The Borg are not limited to TNG. Voyager only ended in 2001, so it's not unreasonable to say that someone who is 20 years old has heard of the Borg from that.
Anyone under 25 wouldn't know what the Borg are? First, you're overreaching as I'm 26 and easily get the reference. Someone as much as 5-6 years younger than me would probably get it just fine. Second, even if they're younger than that, if they have never even heard of the Borg they probably aren't the type that comes here in the first place. Third, most people alive are 25 and over. I think it's fine.
Someone who only works on one thing at a time, and switches infrequently? There's no reason not to maximize use of your display space if you only need the space to be taken up by one thing.
I don't use clicky keyboards, and I still don't need to look at what I'm typing. I honestly don't understand the fascination either: the noise is so damned annoying, and there's no benefit to me (unless I'm out to piss off everyone within earshot)... but to each their own.
How is the reset button gone? Maybe on mass-produced crap like what Dell will give you, but I have never bought a computer case that didn't have a reset button.
You have never, not even once, used an IP address for troubleshooting purposes? It happens, and frequently enough that IPv6 is going to be a big pain in the ass in that respect.
But that doesn't matter. I'm going to use arbitrary numbers for the sake of making a point. If I have 100,000 customers, and you have 100, and there are 10,000 more potential customers out there, 5% growth for me is 5000 more customers. 66% growth for you is 65 more customers. Despite the fact that my percentage growth is lower, I have gained more customers and still have a far stronger position in the market than you.
Percentages are meaningless in a situation like this one; what matter are the absolute numbers. TFA doesn't provide us with real information, just massages statistics to make Apple look good (and I suppose we shouldn't expect better from "Apple Insider").
I also think you're incorrect that Mac sales would go down if there was market saturation (which there may not be, but it's probably reasonably close). Mac growth can include sales to almost anyone; PC growth can only include sales to those who don't have computers or are using Macs. These numbers get thrown way off by the disproportionate sizes of the install base, and TFA doesn't acknowledge that.
Exactly. Talking about "growth" like it's meaningful is ridiculous when you're already starting at near-complete dominance. There's not much room to grow there, whereas a competitor which doesn't have much marketshare has pretty much nowhere to go but up.
Basically, this article is someone trying to manipulate data to make Apple look (disproportionately) good rather than accurately inform. Go figure.
I'm still baffled as to how Facebook manages to make money, much less to the tune of how much they make. I can't deny that it happens, but it makes no damn sense.
Unfortunately, the same thing happened in Wisconsin relatively recently. Before then, the city I live in had a similar ban... although that at least led to some excellent comeuppance for the city. The bars in the city started to lose a lot of business to the bars in the neighboring town, which prompted the city with the ban to start pressuring its neighbors to pass a similar measure to even the playing field. I thought it was hilarious. Maybe if the city had been so concerned about the welfare of their local businesses, they should have listened to what apparently was the majority of those businesses' customers when considering the smoking ban. If the non-smokers who wanted to be in bars were so numerous, there would have been no problem... but it was another instance of the minority imposing their will. Imagine that.
I have no great desire to breathe in cigarette smoke, but businesses should damn well be able to run their affairs how they please. Telling a business they can't allow smoking isn't that far off from telling the citizenry they can't smoke at their neighbor's house, even if the neighbor permits it. It's ridiculous.
Wow, I can't believe you're that ready to hand over your rights to the government. They're YOUR rights, which you deserve simply by being alive (and as they're YOUR rights, you are the sole authority on when they have been violated). You don't deserve only the rights the government is willing to grant you. Stop thinking like a slave to the government, and start thinking like a free man. We may not be as free as we used to be, but that doesn't mean we have to be in a hurry to surrender control of our lives to the state either.
Yeah, I've noticed this behavior in various users (and even otherwise-knowledgeable colleagues!) too. Drives me insane, why would you ever do that? If you know you want to go to youtube, typing youtube.com in your address bar is easier than going to Google, then searching for "youtube", then clicking. Or better still, put a damn bookmark in place.
Also add pretending that AIM and Facebook address the same needs. AIM offers me real-time communication, Facebook does not (and no, the shitty chat function they added doesn't count. If it's not an app that installs natively to my system, it's useless.). I use both on a regular basis to this day, simply for different needs.
I disagree. There were occasional times I felt the controls were bad, but on the whole I felt they were very suitable. In general, I was very happy with the game. I don't know that I'll ever be able to play through it again, because it's not nearly as much fun knowing who the killer is at the end of a murder mystery, but it was an amazing game nonetheless. Worth the $60 I spent, certainly.
I don't think that one was about him, so much as about the poor guys who have to do IT work in a literal war zone. He just got in the story because he dealt with them, and is probably more accessible to whoever was writing the story.
Unfortunately, the key to a successful business is to give people what they want (possibly making them think they want it along the way). All of the crap mentioned in TFA is completely and utterly worthless shit... but then again, most people are idiots and will make it profitable (either through sales or providing eyes for advertising). I'm not thrilled that the majority of my peers will engage in this sort of laughable behavior, but unfortunately there's no indication that they're going to all grow brain stems any time soon, if ever.
Eh... I have a sense of intellectual curiosity, but I just cannot be bothered to give a fuck about this topic. Not caring doesn't imply I have no interest in learning things.
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Change starts with you. Sitting around talking about how things are hopeless only ensures that things really are hopeless.
The Borg are not limited to TNG. Voyager only ended in 2001, so it's not unreasonable to say that someone who is 20 years old has heard of the Borg from that.
Anyone under 25 wouldn't know what the Borg are? First, you're overreaching as I'm 26 and easily get the reference. Someone as much as 5-6 years younger than me would probably get it just fine. Second, even if they're younger than that, if they have never even heard of the Borg they probably aren't the type that comes here in the first place. Third, most people alive are 25 and over. I think it's fine.
mindless domineering psycho bitch that was quickly and EASILY replaced with an improved version.
Is that in reference to your first girlfriend, or turbo pascal? :P
Someone who only works on one thing at a time, and switches infrequently? There's no reason not to maximize use of your display space if you only need the space to be taken up by one thing.
I don't use clicky keyboards, and I still don't need to look at what I'm typing. I honestly don't understand the fascination either: the noise is so damned annoying, and there's no benefit to me (unless I'm out to piss off everyone within earshot)... but to each their own.
How is the reset button gone? Maybe on mass-produced crap like what Dell will give you, but I have never bought a computer case that didn't have a reset button.
You have never, not even once, used an IP address for troubleshooting purposes? It happens, and frequently enough that IPv6 is going to be a big pain in the ass in that respect.
Take a chill pill, dude. Jeebus.
But that doesn't matter. I'm going to use arbitrary numbers for the sake of making a point. If I have 100,000 customers, and you have 100, and there are 10,000 more potential customers out there, 5% growth for me is 5000 more customers. 66% growth for you is 65 more customers. Despite the fact that my percentage growth is lower, I have gained more customers and still have a far stronger position in the market than you.
Percentages are meaningless in a situation like this one; what matter are the absolute numbers. TFA doesn't provide us with real information, just massages statistics to make Apple look good (and I suppose we shouldn't expect better from "Apple Insider").
I also think you're incorrect that Mac sales would go down if there was market saturation (which there may not be, but it's probably reasonably close). Mac growth can include sales to almost anyone; PC growth can only include sales to those who don't have computers or are using Macs. These numbers get thrown way off by the disproportionate sizes of the install base, and TFA doesn't acknowledge that.
Exactly. Talking about "growth" like it's meaningful is ridiculous when you're already starting at near-complete dominance. There's not much room to grow there, whereas a competitor which doesn't have much marketshare has pretty much nowhere to go but up.
Basically, this article is someone trying to manipulate data to make Apple look (disproportionately) good rather than accurately inform. Go figure.
I'm still baffled as to how Facebook manages to make money, much less to the tune of how much they make. I can't deny that it happens, but it makes no damn sense.
You think that would be a good addition to a resume? Hmm....
*rewrites resume*
Unfortunately, the same thing happened in Wisconsin relatively recently. Before then, the city I live in had a similar ban... although that at least led to some excellent comeuppance for the city. The bars in the city started to lose a lot of business to the bars in the neighboring town, which prompted the city with the ban to start pressuring its neighbors to pass a similar measure to even the playing field. I thought it was hilarious. Maybe if the city had been so concerned about the welfare of their local businesses, they should have listened to what apparently was the majority of those businesses' customers when considering the smoking ban. If the non-smokers who wanted to be in bars were so numerous, there would have been no problem... but it was another instance of the minority imposing their will. Imagine that.
I have no great desire to breathe in cigarette smoke, but businesses should damn well be able to run their affairs how they please. Telling a business they can't allow smoking isn't that far off from telling the citizenry they can't smoke at their neighbor's house, even if the neighbor permits it. It's ridiculous.
Wow, I can't believe you're that ready to hand over your rights to the government. They're YOUR rights, which you deserve simply by being alive (and as they're YOUR rights, you are the sole authority on when they have been violated). You don't deserve only the rights the government is willing to grant you. Stop thinking like a slave to the government, and start thinking like a free man. We may not be as free as we used to be, but that doesn't mean we have to be in a hurry to surrender control of our lives to the state either.
I'm saying it never took away any of your rights in the first place.
Bullshit.
Ow. My brain... ow.
Yeah, I've noticed this behavior in various users (and even otherwise-knowledgeable colleagues!) too. Drives me insane, why would you ever do that? If you know you want to go to youtube, typing youtube.com in your address bar is easier than going to Google, then searching for "youtube", then clicking. Or better still, put a damn bookmark in place.
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Also add pretending that AIM and Facebook address the same needs. AIM offers me real-time communication, Facebook does not (and no, the shitty chat function they added doesn't count. If it's not an app that installs natively to my system, it's useless.). I use both on a regular basis to this day, simply for different needs.
It's also not true. There are various good, recent movies on Netflix. The 2009 Star Trek comes to mind.
I disagree. There were occasional times I felt the controls were bad, but on the whole I felt they were very suitable. In general, I was very happy with the game. I don't know that I'll ever be able to play through it again, because it's not nearly as much fun knowing who the killer is at the end of a murder mystery, but it was an amazing game nonetheless. Worth the $60 I spent, certainly.
I don't think that one was about him, so much as about the poor guys who have to do IT work in a literal war zone. He just got in the story because he dealt with them, and is probably more accessible to whoever was writing the story.
Unfortunately, the key to a successful business is to give people what they want (possibly making them think they want it along the way). All of the crap mentioned in TFA is completely and utterly worthless shit... but then again, most people are idiots and will make it profitable (either through sales or providing eyes for advertising). I'm not thrilled that the majority of my peers will engage in this sort of laughable behavior, but unfortunately there's no indication that they're going to all grow brain stems any time soon, if ever.
I know what it means. I just don't give a fuck. It's a boring problem that doesn't spark any interest in me at all.
Eh... I have a sense of intellectual curiosity, but I just cannot be bothered to give a fuck about this topic. Not caring doesn't imply I have no interest in learning things.