Episode 8: 8: A Cautionary Tale
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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin vow never to talk about physics again, then discuss the new iPad and, finally, how Apple's expansion into so many new businesses has created a series of conflicts of interest that could, at best, doom it to Microsoft-like stagnation in the long run.
Links for this episode:The Apple strategy taxSpeed of electricity - WikipediaSpeed of electricity flowApple iPad 2ARM Cortex A8 - WikipediaARM Cortex A9 - WikipediaApple A4 - WikipediaApple A5 - WikipediaSpeeds and feeds - WikipediaMagnetic monopole - WikipediaPAX East 2011List of The Incredibles characters - WikipediaA sub-thread of the Hacker News discussion of the Apple Strategy Tax articleSponsored by MailChimp and CodeConf 2011.
Episode 8: 8: A Cautionary Tale