When you look back at the history of dodgy hinges, overheating problems, broken logic boards... I don't think it was any better under him.
Those were all more-or-less hidden problems. Jobs was fanatical about the look of his products, the impression they created. He'd have gone spare over something like this.
One of the large breast cancer charities has a slogan along the lines of "we (heart) boobies".
Well, you see, breast cancer is one of the approved causes. When you're one of the approved causes, you can't be offensive. You're just "refreshingly transgressive."
That's the key year. That's when "Steamboat Willie" was released. You're going to have to drive a stake through Disney's heart to have that year pass into the public domain.
Is this really the case for the overwhelming majority of employees at the overwhelming majority of organizations
Pretty much, yeah.
are there really that many people using Windows-specific applications for which there are no alternative?
It's not that there's no alternative, it's that they cut themselves off from the alternatives. You're looking at thousands of corporations (or more) that developed their solutions with no thought of portability, developing whole application systems that will only run on Microsoft platforms. Windows was what they had, so Windows is what they developed for. And now they're trapped.
All this is true, but they really do mean "cement". It's the manufacture of cement that makes all the CO2. Yes, that cement is then used to make concrete, but it's the cement manufacture that's the problem, not the concrete.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I websurfed, weak and weary, Over many a strange and spurious website of 'hot chicks galore', While through the net I went boring, suddenly there came a warning, And my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour. "'Tis not possible," I muttered, "give me back my cheap hardcore!" Quoth the server, "404".
Voyager 2 is also at 120 AU from earth, and is said to have left our solar system. So "farout" is outside?
All depends on your definition of where the boundary of the solar system is. The traditional definition is the heliopause, where the solar wind dies out in the interstellar medium, which happens at about 120 AU. However, it's long been known that there are planetoids orbiting the sun beyond the heliopause, referred to as the Oort Cloud. By the traditional definition, those are outside the solar system.
Jesus told you in the bible that you cannot eat lab grown meat...
Uh, you know that Jesus never laid down any dietary laws, right? In fact, he abrogated a number of more restrictive Judaic religious laws, which later Christians interpreted as including the dietary ones laid down by Moses et al., which is why (most) Christians don't keep kosher.
To me, an agnostic is someone who believes in a higher power which doesn't have a specific dogma attached to it.
The proper term for that is "theist". An agnostic is someone who makes no judgment as to whether there is a God or not, because he feels there's no convincing evidence one way or the other.
Why are said people using a 64-bit CPU in the first place, then? Let them use a 32-bit ARM CPU or something, and stop gimping the x86_64 architecture.
Because the architecture offers significant enhancements besides 64-bit pointers, and they want those enhancements without having 64-bit pointers for the reasons I stated.
Never understood who thought this was a good idea.
People under severe memory constraints who need to use pointers that take up only half the space? People under severe performance constraints who can't spare the cycles to copy 64-bit pointers or do 64-bit lookups?
Regardless of what he believes, that's what he's going to tell the committee. It's not like he's going to tell them, "We believe the average user has no idea how much information we're squirrelling away. We're essentially committing fraud here."
Something with no moving parts can still wear out--in particular the memory cells the SSDs use can only take a certain number of write cycles. So end the end, they break.
Yes, the Dems have the House, but they lost seats in the Senate, and a bunch of moderate Republicans dropped out of the Senate as well. Any attempt to reimpose net neutrality by legislation will never make it through the Senate.
Socialism and free market capitalism are not stochastic choices *blew your mind*
I never thought socialism and free market capitalism were randomly determined choices. Or do you just like using fancy words like "stochastic" without knowing what they mean?
I'll admit I don't use spreadsheets for much fancy work. So educate me. What vital functions does Excel do that LibreOffice Calc (or Gnumeric) doesn't?
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Those were all more-or-less hidden problems. Jobs was fanatical about the look of his products, the impression they created. He'd have gone spare over something like this.
"...with your order in about five minutes."
Well, you see, breast cancer is one of the approved causes. When you're one of the approved causes, you can't be offensive. You're just "refreshingly transgressive."
The problem isn't Mickey Mouse per se. It's that in order to defend Mickey Mouse, Disney is keeping everything out of the public domain.
That's the key year. That's when "Steamboat Willie" was released. You're going to have to drive a stake through Disney's heart to have that year pass into the public domain.
Pretty much, yeah.
It's not that there's no alternative, it's that they cut themselves off from the alternatives. You're looking at thousands of corporations (or more) that developed their solutions with no thought of portability, developing whole application systems that will only run on Microsoft platforms. Windows was what they had, so Windows is what they developed for. And now they're trapped.
All this is true, but they really do mean "cement". It's the manufacture of cement that makes all the CO2. Yes, that cement is then used to make concrete, but it's the cement manufacture that's the problem, not the concrete.
"They're not locked in, they just need to spend tens of thousands of dollars (at least) to switch!"
Of course it is. That doesn't mean that it's not a real problem.
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I websurfed, weak and weary,
Over many a strange and spurious website
of 'hot chicks galore',
While through the net I went boring,
suddenly there came a warning,
And my heart was filled with mourning,
mourning for my dear amour.
"'Tis not possible," I muttered,
"give me back my cheap hardcore!"
Quoth the server, "404".
All depends on your definition of where the boundary of the solar system is. The traditional definition is the heliopause, where the solar wind dies out in the interstellar medium, which happens at about 120 AU. However, it's long been known that there are planetoids orbiting the sun beyond the heliopause, referred to as the Oort Cloud. By the traditional definition, those are outside the solar system.
In fact, "cement" is simply another word for "glue." See "rubber cement".
Uh, you know that Jesus never laid down any dietary laws, right? In fact, he abrogated a number of more restrictive Judaic religious laws, which later Christians interpreted as including the dietary ones laid down by Moses et al., which is why (most) Christians don't keep kosher.
The proper term for that is "theist". An agnostic is someone who makes no judgment as to whether there is a God or not, because he feels there's no convincing evidence one way or the other.
So, how's those embroidered doublets and crackow shoes working out for you?
Because the architecture offers significant enhancements besides 64-bit pointers, and they want those enhancements without having 64-bit pointers for the reasons I stated.
People under severe memory constraints who need to use pointers that take up only half the space? People under severe performance constraints who can't spare the cycles to copy 64-bit pointers or do 64-bit lookups?
Regardless of what he believes, that's what he's going to tell the committee. It's not like he's going to tell them, "We believe the average user has no idea how much information we're squirrelling away. We're essentially committing fraud here."
Something with no moving parts can still wear out--in particular the memory cells the SSDs use can only take a certain number of write cycles. So end the end, they break.
Who else read the headline and thought Samsung was partnering with someone faking being a member of The Supremes?
Yes, the Dems have the House, but they lost seats in the Senate, and a bunch of moderate Republicans dropped out of the Senate as well. Any attempt to reimpose net neutrality by legislation will never make it through the Senate.
I though Chelsea was Obama's daughter...
People keep buying them.
I never thought socialism and free market capitalism were randomly determined choices. Or do you just like using fancy words like "stochastic" without knowing what they mean?
It's just that the riders aren't the ones paying for it.
I'll admit I don't use spreadsheets for much fancy work. So educate me. What vital functions does Excel do that LibreOffice Calc (or Gnumeric) doesn't?