This is wrong headed. The 'product' in all the other categories is non-existant yet 'creators' get to present 'simulations' of it be it a trailer, a drawing or a description.
Oh, and Kickstarter is a store. It is a store of ideas, of potential, of the future, where people who believe can back projects they want to be a part of, those they want to succeed, those they would like the product from. Kickstarter says so themselves, that the rewards should ideally be the product produced by the project.
You're thinking about it the wrong way. The new screw in each case is a challenge, a hurdle, an intelligence test. If you haven't got what it takes to figure out how to open the device then perhaps you shouldn't.
Too bad they fail to mention that this has happened before, repeatedly, over, and over, and over again. We're headed for a warmer, more diverse world where more of the land area is habitable by a wide diversity of species. We're in a cool period right now and things are correcting. Don't get confused or distracted by "Global Warming" or "Climate Change". The real issue is toxic pollution. PCBs, etc. Pay attention.
Pentalobe fasteners are not a big deal. New and different screws, nuts and bolts are all the rage. It's been happening for, what, the last century? More? Sometimes they're actually an improvement and stick in the industry as the next great thing. The tools become available very quickly, or some of us make our own...
You've got verbal diarhea. My statement has nothing to do with selective memory. I did not say "all" or anything of the sort. I said I love it when people (a set of some existing people) say things are impossible. Your own statement proceeded to back me up. Thank you.
You're also a coward. Too bad you don't feel confident enough about what you have to say to actually give your name and stand behind what you say. That right their drops the value of your statement into the negatives.
It's food so there is no sales tax in many places. Any places with a sales tax on food? Think of it this way, bacon is an essential basic food. Even vegans want and desperately need bacon. They consider bacon the gateway food back to temptation and meat eating. Two religions have banned bacon because it's sooo good. And it's good for you. What can be more essential than that?
There have been times when bacon was worth more than money, more than a billion German Marks at one point. 1923. Our chief economist Ben Shalom Bernanke is promising to print money to buy back debts so soon bacon may be worth more than money again.
We mine bacon here on Sugar Mountain Farm. It's all over the surface of our land. Each week we go out and herd some huge pieces back to our delivery truck and load them up. Did it last week and they are at the slaughter house now being changed from four legs to strips as we speak, er, write.
The great thing is ours are on pasture, no commercial grain or hog feed diet, and it produces delicious all natural pork and bacon. Pays the mortgage and beyond.
"the Transit function will be lost in 51 countries, the Traffic function will be lost in 24 countries, and the Street View function will be lost in 41 countries. 'In total, 63 countries with a combined population of 4.5 billion people will be without one or more of these features they previously had in iOS,' writes DeGusta. 'Apple is risking upsetting 65% of the world's population"
Wow! What a massive abuse of statistics that statement is... Get real. 4.5 billion people don't have iPhones. Talk about absurd statements.
Hmm... My experience has been entirely different. I've found Austin to be helpful and also very receptive to suggestions. I've been flying in X-Plane since the mid-1990's, when ever it was that it came out. It is a most excellent detailed flight simulator. Not a game but a simulator. Perhaps the difference in some people's experiences is a matter of how different people approach people.
I love it when people say things are impossible. Then they go whizzing backwards into forgotten history as the impossible becomes the norm. Tomorrow will be like today. The future will be surprising.
A better way to say it is that "some people innately have an easier time programming." That is true. Part is learned skill, part is how the person's mind works. It takes all types for many different things to make the world go round. Oh, wait, that's momentum.:)
As often is the case with these sort of things this is based on misleading and miss-interpreted data. Smartphones are personal computers. Sales have never been better. Usage has never been wider.
This is an example of bad statistics. Much like the newborn survival statistics. They're warped because some countries simply don't count children less than 100 days old which is when most deaths occur. Similarly with the education statistics some countries count only the students who are prepping at the advanced level or warp the stats in other ways. This is then used by various groups to further their own agendas such as increasing teacher pay, etc. Lies, damn lies and statistics.
But the beauty is the CCTV enabled the police to identify the person and then once they had them they found other clues about their person that were admissible. CCTV photos solved the crime. Without them the perp would have gotten off scott free. Thus CCTV does help solve crimes and is useful.
Still has nothing to do with drones, especially since those have higher resolution but facts are facts.
There is massive prior art in the public domain on this one so the patent is not valid. People have been whacking their devices, including phones, for thousands of years. One of the complaints about modern phones is they are too fragile to whack. Sure, MS can make one more rugged to take a whack and stop talking but that's not a non-obvious patentable idea. That's just a minor incremental improvement.
I'll just stay here on my mountain surrounded by my 400 ninja guard pigs and do target practice... Oops that one was a drone. Looked like a skeet to me.
"Renewable sources of energy are obviously a hit but they have as yet failed to live up to the hype."
This is sort of like saying in 5,000 BC that the wheel had as yet failed to live up to the hype. Or in 1700 AD the steam engine, or in 1930 nuclear medicine or in 1940 the transistor. These things take time to develop. Patience.
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This is wrong headed. The 'product' in all the other categories is non-existant yet 'creators' get to present 'simulations' of it be it a trailer, a drawing or a description.
Oh, and Kickstarter is a store. It is a store of ideas, of potential, of the future, where people who believe can back projects they want to be a part of, those they want to succeed, those they would like the product from. Kickstarter says so themselves, that the rewards should ideally be the product produced by the project.
You're thinking about it the wrong way. The new screw in each case is a challenge, a hurdle, an intelligence test. If you haven't got what it takes to figure out how to open the device then perhaps you shouldn't.
Too bad they fail to mention that this has happened before, repeatedly, over, and over, and over again. We're headed for a warmer, more diverse world where more of the land area is habitable by a wide diversity of species. We're in a cool period right now and things are correcting. Don't get confused or distracted by "Global Warming" or "Climate Change". The real issue is toxic pollution. PCBs, etc. Pay attention.
Don't worry, the market will sort this out. Most likely their code will fsk and the company will fail. Or change.
Pentalobe fasteners are not a big deal. New and different screws, nuts and bolts are all the rage. It's been happening for, what, the last century? More? Sometimes they're actually an improvement and stick in the industry as the next great thing. The tools become available very quickly, or some of us make our own...
You've got verbal diarhea. My statement has nothing to do with selective memory. I did not say "all" or anything of the sort. I said I love it when people (a set of some existing people) say things are impossible. Your own statement proceeded to back me up. Thank you.
You're also a coward. Too bad you don't feel confident enough about what you have to say to actually give your name and stand behind what you say. That right their drops the value of your statement into the negatives.
It's food so there is no sales tax in many places. Any places with a sales tax on food? Think of it this way, bacon is an essential basic food. Even vegans want and desperately need bacon. They consider bacon the gateway food back to temptation and meat eating. Two religions have banned bacon because it's sooo good. And it's good for you. What can be more essential than that?
There have been times when bacon was worth more than money, more than a billion German Marks at one point. 1923. Our chief economist Ben Shalom Bernanke is promising to print money to buy back debts so soon bacon may be worth more than money again.
We mine bacon here on Sugar Mountain Farm. It's all over the surface of our land. Each week we go out and herd some huge pieces back to our delivery truck and load them up. Did it last week and they are at the slaughter house now being changed from four legs to strips as we speak, er, write.
The great thing is ours are on pasture, no commercial grain or hog feed diet, and it produces delicious all natural pork and bacon. Pays the mortgage and beyond.
"the Transit function will be lost in 51 countries, the Traffic function will be lost in 24 countries, and the Street View function will be lost in 41 countries. 'In total, 63 countries with a combined population of 4.5 billion people will be without one or more of these features they previously had in iOS,' writes DeGusta. 'Apple is risking upsetting 65% of the world's population"
Wow! What a massive abuse of statistics that statement is... Get real. 4.5 billion people don't have iPhones. Talk about absurd statements.
Hmm... My experience has been entirely different. I've found Austin to be helpful and also very receptive to suggestions. I've been flying in X-Plane since the mid-1990's, when ever it was that it came out. It is a most excellent detailed flight simulator. Not a game but a simulator. Perhaps the difference in some people's experiences is a matter of how different people approach people.
Perhaps Microsoft has decided they need to make money instead of doing loss leaders.
I love it when people say things are impossible. Then they go whizzing backwards into forgotten history as the impossible becomes the norm. Tomorrow will be like today. The future will be surprising.
Bunnies are better.
Cheap hardware and software waste my time.
Quality tools let me get my work done.
Beware of false savings.
A better way to say it is that "some people innately have an easier time programming." That is true. Part is learned skill, part is how the person's mind works. It takes all types for many different things to make the world go round. Oh, wait, that's momentum. :)
As often is the case with these sort of things this is based on misleading and miss-interpreted data. Smartphones are personal computers. Sales have never been better. Usage has never been wider.
This is an example of bad statistics. Much like the newborn survival statistics. They're warped because some countries simply don't count children less than 100 days old which is when most deaths occur. Similarly with the education statistics some countries count only the students who are prepping at the advanced level or warp the stats in other ways. This is then used by various groups to further their own agendas such as increasing teacher pay, etc. Lies, damn lies and statistics.
But the beauty is the CCTV enabled the police to identify the person and then once they had them they found other clues about their person that were admissible. CCTV photos solved the crime. Without them the perp would have gotten off scott free. Thus CCTV does help solve crimes and is useful.
Still has nothing to do with drones, especially since those have higher resolution but facts are facts.
There is massive prior art in the public domain on this one so the patent is not valid. People have been whacking their devices, including phones, for thousands of years. One of the complaints about modern phones is they are too fragile to whack. Sure, MS can make one more rugged to take a whack and stop talking but that's not a non-obvious patentable idea. That's just a minor incremental improvement.
Patent rejected.
Not true. Several crimes in our state have been solved due to the perps being photographed by surveillance cameras at banks and businesses.
I'm not arguing pro or con on the drones, just correcting the facts.
I'll just stay here on my mountain surrounded by my 400 ninja guard pigs and do target practice... Oops that one was a drone. Looked like a skeet to me.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/14/1339255/easy-fix-for-software-patents-found-in-us-patent-act
...Dutch web surfers found all hyperlinks removed and that the world wide web was flat text. Pity them.
"Renewable sources of energy are obviously a hit but they have as yet failed to live up to the hype."
This is sort of like saying in 5,000 BC that the wheel had as yet failed to live up to the hype. Or in 1700 AD the steam engine, or in 1930 nuclear medicine or in 1940 the transistor. These things take time to develop. Patience.
You are a perfect example of why we need more people who understand math, economics and biology. You're wrong and that's okay. Don't feel too bad.