Why. Do. You. Care? If the product is overpriced, don't buy it. If it's not and you want it, buy it. Besides, devs are reporting that they're ecstatic that they get to keep far more than if they went through other channels for distribution.
He's joking. Grand parent knows that Apple stuff usually lasts longer than their PC counterparts. He's just riffing on the trite meme that Apple stuff is only purchased by people who think they are hip and trendy. Grand parent is probably not a programmer.
Astroturfing for Microsoft or somebody? I have owned at least 8 Macs and my wife has owned at least 4 and only one of them--a desktop with a Maxtor drive--ever had a disk go bad. My problem with Apple hardware has mostly been that it is too reliable. I have to make excuses to buy new stuff when they get to be around 3 years old.
Well, in general the people who are opposed to killing are right. They are right from an ethical standpoint but they are also right from a practical standpoint. Killing servers to make the killed a martyr, and thus a rallying point, for the supporters left behind. If you really want to punish a dictator keep him in prison for life where he is treated just like any another criminal.
We have people using PCs and Macs where I work and that's what the PC folks say. Usually they say that right before they say that their laptop is jacked up because they just took it out of the dock.
That would be great if the phone companies had any integrity. During the Bush administration they demonstrated that they did not by giving the NSA everything it asked for.
'Most people are sheep though. You can ask for their name, DOB, SSN, CC number and PIN, email address, and even their email password, and they'll hand it over for the "discount".'
I will submit that most people aren't sheep in this regard. It is simply that decent people have to generally prepare themselves to lie ahead of time. When asked a straightforward question that might even surprise them they do the thing they are conditioned to do. Tell the truth. I find myself time after time spitting out my zip code even as my brain is saying "bullshit!"
I once took the trouble to figure out an address that would have basically been in the middle of an intersection. That became my "home" address whenever somebody who didn't need to know asked for it. I'm probably responsible for lots of junk mail getting thrown into the street.
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Your ad hominem attacks are trite and old.
" and they take a chunk of all sales"
Why. Do. You. Care? If the product is overpriced, don't buy it. If it's not and you want it, buy it. Besides, devs are reporting that they're ecstatic that they get to keep far more than if they went through other channels for distribution.
So, are you saying Phobos has negative gravity? Or perhaps you meant rappel?
As arrogant as Mac users happen to be, it seems they are always half as arrogant as PC users.
That's nothing compared to putting up with PC users. They are far more irritating that any Mac user I've ever run into.
Watch out. Just a few year ago you would have said "5% of the personal computing market is Apple."
He's joking. Grand parent knows that Apple stuff usually lasts longer than their PC counterparts. He's just riffing on the trite meme that Apple stuff is only purchased by people who think they are hip and trendy. Grand parent is probably not a programmer.
Astroturfing for Microsoft or somebody? I have owned at least 8 Macs and my wife has owned at least 4 and only one of them--a desktop with a Maxtor drive--ever had a disk go bad. My problem with Apple hardware has mostly been that it is too reliable. I have to make excuses to buy new stuff when they get to be around 3 years old.
"The engineering challenges those three companies face are immense"
The bureaucratic challenges will be even more so.
Well, in general the people who are opposed to killing are right. They are right from an ethical standpoint but they are also right from a practical standpoint. Killing servers to make the killed a martyr, and thus a rallying point, for the supporters left behind. If you really want to punish a dictator keep him in prison for life where he is treated just like any another criminal.
I'm from the US and I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you that France financed the American Revolution.
I think if you are from the US this is always going to happen. Just a matter of historical accuracy.
We have people using PCs and Macs where I work and that's what the PC folks say. Usually they say that right before they say that their laptop is jacked up because they just took it out of the dock.
Just like humans.
If anyone has mod points anymore...
A opposed to the Bush administration, which harbored far-right members and WAS a terrorist organization? See? Hyperbole rolls both ways.
Um, yeah. I'm sure the Democrats aren't much better than the Torture Party but they are not that much worse.
That would be great if the phone companies had any integrity. During the Bush administration they demonstrated that they did not by giving the NSA everything it asked for.
"You should have got one."
They usually come in pairs.
'Most people are sheep though. You can ask for their name, DOB, SSN, CC number and PIN, email address, and even their email password, and they'll hand it over for the "discount".'
I will submit that most people aren't sheep in this regard. It is simply that decent people have to generally prepare themselves to lie ahead of time. When asked a straightforward question that might even surprise them they do the thing they are conditioned to do. Tell the truth. I find myself time after time spitting out my zip code even as my brain is saying "bullshit!"
I once took the trouble to figure out an address that would have basically been in the middle of an intersection. That became my "home" address whenever somebody who didn't need to know asked for it. I'm probably responsible for lots of junk mail getting thrown into the street.
And the solution to posts like yours is another non-sequitur. Feldspar!
My eyes! The 3D glasses, they do nothing!
How do comments like this get modded up? By people who have an emotional grudge against Apple? Give me break.
You couldn't help but make that comment, could you?