A trailer is considerably more maneuverable than a 747. It also uses a lot less gas if defending a stationary target. And a lot less $$$ overhead just to mount a weapon.
Plus pretty much all of the other reasons why automakers are still around when aviation manufacturers can make stuff that *flies*
If you're going to make a claim like that, you should at least say why. If they're valid, legitimate patents then I see no reason why the company shouldn't make money off them. That's how the system works.
A real artist would have assembled windchimes of magnets and hard disk platters. As the breeze blows, it simultaneously plays the music and writes it to disk.
Better yet, they sell cases that block cell phone radiation now. Not phone skins, but cases to store the phone in. When they're not in use. To block the radiation that they're not giving off.
The current record for shortest war ever is the Anglo-Zanzibar war at 40 minutes. Even with nukes, it would be hard to beat that against any opponent larger than a city.
But bullies usually at least look intimidating. This is more like the underweight nerdy kid in the slow reading group playing with his Power Rangers action figures saying that someday, the Power Rangers will beat up the jock. The nerdy kid might be able to give the jock a black eye if he throws the action figure, but then the jock will beat the living shit out of him. And break the nerdy kid's toys.
Much the same reason Iran has released videos of its super mega awesome tech (which turned out to be toys and stock movie footage)... propaganda and posturing.
There's no history to back that up. However, history would suggest that it only takes two to end a major war. So maybe N Korea is just preparing to end three wars.
The only reason you know the above isn't true is because it's more logical than what N Korea usually comes up with.
Given that each one is a little different, my first guess would be that they're prototypes for testing different things. The US has certainly built enough non-functional or partially-functional prototypes over the years. And if you don't think we've paraded around prototypes for the masses, just go look at the space shuttle Enterprise - it never made it into space, but we still put it on display.
Bacterial DNA data storage actually makes more sense because each time the bacteria reproduces, it makes a copy of your data. It also actively corrects data corruption because mutated DNA is more likely to result in that particular organism dying, so to get your data back, you just need to read a bunch of samples and discard the ones that are not like the rest.
But you're still buying from Microsoft through a third party vendor. If I buy a TV from Best Buy and it has issues, I call Samsung, not Best Buy. With Google, you're not buying a product, period.
Windows 7 downloads drivers for all of my hardware, excepting only the really old stuff, the really new stuff and the really oddball stuff I order on eBay from Hong Kong. The only real issue I've had is with Dell and HP boxes, but I have a feeling that's more about Dell/HP not releasing the drivers to MS.
Open Source is more like a house full of IKEA furniture. You need some basic skills and sometimes a bit of improvising to get what you want, but the end result is pretty useable and very versatile, even if some of the edges are still a little rough.
Windows is a furnished apartment. It looks better and the stuff that you need is all there and works great. You need absolutely no skills because the landlord will take care of it, but you can't do a lot of renovations. Fortunately, your landlord has gone around to all the furniture stores in town and made sure that most furniture you can buy will fit in your apartment.
Where's your receipt or invoice for what you purchased from Google? That's the difference. If you pay for one of their products, you get pretty decent support.
I've never had to talk to a guy in India, I've always gotten an automated phone system. You read the key, it processes for a second then gives you a long-ass number to put in. It's a nuisance but less horrible than issues we've had with Adobe software activation.
The Fed already has jurisdiction over interstate commerce, so it seems like this would fit right in with what they already do. It also seems unlikely that states wouldn't want to collect more revenue, especially if the Fed is the one paying to put the system in place.
Personally, while I really don't want to pay more taxes, I don't see this as a bad thing (depending on implementation). You're already supposed to be paying this tax, so it's not a new tax but it does put the burden of reporting it on the company and not the individual.
If we keep this up, then eventually we'll have computers with negative power consumption and I can start using it as an air conditioner rather than a space heater.
Yes, under the hood, Windows 8 is Basically just Vista version 3 and you could argue that the Windows 7 GUI is just the Xth iteration of the Windows 95 GUI, but that's not exactly what we're talking about here. It's not about whether everything changed, it's about change itself. The big Vista change was all under the hood. The big Office 2007 change, as with Windows 8, is the GUI. It's the change itself that's relevant to my point, not what the change is.
I ran Windows 8 for about 4 months as my primary desktop. It does run *very* well even compared to Win 7 (which, in turn, runs better than XP on both my desktop and laptop). However, I found the GUI frustrating because it's not intuitive, it hides a lot of information that I want available and even though Windows 8 has some excellent multi-monitor support, Metro doesn't place nice at all with multiple monitors. I'd love to see a refinement where I could have Metro apps running on two or three monitors and the traditional desktop on the rest. I also noticed that there's some stability issues if you try using certain Metro apps (usually ones with video playback) at the same time as the regular desktop. It has potential (like Vista), but needs refinement (to make it a hit like 7).
Finally, the reason I stopped using Windows 8 after 4 months was because of stability issues. Some of it was caused by drivers (not MS's fault) but other parts of it is that 8 still needs a little time to mature.
The Antarctic research bases make your Navy tech look bleeding edge. It's all about how reliable you need something and older tech typically has few or no "unknown bugs" left to stumble upon.
Ford Explorer - If electronics fail, worst case is you have to call a tow truck. More likely, you just need to switch to AM/FM until you get around to fixing the radio.
Warship - Worst case, you get blown up. More likely, you'd have to withdraw from combat for a bit and can get a replacement flown in within a few days.
Antarctic Research base - Very limited supplies and the potential to go six months in darkness until a replacement can be flown in.
That's because a lot of manufacturers bundle together unrelated systems for upgrade packages. Want in-dash navigation? You have to get our Deluxe Travelling Upgrade for only $2499, which includes a moonroof, spoiler and complimentary handjob.
My smartphone holds 2GB, so I don't bother with it. Instead, I keep a bunch of CDs in my car to play music. If I had a smartphone with 100GB, I would probably still keep the CDs in my car so I don't need to worry about grabbing my phone or other portable device with a use outside of the vehicle (not to mention attracting theft if left inside the vehicle) every time I want to go for a ride. I'd much rather see a car radio with an SD card slot. This way, I have the option of leaving a 64GB card in there with the music I want, or swapping around a bunch of lower capacity cards. And if I wanted to, I could even swap a single card between my car, tablet and phone.
Win ME did it backwards compared to the other ones. ME was based on the 95/98 line and was a crapflop following a successful product and was the end of the line (after ME, MS ditched it's separate "consumer OS" and just made variations of the business line (NT) for consumers).
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If I've learned anything from Sid Meier, it's that spearmen are damned tough bastards to beat when they want to hold their ground.
A trailer is considerably more maneuverable than a 747. It also uses a lot less gas if defending a stationary target. And a lot less $$$ overhead just to mount a weapon.
Plus pretty much all of the other reasons why automakers are still around when aviation manufacturers can make stuff that *flies*
Why not?
If you're going to make a claim like that, you should at least say why. If they're valid, legitimate patents then I see no reason why the company shouldn't make money off them. That's how the system works.
A real artist would have assembled windchimes of magnets and hard disk platters. As the breeze blows, it simultaneously plays the music and writes it to disk.
Better yet, they sell cases that block cell phone radiation now. Not phone skins, but cases to store the phone in. When they're not in use. To block the radiation that they're not giving off.
The current record for shortest war ever is the Anglo-Zanzibar war at 40 minutes. Even with nukes, it would be hard to beat that against any opponent larger than a city.
But bullies usually at least look intimidating. This is more like the underweight nerdy kid in the slow reading group playing with his Power Rangers action figures saying that someday, the Power Rangers will beat up the jock. The nerdy kid might be able to give the jock a black eye if he throws the action figure, but then the jock will beat the living shit out of him. And break the nerdy kid's toys.
He's a doctor, not an egomaniacal third world leader with nuclear weapons and a taste for freaky porn!
Much the same reason Iran has released videos of its super mega awesome tech (which turned out to be toys and stock movie footage)... propaganda and posturing.
There's no history to back that up. However, history would suggest that it only takes two to end a major war. So maybe N Korea is just preparing to end three wars.
The only reason you know the above isn't true is because it's more logical than what N Korea usually comes up with.
Given that each one is a little different, my first guess would be that they're prototypes for testing different things. The US has certainly built enough non-functional or partially-functional prototypes over the years. And if you don't think we've paraded around prototypes for the masses, just go look at the space shuttle Enterprise - it never made it into space, but we still put it on display.
Bacterial DNA data storage actually makes more sense because each time the bacteria reproduces, it makes a copy of your data. It also actively corrects data corruption because mutated DNA is more likely to result in that particular organism dying, so to get your data back, you just need to read a bunch of samples and discard the ones that are not like the rest.
But you're still buying from Microsoft through a third party vendor. If I buy a TV from Best Buy and it has issues, I call Samsung, not Best Buy. With Google, you're not buying a product, period.
Windows 7 downloads drivers for all of my hardware, excepting only the really old stuff, the really new stuff and the really oddball stuff I order on eBay from Hong Kong. The only real issue I've had is with Dell and HP boxes, but I have a feeling that's more about Dell/HP not releasing the drivers to MS.
Open Source is more like a house full of IKEA furniture. You need some basic skills and sometimes a bit of improvising to get what you want, but the end result is pretty useable and very versatile, even if some of the edges are still a little rough.
Windows is a furnished apartment. It looks better and the stuff that you need is all there and works great. You need absolutely no skills because the landlord will take care of it, but you can't do a lot of renovations. Fortunately, your landlord has gone around to all the furniture stores in town and made sure that most furniture you can buy will fit in your apartment.
Where's your receipt or invoice for what you purchased from Google? That's the difference. If you pay for one of their products, you get pretty decent support.
Ok, explain to my grandmother how to get her beloved accept-no-substitutes ten year old greeting card software to work on OS X.
I've never had to talk to a guy in India, I've always gotten an automated phone system. You read the key, it processes for a second then gives you a long-ass number to put in. It's a nuisance but less horrible than issues we've had with Adobe software activation.
The Fed already has jurisdiction over interstate commerce, so it seems like this would fit right in with what they already do. It also seems unlikely that states wouldn't want to collect more revenue, especially if the Fed is the one paying to put the system in place.
Personally, while I really don't want to pay more taxes, I don't see this as a bad thing (depending on implementation). You're already supposed to be paying this tax, so it's not a new tax but it does put the burden of reporting it on the company and not the individual.
If we keep this up, then eventually we'll have computers with negative power consumption and I can start using it as an air conditioner rather than a space heater.
Yes, under the hood, Windows 8 is Basically just Vista version 3 and you could argue that the Windows 7 GUI is just the Xth iteration of the Windows 95 GUI, but that's not exactly what we're talking about here. It's not about whether everything changed, it's about change itself. The big Vista change was all under the hood. The big Office 2007 change, as with Windows 8, is the GUI. It's the change itself that's relevant to my point, not what the change is.
I ran Windows 8 for about 4 months as my primary desktop. It does run *very* well even compared to Win 7 (which, in turn, runs better than XP on both my desktop and laptop). However, I found the GUI frustrating because it's not intuitive, it hides a lot of information that I want available and even though Windows 8 has some excellent multi-monitor support, Metro doesn't place nice at all with multiple monitors. I'd love to see a refinement where I could have Metro apps running on two or three monitors and the traditional desktop on the rest. I also noticed that there's some stability issues if you try using certain Metro apps (usually ones with video playback) at the same time as the regular desktop. It has potential (like Vista), but needs refinement (to make it a hit like 7).
Finally, the reason I stopped using Windows 8 after 4 months was because of stability issues. Some of it was caused by drivers (not MS's fault) but other parts of it is that 8 still needs a little time to mature.
The Antarctic research bases make your Navy tech look bleeding edge. It's all about how reliable you need something and older tech typically has few or no "unknown bugs" left to stumble upon.
Ford Explorer - If electronics fail, worst case is you have to call a tow truck. More likely, you just need to switch to AM/FM until you get around to fixing the radio.
Warship - Worst case, you get blown up. More likely, you'd have to withdraw from combat for a bit and can get a replacement flown in within a few days.
Antarctic Research base - Very limited supplies and the potential to go six months in darkness until a replacement can be flown in.
That's because a lot of manufacturers bundle together unrelated systems for upgrade packages. Want in-dash navigation? You have to get our Deluxe Travelling Upgrade for only $2499, which includes a moonroof, spoiler and complimentary handjob.
My smartphone holds 2GB, so I don't bother with it. Instead, I keep a bunch of CDs in my car to play music. If I had a smartphone with 100GB, I would probably still keep the CDs in my car so I don't need to worry about grabbing my phone or other portable device with a use outside of the vehicle (not to mention attracting theft if left inside the vehicle) every time I want to go for a ride. I'd much rather see a car radio with an SD card slot. This way, I have the option of leaving a 64GB card in there with the music I want, or swapping around a bunch of lower capacity cards. And if I wanted to, I could even swap a single card between my car, tablet and phone.
Win ME did it backwards compared to the other ones. ME was based on the 95/98 line and was a crapflop following a successful product and was the end of the line (after ME, MS ditched it's separate "consumer OS" and just made variations of the business line (NT) for consumers).