>Allies, NK has one very large ally. And it is aggressive.
The only big aggressive nation in existence today is the US. How often does China probe US airspace, hm? How many warships do they have sailing around pushing the limit on US territorial waters? How many "training exercises" do they have around the US? Do they have troops and weapons in Canada or Mexico trying to get control of them to put weapons on US borders? Every nation on earth added together isn't anywhere near the aggression shown by the US and that is without even looking at all the wars "against terrorism" etc.
Also, China is *not* an ally of NK. That is FOX NEWS level bullshit. The only reason China even care is because NK is on their border and because the US wants to be there too. You don't really believe the US is present in Korea for Koreans sake do you? That would be quite naive.
I doubt " the likes of Putin " has worse labs than the US. At least in the US there's a history of these kind of projects - testing on unwilling or uninformed humans.
Cost of public transport is practically irrelevant, no one picks it over driving because of cost.
Only if driving a car is cheap enough. Raise the price and at some point people stop driving their car. Clearly even the Danish prices are too low to force it though.
Let the consumer decided if performance is at a point where the phone needs to be replaced.
They did. Samsung sells what the consumer wants. That is why they are as big as they are. You and I might not agree but there is a reason why there isn't a huge selling Librem 6 Eco-friendly phone.
Some (most?) of the best motherboards (for builders, overclockers, ect.) has Realtek net and audio. Mine has Realtek and some crappy extras besides what the chipset supports for USB, SATA, net, etc. Those crap ones are Marvell and an Intel NIC that is even worse than going back to token ring.
Saying "Intel > Marvell > Realtek" tells me you have no clue what you are talking about. That's like saying a rocket is faster than a spoon. Well not for eating with!
>The U.S. government is not perfect but I think a great deal not as bad as the Chinese government....
>Chinese aggression against its weaker neighbors is legendary
Seriously, only ONE nation has meddled so much in other countries that it needs a whole article on Wikipedia for it self and it isn't China. If you put nations in leagues the US would be alone in Champions-league (well, maybe Israel would be up there too) and China would be down in 1. or 2. division.
What is it with people eating propaganda raw? Come on!
We don't take orders off the Americans either, as they're all-too-familiar.
What Europe do you live in? Clearly not the same as me! Pretty much all decisions made in Europe are done thinking what the US will think of it and how not to make master angry. So much that when "we" don't agree it is in every paper. Just look at the fines against Google by the EU or stories about Iran these days. Or look at the F-35...
Apple employs many marketing professionals, and is the most profitable corporation in the history of the world.
Please don't make up stuff just because you can. Apple isn't even in the top ten. The Dutch East India Company was a publicly traded corporation worth more than ten times as much as Apple.
Right, except for the fact that it is GPL software all the time. You can use it, change it, toss it around, print it and rescan it to code or even try to eat it. It is still GPL. You don't have to release the code but the code you don't have to release is GPL. Distribute it or not, that does not change the license. Distribution is not some magic trick that adds a layer of license to the code.
If you work on GPL material it is GPL whatever you do. You cannot distribute it under any other license. Doing so and saying it is a copyright violation "but hey sue me if you dare" is the same as saying you are aware it is GPL but you don't give a f***. Even though you don't give a f*** it is still GPL and you wouldn't stand a chance in court. You cannot change what others have decided about their code and that include how derived or extended works are licensed.
How do you know that no part of the windows selling price is for development of IE? Do you think all the apps in Windows is made by programmers in their free time and the OS itself is made when they are at work? Notepad, freecell, IE. Non of them are free.
Atoms are doing just fine. But you have to remember that we are talking computers here. No matter what you say about them someone will come by with anecdotal evidence that prove otherwise. Like *their* 128 kbps MP3's sound way better than FLAC and so on. It is a lost cause defending stuff like this here.
Do you dictate that for everyone or am I perhaps allowed to choose for myself what device best suit me?
I would rather use ChromeOS for that then a crappy phone (no, iphones are not "smart" when used for non-phone/computer stuff no matter what apple says) and who would want to buy a Wii to browse the web while playing on your Xbox or Playstation and then have to either have two TV's or switch channels back and forth? Saying there is no market for ChromeOS is like saying there is no market for a underpowered console like the Wii. I own a laptop but I never use it to browse or anything like that. It is a "Take with me when I fix computers for others-device". Why would I want to boot a slow laptop when my multi-core PC is in the same room and even boots faster? Yes, there IS a place for a small device used only for browsing and other web applications IF it does not come with a screen as small as a tiny phone who dreams of one day becoming a PC (Well, a MAC actually).
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>Allies, NK has one very large ally. And it is aggressive.
The only big aggressive nation in existence today is the US. How often does China probe US airspace, hm? How many warships do they have sailing around pushing the limit on US territorial waters? How many "training exercises" do they have around the US? Do they have troops and weapons in Canada or Mexico trying to get control of them to put weapons on US borders? Every nation on earth added together isn't anywhere near the aggression shown by the US and that is without even looking at all the wars "against terrorism" etc.
Also, China is *not* an ally of NK. That is FOX NEWS level bullshit. The only reason China even care is because NK is on their border and because the US wants to be there too. You don't really believe the US is present in Korea for Koreans sake do you? That would be quite naive.
I doubt " the likes of Putin " has worse labs than the US. At least in the US there's a history of these kind of projects - testing on unwilling or uninformed humans.
Cost of public transport is practically irrelevant, no one picks it over driving because of cost.
Only if driving a car is cheap enough. Raise the price and at some point people stop driving their car. Clearly even the Danish prices are too low to force it though.
The EU clearly said WA and FB could not be merged. Interesting what will happen.
Can't wait to get rid of Safari!
Is the App-store and Safari etc. bloatware in iOS? Or is it different when Apple does it?
Are you talking about Apple? Apple are exempt from laws like these. They are allowed to snoop and bloat.
I can finally delete the App-store and Safari!
Put Apple parts in it to make it even more explosive. Oh wait. Samsung parts ARE Apple part, just without an Apple logo.
Let the consumer decided if performance is at a point where the phone needs to be replaced.
They did. Samsung sells what the consumer wants. That is why they are as big as they are. You and I might not agree but there is a reason why there isn't a huge selling Librem 6 Eco-friendly phone.
Realtek is the lowest end.
Many cheapo all-in-one motherboards have them too
Some (most?) of the best motherboards (for builders, overclockers, ect.) has Realtek net and audio. Mine has Realtek and some crappy extras besides what the chipset supports for USB, SATA, net, etc. Those crap ones are Marvell and an Intel NIC that is even worse than going back to token ring. Saying "Intel > Marvell > Realtek" tells me you have no clue what you are talking about. That's like saying a rocket is faster than a spoon. Well not for eating with!
>The U.S. government is not perfect but I think a great deal not as bad as the Chinese government ....
>Chinese aggression against its weaker neighbors is legendary
Seriously, only ONE nation has meddled so much in other countries that it needs a whole article on Wikipedia for it self and it isn't China. If you put nations in leagues the US would be alone in Champions-league (well, maybe Israel would be up there too) and China would be down in 1. or 2. division.
What is it with people eating propaganda raw? Come on!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Not it didn't...... fakeTIMCOOK -_-
Bwhahahahah. You must be a huge Apple-fan. The drop in performance you mention was planned. Get out of your bubble bro.
We don't take orders off the Americans either, as they're all-too-familiar.
What Europe do you live in? Clearly not the same as me! Pretty much all decisions made in Europe are done thinking what the US will think of it and how not to make master angry. So much that when "we" don't agree it is in every paper. Just look at the fines against Google by the EU or stories about Iran these days. Or look at the F-35...
Apple employs many marketing professionals, and is the most profitable corporation in the history of the world.
Please don't make up stuff just because you can. Apple isn't even in the top ten. The Dutch East India Company was a publicly traded corporation worth more than ten times as much as Apple.
"The deal also reportedly includes having Goldman Sachs [FULL STOP]"
That is enough for me to stay far away from Apple. What's next? Equifax?
Right, except for the fact that it is GPL software all the time. You can use it, change it, toss it around, print it and rescan it to code or even try to eat it. It is still GPL. You don't have to release the code but the code you don't have to release is GPL. Distribute it or not, that does not change the license. Distribution is not some magic trick that adds a layer of license to the code.
If you work on GPL material it is GPL whatever you do. You cannot distribute it under any other license. Doing so and saying it is a copyright violation "but hey sue me if you dare" is the same as saying you are aware it is GPL but you don't give a f***. Even though you don't give a f*** it is still GPL and you wouldn't stand a chance in court. You cannot change what others have decided about their code and that include how derived or extended works are licensed.
How do you know that no part of the windows selling price is for development of IE? Do you think all the apps in Windows is made by programmers in their free time and the OS itself is made when they are at work? Notepad, freecell, IE. Non of them are free.
Atoms are doing just fine. But you have to remember that we are talking computers here. No matter what you say about them someone will come by with anecdotal evidence that prove otherwise. Like *their* 128 kbps MP3's sound way better than FLAC and so on. It is a lost cause defending stuff like this here.
Do you dictate that for everyone or am I perhaps allowed to choose for myself what device best suit me? I would rather use ChromeOS for that then a crappy phone (no, iphones are not "smart" when used for non-phone/computer stuff no matter what apple says) and who would want to buy a Wii to browse the web while playing on your Xbox or Playstation and then have to either have two TV's or switch channels back and forth? Saying there is no market for ChromeOS is like saying there is no market for a underpowered console like the Wii. I own a laptop but I never use it to browse or anything like that. It is a "Take with me when I fix computers for others-device". Why would I want to boot a slow laptop when my multi-core PC is in the same room and even boots faster? Yes, there IS a place for a small device used only for browsing and other web applications IF it does not come with a screen as small as a tiny phone who dreams of one day becoming a PC (Well, a MAC actually).
What?! Gimp in Arch is dependent on Pacman?
Reading this actually makes me think Arch users does not have a clue. What is your point?
Everyone knows that is a Windows feature. Not a GIMP bug ;-)