Please explain your logic that foreigners buying our stuff destroys our economy.
No, you have it backwards. He was saying that your destroyed economy allows us to buy your stuff. Not that buying stuff destroys your economy.
Personally, I'm glad Australia is looking to increase trade with SE Asia asap, because once your economy collapses, anyone who can't disengage will be in for a world of pain.
And if it's all about marketing - then why have companies like Sony failed so miserably, when they have spent more on marketing than Apple has?
Because 'success = f(money)' is not true for most things, but is extra not-true in marketing. You don't get a more successful advertising campaign just by throwing more money at it. And you're right, the ipod isn't only successful because of marketing, but without marketing it would have been crushed by 'Joe's discount ipod ripoff' which offers the same functionality, but is recommended by Joe Footballer.
Funny how many more consumers buy iPods than any other brand of player that has more features.
What's funny about that? Apple ipods have better market penetration than anyone else. If you ask anyone in a westernised nation to say "Hey, what's the name of that musicy thing that connects to the computer?", they are going to say 'Oh, that's an ipod.', or they're going to look at you blankly.
Also notice how such a statement is quite specific, and is nonsensical for a general audience of consumers. Many people don't care about having the screen. In fact, if you use your player for sports or jogging, then looking at a screen could cause distraction, and an accident. Microsoft doesn't mention these issues, and just says "screens are good!" without considering all users.
Holy Apple-Fanatic Batman!
This is the first time I've seen someone pan 'extra functionality' as being bad. Well, actually that's a lie. It's the first time, since the last time the apple fans had to come out and be defensive about their product.
That's perfectly fine. You can go to a junk yard and pick up a big lump of scrap metal that is a guaranteed safety hazard.
You won't be able to drive it until it passes a road worthiness test. Which presumably this plexiglass thing won't pass. The important thing is that you bought it knowing that you would never be able to drive it, and decided to buy it anyway.
Because you need admin access to get the thing embedded in your system so far that it's hard to remove.
If you were installing it on linux, it would want root access so that it could replace all the files in/bin with replacements that call a script to make sure it is running before it does the real command.
It's definately a pricing issue. Why would they pay actual dollars for any sort of version (no matter how cheap it is) when they can get the full version for free?
Or..are you saying they're justified in mugging people?
No, but I am saying that most people wouldn't understand the difference between 'threatening your life' and 'committing any other sort of crime' if it jumped up and bit them in the ass.
Hmm...I fail to see why this is a bad thing? If someone tries to mug me, or threaten my life or my friend or families lives...I see no problem is turning that fucker into a piece of bullet ridden shredded meat.
And then after you're convicted of using excessive force, you will have become just another 'pro-gun control' statistic.
Agreed, and my team is responsible for keeping all of the servers patched. I was merely pointing out that my parent poster didn't quite understand 'first line of defence'.
That's funny, because in our enterprise network, our firewalls ARE our first line of defence. ie: There isn't anything in front of our firewalls besides a few routers.
Security patching is our last line of defence, because if you're actually getting packets to the servers, that packet has already been vetted by two different types of firewall and a number of routers.
Time to leap in and point out that the Australian government ruled it was illegal to do region coding. All DVD players's sold in Australia are uncoded now (or at least you get instructions when it's sold to you.)
No, the Australian Federal Police is the equivalent of their FBI. ASIO is like the 'theory' component of the CIA, ASIS is like the 'practical' component.
So, you're saying that even if speed limits weren't enforced, you'd follow the speed limit for the common good? What a load of crap.
Unless you were trying to dispute that going slower makes roads safer, in which case there is a lot of evidence to disprove that - My people call it physics.
And if China doesn't send its baubles to the Western World, just what the hell are they going to do with billions baubles sitting around in the warehouse? Eat them?
Well, I'd say they'd sell them to Europe at a cheaper price, no point in just leaving them there after all.
Could be, but in this case, I wasn't attacking Bush, just attacking someone who was attacking Clinton. I don't believe that liking Clinton precludes liking Bush:)
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That used to be true, however what you have now is a dependency on them. What happens when they stop?
No, you have it backwards. He was saying that your destroyed economy allows us to buy your stuff. Not that buying stuff destroys your economy.
Personally, I'm glad Australia is looking to increase trade with SE Asia asap, because once your economy collapses, anyone who can't disengage will be in for a world of pain.
Because 'success = f(money)' is not true for most things, but is extra not-true in marketing. You don't get a more successful advertising campaign just by throwing more money at it. And you're right, the ipod isn't only successful because of marketing, but without marketing it would have been crushed by 'Joe's discount ipod ripoff' which offers the same functionality, but is recommended by Joe Footballer.
You're new to this marketing concept, aren't you.
What's funny about that? Apple ipods have better market penetration than anyone else. If you ask anyone in a westernised nation to say "Hey, what's the name of that musicy thing that connects to the computer?", they are going to say 'Oh, that's an ipod.', or they're going to look at you blankly.
Holy Apple-Fanatic Batman!
This is the first time I've seen someone pan 'extra functionality' as being bad. Well, actually that's a lie. It's the first time, since the last time the apple fans had to come out and be defensive about their product.
You won't be able to drive it until it passes a road worthiness test. Which presumably this plexiglass thing won't pass. The important thing is that you bought it knowing that you would never be able to drive it, and decided to buy it anyway.
If you were installing it on linux, it would want root access so that it could replace all the files in /bin with replacements that call a script to make sure it is running before it does the real command.
It's definately a pricing issue. Why would they pay actual dollars for any sort of version (no matter how cheap it is) when they can get the full version for free?
WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING STUPID ON THE INTERNET? WHY?
Anyone with the clout to take Microsoft to court over losses will be more than happy to accept a deal.
[5 years free software sounds quite good to most Fortune 500 companies]
No, but I am saying that most people wouldn't understand the difference between 'threatening your life' and 'committing any other sort of crime' if it jumped up and bit them in the ass.
And then after you're convicted of using excessive force, you will have become just another 'pro-gun control' statistic.
Good work!
Agreed, and my team is responsible for keeping all of the servers patched. I was merely pointing out that my parent poster didn't quite understand 'first line of defence'.
Security patching is our last line of defence, because if you're actually getting packets to the servers, that packet has already been vetted by two different types of firewall and a number of routers.
Time to leap in and point out that the Australian government ruled it was illegal to do region coding. All DVD players's sold in Australia are uncoded now (or at least you get instructions when it's sold to you.)
No, the Australian Federal Police is the equivalent of their FBI. ASIO is like the 'theory' component of the CIA, ASIS is like the 'practical' component.
Do they explicitly say on the spec sheet that they have this capability?
Have they EVER advertised this?
[And of course, by disprove I do mean prove]
Unless you were trying to dispute that going slower makes roads safer, in which case there is a lot of evidence to disprove that - My people call it physics.
Society as a whole loses when people can speed with (almost) impunity. (Due to vastly increased amount of road deaths.)
Well, I'd say they'd sell them to Europe at a cheaper price, no point in just leaving them there after all.
What about in dongs?
Could be, but in this case, I wasn't attacking Bush, just attacking someone who was attacking Clinton. I don't believe that liking Clinton precludes liking Bush :)