Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone

Slashdot Mobile Story | Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone

Linux "just works" unless you have unsupported hardware.

So it works unless it doesn't. Who woulda thought it! Behold the miracle of open source!

The real difference is that with Linux it can be tricky to tell if any particular bit of hardware is supported.

With Apple it's obvious - if it's supported, it costs twice as much.

Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open

Slashdot Comments | Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open

It's not meant for work.

It's a social signifier, meant for being seen pretending to read the Infinite Jest ebook in an overpriced caffeine boutique.

It's
how a certain segment of the population can identify one another
without having to expose their tattoos of improperly-used Chinese
characters.

Think of the iPad as the tech version of eyebrow jewelery.