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You're doing it wrong, or why using an iPad keyboard is like attaching a sail to your car
Earlier today Rene posted an interesting piece called The state of the mobile keyboard…and what comes next! and it got me thinking: I'm fully aware that some people have no problem writing long amounts of content on the iPad. I envy those of you who do. I just can't. And I can't help but feel like using a keyboard with the iPad is just wrong.
I dearly love a good computer keyboard. As a writer and a tech nerd, there are few sensory experiences more satisfying for me that getting my fingers on a good solid keyboard and pounding out a thousand words on whatever topic I'm writing that day. But it may surprise you to learn that I thoroughly hate iPad keyboards. As far as I'm concerned, they're a waste of time.
Bear in mind that I'm differentiating between firing off an e-mail or a short response to long-form writing. The former I don't mind doing on the iPad at all. The latter is where I run into trouble, time and time again.
Typing on glass is like dancing on a wet floor
Look, I was one of the first 20 people at Boston's Boylston Street Apple Store to walk out with an iPad on April 3, 2010. I've used an iPad almost every day of my life since then. I get the iPad. I love the iPad. But I've never been comfortable writing on one for any length of time. And how I've tried.
I was so excited to have the iPad - a powerful system that was much lighter-weight and much more portable than the 13-inch polycarbonate MacBook I'd bought the previous year, which in and of itself was a huge weight and size reduction from my previous daily driver, a 17-inch MacBook Pro.
At first I thought it was just the on-screen keyboard that gave me fits. I'm a touch typist and don't look at the keys very often, so typing on a smooth glass surface is a chore for me. I have to constantly check the position of my fingers to avoid producing absolute gobbledegook that even iOS's prodigious auto-correction can't figure out.
The long slog through failed keyboard after keyboard
I bought Apple's own iPad Keyboard Dock figuring that would fix it, but I found that it was an ungainly and uncharacteristically (for Apple) inelegant solution, because it forced a portrait perspective. It also wasn't portable - it could only be used while sitting at a desk someplace. If I'm going to sit at my desk and work, I'd rather be using my Mac.
Eventually I just stopped using the iPad Keyboard Dock. As time went on and I replaced that iPad with an iPad 2, and the dock didn't work anyway. I think I gave it away eventually.
Third parties came along with Bluetooth keyboards specifically designed for the iPad. This was a better idea - the keyboard didn't require a physical connection to the iPad, so you could orient it however you wish. Many of them sported some sort of attachment or indentation to enable you to prop up the iPad while you're typing (in fact, many still do). But the experience of using the keyboard still sucked.
It's because iOS isn't designed for keyboard input. Inevitably I had to do something that required me to lift my fingers from the keyboard and touch the screen. Activating a menu option of some type. Touching a button. Whatever. That act of lifting my hand from the keyboard and touching the screen is jarring experience for me. It's totally different from moving my hand a few inches down to touch a trackpad, or moving it a bit to the right to wield a mouse. It breaks my concentration and takes me out of what I'm doing.
Then there are the fundamental differences between operating an iOS device and an OS X device. When I'm writing I often checking facts or referencing other material I've found online; doing so in iOS is arduous, at best. Stop typing, press the Home button, open Safari, check the page. Copy a passage, maybe. Then switch to the note-taking app. paste the passage. Oops. Did I forget something? Back to Safari.
Compare that to simply moving the cursor seven inches to the left and clicking on a window to bring it forward, or command-tabbing to cycle through application windows.
"I could have had a V8!"
In between getting the iPad and getting Bluetooth keyboards for the iPad 2, I had an epiphany: I was at Macworld Expo in San Francisco and I was sitting in the press room when I realized that a large number of my colleagues were using not iPads but MacBook Airs. The 11-inch MacBook Air, in particular, was a revelation.
I'd seen netbooks at that point and was summarily unimpressed. And I was certainly aware of the MacBook Air. Hell, I'd been reporting on them for several years at that point. But it wasn't until that moment that I slapped my forehead and realized that this was exactly what I was looking for - something thin, lightweight and portable, but a general purpose computer with a real, honest to God keyboard.
After I got back I started shopping around and the following month got a fabulous deal on the MacBook Air through Apple's online store, buying one refurbished. I saved hundreds. I have no compunction recommending the same for you, if you're on a budget and looking for a good value.
I still have that MacBook Air. It's held up well. I've since switched to a MacBook Pro with Retina Display, but that MacBook Air is still a great machine for when I don't want the bulk of the rMBP weighing me down.
Not there yet
When Microsoft introduced the Surface, some pundits wondered why Apple hadn't thought to incorporate a similar keyboard design into the iPad. Apple markets its own Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard as compatible with the iPad - it shows up on the iPad accessories page, for example. But I think Apple doesn't have an iPad specific keyboard anymore precisely because they don't think the iPad needs one. For as long as iPad keyboard use gets short shrift from Apple, I don't think that's going to change - keyboards are always going to feel grafted on. There, but not quite there.
That brings me back to the headline of this article. For me, using a keyboard with an iPad is functionally possible but practically useless. A bit like unfurling a sail on the top of your car. Sure, you can catch the wind and maybe even get pushed along, but you're not using either thing for their intended purposes.
Since my first fumbling with the iPad Keyboard Dock, I've periodically tried out iPad-specific keyboards. They've improved. The latest one I've tried is Logitech's K811, which I recently reviewed. It gets the job done admirably, but it's still a problem in search of a solution when it comes to using it with an iPad. (I really like the K811 for other reasons, like its backlighting and its ability to sync to up to three Bluetooth devices, switching between them using a button press. I love using it with my Apple TV.)
The bottom line is that when it comes time to get down to writing, I'm always going to opt for a physical keyboard and, just as importantly, an operating system that's thoroughly optimized for the task. I don't feel that iOS is there yet, and I don't think that an iPad with a keyboard is the right solution.
Do you use a keyboard with your iPad? Do you think I'm full of it? Or do you agree that writing long-form content on the iPad is more of pain than it's worth? Sound off in the comments!
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You're doing it wrong, or why using an iPad keyboard is like attaching a sail to your car
"But I think Apple doesn't have an iPad specific keyboard anymore precisely because they don't think the iPad needs one" -- isn't that like saying Apple doesn't market iPad specific earpods because they don't think the iPad needs one?
I don't think there's an equivalency there. Apple puts a headphone jack on the iPad - it understands that people are going to use headphones or earbuds with them.
Apple puts a bluetooth chip on the iPad that can connect to Bluetooth keyboards. Do you think Apple does not understand that people are going to use keyboards with it?
I understand that Apple knows that people will use keyboards with their iPad, and it's obvious that Apple does too. But Apple no longer makes a keyboard specifically for use with the iPad.
I'm sure they know people will be using bluetooth keyboads, but I side with the writer in that iOS isn't really optimized for long-form writing.
Doing a 30-page essay will drive you crazy on the iPad. Editing, copying, pasting, restructuring large blocks of text. It's not fun, trust me.
re: "Do you use a keyboard with your iPad?"
Nope. I have an iPad mini and I'll never need to touch-type on it.
re: "Do you think I'm full of it?"
Partially full of it. I've seen several people using clamshell-style keyboard-cases (on full-sized iPads.) Effectively turns them into mini-notebooks, and they were able to easily type into them while sitting down and resting them on their knees. Just like a laptop.
There are dozens of them on the market, and they're relatively cheap. Go to Amazon, search for "keyboard case for ipad" and see what I mean. (Odd that the iMore Store doesn't seem to have any.)
I understand your reasons for not using a keyboard. However, the title of this article is just linkbait, pure and simple. Just because I do prefer using a keyboard to draft articles and take notes doesn't mean I'm "doing it wrong." No more than you are by not using one.
I say this as someone who is probably in the minority of iPad users. I switched to the iPad Mini because I loved the form factor and battery life. However, I just don't use it nearly as much as my old full size iPads. The keyboard isn't as good a fit with the Mini, and the larger screen is better for creation and productivity in my opinion. I'm very much looking forward to getting a new 9.5" iPad in October, with a nice Bluetooth keyboard case to go with it.
My wife got me the first Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard for my iPad 3 as a Christmas present and it's been awesome to use. Sure, I don't carry it with me all of the time (I typically don't fire off massive novellas daily) but when I need it, it's 100 times better than the on-screen solution, and its portable, which is a big deal. Again, not for everyone, but loads cheaper than buying a MacBook Air (god knows I want one though).
I love the Type keyboard on my Surface. I don't use it all the time, but it's great to have when I do and it makes a nifty cover. It's what turns it into a true productivity device, without the keyboard I could just as well use my phone for most tasks. With the keyboard (and a wireless mouse), I don't need my laptop anymore, although I do still need a home PC.
edit: I don't mean to come here and sound like a fanboy, my point is that it would be a good thing if Apple would pay more attention to that potential. It really can make a tablet a lot more useful. Microsoft's biggest mistake (IMO) was not that the desktop was there, but that you still needed to use it for some basic configuration that was difficult to do without a keyboard and trackpad. They have improved on this with 8.1 but still have a ways to go.
Since that's my iPad in the picture, I can safely say I love using a keyboard with my iPad. Quick runs to the coffee shop with my iPad, the keyboard, and I can work for hours. Love it
You're doing it wrong. ;)
It might be wrong, but it feels so right!!
Great article. I think a good analogy is " I use a hammer, when I need a hammer, not because I have a hammer". Too many times we try to force fit something without good justification. I recently retired from one of the world's largest mega corps whom I shall not name. As a business they were very good to work for and very good to me. They instituted a variation of Six Sigma which is a process designed to make decisions based on data and not by feel. It parts of the business it was fantastic but then they tried to force fit it into areas of the business that made no sense. It was done because the corps CEO thought it was a good idea and the company minions said " yes sire, your new clothes are beautiful" when the guy was butt ass naked.
My point? iPads are great tools but we should use that tool when it fits our need. If we use it just because we like it then we should expect to suffer the consequences without complaint. It's not the device at fault it's the operator.
I have a Zagg with my 4th Gen.
It works for me.
I tried the touch type, no dice.
Zagg work fine for the price and I don't get frustrated...
First off, to each is own.
I have an iPad 4. I wanted a keyboard for when I write in my journal app as well as when I'm at work and want to bang out iMessages to people in bulk and speed..
What I didn't want, and knowing this will save you time and money, is something else that I had to charge and something that was too bulky. A lot of keyboards are full sized with a numeric keypad on the right which didn't sit well with me.
Long story short I looked at iPad cases but didn't want to get one because of the bulk and charging they added. So I settled on a logitech solar powered keyboard, bought from Amazon for less than retail. And it does the job great! It also has a home button that can be used as a home button on the iPad.
I consider my iPad my new laptop, and my laptop my new desktop. I'm sure you get what I mean. And is that sense, I find that I prefer traveling with my iPad than with my very heavy HP 17in laptop. Don't get me wrong, my HP is a beauty, but it is heavy! So, when I know I do not need to do college homework, or a big freelance project, I will only take my iPad and my $20 bluetooth keyboard.
I would prefer to have my laptop with me of course, but it's just so bulky. It's a lot of work just to take it out of my bag. Sounds lazy doesn't it? But I guess times are different, and my brain always remembers how light my iPad is when compared to my laptop. I do want a Mac Book Air, but I just have to convince my dear wife before I get one. Windows laptops are just so much cheaper, that is a hard arguement to make. I feel lucky just to have an iPad. :)
I have actually written almost all of a 43000 word (so-far) novel two-finger style on the *virtual* *portrait!* keyboard on my 3rd gen iPad—but only because I have to. I'm disabled, and it hurts too much to sit up in a chair at a desk for more than an hour (sometimes less). It can be done, slowly. I depend on autocorrect and sometimes I use dictation, too.
I think it's simply time for Apple to make the MBA a touch screen device. It could be the first with hybrid OS, OSX/iOS.
I do use Apple's bluetooth keyboard with my iPad. Not for long-form writing though.
I find writing to be fine, but the editing that follows is something I leave for my Mac. Screen space, proper keyboard, and a good mouse. Maybe I'm just old ;)
I think the wonderful thing about the IPad is the fact that it is so versatile - you can type anyway you want. I flit between physical and built in keyboard. It's great to have the choice.
Sent from the iMore App
I reluctantly agree here. I so wanted the iPad to be complete. But when it comes to long form writing it just doesn't work. Perhaps I'm too old school and need that tactile reinforcement.
Perhaps the most annoying thing to type is a password. Assuming you are using one of substance, pecking around for upper case, lower case, symbols and numbers is just soul draining.....especially when you miss a character, hear the buzzer, feel the shock....soul draining.
I like the case idea in the photo above, but then if you're going to use a separate keyboard, as Peter points out....why not just a MBA? Damn technology....always moving the line of comfort around.
I have the Logitech Ultrathin keyboard with my iPad v3. It protects the iPad screen when in transport. The iPad has a HAND-e-holder strap permanently attached for presentations and everything fits nicely in a thick fluffy Incase sleeve. To me this is the ultimate mobile configuration.
One small point on the Logitech Ultrathin keyboard: I would have covered the entire surface behind the groove with solar cells for charging. The iPad would reflect light onto those.
I use my iPad with an apple Bluetooth keyboard to write college papers all the time. The keyboard is kept in a separate fold up "case" that unfolds to expose the keyboard and prop the iPad. I also use it for hand/stylus written note taking and circuit drawing. I can go from writing notes to typing papers within seconds. I can't do that with any laptop. I have found that using pages for iPad is much much less cumbersome than writing on a desktop/laptop. I can create reports that look more professional and quicker with an ipad than i can with a pc. You mention having to tap for menus and such; I have found that much quicker and more efficient than having to mouse/touchpad around for the same thing.
To me, avoiding using a keyboard with an iPad just relegates it to an almost useless device, since you can already do anything an iPad can do with your MBA.
Peter, agree with you totally. I'm not a fan of onscreen keyboards for real work either. (perhaps cause I am terrible in using them). Anyway, I've not jumped the laptop ship for a full size iPad yet myself, as in my work, I need a full fledged computer at this time. That may change in the future with advances. However, I will probably find a good keyboard if this happens. I play with my wife's iPad mini at times (that sounds kinda dirty), and we often only take that on weekend trips, but at present, I am sticking with my 13 inch air. Why no 11 inch? When remote accessing in for work, the page scales nicely on the 13 inch, and I have to scroll on the 11 inch.
I think you bypassed the optimal path, Peter. I doubt I'd have stuck with the 'dock' either, but what I do use is Apple's BT keyboard, the same one I use on my iMac in the office.
I don't use it all the time, of course. If I'm just responding to an e-mail or doing a bit of text entry into an app, I use the on-screen. But, if I'm going to be doing some writing, then I pull out the BT keyboard. The key points is that it's super familiar, as it's the one I normally use on the desktop. The 'case' ones aren't true-sized, which I'd hate as well. (Having been a PowerBook 100 owner... been there, done that. It's fine if it's the only keyboard you ever have to use in your life... but will still mess you up for years afterword.)
Your point on multiple side-by-side apps or documents is key for a lot of writing, for sure. But, that's more an OS and app issue than a keyboard issue. I've written several full articles while on flights on the on-screen keyboard even. But, working from research is time consuming for sure. One app to check on that front is WriteUp. It at least allows a browser and writing pane to be on-screen at once. (I'm hoping the author will one day add parallel text panes!)
Another huge advantage of using an external keyboard is re-gaining the full iPad screen. In fact, often, I think that is the main advantage, as I can actually type pretty fast on the on-screen keyboard.
The MBA is nice for sure. My wife has one. However, it's just not the same thing as the iPad in mobility. I can use my iPad in so many situations in which the MBA is just too much a bother to get out and setup. But, sure, there are times when it would be an advantage over the iPad for sure. I guess it just depends on one's workflow.
I use my iPad to connect to a Main Frame system which is text based so using a keyboard makes it so much easier. When using the on screen keyboard it covers half the screen so is not practical to use in this situation. I have a work laptop running windows XP but find it so much quicker to use the iPad to connect to the main frame. Time for my laptop to start up and connect can be as long as 12 mins where as with the iPad I'm in in about 2mins.
I too have had an iPad and used one every day. I am sure that we all witnessed the evolution of the iPad from consumption device to consumption / creation device as iOS moved forward.
My preferred option all the way has been on-screen keyboard for all those little bits of typing and the Apple BT Keyboard and the Twelve South Compass. As Apps came along with increasingly tempting functionality, I switched from Keynote to many of the now hugely successful Text Editors.
I plumped finally for Byword when I adopted Markdown for my text entry method. Byword was fantastic with backup / synching between my iPads / iPhone & MacBook Pro via Dropbox and iCloud. At first the onscreen additional row of keys for Markdown really helped me to hone my Markdown syntax.
However, I now find the very "first world problem" of taking my hands off the key board just a little too jarring when writing long form reports etc.
I have tried the Logitech Keyboard cases and love some of the protection and portability functions and I like the BT switcher of one of the other models.
But, now I am with Peter to the extent that I would like Apple to re-think their BT keyboard. Apple have plenty of precedent for improving on good ideas. My hopes for the future would be a beautiful keyboard with Apple's fantastic keyboard, with BT device switching and perhaps a row of programmable keys (maybe with LED display and API for App developers to exploit). The keys could be programmed through an accompanying app. This could allow my current flirtation with the Text Editing beast that is Editorial App for iPad to grow to a full on relationship. I am not suggesting that the keyboard can replace all on screen functionality but I do think that programmable function like keys could provide a new way for the screen real estate for compatible apps.
If Apple could bring their design prowess to this idea, then perhaps the functionality of Apps like Editorial can be enhanced though the functionality of the accessories that work with iPad.
Great article!! would love to see more articles like this...(reminds me of how Kevin and the crew at CrackBerry post their thoughts)
I use the Apple bluetooth keyboard however it is a pain to carry around.
I also use the One Keyboard by matias for my computer and can switch to my iphone with the press of a button...big time saver and love the keys.
Back when I just got my ipad3, and long before I would own a macbook air, I had these romanticised notions of using it in tandem with a bluetooth keyboard as some sort of laptop / tablet hybrid. It seemed like the perfect combo. Sit down at my desk to type out lengthier replies to articles on forums, emails etc. Take out the ipad for when I wanted to just lounge on the sofa. Dump everything in my bag when it was time to go.
I had myself so thoroughly convinced of the benefits. Instant-on. Ready 3g. Inbuilt camera. Greater selection of apps. Didn't need to buy a laptop.
However, reality was an entirely different story. I initially went with the zaggfolio. It was quite bulky, and added a fair amount of weight to my ipad, Typing with it was quite a decent experience actually, and I even got used to the slightly cramped keyboard. Then the problem came when I wanted to use just the ipad. Try removing the ipad from the zaggfolio's sleeve while maintaining your balance in a crowded train. It was also impossible to use in portrait mode.
I eventually went back to using my ipad in tablet mode only. I am sure this setup works for some people, but not for me. And anyways, I am now the very satisfied owner of both an ipad and a macbook air.
I use dictation. Since Siri, I'm way too lazy to type. Natural language voice transcription is awesome.
Apple didn't make a stylus either, but I sure love using one - I use it with my favourite handwriting app and take handwritten notes. But - having a keyboard is what makes the iPad a useful multi-purpose tool for me. Sure I can use the on-screen keyboard occasion, but it's a pain for longer documents.
One big advantage with a bluetooth keybaord is that autocorrect is disabled. That alone makes it worth using! :)
Perhaps I can answer this best with a short story. Two years ago I took a business trip to San Francisco with two coworkers. We decided to use it as an experiment to see if we could survive with only our iPads in tow. We left our laptops at home and set off on an adventure. 2 hours into the first day there we found out that our budget proposals had to be completely re-written by the next day.
We spent 5 hours that night, in my hotel room, updating the documents with nothing besides our iPads. We didn't even have BT keyboards to use (Which most likely would have helped). We did it all on the built-in glass keyboard of the iPad. I did all the typing while my coworkers dictated some portions and offered suggestions on others. What made our experience all the more exciting was that we were not doing this in any native application on the iPad but rather through a VDI application (think remote controlling a Windows system from an iPad).
We were able to get the documents updated and the budget proposals were approved but I can definitely and honestly say this; I do not want to, ever again, even for a short period of time, write entire documents on an iPad. It's great for the quick, get in and get out "fix an issue" type thing but it is not designed for full fledged content creation, even for something as relatively simple as a budget proposal. ;)
I have the iPad Air and the iPad mini retina. I use the mini like a tablet and the air like a laptop - with a keyboard case. There isn't anything in my workflow I can't do on iOS.
I don't use it with a keyboard but I have tried that and to be quite frank I think I could have my work done with no problems at all. However, there is no doubt it is much more comfortable to use a proper keyboard on the MacBook Pro/air but I am surprised with how much work can be done with the iPad. I bought the IPad Air some time ago and it is my first iPad. I truly love it.


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Introducing BlackBerry 10: new apps and features
Introducing the reinvented BlackBerry – an intelligent and intuitive experience that constantly adapts to your needs. Designed around three main views – your messages, your running apps, and all apps – BlackBerry 10 OS allows you to effortlessly flow between tasks and applications with quick and simple gestures.
BlackBerry Hub
BlackBerry Hub gathers all of your messages and notifications into one convenient location. Receive and respond to email, text messages, social networking messages, BBM chats, and instant messages. With a single swipe from any screen, you can peek at your notifications, peek further into BlackBerry Hub to see your messages, or peek at your upcoming meetings and events. You can easily filter the types of messages that appear.
For more information, see BlackBerry Hub.
BlackBerry Keyboard
Your BlackBerry device is designed to learn what you tend to say and where in a sentence you tend to say it. Your device uses this information to try to predict what word you might type next. When you pause your typing, suggested words are displayed above the BlackBerry Keyboard. Simply tap the word you would like to use.
You can use individual keys to quickly do tasks such as reply to a message, go to a specific calendar view, or zoom in on a webpage. You can do many tasks quickly by simply typing from the home screen. For example, you can send an email message or post a tweet.
For more information, see Keyboard and typing.
BBM Video with Screen Share
Have face-to-face video conversations with your BBM contacts over HSPA+, 4G LTE and Wi-Fi networks. Start BBM Video from the Phone or the Contacts app, or switch from a BBM chat to a BBM Video conversation, by simply tapping an icon. You can even share your screen with your contact by tapping an icon, and show your photos or presentations while you continue talking.
For more information, see BBM Video.
Camera and Time Shift mode
Your BlackBerry device has front and rear cameras for taking high resolution pictures and recording HD videos. You can open the camera from the home screen, and take a picture or record a video quickly by tapping anywhere on the screen. Time Shift mode captures several milliseconds before and after your picture, so you can pinpoint the best frames to create the perfect shot.
For more information, see Camera.
BlackBerry Story Maker
BlackBerry Story Maker allows you to combine your pictures, videos, and music into a stunning HD movie that you can view later and quickly share with others. You can select a song for background music, add intro titles and end credits, and apply themes.
For more information, see BlackBerry Story Maker.
BlackBerry Remember
A combination of memos and tasks, BlackBerry Remember helps you organize your interests, ideas, and projects. You can group related photos, lists, messages, emails, and links. Generate tasks from email messages and turn your content into actions from anywhere on your device.
For more information, see Remember.
The Contacts app contains details about the contact, updates and company news from the contact's social network, and events that you and the contact have in common. You can quickly filter your contacts by using the account type (for example, you can choose to view only BBM contacts). You can also create favorites and use photos from social networking accounts to represent contacts.
For more information, see Contacts.
The Calendar app is integrated with the BlackBerry Hub, the Contacts app, and other apps and accounts. You can filter your calendar events for each of your social networking accounts. At a glance, you can view the people you are meeting on a particular day. The Calendar even suggests participants and locations, based on previous email and meetings.
For more information, see Calendar.
BlackBerry Browser
The new BlackBerry Browser is powerful, responsive, and super-fast. When you're browsing and you find something you want to share, you can post it to a social network with just a couple of gestures. You can also view webpages in Reader mode to remove distracting clutter.
For more information, see Browser.
Share, stream, or display your media files
With a couple of quick taps from within your apps, you can easily share your music, pictures, videos, documents, webpages, and contacts with others over email, BBM, a Bluetooth connection, social networking accounts, and more. You can also stream your media to supported DLNA Certified devices such as computers, TVs, or other home entertainment equipment.
For more information, see Media sharing.
Picture editing
You can edit pictures directly on your device. Crop and rotate the picture, reduce red-eye, or apply a variety of enhancements and artistic styles.
For more information, see Pictures
Video editing
You can edit videos directly on your device. Change the length of the video, rotate the image, and make enhancements such as brightness and color.
For more information, see Videos.
You can search your entire device for files, settings, apps, help, and more. Either type your search term, or say it, from the home screen or from within an app. You can narrow your search to include only specific apps, or extend your search to include Internet sources.
For more information, see Search.
Voice Control
The Voice Control app can make multitasking easier. You can speak your commands and perform a variety of actions virtually hands-free. Use the Voice Control app to send messages, make calls, book meetings, search the Internet, post tweets, and more. Open the Voice Control app by pressing and holding the mute button on the side of the device, or from the keyboard by tapping and holding the microphone icon.
For more information, see Voice Control.
BlackBerry World
Discovering great apps is easier than ever with app recommendations based on similar purchases. You can choose an app, then quickly share it to social sites with a couple of gestures from within the app. BlackBerry World features a unified storefront for apps, games, themes, music, and videos, and parental controls that let you hide content that you don't want children to access.
BlackBerry Balance
Take your device to the office for access to work email, apps, and data without compromising the personal use of your device. Your personal apps and information are kept separate and private from work data and apps. Easily switch between your work space and personal space with a simple gesture.
For more information, see About BlackBerry Balance.
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Warmer weather brings people outside to start digging for a number of reasons. Because of that, an underground utility line is damaged every six minutes because someone decided to dig without first calling 811, according to South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
Whether planting a tree or having a professional install an irrigation system, whoever is doing the digging must call South Carolina 811 to have underground utilities marked and located before any excavation work begins. Striking a single line can cause injury, repair costs, fines and inconvenient outages.
Once the number is called, the appropriate utility companies will be notified, and professional locators will be dispatched to the designated digging site to mark underground lines with flags, paint or both.
Here's what those colored marks mean:
. Yellow: natural gas or petroleum pipeline
. Red: electric
. Orange: communications or telephone/CATV
. Blue: potable water
. Green: sewer or drainage
. White: pre-mark site of intended excavation
"There's no charge for using SC811, but you need make the call three working days in advance of your excavation project," said SCE&G Distribution Engineering Manager Gus Chapman. "By calling 811, you're making a decision that helps keeps you and your neighbors safe."
The depth of underground utility lines can vary for a number of reasons, such as erosion, previous digging projects and uneven surfaces, and the risk of striking an underground utility still exists even when digging only a few inches, Chapman said.
"We're committed to the safety of the public we serve, and we urge you to do your part by dialing 811 before digging," he said.
For more information about digging safely around underground gas lines, go to
www.sceg.com/safety, and for more information about SC811, visit www.sc1pups.org
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Dana White: No doubt' Anthony Pettis gets the next UFC lightweight title shot
Dana White: No doubt' UFC on FOX 6 winner Anthony Pettis gets the next UFC lightweight title shot
By Mike Bohn on Jan 26, 11:58p
Anthony "Showtime" Pettis scored an outstanding first-round knockout of Donald Cerrone at UFC on FOX 6 which, according to UFC President Dana White, was enough to earn "Showtime" a lightweight title fight against the winner of Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on FOX 7 on April 20, 2013.
Anthony Pettis knocked off fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight contender Donald Cerrone on the main card of UFC on FOX 6: "Johnson vs. Dodson" and as a result had earned himself a lightweight title fight.
Pettis will face the winner of Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez, who meet in the main event of UFC on FOX 7 on April 20, 2013, sometime later this year, according to comments from UFC President Dana White on the UFC on FOX 6 post-fight show on FUEL TV.
Despite the fact this has been the third time White has promised "Showtime" a title shot in his short UFC career, White assures fans Pettis' shot will come to fruition this time around.
"No doubt about it [Pettis will get the next title shot]," White told FUEL TV correspondent Ariel Helwani on the UFC on FOX 6 post-fight show. "Is anyone else not sold on him? I am now."
Pettis defeated Cerrone by first-round KO, and in the process became the first man to finish "Cowboy" via strikes with the help of a precise liver kick.
The 25-year-old will undoubtedly be happy to face either Henderson or Melendez, but the bigger fight of the two would certainly be a rematch with "Smooth," who Pettis defeated by unanimous decision in the final World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) event back in December 2010.
A Pettis vs. Henderson rematch would be a big fight for the lightweight division at this time, but of course nothing is set in stone unless the champion retains his belt against "El Nino."
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Apple's Genius Bar reportedly handles 50,000 appointments a day worldwide
Apple's Genius Bar apparently deals with 50,000 appointments a day from all around the world. The appointments involve iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iPod, Apple TV, and Mac repairs, and whichever way you look at it, it's a huge number of appointments. The information comes from The Loop who managed to get a meeting with Apple to discuss its retail operations after Apple opened its 374th and 375th retail store in Canada.
According to Apple, the company has seen almost 300 million worldwide visitors so far in its fiscal 2012, which started in October 2011. To give you some type of comparison, by July 2011, the population of the United States was estimated to be 311 million people.
There is also an interesting data point from Apple's retail Genius Bar. According to the company, 50,000 people get serviced at a Genius Bar around the world, every single day. That's a lot of appointments.
Apple Stores are certainly a unique shopping experience and offer much more than shelves filled with boxes to buy. Each store offers hands on experience of most Apple products, including iPhone, iPad and iPod touch as well as all of the Mac lines. When it comes to customer service, from my experience the Genius Bar is second to none. When you buy an Apple product you know you have the backing of the best customer service around. You don't get that level of comfort from any other consumer product; it gives you total peace of mind. Not every Apple product is perfect, if you experience a problem; it gets fixed or replaced without any argument.
If you have used the Genius Bar bar, have you had a similar experience to me? Were you surprised by the excellent customer service or did you experience something different?
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I just had the opportunity to use the GENIUS BAR for the first time since own Apple Products for years. Had to go back for different things 3 times and each time was terrifically pleased with the fast service and attentiveness and thoroughness of their work. While waiting I oberved other customers getting the same treatment. First time through they replaced my iPad after about 2 minutes of looking at it. Couldn't be more satisfied. Contrasting that with DELL the same week I was calling them about a stuck key on a laptop and they spent 10 minutes asking me questions along the lines of "Did you drop it?" "Did you spill anything on it?" "Is there any visible damage?" "If we see any signs of this we are going to charge you for all work and parts". Apple didnt make me feel like a criminal trying to get something fixed.
I have almost always had great experiences with the genius bar, but a friend went to them with his dead core 2 solo iMac and was told that they don't keep any stock of parts for products over five years old. This flabbergasted me, considering the usable life of a Mac is often much longer than 5 years, especially for desktops.
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This is it. We're in the home stretch. Golden goal, all or nothing, and Steve Jobs kicking it high and to the side. In 2 days we find out if Apple gets the world cup, the two-peat for smartphone (even gadget) championship, or if they send it flying over the post with their mostly evolutionary, not so much revolutionary, next generation handset.
Saturday we mentioned one big change: the fast 3G data chip. Sunday it was GPS. Monday we tackled the 2.0 Firmware update. Tuesday we detailed the rebirth of .Mac: MobileMe. Today we're looking at the mother load, App Store.
Why should you want Apps? Of course you want Apps, read on to find out just how much!
One of the biggest complaints about the original iPhone was its lack of 3rd party applications. Some iphoneblog editors who shall not be named went so far as to say that, absent 3rd party apps, "it's not a smartphone!" In fact, people wanted 3rd party apps so badly that even without any sanction or support from Apple, they jailbroke (hacked) the iPhone and developed them themselves.
Fast forward 8 months and Steve Jobs announces the iPhone SDK -- a way for official developers to officially develop. At the iPhone SDK Roadmap Event in March, Apple showed the SDK was complete with Xcode, Cocoa Touch, and emulator, and a highly polished set of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) making it, in the opinion of many, one of the fastest and easiest platforms to develop for. And they even sweetened the pot by getting venture capitalists to chip in $100,000,000 in iFund incentives, and creating a one-stop App Store shop with an overhead-free 70/30 developer/Apple split, and free hosting for free apps.
But that's all geeky coder inside-baseball stuff. Bottom-line for users, Apple did for 3rd party apps what they'd done for music and media: made them easy. Bye bye barrier of entry!
Like the purple iTunes WiFi Music Store before (and now next to) it, the bondi-bluer App Store icon sits right on the home screen of every iPhone in every supported country. Tap it and you're immediately whisked away to an iTunes-like interface where you can search for apps -- free and at a price. Under 10MB, you can download them directly over the 3G network. Over 10MB and you can download them via WiFi, or to iTunes and sync them over.
But that's the how. We're much more interested in the what!
First, some iPhone apps will be free, some will have a price tag. Some may have free "lite" or "demo" versions and for-pay "pro" or "full" versions. It's up to the developer. Big companies like AOL or Ebay may give away apps that help them make money in other ways (as loss leaders). Smaller developers will want to pay their bills and feed their children, so will charge a reasonable fee for their hard work and effort (most of us don't work for free, do we?). I expect to get some free apps I like, but will also pay for, and support, really good apps that appeal to me as well. Like what?
Games. That's right. With power that rivals the Sony PSP and innovative control mechanics akin to the Nintendo DS' touchscreen and the Wii's motion sensitivity, and 3G/WiFi networking and GPS all its own, the iPhone is poised to revolutionized mobile gaming. Super Monkey Ball, as drool-inducing-ly demoed at the iPhone SDK Event is only the beginning. Racing games are in the works, and we've all seen demos of physics-based puzzle games, 3D polygon action games, and Tap Tap Revenge! (Most of these seem priced at $9.99 for now.)
But to afford all these games, we're going to have to work. And the iPhone is catering directly to the enterprise crowd with support for private, company-only app development (where employees download from a restricted site, rather than the public App Store). SalesForce already demonstrated their mobile app, as did several medical/pharmaceutical focused companies. Paradigm shift-worthy stuff, much of it.
Educational institutions, in addition to getting a dream mobile, multi-touch reference platform, will be able to take advantage of Ad-Hoc distribution of up to 100 copies of any app. Got your course outline ready?
And for those who just want to communicate, get ready for more instant messengers and microblogging apps than you can shake your own immanent Twitter client at. The App Store has all the big development houses psyched (even Microsoft, Adobe, Sun, and RIM, according to rumor!), not to mention the usual suspects from your favorite former smartphone devices. (Office Apps a'plenty soon?)
Sure, App Store has a few drawbacks. Instead of full on multitasking, to protect the integrity of the device (and I say this as someone whose Treo's crashed multiple times a day, and who got rapidly sick of task-managing WinMob), Apple will be providing a Notification Service that will collect and "push" out alerts (visual badges, sounds, etc.) when a non-running app wants to get your attention (e.g., Instant Message has just arrived). Single point of potential failure -- so we'll have to see how reliable the server proves to be -- but an interesting compromise for now.
Second, no plugins (sorry Flash), no code-interpreters (sorry Java), no turn-by-turn GPS (sorry TomTom), no pr0n (sorry ginormous interweb empire, you're stuck with WebApps), no VoIP for EDGE/3G (sorry Skype), no unlocking (sorry Ryan Block), no iPod access (sorry Real -- no, wait, good!), no dock port access (there's a separate dock partner program for that), and no nebulous category of anything Apple deems bad (sorry... who knows who?). So, basically, that animated JVM social stripper network finder app that will run on any Euro-network using music volume to indicate proximity and direction while spitting out singles is a non-starter, b'okay?
Lastly, just like iTunes video (and still some music -- thanks for nothing, recording industry), Apple's FairPlay DRM will wrap all App Store content and lock it to your iTunes account. This might create some problems for people who try to sell their iPhones with apps on them, as new owners would require the sellers iTunes account login to authenticate the apps. (As happened to some with the January iPod Touch upgrade). We'll have to see how that plays out for now.
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iPhone 3G: 2 Days and Counting Down to App Store!
It's not just a phone, it's the JesusPhone 3G! (Ack, I can't believe I just uttered/typed those words...) And also, might I say that some of these images are pretty clever, even though it's weird to see the app store icon playing the role of the Eye of Sauron shortly after the AT&T sphere of doom.
I'll take:
- 2-3 good games
- Some productivity software to compensate for the lack of a To-Do list
- Some IM or other communications capability where I don't have to pay AT&T for more than 200 text messages
- Some location based things so I can track down my wife and kids at the mall - or the can track me down
- ?. That's going to be the X-Factor. Who knows what else folks are developing that's under wraps now because they want to be there at the launch with an exclusive feature or product.
In this post, you say "no VoIP for EDGE/3G (sorry Skype)."
However, in the NY Times review, Ed Baig says "One coming program, called iCall, will give you free phone calls when you're in a Wi-Fi hot spot."
I was under the impression there would be NO VOIP AT ALL, because ATT wouldn't want people using non-ATT minutes on their iPhone, thus a possible revenue loss. Is it actually going to be the case that there is VOIP calls while on Wi-Fi, just not on 3G?????
Yes, its my understanding that VoIP via WiFi will be permitted, while VoIP via EDGE/3G will not (to protect the carriers). That's based, if memory serves, on the post SDK-event Q&A with Jobs.
I was all hyped up for this phone and all, but when I saw the AT&T price breakdowns and over the long haul, it just wasn't that appealing. After all the taxes, fees, activation and accessories, I'd be lucky to get out of the store paying $400+ for a 16G model.
I don't know about you guys, but that's a bit steep when gas is $4.00+ a gallon. I know the original was $599, but still...
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Northwood's girls basketball team jumped out to a 24-2 halftime lead and rolled to its sixth straight win, a 55-24 victory over Southern Lee, in the first round of the Lee County Basketball Shootout Thursday afternoon.
The Lady Chargers (6-2) held the Lady Cavaliers (3-7) scoreless for about 16 minutes of the game, from early in the first quarter until the 6:44 mark of the third quarter. Pressuring Southern Lee's best player was the key, said Northwood head coach Cameron Vernon, and he was pleased with how his guards followed the game plan.
"I thought we got after it really well defensively. (Brianna Taylor) is a really good player for them, so we wanted to pressure her and make it tough on her when she was handling the ball," Vernon said.
Northwood's backcourt did more than blank the Lady Cavs. Sophomore point guard Shontai Totten totaled 15 points and five steals. Senior wing Alexis Brower had 13 points and four assists.
Northwood's lead kept growing in the opening half as the Chargers off the bench didn't miss a step of the tempo or defensive pressure.
Youngsters gaining experience, and more players making contributions, has spurred Northwood's six-game win streak after starting out with losses to Panther Creek and Jordan-Matthews, Vernon said.
"After our first two games, things could've snowballed, but the girls have done a great job working to get better each day," Vernon said. "We have a young team but it's a team with lots of room to grow."
Juniors Tyeshia Baldwin and Marish Marrow scored six and five points, respectively, off the Lady Charger bench. Freshman forward Jasmine Atkins had a game-high nine rebounds.
The Lady Cavs found some offensive success after halftime, handling the ball better against the Charger defense and at least working their way to the foul line plenty of times.
Sophomore Jasmine McIver scored Southern Lee's first eight points and finished with 14 points, six rebounds and four steals. Brianna Taylor added seven points. In the paint, Ashley Owens had six rebounds and four blocks.
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Northwood forward Jared Worley scored six of his 12 points for the last six points of the game, bringing the Chargers back for a 51-49 victory over East Chapel Hill in a first round game in Lee County's Main Gym Thursday afternoon.
Northwood advances to face Piedmont at 4 p.m. Friday in a semifinal. Piedmont defeated Cary 64-46 in the first boys' game of the day.
The Chargers (4-4), under first-year head coach and former UNC great Donald Williams, led most of the way after using an 11-0 run to take an 18-6 lead. Northwood's defense sparked its offense early on. Guard Aumad Walker turned back-to-back steals at midcourt into layups, then transition plays led to Ti Pinnix scoring on a drive and a three-pointer by Walker during the 11-0 streak.
The Wildcats (6-5) cut the lead down to three on a few occassions in the second quarter, including with Justen Best's three-pointer with 0:48 left. Those were the last points of the half and Northwood led 32-29 at halftime. Pinnix led the Chargers with 11 points in the half.
Another Best triple tied the game 1:05 into the second half. East Chapel Hill slowed the Chargers, primarily with a packed-in zone defense. The Chargers managed one made field goal in the third period but still clung to a 39-38 lead going to the fourth.
The Wildcats moved in front with a bucket in the paint by Jake Hilkey, then a three-pointer by Louis Levin, making it 45-41 East Chapel Hill with 5:29 left. The Wildcats led 49-45 as the clock ticked to two minutes left.
Worley grabbed a rebound and got a putback bucket, then got the ball in the post and hit a turnaround shot to tie the game with 1:43 left.
A Wildcat turnover sparked a now-rare Charger break. Kadarus Rone dished to Worley at the hoop for a lay-in and the Chargers led with 1:25 left, which was good enough the rest of the way.
East Chapel Hill missed two at the line with 1:09 left, then had two three-pointers miss the mark in the last 0:08.
Best led the Wildcats with 12 points. Dylan Farrow had 10 points and eight rebounds. East Chapel Hill will play Cary in a consolation game Friday at 4 p.m.
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There was a brief pause in research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge (DAMTP, also the home of Plus) this afternoon to celebrate the newly established Chair in Cosmology. The Chair, funded by a $US 6 million donation from Avery-Tsui Foundation, is named after Stephen Hawking and he will be the first to hold the Professorship. Paul Shellard, Director of the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, said that the honour recognised Hawking's contributions to changing our understanding of the Universe.
Stephen Hawking experiencing zero gravity (Image: NASA)
"When I arrived at DAMTP in 1962 cosmology was a speculative science and we didn't know if the Universe had a beginning or had existed forever in a steady state," Hawking said. He went on to say that the new Professorship recognised the role of the department in taking cosmology from this speculative start to the remarkably successful field it is today.
We'd like to congratulate Hawking on his new post (and thank him for the cake and champagne!) and look forward to the next exciting discovery from our cosmologist neighbours.
You can read more about Hawking's life and work in his articles 60 years in a nutshell and A brief history of mine, and in our coverage of his 60th and 70th birthday symposia. And of course, there's much more about cosmology on Plus.
February 25, 2014
Georg Cantor
Are there more irrational numbers than rational numbers, or more rational numbers than irrational numbers? Well, there are infinitely many of both, so the question doesn't make sense. It turns out, however, that the set of rational numbers is infinite in a very different way from the set of irrational numbers.
As we saw here, the rational numbers (those that can be written as fractions) can be lined up one by one and labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. They form what mathematicians call a countable infinity. The same isn't true of the irrational numbers (those that cannot be written as fractions): they form an uncountably infinite set. In 1873 the mathematician Georg Cantor came up with a beautiful and elegant proof of this fact. First notice that when we put the rational numbers and the irrational numbers together we get all the real numbers: each number on the line is either rational or irrational. If the irrational numbers were countable, just as the rationals are, then the real numbers would be countable too — it's not too hard to convince yourself of that.
So let's suppose the real numbers are countable, so that we can make a list of them, for example
and so on, with every real number occurring somewhere in the infinite list. Now take the first digit after the decimal point of the first number, the second digit after the decimal point of the second number, the third digit after the decimal point of the third number, and so on, to get a new number .
Now change each digit of this new number, for example by adding . This gives the new number . This new number is not the same as the first number on the list, because their first decimal digits are different. Neither is it the same as the second number on the list, because their second decimal digits are different. Carrying on like this shows that the new number is different from every single number on the list, and so it cannot appear anywhere in the list.
But we started with the assumption that every real number was on the list! The only way to avoid this contradiction is to admit that the assumption that the real numbers are countable is false. And this then also implies that the irrational numbers are uncountable.
It's easy to see that an uncountable infinity is "bigger" than a countable one. An uncountable infinity can form a continuum, such as the number line, in a way that a countable infinity can't. Cantor went on to define all sorts of other infinities too, one bigger than the other, with the countable infinity at the bottom of the hierarchy. When he first published these ideas, Cantor faced strong opposition from some of his colleagues. One of them, Henri Poincaré, described Cantor's ideas as a "grave disease" and another, Leopold Kronecker, went so far as to denounce Cantor as a "scientific charlatan" and "corrupter of youth". Cantor suffered severe mental health problems which may have resulted in part from the rejection his work had met with. But we now know that his work had simply come too soon: 150 years on, Cantor's ideas form a central pillar of mathematics and many of his results can be found in standard textbooks.
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February 20, 2014
With spring (hopefully) on its way, it looks increasingly less likely that we will be blessed with the cold, white, fluffy stuff this year. But if the winter Olympics leave you yearning for snow and ice, here are some related maths stories for you.
Maths solves frozen mystery
A molecule's eye view of water
Maths and climate change: the melting Arctic
Teacher package: On thin ice - maths and climate change in the Arctic
You can also read more about the expedition in the news stories On thin ice and Further evidence for Arctic meltdown.
Career interview: Avalanche researcher
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February 14, 2014
Climate change threatens the world's glaciers, which is why scientists simulate them on computers. Based on mathematical models, these computer simulations help predict how glaciers are likely to change in the future, depending on environmental factors.
The Aletsch glacier in Switzerland.
But you can also run these simulations backwards in time, to see how a glacier behaved in the past. This is what a mathematician and a glaciologist have just done, not in order to understand glaciers, but in order to solve a mystery. In March 1926 four young men, three of whom were brothers, set off on a tour from the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland, the longest glacier in the Alps. They never returned. It's likely they got caught up in a blizzard that raged in the mountains for several days. Despite an extensive search their bodies could not be found and nobody knew where on their trip they met their end. Eighty-six years later, in the summer of 2012, two English alpinists found the remains of the three brothers and some of their equipment.
The mathematician Guillaume Jouvet of Freie Universität Berlin and the glaciologist Martin Funk of the ETH in Zürich realised that they could use a computer model of glaciers, which Jouvet had developed during his PhD in 2012, to find out where the men had met their death. The model was the first to represent the three-dimensional flow of a glacier, including the velocity of the flow beneath its surface. Starting from the place the men's bones were found, the scientists simulated the evolution of the glacier backwards in time. They found that the bodies probably moved by around 10.5km in the 86 years since they had been swallowed by the ice, at an average speed of 122 meters per year. In 1980 they were buried some 250m below the surface of the ice. And the place of the men's demise could be narrowed down to an area of 1600m by 300m.
Jouvet and Funk hope that they can solve other glacial mysteries using their method. For example, in 1964 a plane carrying US military crashed on the Gauli glacier in Switzerland. Crew and passengers could be rescued, but the plane disappeared in the ice without a trace. Using their model, Juvet and Funk hope to predict when and where it will be released from the ice. And who knows what other icy stories their model will reveal in the future.
Jouvet and Funk's work on the young men who died in 1926 has been published in the Journal of Glaciology. Thanks to our friend Thomas Vogt of the German Mathematical Association for bringing this story to our attention. You can read more about maths, ice and snow here on Plus.
January 29, 2014
It might be grey and raining outside, but inside the Museum of London and Barnard's Inn Hall, Gresham College have some fascinating lectures planned to brighten the darkest day! First up Caroline Crawford will explore the lives of stars on Wednesday 5 February at 1pm at the Museum of London, how they are born, evolve over billions of years and dramatically burn, revealing clues to our own origins. It seems Hollywood isn't the only place where the stars crash and burn.
Prince Charming? Or just a slimy toad?
And surely the best way to cheer up a dreary day is to fall in love. Tony Mann will explain the mechanics of computer dating and how maths can help us find our heart's desire (or at least a charming dinner companion) in Finding stable matches: the mathematics of computer dating on Monday 17 February at 6pm, at Barnard's Inn Hall.
And if you are using a coin to decide whether to get out of bed or stay under the duvet, you need to hear what Raymond Flood has to say about Probability and its limits on Tuesday 18 February at 1pm at the Museum of London. He'll explain why we know a coin will come up heads roughly half the time over many tosses, but we can't tell you whether yours will land heads or tails tomorrow morning. If it lands heads and you make it to his lecture, you'll find out much more!
There's no need to register for these free public events, just come a bit early to get a seat. You can find out about all the other fascinating talks on the Gresham College website and you can get in the mood by reading about astronomy, dating and probability on Plus.
January 23, 2014
Vending machines that don't return change are annoying, especially if the prices they demand aren't nice round figures you can make up with a single coin. If that's the case, then there's nothing but to cram through your wallet, fishing out the right coins to make up the amount exactly. What's the best way of doing that? Without noticing many of us probably follow this recipe: find the biggest (as in largest denomination) coin that fits into the amount, then the next-biggest that fits into the remainder, and so on, until you (hopefully) hit the required sum. As an example, if you're being asked for 85p, you probably fish a 50p coin out first, then a 20p coin, then a 10p coin, and finally a 5p coin. And what if you haven't got all of the coins just mentioned in your wallet? In that case you follow the same recipe using what you've got.
This greedy recipe (greedy because you always go for the biggest coin that fits) seems to offer the best solution in that it seems to involve the fewest number of coins to make up the amount you need. For example, supposing you do have a 20p coin, but decide to go for two 10p coins instead, you increase the number of coins to make up 85p from four to five. So the greedy algorithm seems useful, not just for people struggling with vending machines, but also for cashiers returning change to customers.
But is greed really always the best option? It turns out that this depends on the coins that are available. Imagine, for example, you need to make up 8p. Greed would tell you to go for a 5p coin, then a 2p coin and then a 1p coin. And that's indeed the smallest number of coins to make up 8p with if you are using Pound Sterling, Euros, US Dollars, and most other currencies. But now imagine a currency that in addition to these denominations also has a 4p coin. Then you could make up 8p with two of those, beating the greedy strategy by one. Such a currency system might seem silly but it's not unheard-of: the pre-decimal British coinage system was one for which the greedy recipe failed when it came to minimising the number of coins needed to make up a given amount.
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Dear Mr. President,
You must be tired. Please take some time off. You worked very hard to get re-elected. As a loyal American, I want you in good health, and that means some rest and relaxation once in a while.
But when you ramp it up again, I hope you will consider some suggestions from a citizen whos a bit disappointed in your overall performance. Please understand that I am not looking at this from an ideological perspective, but rather from a sports point-of-view.
I want American leadership to win the game. That means improving the economy, bolstering protection for the folks and running an honest operation from the White House.
At this point in history, thats what winning means to me.
Lets take the economy first.
Apparently, you believe that massive government spending can create well-paying jobs in the private sector.
But after four years and almost a trillion dollars of federal money being fed into the economy, it hasnt worked. Unemployment is about the same as it was when you took over in 2009, and wages are down sharply.
You spent a ton of our money, Mr. President, and we didnt even get a T-shirt.
Now, I know some of my fellow citizens see it differently and voted for you believing your economic vision is sound. But lets be honest: The voter breakdown clearly shows that folks receiving some kind of government largesse supported you big-time, while those avidly competing in the marketplace voted for Gov. Romney.
It was no accident that the day after your victory, the stock market plummeted 313 points.
So I hope youll rethink the big spending and begin to make it easier for small-business people to make money.
When they are flush, the job market surges. When they feel threatened, hiring shuts down.
I well understand that the tax the rich mantra got you some political currency. But we both know that strategy will do little to stimulate anything other than jealousy.
On the security front, may I suggest that you be a stand-up guy? Please hold a news conference and tell the folks what you know about the terror attack in Libya and why things are such a mess. This were investigating stuff is a ruse. Telling us what you know does not impede an investigation.
Dodging Libya hurt your honesty index. And that hurts the country. It is very important that the folks trust you even if they dont like you. Take that from me. My television program has been top-rated for nearly 13 years, and its not because Im Dale Carnegie.
Most Americans respect In closing, congratulations on your victory. You and your guy Axelrod designed a campaign that Romneys Boston boys could not match. But thats not whats important now. Fixing the economy is.
Do that, and your legacy will be assured. Fail, and all hell will break loose.
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