I share your concerns about the upcoming Second Great Depression. It'll affect every single country in the world, some much worse than others. Yes, the US will be extremely hard hit. But I think Apple will weather it better than any other technology company in the world. Its bottom line will definitely be affected, but not as much as others.
It's a good idea for Apple to open markets in as many countries as they can, to spread the risk. I think we'll see some surprising new upstart countries on the global IT and business scene during the upcoming Depression.
3D is hugely overrated at this point. If it was a killer feature, Apple would have implemented it already. Give it another 5 years, then it might be usable. Either that, or it dies a horrible death.
Can't understand what your beef with the Dalai Lama is. Would you respect him more if he did un-"inoffensive" stuff like take a dump on your front lawn and play deafeningly loud death metal at 3am?
The great depression is coming, and smart people have foreseen this for ages. The scammers and fraudsters know this, but they're hell bent on milking the system for everything it's worth. There's been really great commentary the last few years on how broken the mainstream economics model is. Unfortunately, the dissenters are still very small in number, so most people are ignorant of the scam that's going on, or they don't care.
You seem to have selective memory -- there have been quite a few examples of Israeli military personnel (usually religious zealots) going batshit insane and murdering and assassinating people, including fellow Jews not to mention numerous Arabs. Yitzhak Rabin ring a bell?
It's the usual Apple-hating bullshit. The ranters make up all sorts of outlandish FUD crap about how Apple is going to fuck the world over and how it's the biggest threat to freedom and our way of life etc.
In reality, Apple will do more to protect your privacy than anyone else. Certainly more than Facebook and Google (the two biggest advertising powerhouses on the Internet), whose very existence depends on their harvesting your usage patterns and personal data. Android is Google's strategy to get advertising into all facets of people's lives as the smartphone revolution progresses. I find it eternally amusing that so-called geeks are happy about this and give Google a free pass (Facebook is not cool or "open" enough, I suppose).
The whole "openness" bullshit is a smoke screen, and the less insightful fall for it.
Macs haven't had their "own formats" for a while now, 99% of files can easily be shared cross-platform. You know, I heard there's even a version of MS Office for Mac, fancy that!
But yeah, keep making shit up.
As for Apple entering the enterprise, it's definitely surprised me, but I'm seeing it happen with my own eyes. Primarily in the form of iPads and iPhones. Macs, perhaps, will follow after that. I take heart in this as proof that great things can and do rise to the top.
It's 1 million units of the new Apple TV. If you count the older generation, it's way more than that. Don't let facts get in the way of your rant though.
Video lacked context? I think most reasonable people would agree with me when I say, "WHAT THE FUCK?". So if a suspect resists arrest, then the officer is justified in spending the next ten minutes caving his head in with repeated kicks, and tasering the guy two dozen times non-stop?
What bullshit. I've always been a pro-law enforcement type, and cops like this disgust me. Police brutality is police brutality, full stop. Fellow cops who support cops who do this are part of the problem -- gutless cowards.
You must be smoking crack. You think they give you an extra handset free out of the goodness of their hearts? They'd be selling it the normal way in order to maximise profits if they thought it would work.
You obviously haven't played Rage on iOS. Otherwise you'd realise that it's every bit as good a game as any Wii title. Now, I do think that games like Wolfenstein and Doom have aged ungracefully and I really hated Doom 3 and found it monotonous and tiresome, but Rage for iOS is actually a pretty fun and well thought-out mini game.
I'm going to sound like a high-minded and pompous jackass here: why should you emulate your students' bad attitude? Just because they're lazy ignorant slobs doesn't mean you have to be one. Be your own man, don't follow the others like a sheep. You're on a mission, and that mission is not dependent on other people's feelings, attitudes or moods.
Yeah, 90% of people are dull and boring. Doesn't mean you have to be.
Typical mindless, baseless Slashdot drivel. Use your brain before you post.
It's quite sad how suckers like you have bought the whole "Google is angelic" propaganda hook, line and sinker. Google is just another corporation, like Apple and Microsoft, and they will always do things that are in their own interests.
How is Apple "owning your whole experience" and "lobbying for legislation to turn their wants into law"?
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I share your concerns about the upcoming Second Great Depression. It'll affect every single country in the world, some much worse than others. Yes, the US will be extremely hard hit. But I think Apple will weather it better than any other technology company in the world. Its bottom line will definitely be affected, but not as much as others.
It's a good idea for Apple to open markets in as many countries as they can, to spread the risk. I think we'll see some surprising new upstart countries on the global IT and business scene during the upcoming Depression.
The crucial difference is that you're not going to see many A-grade games on the Android device.
3D is hugely overrated at this point. If it was a killer feature, Apple would have implemented it already. Give it another 5 years, then it might be usable. Either that, or it dies a horrible death.
I'm not sure there ever was a Wozniak's Apple -- it's just a dream. Steve's vision has been running the company from the start.
Can't understand what your beef with the Dalai Lama is. Would you respect him more if he did un-"inoffensive" stuff like take a dump on your front lawn and play deafeningly loud death metal at 3am?
The great depression is coming, and smart people have foreseen this for ages. The scammers and fraudsters know this, but they're hell bent on milking the system for everything it's worth. There's been really great commentary the last few years on how broken the mainstream economics model is. Unfortunately, the dissenters are still very small in number, so most people are ignorant of the scam that's going on, or they don't care.
So the EMC engineer was actually stealing small Prada bags?
The story doesn't make any sense -- why would he be smuggling bicycles?
Stop making shit up. You know very well that the popularity of extremist right-wing militia hate groups have skyrocketed since Obama was elected.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516,00.html
You seem to have selective memory -- there have been quite a few examples of Israeli military personnel (usually religious zealots) going batshit insane and murdering and assassinating people, including fellow Jews not to mention numerous Arabs. Yitzhak Rabin ring a bell?
The original Asker specifically mentioned iPhone in his query, so it's only fair to list an iPhone/iPad solution.
It's the usual Apple-hating bullshit. The ranters make up all sorts of outlandish FUD crap about how Apple is going to fuck the world over and how it's the biggest threat to freedom and our way of life etc.
In reality, Apple will do more to protect your privacy than anyone else. Certainly more than Facebook and Google (the two biggest advertising powerhouses on the Internet), whose very existence depends on their harvesting your usage patterns and personal data. Android is Google's strategy to get advertising into all facets of people's lives as the smartphone revolution progresses. I find it eternally amusing that so-called geeks are happy about this and give Google a free pass (Facebook is not cool or "open" enough, I suppose).
The whole "openness" bullshit is a smoke screen, and the less insightful fall for it.
Macs haven't had their "own formats" for a while now, 99% of files can easily be shared cross-platform. You know, I heard there's even a version of MS Office for Mac, fancy that!
But yeah, keep making shit up.
As for Apple entering the enterprise, it's definitely surprised me, but I'm seeing it happen with my own eyes. Primarily in the form of iPads and iPhones. Macs, perhaps, will follow after that. I take heart in this as proof that great things can and do rise to the top.
Not sure what country you live in where an iPhone or Android phone costs $2200 over two years!
That's exactly the intention of posting this story. Apple bashing = lots of eyeballs and pageviews.
It's 1 million units of the new Apple TV. If you count the older generation, it's way more than that. Don't let facts get in the way of your rant though.
Video lacked context? I think most reasonable people would agree with me when I say, "WHAT THE FUCK?". So if a suspect resists arrest, then the officer is justified in spending the next ten minutes caving his head in with repeated kicks, and tasering the guy two dozen times non-stop?
What bullshit. I've always been a pro-law enforcement type, and cops like this disgust me. Police brutality is police brutality, full stop. Fellow cops who support cops who do this are part of the problem -- gutless cowards.
Bravo, good sir, brilliant post!
Your EMR for tablets will take off once the EMR software is designed for multitouch interfaces.
I predict it'll take another 2-3 years for tablets to mature and for software to catch up. By that time, tablets will be well and truly mainstream.
All we need now is the creation of the Gatling Peace Prize.
You must be smoking crack. You think they give you an extra handset free out of the goodness of their hearts? They'd be selling it the normal way in order to maximise profits if they thought it would work.
You obviously haven't played Rage on iOS. Otherwise you'd realise that it's every bit as good a game as any Wii title. Now, I do think that games like Wolfenstein and Doom have aged ungracefully and I really hated Doom 3 and found it monotonous and tiresome, but Rage for iOS is actually a pretty fun and well thought-out mini game.
I'm going to sound like a high-minded and pompous jackass here: why should you emulate your students' bad attitude? Just because they're lazy ignorant slobs doesn't mean you have to be one. Be your own man, don't follow the others like a sheep. You're on a mission, and that mission is not dependent on other people's feelings, attitudes or moods.
Yeah, 90% of people are dull and boring. Doesn't mean you have to be.
Typical mindless, baseless Slashdot drivel. Use your brain before you post.
It's quite sad how suckers like you have bought the whole "Google is angelic" propaganda hook, line and sinker. Google is just another corporation, like Apple and Microsoft, and they will always do things that are in their own interests.
How is Apple "owning your whole experience" and "lobbying for legislation to turn their wants into law"?
Well said.