They're trying to fund 6000 people for 12 years. That's 864k months. If you tried to give everyone a thousand bucks a month, this project would need a billion to be funded.
They're more afraid that the have-nots find out that pulling a gun trigger isn't that hard to do and that they may be on the receiving end. So keeping them busy working in salt mines is sure a good idea.
First, who wants that? Wireless charging is actually incredibly inconvenient under most circumstances. First, you can't use the phone sensibly while it's charging. Yes, you can pick up the phone and interrupt the charging to use it, but that does just that: It interrupts the charging process and drains the battery, increasing the time considerably that the phone spends on the charger, which is already longer than it would remain plugged in in the first place. Then, taking that charger with you to use it, e.g. at work or at a friend's place, is inconvenient to say the least. With the standardization of power adapters in phones today (ok, not with Apple, I know, but with pretty much any other phone), I don't even have to take my charger with me at all, it's near impossible that there isn't one where I am going to go. I would not count on that with this charging system.
And second question, does that mean Apple now plans to get rid of the power (plus whatever else) socket, too? Because then the aforementioned problem would sure be more than just a nuisance which could be avoided by simply using a normal data/power cord to charge them.
Yes, and that's what we need them for. Have you tried getting a sensible word spoken with managers and markedroids buzzing about and yelling over your head at the only technical person on the booth?
Besides, booth babes made it so much easier to identify the people worth talking to. If they leered at the girls from afar but didn't dare going closer than 10 feet - bingo.
Oh, so we're now valuing women based on the work they do rather than considering her valuable for just being a woman, yes? Let the MAN tell her what work she can do and what she cannot?
(Trust me, I can twist your words around better than you could ever straighten them, I've learned from the best)
Wow, you couldn't do that without an ad hominem? C'mon, did MS now even axe the money to train their shills? Don't tell me they outsource that to India now, too.
Anyway. aside of the "oh you don't know computers and it's so obvious I don't even have to point it out", what you offer is the usual "if you don't like it, make your own, preferably with blackjack and hookers" gambit. C'mon, you can do better than that. But ok, ok, I bite.
Making your own is pointless. For the exact same reason that the already existing superior OSs cannot succeed. And for exactly the same reason making a more consumer oriented movie player than the locked down and crippled BluRay players won't fly: You are fully dependent on the third party market. There is exactly two reasons why people use Windows. Companies, because it's too expensive to move to a new system and have all their custom built software redone, and private users because their games only run on Windows.
There isn't one single reason anyone wants to use Windows that is due to the Operating System's advantages. All Windows has to its advantage is that people want to run programs that are unavailable if they don't swallow the shit sandwich.
1. "Can it be disabled?" 2. "How much longer are we going to be able to disable it?" 3. "What will break in the process of this being disabled that I actually DO want from the system?"
These are honestly the 3 questions I have been asking EVERY SINGLE TIME Microsoft announced any new "feature" for an OS in the past 3 years. There was not a single instance of "hey, I've been waiting for that!" or "Now that's a good idea".
Microsoft increasingly reminds me of old Soviet times, where everyone knew the system was mostly done for and artificially propped up, with everyone knowing about the huge problems despite them being denied by the party, and huge and boisterous promises being made of what we'll have "really soon now", despite everyone knowing it's not ever coming to fruition. From time to time, some "achievements" were announced which either nobody really gave a shit about or that were simply and plainly fake. While at the same time the really pressing issues were never even addressed, let alone solved. There wasn't even an attempt to solve them. Instead, money was squandered away on gimmicky, flashy show projects that could be paraded. And the jokes reflect that from
"Little Vova, where's your dad?" "He's in orbit, but will be back in an hour." "And your mom?" "Oh, that could take a while, she queued for butter!"
to
"Comrades! In 5 years we'll all have cars!" "Yes, yes, but right now, we'd really need some toilet paper." "And comrades! In 10 years we'll all have our own house!" "Fine, whatever, but about that toilet paper..." "Shut up! Kiss my fuckin' ass!" "Great, so you have a solution for yourself, but what should we do?"
With games, the 20% off you get after 2 months IS already the clearance sale. The game is already on its way out, and any sale you may make after 2 months is one that you normally wouldn't make, on a product with zero per-unit costs.
Games are a very odd commodity in that aspect that they cost literally nothing per unit now. At least they had a low per-unit cost attached back when you actually had to produce at least a CD to ship it on.
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Because cost?
They're trying to fund 6000 people for 12 years. That's 864k months. If you tried to give everyone a thousand bucks a month, this project would need a billion to be funded.
What is this heresy you talk about! Don't make me bring in the Texan Inquisition!
Rich having less money, isn't that outlawed yet?
Nope. You have to feed and shelter slaves. Try that on a single low-level income in the US.
They're more afraid that the have-nots find out that pulling a gun trigger isn't that hard to do and that they may be on the receiving end. So keeping them busy working in salt mines is sure a good idea.
First, who wants that? Wireless charging is actually incredibly inconvenient under most circumstances. First, you can't use the phone sensibly while it's charging. Yes, you can pick up the phone and interrupt the charging to use it, but that does just that: It interrupts the charging process and drains the battery, increasing the time considerably that the phone spends on the charger, which is already longer than it would remain plugged in in the first place. Then, taking that charger with you to use it, e.g. at work or at a friend's place, is inconvenient to say the least. With the standardization of power adapters in phones today (ok, not with Apple, I know, but with pretty much any other phone), I don't even have to take my charger with me at all, it's near impossible that there isn't one where I am going to go. I would not count on that with this charging system.
And second question, does that mean Apple now plans to get rid of the power (plus whatever else) socket, too? Because then the aforementioned problem would sure be more than just a nuisance which could be avoided by simply using a normal data/power cord to charge them.
Yes, and that's what we need them for. Have you tried getting a sensible word spoken with managers and markedroids buzzing about and yelling over your head at the only technical person on the booth?
Besides, booth babes made it so much easier to identify the people worth talking to. If they leered at the girls from afar but didn't dare going closer than 10 feet - bingo.
Make American boobs great again!
No. Why? They are used to being exploited for an agenda, it's not like you have to ask them.
Set it to a temperature that's comfortable to her. He's going to sweat either way, anyway.
*sputter* Sales .... meritocracy?
Next you're going to try to tell us that the better product should make the sale. That's crazy talk.
Just come in that outfit and if anyone complains about it, create a huge scene and yell that you're persecuted for just being who you are.
That's how it's done now as far as I can tell.
So MEN are now dictating what a woman can or cannot wear?
Oh, so we're now valuing women based on the work they do rather than considering her valuable for just being a woman, yes? Let the MAN tell her what work she can do and what she cannot?
(Trust me, I can twist your words around better than you could ever straighten them, I've learned from the best)
I do care that the files were taken down. I don't care who did it. I do care who puts them back.
I don't care who makes mistakes or who drops the ball. I care for who fixes them and gets the system back in order.
Wow, you couldn't do that without an ad hominem? C'mon, did MS now even axe the money to train their shills? Don't tell me they outsource that to India now, too.
Anyway. aside of the "oh you don't know computers and it's so obvious I don't even have to point it out", what you offer is the usual "if you don't like it, make your own, preferably with blackjack and hookers" gambit. C'mon, you can do better than that. But ok, ok, I bite.
Making your own is pointless. For the exact same reason that the already existing superior OSs cannot succeed. And for exactly the same reason making a more consumer oriented movie player than the locked down and crippled BluRay players won't fly: You are fully dependent on the third party market. There is exactly two reasons why people use Windows. Companies, because it's too expensive to move to a new system and have all their custom built software redone, and private users because their games only run on Windows.
There isn't one single reason anyone wants to use Windows that is due to the Operating System's advantages. All Windows has to its advantage is that people want to run programs that are unavailable if they don't swallow the shit sandwich.
1. "Can it be disabled?"
2. "How much longer are we going to be able to disable it?"
3. "What will break in the process of this being disabled that I actually DO want from the system?"
These are honestly the 3 questions I have been asking EVERY SINGLE TIME Microsoft announced any new "feature" for an OS in the past 3 years. There was not a single instance of "hey, I've been waiting for that!" or "Now that's a good idea".
Not
a
single
one
Promising something is the easy way to get an annoying asshole out of your hair.
Microsoft increasingly reminds me of old Soviet times, where everyone knew the system was mostly done for and artificially propped up, with everyone knowing about the huge problems despite them being denied by the party, and huge and boisterous promises being made of what we'll have "really soon now", despite everyone knowing it's not ever coming to fruition. From time to time, some "achievements" were announced which either nobody really gave a shit about or that were simply and plainly fake. While at the same time the really pressing issues were never even addressed, let alone solved. There wasn't even an attempt to solve them. Instead, money was squandered away on gimmicky, flashy show projects that could be paraded. And the jokes reflect that from
"Little Vova, where's your dad?"
"He's in orbit, but will be back in an hour."
"And your mom?"
"Oh, that could take a while, she queued for butter!"
to
"Comrades! In 5 years we'll all have cars!"
"Yes, yes, but right now, we'd really need some toilet paper."
"And comrades! In 10 years we'll all have our own house!"
"Fine, whatever, but about that toilet paper..."
"Shut up! Kiss my fuckin' ass!"
"Great, so you have a solution for yourself, but what should we do?"
First, can it be disabled?
Second, when are you going to fix the spying?
Everything else, please talk it into the box over there, I'll ignore later.
With games, the 20% off you get after 2 months IS already the clearance sale. The game is already on its way out, and any sale you may make after 2 months is one that you normally wouldn't make, on a product with zero per-unit costs.
Games are a very odd commodity in that aspect that they cost literally nothing per unit now. At least they had a low per-unit cost attached back when you actually had to produce at least a CD to ship it on.
I said "protect feelings and safe spaces". As in, of many people. Not just one single egomaniac.
I don't know. I don't care. Mod me down. I have more Karma to burn than any of them have modpoints.
Piranhas going into a feeding frenzy as soon as they smell blood. That's noteworthy now?
Corporations have been promoted from people to humans now?
I've read a lot of batshit insane crap on /. throughout the years, but I guess this is the current leader in the "bullshit of the year" award race.