Iowa Code 322.2.16. "Retail installment contract" or "contract" means an
agreement, entered into in this state, pursuant to which the title
to, the property in or a lien upon the motor vehicle, which is the
subject matter of a retail installment transaction, is retained or
taken by a retail seller from a retail buyer as security, in whole or
in part, for the buyer's obligation. The term includes a chattel
mortgage, a conditional sales contract and a contract for the
bailment or leasing of a motor vehicle by which the bailee or lessee
contracts to pay as compensation for its use a sum substantially
equivalent to or in excess of its value and by which it is agreed
that the bailee or lessee is bound to become, or has the option of
becoming, the owner of the motor vehicle upon full compliance with
the provisions of the contract.
The State is right. Tesla is breaking the law: Iowa Code 322.3.1 A person shall not engage in this state in the business of
selling at retail new motor vehicles of any make or represent or
advertise that the person is engaged or intends to engage in such
business in this state unless the person is authorized to do so by a
contract in writing with the manufacturer or distributor of such make
of new motor vehicles and unless the department has licensed the
person as a motor vehicle dealer in this state in motor vehicles of
such make and has issued to the person a license in writing as
provided in this chapter. Iowa Code 322.3.14. A manufacturer or importer shall not directly or indirectly
be licensed as, own an interest in, operate, or control a motor
vehicle dealer. "
You need to change the law first, THEN you can sell cars legally. Were I in Iowa, I wouldn't buy a Tesla. There's a risk that it may be impounded as evidence in a case against Tesla.
Apple isn't into commercial software.
They make their $$$ off the hardware that is handsomely marked up.
What do you call Aperture, Logic Pro, Final Cut, Mainstage, Compressor and Motion? What's the difference between a Mac and a PC if it's not commercial software? What's the difference between an iPhone and an Android phone if it's not commercial software? What is Mac OS and all the apps that come with it if not commercial software?
You seem confused about what it is that differentiates Apple's products.
As for having the "users interest" in mind, I'm not so sure about that either. Commercial software has a whole different idea of what the user's interest is. Apple and Microsoft think it's what the user is willing to pay for. That view is not entirely wrong. Google thinks that the user's interest is whatever the user expresses any interest in.
None of them are very prone to thinking about what is in the user's BEST interest. I think they don't feel entirely competent to judge.
The FOSS community has very definite opinions about what's in the user's BEST interest, and they tell you what it is and try to enforce it.
And I don't know if their idea of what's in my best interest is in my best interest.
Did they cancel winter in Germany? It's pretty far north.
According to Wikipedia, Germany got more than half its energy from nuclear and coal in the first half of 2014. So if they're unprofitable, it's because they're selling the power too cheap. The demand is there.
Before that it was part of Treasury. That made sense WRT its main mission of dealing with financial crimes including counterfeiting, but never WRT protecting the President.
Being in HS makes more sense WRT protecting the President because, you know, he's American. But not so much WRT to protecting the money.
If 10 million people choose the 16G phone and the incremental cost is $5/phone to take it to 64GB (which I don't believe but won't debate), that's $50M that Apple didn't need to spend to satisfy those customers.
But it does make it all the more sweet to overcharge those that want 64GB for the difference.
I used to think that too, but I've had a Samsung phone that I *could* put an SDcard in for four years now and I've never put one in. But I still value the option of doing so enough that I won't consider an iPhone until they have an SDcard slot.
The claim wasn't that there was only one CNC company or only one laser drilling company. It's that there was only one at the time that could meet their specs and they could afford to just buy those companies, which you with your startup can't do. So don't expect to compete with Apple on the manufacturing quality because they can afford the very best and in many cases you can't.
How do you explain Microsoft's recent purchase of Mojang or Facebook's $19B purchase of WhatsApp?
It absolutely does happen, but it's lottery. Most little companies that try to introduce some new cool product fail. A minority stumble along barely making it for a few years. A tiny tiny number get the attention of The Big Boys and get bought out with The Big Boys' monstrous piles of cash.
And often, there's no significant tech or product being acquired. They're buying what's popular because of its popularity hoping they can somehow turn that into even more monstrous piles of cash.
But Microsoft and Facebook and Apple continue to make almost all their money from their organically grown businesses and very little from their acquisitions.
Nobody ever needs to know their complete genome and nobody ever will need to. Instead, you'll go to a doctor with a complaint and if they suspect a genetic component, they'll do a cheek swab and a quick test tuned to look for the particular genetic condition you might have. Or if something really exciting and common is discovered, you'll be offered an opportunity to get a new test to see if you're at risk for living to be 200. (You need to be warned because you probably won't have saved enough for near-permanent retirement.)
Won't last. Someone will forget his passcode about 8 seconds after the iOS 8 goes public. Then comes the flood of unhappy customers locked out of their unbreakably encrypted phones. "Sorry, we can't help you" won't be accepted as an answer.
There will either be a back door or a user revolt.
Here's the other thing. This is either a fool's errand or bullshit/wild exaggeration. It's probably impossible and certainly impractical to make a complete map of the internet.
Slashdot Mirror
That's prohibited under Iowa law.
Iowa Code 322.2.16. "Retail installment contract" or "contract" means an
agreement, entered into in this state, pursuant to which the title
to, the property in or a lien upon the motor vehicle, which is the
subject matter of a retail installment transaction, is retained or
taken by a retail seller from a retail buyer as security, in whole or
in part, for the buyer's obligation. The term includes a chattel
mortgage, a conditional sales contract and a contract for the
bailment or leasing of a motor vehicle by which the bailee or lessee
contracts to pay as compensation for its use a sum substantially
equivalent to or in excess of its value and by which it is agreed
that the bailee or lessee is bound to become, or has the option of
becoming, the owner of the motor vehicle upon full compliance with
the provisions of the contract.
The State is right. Tesla is breaking the law:
Iowa Code 322.3.1 A person shall not engage in this state in the business of
selling at retail new motor vehicles of any make or represent or
advertise that the person is engaged or intends to engage in such
business in this state unless the person is authorized to do so by a
contract in writing with the manufacturer or distributor of such make
of new motor vehicles and unless the department has licensed the
person as a motor vehicle dealer in this state in motor vehicles of
such make and has issued to the person a license in writing as
provided in this chapter.
Iowa Code 322.3.14. A manufacturer or importer shall not directly or indirectly
be licensed as, own an interest in, operate, or control a motor
vehicle dealer. "
You need to change the law first, THEN you can sell cars legally. Were I in Iowa, I wouldn't buy a Tesla. There's a risk that it may be impounded as evidence in a case against Tesla.
You have potential, young Skywalker, but your comments clearly prove a Jedi, you are not.
You're right. I'm not a member of your religion.
But you will be someday ...
Don't hold your breath
Apple isn't into commercial software.
They make their $$$ off the hardware that is handsomely marked up.
What do you call Aperture, Logic Pro, Final Cut, Mainstage, Compressor and Motion?
What's the difference between a Mac and a PC if it's not commercial software?
What's the difference between an iPhone and an Android phone if it's not commercial software?
What is Mac OS and all the apps that come with it if not commercial software?
You seem confused about what it is that differentiates Apple's products.
"more secure?" Have you been paying attention?
As for having the "users interest" in mind, I'm not so sure about that either. Commercial software has a whole different idea of what the user's interest is. Apple and Microsoft think it's what the user is willing to pay for. That view is not entirely wrong. Google thinks that the user's interest is whatever the user expresses any interest in.
None of them are very prone to thinking about what is in the user's BEST interest. I think they don't feel entirely competent to judge.
The FOSS community has very definite opinions about what's in the user's BEST interest, and they tell you what it is and try to enforce it.
And I don't know if their idea of what's in my best interest is in my best interest.
Did they cancel winter in Germany? It's pretty far north.
According to Wikipedia, Germany got more than half its energy from nuclear and coal in the first half of 2014. So if they're unprofitable, it's because they're selling the power too cheap. The demand is there.
At least. I remember the original "Morris worm" which took advantage of default setups that were wildly insecure by any modern standard.
Yes, it is a bug. The shell shouldn't be evaluating expressions inside a quoted (or unterminated for that matter) string.
But they paid for reviews. So after paying Yelp! to shill for them unsuccessfully, they paid customers to shill for them.
I fail to see how anyone in this story acted non-shittily.
Before that it was part of Treasury. That made sense WRT its main mission of dealing with financial crimes including counterfeiting, but never WRT protecting the President.
Being in HS makes more sense WRT protecting the President because, you know, he's American. But not so much WRT to protecting the money.
If 10 million people choose the 16G phone and the incremental cost is $5/phone to take it to 64GB (which I don't believe but won't debate), that's $50M that Apple didn't need to spend to satisfy those customers.
But it does make it all the more sweet to overcharge those that want 64GB for the difference.
I used to think that too, but I've had a Samsung phone that I *could* put an SDcard in for four years now and I've never put one in. But I still value the option of doing so enough that I won't consider an iPhone until they have an SDcard slot.
I don't think you appreciate how bizarre this sounds to those of us who used to have cassette tapes.
I'm guessing because there's no compelling reason to do so. They put out a RFQ to the major disk manufacturers and they get competitive prices.
The claim wasn't that there was only one CNC company or only one laser drilling company. It's that there was only one at the time that could meet their specs and they could afford to just buy those companies, which you with your startup can't do. So don't expect to compete with Apple on the manufacturing quality because they can afford the very best and in many cases you can't.
How do you explain Microsoft's recent purchase of Mojang or Facebook's $19B purchase of WhatsApp?
It absolutely does happen, but it's lottery. Most little companies that try to introduce some new cool product fail. A minority stumble along barely making it for a few years. A tiny tiny number get the attention of The Big Boys and get bought out with The Big Boys' monstrous piles of cash.
And often, there's no significant tech or product being acquired. They're buying what's popular because of its popularity hoping they can somehow turn that into even more monstrous piles of cash.
But Microsoft and Facebook and Apple continue to make almost all their money from their organically grown businesses and very little from their acquisitions.
Nobody ever needs to know their complete genome and nobody ever will need to. Instead, you'll go to a doctor with a complaint and if they suspect a genetic component, they'll do a cheek swab and a quick test tuned to look for the particular genetic condition you might have. Or if something really exciting and common is discovered, you'll be offered an opportunity to get a new test to see if you're at risk for living to be 200. (You need to be warned because you probably won't have saved enough for near-permanent retirement.)
Who cares? I will still have about 30 trillion intact copies.
It implies the designers had previously refused to bend, stubbornly adhering to a more complex UI.
What law do you think they broke?
What's the upside? Doesn't this just make it easier for multinational corporations and criminal organizations to evade enforcement of US laws?
1. Police seize iPhone
2. Police arrest owner.
3. Police tell owner to unlock the phone.
4. Owner refuses.
5. Police grab finger, press to button/fingerprint reader.
6. Phone is unlocked.
What encryption?
Won't last. Someone will forget his passcode about 8 seconds after the iOS 8 goes public. Then comes the flood of unhappy customers locked out of their unbreakably encrypted phones. "Sorry, we can't help you" won't be accepted as an answer.
There will either be a back door or a user revolt.
Here's the other thing. This is either a fool's errand or bullshit/wild exaggeration. It's probably impossible and certainly impractical to make a complete map of the internet.