No matter how you feel about the late Mr. Steve Jobs, that guy was a real asset to Apple, Inc.
The marketing department of Apple, Inc. did not need to "sell" their wares as much as their peers in other companies (like Nokia or RIM, for example), as Mr. Jobs himself had done most of the selling.
There is a double whammy for Nokia, though
By abandoning all their previous phone OSes, and blindly adopted the Microsoft Windows as their one-and-only OS, many Nokia users - even those who had used Nokia for many years - had started looking at offerings from competing brands - from Apple, to Samsung, to (at a lesser degree), RIM.
...the underlying idea is that there are some people who can get away with being scumbags. Many of them happen to also have the ability to screw over large numbers of other people for personal gain without any real consequences
The only thing that keeps the above statement valid (and it has been valid since the dawn of human civilization) is because:
A. 80% - 90% of the human population either do not want to think, or are afraid to use their brain
B. The geeks, which make up about 2-3% of the human population, do not like to cheat, to lie or to deceive others
Point A will remain constant - for 80% to 90% of the human populace just do.not.think
On the other hand, Point B could change - if and only if we geeks decide that Enough is Enough and we are going to defeat those baddies in their own game, and we geeks gonna become even more badder than the worst baddie there is
We have the brain power to achieve anything we focus our attention on. The only thing that is lacking, right now, is the will power for us geek to become baddies
But IMHO there is a third group, that Nietzche never talked about to my (poor) knowledge - I'll call them creatives. These are the explorers, the artists, the engineers, the 'geeks' of all stripes - and about 1/2 of the entrpreneurs. The creatives don't want to be masters, and refuse to be slaves. They will always be the disruptors, will never be accepted by either of the other groups, and will always be a thorn in the side to the 'system'.
You may have something there !
As per your description, the third groups are "Creatives", that are capable of creating / innovating / exploring, - without having to resort to lie, cheat, or deceit, - we geeks do have the potential to become the baddest critters there is - if the push turns into shove
Ever since these "Turanian Theory" Lunatics discovered the Internet, they have been all over it (youtube, forums, etc) claiming the most inane shit, that everyone with the slightest physical characteristics of the so-called "North Mongoloid" type is a descendant of Turks. Yeniseans, Mongols, Tungus, Siberians, Japanese, Ainu, Native Americas, they all magically descend from the Blue Wolf clan (as if they were some fucking magical mother race that has existed unaltered from the beginning of time.)
I do not understand those "Turanian" lunatics either
The truth is, today's Iranian stock is not the same as that of the Turks
In fact, the bloodline of Iranian is more closer to that of the Jews than the Turks
It is because of the Assyrian civilization, which occupies much of the northern portion of the Mesopotamian basin some 6,000 to 7,000 years ago - leaving the lower portion to another tribe of people, whose descendants, those who migrated to the South, became the Jews; those who migrated to the East, became the Persians (Iranians); those who migrated to the North, became the Armenians
While there may be some mixing among the Jews / Arabs / Persians throughout the millennia, there are still some stark differences in between the Arab / Turk / Central Asian stock and those of the Iranians, the Jews and the Armenians - both culturally and in the level of cognitive agility
It's very unfortunate that most of us geeks are not that well versed in financial thingy, and that we geeks are too trusting of others - methinks this maybe the result of we geeks, in our own geeky-universe, are generally trustworthy
Unfortunately, the world out there is filled with critters that will cheat everybody, even their own mothers !
The two inventors of Dragon Speech Recognizing System put their trusts in Goldman Sachs, which, by now, most of us geeks should know not to trust
It is even more unfortunately that the two inventors now have to rely on lawyers to sue Goldman Sachs - and lawyers are critters that are not that far removed from the kind of critters that occupies the Capital Hill / White House / Wall Street
Methinks the only way we geeks can survive the world out there is to turn ourselves into the baddest kind of critters - even more badder than the critters of Wall Street, critters in the Capital Hill and/or the White House
criticism isn't automatic 'hate'speech, no matter what liberals do to censor criticism of their dogmatism. in these cases, comments like yours should be modded down.
to this day, if you grab 50 people from one race and 50 from another, then release them into a room full of tables, they'll sort themselves out by race, even if they're otherwise accepting people. It's a preference for most people. it is not 'hate.'
You forgot one very crucial thing:
To the Liberals, anything that they do not agree with they will label it as "Hate" - whether it be Hate-speech, Hate-crime, Hate-thought, et cetera
But I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to experiment with the Backfire Effect [wikipedia.org] in their marketing. It's been in the news a bit lately, so it'd be topical for them.
Hmm... you got a point there !!
After all, the Backfire Effect is part and parcel of Microsoft FUD campaign
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No matter how you feel about the late Mr. Steve Jobs, that guy was a real asset to Apple, Inc.
The marketing department of Apple, Inc. did not need to "sell" their wares as much as their peers in other companies (like Nokia or RIM, for example), as Mr. Jobs himself had done most of the selling.
There is a double whammy for Nokia, though
By abandoning all their previous phone OSes, and blindly adopted the Microsoft Windows as their one-and-only OS, many Nokia users - even those who had used Nokia for many years - had started looking at offerings from competing brands - from Apple, to Samsung, to (at a lesser degree), RIM.
Be the sheep in wolves' clothing.
Umm .... I think you may have it in reverse
Shouldn't that be "Wolf in sheep's clothing", instead?
The only thing that keeps the above statement valid (and it has been valid since the dawn of human civilization) is because:
A. 80% - 90% of the human population either do not want to think, or are afraid to use their brain
B. The geeks, which make up about 2-3% of the human population, do not like to cheat, to lie or to deceive others
Point A will remain constant - for 80% to 90% of the human populace just do.not.think
On the other hand, Point B could change - if and only if we geeks decide that Enough is Enough and we are going to defeat those baddies in their own game, and we geeks gonna become even more badder than the worst baddie there is
We have the brain power to achieve anything we focus our attention on. The only thing that is lacking, right now, is the will power for us geek to become baddies
But IMHO there is a third group, that Nietzche never talked about to my (poor) knowledge - I'll call them creatives. These are the explorers, the artists, the engineers, the 'geeks' of all stripes - and about 1/2 of the entrpreneurs. The creatives don't want to be masters, and refuse to be slaves. They will always be the disruptors, will never be accepted by either of the other groups, and will always be a thorn in the side to the 'system'.
You may have something there !
As per your description, the third groups are "Creatives", that are capable of creating / innovating / exploring, - without having to resort to lie, cheat, or deceit, - we geeks do have the potential to become the baddest critters there is - if the push turns into shove
Ever since these "Turanian Theory" Lunatics discovered the Internet, they have been all over it (youtube, forums, etc) claiming the most inane shit, that everyone with the slightest physical characteristics of the so-called "North Mongoloid" type is a descendant of Turks. Yeniseans, Mongols, Tungus, Siberians, Japanese, Ainu, Native Americas, they all magically descend from the Blue Wolf clan (as if they were some fucking magical mother race that has existed unaltered from the beginning of time.)
I do not understand those "Turanian" lunatics either
The truth is, today's Iranian stock is not the same as that of the Turks
In fact, the bloodline of Iranian is more closer to that of the Jews than the Turks
It is because of the Assyrian civilization, which occupies much of the northern portion of the Mesopotamian basin some 6,000 to 7,000 years ago - leaving the lower portion to another tribe of people, whose descendants, those who migrated to the South, became the Jews; those who migrated to the East, became the Persians (Iranians); those who migrated to the North, became the Armenians
While there may be some mixing among the Jews / Arabs / Persians throughout the millennia, there are still some stark differences in between the Arab / Turk / Central Asian stock and those of the Iranians, the Jews and the Armenians - both culturally and in the level of cognitive agility
It's very unfortunate that most of us geeks are not that well versed in financial thingy, and that we geeks are too trusting of others - methinks this maybe the result of we geeks, in our own geeky-universe, are generally trustworthy
Unfortunately, the world out there is filled with critters that will cheat everybody, even their own mothers !
The two inventors of Dragon Speech Recognizing System put their trusts in Goldman Sachs, which, by now, most of us geeks should know not to trust
It is even more unfortunately that the two inventors now have to rely on lawyers to sue Goldman Sachs - and lawyers are critters that are not that far removed from the kind of critters that occupies the Capital Hill / White House / Wall Street
Methinks the only way we geeks can survive the world out there is to turn ourselves into the baddest kind of critters - even more badder than the critters of Wall Street, critters in the Capital Hill and/or the White House
Welcome our new RIAA/MPAA SS Troup overlords
Watch out for their black helicopters !!
The earliest immigrants arrived in waves, more recent immigrants arrived in boats...
While the most recent immigrants are arriving in planes
By this same line of reason we could conclude that the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs were Egyptians because they built pyramids
... and this same line of reason makes the Cambodians Egyptians !
http://whgbetc.com/mind/pyramids-cambodia.html
The distant cousins of Turkish, and Turkic peoples of central Asia
Can you please tell us just what you are trying to achieve here?
Racial superiority of the Turks, or something like that??
Maybe it wasn't the gods who were listening. What makes you think he went to "Heaven"?
OTOH, the situation what Jobs has left us, with all these patent litigations and whatnots, is very, very far away from "heaven"
Is "Time dot come" related to "Time Magazine" ?
Or are we looking at a copyright infringement ?
criticism isn't automatic 'hate'speech, no matter what liberals do to censor criticism of their dogmatism. in these cases, comments like yours should be modded down.
to this day, if you grab 50 people from one race and 50 from another, then release them into a room full of tables, they'll sort themselves out by race, even if they're otherwise accepting people. It's a preference for most people. it is not 'hate.'
You forgot one very crucial thing:
To the Liberals, anything that they do not agree with they will label it as "Hate" - whether it be Hate-speech, Hate-crime, Hate-thought, et cetera
I mean, does the entire American society boils down to "RNC-DNC" ?
Don't you think America deserves much more than that?
Google did open-source some of the commercial-wares - by acquiring the company
I was exploring sci-linux' site and they had the "limitation page"
https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/62/limitations
Well ... it's blank !!
When I drink that much coffee I can understand Spanish
Huh !
When I drink that much I can understand anything !!
Here's the link to the photo that shows Ras-Pi running Fractals
http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=14044&start=54
And this is the link to the entire thread
http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=14044
If it's my computer, it's *MY* computer !!
What do I want to do with it is *MY* business !!
Japan must have fucked up seriously with this type of stupid law !!
But I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to experiment with the Backfire Effect [wikipedia.org] in their marketing. It's been in the news a bit lately, so it'd be topical for them.
Hmm ... you got a point there !!
After all, the Backfire Effect is part and parcel of Microsoft FUD campaign
The figures in the patent are total bullshit put in to make the patent look more impressive and complex than it really is.
If I publish a scientific paper, and in my paper I back it up with a lot of bullshit figures
Not long after the publication someone else will discover my bullshit figure and I will suffer all the negative consequences that I deserve
On the other hand, if I file for a patent, and back up my patent filing with a lot of bullshit figures
When my patent is granted, I got my patent and enjoy all the patent royalties that it generates.
As long as my patent does not infringe on others patent, legally speaking, nobody can do anything
That is what is wrong with the patent system
And that is why the patent office must either go through a total overhaul or shut down altogether
I'm from Texas, and I'm pretty much sick of ... Texas
I plead to America to STOP listening to Texas
I am not a Texan, but I used to stay there
I can see that you HATE Texas very much
So my question to you is:
Why are you still staying in Texas, the place you hate so much?
Why don't you just get the fuck out of the Lone Star State?
A clarification: I am not a doctor
But isn't "Neuro-Degenerative Disorder" imply symptoms that arise from the death of brain cells (for whatever reason) ?
If that's so, how can any implant "stimulates" brain activities _after_ the crucial brain cells have croaked ?
Would appreciate very much of any and all elaboration !!
Fascinating conclusion he's come to. It looks like MS engineers don't understand Joe jobs.
Under normal circumstances, MS does not hire idiots (with exception of Ballmer, of course)
So ... this looks more like that MS engineer trying to make a name for himself
Apple is using TWO displays
Huh?! TWO displays??
Shining two beams of lights does not make "TWO displays"