A report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Apple is about to become Samsung's biggest customer in a deal estimated to be worth US$7.8 billion. As part of its purchase, Apple will be securing LCD displays, NAND flash memory and mobile chipsets from the Korean manufacturer. Each of these components will be used to build Apple's popular iPad and iPhone.
Until it became obvious that Apple was seeking out other suppliers to replace them, Samsung tread lightly in their legal spat with Apple. When Apple (essentially) dumped them as a supplier, they started fighting back.
My favorite Google voice action is: "Map of [something]" I've used it when I'm working in an unfamiliar city to find something. Specifically, "Map of Sears" to find a place to purchase a drill that we needed.
For fun, there is "Map of restaurants". Or if you're feeling particular, "Map of pizza".
And yet, here you are complaining multiple times in this thread about your "one constructive but non-groupthink comment". I'd say that you have a strange definition of "removal of people[sic] voices".
As I mentioned in a comment above, Samsung and HTC are in business with Microsoft. It's in their interest to play nice with Microsoft as long as they are manufacturing devices that run WP7. Maybe they are getting massive WP7 license fee discounts that are equal to the amount they are paying. That way, they win and Microsoft gets to keep talking about "the cost of using android".
No, HTC and Samsung are licensing MS patents because they are manufacturing Windows phones and want to stay on Microsoft's good side. Is there any phone vendor licensing MS patents that ISN'T manufacturing a Windows phone?
From the replies to your post, you must realize that you confused RAID 0 (Striping with NO data protection) with RAID 1 (mirroring). I used to confuse the two as well until I (either heard or made up) the saying: "It's RAID 0 because that's how much data you'll have if a drive fails."
So, you take this one story and conclude that the conflict between religion and science is both false and created by atheists. Tell it to Galileo. Or Copernicus.
Your short little comment sums up my reaction to all that I've read in this thread (thus far). I've always thought that any scientist that professed a religious faith is very good at compartmentalizing. (Or maybe just not very good at science.)
Geez! Did you even read any of this thread before you commented?
by bWareiWare.co.uk (660144) Alter Relationship on 05:58 AM September 24th, 2011 (#37500676)
The Rockchip RK29xx already has full hardware decoding of VP8. It also happens to be by far the most commonly used chip in upcoming media players and TVs. Google have also provided the same VHDL or Verilog to the 20 other manufactures so it is likely all future media SoCs will support it.
I think that most of Buffet's income is in capital gains which are taxed (inexplicably) at a much lower rate than income. This is such an absurd concept. If a baker sells a loaf of bread, he's taxed on his profits at the income tax rate, but if a trader sells some financial instrument, he's taxed on the proceeds at a much lower rate. The baker (arguably) has contributed more to the economy but is discriminated against, tax wise.
Warren Buffet wants wealthy people (like himself) to pay at least the same percentage of their income as the middle class do in taxes. I find it difficult to argue with that logic.
I note one minor error. The element symbolized by "K" is Potassium, NOT Calcium. Which did you intend to indicate in your 4th paragraph? I presume that it was potassium as that is the element commonly associated with plant fertilizer.
While it is true that there is a low death rate due to measles in modern societies (1 or 2 per 1000 cases) about 10% of cases develop ear infections that result in permanent deafness. So, I don't think that "staying in bed with plenty of water and some nice warm soup" is the only outcome to worry about.
"By refusing to vaccinate your child you put many other children at risk-- even other children who've received the vaccination. You increase your own child's risk as well."
I don't see too many posts with the level of exaggeration that yours contains.
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You said they weren't present at Xerox. That was incorrect.
From February, 2011:
Original here.
Until it became obvious that Apple was seeking out other suppliers to replace them, Samsung tread lightly in their legal spat with Apple. When Apple (essentially) dumped them as a supplier, they started fighting back.
You're wrong about the overlapping windows (and IMO the desktop metaphor, albeit without a trash can):
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My favorite Google voice action is: "Map of [something]" I've used it when I'm working in an unfamiliar city to find something. Specifically, "Map of Sears" to find a place to purchase a drill that we needed.
For fun, there is "Map of restaurants". Or if you're feeling particular, "Map of pizza".
Round rects are everywhere!
And yet, here you are complaining multiple times in this thread about your "one constructive but non-groupthink comment". I'd say that you have a strange definition of "removal of people[sic] voices".
As I mentioned in a comment above, Samsung and HTC are in business with Microsoft. It's in their interest to play nice with Microsoft as long as they are manufacturing devices that run WP7. Maybe they are getting massive WP7 license fee discounts that are equal to the amount they are paying. That way, they win and Microsoft gets to keep talking about "the cost of using android".
No, HTC and Samsung are licensing MS patents because they are manufacturing Windows phones and want to stay on Microsoft's good side. Is there any phone vendor licensing MS patents that ISN'T manufacturing a Windows phone?
From the replies to your post, you must realize that you confused RAID 0 (Striping with NO data protection) with RAID 1 (mirroring). I used to confuse the two as well until I (either heard or made up) the saying: "It's RAID 0 because that's how much data you'll have if a drive fails."
So, you take this one story and conclude that the conflict between religion and science is both false and created by atheists. Tell it to Galileo. Or Copernicus.
Your short little comment sums up my reaction to all that I've read in this thread (thus far). I've always thought that any scientist that professed a religious faith is very good at compartmentalizing. (Or maybe just not very good at science.)
Geez! Did you even read any of this thread before you commented?
by bWareiWare.co.uk (660144) Alter Relationship on 05:58 AM September 24th, 2011 (#37500676)
Not to mention the fact that the developer in question works on a H264 implementation and has a vested interest in people choosing H264 over VP8/WebM
A quick google gets this story from January 2011.
First line: "Google today announced a 29 percent surge in quarterly profits, due in large part to the continued success of its Android business. "
I mentioned that very thing in another slashdot article. It's totally baffling to me.
It's hard to conflate "I spent too much" with "Our side is teh winnar", but the Apple fanbois seem to manage it.
I'd really like to know where you got this bit of falsehood. According to this little graph:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Income_Taxes_By_Country.svg
the US is among the lowest in personal income taxation.
I think that most of Buffet's income is in capital gains which are taxed (inexplicably) at a much lower rate than income. This is such an absurd concept. If a baker sells a loaf of bread, he's taxed on his profits at the income tax rate, but if a trader sells some financial instrument, he's taxed on the proceeds at a much lower rate. The baker (arguably) has contributed more to the economy but is discriminated against, tax wise.
No, President Obama is proposing letting the Bush tax cuts for those people making more than $250,000 expire.
Warren Buffet wants wealthy people (like himself) to pay at least the same percentage of their income as the middle class do in taxes. I find it difficult to argue with that logic.
Ahh, but did the explosion even happen until someone OBSERVED those particles/waves emitted by the explosion?
(Before the inevitable flames, I AM JOKING, I'm not an idiot. Well, I'm definitely joking anyway.)
Florian Mueller is not a patent lawyer. From the wikipeida entry:
"He blogs frequently about patent issues and gives legal advice, despite having no formal legal training."
So, appeals to his authority are suspect at best.
I note one minor error. The element symbolized by "K" is Potassium, NOT Calcium. Which did you intend to indicate in your 4th paragraph? I presume that it was potassium as that is the element commonly associated with plant fertilizer.
While it is true that there is a low death rate due to measles in modern societies (1 or 2 per 1000 cases) about 10% of cases develop ear infections that result in permanent deafness. So, I don't think that "staying in bed with plenty of water and some nice warm soup" is the only outcome to worry about.
Source: Here
Or, a virus that we commonly immunize against becomes prevalent enough in the population that it can mutate into a form for which there is no vaccine.
But the argument isn't fallacious if put like so:
"By refusing to vaccinate your child you put many other children at risk-- even other children who've received the vaccination. You increase your own child's risk as well."
I don't see too many posts with the level of exaggeration that yours contains.