Pretty much what I was going to say. If the OP isn't literate enough to help his son build the machine surely he knows someone that is. Make it a father/son learning experience, something you can both do together.
The price is irrelevant. It's the principle. You don't milk people for money like this. It's bad form, it pissed people off, and pissed off people have long memories.
Despite being in a high-tech world and the consequences of the Osborne effect not a single tech company makes product announcements like this. Every single one gives many months notice of upcoming new releases. NO ONE does product announcements like this. And for a very good reason.
To blatantly say "yeah, we have this brand new board that's ready to go, we're just waiting for suckers to buy up all the old ones before we start selling it" is pretty damned stupid. They're sure not going to earn any good will or customer brownie points. They're just going to piss off everyone that bought one in the last month, or have recently ordered one and is still waiting for it to be shipped.
And I'll complain about anything I want, whenever I want, thankyouverymuch.
You mean like where Intel or AMD will announce new CPU/GPUs many months in advance, so you know what's coming in the future and can decide whether you want to buy their current offerings or wait for the new ones? Those kinds of computers?
But that ignores the "now I'm fucking pissed, will never give you any of my money again, and badmouth you till the end of time" effect that often accompanies the Osborne effect.
And what if by "curing" their alcoholism via genetic engineering you turn them into a raging psychopath? This is eugenics, plain and simple, and anyone who thinks it's a good idea really needs to be genetically modified to raise their IQ above 10.
It's a cash grab, pure and simple. They offer a service that is valuable to a number of people and monetize it as much as they can. Any attempt to rationalize the fee beyond this is simply obfuscation and outright lies. It costs absolutely nothing to flag a number as unlisted vs. listed.
Perfectly good nutrition for a rabbit perhaps. If humans were meant to be able to easily get all our nutrition from vegetables we'd be herbivores.
You need to get out more often. More and more people are developing allergies and sensitivities to soy and soy products. And the hormonal impact of eating large amounts of soy is well and clearly documented. Read a book once in awhile.
Please just stop. This is the biggest pile of bullshit I've read all week. Save it for vegan club. Humans are designed to eat meat. Done. If you want to play games with your health and not eat the things your body is intended to eat, hey, whatever makes you feel warm and squishy inside. But save the soap box speech. No one wants to hear it.
You are really delusional if you think humans are just going to give up eating meat in exchange for insects and algae. Like, dumber than a stump stoopid. Just not gonna happen. Ever.
They will either take matters into their own hands or stage a public outcry, forcing political pressure on those that would find a way to rectify the problem. Human beings are quite a resourceful lot. It may involve a drastic paradigm shift in agriculture, but whatever is necessary will be done. Humans aren't herbivores and never will be.
Eating like that is a one-way ticket to nutritional deficits. And what if you don't like soy? Or are allergic to soy? Or don't want the potential hormonal problems that comes with eating too much soy if you're a guy? Tough shit? Sorry, but no.
People simply will not tolerate being vegetarians, especially if it's not by their choosing. This article is complete and total bullshit. It's just more paranoid delusions, fear mongering, and doomsaying.
As far as I can tell meat prices aren't rising any faster than any other food products. The cost of ALL food is going up. And last time I checked it's significantly more expensive to eat vegetarian, as fresh fruits and vegetables cost a whole lot more per usable pound than meat and we need to eat a lot more of it to get comparable nutrition. What do you think is going to happen to vegetable prices if demand skyrockets due to untenable meat prices? No, humans will simply adapt to eating less meat and/or lower quality meat.
Sorry, this whole thing is simply bullshit, plain and simple. Insects and algae have NEVER been a staple of the human diet and never will be, no matter what this idiot thinks.
Will it also be able to force me to watch the commercials that have been physically removed from the torrents of TV shows I download cause I don't want to sit thru 20 minutes of fucking commercials every hour?
Oh for Christ's sake shut the fuck up. Removing the need to release a new driver every month frees up time to work on any issues that come up with new releases. It gives them more ability to fix things in a timely manner, not less.
What fucking bullshit. Want to know why guys can't connect with women? Cause all these chicks are either batshit crazy, spoiled rotten, and/or full of themselves; who are either gold-diggers, control freaks, or have this insanely unattainable idea of what a "real man" should be. They want everything to be exactly their way and to give up nothing, or worse, trap the men they set their sights on into a lifetime of alimony and child support. Sorry, but that's not how relationships work.
Who the hell would choose that nonsense over playing games and watching porn?
There's been talk of adding an Android emulation layer to webOS that would allow devices like the Touchpad to run Android apps. My guess is this meeting might have something to do with this. Hopefully. WebOS is an amazing platform but the lack of apps has all but killed it. Being able to run Android apps side-by-side with webOS apps would literally breath life back into the OS and allow it to move forward as a serious mobile contender.
Yeah, you'd think, but it doesn't really work that way. Most cashiers are performance-rated by how fast they process orders. They don't have the luxury of questioning every item that comes thru. Their job is to scan the items and collect the money, not loss prevention. Now if they were paid more and not treated like human hamster wheels then maybe you'd have a point.
Yes. Finally, we're all on the same page. Like I said, I learned from corporations that value money above all else. No morality, no right and wrong, no compassion, understanding, empathy, or goodwill. Just money, pure and simple. If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me.
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Pretty much what I was going to say. If the OP isn't literate enough to help his son build the machine surely he knows someone that is. Make it a father/son learning experience, something you can both do together.
The price is irrelevant. It's the principle. You don't milk people for money like this. It's bad form, it pissed people off, and pissed off people have long memories.
Despite being in a high-tech world and the consequences of the Osborne effect not a single tech company makes product announcements like this. Every single one gives many months notice of upcoming new releases. NO ONE does product announcements like this. And for a very good reason.
To blatantly say "yeah, we have this brand new board that's ready to go, we're just waiting for suckers to buy up all the old ones before we start selling it" is pretty damned stupid. They're sure not going to earn any good will or customer brownie points. They're just going to piss off everyone that bought one in the last month, or have recently ordered one and is still waiting for it to be shipped.
And I'll complain about anything I want, whenever I want, thankyouverymuch.
You mean like where Intel or AMD will announce new CPU/GPUs many months in advance, so you know what's coming in the future and can decide whether you want to buy their current offerings or wait for the new ones? Those kinds of computers?
Anyone else see the irony in Google patenting something Apple has been doing for decades?
But that ignores the "now I'm fucking pissed, will never give you any of my money again, and badmouth you till the end of time" effect that often accompanies the Osborne effect.
I just bought one a month ago. And NOW they release an updated board? Com'n, you couldn't warn us it was coming???
And what if by "curing" their alcoholism via genetic engineering you turn them into a raging psychopath? This is eugenics, plain and simple, and anyone who thinks it's a good idea really needs to be genetically modified to raise their IQ above 10.
It's a cash grab, pure and simple. They offer a service that is valuable to a number of people and monetize it as much as they can. Any attempt to rationalize the fee beyond this is simply obfuscation and outright lies. It costs absolutely nothing to flag a number as unlisted vs. listed.
Perfectly good nutrition for a rabbit perhaps. If humans were meant to be able to easily get all our nutrition from vegetables we'd be herbivores.
You need to get out more often. More and more people are developing allergies and sensitivities to soy and soy products. And the hormonal impact of eating large amounts of soy is well and clearly documented. Read a book once in awhile.
Please just stop. This is the biggest pile of bullshit I've read all week. Save it for vegan club. Humans are designed to eat meat. Done. If you want to play games with your health and not eat the things your body is intended to eat, hey, whatever makes you feel warm and squishy inside. But save the soap box speech. No one wants to hear it.
You are really delusional if you think humans are just going to give up eating meat in exchange for insects and algae. Like, dumber than a stump stoopid. Just not gonna happen. Ever.
They will either take matters into their own hands or stage a public outcry, forcing political pressure on those that would find a way to rectify the problem. Human beings are quite a resourceful lot. It may involve a drastic paradigm shift in agriculture, but whatever is necessary will be done. Humans aren't herbivores and never will be.
Eating like that is a one-way ticket to nutritional deficits. And what if you don't like soy? Or are allergic to soy? Or don't want the potential hormonal problems that comes with eating too much soy if you're a guy? Tough shit? Sorry, but no.
People simply will not tolerate being vegetarians, especially if it's not by their choosing. This article is complete and total bullshit. It's just more paranoid delusions, fear mongering, and doomsaying.
As far as I can tell meat prices aren't rising any faster than any other food products. The cost of ALL food is going up. And last time I checked it's significantly more expensive to eat vegetarian, as fresh fruits and vegetables cost a whole lot more per usable pound than meat and we need to eat a lot more of it to get comparable nutrition. What do you think is going to happen to vegetable prices if demand skyrockets due to untenable meat prices? No, humans will simply adapt to eating less meat and/or lower quality meat.
Sorry, this whole thing is simply bullshit, plain and simple. Insects and algae have NEVER been a staple of the human diet and never will be, no matter what this idiot thinks.
Another developer of crappy apps that no one wants to buy blames piracy for the lack of sales of his crappy apps. Yawn...
It's like watching the end of the horse and buggy, icebox, or gas lamp industries. Only with more copyright/extortion suits.
I'm pretty sure Apple has a patent for that. Expect to hear from their lawyers.
"a nuclear bomb hidden in a suitcase detonated in Washington could leave a headless government"
Can someone please do this the next time the House is in session? Thankssomuch.
Will it also be able to force me to watch the commercials that have been physically removed from the torrents of TV shows I download cause I don't want to sit thru 20 minutes of fucking commercials every hour?
Yeah, thought not.
Oh for Christ's sake shut the fuck up. Removing the need to release a new driver every month frees up time to work on any issues that come up with new releases. It gives them more ability to fix things in a timely manner, not less.
Spoken like an Nvidia fanboi.
What fucking bullshit. Want to know why guys can't connect with women? Cause all these chicks are either batshit crazy, spoiled rotten, and/or full of themselves; who are either gold-diggers, control freaks, or have this insanely unattainable idea of what a "real man" should be. They want everything to be exactly their way and to give up nothing, or worse, trap the men they set their sights on into a lifetime of alimony and child support. Sorry, but that's not how relationships work.
Who the hell would choose that nonsense over playing games and watching porn?
There's been talk of adding an Android emulation layer to webOS that would allow devices like the Touchpad to run Android apps. My guess is this meeting might have something to do with this. Hopefully. WebOS is an amazing platform but the lack of apps has all but killed it. Being able to run Android apps side-by-side with webOS apps would literally breath life back into the OS and allow it to move forward as a serious mobile contender.
So basically Tim is willing to talk so long as Samsung willingly acquiesces to all his demands and Apple isn't required to give up anything.
Perhaps he not doesn't realize that's not how mediation and arbitration works?
Yeah, you'd think, but it doesn't really work that way. Most cashiers are performance-rated by how fast they process orders. They don't have the luxury of questioning every item that comes thru. Their job is to scan the items and collect the money, not loss prevention. Now if they were paid more and not treated like human hamster wheels then maybe you'd have a point.
Yes. Finally, we're all on the same page. Like I said, I learned from corporations that value money above all else. No morality, no right and wrong, no compassion, understanding, empathy, or goodwill. Just money, pure and simple. If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me.