Carriers always lower prices when a competitor moves into an area. That's standard operating procedure, if you don't undercut them right from the start they might gain a foothold in the area. Prices will of course shoot back up once the competitor leaves or goes under. Competition is rough on incumbent carriers, which is why they're so nice to each other in general and avoid competing as much as possible.
male fertility is decreasing around the world. That's a fact.
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This is one of those things I see from time to time, but from what I can tell it is completely unsupported by any evidence. It's just something someone thought up to scare people.
I'm pretty sure the guy comparing this cleric to a liberal Democrat was either a troll or an apparently too-subtle parody (given that the original post is buried now).
Because it has basically only a single developer (Stallman himself), and he has a bad case of Carpel Tunnel so to write it he has to dictate every character to some poor intern that then quits because that's an impossible way to develop a project.
It's not even that low. I did replace the graphics card a couple of years ago because my old one died, but anything that's a console port still runs at max settings just fine, and most AAA games these days are console ports. Indie games rarely push the graphics very hard either. I had some slowdown in Gone Home, but I'm not sure that wasn't just a bug in the game.
Because then they would get busted for insider trading. This guy set his timers so that he wasn't doing the trade until after it was officially announced, but forgot about the speed of light delay and got busted anyway. Not that the FTC gives a damn about insider trading anyway, it's hilariously and blatantly rampant but they're powerless to do anything about it.
The Insider in this case would have the information well before it was announced in DC. He has the trades all setup and ready to execute, and then set the timer to have it happen at exactly 2PM. He forgot about the speed of light delay however and accidentally outed himself. After a decade or so the FTC might slap him with a couple of thousand dollar fine or something to make sure he never abuses insider information to make a billion dollars in a millisecond again.
It's rediculous just how long a properly built machine will last, even if you are a gamer. I'm still using my 2.4Ghz C2D from 6 years ago and it's only now starting to fall below the minimum requirements for some games.
$600 is way too much to spend for a CPU unless you're all about big dick benchmark numbers. $200-250 is a much better price-performance spot. $200-250 is also a good spot for a video card. You also don't need a $200 mobo most likely, the $100 or maybe $150 models are much more reasonable. $100 is plenty for the Power supply too. What the heck do you need 16GB of memory for too? 8GB will be plenty until it is time to retire this machine. $50-75 is more than enough for a nice case as well. Big cheap SSDs don't really exist, but you can find 256GB ones for ~$175 or so.
Put all of that together and you're talking about ~$1000 for a nice gaming machine, minus the keyboard, mouse, monitor, or software. Most people who are building their own hardware already have all of those and upgrade them on a different timescale than their CPU. You can likely shave off some of the cost by dealhunting as well assuming you aren't heavily time constrained.
I've not noticed excessive stutter on my 4s, but battery life seems to be worse thus far. I've not had iOS 7 installed long enough to be sure, but it looks like even with my typical workday activity the battery is draining noticably faster. Getting two days out of a charge doesn't look possible anymore.
It's better than you going apeshit because some idea didn't pan out and you never got the product you kickstarted. Kickstarters are risky business. Even if they do deliver there is no guarantee that the final product will be good. From a financial standpoint, a lot of Kickstarters don't make much sense. You're assuming a lot of risk and they're still charging you basically full price for the final product and you don't share in the profits. That said, these tend to be the safest kickstarters, because the company is basically using it as a preorder system.
Ultimately the big difference between VC and Kickstarters is that VC investors have an expectation to share in the profits, where Kickstarter backers do not.
Why is this thing priced like a modern board when it has all out of date components on it? Wake me up when they do the Bay Trail version or slash $100 off of the asking price.
fatgraham has a point though. The C is only slightly cheaper than the S when you factor in the subsidy, so why pinch those last few pennies when you could have a much faster phone with a nicer camera that won't be obsolete as fast? It's not a very compelling product at the current price point. It might have been different if it were $50 and the 4s was discontinued entirely, but as is the phone doesn't really have a place in the lineup. It's not cheap enough to be the cheap option.
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They should have opened up a benchmarking app on both phones (the G2 and the Note3) and then did a battery life test on both phones with them "idle".
Carriers always lower prices when a competitor moves into an area. That's standard operating procedure, if you don't undercut them right from the start they might gain a foothold in the area. Prices will of course shoot back up once the competitor leaves or goes under. Competition is rough on incumbent carriers, which is why they're so nice to each other in general and avoid competing as much as possible.
Lets not kid ourselves into thinking that someone as dim as Todd Akin came up with that on his own. He's part of a community.
Checks with ultraconservative dogma...
The answer is yes.
Next question?
No, they're using it to blame the victim and to restrict her rights. Also, did I say anything about state governments?
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This is one of those things I see from time to time, but from what I can tell it is completely unsupported by any evidence. It's just something someone thought up to scare people.
I'm pretty sure the guy comparing this cleric to a liberal Democrat was either a troll or an apparently too-subtle parody (given that the original post is buried now).
It's like rape. A woman's body knows and just shuts down when she's driving a car.
As crazy as this sounds, it's not too far off from what some ultraconservatives apparently believe.
Because it has basically only a single developer (Stallman himself), and he has a bad case of Carpel Tunnel so to write it he has to dictate every character to some poor intern that then quits because that's an impossible way to develop a project.
CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
I remember the first time I saw a Windows NT box I thought the login dialog was a joke.
It's not even that low. I did replace the graphics card a couple of years ago because my old one died, but anything that's a console port still runs at max settings just fine, and most AAA games these days are console ports. Indie games rarely push the graphics very hard either. I had some slowdown in Gone Home, but I'm not sure that wasn't just a bug in the game.
Because then they would get busted for insider trading. This guy set his timers so that he wasn't doing the trade until after it was officially announced, but forgot about the speed of light delay and got busted anyway. Not that the FTC gives a damn about insider trading anyway, it's hilariously and blatantly rampant but they're powerless to do anything about it.
The Insider in this case would have the information well before it was announced in DC. He has the trades all setup and ready to execute, and then set the timer to have it happen at exactly 2PM. He forgot about the speed of light delay however and accidentally outed himself. After a decade or so the FTC might slap him with a couple of thousand dollar fine or something to make sure he never abuses insider information to make a billion dollars in a millisecond again.
It's rediculous just how long a properly built machine will last, even if you are a gamer. I'm still using my 2.4Ghz C2D from 6 years ago and it's only now starting to fall below the minimum requirements for some games.
$600 is way too much to spend for a CPU unless you're all about big dick benchmark numbers. $200-250 is a much better price-performance spot. $200-250 is also a good spot for a video card. You also don't need a $200 mobo most likely, the $100 or maybe $150 models are much more reasonable. $100 is plenty for the Power supply too. What the heck do you need 16GB of memory for too? 8GB will be plenty until it is time to retire this machine. $50-75 is more than enough for a nice case as well. Big cheap SSDs don't really exist, but you can find 256GB ones for ~$175 or so.
Put all of that together and you're talking about ~$1000 for a nice gaming machine, minus the keyboard, mouse, monitor, or software. Most people who are building their own hardware already have all of those and upgrade them on a different timescale than their CPU. You can likely shave off some of the cost by dealhunting as well assuming you aren't heavily time constrained.
It used to be completely reliable. I've heard that some Gnome apps abuse the buffer for no apparent reason though.
Who gives a shit about Unity?
I've not noticed excessive stutter on my 4s, but battery life seems to be worse thus far. I've not had iOS 7 installed long enough to be sure, but it looks like even with my typical workday activity the battery is draining noticably faster. Getting two days out of a charge doesn't look possible anymore.
Where the heck would you find a 3 ohm resister? Is that just a cable with a bit of rust on it?
It's better than you going apeshit because some idea didn't pan out and you never got the product you kickstarted. Kickstarters are risky business. Even if they do deliver there is no guarantee that the final product will be good. From a financial standpoint, a lot of Kickstarters don't make much sense. You're assuming a lot of risk and they're still charging you basically full price for the final product and you don't share in the profits. That said, these tend to be the safest kickstarters, because the company is basically using it as a preorder system.
Ultimately the big difference between VC and Kickstarters is that VC investors have an expectation to share in the profits, where Kickstarter backers do not.
Why is this thing priced like a modern board when it has all out of date components on it? Wake me up when they do the Bay Trail version or slash $100 off of the asking price.
fatgraham has a point though. The C is only slightly cheaper than the S when you factor in the subsidy, so why pinch those last few pennies when you could have a much faster phone with a nicer camera that won't be obsolete as fast? It's not a very compelling product at the current price point. It might have been different if it were $50 and the 4s was discontinued entirely, but as is the phone doesn't really have a place in the lineup. It's not cheap enough to be the cheap option.
The fuel and oil were pumped out ages ago. The reason why they're not cutting it up is the Italian government said no.
Most of the observers at the court ruling thought the judges sounded sympathetic to Verizon's case and were probably going to rule in their favor.