Seriously? You think that Stephen Elop's honest letter about the state of the company was what caused Nokia's downfall? I suppose you think Obama caused the recent recession as well?
Corruption? The board of directors of Nokia knew exactly what they were getting when they hired Elop away from Microsoft. They wanted the company to go in a different direction than the path of not-so-slow death meandering out into the snow that they'd been on for the last 6-7 years. Elop isn't responsible for the layoffs as much as he's the person with the unenviable job of taking the blame for them. The company was in trouble years ago, before Elop was there. He didn't inherit a healthy company that was an auto-pilotting cash machine. He inherited a broke down giant that had been spending far too much money developing custom software that was uneccessary and far too slow to market. The company was done before he got there. Now at least they have a chance.
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I was with you, until Elop announced that the flagship 920 was only going to be available on AT&T. He's playing the game like he has an iPhone on his hands that everyone will be clamoring for. That is incorrect. As fond as I am of the 920, it's isn't enough to get me to switch to AT&T.
I'd like to see Nokia succeed, but I think they need to play the game that they've entered, which is the put-your-best-foot-forward-and-scramble-for-everything-you-can-get game instead of the we're-doing-you-a-favor-by-allowing-you-to-buy-our-device game.
Unfortunately, Nokia didn't even have a hammer. It had a lackluster engineering corps that couldn't make smartphones to save it's life (almost literally).
And he should face the consequences of that decision, which should be a murder conviction. He's not being tried for disregarding a lawful order from anyone. The 911 was aware of the situation, advised him that police were on the way and that he should stay in his vehicle. He chose to escalate and should face the music for his decision.
I think you're wrong. I think people are going to buy the tablet and be satisfied with the software bumdled with it and what they can download off of the Windows Store. I think anyone concerned with legacy application support is going to know the difference between Windows RT and Windows 8. The lack of a DVD drive is going dissuade most people from even trying to load their legacy software. For the few people that do run into this issue, they can always bring their tablet back and upgrade to the Windows 8 version.
Wow. You haven't read any Hitchens or Dawkins, have you? If you had, you'd know that their arguments against religion they freely admit fall outside the realm of science and in the realm of conjecture. They're smart enough to realize that their opinions aren't science, even if they know what science is. Hitchens never even claimed to be a scientist.
I declare myself the victor for not bowing to the whims of a self-centered society that feels that any affront to personal freedom as egregious as an unwanted child should not be tolerated, particularly if the solution is as easy as killing said child before it gets cute.
As long as the system is in place that will squash him if he lets his guard down, he'd be a fool to go this route alone. Leaving your company exposed to frivolous litigation is not going to change anything but your position with the company. Amazon is not a sole proprietorship. Bezos has a responsiblity to his shareholders not to expose their investment to this kind of risk.
a) You are proposing to force your beliefs on others through the law
Yes. All the laws based on "Thou shalt not kill" should be stricken from the law.
b) Your point of view appears to be based on your emotional reaction to your son and other unknown biases, rather than any kind of rational or scientific argument about the nature of the foetus.
Science shows that a foetus is not part of the mother's body. Genetically, it's a different person. This fact seems lost on those advocating easy access to abortion. In fact, a life other than the mother's is being ended, and the only justification is that the child is too young to be capable of realizing it, a situation that extends well past birth.
c) You are clearly quite emotional about this issue, judging by the language you use. Again, not a rational or considered argument.
Simply displaying emotion is not grounds to dismiss an argument. The emotion itself may not be as compelling an argument, but the presence of emotion does not invalidate the argument automatically. If that were the case, then most of what Dawkins and Hitchens ever said on the subject would be invalidated.
All these kids today don't remember the paeans to the soul-killing, life-destroying assembly line jobs that were everywhere in the 70's and 80's. How quickly our country forgets.
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Maybe not the Surface, but Dell announced their RT tablet starting at $399 yesterday, too.
Seriously? You think that Stephen Elop's honest letter about the state of the company was what caused Nokia's downfall? I suppose you think Obama caused the recent recession as well?
Things have been going down hill since they let the 6-digit id's in. It used to be paradise here.
Anything that can display pr0n is not broken.
Wow, merge the two companies and make a super loser! This would have been a great idea 10 years ago when both companies were on the top of their game.
Corruption? The board of directors of Nokia knew exactly what they were getting when they hired Elop away from Microsoft. They wanted the company to go in a different direction than the path of not-so-slow death meandering out into the snow that they'd been on for the last 6-7 years. Elop isn't responsible for the layoffs as much as he's the person with the unenviable job of taking the blame for them. The company was in trouble years ago, before Elop was there. He didn't inherit a healthy company that was an auto-pilotting cash machine. He inherited a broke down giant that had been spending far too much money developing custom software that was uneccessary and far too slow to market. The company was done before he got there. Now at least they have a chance.
I was with you, until Elop announced that the flagship 920 was only going to be available on AT&T. He's playing the game like he has an iPhone on his hands that everyone will be clamoring for. That is incorrect. As fond as I am of the 920, it's isn't enough to get me to switch to AT&T.
I'd like to see Nokia succeed, but I think they need to play the game that they've entered, which is the put-your-best-foot-forward-and-scramble-for-everything-you-can-get game instead of the we're-doing-you-a-favor-by-allowing-you-to-buy-our-device game.
Unfortunately, Nokia didn't even have a hammer. It had a lackluster engineering corps that couldn't make smartphones to save it's life (almost literally).
They may have been talented, but they hardly produced anything. One phone. Not exactly a record of excellence.
Oh yeah, the talented Meego developers who spent 6 years to produce exactly one (1) phone. That's not talent worth crowing about.
I agree. Any software designed or modified using public funds should be freely redistributed for any use by the public. No GPL, BSD.
Wait a minute. I don't get it. Is a tack hammer some kind of new car?
I hope for the sake of justice that you're never on a jury for any case of importance. Your prejudice is showing.
Yeah, your prejudice against dumbasses with concealed weapons permits is showing.
And he should face the consequences of that decision, which should be a murder conviction. He's not being tried for disregarding a lawful order from anyone. The 911 was aware of the situation, advised him that police were on the way and that he should stay in his vehicle. He chose to escalate and should face the music for his decision.
Zimmerman was told to de-escalate the situation by the 911 operator by staying in his vehicle and instead he decided to escalate. That's murder.
I think you underestimate Joe Sixpack.
I think you're wrong. I think people are going to buy the tablet and be satisfied with the software bumdled with it and what they can download off of the Windows Store. I think anyone concerned with legacy application support is going to know the difference between Windows RT and Windows 8. The lack of a DVD drive is going dissuade most people from even trying to load their legacy software. For the few people that do run into this issue, they can always bring their tablet back and upgrade to the Windows 8 version.
Wow. You haven't read any Hitchens or Dawkins, have you? If you had, you'd know that their arguments against religion they freely admit fall outside the realm of science and in the realm of conjecture. They're smart enough to realize that their opinions aren't science, even if they know what science is. Hitchens never even claimed to be a scientist.
I declare myself the victor for not bowing to the whims of a self-centered society that feels that any affront to personal freedom as egregious as an unwanted child should not be tolerated, particularly if the solution is as easy as killing said child before it gets cute.
As long as the system is in place that will squash him if he lets his guard down, he'd be a fool to go this route alone. Leaving your company exposed to frivolous litigation is not going to change anything but your position with the company. Amazon is not a sole proprietorship. Bezos has a responsiblity to his shareholders not to expose their investment to this kind of risk.
Oh, so late term abortion is wrong. Thanks for capitulating.
All the resources being used to grow the fetus are taken from the mother.
Just like those pesky toddlers. Point taken.
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Because
a) You are proposing to force your beliefs on others through the law
Yes. All the laws based on "Thou shalt not kill" should be stricken from the law.
b) Your point of view appears to be based on your emotional reaction to your son and other unknown biases, rather than any kind of rational or scientific argument about the nature of the foetus.
Science shows that a foetus is not part of the mother's body. Genetically, it's a different person. This fact seems lost on those advocating easy access to abortion. In fact, a life other than the mother's is being ended, and the only justification is that the child is too young to be capable of realizing it, a situation that extends well past birth.
c) You are clearly quite emotional about this issue, judging by the language you use. Again, not a rational or considered argument.
Simply displaying emotion is not grounds to dismiss an argument. The emotion itself may not be as compelling an argument, but the presence of emotion does not invalidate the argument automatically. If that were the case, then most of what Dawkins and Hitchens ever said on the subject would be invalidated.
All these kids today don't remember the paeans to the soul-killing, life-destroying assembly line jobs that were everywhere in the 70's and 80's. How quickly our country forgets.