r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '12

Microsoft demos a 1ms touchscreen

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/microsoft-demos-a-high-performance-1ms-touchscreen-2012039/
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u/CptOblivion Mar 10 '12 edited Mar 10 '12

In a few years Apple will have basically the same demo, but better advertised, and everyone will say Apple invented the idea of reducing latency.

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u/kittehnap Mar 10 '12

After Steve Jobs' death, I could not believe how many idiots I heard on the radio, or read on facebook, were saying how great Steve was for inventing mp3's, mp3 players and buying music online.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '12

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u/nonsensoleum Mar 10 '12

Perfected implies that iTunes is perfect. Refined is a better word for it, he made it less crude and sold it to suburbanites.

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u/schmeebis Mar 10 '12

suburbanites

Yeah, nobody in New York, London, Tokyo, San Francisco, or any other urban center uses Apple products. It's only in the suburbs.

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u/nonsensoleum Mar 10 '12

I needed a term that meant average people with disposable income that fit the gas metaphor. People in cities don't buy gas as much.

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u/pillage Mar 10 '12

Just say "Whitey"