Right, but do you notice you can't do that anymore?

Certainly touch support is significant (and is a rather obvious difference, no?) as is the small viewport, but these differences are not significant limitations and don't make it a "mobile browser". To me, the term "mobile browser" brings up the specter of the old browsers one typically found in phones before the iPhone, and it certainly isn't that. Aside from the size and touch issues, there are no major distinctions from the desktop version of Safari. Apple doesn't even bother to have a separate page of specs for the two browsers.

I have implemented two rather complicated web apps and Safari ran fine. Just make sure you don't depend on mouseovers and keep all of the element sizes dynamic (which you should do, anyway), and you're set.

TFA is a bit fact-challenged. Safari on the iPad is not a "mobile browser" and supports HTML5 (although it could do better).

I'm a little confused by your post and what you're trying to say. Are you saying the W8000 is equivalent to the D700? The top-end Mac Pro uses the Firepro D700, which is, indeed, $3,400 at retail, not the D500, so the gent bought a D700.

Interestingly, Apple is only charging $1,000 to upgrade from two $1,400 D500's you reference above to TWO D700's.

I don't think he was trying to make an "adequate" machine. One could argue that almost any computer is "adequate", depending on your goals. He was trying to make a comparably-specced machine using off the shelf components and really couldn't do it, and the closest he could come cost a LOT more than that Mac Pro.

For folks whose profession is the processing of high-end video and photos, time is of the essence, and there really is no such thing as "adequate". The faster the better, period.

This guy tried to make one DIY, and failed miserably.

I'm sorry, but part of your comment is just plain wrong. Firstly, Apple is not collecting your fingerprint, only something similar to a hash of the fingerprint's characteristics. Secondly, it isn't shared with anyone. Thirdly, the explicitly state in this article that your actual fingerprint can not be reverse engineered from the data the store on the phone.

In addition to this, the NYPD's stated reason for pushing the iPhone 5s is that it makes iPhone theft a thing of the past, which it clearly, demonstrably does. The link you posted saying NYPD is after the fingerprints is clearly, demonstrably false. Now, I'm sure you can find folks that say something different, but I can also show you pictures of Obama shaking hands with space aliens - you can find anything you like, but it doesn't make it true.

Finally, Apple (and Google) outright deny sharing data with the NSA.

You can continue to believe that they are sharing if you like, but stating that they have admitted they are sharing is incorrect.

I think you are correct that the current leadership has not yet proven that they can innovate in the way that Mr. Jobs did. That said, the iPhone 5s is really a nice step forward, real-world tests are showing that the A7 really is a lot faster, and the fingerprint thingy is winning a lot of accolades. And, they've sold a hell of a lot of them. Nonetheless, the stock price is actually a bit lower than before the 5c/5s announcement.

The truth is that the stock price for a lot of companies, and Apple in particular, does not reflect the financial success of that company or the company's products. Just compare Amazon's numbers to Apple's and you'll get what I mean. Stock prices today are more driven by bets on where that price will be in 15 minutes (or 15 milliseconds), not how well the company will be doing in a few years. As such, stock prices for high-tech companies are not a valid way to measure the company's success in the marketplace.

O Rly? Maybe you should look more frequently? (sorry about linking to an Apple-friendly web site - no one else will post good news about Apple, eh?)

You know there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever except a lot of blogosphere bloviation that Apple is making a watch? And, even beyond that, if the ARE making a watch, we have no idea what features it will have? So, just exactly how do you know Apple is wasting their time on one?

yes.

For me, it's like this: you're sitting in a nice restaurant, minding your business, when some guy starts up arguing and fighting with his wife and yelling at his kids. Now, it's none of your business, but it's sure uncomfortable.

Then, he up and smacks her, and starts hitting his kids. And then does it again. People yell at him from around the restaurant, but noone does anything else, and he smacks her again.

So, do I/we have a responsibility to stop the guy? I mean, the family spat is none of our business, right? But when he starts hitting the wife and kids and won't stop, don't we have to do something? It's not about taking sides or figuring out who's right or wrong in the spat or what the outcome for me personally would be, and I'm sure as hell not a cop, but I just have to stop it. Even if it means violence.

It's just the human thing to do.

It's not choosing sides. It's holding to our principles (apparently, the world's principles) and doing what we say we will do. It is only tangentially associated with the civil war/sectarian strife/whatever we call it today.

We're not "getting involved". We're not choosing sides. We're punishing Asan for using chemical weapons on his civilian population. There is no reason it needs to be more than that.

Yeah, ya gotta wonder that no one thought to take it out of gear or turn it off. There were actually two events similar to this one, but I can't find the other. It was also a case of a long conversation with 911 and no one thought of those then, either. I guess the 911 operators aren't trained to solve caller's problems.