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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: iPad
Date: 20 May 2010 14:15:18
Message: <4bf57c36@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> >   Nothing stops anyone from making a word processor or spread sheet for
>> >   the
>> > iPad either. In fact, Apple is encouraging people to do so.
> 
>> Yeah, great, until you want to print your document out. :-)
> 
>   Actually since iPhone programs can make http requests, one could devise
> a system where you send the document to your PC via http, and have the PC
> print it out... Contrived, but entirely possible.

The Internet Printing Protocol is based on HTTP, and there are printers that 
support it directly (but more likely you'd be talking to CUPS or something 
like that)...

And iPhone programs can make arbitrary TCP/IP connections anyway.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: iPad
Date: 20 May 2010 16:32:52
Message: <4bf59c74$1@news.povray.org>
On 20/05/2010 7:12 PM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>    So it's a multimedia platform.
>
> It's a digital consumption machine.

It's a $$$ consumption machine. ;-)

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Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: iPad
Date: 20 May 2010 17:40:26
Message: <4bf5ac4a$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 20 May 2010 21:32:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 20/05/2010 7:12 PM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>    So it's a multimedia platform.
>>
>> It's a digital consumption machine.
> 
> It's a $$$ consumption machine. ;-)

Best answer so far. ;-)

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: iPad
Date: 21 May 2010 01:18:41
Message: <4bf617b1$1@news.povray.org>
On 20/05/2010 10:40 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010 21:32:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 20/05/2010 7:12 PM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>> Warp wrote:
>>>>     So it's a multimedia platform.
>>>
>>> It's a digital consumption machine.
>>
>> It's a $$$ consumption machine. ;-)
>
> Best answer so far. ;-)
>

Cynical, moi? :-D

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Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: iPad
Date: 21 May 2010 12:07:18
Message: <4bf6afb6$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 21 May 2010 06:18:46 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 20/05/2010 10:40 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 May 2010 21:32:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 20/05/2010 7:12 PM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>>> Warp wrote:
>>>>>     So it's a multimedia platform.
>>>>
>>>> It's a digital consumption machine.
>>>
>>> It's a $$$ consumption machine. ;-)
>>
>> Best answer so far. ;-)
>>
>>
> Cynical, moi? :-D

LOL


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