Episode 69: 69: Sport of Kings

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk a bit more about patents and copyright, revisit the sources of lag in human/computer interactions, revise the probabilities of retina-display Macs, MacBook Pros without ethernet ports, any Mac Pros ever again, and the various ways to deal with a possible taller iPhone screen. Links for this episode:Apple scrapped troubled 15-inch MacBook Air for 2010, rebuilding for 2012 - 9to5MacMiserere (Allegri) - WikipediaAllegri: Miserere - YouTubeTeen's Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostic Wins $75,000 Intel Prize - Reason.comApple working to adopt 802.11ac 5G Gigabit WiFi this year - AppleInsiderVenus Equilateral - WikipediaJohanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture -TED.comThe Reform of Intellectual Property - Dean BakerHow to Lower the Price of Prescription Drugs - Dean BakerCan You Patent A Steak? - Planet MoneyHow Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads - Wired.comEverything Is a RemixScooby Snacks - WikipediaThe Big Apple: “Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it’s been” (hockey adage)Apple iPhone charger teardown: quality in a tiny expensive package - Ken ShirriffSurviving Without Subsidies - NYTimes.comSponsored by Warby Parker, Squarespace (use promo code DANSENTME5 for 10% off), and Shopify.