F. J. Taylor

5 Reasons Why the Apple iSlate Will Be a Failure

@ the author - Interesting take, but I think you are wrong. I think the device will be everything som of the other commenters have mentioned, and possibly more.

@ thinkb4uwrite - though I agree with most of your comments, I would hope that they would offer not a QWERTY keyboard, but a Dvorak - why would anyone still want to use a 125 year old keyboard designed NOT for speed or accuracy, but simply to prevent jams on the earliest mechanical typewriters? As an engineer, you of all people should be aware that this design has always been deficient, even in the days of mechanical machines, and became completely obsolete with the advent of the IBM Selectric. With modern digital typing, it is even more obsolete. (If that is possible.) Just because it is "what people are used to" is no reason to continue using a layout that is inefficient and ergonomically detrimental (among other things, it increases and aggravates carpal tunnel syndrome). For one thing, an average touch typist can learn Dvorak in a matter of a few weeks, and a newcomer can learn it far easier than QWERTY.

I would like to have at least the option (as on any computer) of choosing Dvorak or another intelligently designed keyboard system instead of the archaic and inefficient QWERTY.

Death Comes to Wal-Mart China

The main thread here and in some of the comments seems to be that a "brand" lost "reputation" - not that a gang of company goons beat a woman to death. This seems yet more proof of what its opponents have always alleged about capitalism - that its overwhelming motivator and driver is greed, and that human life or well-being is not even a consideration.

@ tedster98 - there was not even any proof that the woman had shoplifted - she apparently was concerned about whether the people pursuing her were actually security, as they were not in uniform

In any case, whatever she did or didn't do, even if she had taken goods, we don't know what or why, or what her personal situation was. Maybe she is one of the many who have lost their jobs in the downturn in China, and was stealing (IF she was stealing!) to feed herself or her family. Again, even if she was stealing, she couldn't have had a lot on her - and since when is a human life valued in terms of a few dollars worth of merchandise? Oh, right! Capitalism at its best, again...

Tedster98, IMO, you need to look in a mirror if you want to see a soulless dirtbag...