Very suspect.

Actually when you think of it this is the perfect way to secretly promote the burgeoning career of your packaged popstar.
They don't have a record deal, you "discover" them, put them on your own show, the nation watches them week after week....

I hadn't really heard of Your Own Show before this, but now I want to watch it.

>> ^Yogi:

It's amazing how perceptive, funny, and intelligent Brian Williams can be...and yet still I couldn't watch his program without stabbing forks in my eyes. How can you be this way and not see that your own network...your own show is soo full of shit?


I think he's like this because of the people that surround him; how could you not be. I would also try to make many a joke that they don't understand unless they look up a turn of phrase--on their iPad (a glorified non-cellphone/unless you really need/want to spend that much money on one-"buggy and slow"-device).

Yes, I've used my Dad's. It certainly has some nifty features (which have all been invented or used already), but since it's Apple and it has the name i"x", it must be a game changing, revolutionary, cutting edge, never crashes, solves: world hunger, bi-polar, cancer, Fox News, heralds baby Jesus's return to Earth in North Western Missouri; and it has a shelf/I'm mean battery life of 30.62 days--or so I've heard.

It was semi-slow (that wasn't very surprising); slow in two departments: switching and starting between and new apps or processes. Second, the Wi-Fi connection was flaky (either not downloading or when downloading, even including the occasional burst speeds, it averaged 22 KBps (as I say below it should at least be going 100-200 KBps [this is still incredibly slow], as his connection has a download rate of 1.2-1.5 MBps). I'll play with that a bit more (as I think it may have been the wireless router as he has a 14-Megabit connection).

The games were fun and a few of the apps were great. But, I'd rather have a lightweight fully functional notebook PC with a 16:9 screen, atleast 720p, and a fully customizable network adapter. ...And to be blunt, I'd much rather have Windows 7 or even Vista (fully patched), as both have great functionality and support plus their 64-Bit support is great. Plus I can put in a full Blu-Ray drive that comes with PowerDVD.

Better applications, better games and support. Yes, this is an anti-apple rant as I think all of their once "highly revered" features: functionality, non-crashing, no hacking (hah!), graphical editing applications (which is a "contract" feature), sound editing applications (same as the last), and it's "ease-of-use" (which is now a completely moot point). Apple is still successful, because they find niche products that do well; like the Nintendo DS. The iPod (although the screens break a bit to early, my only complaint) and the iPhone are great products and fill a gap in a niche market. The iPad does the same thing, but from what I've tried it needed another year (plus some spec changes like a 16:9 screen going up to 720p (which is HD not this stupid licensing agreement so they can use the logo on a nice, but NOT HD screen (I think it's XGA or 1024x768), a connection port that could handle a multitude of devices: usb, 1394, ethernet, gamepads, speakers, etc I know it does some of this already, especially in the bluetooth department.

But, I feel that it should have come with the large flash/ssd drive, cell phone features (which they do have, it just costs an arm and a leg), more functionality for the "touch pen" (some mouse-like buttons etc...), FLASH & FULL browser SUPPORT (not having flash, plus other regular features "kills it" in a lot of ways)--Apple has to have their money/way though; I don't think they've got any clue when they shoot themselves in the foot), and a slightly faster (or duo-core) processor to help the experience feel more smooth; they have a: "1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed chip" were as a Intel Atom that has an nVidia extension may have been a better choice (I'm not to sure about battery usage for these guys, but from the devices it was used in it wasn't too bad).

So in the end (damn this was WAY longer than expected) I think they should have refined it for another year. Got some REAL user feedback; give it to people that don't work for the ass-kissing mainstream Apple press-core (yes, I'm talking about the likes of Engadget). Then, actually work on their gripes! People already seem willing to pay an arm and a leg for their stuff, so if the price goes up one-hundred, don't worry all your loyal'ii will still buy it. Anyway...this didn't happen, so I was left feeling underwhelmed by it and would instead by a nice laptop.

BTW, Brian Williams is the shit!

/This post may seem anti=Apple and in a lot of ways it is, but I would like them to make a good tablet (or awesome tablet--if they'd pull their collective heads out of their asses). It seems to me that any company, right now, that takes some time and makes a fast, reliable, easy-to-use, with 720p (and lots of video/codecs support)...will destroy Apple's iPad longterm (right now I just see Android tablets, but the ones I've seen are underwhelming).

//If someone has seen a good tablet coming out that has some of the features that I'm talking about, please throw in a reply.

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>> ^Yogi:

It's amazing how perceptive, funny, and intelligent Brian Williams can be...and yet still I couldn't watch his program without stabbing forks in my eyes. How can you be this way and not see that your own network...your own show is soo full of shit?

It's amazing how perceptive, funny, and intelligent Brian Williams can be...and yet still I couldn't watch his program without stabbing forks in my eyes. How can you be this way and not see that your own network...your own show is soo full of shit?

That comment wasn't aimed at you. More for those that think they're entitled to special treatment on the Sift simply because of some ill-perceived idea that being part of a community automatically endows you with the same powers those who foot the bill have.

And while I get the point you're trying to make, I don't necessarily agree with it. I like having the ability to use my powers that I've earned. But I also am smart and do my due diligence before wielding said power. I like that the power is put in the hands of the people; the way Dag/Lucky/whomever has it set up now. It gives one reason to work for what you have, to better yourself. If you're too careless to use the power responsibly, then you should get called out on it, chastised, Siftquisitioned, or banned (*cough* looks around nervously).

More real democracy, less representative democracy.



>> ^campionidelmondo:
>> ^videosiftbannedme:
You want to run things? Go make your own show out there on the web. See if you can run it half as long.

I don't want to run anything. Maybe I should've made this clearer: I don't want to be a moderator, I'm perfectly happy as a normal user and don't make much use of any of the rights my ruby status offers me. This is not about changing leadership, that's not what moderators are for. It's about delegation. It's also about selecting suited people to have administrative powers such as discard, dupeof, ban...instead of giving them to just anybody with a high enough star point level.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
You want to run things? Go make your own show out there on the web. See if you can run it half as long.


I don't want to run anything. Maybe I should've made this clearer: I don't want to be a moderator, I'm perfectly happy as a normal user and don't make much use of any of the rights my ruby status offers me. This is not about changing leadership, that's not what moderators are for. It's about delegation. It's also about selecting suited people to have administrative powers such as discard, dupeof, ban...instead of giving them to just anybody with a high enough star point level.

The only way I'd support this is to give Dag a break from being bitched at by an apparently still-ungrateful cretin.

But ultimately no, power corrupts and the only people who have any real vested interest in Videosift are those who are already in command. It's their baby, their responsibility and they have been doing a fine job so far. And to those of you who don't like the way they run things, nobody's forcing you to be part of this community. You want to run things? Go make your own show out there on the web. See if you can run it half as long.

Jimmy Fallon:
  Got the job because he was in the same building. Conan left and they just looked in the hallway and saw Fallon walking around and said "hey kid, you want your own show?"

Robin Williams:
  Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
But seriously- he is genuinely talented, just too over-the-top.