I have traveled extensively, and no traveler is hated more than the American traveler. We are arrogant and expect the entire world to speak our language
McAffee is a creepy old sex tourist, using his money to sleep with women 40 years younger than him.
It's possible to do a lot with these $650 devices in 16gb...personally I watch movies, Facebook, browse web, do stuff for my job, play a game or two, stream music, blah blah blah. Just, I'm not recording & storing much in the way of 4K video.
I have 16gb, so does my wife. I'm not so into apps, but my wife has like a hundred. Neither of us has any problem (and anyway, doesn't it allow a micro-SD card?)
Just Googling, it looks like 91% of iPhone users have 16gb or less.
While 16gb isn't enough for everybody, it's enough for most people.
You really expect the scientific method to be utilized on slashdot message boards? Is that what we do here?
Dude was saying something that is obviously untrue, and got called on it. "Old people don't want to have high-paying jobs at Facebook" is a ludicrous statement.
Maybe the older guys are wise enough not to go and work at Facebook.
You and every other person here knows that isn't true. I realize you're just making a point, but even if there is a downside to working at Facebook, it's a dishonest look at a major issue.
On the cheaper side, I just installed Ubuntu on my mother's Windows computer. She was having constant problems with spyware. That was years ago, there hasn't been a single issue since then.
the U.S. has a terrible rail system so most goods are transported by relatively inefficient trucks).
Why are you talking about something you know nothing about? The US has an incredibly efficient rail system in terms of goods, and the vast majority of products are moved by rail, where it is then transported to its final destination by truck. Sure, Amtrak sucks, in most of the US it uses freight rail and takes second place to freight.
California's population is still rising pretty quickly. Quick googling says, 4.5% over the last 4 years.
And CA's economy is stronger than Texas, but the cost of living is much higher...a disproportionate number of people who leave CA are retired or not doing very well in their careers, and not capable of paying for CA's higher ("ridiculously higher" is probably more accurate) housing costs.
Amazon recently upgraded the paperwhite Kindle. Amazon recently (well, last year) released a premium $200 version of the Kindle. Amazon recently released a Kid's package for the Kindle.
San Francisco is far more dense, because even though Barcelona has a lot of people living in suburbs, the Bay Area has more than twice as many. More workers commute in from other cities than live in San Francisco itself.
WTF? Do you watch Rocky 4 and root for Ivan Drago?
And hey, if you're willing to make the connection between facebook and TCP/IP from 40 years ago, let's go on and connect it to Ben Franklin flying kites in thunderstorms...
Of course almost anybody here *could* do all of this. But it's non trivial, either. Personally I have better things to do with my time. And for non-Slashdotters...I know a lot of non-techie people who just wouldn't seriously consider building their own computer.
Windows 10 for free is the free upgrade, isn't it? I run Mac and Linux so I don't have old windows disks lying around to upgrade.
Wow, it's easy! Just buy an unassembled PC off some website nobody uses, then send in the mail-in rebate, then get the imaginary free version of windows 10, then build your own computer, and after installing and debugging, you're capable of playing current games at a low frame-rate!
Right. The military had a system for distributing "ice bucket challenges," and later that became Facebook. The military had a thing where people drove their own personal tank but acted as a taxi, and that became Uber. The Navy was taking selfies *years* before Kim Kardashian.
You want somebody who can somehow survive the incredible boredom of traveling to Mars without going crazy. Seriously, he'll be locked inside a tiny cabin where he can barely move for two months just to get there. Then he'll arrive with muscles mostly atrophied and stuck inside either a space suit or a tiny living quarters.
He doesn't need to solve shit, for most everything it would make more sense just to radio home and ask them what to do. He won't have to make split decisions, because he'll be going through his actions incredibly slowly, confirming with home base.
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Is checking the location of a cell phone a search, or is it a seizure?
Where did I say it was wrong? Why are you presuming your own moral values on what I said?
I have traveled extensively, and no traveler is hated more than the American traveler. We are arrogant and expect the entire world to speak our language
McAffee is a creepy old sex tourist, using his money to sleep with women 40 years younger than him.
It's possible to do a lot with these $650 devices in 16gb...personally I watch movies, Facebook, browse web, do stuff for my job, play a game or two, stream music, blah blah blah. Just, I'm not recording & storing much in the way of 4K video.
I have 16gb, so does my wife. I'm not so into apps, but my wife has like a hundred. Neither of us has any problem (and anyway, doesn't it allow a micro-SD card?)
Just Googling, it looks like 91% of iPhone users have 16gb or less.
While 16gb isn't enough for everybody, it's enough for most people.
Me, too!
You really expect the scientific method to be utilized on slashdot message boards? Is that what we do here?
Dude was saying something that is obviously untrue, and got called on it. "Old people don't want to have high-paying jobs at Facebook" is a ludicrous statement.
Maybe the older guys are wise enough not to go and work at Facebook.
You and every other person here knows that isn't true. I realize you're just making a point, but even if there is a downside to working at Facebook, it's a dishonest look at a major issue.
On the cheaper side, I just installed Ubuntu on my mother's Windows computer. She was having constant problems with spyware. That was years ago, there hasn't been a single issue since then.
I imagine a Chromebook would be even better.
the U.S. has a terrible rail system so most goods are transported by relatively inefficient trucks).
Why are you talking about something you know nothing about? The US has an incredibly efficient rail system in terms of goods, and the vast majority of products are moved by rail, where it is then transported to its final destination by truck. Sure, Amtrak sucks, in most of the US it uses freight rail and takes second place to freight.
California's population is still rising pretty quickly. Quick googling says, 4.5% over the last 4 years.
And CA's economy is stronger than Texas, but the cost of living is much higher...a disproportionate number of people who leave CA are retired or not doing very well in their careers, and not capable of paying for CA's higher ("ridiculously higher" is probably more accurate) housing costs.
They meant the cost to transport the shirt was one cent. Not the unit cost of the shirt, of course.
Amazon recently upgraded the paperwhite Kindle. Amazon recently (well, last year) released a premium $200 version of the Kindle. Amazon recently released a Kid's package for the Kindle.
So most video games are played by children or by adults who live in single-room apartments! Who would've thought!
I don't even OWN a television!
People generally pay less than $1 for a bottle of water. They get it at the grovery store where it's ten to twenty cents, not at 7-11.
PASA surprassed this last week by proposing a mamission to the sun. They're going at night.
San Francisco is far more dense, because even though Barcelona has a lot of people living in suburbs, the Bay Area has more than twice as many. More workers commute in from other cities than live in San Francisco itself.
It would be hard to prove that Amazon and Google are being squeezed out of business.
WTF? Do you watch Rocky 4 and root for Ivan Drago?
And hey, if you're willing to make the connection between facebook and TCP/IP from 40 years ago, let's go on and connect it to Ben Franklin flying kites in thunderstorms...
Wow, so 50 years ago you would have had a great point!
Wow, that is a lot of anger!
Of course almost anybody here *could* do all of this. But it's non trivial, either. Personally I have better things to do with my time. And for non-Slashdotters...I know a lot of non-techie people who just wouldn't seriously consider building their own computer.
Windows 10 for free is the free upgrade, isn't it? I run Mac and Linux so I don't have old windows disks lying around to upgrade.
Wow, it's easy! Just buy an unassembled PC off some website nobody uses, then send in the mail-in rebate, then get the imaginary free version of windows 10, then build your own computer, and after installing and debugging, you're capable of playing current games at a low frame-rate!
Right. The military had a system for distributing "ice bucket challenges," and later that became Facebook. The military had a thing where people drove their own personal tank but acted as a taxi, and that became Uber. The Navy was taking selfies *years* before Kim Kardashian.
You want somebody who can somehow survive the incredible boredom of traveling to Mars without going crazy. Seriously, he'll be locked inside a tiny cabin where he can barely move for two months just to get there. Then he'll arrive with muscles mostly atrophied and stuck inside either a space suit or a tiny living quarters.
He doesn't need to solve shit, for most everything it would make more sense just to radio home and ask them what to do. He won't have to make split decisions, because he'll be going through his actions incredibly slowly, confirming with home base.