1. Possible, though I doubt that's the primary reason. I could be wrong. 2. Unlikely. Phillips head screws are far more numerous and widely manufactured, it's unlikely that an unusual screw that only comes from one or two suppliers will be that much cheaper. 3. I think Apple is too big of a fish to be playing nepotism with a screw supplier. 4. That's what the void clause of the warranty is for. 5. Funny.
6. Apple has a history of tightly controlling the way their products are used, are fundamentally opposed to openness, and have long screwed aftermarket service providers.
There are a few unjust and unreasonable laws in America (hellllooooo drug war!) but normal safety regulations (even those of the obnoxious TSA) are not those. I know we're supposed to be a nation of fearless individualists waving our guns and protecting our property from the hordes of Others, but managing the safety of hundreds or even thousands of people in a tight situation with the occasional need for rapid response to sudden problems is complicated and involves everyone showing a little team spirit and just doing what the people in uniform say.
What does it say about a person if they can't turn off their toy for 10 minutes to follow official directions that do in fact save lives every single year. Your iPod isn't more important than safety, no matter how much of an invincibility illusion you maintain.
A whoooole lot of the market is conservative, old, never reads tech news, and has very limited interest in apps. The people who line up at 4:00 AM are good press, but they don't actually count any more than any other consumer.
Blackberry has a market that is wary of switching. If they're smart they should be able to survive and grow.
There's the XBOX, they make money of their servers and related products, and they do a lot of business with various products and services related to Exchange.
And they make a damn fine mouse.
But in the consumer world, there's Windows, Office, and XBox. Everything else they've tried to do has failed.
Myspace had a bunch of teenagers. Facebook has managed to actually attract working semi-tech-literate adults to use their gee-whiz web 2.0 service. They're basically the only company that has done that. It will be very hard to move their entire network effect onto a competing service.
Writing forward with no editing or deletion, while still getting to read what you wrote yesterday. They still make new typewriters and a no-frills manual model goes for like $90.
But unlikes some sourpusses around here, I appreciate the appeal of using weird tools to do common tasks. So if ed is really your thing, ignore the haters.
This is a somewhat important story. It isn't idle.
The interesting thing here is that her suit worked. I just searched google and yahoo for Beverly Stayart, and none of the kind of websites she was talking about came up.
We'll be able to live on Venus and Mars before we can live on this planet, even if it is a paradise.
The fastest man-made object ever was the Helios 2 probe in the 70s. With a gravitational assist from the Sun, it was able to reach 150,000 miles per hour. Even if we could escape the solar system at 10x that speed (which is FAR beyond our current capabilities) it would take almost 10,000 years to reach a solar system 20 light years away.
Realistic interstellar travel requires relativistic speeds, and right now we aren't able to accelerate anything much bigger than a hydrogen atom to those kinds of velocities. Not only that, but when you start to approach your destination, you need to be carrying just as much energy to slow back down.
A lot of people seem to think we'll be launching robot probes on 200 year missions within our lifetimes to go explore these newly discovered planets. It's easy to have one's imagination off by orders of magnitudes when thinking about interstellar distances.
Because Government is the monopoly on the legitimate use of force. They are different from you by definition. It's like this in every single nation-state that has ever existed.
Star wars might have only passable acting, but it has great characters that you actually care about. The only remotely charismatic character in Avatar is the evil army guy.
And the special effects might have been impressive in a technical sense, they look like the box art on graphics cards.
Make it a misdemeanor criminal case. Download a movie and get the same first warning / week in jail plus a $100 or so fine that you would get for physically stealing the movie from Best Buy.
Of course, since in this country most crimes are defined at the state level, this wouldn't really work.
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And old arguments are always wrong. Clearly.
1. Possible, though I doubt that's the primary reason. I could be wrong.
2. Unlikely. Phillips head screws are far more numerous and widely manufactured, it's unlikely that an unusual screw that only comes from one or two suppliers will be that much cheaper.
3. I think Apple is too big of a fish to be playing nepotism with a screw supplier.
4. That's what the void clause of the warranty is for.
5. Funny.
6. Apple has a history of tightly controlling the way their products are used, are fundamentally opposed to openness, and have long screwed aftermarket service providers.
There are a few unjust and unreasonable laws in America (hellllooooo drug war!) but normal safety regulations (even those of the obnoxious TSA) are not those. I know we're supposed to be a nation of fearless individualists waving our guns and protecting our property from the hordes of Others, but managing the safety of hundreds or even thousands of people in a tight situation with the occasional need for rapid response to sudden problems is complicated and involves everyone showing a little team spirit and just doing what the people in uniform say.
You are a jackass.
What does it say about a person if they can't turn off their toy for 10 minutes to follow official directions that do in fact save lives every single year. Your iPod isn't more important than safety, no matter how much of an invincibility illusion you maintain.
So explain the switch. If they aren't doing this to screw the aftermarket and do more costly repairs themselves, why the change?
If Microsoft did this, there would probably be some sort of legal action.
A whoooole lot of the market is conservative, old, never reads tech news, and has very limited interest in apps. The people who line up at 4:00 AM are good press, but they don't actually count any more than any other consumer.
Blackberry has a market that is wary of switching. If they're smart they should be able to survive and grow.
Last I heard, interpretation the Mars rock was "inconclusive."
Maybe they've figured something out.
There's the XBOX, they make money of their servers and related products, and they do a lot of business with various products and services related to Exchange.
And they make a damn fine mouse.
But in the consumer world, there's Windows, Office, and XBox. Everything else they've tried to do has failed.
Hah! They may be on top now, but thanks to CCD we won't have to be #2 for long. Goooooooooo humans!
Myspace had a bunch of teenagers. Facebook has managed to actually attract working semi-tech-literate adults to use their gee-whiz web 2.0 service. They're basically the only company that has done that. It will be very hard to move their entire network effect onto a competing service.
I really feel for these poor misunderstood billionaires.
I buy 100 machines from Dell, I get fired, I can be replaced by anyone who has worked with Dell before.
I build 100 machines, I get fired, the company is screwed. Ergo, I don't get fired.
I think it's pretty clear which way is smarter.
In defense: Holga cameras take really interesting looking pictures, and fixie bikes are good for...
um...
bike polo i guess.
Writing forward with no editing or deletion, while still getting to read what you wrote yesterday. They still make new typewriters and a no-frills manual model goes for like $90.
But unlikes some sourpusses around here, I appreciate the appeal of using weird tools to do common tasks. So if ed is really your thing, ignore the haters.
This is a somewhat important story. It isn't idle.
The interesting thing here is that her suit worked. I just searched google and yahoo for Beverly Stayart, and none of the kind of websites she was talking about came up.
We'll be able to live on Venus and Mars before we can live on this planet, even if it is a paradise.
The fastest man-made object ever was the Helios 2 probe in the 70s. With a gravitational assist from the Sun, it was able to reach 150,000 miles per hour. Even if we could escape the solar system at 10x that speed (which is FAR beyond our current capabilities) it would take almost 10,000 years to reach a solar system 20 light years away.
Realistic interstellar travel requires relativistic speeds, and right now we aren't able to accelerate anything much bigger than a hydrogen atom to those kinds of velocities. Not only that, but when you start to approach your destination, you need to be carrying just as much energy to slow back down.
A lot of people seem to think we'll be launching robot probes on 200 year missions within our lifetimes to go explore these newly discovered planets. It's easy to have one's imagination off by orders of magnitudes when thinking about interstellar distances.
Because Government is the monopoly on the legitimate use of force. They are different from you by definition. It's like this in every single nation-state that has ever existed.
Nah. It blows.
Star wars might have only passable acting, but it has great characters that you actually care about. The only remotely charismatic character in Avatar is the evil army guy.
And the special effects might have been impressive in a technical sense, they look like the box art on graphics cards.
Oh, I get it, it was supposed to suck.
What Kurzweil doesn't understand could fill a book.
Several in fact.
The problem with IE6 is that it doesn't render CSS properly, has ugly javascript quirks, and is STILL FUCKING USED BY 30% OF THE DAMN INTERNET.
And yes, I am a web developer.
20% of school leavers in the UK are functionally illiterate
You mean graduates?
Teenagers are really really stupid.
Make it a misdemeanor criminal case. Download a movie and get the same first warning / week in jail plus a $100 or so fine that you would get for physically stealing the movie from Best Buy.
Of course, since in this country most crimes are defined at the state level, this wouldn't really work.