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Apple and Samsung Ordered Talks Fail - Trial Date Set
Fluffeh writes "Apple and Samsung just can't come to an agreement, even when the two CEOs have been ordered by a court to hash it out over a two-day period. U.S. Judge Judy Koh had ordered the sit down prior to court proceedings between the two giants, but the talks resulted in nothing more than each side confirming its position. Although Apple CEO Tim Cook said, 'I've always hated litigation and I continue to hate it,' he also said, 'if we could get to some kind of arrangement where we'd be assured [they are inventing their own products] and get a fair settlement on the stuff that's occurred.' Perhaps Tim is worried that Samsung is still the primary component supplier for mobile products, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, or perhaps Apple has bitten off more than it really wants to chew, with the litigation between the two getting to truly epic and global proportions."
there is this thing called 'thingiverse', and another thing called 'grabcad', and another thing called 'shapeways', they are your death knell.
what you do is not hard. its not difficult. its not even that special. volunteers on the internet can do what you do, and they can do it better, and they can do it for free. the only thing you have is hordes of factory wage slaves who live under a dictatorship. that can do alot, but it can only do so much for your bottom line.
ask yourself. why would someone support a system where they themselves are not included? why would someone want to support a property regime where they themselves are de-facto excluded from owning property? why care about the morality of privacy when you have to work every day under a boss who beats and harasses his workers and have only enough money to eat and live at the end of years of labor?
why?
it is incredibly obvious that the world as it is, organized into the few who have, and the billions who do not, is unsustainable. the earth cannot survive like this. you represent the catholic church at the dawn of the renaissance. you represent the barons at the dawn of democracy. you represent slave owners on the eve of the civil war. you are going to go away and lose everything you have. nobody is going to take it from you. its just that the world is going to change overnight, and you will be left adrift in a strange place you no longer understand, that follows rules you no longer create.
i am only warning you of this for the good of you and your families. find new work before you are unemployed and have to learn what the masses you drive by every day on your way to the office have to deal with in order to survive.