...but if the p0rn industry starts to get seriously stupid about copyright issues a lot of you would be in deep hooey. The only thing is I suspect most of them figured out a long time ago that loose controls on the distribution of their content actually drives up their sales. But if you geeks let your little habit get out of hand they may change their minds.
As the CEC (Chief Operating Coyote) and primary beta tester for ACME (A Company Making Everything) I will soon have in my possession a clone of the hardware which I intend to XOC while loaded with Vista RC1. Beep beep my ass, Roadrunner will finally be mine, mine I say, all mine, hehehehe !!!!!
Durring the cold war 1st world = USA and free countries in Europe, 2nd world = socialist country, 3rd world everyone else.
So I would say it is unlikly that brazil will be 1st world standard if they keep applying a socialist model.
Your getting things all confused, if holding Socialist ideals or applying such are deciding factors then most of Europe for the last 50 years would be considered "second world" states. The term "second world" referred primarily to Soviet Block nations and sometimes loosely to other communist states such as the non Soviet block Slavic states or China. Socialist != Communist just as Capitalist != Fascist even if the lines get blurred in some specific cases.
Brazil is simply making a trade of possible long term wealth held in the Amazon Rain Forest for the temporary gains necessary to lift itself out of "third world" conditions. The methods it uses for the control and distribution of these resources, Capitalist or Socialist, have very little to do with the basic nature of the actions. Either Capitalist or Socialist society's are capable of making responsible compromises or disastrous Faustian bargains.
Directly the opposite of what most people intuitively think, the soil of a tropical rain forest is actually very thin and poor. So the long term usefulness of such soil will depend on managing it from the start in a manner that returns organic matter. I don't know what the specifics of sugar cane are by my past experience farming have given me so insight on these issues. For instance corn harvested for grain, NOT silage(the whole plant) is much less damaging to the organic structure of the soil than soybeans even though it is more demanding fertility wise. It can actually improve the structure of a soil faster than leaving it aside in grasses. And even silage operations can have the impact softened by returning the silage fed animal waste to the soil. If the Brazilians are returning a large enough volume of the organic matter to the soil then they might have a long term sustainable situation, if not it will degrade the soil structure and cause loss of topsoil.
As for fertilizer and ph issues these are mostly mineral based issues. Phosphorus, potash and trace elements can be gotten from quarries or sources such as slaughterhouses, only nitrogen is derived mostly from hydrocarbons. Plus nitrogen can be supplied or at least supplemented by other methods such as green manuring or with nitrogen fixing bacteria and rotating crops like soybeans or peanuts.
As for water resources, unless they cut enough of the rain forest to alter weather patterns in a substantial way I doubt if they will even have water problems with the Amazon and rainfall they receive. It is possible that they could poison the thin poor initial soil very quickly with salts through bad fertilization and irrigation methods. It is also possible that they could build the cleared areas into some the richest in the world over time. Even possibly in the distant future allow it to return to the jungle, managed or wild.
If not for the issues of species losses from the clearing actions I would say this all could possibly be of very little long term concern, possibly a very good thing for the whole world. I think that very intensive management by relocation or preservation of wild species, or at least the DNA of such, occurring in advance of the clearing would be great idea. I think it would be or great benefit to the "first world" to be as proactive and helpful in this as the Brazilians allow. I suspect that the mid to long term ROI on such matters are sufficent enough that it even makes sense for big pharma, agri and chem industrys to assist in a substaintial manner, even without corporate welfare payments.
That may have been the question the interviewer intended and even the one RMS responded to. However it is not the question that was asked. From the transcript:
Q. There are a lot of misconceptions about free software. What kind of an economic model does an entrepreneur look at when he starts out with free software ?
The response he made should have instead addressed the actual question. In effect there are many ways an business model can include and benefit from FOSS. For instance IBM, HP, SUN, and quite a few others are embracing the ideas, and not just to counter Microsoft. Also there are many areas outside of IT that can also reap the benefit of using FOSS.
For instance I guess I qualify as an entrepreneur. In addition to my day job I moonlight in contract/consulting work in the design and implementation of environmental/automation controls and process/quality monitoring. It is true that for the most part I need to use a Windows OS for much of my work as most of the interfaces & tools are not yet, and some maybe never will be, available for Linux. However for my own records, communication activity and more of the design process than you might think I use Suse Linux. I do so because I have found it to be more secure and reliable NOT because it is cheaper. I have to keep at least one of almost every Windows OS license as well anyway. I know several others, including a mechanical engineering contractor and a general contractor that have reached the same decision. The mechanical engineer for the same reasons as myself, the general contractor the same plus due to the initial and maintenance cost advantages on his rather extensive multi location office network.
In a another direction how about someone who was looking to develop and market a hardware product, say a cellular networking device. For one thing by using Linux in house they could reduce the basic office overhead like the general contractor. In another even more dramatic approach they could possibly slash the application development costs involved for drivers and interface. I realize that there does not seem to be a wildfire of this happening yet, but I believe that it is happening somewhat.
Many of the ideals that grounds FOSS and people like RMS have been crucial in the development of programming languages and yes even the Internet. Much the same can be said for computer science departments at educational institution's. The ability of researchers, teachers and students to dissect, tinker and customize source code, not to mention the cost savings involved, have benefited all of use in many ways. I do agree that there is a case to be made for non-FOSS sometimes. However in most cases I believe FOSS is the model that advances the basic science involved the fastest and most reliably. If nothing else the two models in dynamic competition drive the technology forward. What would be a shame is for the politicians to hop in and legislate a monopoly for a few fat cats in yet another area of our lives.
Wabi-Sabi Matthew
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The question was "What would you do with 16GB in your pocket?"
So I guess it's what you do with it that matters, or maybe how well you do it. Of course so far my biggest dongle is 512mb, so I may be biased. Hey at least all it takes is time and a few $ to get a bigger one, some things in life ain't quite so easy, unless you believe the Bob ads that is.:)
"The whole concept of embedded Windows seems ugly to me - like dressing up a nightclub bouncer in a pixie costume."
Please be considerate in your descriptions. When I read that the image of Ballmer throwing chairs while dressed in a ballerinas outfit flashed through my mind. AAAGGGHHH!!! My eyes! My eyes! Now I have a headache and I am sick to my stomach.
Matthew
Sounds a bit to much like MS Bob...
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Sounds a bit to much like MS Bob or Clippy for me. For those who did not RTFA or who read the first page and got the same impression as I did, at least the guy takes a counter view on the second page that makes more sense.
I do however like the idea of "intelligent agent" or assistant technology to help find, filter and deliver information in a efficant and timely manner. The evolution of GUI and/or voice recognition/feedback for user level programming tools for cron type actions, repetitive tasks and convergent technologies (PC,TV,Communication,Home Control) are areas I can see as useful and thus probable.
A OO toolkit based on modular scripts seems to me to me the best approach for such interfaces wherever possible. Of course the root engines/drivers/security controls for the AI components, device interfaces and voice tech will probably have to be binarys.
The bigger the roll the tighter the rubber band. In my past experience as a independent general & electrical contractor, and also as a truck farmer I found the wealthier the customer the more likely they were to contest the bill or otherwise try and get extra stuff or services for free. The easiest to satisfy and to collect from customers I ever had were almost always the least affluent. The absolute finest customers were working class older black folks, they are the salt of the earth in IMHO. The worst were CEO & VP executive types with professionals like doctors and lawyers a close second. Interestingly enough most of the independent business owners while demanding were rare to contest a bill and far easier to get along with than the executives and professionals.
I believe my opening statement is reflective of the situation, most of these folks are simply greedy and tight. Every dollar they can coerce from you is another dollar for them. That and I believe they value money differently than most others do. I mean I value money for what it can provide for me, ie: security, a new toy, ease of mind from not worrying about a bill. I believe they value money for it's own sake, or maybe it is for the power to control others, maybe it is a competitive game they play with themselves or others, whatever it is a very different and much more powerful a need that my own. Also these types seem to have a lower ethical standard or at least a very flexible set of ideals as compared to most working class folks. They also seem to less concerned about what others may think of them on a personal basis, or at least it is far harder to cause in them an embarrassment or shame of their actions.
Naw, actually they are doing a 360, in a continious loop, this is otherwise know as "spinning". This Mr Jackson is obviously doing it with them, give him a break he's just a bit dizzy, as "spinning and being a bit dizzy" are a part of his job description.
Why yes of course, some of us are anyway, or more precisely some of us are indeed males of the species homo-sapien. This does not mean any of us male, female or otherwise are the final product in the evolution of our species.
"I hate Liberals and Conservatives."
Ahh grasshopper, be forewarned, standing in the middle of the road is a good way to become road kill.
"If you are a Liberal or a Conservative, then FUCK YOU!"
Do you really think rather crude and foul displays of your loathing are in any way helpful in convincing anyone that your views are correct? Do you really think those you seek to demean give a rats ass what you think?
"Courage."
Really to do what? Be brash and obnoxious? This is hardly a display of courage.
Additional evidence that mankind's evolution is far from finished. Unfortunately it seems that a considerable percentage of the bloodlines in the US are well involved the process of devolution, at least intellectually and socially. Oh papa I am so 'shamed.
Well sometimes it is poor grammar and sometimes it is incorrect spelling that make someone hard to understand. While we are on the topic what the hell is a "speach act" anyway? I don't quite "gronk" the meaning of a speech act much less a "speach act".
I hope my point is clear: in the long run, the stock market is the surest thing in the world.
That is is fine and dandy, as long as you pick only the winners. What I have had beaten into me is diversification of risk, unfortunately the same applies to the rewards. Seriously I hope that the mantra of well diversified and long term stock investment being a sure route to reasonable fiducial security holds out. I never had the income to invest before I was thirty, which seems about normal for most working class folks. I am nearly fifty now, turn such in late October, and twenty years of aggressive but well diversified investing in my 403 and 401 accounts were slow to start in the late eighty's but took off in the ninety's and overall were looking pretty good up to about 2000 with about a 18% overall average gain on my investments. The last six years has seen overall results as a flat line in the best performers and worst than flat in many funds.
So for my available lifetime of investment so far, 20 years, there have been less than half, 10 years, of aggressive growth in the values. Of the remaining there have been about 5 years slow, and 5 years flat to negative. I expect to try and continue to work and invest for about another 20 years at least, if possible, before having to tap my investments for income. However I am beginning to lose my faith in the 'professionals' involved in handling my 'managed investments' which often seems inept. I am also questioning my trust in their version of 'diversification', which often seems to be to be more like diversion than diversification.
Not my original creation, it was given to me by my boss, a director of engineering, on hire in in '87. I coded to HTML about '94 or so. Still valid, still works:) Enjoy.
"Sometimes when other people say something that sounds "full of shit", the problem is actually just that you think you know everything, and you're wrong."
"It ain't what people don't know thats get 'em in the most trouble, it's the things they know that ain't so" Will Rodgers
I read through most of the + modded comments so far and I did not see where anyone hit on what would seem to me to be a major point of issue. How much of a "Perfect Storm" of sales could Apple deal with before excessive back order times limited additional sales increases? I don't know the actual numbers, but using say 10% as a current market share for new sales, an increase to 30% would require a 200% increase in manufacturing, quickly. Could they pull this off, and keep quality high? How about support lines and service turn around time? I know call centers can be set up over night but would they have adequate staff sufficiently trained for such an event?
I have had the unsettling thought that every time a Apache goes down, there is a fat cat somewhere slobbering about the money he will make on the replacement. There is serious money to be made in designing, building and maintaining the machinery of death. President Eisenhower warned of the dangers involved in the unrestrained feeding of this beast.
"What do you think would have happened to someone who marched down the street in 1944 with a sign that said "FDR = HITLER"?"
Let look back half a decade or so from your date above. From 1934 on through most of 1941 there were plenty of protesters and political "leaders" of the time, that publicly denounced FDR as a socialist or even communist, mostly without "cooling their heels". Many "conservatives" from that era still believe such was so. They saw communist Russia as more of a threat than business friendly Germany to their "culture". Many of these same people argued against supporting Britain or France and for negotiating an alliance with Germany. Germany's business and political leadership were well involved in efforts to build working relationships with interests here.
Congress even passed legislation that forbade intervention in the Atlantic or Pacific conflicts including official aid to the British or French. FDR repeatedly skirted and occasionally even broke these laws to assist Britain, Australia, the French underground and others. If Japan AND Germany had not declared war on US it is still doubtful if FDR could have mustered the support to involve the USA in a substantial manner. Considering what history reveals I allow a lot of slack for the executive and even the legislative branch to do what is right, legal or not. Don't however take this to imply that I support all or even most of the actions of current crop of idiots in majority control these days, I do not.
Always write your name on the bag or container and randomly include an occasional treat liberally laced with haberneros. Haberneros also work pretty well to discourage wild animals and the neighbors dog when used in a spray on things like your garbage can.
By observing your electron (and remember, observing means you've destroyed information in it by getting the spin information out), you've gained some information about it. Because of the entanglement, you've also gained information about the other memeber of the pair, without disturbing it, at that very moment, no matter where the other member of that pair is.
Did one not need to observe the second member of the pair to detect/verify its spin?
"The only things you CAN'T do by law with a purchased copy of a copyrighted work are those actions expressly forbidden by the copyright law."
There are a few people I would like to beat some sense into using a nice heavy hardback book. I could even get rich by charging admission for the public beating some of these nitwits, but this would make the act a non private use of copyright protected material. Besdies it is still illegal for other reasons anyway, what a shame.:)
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...but if the p0rn industry starts to get seriously stupid about copyright issues a lot of you would be in deep hooey. The only thing is I suspect most of them figured out a long time ago that loose controls on the distribution of their content actually drives up their sales. But if you geeks let your little habit get out of hand they may change their minds.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
As the CEC (Chief Operating Coyote) and primary beta tester for ACME (A Company Making Everything) I will soon have in my possession a clone of the hardware which I intend to XOC while loaded with Vista RC1. Beep beep my ass, Roadrunner will finally be mine, mine I say, all mine, hehehehe !!!!!
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Your getting things all confused, if holding Socialist ideals or applying such are deciding factors then most of Europe for the last 50 years would be considered "second world" states. The term "second world" referred primarily to Soviet Block nations and sometimes loosely to other communist states such as the non Soviet block Slavic states or China. Socialist != Communist just as Capitalist != Fascist even if the lines get blurred in some specific cases.
Brazil is simply making a trade of possible long term wealth held in the Amazon Rain Forest for the temporary gains necessary to lift itself out of "third world" conditions. The methods it uses for the control and distribution of these resources, Capitalist or Socialist, have very little to do with the basic nature of the actions. Either Capitalist or Socialist society's are capable of making responsible compromises or disastrous Faustian bargains.
Directly the opposite of what most people intuitively think, the soil of a tropical rain forest is actually very thin and poor. So the long term usefulness of such soil will depend on managing it from the start in a manner that returns organic matter. I don't know what the specifics of sugar cane are by my past experience farming have given me so insight on these issues. For instance corn harvested for grain, NOT silage(the whole plant) is much less damaging to the organic structure of the soil than soybeans even though it is more demanding fertility wise. It can actually improve the structure of a soil faster than leaving it aside in grasses. And even silage operations can have the impact softened by returning the silage fed animal waste to the soil. If the Brazilians are returning a large enough volume of the organic matter to the soil then they might have a long term sustainable situation, if not it will degrade the soil structure and cause loss of topsoil.
As for fertilizer and ph issues these are mostly mineral based issues. Phosphorus, potash and trace elements can be gotten from quarries or sources such as slaughterhouses, only nitrogen is derived mostly from hydrocarbons. Plus nitrogen can be supplied or at least supplemented by other methods such as green manuring or with nitrogen fixing bacteria and rotating crops like soybeans or peanuts.
As for water resources, unless they cut enough of the rain forest to alter weather patterns in a substantial way I doubt if they will even have water problems with the Amazon and rainfall they receive. It is possible that they could poison the thin poor initial soil very quickly with salts through bad fertilization and irrigation methods. It is also possible that they could build the cleared areas into some the richest in the world over time. Even possibly in the distant future allow it to return to the jungle, managed or wild.
If not for the issues of species losses from the clearing actions I would say this all could possibly be of very little long term concern, possibly a very good thing for the whole world. I think that very intensive management by relocation or preservation of wild species, or at least the DNA of such, occurring in advance of the clearing would be great idea. I think it would be or great benefit to the "first world" to be as proactive and helpful in this as the Brazilians allow. I suspect that the mid to long term ROI on such matters are sufficent enough that it even makes sense for big pharma, agri and chem industrys to assist in a substaintial manner, even without corporate welfare payments.
Wabi Sabi
Matthew
"by Anonymous Coward"
Your also an idiot if you believe such Rove cooked up trash, and a chickenshit as your tag plainly shows.
Matthew
"by Anonymous Coward"
Your an idiot if you believe such Rove cooked up trash, and a chickenshit as your tag plainly shows.
Matthew
The response he made should have instead addressed the actual question. In effect there are many ways an business model can include and benefit from FOSS. For instance IBM, HP, SUN, and quite a few others are embracing the ideas, and not just to counter Microsoft. Also there are many areas outside of IT that can also reap the benefit of using FOSS.
For instance I guess I qualify as an entrepreneur. In addition to my day job I moonlight in contract/consulting work in the design and implementation of environmental/automation controls and process/quality monitoring. It is true that for the most part I need to use a Windows OS for much of my work as most of the interfaces & tools are not yet, and some maybe never will be, available for Linux. However for my own records, communication activity and more of the design process than you might think I use Suse Linux. I do so because I have found it to be more secure and reliable NOT because it is cheaper. I have to keep at least one of almost every Windows OS license as well anyway. I know several others, including a mechanical engineering contractor and a general contractor that have reached the same decision. The mechanical engineer for the same reasons as myself, the general contractor the same plus due to the initial and maintenance cost advantages on his rather extensive multi location office network.
In a another direction how about someone who was looking to develop and market a hardware product, say a cellular networking device. For one thing by using Linux in house they could reduce the basic office overhead like the general contractor. In another even more dramatic approach they could possibly slash the application development costs involved for drivers and interface. I realize that there does not seem to be a wildfire of this happening yet, but I believe that it is happening somewhat.
Many of the ideals that grounds FOSS and people like RMS have been crucial in the development of programming languages and yes even the Internet. Much the same can be said for computer science departments at educational institution's. The ability of researchers, teachers and students to dissect, tinker and customize source code, not to mention the cost savings involved, have benefited all of use in many ways. I do agree that there is a case to be made for non-FOSS sometimes. However in most cases I believe FOSS is the model that advances the basic science involved the fastest and most reliably. If nothing else the two models in dynamic competition drive the technology forward. What would be a shame is for the politicians to hop in and legislate a monopoly for a few fat cats in yet another area of our lives.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
The question was "What would you do with 16GB in your pocket?"
:)
So I guess it's what you do with it that matters, or maybe how well you do it. Of course so far my biggest dongle is 512mb, so I may be biased. Hey at least all it takes is time and a few $ to get a bigger one, some things in life ain't quite so easy, unless you believe the Bob ads that is.
Matthew
"The whole concept of embedded Windows seems ugly to me - like dressing up a nightclub bouncer in a pixie costume."
Please be considerate in your descriptions. When I read that the image of Ballmer throwing chairs while dressed in a ballerinas outfit flashed through my mind. AAAGGGHHH!!! My eyes! My eyes! Now I have a headache and I am sick to my stomach.
Matthew
Sounds a bit to much like MS Bob or Clippy for me. For those who did not RTFA or who read the first page and got the same impression as I did, at least the guy takes a counter view on the second page that makes more sense.
I do however like the idea of "intelligent agent" or assistant technology to help find, filter and deliver information in a efficant and timely manner. The evolution of GUI and/or voice recognition/feedback for user level programming tools for cron type actions, repetitive tasks and convergent technologies (PC,TV,Communication,Home Control) are areas I can see as useful and thus probable.
A OO toolkit based on modular scripts seems to me to me the best approach for such interfaces wherever possible. Of course the root engines/drivers/security controls for the AI components, device interfaces and voice tech will probably have to be binarys.
Matthew
The bigger the roll the tighter the rubber band. In my past experience as a independent general & electrical contractor, and also as a truck farmer I found the wealthier the customer the more likely they were to contest the bill or otherwise try and get extra stuff or services for free. The easiest to satisfy and to collect from customers I ever had were almost always the least affluent. The absolute finest customers were working class older black folks, they are the salt of the earth in IMHO. The worst were CEO & VP executive types with professionals like doctors and lawyers a close second. Interestingly enough most of the independent business owners while demanding were rare to contest a bill and far easier to get along with than the executives and professionals.
I believe my opening statement is reflective of the situation, most of these folks are simply greedy and tight. Every dollar they can coerce from you is another dollar for them. That and I believe they value money differently than most others do. I mean I value money for what it can provide for me, ie: security, a new toy, ease of mind from not worrying about a bill. I believe they value money for it's own sake, or maybe it is for the power to control others, maybe it is a competitive game they play with themselves or others, whatever it is a very different and much more powerful a need that my own. Also these types seem to have a lower ethical standard or at least a very flexible set of ideals as compared to most working class folks. They also seem to less concerned about what others may think of them on a personal basis, or at least it is far harder to cause in them an embarrassment or shame of their actions.
Matthew
Naw, actually they are doing a 360, in a continious loop, this is otherwise know as "spinning". This Mr Jackson is obviously doing it with them, give him a break he's just a bit dizzy, as "spinning and being a bit dizzy" are a part of his job description.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
"Are we not men?"
Why yes of course, some of us are anyway, or more precisely some of us are indeed males of the species homo-sapien. This does not mean any of us male, female or otherwise are the final product in the evolution of our species.
"I hate Liberals and Conservatives."
Ahh grasshopper, be forewarned, standing in the middle of the road is a good way to become road kill.
"If you are a Liberal or a Conservative, then FUCK YOU!"
Do you really think rather crude and foul displays of your loathing are in any way helpful in convincing anyone that your views are correct? Do you really think those you seek to demean give a rats ass what you think?
"Courage."
Really to do what? Be brash and obnoxious? This is hardly a display of courage.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
Additional evidence that mankind's evolution is far from finished. Unfortunately it seems that a considerable percentage of the bloodlines in the US are well involved the process of devolution, at least intellectually and socially. Oh papa I am so 'shamed.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
Well sometimes it is poor grammar and sometimes it is incorrect spelling that make someone hard to understand. While we are on the topic what the hell is a "speach act" anyway? I don't quite "gronk" the meaning of a speech act much less a "speach act".
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
That is is fine and dandy, as long as you pick only the winners. What I have had beaten into me is diversification of risk, unfortunately the same applies to the rewards. Seriously I hope that the mantra of well diversified and long term stock investment being a sure route to reasonable fiducial security holds out. I never had the income to invest before I was thirty, which seems about normal for most working class folks. I am nearly fifty now, turn such in late October, and twenty years of aggressive but well diversified investing in my 403 and 401 accounts were slow to start in the late eighty's but took off in the ninety's and overall were looking pretty good up to about 2000 with about a 18% overall average gain on my investments. The last six years has seen overall results as a flat line in the best performers and worst than flat in many funds.
So for my available lifetime of investment so far, 20 years, there have been less than half, 10 years, of aggressive growth in the values. Of the remaining there have been about 5 years slow, and 5 years flat to negative. I expect to try and continue to work and invest for about another 20 years at least, if possible, before having to tap my investments for income. However I am beginning to lose my faith in the 'professionals' involved in handling my 'managed investments' which often seems inept. I am also questioning my trust in their version of 'diversification', which often seems to be to be more like diversion than diversification.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
Not my original creation, it was given to me by my boss, a director of engineering, on hire in in '87. I coded to HTML about '94 or so. Still valid, still works :) Enjoy.
http://hypersynergy.com/home/matt/misc/start.htm
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
"It ain't what people don't know thats get 'em in the most trouble, it's the things they know that ain't so" Will Rodgers
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
Not exactly, the model is based on a Bee.o.wolf cluster
Yes the hive organization is like that of Bee.ORG
POT! Ok, this explains everything
Really, yea you should, but then I guess so should I.
"Oh Papa I am so 'shamed"
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
I read through most of the + modded comments so far and I did not see where anyone hit on what would seem to me to be a major point of issue. How much of a "Perfect Storm" of sales could Apple deal with before excessive back order times limited additional sales increases? I don't know the actual numbers, but using say 10% as a current market share for new sales, an increase to 30% would require a 200% increase in manufacturing, quickly. Could they pull this off, and keep quality high? How about support lines and service turn around time? I know call centers can be set up over night but would they have adequate staff sufficiently trained for such an event?
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
And Bugs Bunny pronounces it as "A-lew-mem-nem-ne-nem""'. Sorry but I must have missed it, whats your point again :)
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
I have had the unsettling thought that every time a Apache goes down, there is a fat cat somewhere slobbering about the money he will make on the replacement. There is serious money to be made in designing, building and maintaining the machinery of death. President Eisenhower warned of the dangers involved in the unrestrained feeding of this beast.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthe
"What do you think would have happened to someone who marched down the street in 1944 with a sign that said "FDR = HITLER"?"
Let look back half a decade or so from your date above. From 1934 on through most of 1941 there were plenty of protesters and political "leaders" of the time, that publicly denounced FDR as a socialist or even communist, mostly without "cooling their heels". Many "conservatives" from that era still believe such was so. They saw communist Russia as more of a threat than business friendly Germany to their "culture". Many of these same people argued against supporting Britain or France and for negotiating an alliance with Germany. Germany's business and political leadership were well involved in efforts to build working relationships with interests here.
Congress even passed legislation that forbade intervention in the Atlantic or Pacific conflicts including official aid to the British or French. FDR repeatedly skirted and occasionally even broke these laws to assist Britain, Australia, the French underground and others. If Japan AND Germany had not declared war on US it is still doubtful if FDR could have mustered the support to involve the USA in a substantial manner. Considering what history reveals I allow a lot of slack for the executive and even the legislative branch to do what is right, legal or not. Don't however take this to imply that I support all or even most of the actions of current crop of idiots in majority control these days, I do not.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
Always write your name on the bag or container and randomly include an occasional treat liberally laced with haberneros. Haberneros also work pretty well to discourage wild animals and the neighbors dog when used in a spray on things like your garbage can.
Matthew
Did one not need to observe the second member of the pair to detect/verify its spin?
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew
"The only things you CAN'T do by law with a purchased copy of a copyrighted work are those actions expressly forbidden by the copyright law."
:)
There are a few people I would like to beat some sense into using a nice heavy hardback book. I could even get rich by charging admission for the public beating some of these nitwits, but this would make the act a non private use of copyright protected material. Besdies it is still illegal for other reasons anyway, what a shame.
Wabi-Sabi
Matthew