little need to have a general purpose computer as part of their jobs, but the internet is fairly important for everybody in their personal life for email, and to get information. It use to be that these people often had no access to an office phone, so were basically disconnected. For them cell phones have been great, especially if they have a job where they are mostly idle. Smart phones (and if they have space, a tablet), of course, give them even more connectivity for things like email. I do dancing, and some of the dj's use tablets, which works perfectly for that application also.
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
Maybe in heaven?
When you try walking on air, it may feel like that for a short while - who knows what happens afterwards ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
True. The dead may dream, but they are not talking.
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I have a friend that is after me because I do not have a smart phone. I look at the cost of data plans and figure I can do better things with that money. Of course there are times that it would be nice, but that would likely also mean that I would have to be able to find my reading glasses, and that seems problomatic. I hate having to wear glasses. Sucks getting old.
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I have to admit they are useful, and for all the reasons you mention. However, the cost is for service is high. It is amazing that you cannot get somebody to spend $500 ons something that will last for years, but are not as hesitant to purchase a service at $50 per month.
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I have to admit they are useful, and for all the reasons you mention. However, the cost is for service is high. It is amazing that you cannot get somebody to spend $500 ons something that will last for years, but are not as hesitant to purchase a service at $50 per month.
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Actually they pay a hell of a lot more. There are all the companies that are hitting consumers for monthly services, and then there are taxes. I really do not appreciate my good money being used for things I do not think neccessary. Some of this money is to overthrow foregin governments. I do not approve, so I figure I should not have to pay.