You should get your money back from your "psychiatrist". And I put that in quotes because psychiatrists are pretty much drug dealing mental hacks that have about as much business being called a doctor as a naturopath does.
Google has thrown a bunch of shit at the wall. So far, only search has stuck. Android is sticking a little bit, but they certainly aren't a Xerox PARC or Bell Labs.
It is Foxconn's plant when referring to Apple quality. It is Apple's plant when referring to working conditions. It is Foxconn's plant when referring to Apple ripping off the customer. It is Apple's plant when referring to worker suicides. etc.
Suicide rates vary widely between different population segments; you cannot fairly compare the suicide rate of factory workers in Shenzhen to the suicide rate of rural farmers, for example. The better comparison would be the suicide rate of Foxconn employees to the suicide rates at other electronics manufacturing, and I'd think if other factories had similar suicide rates we might not be hearing so much about this in the news.
In a perfect and rational world, perhaps, but this world is neither. Witness how much makes news simply because it is Apple (or Nike, or whomever). This story gets play precisely because it does lob stones at Apple's glass house.
This is like Greenpeace getting all pissy at Apple a few years back. Despite Apple being MUCH better than the industry average, Greenpeace targetted Apple, knowing it would garner more press than complaining about HP.
Isn't this like going after Wal-Mart if they sell a router from a company that uses GPL code in the firmware for that router company violating the GPL?
Just an attempt for the FSF to get some PR. Ho-hum.
Yeah, and in the early 40's, we fucked enough of your women while helping you dipshits correct Chamberlain's mistake that you regained a little genetic diversity.
You need to understand that the computer is more than just the hardware. It is the hardware AND software together. From that perspective, to those who buy Apple's products, a MacBook Pro and a Lenovo are not substitute goods.
Slapping a rondel on a Yugo does not turn a Yugo into a BMW.
Seriously, your arguments are rightly referred to as trolling or flamebait until you cease willfully confusing 'computer hardware' with 'a computer system'.
Claire Standish: So academic clubs aren't the same as other kinds of clubs. John Bender: Ah... but to dorks like him, they are. What do you guys do in your club? Brian Johnson: Well, in physics we... we talk about physics, properties of physics. John Bender: So it's sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?
My job has an underlying principal, as do many others. The first principal in mine is to protect assets. As long as what I do can be argued to do that, I have a defense.
Similarly, cop's job in many locales is protection of the citizenry. Life and limb, not delicate sensibilities.
Everybody has crap they have to deal with on their job. Bad pay and lousy hours are not an excuse for someone legally required to carry a deadly weapon to be a douchebag.
I expect the cops to know each and every law, no matter how old, no matter how trivial for the jurisdiction in which they work. You and I are held to the same standards. As I'm sure we've both seen and heard, countless times, "ignorance of the law is no excuse." If ignorance is not an excuse in following the law, how can it possibly be an excuse while enforcing it?
Fair enough. There are still some (Jenny McCarthy) who are clinging to vaccination as the reason for her autistic child. It's so outrageously incorrect that sometimes the faintest hint of crediting this view with any legitimacy is something I feel I need to stomp on.
Your intended post reads much better, and certainly makes a clearer point.
Although, since it wasn't a car analogy, it's still not a good one for Slashdot.
Competition is fine. I'm just saying it's already out there, so they'd have to offer something besides replicating existing functionality. I can see where my reply can be interpreted as a bit shitty, but I didn't mean it.
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If you're complaining about soft handcuffs, you have the wrong girlfriend.
Comparing Microsoft's mobile offerings to the competition is like comparing a "special" kid's grades with those of a Valedictorian.
If they're both applying for the same burger flipping job, why not compare them?
He used to bullseye wamprats in his T16. Pretty much the same thing.
I cringe at the thought of running open office or gimp.
FTFY
I'm not really sure the purpose of putting sociopaths in power, though.
Like begets like.
You should get your money back from your "psychiatrist". And I put that in quotes because psychiatrists are pretty much drug dealing mental hacks that have about as much business being called a doctor as a naturopath does.
Back in the closet with you Tom Cruise!
Google has thrown a bunch of shit at the wall. So far, only search has stuck. Android is sticking a little bit, but they certainly aren't a Xerox PARC or Bell Labs.
'Thousands of hours'? Gimme a break.
Besides, most of the time, pedestrians just walk down the middle of the street in Paris.
The people who defend outsourcing generally don't give a shit about the poor downtrodden workers. Of any country, really.
It is Foxconn's plant when referring to Apple quality.
It is Apple's plant when referring to working conditions.
It is Foxconn's plant when referring to Apple ripping off the customer.
It is Apple's plant when referring to worker suicides.
etc.
Suicide rates vary widely between different population segments; you cannot fairly compare the suicide rate of factory workers in Shenzhen to the suicide rate of rural farmers, for example. The better comparison would be the suicide rate of Foxconn employees to the suicide rates at other electronics manufacturing, and I'd think if other factories had similar suicide rates we might not be hearing so much about this in the news.
In a perfect and rational world, perhaps, but this world is neither. Witness how much makes news simply because it is Apple (or Nike, or whomever). This story gets play precisely because it does lob stones at Apple's glass house.
This is like Greenpeace getting all pissy at Apple a few years back. Despite Apple being MUCH better than the industry average, Greenpeace targetted Apple, knowing it would garner more press than complaining about HP.
IOW, 'they started it!'
What a mature argument. So mature that even my nine year old no longer attempts it.
That's a great approach.
Apple is just Walmart.
It really puts their whole quality controlled walled garden into perspective.
As opposed to the Compton swap meet level of quality from OSS?
Isn't this like going after Wal-Mart if they sell a router from a company that uses GPL code in the firmware for that router company violating the GPL?
Just an attempt for the FSF to get some PR. Ho-hum.
Yeah, and in the early 40's, we fucked enough of your women while helping you dipshits correct Chamberlain's mistake that you regained a little genetic diversity.
So sad. This has been sitting here for eight hours without an upmod?
You need to understand that the computer is more than just the hardware. It is the hardware AND software together. From that perspective, to those who buy Apple's products, a MacBook Pro and a Lenovo are not substitute goods.
Slapping a rondel on a Yugo does not turn a Yugo into a BMW.
Seriously, your arguments are rightly referred to as trolling or flamebait until you cease willfully confusing 'computer hardware' with 'a computer system'.
Claire Standish: So academic clubs aren't the same as other kinds of clubs.
John Bender: Ah... but to dorks like him, they are. What do you guys do in your club?
Brian Johnson: Well, in physics we... we talk about physics, properties of physics.
John Bender: So it's sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?
That's no excuse for doing a half-assed job. If you don't want to do the job right, don't do it.
Especially when you are legally required to carry deadly weapons and authorized to use them at the behest of the government as part of your job.
My job has an underlying principal, as do many others. The first principal in mine is to protect assets. As long as what I do can be argued to do that, I have a defense.
Similarly, cop's job in many locales is protection of the citizenry. Life and limb, not delicate sensibilities.
Everybody has crap they have to deal with on their job. Bad pay and lousy hours are not an excuse for someone legally required to carry a deadly weapon to be a douchebag.
I expect the cops to know each and every law, no matter how old, no matter how trivial for the jurisdiction in which they work. You and I are held to the same standards. As I'm sure we've both seen and heard, countless times, "ignorance of the law is no excuse." If ignorance is not an excuse in following the law, how can it possibly be an excuse while enforcing it?
Fair enough. There are still some (Jenny McCarthy) who are clinging to vaccination as the reason for her autistic child. It's so outrageously incorrect that sometimes the faintest hint of crediting this view with any legitimacy is something I feel I need to stomp on.
Your intended post reads much better, and certainly makes a clearer point.
Although, since it wasn't a car analogy, it's still not a good one for Slashdot.
Possibly. From what I've read, the odds are about 50-50. I just reset the check engine light and let it go for a week or three until it comes back on.
Competition is fine. I'm just saying it's already out there, so they'd have to offer something besides replicating existing functionality. I can see where my reply can be interpreted as a bit shitty, but I didn't mean it.