Well gosh, if I get arrested (oops, I mean accosted by Federal agents with assault rifles and body armor) as a material witness, I'm going to be just thrilled that I'm not being held as a suspected terrorist, I'll be held because I might know a suspected terrorist. That will make me sleep oh so much better on my cot in solitary confinement.
You, and the Attorney General, are splitting hairs.
There's three off the top of my head. Inventions are rare in the computer industry, yes, but Apple is the exception. And, they've gotten rid of their aversion to "not invented here", allowing them to use good technology (USB, IDE, PCI, etc.) from other sources.
Do I like Apple? Yep. Sure do. Can't wait to be able to afford one of their machines. : )
I really disagree. I think the second, unaltered photo shows much worse muzzle discipline than the altered photo. In the first unaltered photo and the doctored photo, the (British!) soldier's shoulder is between the line of his rifle and the man in the blue shirt. The weapon is also apparently pointed more or less in a horizontal plane, and seems to be safely over the heads of the civilians.
In the second, unretouched photo, it/looks/ like the muzzle is depressed and pointed more closely at the crowd. That may be an artifact of the photographer's perspective, below the soldier.
In any case, it looks like the soldier's finger is actually on the weapon's trigger, as opposed to laying next to the trigger guard where it belongs. I don't know how the Brits train their soldiers, but I'm given to understand that that's a pretty serious no-no. The/last/ thing you do before you shoot something is put your finger on the trigger.
Whatever the conspiracy grognards say, that's NOT an American tank.
I don't believe any M1s in service are fitted with reactive armor. Particularly in an urban battlefield, it's a really rotten idea. Also, the M1 has one.50 cal and one 7.62mm machine guns on the upper deck. This tank has two 7.62's, and a.50 it looks like.
Somebody above posted that it was an Israeli tank, which is indeed possible. I'm no expert on armor.
My point is that "kindness" is a virtue that is unique to individual humans. It is no more associated with a corporation than "happy", "sad", "angry", or any other really tenuous anthropomorphizations you might bolt on.
A corporation is not a person. The legal "decision" that created this fallacy is the root of a lot of the problems I see today.
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Replace "user interface" with "user experience", and you've got it.
And if you think that Microsoft would permit Apple to compete with them on a free market basis, you're a crack fiend.
Apple's raison d'etre (that means "reason for being") is to sell a polished user experience that includes both software and hardware. That is how they make money. Switching to a software-only business model would be a) catastrophically difficult to do successfully and b) impossible as long as Steve Jobs is drawing breath.
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OK, let me walk you through this slow-like.
Where are most of the SUVs and the sedans that get less than 22mpg produced?
I'll give you a hint. It starts with "A" and ends with "Merica."
22mpg isn't dreadful gas mileage, but it's certainly nothing to write home about.
That's just absurd. One company buying up all the other companies is not a market. It's a market failure, called a "monopoly".
Remember when it was actually illegal to abuse monopoly power? Those were the days...
Yeah, and that Rosa Parks bitch should have just took her black ass to the back of the bus.
Obeying bad laws is not "good".
Uh, as a matter of fact, the Constitution IS the end all be all of our legal system. Otherwise, what's it for?
Yeah. He was arr...uh, accosted by federal agents in body armor toting assault rifles.
I'm pretty sure the distinction was lost on him.
"Don't mind the handcuffs and the guns, sir, you're not being arrested. Now you WILL come with us."
Well gosh, if I get arrested (oops, I mean accosted by Federal agents with assault rifles and body armor) as a material witness, I'm going to be just thrilled that I'm not being held as a suspected terrorist, I'll be held because I might know a suspected terrorist. That will make me sleep oh so much better on my cot in solitary confinement.
You, and the Attorney General, are splitting hairs.
Note that the number of legs somebody possesses is an integer value. Intelligence has far higher resolution.
Yeah, it was also a bit of a joke.
Blackmail for what? If she has nothing to hide, she has nothing to fear, right?
I'm an American. What am I doing?
Thanks for the backup. : )
There is more to QuickTime than Sorensen. And Apple was the first company to include video playback that's as easy to use as editing a text doc.
/LOT/ of development effort went into QuickTime (and QuickTime VR etc.)
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Apple. IEEE-1394.
Apple. ColorSync.
Apple. QuickTime.
There's three off the top of my head. Inventions are rare in the computer industry, yes, but Apple is the exception. And, they've gotten rid of their aversion to "not invented here", allowing them to use good technology (USB, IDE, PCI, etc.) from other sources.
Do I like Apple? Yep. Sure do. Can't wait to be able to afford one of their machines. : )
Unless and until you become a monopoly, you can give away whatever you damn well like.
First go read about the Sherman Anti-Trust act, and then familiarize yourself with the concept of a "loss-leader".
Financed and trained, yes. But the tank is an original Israeli design.
Screw all y'all. Gimme BBEdit or gimme death.
Uh, I'm an NPR listener. Like, right now. And I'll bet you a dollar that I'm a) way smarter than average and b) measurably smarter than you.
You're painting with a pretty broad brush there, Mr. Limbaugh.
I really disagree. I think the second, unaltered photo shows much worse muzzle discipline than the altered photo. In the first unaltered photo and the doctored photo, the (British!) soldier's shoulder is between the line of his rifle and the man in the blue shirt. The weapon is also apparently pointed more or less in a horizontal plane, and seems to be safely over the heads of the civilians.
/looks/ like the muzzle is depressed and pointed more closely at the crowd. That may be an artifact of the photographer's perspective, below the soldier.
/last/ thing you do before you shoot something is put your finger on the trigger.
In the second, unretouched photo, it
In any case, it looks like the soldier's finger is actually on the weapon's trigger, as opposed to laying next to the trigger guard where it belongs. I don't know how the Brits train their soldiers, but I'm given to understand that that's a pretty serious no-no. The
Whatever the conspiracy grognards say, that's NOT an American tank.
.50 cal and one 7.62mm machine guns on the upper deck. This tank has two 7.62's, and a .50 it looks like.
I don't believe any M1s in service are fitted with reactive armor. Particularly in an urban battlefield, it's a really rotten idea. Also, the M1 has one
Somebody above posted that it was an Israeli tank, which is indeed possible. I'm no expert on armor.
My point is that "kindness" is a virtue that is unique to individual humans. It is no more associated with a corporation than "happy", "sad", "angry", or any other really tenuous anthropomorphizations you might bolt on.
A corporation is not a person. The legal "decision" that created this fallacy is the root of a lot of the problems I see today.
Replace "user interface" with "user experience", and you've got it.
The user experience IS Apple's product. Period.
Uh, ALL of Apple's money is made on hardware.
And if you think that Microsoft would permit Apple to compete with them on a free market basis, you're a crack fiend.
Apple's raison d'etre (that means "reason for being") is to sell a polished user experience that includes both software and hardware. That is how they make money. Switching to a software-only business model would be a) catastrophically difficult to do successfully and b) impossible as long as Steve Jobs is drawing breath.
mod funny +1. I was wondering the same thing. : )
Name four publically traded corporations that can be described as "kind".
Yep. Exactly like that.
My favourite ones are the optical cables that have gold connectors on the ends. Somebody is not clear on the concept.