Yup. I've been driven away because the price is simply outrageous. and at that price point, a non replaceable battery makes it even more of a "not gonna buy it".
$600 and a non replaceable battery that will last 3 years is far more acceptable than $1400 and a non replaceable battery.
Microsoft needs to NOT chase the "thinner is better" at their pricepoint. they can easily make the battery replaceable and only make the device an extra 2mm thicker.
Except it's close to 2X the price of the ipad. That tends to blow it up hard.
And honestly the Surface is not the only game in town, Fujitsu Stylistic has a better build quality and honestly is a far more mature tablet PC platform.
Just root your phone and re-enable the SD card. even the stock android phone app will gladly take advantage of the SD card when the fix to the OS is added.
It's because of their culture. Being smart is "acting White" and they are shunned by their family and friends in the community. I have two great friends that chose science over social and they talk about how their culture is against being smart.
Ohh but we cant challenge a cultural fault like that , just like how it is taboo to point out how a religion is based on hatred.
AS the USA is a 3rd world backwater for internet speeds.
it seems Comcast is now playing the "congestion" bullshit claim that they cant do anything about it. in the evenings. Freaking only getting ISDN speeds after 8pm.
" Titanic served a useful purpose, it transported people across the sea."
No it didn't, it never, ever, made it across the sea. Titanic never served it's purpose, unless that purpose was to kill a lot of people in very cold waters in the middle of the atlantic.
No it's not. there are HUGE GAPS in the Geosync orbit. if there was something every 6 arc seconds, then I'd agree with you, but there's not. and honestly a lot of really old crap up there needs to be deorbited and replaced. The problem is all the companies are pulling "profits are the utmost mission" bullshit and not advancing communications like they should be.
20 minute visit with 120 seconds of the doctors time, 18 minutes of sitting in a room with only yourself. $325.00 if you dont have insurance and pay cash. Sorry, that is a complete ripoff, Doctors should be ashamed of themselves for charging that.
The ripoff that is the american health system starts with the Greedy asshole doctors.
The same number that Romneycare killed. remember, Obamacare is BASED ON good Ol' Mitt Romney, the GOP shining example's own Romney care that he put in place in his home state.
Are republicans so stupid that they can not see it's a Republican system? Because as a Democrat I wanted a system closer to Canadian Healthcare as it works.
Repubs made sure the insurance companies would be happy with it so they could get max profits. And that is what we got...... Romneycare.
"The first class mail delivery has to be opened to the competition, the USPS has a monopoly on it,"
Really? you cant send stuff via UPS or FedEx or DHL? Hmmm, I wonder how those letters I sent via FedEx got sent then.... Did they open them up and then drop them in the US Mail?
Adding adblocking to my android phone dropped monthly bandwidth usage by 25%. Many apps are so poorly written they continue to grab new ad's even while sitting in the background.
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Yup. I've been driven away because the price is simply outrageous. and at that price point, a non replaceable battery makes it even more of a "not gonna buy it".
$600 and a non replaceable battery that will last 3 years is far more acceptable than $1400 and a non replaceable battery.
Microsoft needs to NOT chase the "thinner is better" at their pricepoint. they can easily make the battery replaceable and only make the device an extra 2mm thicker.
Except it's close to 2X the price of the ipad. That tends to blow it up hard.
And honestly the Surface is not the only game in town, Fujitsu Stylistic has a better build quality and honestly is a far more mature tablet PC platform.
So how many of you have written your congress-critter and demanded they work to repeal the bad laws passed that are facilitating this?
Just root your phone and re-enable the SD card. even the stock android phone app will gladly take advantage of the SD card when the fix to the OS is added.
It's because of their culture. Being smart is "acting White" and they are shunned by their family and friends in the community. I have two great friends that chose science over social and they talk about how their culture is against being smart.
Ohh but we cant challenge a cultural fault like that , just like how it is taboo to point out how a religion is based on hatred.
Welcome to how public school was engineered to be.
It's not designed to create smart thinkers. It's designed to create good workers that don't question.
That is easy.
Step 1 - Get about $1,000,000 in cash.
Step 2- give Comcast that cash along with your content.
Step 3 - repeat this every 3 months.
It costs less if you only want a smaller region.
AS the USA is a 3rd world backwater for internet speeds.
it seems Comcast is now playing the "congestion" bullshit claim that they cant do anything about it. in the evenings. Freaking only getting ISDN speeds after 8pm.
Woman is as much to blame. In fact I see more tiny little blonde women driving Hummer H2's and Escalade XLT's alone than any other vehicle.
Blaming ALL this on men and not pointing the finger at women, the ones that are the real cause of global warming is Sexist.
Women are ALWAYS bitching about how cold it is, it's a fricking conspiracy, they have been trying to raise the temperatures for generations.
Incorrect. There are several games released that had NO DRM and have done very well and are very well designed/written/etc..
Are they maximizing profits? nope, but only scumbags care about maximizing profits.
" Titanic served a useful purpose, it transported people across the sea."
No it didn't, it never, ever, made it across the sea. Titanic never served it's purpose, unless that purpose was to kill a lot of people in very cold waters in the middle of the atlantic.
hahahahahaha! you are funny as hell. Nobody thinks VS is worth a shit. Not even the people that work on it at microsoft.
Absolutely, we could solve this ISIS problem in 12 hours, yes in 12 hours we could kill 90% of ISIS......and most of the middle east at the same time.
11 of those hours would be a bunch of fat rich men waving their dicks at each other pretending to be leaders.
No it's not. there are HUGE GAPS in the Geosync orbit. if there was something every 6 arc seconds, then I'd agree with you, but there's not. and honestly a lot of really old crap up there needs to be deorbited and replaced. The problem is all the companies are pulling "profits are the utmost mission" bullshit and not advancing communications like they should be.
A cascade up there would be quite nice, in a few thousand years it would flatten to a very pretty set of rings arond the planet.
That and the general public is dumb as a box of rocks in regards to technology.
Let me guess, any apps for this will require the Craptastic Microsoft development suite. Epic fail.
"Charging $75 for two baby aspirin is insanity."
No it's not insanity, It's Criminal and sociopathic to charge those rates.
Yet the populace is happy to pay it because they dont vote for or demand any change.
Google Glass even when heavily modified cant record more than a couple of minutes. Are these people complete morons?
They should ban the Samsung top of the line Smartwatch as it has a camera on it ZOMG!!!! it can be used to violate the precioussssssss.....
"I also don't hear any of the juevinile whining, and third grade antics out of any of them either."
Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Not the 3rd party candidates I see...
Doctors price gouge.
20 minute visit with 120 seconds of the doctors time, 18 minutes of sitting in a room with only yourself. $325.00 if you dont have insurance and pay cash. Sorry, that is a complete ripoff, Doctors should be ashamed of themselves for charging that.
The ripoff that is the american health system starts with the Greedy asshole doctors.
The same number that Romneycare killed. remember, Obamacare is BASED ON good Ol' Mitt Romney, the GOP shining example's own Romney care that he put in place in his home state.
Are republicans so stupid that they can not see it's a Republican system? Because as a Democrat I wanted a system closer to Canadian Healthcare as it works.
Repubs made sure the insurance companies would be happy with it so they could get max profits. And that is what we got...... Romneycare.
Problem is there is very few third party candidates.
Because voting for Republican or democrat is voting for the exact same group of corrupt scumbags.
"The first class mail delivery has to be opened to the competition, the USPS has a monopoly on it,"
Really? you cant send stuff via UPS or FedEx or DHL? Hmmm, I wonder how those letters I sent via FedEx got sent then.... Did they open them up and then drop them in the US Mail?
Adding adblocking to my android phone dropped monthly bandwidth usage by 25%. Many apps are so poorly written they continue to grab new ad's even while sitting in the background.