MS can likely make up the ground, but they are a little late. Businesses that I have seen have already started the migration to support iOS so the CxOs can all check their email on their iPhones and iPads.
Apple already lagged behind Java releases, especially large ones like going from Java 5 -> 6. If Oracle picks up the slack and develops an OSX JVM Java on the Mac could end up being in a better situation.
I do agree that if Java is left to whither on the Mac it's going to hurt Apple in some way, although it's still hard to quantify how much.
They are already selling cocaine. It has been said that pot is their cash cow funding all their other operations. Most people in the US look at pot as no different than alcohol, and such it doesn't have the same stigma as cocaine or it's derivatives. I wouldn't be surprised if more people in the US use pot than all of the other illegal drugs combined.
Legalizing pot will not destroy the cartels, but it will deal a huge blow to their revenue stream.
Bingo! Legalization would instantly defund the Mexican cartels. As it stands today their is a huge war going on just south of our border and we're doing very little about it. Pirates (yes real ones) kill a man jet skiing on a border lake just a couple weeks ago. Then yesterday a US citizen was killed riding a bus in Mexico on his way to see some family members. It's been reported that the Mexican police are saying they only maybe protect busses from sun up to 2pm. WTF? It's getting to the point where Iraq is going to be a safer place.
This also ignores all the kidnappings that happen in Mexico and are spilling out into Phoenix. Last I checked, Phoenix was only 2nd in kidnappings in the WORLD right behind Mexico city.
I have no idea why more Americans are not outraged by this and the USs overall non-response. If we even think we see a Taliban over in Iraq/Afghanistan we rain hell down on them, but we have citizens getting killed and kidnapped right here and we don't even bat an eye.
You basically have none. A lot of republicans are in the same boat with respect to the religious fundamentalist who have taken over the party. My republican friends are thinking about jumping ship simply because they can't stand that fundamentalist have taken over. Keep in mind that someone can be spiritual without rejecting science, and rejecting science is what a lot of the fundamentalist are now doing.
Personally, I'm fiscally conservative (the GOP hasn't been this in years btw), and socially liberal (even the Dems seem to be backing away from this). If you're aren't hurting anyone else and I don't have to take care of you, I don't care what you do in private.
Exactly. I think what the people who are complaining about money fail to realize is that BOTH sides are swimming in tons of cash. Every night I see one ad followed by a completely contradictory ad. At this point they could simply be canceling each other out and we're once again left with the unwashed masses voting based on whatever reason they pick is important.
Exactly. You can put every policy in place, but there comes a point where you simply have to trust your employees. If an employee breaks that trust you fire them (and call the authorities depending on the offense) and move on. It doesn't necessarily mean that the company is now evil or condoned the behavior or can even put more policies in place to prevent it in the future.
Yes, pair that up with a 'nifty 50mm' and you've just blown away nearly every point and shoot out there. If you don't mind manual focusing (the D40 doesn't have it's own focus motor) then you can get the 50mm lens for $200. The AF one iirc, is right around $400 or less.
If there is any company that is driven from the CEO down it's Apple. So while you're right that the he of course didn't do it by himself, he is likely a huge driving force behind what the rest of the company accomplished.
I thought having the right clothing would go without saying, but as you point out that's also not true. But yeah, I pack a light pair of hiking pants, rain coat, and some sort of long sleeve warm shirt when doing summer hikes. While hiking it's easy to get lured in that it's very warm because your body is working hard and keeping itself warm. Stop for just a few minutes and you realize how quickly you can get cold when it's in the 50s and the wind starts blowing.
On a side note, I'm heading to Oregon next week to do Jefferson Park, South Sister and Crater lake. South Sister has a couple of the guys worried because it's an 11 mile round trip with ~4900 feet of elevation change. Should be fun:)
20 and 55 14ers is great! I've only done 5 so far, and would like to get 1-2 more before the summer season ends.
But yeah, shit can happen to anyone at any time. That's why I try to be prepared at all times to spend the night if needed and carry extra water. It always comes back to the standard saying "people do not know enough to know what they don't know." I haven't been climbing mountains my whole like because I lived on the coast until recently. What I do know is to respect nature and especially the weather.
Even though 14er means 14,000 ft of elevation you still make a good point. Most are around 6-11 mile round trip hikes and take 6-10 hours depending on how much shape the person is in. And yes, hiking on a empty stomach is not much fun:)
You're right the food you need is zero, but that energy helps you stay warm through the night and have energy to either hike out or find help the next day. Additionally, if you've already been hiking for 6-8 hours then you are likely in a caloric deficit at that point which can make having to spend the night it even worse. So while you can make it without the extra food, why risk it when throwing a few more things in your pack isn't that big of deal.
Yeah, the most common one here is I have 4wd so I can drive like an idiot even when the road is an ice rink. My last ski trip last year, i70 was a complete mess. I watched 4 separate cars speed by the line of cars driving safely in the slow lane. All 4 of those cars ended up in snow banks off the side of the road. One almost hit me as he lost control and slid across my lane of traffic and off the road into a snow bank. Fun times!
The is the number 1 problem I see while hiking. Most people are completely unprepared with respect to the amount of water needed. I hike 14ers on a regular basis and even though they are generally day hikes I always pack enough food and water that I could spend the night if needed. I hope I never get into a situation where I'm forced to spend the night in the high country with only minimal provisions, but accidents happen and it's best to be prepared.
I also buy the yearly CO state park pass which should also end up helping fund Search and Rescue.
I do see a lot of idiots on the mountains though. I've lost count how many people have been hit by lightening this year or just plain fallen off the mountain. When on trails I've attempted to give people information but no one wants to listen. It's usually pretty basic stuff too. If you see black clouds heading your way, you don't want to be going up the mountain:)
While what you're saying is true, I think we're about to see a showdown between the states and the federal government with the current economic climate being the driving force. Many states have already passed state amendments re-affirming their states rights and I'm thinking we're going to see either pot or immigration reform (or lack of from a federal level) be the battlefield where states start really pushing back.
I was about to say the same thing. I live in Denver and there is a nightly talk radio show for pot smokers. It's hard to listen to because the content is so bad, but I've heard them say that getting a prescription from a doctor takes all of 5 minutes. At one point the 'dispensaries' had doctors located inside of them and you could show up, pay to get a card, and buy your weed at the same place. Apparently they recently changed the law to add a waiting period so that had the guys on the show really up in arms....well I guess as angry as full time pot smokers could actually get.
Second: CO2 can be absorbed easily and is not toxic. What about persistent, toxic, mass produced, untaxed and uncapped pollutants? While our generation looks at 1C difference in south patagonia since the 1866, next ones will increasingly have trouble eating fish, breathing, reproducing.
Bingo! GW/AGW to me is simply hype both to both extremes at this point. I don't really care so much about global warming that may raise sea a bit some 100 years from now when we already can't eat the fish because of the levels of mercury. GW/AGW has taken up so much energy and science that we are ignoring the real poisons that are out there right NOW as in TODAY. It's also much easier to get people onboard with being clean (who can argue that high levels of mercury in our sea water is a good thing or natural?!), rather than try to beat them into GW submission with people who clearly are in it for themselves even if the science is true.
And I agree with you. The biggest SNAFU from Apple in this whole thing has been how they have handled the PR. From SJs use of 'magical' (although I thought he only said that about the iPad, I'm not sure) to his arrogant quips and finally to Apples deafening silence.
I hope they take a look at how quickly this thing blew up and learn that next time 3 weeks of silence is a mistake.
From my personal anecdotal experience with my i4 all the websites claiming doom and gloom were the ones spinning to me. Ars did a pretty good test showing that the new phone can lose ~20db of signal when held a certain way. That's enough to lose 1-2 bars and if that's all you have then it's definitely a problem. The most I can get to happen is 1 bar and it generally then bounces back up.
Apple brought the issue to light that has been a problem since phones started moving their antennas internal to the phone. A friend with a BB just IMed me laughing that he can do the same thing on his phone because of the weak signal he has in his office building.
I think Apple did all they could here. There is no way they have time to engineer, test, and possibly get FCC approval for some new phone in such a short amount of time. If the bumper isn't enough for people then return it. My i4 works fine with my usage and is much better reception wise than my 3GS was. Not that the 3GS was a stellar performer, but in places where I would drop calls on the 3GS (I live near the mountains) the i4 hasn't dropped yet.
I hate holding any phone to my ear to talk. For some reason it just annoys me, and after about 3 minutes I'm telling the other person I have to go or scrambling for my head set. A dropped call would be a non-rude way to get off the phone when I can't get to my headset:)
Apple has rabid fans and just as rabid detractors. BB users don't make a stink because even if they did no one would care. It certainly wouldn't be on CNN or CNBC or any other big new organizations day after day.
Just for the record I have an i4 and don't have any problems with. It's the best iPhone reception wise that I have owned. In a weak signal area I can try and make it lose 1 bar. I haven't naturally held any of my iPhones in a way that would cover that spot so if I had never seen the problem on the internet I like would have never noticed it.
It will be interesting to see just how many iPhones get returned. I think those numbers will tell the real truth about how many users are affected.
You should be able to Google the EVO user manual and near the end there are a couple pages dedicated to where NOT to touch the phone to keep from interfering with the antenna.
The iPhone problem is nothing new and has been in all iPhones to date and non-iPhones I owned prior. Apple is a big name so people make a big deal out of everything they do. They get a lot of free press/hype when things are good and when things are bad it can quickly turn around.
I have an i4 and it is by far the best reception I've had out of an iPhone(1st gen, 3GS prior). I can grip it with both hands really hard and sometimes manage to lose a bar. I don't think it's a signal strength issue because even in a low signal area I still only lose a bar. Maybe I'm just not electric enough? I also live in a dry climate so who knows.
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MS can likely make up the ground, but they are a little late. Businesses that I have seen have already started the migration to support iOS so the CxOs can all check their email on their iPhones and iPads.
Apple already lagged behind Java releases, especially large ones like going from Java 5 -> 6. If Oracle picks up the slack and develops an OSX JVM Java on the Mac could end up being in a better situation.
I do agree that if Java is left to whither on the Mac it's going to hurt Apple in some way, although it's still hard to quantify how much.
They are already selling cocaine. It has been said that pot is their cash cow funding all their other operations. Most people in the US look at pot as no different than alcohol, and such it doesn't have the same stigma as cocaine or it's derivatives. I wouldn't be surprised if more people in the US use pot than all of the other illegal drugs combined.
Legalizing pot will not destroy the cartels, but it will deal a huge blow to their revenue stream.
Bingo! Legalization would instantly defund the Mexican cartels. As it stands today their is a huge war going on just south of our border and we're doing very little about it. Pirates (yes real ones) kill a man jet skiing on a border lake just a couple weeks ago. Then yesterday a US citizen was killed riding a bus in Mexico on his way to see some family members. It's been reported that the Mexican police are saying they only maybe protect busses from sun up to 2pm. WTF? It's getting to the point where Iraq is going to be a safer place.
This also ignores all the kidnappings that happen in Mexico and are spilling out into Phoenix. Last I checked, Phoenix was only 2nd in kidnappings in the WORLD right behind Mexico city.
I have no idea why more Americans are not outraged by this and the USs overall non-response. If we even think we see a Taliban over in Iraq/Afghanistan we rain hell down on them, but we have citizens getting killed and kidnapped right here and we don't even bat an eye.
You basically have none. A lot of republicans are in the same boat with respect to the religious fundamentalist who have taken over the party. My republican friends are thinking about jumping ship simply because they can't stand that fundamentalist have taken over. Keep in mind that someone can be spiritual without rejecting science, and rejecting science is what a lot of the fundamentalist are now doing.
Personally, I'm fiscally conservative (the GOP hasn't been this in years btw), and socially liberal (even the Dems seem to be backing away from this). If you're aren't hurting anyone else and I don't have to take care of you, I don't care what you do in private.
Exactly. I think what the people who are complaining about money fail to realize is that BOTH sides are swimming in tons of cash. Every night I see one ad followed by a completely contradictory ad. At this point they could simply be canceling each other out and we're once again left with the unwashed masses voting based on whatever reason they pick is important.
Well, in all fairness, nuking it from orbit is really the only way to be safe.
If you have a bad seed, you had a bad seed.
Exactly. You can put every policy in place, but there comes a point where you simply have to trust your employees. If an employee breaks that trust you fire them (and call the authorities depending on the offense) and move on. It doesn't necessarily mean that the company is now evil or condoned the behavior or can even put more policies in place to prevent it in the future.
Yes, pair that up with a 'nifty 50mm' and you've just blown away nearly every point and shoot out there. If you don't mind manual focusing (the D40 doesn't have it's own focus motor) then you can get the 50mm lens for $200. The AF one iirc, is right around $400 or less.
If there is any company that is driven from the CEO down it's Apple. So while you're right that the he of course didn't do it by himself, he is likely a huge driving force behind what the rest of the company accomplished.
I thought having the right clothing would go without saying, but as you point out that's also not true. But yeah, I pack a light pair of hiking pants, rain coat, and some sort of long sleeve warm shirt when doing summer hikes. While hiking it's easy to get lured in that it's very warm because your body is working hard and keeping itself warm. Stop for just a few minutes and you realize how quickly you can get cold when it's in the 50s and the wind starts blowing.
On a side note, I'm heading to Oregon next week to do Jefferson Park, South Sister and Crater lake. South Sister has a couple of the guys worried because it's an 11 mile round trip with ~4900 feet of elevation change. Should be fun :)
20 and 55 14ers is great! I've only done 5 so far, and would like to get 1-2 more before the summer season ends.
But yeah, shit can happen to anyone at any time. That's why I try to be prepared at all times to spend the night if needed and carry extra water. It always comes back to the standard saying "people do not know enough to know what they don't know." I haven't been climbing mountains my whole like because I lived on the coast until recently. What I do know is to respect nature and especially the weather.
Even though 14er means 14,000 ft of elevation you still make a good point. Most are around 6-11 mile round trip hikes and take 6-10 hours depending on how much shape the person is in. And yes, hiking on a empty stomach is not much fun :)
You're right the food you need is zero, but that energy helps you stay warm through the night and have energy to either hike out or find help the next day. Additionally, if you've already been hiking for 6-8 hours then you are likely in a caloric deficit at that point which can make having to spend the night it even worse. So while you can make it without the extra food, why risk it when throwing a few more things in your pack isn't that big of deal.
Yeah, the most common one here is I have 4wd so I can drive like an idiot even when the road is an ice rink. My last ski trip last year, i70 was a complete mess. I watched 4 separate cars speed by the line of cars driving safely in the slow lane. All 4 of those cars ended up in snow banks off the side of the road. One almost hit me as he lost control and slid across my lane of traffic and off the road into a snow bank. Fun times!
The is the number 1 problem I see while hiking. Most people are completely unprepared with respect to the amount of water needed. I hike 14ers on a regular basis and even though they are generally day hikes I always pack enough food and water that I could spend the night if needed. I hope I never get into a situation where I'm forced to spend the night in the high country with only minimal provisions, but accidents happen and it's best to be prepared.
I also buy the yearly CO state park pass which should also end up helping fund Search and Rescue.
I do see a lot of idiots on the mountains though. I've lost count how many people have been hit by lightening this year or just plain fallen off the mountain. When on trails I've attempted to give people information but no one wants to listen. It's usually pretty basic stuff too. If you see black clouds heading your way, you don't want to be going up the mountain :)
While what you're saying is true, I think we're about to see a showdown between the states and the federal government with the current economic climate being the driving force. Many states have already passed state amendments re-affirming their states rights and I'm thinking we're going to see either pot or immigration reform (or lack of from a federal level) be the battlefield where states start really pushing back.
I was about to say the same thing. I live in Denver and there is a nightly talk radio show for pot smokers. It's hard to listen to because the content is so bad, but I've heard them say that getting a prescription from a doctor takes all of 5 minutes. At one point the 'dispensaries' had doctors located inside of them and you could show up, pay to get a card, and buy your weed at the same place. Apparently they recently changed the law to add a waiting period so that had the guys on the show really up in arms....well I guess as angry as full time pot smokers could actually get.
Bingo! GW/AGW to me is simply hype both to both extremes at this point. I don't really care so much about global warming that may raise sea a bit some 100 years from now when we already can't eat the fish because of the levels of mercury. GW/AGW has taken up so much energy and science that we are ignoring the real poisons that are out there right NOW as in TODAY. It's also much easier to get people onboard with being clean (who can argue that high levels of mercury in our sea water is a good thing or natural?!), rather than try to beat them into GW submission with people who clearly are in it for themselves even if the science is true.
And I agree with you. The biggest SNAFU from Apple in this whole thing has been how they have handled the PR. From SJs use of 'magical' (although I thought he only said that about the iPad, I'm not sure) to his arrogant quips and finally to Apples deafening silence.
I hope they take a look at how quickly this thing blew up and learn that next time 3 weeks of silence is a mistake.
I found it for you:
http://support.sprint.com/global/pdf/user_guides/htc/evo/htc_evo_ug.pdf
Page 169. No sticker, but in the manual.
From my personal anecdotal experience with my i4 all the websites claiming doom and gloom were the ones spinning to me. Ars did a pretty good test showing that the new phone can lose ~20db of signal when held a certain way. That's enough to lose 1-2 bars and if that's all you have then it's definitely a problem. The most I can get to happen is 1 bar and it generally then bounces back up.
Apple brought the issue to light that has been a problem since phones started moving their antennas internal to the phone. A friend with a BB just IMed me laughing that he can do the same thing on his phone because of the weak signal he has in his office building.
I think Apple did all they could here. There is no way they have time to engineer, test, and possibly get FCC approval for some new phone in such a short amount of time. If the bumper isn't enough for people then return it. My i4 works fine with my usage and is much better reception wise than my 3GS was. Not that the 3GS was a stellar performer, but in places where I would drop calls on the 3GS (I live near the mountains) the i4 hasn't dropped yet.
So use the included head set ;)
I hate holding any phone to my ear to talk. For some reason it just annoys me, and after about 3 minutes I'm telling the other person I have to go or scrambling for my head set. A dropped call would be a non-rude way to get off the phone when I can't get to my headset :)
Apple has rabid fans and just as rabid detractors. BB users don't make a stink because even if they did no one would care. It certainly wouldn't be on CNN or CNBC or any other big new organizations day after day.
Just for the record I have an i4 and don't have any problems with. It's the best iPhone reception wise that I have owned. In a weak signal area I can try and make it lose 1 bar. I haven't naturally held any of my iPhones in a way that would cover that spot so if I had never seen the problem on the internet I like would have never noticed it.
It will be interesting to see just how many iPhones get returned. I think those numbers will tell the real truth about how many users are affected.
You should be able to Google the EVO user manual and near the end there are a couple pages dedicated to where NOT to touch the phone to keep from interfering with the antenna.
The iPhone problem is nothing new and has been in all iPhones to date and non-iPhones I owned prior. Apple is a big name so people make a big deal out of everything they do. They get a lot of free press/hype when things are good and when things are bad it can quickly turn around.
I have an i4 and it is by far the best reception I've had out of an iPhone(1st gen, 3GS prior). I can grip it with both hands really hard and sometimes manage to lose a bar. I don't think it's a signal strength issue because even in a low signal area I still only lose a bar. Maybe I'm just not electric enough? I also live in a dry climate so who knows.