How many times do people have to explain why stealing property is not the same as pirating software? We get it. You think that pirating software is wrong. Blatant logical fallacies will never prove your point. Pirating a copy of autoCAD will never stop anyone else from buying autoCAD. Stealing that house on the corner does stop someone from buying it.
But to turn your own example against you if a foreign housing market cannot afford US prices then it most certainly will not insist on charging US prices.
How much does Apple spend on marketing compared to Canonical? Should Canonical spend its whole budget on marketing instead of development? I'm sure you'll be the first to bring up how much money Apple has/is making. Well with that money they can afford lots and lots of marketing. And with lots and lots of marketing more people will know their name.
I'm not sure I can conscience getting rich off the back of taxpayers like that. I feel as though siphoning funds from society is also fairly harmful as a whole. I would be much more happy if those responsible were actually accountable and punished for their actions. Perhaps if they are found guilty of abusing their position they should be liable for the punitive damages.
You would not see little repair shops for today's technology because repairing it requires SMT machines. There are many reasons for the state of consumer goods today.
Planned obsolescence is only one of them and is not always true. There are definitely many times it is true. Such as Apple not putting a camera on the original ipad. Or Microsoft not including multiple taskbars in Windows 7. But not being able to fix/keep your DVD player working for 20 years has more to do with people wanting a $15 player and and a super HD one in 2 years than an evil company.
If they bought this domain and did not use it in the hope that apple (or someone else) would want it and be willing to pay them for it. That is domain squatting. Domain squatting has nothing at all to do with trademark infringement.
If we stopped rewarding this behavior with "We can't punish them! Investors!" maybe there'd be some more reputable companies.
You are right that cheating makes more money. But if people don't invest in cheating companies because it's a bad investment well then those companies won't make it too far will they?
"on-the-go" word processing is not likely Microsoft's main target for Word. The users that do perform on-the-go probably still do the majority of their word processing not on-the-go. It makes a great deal more sense to optimize for a much better working experience (ie a larger screen) that most people will be using anyway (Anyone who is going to spend hundreds of dollars on an office sweet probably also buys nice workspaces).
A 17" laptop with a "real" video card is normally referred to as a "desktop replacement". Their use is for someone who occasionally moves their computer from one desk to another. If you do a lot of carting a laptop around you should be using a slightly less powerful (so it doesn't use so much of your battery) 13" or so. If you move a tonne and don't need to do a lot of heavy work then you go for a netbook. Right tool for the right job and all that.
Just because people disagree with your opinion does not make them wrong, nor does it make them novices that don't know any better.
I kind of think that it is you that is confused about what obsolete means.
Obsolete does not mean broken. It does not reflect whether the device functions or not. An analog Tivo is very much obsolete by today's technology (the virtue of what made it obsolete does not affect it being obsolete). My 286 still does everything it was advertised to do but it is still obsolete.
I say this as purely hypothetical because I really know very little of Thai culture but if it marginalizes women they may also find the western culture towards women more attractive. We definitely treat our women more as equals than many other places. If anyone could shed some light on the state of women's rights in Thailand I would be curious to know.
Wow. Now I'm no parent but that has got to be the most unhealthy family relationship I have ever heard boasted as advice. You secretly spy on your children's private conversations. You clearly know it is wrong and that your children would not be okay with it because you will never admit it to them. Do you have spycams and microphones in their bedrooms as well? If my parents had have logged my private conversations I would have been furious. I absolutely would have never trusted them or ever confide in them.
You lie to their faces when they ask you a question because you are too arrogant to actually talk to them. You come across as the OCD aspergers IT guy that everybody hates because he's an asshole. You even refer to your children as "lusers". "Don't ask, don't tell" is not healthy; it is not considered healthy by any sane person.
You know what is part of growing up? Having private conversations that your parents do not know all the details to. If there is evidence of something being wrong you investigate. You don't log everything they do so you can secretly read what they say when they think they have privacy.
Fuck I feel bad for your children.
Funny how there was no gripe about the ~51 million iphone sales in comparison to the consoles above. It was clear there and above that this conversation was concerning platforms and install base.
"Selling the most right now" wasn't really what was under discussion. Not to mention your proof boils down to "I think that..."
Does it not bother you that the parameters have had to be redefined this much so that the iphone can still be defined as "the best"? First it was 51 million then it was most popular compared to competition. Then when that wasn't quite true either it was "Not smartphones. Not plural. Smartphone. Singular." so we're left with ~2.5million iphone fours according to you. I'm curious what you would say if it turned out a Curve model has outsold the iphone 4. Fall back to the 3GS?
But if you started with a 12", then get a 23" and loving its extra size call it a "super monitor" or anything that may denote its greater functionality. Then you go out and find a 14"; do you call that a monitor or a "mini super monitor"?
If the only different is size, even if that size makes for a different experience, then the only difference is size. Removing the extra size removes the extra functionality. This was the major flaw in what "BlueKitties" had posted. Actually a bigger flaw was claiming that iphone os on ipad and iphone os on ipod are more different than Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 5. That was really what dumbfounded me.
A swimming pool is still a tub by definition, that is exactly my point. If you shrink a swimming pool to the size of a bathtub would you still consider it a swimming pool? You can do things with a large body of water that you cannot do with a small but it is still a body of water.
So other than one being large and one being small; the larger being slightly more convenient to use what exactly is this drastic difference?
They are "based" on the same operating system in much the same manner as Windows Ultimate and Windows Professional are "based" on the same operating system. Meaning one has more ticks in the metaphorical "allow" checklist.
You claim that an ipad cannot be classified as a large ipod because of some "drastic difference" but all you list is: "Screen bigger, fit more stuff, fingers not in way".
Allow me to pose it to you this way. The larger form factor of the ipad allows it to be more easily used (this seems to be your only point). Removing this extra size would remove the added benefits of said extra size demoting this hypothetical mini-ipad to the usability region of an ipod. Which was the G*P's point when you stormed in stating they were incomparable and an ipad isn't a large ipod.
Just as drastic other than the fact that ipod touches and ipads run the same operating system, run on the same platform, run mostly the same software and use the same interface.
So other than one being large and one being small what exactly is this drastic difference?
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How many times do people have to explain why stealing property is not the same as pirating software? We get it. You think that pirating software is wrong. Blatant logical fallacies will never prove your point. Pirating a copy of autoCAD will never stop anyone else from buying autoCAD. Stealing that house on the corner does stop someone from buying it.
But to turn your own example against you if a foreign housing market cannot afford US prices then it most certainly will not insist on charging US prices.
That does not mean execution time will be the same.
How much does Apple spend on marketing compared to Canonical? Should Canonical spend its whole budget on marketing instead of development? I'm sure you'll be the first to bring up how much money Apple has/is making. Well with that money they can afford lots and lots of marketing. And with lots and lots of marketing more people will know their name.
I'm not sure I can conscience getting rich off the back of taxpayers like that. I feel as though siphoning funds from society is also fairly harmful as a whole. I would be much more happy if those responsible were actually accountable and punished for their actions. Perhaps if they are found guilty of abusing their position they should be liable for the punitive damages.
A PC. You could probably even install the next thing into it.
You would not see little repair shops for today's technology because repairing it requires SMT machines. There are many reasons for the state of consumer goods today.
Planned obsolescence is only one of them and is not always true. There are definitely many times it is true. Such as Apple not putting a camera on the original ipad. Or Microsoft not including multiple taskbars in Windows 7. But not being able to fix/keep your DVD player working for 20 years has more to do with people wanting a $15 player and and a super HD one in 2 years than an evil company.
Internet connections are also self-limiting. Your connection will not go above a certain rate. That rate will be distributed between all who use it.
Are you able to sue the people actually responsible? I doubt a lot of them care too much if you sue and win some tax dollars.
If they bought this domain and did not use it in the hope that apple (or someone else) would want it and be willing to pay them for it. That is domain squatting. Domain squatting has nothing at all to do with trademark infringement.
If we stopped rewarding this behavior with "We can't punish them! Investors!" maybe there'd be some more reputable companies.
You are right that cheating makes more money. But if people don't invest in cheating companies because it's a bad investment well then those companies won't make it too far will they?
Kind of. A personal identity is singular and is assumed to only exist for one person. If one person uses an identity it is assumed another is not.
Also using another's identity most certainly can and does bring harm to the creator/originator of that identity.
"on-the-go" word processing is not likely Microsoft's main target for Word. The users that do perform on-the-go probably still do the majority of their word processing not on-the-go. It makes a great deal more sense to optimize for a much better working experience (ie a larger screen) that most people will be using anyway (Anyone who is going to spend hundreds of dollars on an office sweet probably also buys nice workspaces).
A 17" laptop with a "real" video card is normally referred to as a "desktop replacement". Their use is for someone who occasionally moves their computer from one desk to another. If you do a lot of carting a laptop around you should be using a slightly less powerful (so it doesn't use so much of your battery) 13" or so. If you move a tonne and don't need to do a lot of heavy work then you go for a netbook. Right tool for the right job and all that.
Just because people disagree with your opinion does not make them wrong, nor does it make them novices that don't know any better.
I kind of think that it is you that is confused about what obsolete means.
Obsolete does not mean broken. It does not reflect whether the device functions or not. An analog Tivo is very much obsolete by today's technology (the virtue of what made it obsolete does not affect it being obsolete). My 286 still does everything it was advertised to do but it is still obsolete.
I say this as purely hypothetical because I really know very little of Thai culture but if it marginalizes women they may also find the western culture towards women more attractive. We definitely treat our women more as equals than many other places. If anyone could shed some light on the state of women's rights in Thailand I would be curious to know.
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Wow. Now I'm no parent but that has got to be the most unhealthy family relationship I have ever heard boasted as advice. You secretly spy on your children's private conversations. You clearly know it is wrong and that your children would not be okay with it because you will never admit it to them. Do you have spycams and microphones in their bedrooms as well? If my parents had have logged my private conversations I would have been furious. I absolutely would have never trusted them or ever confide in them.
You lie to their faces when they ask you a question because you are too arrogant to actually talk to them. You come across as the OCD aspergers IT guy that everybody hates because he's an asshole. You even refer to your children as "lusers". "Don't ask, don't tell" is not healthy; it is not considered healthy by any sane person.
You know what is part of growing up? Having private conversations that your parents do not know all the details to. If there is evidence of something being wrong you investigate. You don't log everything they do so you can secretly read what they say when they think they have privacy.
Fuck I feel bad for your children.
Tortoises are not mammals.
You are assuming the cure for cancer was ever actually needed. Cancer isn't destroying human kind nor does it even pose a threat.
Funny how there was no gripe about the ~51 million iphone sales in comparison to the consoles above. It was clear there and above that this conversation was concerning platforms and install base.
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"Selling the most right now" wasn't really what was under discussion. Not to mention your proof boils down to "I think that
Does it not bother you that the parameters have had to be redefined this much so that the iphone can still be defined as "the best"? First it was 51 million then it was most popular compared to competition. Then when that wasn't quite true either it was "Not smartphones. Not plural. Smartphone. Singular." so we're left with ~2.5million iphone fours according to you. I'm curious what you would say if it turned out a Curve model has outsold the iphone 4. Fall back to the 3GS?
Haha, please post your information confirming your assertion. I imagine you will find that iphone has no where near the most marketshare.
That's not true either I'm afraid.
But if you started with a 12", then get a 23" and loving its extra size call it a "super monitor" or anything that may denote its greater functionality. Then you go out and find a 14"; do you call that a monitor or a "mini super monitor"?
If the only different is size, even if that size makes for a different experience, then the only difference is size. Removing the extra size removes the extra functionality. This was the major flaw in what "BlueKitties" had posted. Actually a bigger flaw was claiming that iphone os on ipad and iphone os on ipod are more different than Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 5. That was really what dumbfounded me.
A swimming pool is still a tub by definition, that is exactly my point. If you shrink a swimming pool to the size of a bathtub would you still consider it a swimming pool? You can do things with a large body of water that you cannot do with a small but it is still a body of water.
So other than one being large and one being small; the larger being slightly more convenient to use what exactly is this drastic difference?
They are "based" on the same operating system in much the same manner as Windows Ultimate and Windows Professional are "based" on the same operating system. Meaning one has more ticks in the metaphorical "allow" checklist.
You claim that an ipad cannot be classified as a large ipod because of some "drastic difference" but all you list is: "Screen bigger, fit more stuff, fingers not in way".
Allow me to pose it to you this way. The larger form factor of the ipad allows it to be more easily used (this seems to be your only point). Removing this extra size would remove the added benefits of said extra size demoting this hypothetical mini-ipad to the usability region of an ipod. Which was the G*P's point when you stormed in stating they were incomparable and an ipad isn't a large ipod.
Just as drastic other than the fact that ipod touches and ipads run the same operating system, run on the same platform, run mostly the same software and use the same interface.
So other than one being large and one being small what exactly is this drastic difference?