I get where you're coming from. Being a programmer in "X" is more about knowing the tools and available libraries than it is about knowing the language itself. Somebody who works with C# could probably be very productive un VB.Net within a day or two, even though the languages appear quite different. On the other hand, C# and Java look quite similar in their syntax, but generally don't have much in common in terms of actually working with them. It might take a month or more to get reasonably productive it you switched from C# to Java.
Let's assume you could cut 20 million out of executive salaries. Divide that by the 22,000 employees, and you end up with about $900 a piece. Realistically, you wouldn't be able to take that much from the executives. When the employees outnumber the executive by 10,000 to 1, it really doesn't matter how much you cut off executive pay, because the cost of the labour will vastly outweigh the cost of executive salaries.
Not necessarily. Most of the podcasts I listen to, the people know very well what they are talking about. BBC, CBC, TVO, NPR. If you get your podcasts from good sources, they will have good content. There is nothing specific about a podcast that requires it to be of inferior quality.
This is why any future tablets I get will be Windows tablets. It makes them so much more useful. Want to play a game? Plug in a USB gamepad or a keyboard and mouse. You can always plug into a keyboard if you need to type up something lengthy. You can have as many applications on your screen at the same time as you want. Because it's running windows it's designed to work with a keyboard and mouse and those devices will just work. Plug it into a full size monitor and you basically have a full size computer. On a 10 inch tablet, I definitely want to be able to use it like a full computer if I feel like doing that. Otherwise I'm spending a lot of money for something that barely does nothing at all.
I'm not sure what the solution is. The main reason that Windows is "insecure" is that it allows you to run whichever program you tell it to. There are other types of exploits out there, but 99% of the problems the people encounter with their computers are from things that they have actively chosen to run. The only way to really stop this is to adopt a walled garden approach like we have with iOS. Linux or MacOS are both vulnerable to user stupidity in the same way as Windows, it's just that usually there are more intelligent people running Linux or MacOS. I've known plenty of people with Macs who've ended up with Malware.
This outlines the problem right here, for a flagship phone, it's ridiculous to charge so much and have such a small amount of storage and no means of upgrading it. iPhone, Nexus, and others are all guilty of this problem
Really, I have no problem with the fact that phones exist with 4GB or 8GB of storage. But for $700, it's just kind of stupid. The 8GB phones are cheaper Android ones that you can add an SD card to if you decide you need more storage later. But if Apple and Google (Nexus) are going to charge $700 and insist that you can't put in an SD card, then they should be giving you at least 64 GB to make up for the price and limitations. A good 128 Micro SD bought at retail only costs $40. They could easily afford to put the equivalent amount of storage in their phones by default. A $700 phone should easily come with as much storage as a $200 phone + $40 storage card.
How did you manage to get an iPhone for $200? Either you're paying the carrier more than you should be every month, or you bought a used one off somebody else. Even getting last generation's model of iPhone or the iPhone SE is going to cost quite a bit more than $200.
If you just buy the cheap $200 Android phone that works perfectly fine as a phone, like the MotoG, then you could spend the remaining $500 and get a DSLR Camera. Not just the camera, but just about everything you need to start taking really good pictures.
Most of those just sound like bad implementation on the fault of Android. I have a Windows phone and I have no problem putting apps on the SD card. Android used to have this feature and for some stupid reason they removed it. I don't really have a problem finding my data, just like I don't have a problem finding data on my desktop PC or Laptop which have much more complicated needs for managing my files.
I don't think that you could really save money with a straight razor. By the time you buy a quality razor to begin with, and all the supplies needed to sharpen and maintain it, you could buy blades for your entire life on the safely razor.
1 blade a week X 52 weeks in a year X 70 years x 10 cents a blade = $364 spent in blades. You could easily spend that amount just buying the razor and a strop, and then you'd still have to have it honed every once in a while.Which is going to require more equipment or sending it away to be done.
Very much agree with you on the french press coffee. I'm also a big fan of the old style double edge safety razor. 10 cents a blade and the shave is even better than the expensive 5 blade ones after you get the hang of it. And before anybody says those things are dangerous, I've never got a major cut with my safety razor, and only had maybe 5 minor nicks when I started learning how to use it. Stopped bleeding quickly enough. I'll never go back to those 5 bladed cartridge razors again. It may take an extra 2-3 minutes in the morning, but it's nice to be able to switch out the blade every 2-3 days if I feel like it (although I usually go a week and a half because the blade is still sharp) because the cost of the blades is so miniscule. I used to stretch my cartridge razors for a month because they were just so ridiculously expensive.
Even as a programmer, and somebody who is very into technology, I find that there's way too much technology where it shouldn't be. Much of the technology doesn't make our lives any better, and just ends up costing us more money.
The controller that comes with the PS4 is about $50 when bought retail. You could start by spending your $120 on that. Seems like you only have $70 left. You didn't buy a case or a power supply. Let's say you cheap out and get both for $50. You're now down to $20 left over. Oh, you didn't even buy a hard disk. That's going to be around $50. You are now at -$30. $10 for an HDMI cable to hook it up to the monitor. The PS4 include one in the box, so you have to count that. Now you're at $-40. The $350 for the PS4 also includes a game. Let's value that at $20, which I think is being generous to you, now you're at $-60.
All these calculations assume that people already have a computer in the first place, and that an upgrade is being done. That doesn't help anybody trying to put together their first system.
I keep on hearing this, but I haven't seen any really good examples. Buy the time you buy a case, a power supply, motherboard, ram, graphics card, hard disk, and possibly operating system, you are usually quite a bit above the cost of a console. Don't forget in most cases you'll probably want to be running Windows on a gaming machine, so you have to count the Windows license as well. You could run Linux, and there are a lot of games that run on Linux, but you are still limiting yourself quite a bit. Most of the examples try to cheap out things and get the cheapest power supply, or assume that you already have a keyboard and mouse. A quality keyboard and mouse is going to be close to $100. A console comes with a controller, which is usually around $50 retail.
Some people have little need for cruise control. It's mostly only used on long trips. There's very few instances where you would need cruise control driving around it the city.
How much more are they going to charge you for the film everytime you want to watch a movie? It would be a shame to get a set-up like this and then watch inferior Blu-Rays or DVDs on the thing.
I've seen a lot of tour bikes, and I don't think I've ever seen a single TdF bike that had a single piece seat tube. You might be more likely to see something like that in a triathlon like the IronMan, where the rules are quite a bit more relaxed on what they can do with their bikes. Pro road riders want millimeter accuracy of the seat height on the bike, and if the entire seat tube was a single piece, a different bike would have to b e made specifically for each rider, which is not how things are done. They may get a custom paint job, but the actual frames they are riding are the same ones you and I can go buy in the store if you have the cash.
Personally, I think they should do away with team cars. There's too much furniture on the road anyway, and things are getting unsafe. Have neutral service cars with spare wheels, which are pretty much all compatible at this point.
If your whole frame breaks, or some other crucial part such that you need a new bike, they should just be forced to take a neutral service bike so they can finish the stage, but I don't see much reason why somebody should feel the need to win the stage if their bike breaks half way through the stage. Note that it has happened that somebody went on to win the stage on a teammate's bike that was the wrong size.
Most people would probably be better off filing at small claims court in situations like this. With class action suits, it seems that the lawyers end up with a bunch of money, and the people that were actually wronged get coupons for free stuff they never wanted . At small claims court, you don't need a lawyer, and you will probably win a fair bit more actual money provided you can show actual damages like this person did. It might be a bit more difficult if you aren't using your computer to run a business, but I'm sure that you could claim any expenses from taking your computer in and getting it fixed, plus money for all that hardship.
You can buy them unlocked directly from Microsoft on their website. No need to get the carrier involved.
Also, why would anybody ask to see the phones if they are in the back? Most people would probably assume that the only phones that are available at the store are the ones on display.This is probably a lot to do with why they aren't catching on more. People don't see the phones at any of the stores, so they don't even think about getting one.
Personally, I like Windows phone a lot more than iOS or Android. The whole experience is a lot better, and I get updates much more often. With my old Android phone, I never got a single update from the way they shipped it from the factory.
I'm sure some people would be able to fill it up. But it's twice as big as the largest option on current generation iPhones, and larger than I've seen on any other phone out there, although there may be some that support more if you put in a very large SD card. I'm not saying 256 GB will be all anybody every needs, but we all know Apple will never support SD cards, so just giving everybody 256 GB of storage would be a big plus. I think a lot of people would go for something like that. But they wouldn't be able to sell extra iCloud storage, and they wouldn't be able to charge $200 more for $20 worth of built-in storage.
Personally, I think there are a lot of things they could do with the iPhone to make it better, but I think it would hurt their bottom line so they don't do it. The iPhone is $700. Why not ship the base unit with 256 GB of storage. They could do it and still remain profitable. Then they would only have 1 option for storage space, and they could differentiate models on things like battery life. Have a thick version with a headphone jack and an extra large batter, and smaller, thinner version with a smaller battery and no headphone jack (since they insist this is what people want).
I can't believe that the next iPhone won't have a headphone jack. I think the world really isn't ready for this change. Personally I use Bluetooth headphones 80% of the time, but I think going that last 20% would be problematic. And if their headphone adapters are as resilient as their charging cables, this is going to end up being a major problem. I don't think that most people would go for a phone without a headphone jack. Even if they don't use it most of the time.
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Started prosecution on who? They don't even really know who he is.
I get where you're coming from. Being a programmer in "X" is more about knowing the tools and available libraries than it is about knowing the language itself. Somebody who works with C# could probably be very productive un VB.Net within a day or two, even though the languages appear quite different. On the other hand, C# and Java look quite similar in their syntax, but generally don't have much in common in terms of actually working with them. It might take a month or more to get reasonably productive it you switched from C# to Java.
Let's assume you could cut 20 million out of executive salaries. Divide that by the 22,000 employees, and you end up with about $900 a piece. Realistically, you wouldn't be able to take that much from the executives. When the employees outnumber the executive by 10,000 to 1, it really doesn't matter how much you cut off executive pay, because the cost of the labour will vastly outweigh the cost of executive salaries.
So what? 90% of everything is crap.
Not necessarily. Most of the podcasts I listen to, the people know very well what they are talking about. BBC, CBC, TVO, NPR. If you get your podcasts from good sources, they will have good content. There is nothing specific about a podcast that requires it to be of inferior quality.
This is why any future tablets I get will be Windows tablets. It makes them so much more useful. Want to play a game? Plug in a USB gamepad or a keyboard and mouse. You can always plug into a keyboard if you need to type up something lengthy. You can have as many applications on your screen at the same time as you want. Because it's running windows it's designed to work with a keyboard and mouse and those devices will just work. Plug it into a full size monitor and you basically have a full size computer. On a 10 inch tablet, I definitely want to be able to use it like a full computer if I feel like doing that. Otherwise I'm spending a lot of money for something that barely does nothing at all.
I'm not sure what the solution is. The main reason that Windows is "insecure" is that it allows you to run whichever program you tell it to. There are other types of exploits out there, but 99% of the problems the people encounter with their computers are from things that they have actively chosen to run. The only way to really stop this is to adopt a walled garden approach like we have with iOS. Linux or MacOS are both vulnerable to user stupidity in the same way as Windows, it's just that usually there are more intelligent people running Linux or MacOS. I've known plenty of people with Macs who've ended up with Malware.
This outlines the problem right here, for a flagship phone, it's ridiculous to charge so much and have such a small amount of storage and no means of upgrading it. iPhone, Nexus, and others are all guilty of this problem
Really, I have no problem with the fact that phones exist with 4GB or 8GB of storage. But for $700, it's just kind of stupid. The 8GB phones are cheaper Android ones that you can add an SD card to if you decide you need more storage later. But if Apple and Google (Nexus) are going to charge $700 and insist that you can't put in an SD card, then they should be giving you at least 64 GB to make up for the price and limitations. A good 128 Micro SD bought at retail only costs $40. They could easily afford to put the equivalent amount of storage in their phones by default. A $700 phone should easily come with as much storage as a $200 phone + $40 storage card.
How did you manage to get an iPhone for $200? Either you're paying the carrier more than you should be every month, or you bought a used one off somebody else. Even getting last generation's model of iPhone or the iPhone SE is going to cost quite a bit more than $200.
If you just buy the cheap $200 Android phone that works perfectly fine as a phone, like the MotoG, then you could spend the remaining $500 and get a DSLR Camera. Not just the camera, but just about everything you need to start taking really good pictures.
Most of those just sound like bad implementation on the fault of Android. I have a Windows phone and I have no problem putting apps on the SD card. Android used to have this feature and for some stupid reason they removed it. I don't really have a problem finding my data, just like I don't have a problem finding data on my desktop PC or Laptop which have much more complicated needs for managing my files.
I don't think that you could really save money with a straight razor. By the time you buy a quality razor to begin with, and all the supplies needed to sharpen and maintain it, you could buy blades for your entire life on the safely razor.
1 blade a week X 52 weeks in a year X 70 years x 10 cents a blade = $364 spent in blades. You could easily spend that amount just buying the razor and a strop, and then you'd still have to have it honed every once in a while.Which is going to require more equipment or sending it away to be done.
Very much agree with you on the french press coffee. I'm also a big fan of the old style double edge safety razor. 10 cents a blade and the shave is even better than the expensive 5 blade ones after you get the hang of it. And before anybody says those things are dangerous, I've never got a major cut with my safety razor, and only had maybe 5 minor nicks when I started learning how to use it. Stopped bleeding quickly enough. I'll never go back to those 5 bladed cartridge razors again. It may take an extra 2-3 minutes in the morning, but it's nice to be able to switch out the blade every 2-3 days if I feel like it (although I usually go a week and a half because the blade is still sharp) because the cost of the blades is so miniscule. I used to stretch my cartridge razors for a month because they were just so ridiculously expensive.
Even as a programmer, and somebody who is very into technology, I find that there's way too much technology where it shouldn't be. Much of the technology doesn't make our lives any better, and just ends up costing us more money.
The controller that comes with the PS4 is about $50 when bought retail. You could start by spending your $120 on that. Seems like you only have $70 left. You didn't buy a case or a power supply. Let's say you cheap out and get both for $50. You're now down to $20 left over. Oh, you didn't even buy a hard disk. That's going to be around $50. You are now at -$30. $10 for an HDMI cable to hook it up to the monitor. The PS4 include one in the box, so you have to count that. Now you're at $-40. The $350 for the PS4 also includes a game. Let's value that at $20, which I think is being generous to you, now you're at $-60.
All these calculations assume that people already have a computer in the first place, and that an upgrade is being done. That doesn't help anybody trying to put together their first system.
I keep on hearing this, but I haven't seen any really good examples. Buy the time you buy a case, a power supply, motherboard, ram, graphics card, hard disk, and possibly operating system, you are usually quite a bit above the cost of a console. Don't forget in most cases you'll probably want to be running Windows on a gaming machine, so you have to count the Windows license as well. You could run Linux, and there are a lot of games that run on Linux, but you are still limiting yourself quite a bit. Most of the examples try to cheap out things and get the cheapest power supply, or assume that you already have a keyboard and mouse. A quality keyboard and mouse is going to be close to $100. A console comes with a controller, which is usually around $50 retail.
Some people have little need for cruise control. It's mostly only used on long trips. There's very few instances where you would need cruise control driving around it the city.
How much more are they going to charge you for the film everytime you want to watch a movie? It would be a shame to get a set-up like this and then watch inferior Blu-Rays or DVDs on the thing.
I've seen a lot of tour bikes, and I don't think I've ever seen a single TdF bike that had a single piece seat tube. You might be more likely to see something like that in a triathlon like the IronMan, where the rules are quite a bit more relaxed on what they can do with their bikes. Pro road riders want millimeter accuracy of the seat height on the bike, and if the entire seat tube was a single piece, a different bike would have to b e made specifically for each rider, which is not how things are done. They may get a custom paint job, but the actual frames they are riding are the same ones you and I can go buy in the store if you have the cash.
Personally, I think they should do away with team cars. There's too much furniture on the road anyway, and things are getting unsafe. Have neutral service cars with spare wheels, which are pretty much all compatible at this point.
If your whole frame breaks, or some other crucial part such that you need a new bike, they should just be forced to take a neutral service bike so they can finish the stage, but I don't see much reason why somebody should feel the need to win the stage if their bike breaks half way through the stage. Note that it has happened that somebody went on to win the stage on a teammate's bike that was the wrong size.
Most people would probably be better off filing at small claims court in situations like this. With class action suits, it seems that the lawyers end up with a bunch of money, and the people that were actually wronged get coupons for free stuff they never wanted . At small claims court, you don't need a lawyer, and you will probably win a fair bit more actual money provided you can show actual damages like this person did. It might be a bit more difficult if you aren't using your computer to run a business, but I'm sure that you could claim any expenses from taking your computer in and getting it fixed, plus money for all that hardship.
Sounds a lot like what they tried to do with Symbian.
You can buy them unlocked directly from Microsoft on their website. No need to get the carrier involved.
Also, why would anybody ask to see the phones if they are in the back? Most people would probably assume that the only phones that are available at the store are the ones on display.This is probably a lot to do with why they aren't catching on more. People don't see the phones at any of the stores, so they don't even think about getting one.
Personally, I like Windows phone a lot more than iOS or Android. The whole experience is a lot better, and I get updates much more often. With my old Android phone, I never got a single update from the way they shipped it from the factory.
I'm sure some people would be able to fill it up. But it's twice as big as the largest option on current generation iPhones, and larger than I've seen on any other phone out there, although there may be some that support more if you put in a very large SD card. I'm not saying 256 GB will be all anybody every needs, but we all know Apple will never support SD cards, so just giving everybody 256 GB of storage would be a big plus. I think a lot of people would go for something like that. But they wouldn't be able to sell extra iCloud storage, and they wouldn't be able to charge $200 more for $20 worth of built-in storage.
Personally, I think there are a lot of things they could do with the iPhone to make it better, but I think it would hurt their bottom line so they don't do it. The iPhone is $700. Why not ship the base unit with 256 GB of storage. They could do it and still remain profitable. Then they would only have 1 option for storage space, and they could differentiate models on things like battery life. Have a thick version with a headphone jack and an extra large batter, and smaller, thinner version with a smaller battery and no headphone jack (since they insist this is what people want).
I can't believe that the next iPhone won't have a headphone jack. I think the world really isn't ready for this change. Personally I use Bluetooth headphones 80% of the time, but I think going that last 20% would be problematic. And if their headphone adapters are as resilient as their charging cables, this is going to end up being a major problem. I don't think that most people would go for a phone without a headphone jack. Even if they don't use it most of the time.