First of all, most modern car stereos do much more than play the radio or act as an amplifier for an mp3 player. They also serve as controllers and displays for other computing units in the car. How will the Apple head unit reset the maintenance reminder?
Further, the head unit is probably the best piece of a stock car audio system. Money would be much better spent upgrading the speakers, or adding an external amp with a subwoofer.
And another step further, Apple can shove In-App-Purchases up it's own ass. Definitely not gonna make an entrance in my car.
bugs are not the issue. it's how systems get updated once the bugs are fixed. without automatic security updates, heartbleed will be with us for a long long time.
All of those idiots will be looking for new jobs as soon as Brendan Eich sues them to oblivion anyway. Wanted to be the better men? They should've come out and -DEFENDED- him, showing that the way forward is to get along, even if we have different views.
This will be a slam dunk discrimination lawsuit, with a nice big settlement.
immediately follows it up with some shit about how women are different
I think you are the one needing some perspective. Pull out an anatomy book. Look at them. They are different. Freaking awesome different. Which is why dudes always want them "involved in tech". The reason is of course different, having nothing to do with "tech" and a lot more with "biology"
You know what, maybe that's the reason why there are no women in "tech". Why the hell would they want to hang around with some creep nerds, who can only be in contact with women if they share the same workplace or play the same crap video games.
How to get women interested in some geek shit. We must have a quota on slashdot for crap like this.
First, who cares about gender. We are all equal.
Second, most women are just not interested in geek shit. And that's ok. They like long walks in the park, they like dudes that listen to them and leave love notes in their purses. So go try that approach.
I thought his strong suit was in marketing. Selling those crappy looking vacuums and fans for astronomical prices, that at best perform at the level of products 1/4 of their price tag.
It's no secret that Slashdot's traffic has been stagnant at best, if not decreasing.
I wouldn't be surprised. Ever since timothy took over, the posts, both for writing and content, went the way of the shitter. You need an editor who knows about technology, not some wanna be nerd who doesn't understand the summaries he/she writes. No wit, no humor, no knowledge, awesome recipe for a site editor. Not.
Also, people are not stupid. They know an article from an advertisement. Not tagging slashvertisements as ads is an asshole thing.
I live in Boston. There's an amazon warehouse somewhere in the area. With prime, about 30% of my orders are on my doorstep the next morning. So it has benefits for continental US, too.
In fact, I think that's where amazon is going. Local warehouses with same or next day delivery.
Ok. Sure. I can find a $400 GoPro Hero for free shipping.
But how many of those you order a month? Vs soap, books, lightbulbs, undies and other small items that one needs quite often?
Also, if you buy the $400 GoPro Hero through amazon prime, and there's an issue with it, they will ship you a new one before you drop yours, for free return, into a UPS box.
Free shipping also means free shipping back. Free shipping also works on small items.
Except non prime items ship for $8. They just hide your "savings" in the shipping cost. So you still save $3-$5 on prime and you get it in two days vs a week. With extremely liberal free returns vs paying shipping on returns to 3rd parties.
Disagree. It's not free shipping. It's free two day shipping. That's a big difference. The difference of having to spend a couple of hours to buy stuff at a store 10 miles away, vs having it on my doorstep in a reasonable amount of time. Many times it's there the next day. With two kids, this not only is worth it, it actually saves money big time for or family. Then throw in the occasional free instant video, it's golden.
That this appears to state every person in the US, regardless of age, has on average three credit cards.
Why on earth does that disturb you? I have probably 30. Or 50. I don't even know.
The balance on all of them is 0. That's what matters.
In fact, you don't even need a credit card to be in debt, if that's what you are getting to. You can get a student loan, a car loan, a mortgage, that's like 500k in debt right there. Without ever having a credit card (although having credit cards helps you establish credit so you can get the loans mentioned.)
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Not sure if you got the memo, but iPhones will also be bigger soon.
No SD card? That won't kill my flagship phone.
An Apple head unit? As in super expensive?
Jumping the shark?
First of all, most modern car stereos do much more than play the radio or act as an amplifier for an mp3 player. They also serve as controllers and displays for other computing units in the car. How will the Apple head unit reset the maintenance reminder?
Further, the head unit is probably the best piece of a stock car audio system. Money would be much better spent upgrading the speakers, or adding an external amp with a subwoofer.
And another step further, Apple can shove In-App-Purchases up it's own ass. Definitely not gonna make an entrance in my car.
bugs are not the issue. it's how systems get updated once the bugs are fixed. without automatic security updates, heartbleed will be with us for a long long time.
At this point it might be easier to find the few people/groups/companies/governments the NSA is not spying on.
All of those idiots will be looking for new jobs as soon as Brendan Eich sues them to oblivion anyway. Wanted to be the better men? They should've come out and -DEFENDED- him, showing that the way forward is to get along, even if we have different views. This will be a slam dunk discrimination lawsuit, with a nice big settlement.
BTW, I hear they are inventing the large touchscreen phones now, sort of like the Samsung Notes.
next thing you tell me is that i can't hear the improvement my $5k www.lossless.com power cable makes to my audiophile setup?
Beta Sucks.
Beta Sucks.
immediately follows it up with some shit about how women are different
I think you are the one needing some perspective. Pull out an anatomy book. Look at them. They are different. Freaking awesome different. Which is why dudes always want them "involved in tech". The reason is of course different, having nothing to do with "tech" and a lot more with "biology"
You know what, maybe that's the reason why there are no women in "tech". Why the hell would they want to hang around with some creep nerds, who can only be in contact with women if they share the same workplace or play the same crap video games.
Different != inequality.
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is this publicity stunt a sign of some trouble at firefox? otherwise they should be smarter than making stupid claims like this, right?
How to get women interested in some geek shit. We must have a quota on slashdot for crap like this.
First, who cares about gender. We are all equal.
Second, most women are just not interested in geek shit. And that's ok. They like long walks in the park, they like dudes that listen to them and leave love notes in their purses. So go try that approach.
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I thought his strong suit was in marketing. Selling those crappy looking vacuums and fans for astronomical prices, that at best perform at the level of products 1/4 of their price tag.
It's no secret that Slashdot's traffic has been stagnant at best, if not decreasing.
I wouldn't be surprised. Ever since timothy took over, the posts, both for writing and content, went the way of the shitter. You need an editor who knows about technology, not some wanna be nerd who doesn't understand the summaries he/she writes. No wit, no humor, no knowledge, awesome recipe for a site editor. Not.
Also, people are not stupid. They know an article from an advertisement. Not tagging slashvertisements as ads is an asshole thing.
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And many people are under the delusion that they know what they are talking about.
I live in Boston. There's an amazon warehouse somewhere in the area. With prime, about 30% of my orders are on my doorstep the next morning. So it has benefits for continental US, too.
In fact, I think that's where amazon is going. Local warehouses with same or next day delivery.
Ok. Sure. I can find a $400 GoPro Hero for free shipping.
But how many of those you order a month? Vs soap, books, lightbulbs, undies and other small items that one needs quite often?
Also, if you buy the $400 GoPro Hero through amazon prime, and there's an issue with it, they will ship you a new one before you drop yours, for free return, into a UPS box.
Free shipping also means free shipping back. Free shipping also works on small items.
Dude. You are missing the whole point.
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Easy. Don't use it.
Except non prime items ship for $8. They just hide your "savings" in the shipping cost. So you still save $3-$5 on prime and you get it in two days vs a week. With extremely liberal free returns vs paying shipping on returns to 3rd parties.
Disagree. It's not free shipping. It's free two day shipping. That's a big difference. The difference of having to spend a couple of hours to buy stuff at a store 10 miles away, vs having it on my doorstep in a reasonable amount of time. Many times it's there the next day. With two kids, this not only is worth it, it actually saves money big time for or family. Then throw in the occasional free instant video, it's golden.
There is no need to honk. Ever.
Very seldom, if someone fell asleep at the traffick light, I give it a very short blip.
Awesome. So you are an asshole. That thing is not there to wake people up, but to avoid accidents.
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Much easier. Incorporate in Delaware. Like Apple, Pixar, Disney and all other businesses that make money.
California hearts all business, as long as it can suck it dry with taxes. I'm amazed they still allow businesses that are not California incorporated.
That this appears to state every person in the US, regardless of age, has on average three credit cards.
Why on earth does that disturb you? I have probably 30. Or 50. I don't even know.
The balance on all of them is 0. That's what matters.
In fact, you don't even need a credit card to be in debt, if that's what you are getting to. You can get a student loan, a car loan, a mortgage, that's like 500k in debt right there. Without ever having a credit card (although having credit cards helps you establish credit so you can get the loans mentioned.)
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