But I'll give phones the edge because most people *hate* having to process thoughts into written words. And they're already at least semi-annoyed at having to interrupt their day to ask for help with their frustrating computers.
Plus, hearing regional accents adds a bit of color to one's work day. Yesterday, I got to make some small talk about the Olympics with a British woman who sounded like Sporty Spice.
"what the subscription model is for"
What it's supposed to be for? Or what it's actually for? Not the same thing, I suspect.
Among other things, doing away with installation DVDs ought to shut down an avenue for piracy.
Here in the US, nearly all of a theater owner's profit comes from those extortionately priced snacks. If he charged a non-insulting amount for them, he couldn't stay in business.
According to Jackson, film rights to "The Silmarillion" were never sold - and are unlikely to be in the future, given the Tolkien estate's dislike of the LOTR movies.
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... the person you vote for doesn't lie through their teeth about what they'll do when elected.
... call the NSA and tell them to hand over their records of all our electronic communications?
... that anyone sheepish enough to get freaked out by an OpenOffice to LibreOffice transfer would probably still be using Microsoft Office anyway.
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Tim Cook doesn't owe his customers an apology. He owes them a hand job.
"For me!"
But I'll give phones the edge because most people *hate* having to process thoughts into written words. And they're already at least semi-annoyed at having to interrupt their day to ask for help with their frustrating computers. Plus, hearing regional accents adds a bit of color to one's work day. Yesterday, I got to make some small talk about the Olympics with a British woman who sounded like Sporty Spice.
You can't put a price on faster porn.
I'd query that.
I suspect the Fortune 500 company I work for will contentedly continue using Office 2003 on Windows XP.
"what the subscription model is for" What it's supposed to be for? Or what it's actually for? Not the same thing, I suspect. Among other things, doing away with installation DVDs ought to shut down an avenue for piracy.
Subscription model: HELL, No.
There are few things more painful than a swollen kernel.
Here in the US, nearly all of a theater owner's profit comes from those extortionately priced snacks. If he charged a non-insulting amount for them, he couldn't stay in business.
According to Jackson, film rights to "The Silmarillion" were never sold - and are unlikely to be in the future, given the Tolkien estate's dislike of the LOTR movies.
Oh, right... There's no such thing as a Samsung fanboi.
Were journalists allowed to touch any of them this time?
... Voyager will reach another solar system. Mickey Mouse will still be under copyright.
Fair enough. But history tells us that Apple's ability to make money doing something has zero correlation with Microsoft's ability to do the same.
If you factor in profitability, it's cataclysmic.
> Upgrade pricing set in 1995 doesn't make sense when hardware costs have fallen so dramatically.
Windows 7 came out only three years ago and they're now charging 20% less.
Seems to me that if Windows 8 was as nifty as advertised, they wouldn't have felt the need to mark down the price.
There's one number that isn't bigger than last time: the amount Microsoft is charging to upgrade to the new version of Windows.
What does that tell you?
"The lack of traffic in the forlorn BlackBerry store, which opened in 2007, also reflects how the smartphone brand has lost its allure with consumers and is in huge trouble in the U.S. market."
Doesn't your Time Cube take care of all that?
And what's the deal with airplane peanuts? Am I right, people?
Damn it. Now I've got indignation blue-balls.
Quick, I need something else to be pissed off about.