The reason for a termination isn't likely to be explicitly disclosed by Apple. To do that they would risk lawsuits. So yes, you'd see that they worked for Apple and now they don't. If you call Apple they might say they fired him (they may just say his employment was terminated and leave it at that), but they are unlikely to elaborate more than that for fear of being sued.
So of course LD50s measure toxicity. Your own retarded definition of "how much of a given substance will be lethal to half the test subjects" is toxicity. Perhaps you don't know what the word toxicity means?
Secondly, your nonsense about molecule weights, the difference between the molecular weight of caffeine and nicotine is small, 194 vs 162 g/mol. The difference in LD50 lethal dose is about 3 times.
I posted the LD50s for informational purposes. I made no comment on what it meant for the safety of e-cigs but I was merely responding to the comment in the summary that was stated as fact that nicotine was no more toxic than caffeine. That is clearly not true. So quit pretending to know what my motivation is and quit with your bullshit and irrelevant argument about molecule weight. Clearly you have no understanding of chemistry since substituted nicotine gives you a different fucking molecule.
Nicotine LD50: 50 mg/kg for rats and 3 mg/kg for mice. 40 - 60 mg (0.5-1.0 mg/kg) can be fatal for humans.
Caffeine LD50: 192 milligrams per kilogram in rats. Estimated to be about 150 to 200 milligrams per kilogram of body mass, roughly 80 to 100 cups of coffee for an average adult.
Nicotine is much more toxic to humans than caffeine.
I had a bad experience with a plumber one time. Should I say the entire profession is bad?
But this isn't one chiropractor, this is the British Chiropractic Association that claims to represent some (presumably large) portion of British Chiropractors. So no, one bad plumber doesn't reflect badly on all plumbers, but if a large plumbing association is behaving badly, it does reflect on all their members.
Actually, I don't think any of those athletes were pro. Pro != famous, you have to be paid to be pro. As for music, playwrights and actors, of course they had them, but without mass media, they didn't have kind of reach (for better or worse) as their modern counterparts.
And actually your example kinda reinforces my point that there are many people who were hailed in their time, but are now largely forgotten.
Yeah, it's tricky since there's no control experiment. If it wasn't for these conquerors the world today would be a very different place, but it's impossible to say if that would be better or worse. What we can probably say is that most of us wouldn't exist because I suspect that most everybody has a conqueror somewhere in their family tree.
I don't know about Genghis Khan, but Alexander was apparently hailed with all the hyperbolic praise and exaltation that could be mustered while he was alive. By the time of his death he had already entered into regional folklores.
Yeah, but they didn't have rock stars, pro-athletes and reality TV. David Beckham is worshiped in Bangkok. I'm sure lots of people were hailed in their time and then forgotten by history.
There are no Genghis Khans anymore, nor Alexander the Greats.
I'm not sure that isn't a good thing. Maybe you should pick some less psychotic examples.
Also I'd add that "greatness" is something that history tends to assess post-hoc. In 100 years time there maybe many 20th century luminaries who are considered as great and as significant as Genghis Khan or Alexander.
But as long as we are 'holding people to account', let's go all the way. Grab the CEOs of MPAA and RIAA and talk to them about the erosion of the public domain. Talk to Cheney about torture and the warcrimes tribunal. Let's get Albright, Kissinger, Bzhezinsky and talk about imperialism. And don't forget the fine folks from Arthur Anderson and Enron. The list goes on. Why don't you get THOSE people and hold THEM to account, you self-righteous prig!
Ermmm.....because this judge is Canadian? I don't think any of those people are in his jurisdiction.
Although TFA didn't state this, a bit of investigation reveals that the drive is external. Still, $140 for an external 500 GB drive is still a rip-off.
Interestingly, Seagate's own site seems to not actually list what movies are included.
What the hell are you talking about? The movies are DRM'ed and locked until you register with Seagate and pay for the privilege of watching them (except Star Trek - that one's free - after you register). RTFA.
Then you need to find some better retail channels to shop at. It's not clear from TFA whether this is supposed to be an internal or and external drive, but I'm assuming external. Even Best Buy has cheaper 500 GB external drives.
Also, the drive itself is about twice the price of the cheapest 500 GB drive you can find on Pricewatch. So even as a 500 GB drive (if you're not interested in paying to watch the movies) it's a rip-off.
And...without having read the book, obviously...this strikes me as the problem with this book. On the one hand it's telling the reader how to build a computer from components (a pretty advanced topic) and on the other hand it's hand-holding them through installing and using various softwares (a trivial topic - especially for somebody who knows how to build a computer from components). It seems like the book is simultaneously aimed at two different audiences.
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The reason for a termination isn't likely to be explicitly disclosed by Apple. To do that they would risk lawsuits. So yes, you'd see that they worked for Apple and now they don't. If you call Apple they might say they fired him (they may just say his employment was terminated and leave it at that), but they are unlikely to elaborate more than that for fear of being sued.
Two more things
LD50 figures are frequently used as a general indicator of a substance's acute toxicity.
From Median lethal dose
So of course LD50s measure toxicity. Your own retarded definition of "how much of a given substance will be lethal to half the test subjects" is toxicity. Perhaps you don't know what the word toxicity means?
Secondly, your nonsense about molecule weights, the difference between the molecular weight of caffeine and nicotine is small, 194 vs 162 g/mol. The difference in LD50 lethal dose is about 3 times.
Quit spouting bullshit.
I posted the LD50s for informational purposes. I made no comment on what it meant for the safety of e-cigs but I was merely responding to the comment in the summary that was stated as fact that nicotine was no more toxic than caffeine. That is clearly not true. So quit pretending to know what my motivation is and quit with your bullshit and irrelevant argument about molecule weight. Clearly you have no understanding of chemistry since substituted nicotine gives you a different fucking molecule.
Asshole.
Nicotine LD50: 50 mg/kg for rats and 3 mg/kg for mice. 40 - 60 mg (0.5-1.0 mg/kg) can be fatal for humans.
Caffeine LD50: 192 milligrams per kilogram in rats. Estimated to be about 150 to 200 milligrams per kilogram of body mass, roughly 80 to 100 cups of coffee for an average adult.
Nicotine is much more toxic to humans than caffeine.
Sources: Nicotine, caffeine.
I had a bad experience with a plumber one time. Should I say the entire profession is bad?
But this isn't one chiropractor, this is the British Chiropractic Association that claims to represent some (presumably large) portion of British Chiropractors. So no, one bad plumber doesn't reflect badly on all plumbers, but if a large plumbing association is behaving badly, it does reflect on all their members.
Actually, I don't think any of those athletes were pro. Pro != famous, you have to be paid to be pro. As for music, playwrights and actors, of course they had them, but without mass media, they didn't have kind of reach (for better or worse) as their modern counterparts.
And actually your example kinda reinforces my point that there are many people who were hailed in their time, but are now largely forgotten.
Yeah, it's tricky since there's no control experiment. If it wasn't for these conquerors the world today would be a very different place, but it's impossible to say if that would be better or worse. What we can probably say is that most of us wouldn't exist because I suspect that most everybody has a conqueror somewhere in their family tree.
Exactly.
I don't know about Genghis Khan, but Alexander was apparently hailed with all the hyperbolic praise and exaltation that could be mustered while he was alive. By the time of his death he had already entered into regional folklores.
Yeah, but they didn't have rock stars, pro-athletes and reality TV. David Beckham is worshiped in Bangkok. I'm sure lots of people were hailed in their time and then forgotten by history.
There are no Genghis Khans anymore, nor Alexander the Greats.
I'm not sure that isn't a good thing. Maybe you should pick some less psychotic examples.
Also I'd add that "greatness" is something that history tends to assess post-hoc. In 100 years time there maybe many 20th century luminaries who are considered as great and as significant as Genghis Khan or Alexander.
Read the update at the end of the original story. The posts in question were removed. Damn spoilsports.
Sheesh. RTFA much? Even the writeup?
Or even the title. Or even the FIRST WORD of the title.
Wow! Too slow on the post there. Mod me redundant.
Or "Mr. X is a moron....allegedly".
But as long as we are 'holding people to account', let's go all the way. Grab the CEOs of MPAA and RIAA and talk to them about the erosion of the public domain. Talk to Cheney about torture and the warcrimes tribunal. Let's get Albright, Kissinger, Bzhezinsky and talk about imperialism. And don't forget the fine folks from Arthur Anderson and Enron. The list goes on. Why don't you get THOSE people and hold THEM to account, you self-righteous prig!
Ermmm.....because this judge is Canadian? I don't think any of those people are in his jurisdiction.
I'm gonna guess, collecting user information and selling ads?
What will happen to the users of this phone if the social networks change?
Not a problem, most kids will trade in their phones every couple of years of so anyway.
Well, if that's what passes for humor where you're from...
Actually, it's this drive Seagate FreeAgent Go which is $100 on NewEgg. But, oohhh...it comes in pretty colors!
Although TFA didn't state this, a bit of investigation reveals that the drive is external. Still, $140 for an external 500 GB drive is still a rip-off.
Interestingly, Seagate's own site seems to not actually list what movies are included.
What the hell are you talking about? The movies are DRM'ed and locked until you register with Seagate and pay for the privilege of watching them (except Star Trek - that one's free - after you register). RTFA.
Then you need to find some better retail channels to shop at. It's not clear from TFA whether this is supposed to be an internal or and external drive, but I'm assuming external. Even Best Buy has cheaper 500 GB external drives.
Also, the drive itself is about twice the price of the cheapest 500 GB drive you can find on Pricewatch. So even as a 500 GB drive (if you're not interested in paying to watch the movies) it's a rip-off.
Don't be disingenuous, of course people would still complain.
And...without having read the book, obviously...this strikes me as the problem with this book. On the one hand it's telling the reader how to build a computer from components (a pretty advanced topic) and on the other hand it's hand-holding them through installing and using various softwares (a trivial topic - especially for somebody who knows how to build a computer from components). It seems like the book is simultaneously aimed at two different audiences.