Everything I've seen about the Galaxy suggests that it will retail stateside for between 200 - 400 Euro. (max $519). If they somehow manage to bring it in at $400 (or even a little more), I'm pretty much there. I'd love a great competitor to Apple's iStuff.
Many of these elite are sitting in positions within public corporations that rely on their boards to establish CEO pay and benefits. This might be OK if it weren't for the unseemly trend that has these boards being increasingly comprised of other executives/CEOs. That having been said, the "best talent" argument is a myth. It's merely a way to justify the upwardly spiraling pressure that this group can continue to put on its own compensation.
It's also a bad claim because the author who is aggregating all these ideas that "came from other people" may be able to do it in a way that provides greater value (that is, be of interest to more people). This is precisely why "standing on the shoulders of giants" works as well as it does.
The there is a reasonable implication that free alternatives are better, all things being equal - which includes, interestingly, the amount of time spent using/learning it.
To be fair, it's a lot worse than a "steak dinner, a Rolex, and a blow job." It's "contracts for family members, future employment opportunities, etc." I'd laugh at the thought that a president/congressman is simply a lobbyist in training- if it weren't so true.
So in other words, do what airlines do, but with computers. NOVEL! NOT! I'm not too irked, because I still have yet to buy a single thing from Amazon. Oh yes, I've been tempted a few times, but knowing that I've not provided any support for this kind of nonsense is much more fulfilling.
Bezos already has a find precedent for stupid patents. As long as companies are required to license use of the "one click" purchase, anything submitted by Amazon should be thoroughly scrutinized.
I suppose it's also possible to include multiple partitions on a single drive - any of them may or may not contain encrypted data. How is anyone going to make a determination as to which of these do and which don't?
Certainly not the government. Our "trust" has recently netted us one economic disaster, and one industrial catastrophe. I realize that the current method isn't optimal, but he who has the information, has the control. That having been said, I'd like to retain as much control as possible, especially when it comes to information that can be easily stored, profiled, shared, etc. One of *anything*, I'd argue, is a bad choice. Something about eggs, baskets, human nature, greed, power, etc.
I don't think this was missed at all. It's like any of the other "defects" that have showed up in Apple products. I'm tempted to believe that Apple knew quite well about this, but decided to go with it anyway because a) fixing it would involve removing some of the "sleek" factor and b) they knew that there would be such mass hysteria over acquiring the new product that it wouldn't matter - at first. It's all about taking calculated risks.
That having been said, it's precisely this attitude that destroyed my fan loyalty several years ago- I simply got tired of being bent over by Apple's marketing prowess. I still buy an Apple product every now and then, but the days of drooling all over myself at the mere mention of a new Apple product are LONG gone.
1. You don't get to make that determination yourself. However...
I'd be willing to buy into this if our government (Congress) wasn't working overtime to hide every detail possible with respect what is really going on. Making information classified has been trivialized to the point of absurdity. It doesn't take much of an IQ to realize that this kind of BS breeds a lack of trust (and rightly so).
...to correct its inaccuracy. It was through science that the early church was faced with the notion that the earth actually revolved around the sun, rather than the other way around. Galileo was labeled a heretic for presenting such an idea, but eventually the church had no choice but to accept reality.
For the record, Apple has made quite a few stupid UI decisions - my favorite is a copy of what Microsoft did with the Start menu: Start -> Turn Off Computer -> Restart. Huh?
Apple stakes its claim in the world of UI mess by including podcasts as a subset of "Music". Of course, there's always the complete and total exclusion of any kind of "Delete All" function for the email app, the thought being that you should be perfectly happy to click on every single one of a hundred or more emails...stupid.
Has anyone asked how this will affect the lead time required to get cars in motion once the light turns green? It's bad enough already with people futzing with cell phones, scratching god knows where, etc.
Speaker phones are a truly annoying mainstay of a modern office environment. I think part of the annoyance comes from the frequency range, since they often sound like loud transistor radios. Another part of the problem is that there is no volume normalization, so the phone is volume is often turned up to accommodate the softest voice - which means that the loudest voice is often VERY loud. Funny how they can compress the crap out of music audio (making it sound like crap), but they can't do jack with noise that comes from a phone (which sounds like crap anyway).
It's not just purchasing the movie that's at issue here. All of the movie's assets will also be available. Try to get something like that from Big Media, Inc. Other issues you haven't considered:
The projects undertaken by the Blender Foundation drive the development of Blender. The version 2.5 release that will accompany the Sintel movie features a complete overhaul of the UI and event system, as well as a host of new features.
There were at least three sprints that involved community participation - a request for a logo design, the creation of 3D content, and some refinement of the main characters. This is not something you will find with a commercial studio.
In summary, you're not just paying for "a movie" - you're supporting a different, completely open environment with respect to its creation.
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The funniest (and saddest) part of this is that someone actually thinks this will work.
Everything I've seen about the Galaxy suggests that it will retail stateside for between 200 - 400 Euro. (max $519). If they somehow manage to bring it in at $400 (or even a little more), I'm pretty much there. I'd love a great competitor to Apple's iStuff.
I just upgraded to IE 8 yesterday to verify a support issue.
Many of these elite are sitting in positions within public corporations that rely on their boards to establish CEO pay and benefits. This might be OK if it weren't for the unseemly trend that has these boards being increasingly comprised of other executives/CEOs. That having been said, the "best talent" argument is a myth. It's merely a way to justify the upwardly spiraling pressure that this group can continue to put on its own compensation.
Just reading your description of it makes me flinch.
Well, to keep more than one virtual page from turning at once.
It's also a bad claim because the author who is aggregating all these ideas that "came from other people" may be able to do it in a way that provides greater value (that is, be of interest to more people). This is precisely why "standing on the shoulders of giants" works as well as it does.
The there is a reasonable implication that free alternatives are better, all things being equal - which includes, interestingly, the amount of time spent using/learning it.
Would there be a "scandal" loophole?
To be fair, it's a lot worse than a "steak dinner, a Rolex, and a blow job." It's "contracts for family members, future employment opportunities, etc." I'd laugh at the thought that a president/congressman is simply a lobbyist in training- if it weren't so true.
So in other words, do what airlines do, but with computers. NOVEL! NOT! I'm not too irked, because I still have yet to buy a single thing from Amazon. Oh yes, I've been tempted a few times, but knowing that I've not provided any support for this kind of nonsense is much more fulfilling.
Bezos already has a find precedent for stupid patents. As long as companies are required to license use of the "one click" purchase, anything submitted by Amazon should be thoroughly scrutinized.
I suppose it's also possible to include multiple partitions on a single drive - any of them may or may not contain encrypted data. How is anyone going to make a determination as to which of these do and which don't?
Certainly not the government. Our "trust" has recently netted us one economic disaster, and one industrial catastrophe. I realize that the current method isn't optimal, but he who has the information, has the control. That having been said, I'd like to retain as much control as possible, especially when it comes to information that can be easily stored, profiled, shared, etc. One of *anything*, I'd argue, is a bad choice. Something about eggs, baskets, human nature, greed, power, etc.
I don't think this was missed at all. It's like any of the other "defects" that have showed up in Apple products. I'm tempted to believe that Apple knew quite well about this, but decided to go with it anyway because a) fixing it would involve removing some of the "sleek" factor and b) they knew that there would be such mass hysteria over acquiring the new product that it wouldn't matter - at first. It's all about taking calculated risks.
That having been said, it's precisely this attitude that destroyed my fan loyalty several years ago- I simply got tired of being bent over by Apple's marketing prowess. I still buy an Apple product every now and then, but the days of drooling all over myself at the mere mention of a new Apple product are LONG gone.
I'd mod this funny if I had points.
1. You don't get to make that determination yourself. However...
I'd be willing to buy into this if our government (Congress) wasn't working overtime to hide every detail possible with respect what is really going on. Making information classified has been trivialized to the point of absurdity. It doesn't take much of an IQ to realize that this kind of BS breeds a lack of trust (and rightly so).
No amount of creativity can defeat my choice to ignore the call.
...to correct its inaccuracy. It was through science that the early church was faced with the notion that the earth actually revolved around the sun, rather than the other way around. Galileo was labeled a heretic for presenting such an idea, but eventually the church had no choice but to accept reality.
For the record, Apple has made quite a few stupid UI decisions - my favorite is a copy of what Microsoft did with the Start menu: Start -> Turn Off Computer -> Restart. Huh?
Apple stakes its claim in the world of UI mess by including podcasts as a subset of "Music". Of course, there's always the complete and total exclusion of any kind of "Delete All" function for the email app, the thought being that you should be perfectly happy to click on every single one of a hundred or more emails...stupid.
My bad - I failed to read the entire paragraph. Your civil response is appreciated.
Has anyone asked how this will affect the lead time required to get cars in motion once the light turns green? It's bad enough already with people futzing with cell phones, scratching god knows where, etc.
And I'm guessing you won't have to be electronically strip-searched in order to do it. That's another win.
Speaker phones are a truly annoying mainstay of a modern office environment. I think part of the annoyance comes from the frequency range, since they often sound like loud transistor radios. Another part of the problem is that there is no volume normalization, so the phone is volume is often turned up to accommodate the softest voice - which means that the loudest voice is often VERY loud. Funny how they can compress the crap out of music audio (making it sound like crap), but they can't do jack with noise that comes from a phone (which sounds like crap anyway).
It's not just purchasing the movie that's at issue here. All of the movie's assets will also be available. Try to get something like that from Big Media, Inc. Other issues you haven't considered:
The projects undertaken by the Blender Foundation drive the development of Blender. The version 2.5 release that will accompany the Sintel movie features a complete overhaul of the UI and event system, as well as a host of new features.
There were at least three sprints that involved community participation - a request for a logo design, the creation of 3D content, and some refinement of the main characters. This is not something you will find with a commercial studio.
In summary, you're not just paying for "a movie" - you're supporting a different, completely open environment with respect to its creation.