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"I had a great year or two learning about natural language before figuring out that it wasn’t a problem likely to be solved within my lifetime."

That' s a bit disheartening.

Yeah, he won a Nobel when he was 31. He's only unsung among the under-read.

So sad, buddy, but why was it a hotel room?

Well played. :)

It's on NYT's tech blog.

Exactly - many of the other commentators don't seem to be getting this. This will be killer for people with tons of lossy, mediocre, napster era mp3s who have just not gotten around to upgrading to better quality stuff purely because of inertia.

Not really - TFA leaves out iTunes Match - which appears to be an incredible service.

Itunes Match service seems mind blowing. "Even 20,000 songs" will cost only $24.99 per year it seems.

A friend's uncle gave some very abrupt advice which has stuck with me. "There are people who figure out ways to save money and there are people who figure out ways to make more money."

The simple reason is that the Linux version of Skype might be axed as a result of the acquisition. This has happened before.

Blackberries do this.

I enjoy my share of the new agey, platitude filled narratives that 37signals has been pushing out lately. But this one seems to have been written to push as many HN audience buttons as it possibly can. Sigh...

I am amused by this general punditry about a dual OS/dual hardware strategy. Yeah, that has just about worked out for everyone who has tried it.

Talking about commercials with actors using products which don't exist, anybody's checked out the credentials of these people? http://www.windows7news.com/2011/03/21/windows-7-asus-slate-...

"If it was my platform, I know, I'd like to be first to market with well built tablets rather than a bunch of mediocre tablet attempts, which could reflect badly on the platform itself."

That ship has sailed.

I think a $299 point is more likely - which is what the current 3GS iPod Touch is priced at.

I think it's more to do with eInk than anything else.