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Or it might mean the difference between astronomical profits and just profits.

"With an estimated bill of materials between $170 to $220, depending on capacity, the manufacturing margins on the iPhone 4S are roughly 71-73%.

That, Whitmore concludes, "should support attractive corporate margins for AAPL for multiple quarters.""

http://bit.ly/AuL0aT

This. People don't seem to realize to what degree Apple have insane profit margins, much higher than any other gadget manufacturer. The choice isn't to close down products, or increase consumer prices. They could easily absorb the estimated extra 65$ cost of US manufacturing, without any price increase, and still be a very profitable company by all standards.

Or it might mean the difference between astronomical profits and just profits.

"With an estimated bill of materials between $170 to $220, depending on capacity, the manufacturing margins on the iPhone 4S are roughly 71-73%.

That, Whitmore concludes, "should support attractive corporate margins for AAPL for multiple quarters.""

http://bit.ly/AuL0aT

Because an attack is exactly what it is.
Read the analysis here http://bit.ly/zw1Sel

"and would most likely vote differently if they were in full possession of the facts"

See this on human reasoning, the enlightenment was wrong about the human mind and telling people 'the facts':

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

I've never seen a WSYWYG editor that didn't generate tons of garbage HTML for every move you made. That alone makes them not worth it.

I agree with you here, I remember when I played around with it and looked at the code behind what I was doing... I was appalled to say the least when I saw the code that got generated for doing simple text placement. Now it has been a long time since I've looked at it, but I imagine it will be similar.

So with that being said..... here comes your old friend..... who is it?!?!?! .......GOOGLE

" because I won't buy a game that uses DRM like that on general principle"

But many people will sadly. The free market doesn't work because human beings don't work like the enlightenment thought they did.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

Because they understand it so well.

Take a look at "Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works" http://bit.ly/vOEEbt

Senator Ted Stevens described the internet as “a series of tubes;” Rep. Mel Watt of North Carolina "seemed particularly comfortable about his own lack of understanding;" and Rep. Maxine Waters of California stated "any discussion of security concerns is 'wasting time' and that the bill should move forward without question."

It's not hard to find zip+4 data.

... is that the human mind does not literally perceive the world, see here:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"is an insult to any citizen who actually THINKS about social issues and politics."

The vast majority of humanity doesn't have the intelligence to think about social issues and politics, also EVERYONE should see the following video. Our minds do not work like the enlightenment thought they did, the idea that 'we can think our way to right conclusions given the evidence' is scientifically false, we are much worse at reasoning then the enlightenment was aware of.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"Not understanding numbers is as harmful as not being able to read."

Except human mathematical ability is not understood much at all, and genetics has a lot to due with whether one is capable / interested in math or not, things you struggle with you usually get negative emotional feedback and it's usually really stressful, having to struggle and experience stress naturally leads to kids checking out of math. You should all see the following:

The enlightenment was wrong about human reason:
http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

Daniel Tammet - Savant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbASOcqc1Ss

"I'm not a big fan of commenting code. I prefer code possessing such clarity that it is self-commenting."

This is idiocy, and it's based on a false understanding of how the human mind works. The enlightenment assumed that human reasoning was rational, literal, and easy, it's not.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

Code commenting, especially going beyond the trivial is damn necessary if you've ever worked on someone elses code on large projects.

Sunburn. This weapon has a top speed of Mach 3,[1][2] and is considered one of the most lethal anti-ship missiles in the world.[3] The high speed of the missile means a typical response time for the target of only 25 to 30 seconds, giving a target little time to react. Moskit can be armed with a warhead of 320 kg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-N-22

A Sunburn can destroy a carrier. See also, Mosqit and Silkworm.

Hypersonic missile threat
'Carrier killers' could destroy U.S. Navy's supremacy at sea'

"...there is presently no reliable defence against the much faster next generation of anti-ship missiles. These weapons are designed to travel at hypersonic speeds -- greater than Mach 5, or 6,100 km/h -- and therefore present a much more lethal threat."
http://bit.ly/sUAeVi

"Cosmetic damage", fuck off.

I see your Sunburn and raise you a Phalanx CIWS.

Upgrades
Due to the continuing evolution of both threats and computer technology, the Phalanx system has, like most military systems, been developed through a number of different configurations. The basic (original) style is the Block 0, equipped with first generation solid state electronics and with marginal capability against surface targets. The Block 1 (1988) upgrade offered various improvements in radar, ammunition, rate of fire, increasing engagement elevation to +70 degrees, and computing. These improvements were intended to increase the system's capability against emerging Russian supersonic anti-ship missiles. Block 1A introduced a new computer system to counter more maneuverable targets. The Block 1B PSuM (Phalanx Surface Mode, 1999) adds a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor to allow the weapon to be used against surface targets.[11] This addition was developed to provide ship defense against small vessel threats and other "floaters" in littoral waters and to improve the weapon's performance against slower low-flying aircraft. The FLIR's capability is also of use against low-observability missiles and can be linked with the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) system to increase RAM engagement range and accuracy. The Block 1B also allows for an operator to visually identify and target threats.

If you ever get a 'rare' opportunity to be around one of those during a test fire,
lol... do it. FU-UH-KIN IM-PRESSIVE. Feels like someone is doing the Taiko Drums
on your chest. But then, I do have a crush on the Vulcan Gatling gun.

And on the same note... "Suicide boat" it is... since they can target waterborne
craft now as well.

-AI

No they don't. And they can't even PRONOUNCE the names of the countries they attack. Hint, it's not fucking EYERACK OR EYERAN. "Young adults in the United States fail to understand the world and their place in it, according to a survey-based report on geographic literacy released today. Take Iraq, for example. Despite nearly constant news coverage since the war there began in 2003, 63 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 failed to correctly locate the country on a map of the Middle East. Seventy percent could not find Iran or Israel." http://bit.ly/uPqQoX Your ignorance is just astounding.

Sunburn. This weapon has a top speed of Mach 3,[1][2] and is considered one of the most lethal anti-ship missiles in the world.[3] The high speed of the missile means a typical response time for the target of only 25 to 30 seconds, giving a target little time to react. Moskit can be armed with a warhead of 320 kg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-N-22 A Sunburn can destroy a carrier. See also, Mosqit and Silkworm. Hypersonic missile threat 'Carrier killers' could destroy U.S. Navy's supremacy at sea' "...there is presently no reliable defence against the much faster next generation of anti-ship missiles. These weapons are designed to travel at hypersonic speeds -- greater than Mach 5, or 6,100 km/h -- and therefore present a much more lethal threat." http://bit.ly/sUAeVi "Cosmetic damage", fuck off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HUEvRyemKSg http://bit.ly/sTTFyt

I sort of knew about the + but I forgot. I found http://bit.ly/vB0EIH with google.
Probably there are identical services for other shorteners.

http://bit.ly/rCBPp7 You don't know where that link goes until you click it. So, what do you do?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bitly-preview/

Shows full URL. Rule 1 don't click on URLs to unknown websites ESPECIALLY at work! :)

http://bit.ly/rCBPp7 You don't know where that link goes until you click it. So, what do you do?

"Because if someone disagrees with you, they're obviously a shill, whereas people who agree with you are champions of truth."

Most people are easily to manipulate, they'd sooner die rather then think. Plus you have no idea what's been discovered about human reasoning. Humans live in their mediocre understanding (model) of the world, not everyone's mind is equally capable of perceiving reality as it truly is. Religion is abundant proof of this.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

Consider the folowing verse:

Matthew 8:30-35
New International Version (NIV)
  30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

  32 He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. 33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.

Now what does this say about the millions of human beings throughout history who've claimed to be christians "living in reality"?

The answer is most of humanity for most of human history has been living in a mixture of delusion, reality and outright fantasy. This applies to most human beings unfortunately in our currentworld.

... of progress. The whole idea you can just 'educate' people who have various abilities and traits due to human bio diversity is a bit ludicrous. The real issue is that everyone is in denial that we've made a society that out-strips the average human beings ability to deal with it. So we see the explosion of depression and a denigration of intellectual culture in pop culture because - people want things they can manage without suffocating themselves or their enjoyment of life. They want to enjoy life before they are dead.

Most people end up being wage slaves in our modern capitalist society at boring soul killing jobs. We've made a society that is for all intents and purposes centered around the puritan concept of 'work is good', 'play is lazyness/bad'. People are limited beings and not machines.

I submit it's because the enlightenment's view of the universe as a machine mixed in with american protestants cult of the 'work ethic' has made a deeply anti-human society where everyone just wants to escape drudgery to get those things that nourish their enjoyment of life outside of the anti-human grind of work and toil we all face daily.

The enlightenment was wrong about human reasoning and many ideologies descended from the enlightenment are riddled with erroneous thinking, especially in regards to the way modern society is structured.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"That's what it has come to: emotional indulgence and the inability or lack of desire to gather the facts and look at an issue rationally. Careful study and self-education is out of the question."

There is a reason for this, the enlightenment view of human reasoning is wrong:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"Isn't allowing your emotions to control you great? "

You should learn how human reasoning works, emotions are CRITICAL to human reasoning:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"We should reward mediocrity and just hope that it gets better because...?"

If you buy any modern games you are already rewarding rehashes and mediocrity, so gamers clearly don't have a problem with it (see call of duty, etc). So please spare me your BS. Most games today are cinematics /w little gameplay. Most PC games have been sloppy ports over the past 10 years.

Next many of the games come with source code (so if you're a tinkerer you can modify/learn from it/update it/ make it your own, etc). Try getting that in the game industry at all these days. The whole idea that you start out producing amazing stuff with the budgets of these smalld developers is nonsensical. The game industry had decades to get to where it is at today. Your expectations have been colored by decades of advancements.

You really need to load up some old NES games on emulators and look at all the shit games then, many indie games today out-shine most 8-bit NES and some 16-bit games from the SNES/GEN era. You don't start at the top when you're a small business, you start small and work your way up. The games are a reflection of the finances of the developers themselves, they'd rather not go out of business.

How many AAA dev houses are in debt? What's the stock of THQ lately? Oh yeah look at that stock price!

http://bit.ly/s9ZUIX

Making high quality games don't mean much when you don't have a viable business model to survive to make more games.

"So the triumph of emotion over logic is essentially complete. I was a fool to think it would be any other way."

Just a heads up for you, the enlightenment was wrong about human reasoning:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

" You and me may not be dumb enough to fall for it, but on the whole, it works and thus the thought that the system consists of rational individuals making the best decisions for themselves is mathematically laughable. "

And this is why:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"Math isn't hard. It's easy."

You should learn how the mind works before you say stuff like this. The enlightenment was wrong about human reason, this has huge implications for our understanding of what it is that makes math 'hard' for people.

Note that this is from the 'mathematical society' unfortunately most academics have no idea what has been discovered in the mind sciences over the last 30 years. Just because your mind finds math easy does not make it that someone elses mind will. This study is not done by neuroscientists so it's suspect right away.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"The Dunning-Kruger effect is perhaps the most useful effect to use when trying to make sense of modern politics."

That's one part of the equation, here is the other - human reasoning doesn't work like the enlightenment thought it did:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"If the price is agreed to by all involved parties then it's fair."

Incorrect. Human minds can be manipulated.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

Most people aren't intelligent enough to know when they are getting ripped off there is huge assymetry of information in the costs of goods people buy and the price they see. We don't work on rationality, the mind does not work according to enlightenment principles which the free market is a descendant of.

"But I found those questions trivial without a calculator, how you'd manage to fail with a calculator is beyond me."

Learn a bit about human reasoning:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"All they seem to understand is the lazy approach. Be loud! Be garish! Be anything but smart and honest!"

Human beings don't work on rationality, see what's been discovered about the brain here:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

So all one has to do is be one of the authors of the most linked-to blog in the world ( http://bit.ly/uWa81A ), with something under 2 million readers, publish 6 novels through mainstream publishing channels and have them sell well (partly because of #1; that's a heck of a marketing platform) and THEN successfully self publish a novel, and you say "Get Creative"?

Yes, I love Cory. I love his writing. He has a LOT of excellent points when he talks about publishing. But he's not exactly an example for how the average author can make it in self publishing.

One problem with cosmic-ray induced breakdown concept is that the flux of cosmic-rays required to sustain a breakdown is much greater than the amount which naturally occurs at thunderstorm altitudes. J.R. Dwyer has proposed a very novel 'positive feedback' mechanism that solves this problem using *positrons* in his paper 'A fundamental limit on electric fields in air' which can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/t0XZ6M The Lightning Foundry should be able to explore a portion of the parameter space in Figure 2, and a good part of the 'Semi-stable' regime in Figure 3.

"Vote, please, but recognize that American democracy has been corrupted by unlimited money for campaign advertising."

Human beings don't work according to reason unfortunately, voting is not going to solve the crisis in human reasoning as a result of media propaganda and also underlying genetic factors, see here:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"Bullshit, all the cries of socialism and handouts for the lazy, criminal, and brown people are a charade to keep the crooks in power so they can continue to rob you while you blame socialism."

And this is why their propaganda (of the crooks) works:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"Okay, seriously: no, it is not. Copyright infringement is not theft."

The human mind does not work according to enlightenment reason. The monkey business of the mamallian brains of the braindead half of humanity will continue see here:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"May the Maths Be with you!"

May the understanding of reason be with you:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

No I know you Americans you definitely implied it by bringing up Russia, it's your favorite fucking talking point and it's a simple minded unsophisticated one at that. The point is that these problems will never be solved by human beings under our current regime. The expansion of economies requires inputs from the 'real economy' known as mother nature but we don't pay the true costs at all and there's cubic fuck tonnes of evidence in the garbage dumps and toxic spills of the world that this is the case .

The free market is a descendant of enlightenment thinking unfortunately that's not how human beings work at all - the are not free, they do not make choices based on reason or rationality. Most human thought is not accessible by your awareness.

That means all descendants and enlightenment based ideologies have serious ramifications for our understanding of society and how it is structured.

See here on human reason:
http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

I know this I was merely pointing out why SOMEONE ELSE would think that. See here please:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

The only instance I can find is when he filed a countersuit regarding a FOIA request trying to get private emails. It wasn't trying to silence dissent, that's just how you dispute a request.

Any others?

Sure. Here's a link: http://bit.ly/udox81

MIchael Mann does *exactly* what these alternative medicine people do. He threatens and/or files libel lawsuits against critics. Everyone seems pretty happy to damn this behavior as "not real science" when alternative medicince is involved (and I agree). I'm just wondering why the same yardstick doesn't apply equally to all.

Look my brain isn't broken you should learn about how limited your own mind is first:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

The fact that I can even post this is more then enough that I've done the research into my own thought processes and have a good understanding of how limited your mind really is.

You don't think based on reason or rationality, you are a creature of emotion and sentiment and sentiments are easily turned into justifications for self delusion. Human beings are people of their age and their background. It's highly unlikely you came to your opinion after much study and toil, rather you are emotionally transfixed to your narrow point of view because you are too in experienced to make sound judgement of what I have said.

The authorities have found the way to stop this already. Just make recording police a felony.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/special_segments&id=8370540

http://bit.ly/tS2ZvF

I was pointing out the double standard that people tend to have about *nix vs windows (vs mac vs android etc). When it happens on windows, people tend to believe to believe that they caught the analogous cold, not that some malicious programmer wrote software that got on their computer and messed things up. When it happens on *nix, people say "Oh I got hacked".

From my perspective--it is all code--which is all hacking--since your code gets unauthorized access to someones computer. Whether is put there via social engineering, or self propagating code is irrelevant in my mind.

Look at the rest of the comments in this thread as an example of this. Linux doesn't get any viruses? Look at some other posts in this thread to seem people talking about them, or better yet, http://bit.ly/trJ9sd

"If Apple are guilty of anything here, then so are the consumers of Apple products."

Not quite, the enlightenment and the free market theory that was spawned from the enlightenment thinkers were based on false views of how the human mind operates, see here:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

...it's the hordes of young adults with stars in their eyes who suffer most from piracy.

Actually, artists make almost all of their money on concerts and tangible non-musical items like t-shirts, because the music publishing industry takes such a large cut of each sale. Source: http://bit.ly/DigitalRoyalty -- which doesn't mention that before they get any return on sales at all, artists have to sell enough to cover whatever advance they were given & costs they owe.

"I've never understood Americans."

It's not just americans and there is a reason why, see below...

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"I said this yesterday, and I'll say it again today: the problem is that the "two" parties in power now both have the same agenda. It is time for people to start voting third party."

That is not how human beings work, the whole system was designed by enlightenment era thinkers with enlightenment view of human reasoning but it is scientifically wrong, the whole system is now the problem because of mistaken notions about human minds and how they function.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"Neither of these are viable options. So you need to get him voted out of office. Thus, the problem is the voters."

Sorry but the problem is not the voters so much as the system was designed according to the enlightenments view of man and it is scientifically wrong, see here:

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

"What the hell are you talking about?"

See here, you suffer from the enlightenment's false view of reason.

http://bit.ly/dYaWUc

How exactly is Android a success?

Here is the answer.