Open your hand, and gently wave it back and forth in front of your face... now re-read the summary:
...deep...throats...
"Instead of sucking, one of these... bites... with its primary set of teeth....then... The... jaws clamp down... in a gulping motion to take in more... until the whole... has been swallowed."
If that doesn't conjure up images of open sores, I don't know what will!
I clicked the link, saw the propeller, and though - meh, I've seen that before.
Of course I don't know what I am looking at, technically, but I know I've seen a propeller that shape before, somewhere.
I am sure, as far as efficiency and stealthiness, the devil is in the details and there is a lot more to it than seeing a clear, but distant, photo to gleen any "secrets".
In fact, if you zoom in, the third blade from the top, counter-clockwise, says Made in China right on it.
I imagine it opens with Spock living a hermit life in a rude hut on a swamp planet... he will pass on his wisdom to some young padowan. (Maybe I am confusing franchises... let's go for the trifecta in the next sentence.)
If you have an "enemy" that doesn't play by your rules, and out breeds you, you will lose in the long run. Eventually they will simply out number you, and maybe even just "vote you out", without a shot fired.
Then you will laugh when the next Ice Age comes.
And cry when the next asteroid hits...
The only "hope", if there is a point, is to get geographically diversified. And by geographically, I mean light-years.
If a studio chooses one format over another, why is it simply not an "endorsement"? Seems to me TFA clearly mentions various "marketing" partnerships.
Try to find a picture, of, say Tiger Woods that doesn't have a Nike Swoosh... details of the endorsement deal are "secret". That is an endorsement and marketing deal, not a shoe payola scandal.
I am a geek, and I have always worked for people who sell stuff. I have to admit, selling is a service too.
I am not a people person. I do not sell stuff. I solve problems. Even if they seem stupid to me. Sometimes it is cools stuff, sometimes it is wow! why didn't I think of that! Often it is "Eh?", whatever...
I've never bought a ringtone, but it is a multi-billion dollar industry. I don't use nail salons, dry-cleaners, or give a hoot about professional sports, but I salute those who make a living in those industries.
My generation (I'm 20) doesn't use the yellow pages anymore
If you are 20, I assume you are broke. Therefore random business owners don't care.
I can kind of see why Coke or Pepsi would try to "grab" you, to establish a lifetime of brand loyalty. But right now, I really don't see how "Tim's Deli" could really care one way or the other why random-20-year-old would care.
The reason "Tim's Deli" should care, is because of me! I am a 40-mumble-something and I do have money. And you know what? I don't use the freaking "yellow pages" either! I search online, even for local stuff. And*, I have money.
* proof that I am over 40-mumble-somthing is the fact that I asterisk'd the questionable use of "And" as the start of a sentance.
Has anyone listened to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's latest? (Some Loud Thunder).
My 12 year old bought that album - it has freaking NOISE added to it, just for art's sake for crying out loud. If you haven't heard it (and I suspect you never will on the radio) read some of the reviews.
Discuss amongst yourselves... if the "end of the world" happens sooner, rather than later, I don't think it will affect my inevitable fate one way or the other.
give you the first item which scans at the wrong price (or labeled incorrectly) free (if you know to ask) and subsequent items at the correct price
That seems like a good deterrent to "accidentally" marking something UP, but if it were incorrectly priced too low, I doubt the average consumer even mention it.
The Dell case in question was obviously not a bait-n-switch ploy, the wrong price was about 20% of the correct price - any honest consumer would know that it was "too good to be true".
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I haven't been proven wrong, yet.
Theoretically I have a dynamic IP address. It hasn't changed in 7 years.
The good news is that 94% of every human being who has ever lived is now dead.
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"
"Instead of sucking, one of these ... bites ... with its primary set of teeth. ...then ... The ... jaws clamp down ... in a gulping motion to take in more ... until the whole ... has been swallowed."
If that doesn't conjure up images of open sores, I don't know what will!
Of course if you don't plan on achieving orbit maybe it doesn't matter.
IANARS
Of course I don't know what I am looking at, technically, but I know I've seen a propeller that shape before, somewhere.
I am sure, as far as efficiency and stealthiness, the devil is in the details and there is a lot more to it than seeing a clear, but distant, photo to gleen any "secrets".
In fact, if you zoom in, the third blade from the top, counter-clockwise, says Made in China right on it.
Hopefully it will not be a musical Aaaahhh!
Although if Captain Kirk shows up, even properly aged, he can sing amusing songs, now and then.
I can get Ubuntu, Gentoo, Debian, RedHat, etc., etc... I can't get "Linux".
There's your problem...
I hope all your stacks of stuff don't fall on you and seriously injure or kill you.
Then you will laugh when the next Ice Age comes.
And cry when the next asteroid hits...
The only "hope", if there is a point, is to get geographically diversified. And by geographically, I mean light-years.
Try to find a picture, of, say Tiger Woods that doesn't have a Nike Swoosh... details of the endorsement deal are "secret". That is an endorsement and marketing deal, not a shoe payola scandal.
If the average Slashdot reader had infinite power it would be all booze and hookers, right?
Yes, God may be a slob just like the rest of us (thanks St. Alanis), but thank God, He deigned to create us. Without that where would we be?
Q.E.D.
Sniff - why do I smell ozone? Did I just hear thunder?
I am not a people person. I do not sell stuff. I solve problems. Even if they seem stupid to me. Sometimes it is cools stuff, sometimes it is wow! why didn't I think of that! Often it is "Eh?", whatever...
I've never bought a ringtone, but it is a multi-billion dollar industry. I don't use nail salons, dry-cleaners, or give a hoot about professional sports, but I salute those who make a living in those industries.
When they outlaw swords, only outlaws will have swords. Arrrgh!
You can't make me go out and commission a theme song.
It could just as easily mean Picasso didn't think computers could give you "art".
If you are 20, I assume you are broke. Therefore random business owners don't care.
I can kind of see why Coke or Pepsi would try to "grab" you, to establish a lifetime of brand loyalty. But right now, I really don't see how "Tim's Deli" could really care one way or the other why random-20-year-old would care.
The reason "Tim's Deli" should care, is because of me! I am a 40-mumble-something and I do have money. And you know what? I don't use the freaking "yellow pages" either! I search online, even for local stuff. And*, I have money.
* proof that I am over 40-mumble-somthing is the fact that I asterisk'd the questionable use of "And" as the start of a sentance.
My 12 year old bought that album - it has freaking NOISE added to it, just for art's sake for crying out loud. If you haven't heard it (and I suspect you never will on the radio) read some of the reviews.
It's got to be embarrassing when top mutual fund holders have $800 worth (and dropping) of your stock.
But in this case you won't know for sure if the cat is dead until the German police kick in your door to look.
So what?
As long as there is some life left, there will be a "what's next".
Do you really care who is at the top of the food chain a million years from now?
Watching them only encourages them!
Shame on you for promoting the whole subject of potentially Earth-wreaking comets and their "oh-shiny" debris.
Avert your eyes!
Or just another cosmic event?
Discuss amongst yourselves... if the "end of the world" happens sooner, rather than later, I don't think it will affect my inevitable fate one way or the other.
That seems like a good deterrent to "accidentally" marking something UP, but if it were incorrectly priced too low, I doubt the average consumer even mention it.
The Dell case in question was obviously not a bait-n-switch ploy, the wrong price was about 20% of the correct price - any honest consumer would know that it was "too good to be true".