We're talking about wired connections here, in particular, the advantages of a standard connector over a proprietary "dock" connector.
There are pros and cons on both sides. You see your points as advantages, but, as indicated above in the "why nerds can't market to the masses", none of that matters to most consumers out there.
No, they cannot. They are not "just private companies". They are part of the financial backbone and cannot simply pick and choose whose payments get processed and whose do not on this type of basis. View the world as black and white only and you miss the important details.
Why? What have they done. Or is it because they are the minions of the people who put the rules in place? In that case, is it OK to hate the military people for doing the same?
Either you've never experienced them or your experiences have not been the norm.
It's actually quite like what a compiler might have to do, think of 5 as variables going out of scope for example.
No, it's not like that at all. If the compiler performs calculations then the person following the steps would have to execute them for your analogy to be relevant. Try again.
Variables going out of scope would be more like losing your hands and voice...
Kids these days don't even wonder why they use words like "dial" with regard to their phones (since there's no rotatable disc or round face to indicate time or any other unit of measure). The odd person might give it a moment's thought at most.
Not gonna happen. To truly get rid of grossly overpaid celebrities (whether they're actors, athletes, whatever) you'd have to get rid of the grossly overpaying audiences. Not everyone's a slashdot geek eager to watch artificial actors.
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We're talking about wired connections here, in particular, the advantages of a standard connector over a proprietary "dock" connector.
There are pros and cons on both sides. You see your points as advantages, but, as indicated above in the "why nerds can't market to the masses", none of that matters to most consumers out there.
If I, as a handset manufacturer, do something like that, what differentiates me from any other Android handset manufacturer?
Seriously? The location of the USB port on Android devices is the only thing that differentiates them?
People don' t eat mud, right!?
You clearly have little experience with kids (not even much TV watching, not that it really counts, apparently).
No, they cannot. They are not "just private companies". They are part of the financial backbone and cannot simply pick and choose whose payments get processed and whose do not on this type of basis. View the world as black and white only and you miss the important details.
Your assumption is justification? Brilliant...
RTFA or even the parent you're responding to. The topic is DUI checkpoints. What part of "DUI checkpoint" doesn't involve a car?
We have no problems with that because we don't want to risk our health. Why can't we do the same for our security?
Because the TSA isn't about security. It's about security theater. There's a significant difference.
"Slime" keyboards don't convince me either.
Perhaps but a lot of southpaws do.
Nope. RTFA before you post this incorrect and irrelevant bit yet again...
You're right. Life isn't as simple as you imagine. RTFA to see why you're wrong.
Same answer: RTFA. Stop assuming that you know what it says.
I think you need to do some re-reading as you clearly missed something important above.
So he should have made Piranha 3D instead?
Oh come on -- it would be another reboot, of course.
What's that whooshing sound?
You know that cars from modern times have them as well, right?
It's actually quite like what a compiler might have to do, think of 5 as variables going out of scope for example.
No, it's not like that at all. If the compiler performs calculations then the person following the steps would have to execute them for your analogy to be relevant. Try again.
Variables going out of scope would be more like losing your hands and voice...
Kids these days don't even wonder why they use words like "dial" with regard to their phones (since there's no rotatable disc or round face to indicate time or any other unit of measure). The odd person might give it a moment's thought at most.
You're confusing "ignorance" with "bias". Art encompasses more than you define art as.
"The music industry's quality of output has been noticeably poor over the past few decades."
Way to confuse opinion with fact. Yeesh. Every generation makes that statement, grampa.
Not gonna happen. To truly get rid of grossly overpaid celebrities (whether they're actors, athletes, whatever) you'd have to get rid of the grossly overpaying audiences. Not everyone's a slashdot geek eager to watch artificial actors.
"but you no longer need to hire filming locations, stage stunts"
You clearly don't understand what motion capture is.
Bah. I have no problems with her tattoos and I'm not into trailer trash. You don't need sophisticated motion capture to remove tattoos.