the apple chargers don't just charge. the pins are dynamically assigned, you can connect them into the iphone or ipad any way you want. and they transfer data, unlike the android microUSB ones
most people want to go to a dealer and buy a car on the spot
toyota used to have a lot of customization, not sure now. i hated it. i wanted something simple but with leather. turns out there were only a few in the NYC area and they had lots of options i didn't want. because the dealers have to guess for their in stock cars
Honda is going to have 2014 cars with iOS powered systems that integrate with your iphone. apple said lots of other manufacturers have signed on as well.
so instead of buying an apple tv, roku, smart tv or blu ray player i'm going to buy this chromey thingy and stream netflix from my tablet? what else does it do? nothing? awesome. i can build a whole streaming network at the house with this because its so cool
i have an ipad 2 with broken glass and still very happy with it. i might fix the glass and use it for another 2-3 years. games work OK, email works and you don't need a quad core with the latest GPU to read a book on it
MS Office had a fairly low initial investment to write the software after which each incremental sale costs $0 to sell. or very little if you use a reseller. the sales guys would sell thousands of licenses to corporations who only needed a few CD's for all the users. not like you had to spend $100 to stamp each CD for every single potential user
in this case it costs a lot of money to buy the parts and build a surface tablet. there is no low incremental cost advantage.
its not that hard considering the fact that most of the current tech was developed in the 1970's and 80's by uncool companies like Apple, MS, AOL, Cisco and a few others.
people are just lazy and think that google invented everything and don't want to bother searching
i've had a computer since my first coleco vision in 1982 or 1983 and i'm always surprised how these start ups don't find prior art. we had the cloud back in the 80's
its probably a symptom of being a dumb 20 something where you think the old people are dumb and you are creating something cool and awesome for the first time and you are too lazy to do some of this boring grunt work like researching AOL and CompuServe from the 80's. i mean people of this generation will get the pox just thinking AOL
hire some old burnt out developer who started back in cobol and assembly. maybe basic as well feed him patents to read and shoot them down because he had probably done the same thing or read about it
the kids these days, all the know is dragging boxes in an IDE and typing a few words to connect them together
Well other movies lose money so you need some insane profitable movie to profit over the long term. Breaking even is the same as losing money since you spent money to make it and the money you earn is worth less due to inflation
And you still have to pay a lot of people based off box office gross
The us auto industry was never about making the best car It was a union jobs program and pension plan that just happened to make cars people outside the cities and away from universities were dumb enough to buy
nope, to get into west point or one of the other academies you have to be in the top 5% or so of your HS class. lots of these people are one of the top 2 people of the class. i've known west pointers in the army and they told me what it takes to get in. someone i work with, her son made it in but ended up going to NYU.
for a pilot you have to be an officer which means college first, more specifically the naval or air force academy which only take the top 5% or so. and you have to get a nomination from your congressperson. its like a 2 year process to apply in high school
its the same thing. baseball trade deadline is July 31. all the blogs are alive with trade rumors
Sports Illustrated will probably print these rumors in September and the actual trades right about the time one of the newly traded guys is looking at his world series ring
at this point to be a pilot you have to be in the top 5% of your HS class, go to the air force academy, go to flight school and then train on your aircraft
where to be an airline pilot all you need is to go to flight school and pass a test
this isn't the 70's and 80's. if you're in the top 5% of your HS class you can make a lot more money in medicine, banking, law and lots of other careers
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the apple chargers don't just charge. the pins are dynamically assigned, you can connect them into the iphone or ipad any way you want. and they transfer data, unlike the android microUSB ones
Old people have to go to community mailbox in their building
most people want to go to a dealer and buy a car on the spot
toyota used to have a lot of customization, not sure now. i hated it. i wanted something simple but with leather. turns out there were only a few in the NYC area and they had lots of options i didn't want. because the dealers have to guess for their in stock cars
apple warranty is you take it an apple store and they fix it
lenovo means you have to send it somewhere
They had those stupid car games people bought
try driving for more than 30 minutes with two smallish kids in the car
Honda is going to have 2014 cars with iOS powered systems that integrate with your iphone. apple said lots of other manufacturers have signed on as well.
because the speed limits are codified in law? in the driver handbooks as well?
so instead of buying an apple tv, roku, smart tv or blu ray player i'm going to buy this chromey thingy and stream netflix from my tablet? what else does it do? nothing? awesome. i can build a whole streaming network at the house with this because its so cool
geek thinking right there
i just got a galaxy s3
it sucks. laggy turd compared to my ipad 2 and iphone 5
no, android still sucks
i have an ipad 2 with broken glass and still very happy with it. i might fix the glass and use it for another 2-3 years. games work OK, email works and you don't need a quad core with the latest GPU to read a book on it
MS Office had a fairly low initial investment to write the software after which each incremental sale costs $0 to sell. or very little if you use a reseller. the sales guys would sell thousands of licenses to corporations who only needed a few CD's for all the users. not like you had to spend $100 to stamp each CD for every single potential user
in this case it costs a lot of money to buy the parts and build a surface tablet. there is no low incremental cost advantage.
no, pollution is something that damages life. gives people cancer, kills fish and other animals, kills trees, etc
light doesn't kill or hurt anyone. unless you are shining a light into the jungle where night time animals rely on cover to survive
why else would you shine a floodlight into a woman's window?
its not that hard considering the fact that most of the current tech was developed in the 1970's and 80's by uncool companies like Apple, MS, AOL, Cisco and a few others.
people are just lazy and think that google invented everything and don't want to bother searching
i've had a computer since my first coleco vision in 1982 or 1983 and i'm always surprised how these start ups don't find prior art. we had the cloud back in the 80's
its probably a symptom of being a dumb 20 something where you think the old people are dumb and you are creating something cool and awesome for the first time and you are too lazy to do some of this boring grunt work like researching AOL and CompuServe from the 80's. i mean people of this generation will get the pox just thinking AOL
hire some old burnt out developer who started back in cobol and assembly. maybe basic as well
feed him patents to read and shoot them down because he had probably done the same thing or read about it
the kids these days, all the know is dragging boxes in an IDE and typing a few words to connect them together
Well other movies lose money so you need some insane profitable movie to profit over the long term. Breaking even is the same as losing money since you spent money to make it and the money you earn is worth less due to inflation
And you still have to pay a lot of people based off box office gross
The us auto industry was never about making the best car
It was a union jobs program and pension plan that just happened to make cars people outside the cities and away from universities were dumb enough to buy
Blu ray is $25 or so
Movie theater is $30 plus the junk food and other costs to see a movie once
If they want people to pay premium prices offer a premium experience
Roomier seats
Kick out people making noise
No kids in adult movies
No babies
My baseball teamnis the marlins you insensitive clod
nope, to get into west point or one of the other academies you have to be in the top 5% or so of your HS class. lots of these people are one of the top 2 people of the class. i've known west pointers in the army and they told me what it takes to get in. someone i work with, her son made it in but ended up going to NYU.
you can't enlist and be a pilot
for a pilot you have to be an officer which means college first, more specifically the naval or air force academy which only take the top 5% or so. and you have to get a nomination from your congressperson. its like a 2 year process to apply in high school
its the same thing. baseball trade deadline is July 31. all the blogs are alive with trade rumors
Sports Illustrated will probably print these rumors in September and the actual trades right about the time one of the newly traded guys is looking at his world series ring
at this point to be a pilot you have to be in the top 5% of your HS class, go to the air force academy, go to flight school and then train on your aircraft
where to be an airline pilot all you need is to go to flight school and pass a test
this isn't the 70's and 80's. if you're in the top 5% of your HS class you can make a lot more money in medicine, banking, law and lots of other careers