That's not why they suck. They suck because they charge over $500 to wrap mid-level hardware in a shiny unique package. They suck because they try to stifle development efforts that are not theirs or that deliver a competing service to theirs. They suck because they are a marketing and design driven technology company and not a engineering driven technology company. The old adage "Form follows function" doesn't apply at Apple. It's "function follows form, marketing and authoritarian control" for them. Luckily, their customer is doesn't care he or she just wants a kick-ass shiny toy he can show off.
The best bet is to not let anyone tell you how you should think. It can be a political candidate, a TV host, a church leader, a parent or a spouse. The converse is also true, don't try to tell anyone how to think.
You can watch this mess if you want but realize it a careful calculated effort to work you up.
Great, just great. That orbital Hefty bag is going to pull all that space junk down to Earth. One piece will land in the pacific ocean and it's nuclear reactor or cosmic radiation or stowaway aliens will awaken Godzilla and then where we be.
This might simply be a temporary decline based on the economic downturn. People have less money to be lost and are overall more hesitant to get involved in any transaction, fraudulant or legit.
So what you are proposing is some sort of carrion battery and then this carrion battery being used as maybe an ottoman or a mattress. This sounds like a great idea except for all the people who have tried this sort of thing before have been labeled as "crazy" or "serial killer", but once you get past that it should be smooth sailing.
Tree-huggers? Any good bureaucracy will have that washed away before anything of any possible value could come of it and luckily for us the US government is just the right mix of greed, mismanagement and pork barrel projects. The end result of this $50 million dollar project will probably be a report on why $50 million dollars was not enough.
I agree that autorun isn't completely wrong, but as always the weakest link in the security is the user. If you were to disable autorun, you could probably accomplish a similar effect by writing "execute the file named xxxx and enter your root password" on the disc or usb drive. Most users wouldn't question it for a second.
We could also move it into a low earth orbit and use it to sweep paths through all the obsolete satellites and other space junk that is up there. Maybe sell the naming and advertising rights to the highest bidder too.
I personally look forward to watching the Cialis Erectoid flying overhead.
In related news, China has also developed a wise cracking robot car and placed it in the body of a Trans-am. In addition to this exciting development, they have found a dead ringer for David Hasselhoff only he's 30 years younger.
That's brilliant. All government should punch up their official communications with movie and tv show clips.
The state of the union address would be much more exciting dubbed over a couple old episodes of the A-Team
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That's not why they suck. They suck because they charge over $500 to wrap mid-level hardware in a shiny unique package. They suck because they try to stifle development efforts that are not theirs or that deliver a competing service to theirs. They suck because they are a marketing and design driven technology company and not a engineering driven technology company. The old adage "Form follows function" doesn't apply at Apple. It's "function follows form, marketing and authoritarian control" for them. Luckily, their customer is doesn't care he or she just wants a kick-ass shiny toy he can show off.
"I will continue to try and teach people how to think, thank you very much."
Enjoy throwing away good time after bad.
The best bet is to not let anyone tell you how you should think. It can be a political candidate, a TV host, a church leader, a parent or a spouse. The converse is also true, don't try to tell anyone how to think.
You can watch this mess if you want but realize it a careful calculated effort to work you up.
That's funny. My car is essentially crap in the street.
In the picture, did that one guy wear a sweater that his mom made him?
They couldn't get past the l33tspeak and SMS language
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Great, just great. That orbital Hefty bag is going to pull all that space junk down to Earth. One piece will land in the pacific ocean and it's nuclear reactor or cosmic radiation or stowaway aliens will awaken Godzilla and then where we be.
I tried to throw an employer provided blackberry that fast when they called me at 3am.
Yeah, that was the original plan, but Billy Dee Williams was busy with a Colt 45 commercial so they went with plan B
This might simply be a temporary decline based on the economic downturn. People have less money to be lost and are overall more hesitant to get involved in any transaction, fraudulant or legit.
So what you are proposing is some sort of carrion battery and then this carrion battery being used as maybe an ottoman or a mattress. This sounds like a great idea except for all the people who have tried this sort of thing before have been labeled as "crazy" or "serial killer", but once you get past that it should be smooth sailing.
Tree-huggers? Any good bureaucracy will have that washed away before anything of any possible value could come of it and luckily for us the US government is just the right mix of greed, mismanagement and pork barrel projects. The end result of this $50 million dollar project will probably be a report on why $50 million dollars was not enough.
This sounds very much like Spinal Tap. My browser goes to 11.
I agree that autorun isn't completely wrong, but as always the weakest link in the security is the user. If you were to disable autorun, you could probably accomplish a similar effect by writing "execute the file named xxxx and enter your root password" on the disc or usb drive. Most users wouldn't question it for a second.
Can't you just get the software they use on CSI Miami and click "enhance" like a million times.
Sounds good to me. Have you considered running for office?
We could also move it into a low earth orbit and use it to sweep paths through all the obsolete satellites and other space junk that is up there. Maybe sell the naming and advertising rights to the highest bidder too. I personally look forward to watching the Cialis Erectoid flying overhead.
In related news, China has also developed a wise cracking robot car and placed it in the body of a Trans-am. In addition to this exciting development, they have found a dead ringer for David Hasselhoff only he's 30 years younger.
That's brilliant. All government should punch up their official communications with movie and tv show clips. The state of the union address would be much more exciting dubbed over a couple old episodes of the A-Team