Episode 8: 8: A Cautionary Tale

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.