Say what you like about Apple (I usually do) but one thing that can't be denied is that Apple does what it does starkly in the face of existing trends and directions.
[citation needed]
The boldest thing Apple ever did was NexTSTEP, and it wasn't really them. Their biggest innovation was the Newton, but that was derivative of Psion and was eclipsed by Palm.
What they do is follow a trend, see how others fail, then capitalize on what was learned, freeing more time to make products with slick production values.
I noticed that the mouse button wouldn't click due to the swelling, which continued after I removed it until it was twice as thick and leaking, and the "genius" bar appointment had to made a week in advance. Do the math, fanboy.
And you can hold them and touch them, resell them, and duplicate them for safekeeping, and you can play them a thousand times without having to engage a "service." They are property. How is this latest innovation any different from the old Divx?
It has nothing to do with the kind of morons who believe people want to buy the movies they'd rather rent.
I was going to predict that some conformist submissive would repeat the trite refrain "their website, their rules" to whore karma, but damn it, you beat me to it.
You know the great thing about individual sovereignty? People can ignore those rules. And they did. And Facebook knows they'd better not piss them off again, because they need mothers' eyeballs more than mothers need Facebook.
exposure to vacuum causes no immediate injury. You do not explode. Your blood does not boil. You do not freeze. You do not instantly lose consciousness.
Weapons are the obvious advantage greater intelligence would give grasping species. But then they are likely to use them on each other, turning male dominance fighting into a constant intra-species bloodbath, destroying all the selective advantages those contests confer. Intelligence could be its own limiting factor.
Nothing to falsify? You expect me to prove that you actually exist? You claimed to be the contradiction, but you can't demonstrate it! I embellish it, and you still can't!
Go on, contradict me. Use that training you claim to have. Demonstrate one iota of scientific credibility in the root post of this thread. Why does it interest you? What would be your rationale for moderating it up?
Why is that funny? Oh, right, you're a simpering fanboy rationalizing the virtues of a vertical monopoly.
Lucky for you the trend is toward *more* DRM, and all of Apple's competitors, such as Amazon and Wal-Mart, have a minuscule music catalog, and they will never have the clout to license more than an itty-bitty fraction of that catalog DRM-free.
My sister who reads Twilight novels understood instantly when I told her that DRM files from iTunes only play on an iPod, while un-DRM'ed music from Amazon will play on anything.
People know what vendor lock-in is, what they are unaware of is the alternatives.
Goalposts? This is Popperball and you joined the losing team.
Until you can establish any scientific credibility for the OP's sci-fi cliches, I say you're a Romantic who values mystery over certainty, awe over understanding, a jealous non-rationalist who hates how scientific knowledge is immune to rhetorical attack and how it relentlessly shatters all your cozy wish fulfilling fantasies born of ignorance.
Falsify or GTFO. Your every whine is evidence for my assertion.
The idea expressed in that article isn't just stupid, it is economy destroying, civilization threatening, mind-bogglingly stupid.
The author is trying to solve the problem of inadequate resources buy spending more to increase the brute force effort toward his already failing solution. It is the mythical man month expressed in CPU horsepower.
That isn't improving your situation, that is merely delaying your inevitable downfall. You're running to stand still, and eventually your organization will collapse of exhaustion, while your competitors, who invested in smart design and smart people, lap your corpse.
And if you simply can't afford better people, then your reach is exceeding your grasp. Scale back your ambition, plan for when you can, or accept your niche and buy the third party solutions produced by experts who can write scalable software.
At the same time, the government implicitly endorsed behavior which led to an "us versus them" mentality
No, not "us versus them", "with us or against us", as it was spoken by the president. If you're going to ignore my actual assertion and go all non-sequitur on the Dixie Chicks, at least get your facts straight.
No violence associated with the stomping and burning of an effigy of someone? Wow, you freepers sure are dense.
Fuck Toby Keith, I was more partial to the Luke Striklin song:
You got something bad to say about the USA you better save it for different ears unless you want to crawl away.
I emailed him and invited him to hear my bad things to say, but I never heard back from him. Pussy.
The "point" of that example was to illustrate the pathetic and extreme nature of the "with us or against us" mentality pervading a large segment of the American population after 9/11 in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. The allusion to Starship Troopers emphasizes how it sinister it is, because *that* was an allusion to German ch-
After pissing your feeble mark over every branch in this thread, you admit that it is plausible but not likely.
Unlikely is not good enough when your family's future is on the line and foreigners are being denied visas without explanation or recourse, and immigrant-owned businesses were putting flags in their windows for fear of vandalism lest they be construed as disloyal Americans.
I would say you've lost this argument, but you never really had one to begin with.
Let me connect the dots so your perl-addled brain might understand why people are modding you down:
The mood of post-9/11 America was paranoid and xenophobic. The government reflected that mood, and even acted to fan the flames for its own purposes. Historical precedence and human nature are more than adequate reasons to be fearful of it in this state. In that political climate, it is very plausible that an immigrations official might abuse his authority to deny citizenship based on the applicant's perceived loyalty.
Anyone who isn't choking on his own whargarbl understands that violence enacted vicariously through symbolism is associated with the persecution of real people.
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Say what you like about Apple (I usually do) but one thing that can't be denied is that Apple does what it does starkly in the face of existing trends and directions.
[citation needed]
The boldest thing Apple ever did was NexTSTEP, and it wasn't really them. Their biggest innovation was the Newton, but that was derivative of Psion and was eclipsed by Palm.
What they do is follow a trend, see how others fail, then capitalize on what was learned, freeing more time to make products with slick production values.
I noticed that the mouse button wouldn't click due to the swelling, which continued after I removed it until it was twice as thick and leaking, and the "genius" bar appointment had to made a week in advance. Do the math, fanboy.
Not even when it exploded?
A non-removable battery would have completely destroyed my MBP.
And you can hold them and touch them, resell them, and duplicate them for safekeeping, and you can play them a thousand times without having to engage a "service." They are property. How is this latest innovation any different from the old Divx?
It has nothing to do with the kind of morons who believe people want to buy the movies they'd rather rent.
I was going to predict that some conformist submissive would repeat the trite refrain "their website, their rules" to whore karma, but damn it, you beat me to it.
You know the great thing about individual sovereignty? People can ignore those rules. And they did. And Facebook knows they'd better not piss them off again, because they need mothers' eyeballs more than mothers need Facebook.
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Weapons are the obvious advantage greater intelligence would give grasping species. But then they are likely to use them on each other, turning male dominance fighting into a constant intra-species bloodbath, destroying all the selective advantages those contests confer. Intelligence could be its own limiting factor.
I suppose it would be not so very different to a heuristic computer program, in that respect.
Any sufficiently complex heuristic computer program is indistinguishable from intelligence.
Nothing to falsify? You expect me to prove that you actually exist? You claimed to be the contradiction, but you can't demonstrate it! I embellish it, and you still can't!
Go on, contradict me. Use that training you claim to have. Demonstrate one iota of scientific credibility in the root post of this thread. Why does it interest you? What would be your rationale for moderating it up?
Why would that worry anyone? And what is wrong with Windows CE applications?
Really? What is the basis of that assertion? There is every indication that the industry may be moving away from DRM.
Dude... sarcasm. And Amazon has already got about three quarters of the iTunes selection. There is no future for FairPlay encrypted music.
Why is that funny? Oh, right, you're a simpering fanboy rationalizing the virtues of a vertical monopoly.
Lucky for you the trend is toward *more* DRM, and all of Apple's competitors, such as Amazon and Wal-Mart, have a minuscule music catalog, and they will never have the clout to license more than an itty-bitty fraction of that catalog DRM-free.
My sister who reads Twilight novels understood instantly when I told her that DRM files from iTunes only play on an iPod, while un-DRM'ed music from Amazon will play on anything.
People know what vendor lock-in is, what they are unaware of is the alternatives.
Goalposts? This is Popperball and you joined the losing team.
Until you can establish any scientific credibility for the OP's sci-fi cliches, I say you're a Romantic who values mystery over certainty, awe over understanding, a jealous non-rationalist who hates how scientific knowledge is immune to rhetorical attack and how it relentlessly shatters all your cozy wish fulfilling fantasies born of ignorance.
Falsify or GTFO. Your every whine is evidence for my assertion.
Yes.
By all means, add your supposed credibility to the orignal poster's handwavium. Why don't you explain how such things might come about?
You science-fiction wankery is entirely beside the point.
Naive people who are threatened by science and therefore revel in fantasies of its ignorance will mod him up. That is the point.
I will send you $20 bucks if you post a photo of yourself holding a sign that says "A non-white immigrant paid me $20 to hold this sign."
extremism is bad at EVERYthing.
See? You used the shift key. That wasn't so hard, now, was it?
The idea expressed in that article isn't just stupid, it is economy destroying, civilization threatening, mind-bogglingly stupid.
The author is trying to solve the problem of inadequate resources buy spending more to increase the brute force effort toward his already failing solution. It is the mythical man month expressed in CPU horsepower.
That isn't improving your situation, that is merely delaying your inevitable downfall. You're running to stand still, and eventually your organization will collapse of exhaustion, while your competitors, who invested in smart design and smart people, lap your corpse.
And if you simply can't afford better people, then your reach is exceeding your grasp. Scale back your ambition, plan for when you can, or accept your niche and buy the third party solutions produced by experts who can write scalable software.
RON PAUL!
At the same time, the government implicitly endorsed behavior which led to an "us versus them" mentality
No, not "us versus them", "with us or against us", as it was spoken by the president. If you're going to ignore my actual assertion and go all non-sequitur on the Dixie Chicks, at least get your facts straight.
No violence associated with the stomping and burning of an effigy of someone? Wow, you freepers sure are dense.
Fuck Toby Keith, I was more partial to the Luke Striklin song:
You got something bad to say about the USA
you better save it for different ears unless you want to crawl away.
I emailed him and invited him to hear my bad things to say, but I never heard back from him. Pussy.
The "point" of that example was to illustrate the pathetic and extreme nature of the "with us or against us" mentality pervading a large segment of the American population after 9/11 in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. The allusion to Starship Troopers emphasizes how it sinister it is, because *that* was an allusion to German ch-
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After pissing your feeble mark over every branch in this thread, you admit that it is plausible but not likely.
Unlikely is not good enough when your family's future is on the line and foreigners are being denied visas without explanation or recourse, and immigrant-owned businesses were putting flags in their windows for fear of vandalism lest they be construed as disloyal Americans.
I would say you've lost this argument, but you never really had one to begin with.
Let me connect the dots so your perl-addled brain might understand why people are modding you down:
The mood of post-9/11 America was paranoid and xenophobic.
The government reflected that mood, and even acted to fan the flames for its own purposes.
Historical precedence and human nature are more than adequate reasons to be fearful of it in this state.
In that political climate, it is very plausible that an immigrations official might abuse his authority to deny citizenship based on the applicant's perceived loyalty.
Anyone who isn't choking on his own whargarbl understands that violence enacted vicariously through symbolism is associated with the persecution of real people.