I could "believe you", or I could stick to my belief that I don't want our food supply to fit the typical commodity market boom and bust cycle. Shortages of food have a much more serious effect than shortages of other commodities. I want my food to be a tiny bit more expensive, but to then be assured that it will never run out, and that its price will remain somewhat more stable.
Also, please understand that your nation of 4 million could probably survive a local famine - your country is rich enough not to starve, and grain for 4 million people probably wouldn't put much of a dent into the world market. If 300 million people suddenly started buying grain from the world market, we'd have a much different situation. Especially if the world market had also taken a hit and there wasn't much of a surplus to sell.
3. They've gotten over the moron factor. Apple used to be able to claim its GUI was so simple a child could use it, in contrast to Windows which was "complicated" and Linux which was "hard." Windows 8 is braindead simple as a GUI and has let wizards take over many of the less intuitive tasks of computer maintenance.
It's hard for me to compete with a corporate PR department, but here I go...
Windows 8 is braindead simple? How? It's exactly the same as Windows 7, except they added a whole new interface in addition to the old one. In other words, it is nearly twice as complicated! Worse, the two environments are nearly blind to the other. "Metro" apps don't show up on the taskbar and desktop apps don't show up on the (hidden) Metro taskbar replacement. Magic things happen when you move your mouse to certain corners, and some items don't come up unless you know the secret gesture. It is an unholy mess. You want to talk "computer maintenance"? There are now two places to find all of the various settings. How that got through your meetings, I'll never know. So now tablet users sometimes have to use the finger-unfriendly desktop interface to set up certain things (and to do file management), while desktop users have to go into the Metro interface for certain settings.
Dripping something in your eye and snorting something through your nose, while also not the sign of a healthy person, are less disturbing just for the hygiene issues. Drug addicts aren't exactly known for their hygienic behavior, and a method of administration requiring you to lick your finger, dip into the powder drug, and then insert can go bad very quickly.
Not that this is based on anything at all, but Intel has an ARM license AND they make ARM-derived chips on contract for Netronome...
Now, it certainly gets in the way of their ATOM strategy, but if Apple could convince Intel to use their process tech to make Apple's A6, you'd have something that Samsung couldn't touch. Then there's this rumor of Apple making an ARM version of the MacBook. Could there be a way to do this without hurting the relationship with Intel?
So yeah, TSMC is the only obvious alternative to Samsung, but I think things could still get interesting given the amount of money involved.
I don't think I've paid for a book since I got my Kindle a year ago. Even if you could somehow exhaust the tens of thousands of books at Project Gutenberg, they now loan eBooks at your friendly neighborhood library. If the veterans are even a tiny bit technically inclined, they can run Calibre and convert almost anything into a Kindle-friendly ebook.
Well, he didn't have a (pick a cliche and insert here) to win, thus my labeling of the vote as a "protest". He was better than the two viable candidates.
I disagree with him on some substantial parts of his platform: ending the Fed (though he's not a huge proponent of that), ending farm subsidies (does he mean all? what about food security?), and I think he shares the same flaw that many Libertarians do when considering corporations: for some reason, they do not see corporations as an example of massive government regulation of the private market, when they clearly are. I also think that the federal government does belong in the EPA business, since many pollution issues cross state boundaries.
That said, I largely agree with him on almost every other issue and he was by far the closest fit for me.
So you are saying that the people in power could not extend a tax break if they wanted to?
I'm sorry, but I don't buy your reasoning. If I pay more taxes from one year to the next, then the people in a position to decide such matters are responsible for a tax increase. Sunset provisions are often used as a cop-out, but the fact is that any previous law can be overridden.
While I realize it is not a possibility anytime soon, but in 100 years could we see the return of the Confederate States of America?
They'll have to pick a different capital - they lost Virginia, by virtue of it being too close to the Capitol. Or they could just split it up like last time. And they'd better hurry before whites are a minority in Texas. Currently they are only 52% of the population, and Hispanics make up something like 90% of the population growth in the state.
I think Republicans are going to either change tactics, or become a permanent minority party.
I have to confess that I don't really keep up with the trials and tribulations of Samsung and Apple, but my understanding was that Apple had learned their lesson and now has a policy of not relying on a single vendor if it can be helped. For instance, there are at least three vendors of the iPhone 5 screen. So as you say, Sharp is not looking great, but Apple still has 2 other suppliers to fall back upon.
Recreational suppositories... it is a whole different level of drug addiction. It's similar to my feelings regarding IV drug abuse.
Did you read TFA? His instructions are to "lick your finger", dip your finger in the powder, and then ram it home. So ignoring the lack of dose control and pure nastiness here... drug abusers aren't exactly known for hygiene. I'm kind of hoping he still retains enough sense to wash his finger between doses!
I've always loved this. Look at the current budget negotiations - they are talking about "cuts", yet the budget still grows. One time I saw a news show where the host said, why can't we just freeze spending and let the economy grow until the deficit disappears? The politician argued that it would mean deeper cuts than anyone in DC was proposing... LOL! To a politician, a spending freeze equals a "cut"...
Again, semantics. The end of a tax break is exactly the same as a tax increase. If I was going to get mad about a tax increase, I'm also going to get mad about the end of a tax break. I agree that the two often evoke a different emotional response, but the rational thing to do is treat the two as equivalent - which they are mathematically.
Put another way, if I'm running a business, I don't really care what someone calls a line item on the debit side - if it gets too big, I have to make changes.
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I could "believe you", or I could stick to my belief that I don't want our food supply to fit the typical commodity market boom and bust cycle. Shortages of food have a much more serious effect than shortages of other commodities. I want my food to be a tiny bit more expensive, but to then be assured that it will never run out, and that its price will remain somewhat more stable.
Also, please understand that your nation of 4 million could probably survive a local famine - your country is rich enough not to starve, and grain for 4 million people probably wouldn't put much of a dent into the world market. If 300 million people suddenly started buying grain from the world market, we'd have a much different situation. Especially if the world market had also taken a hit and there wasn't much of a surplus to sell.
3. They've gotten over the moron factor. Apple used to be able to claim its GUI was so simple a child could use it, in contrast to Windows which was "complicated" and Linux which was "hard." Windows 8 is braindead simple as a GUI and has let wizards take over many of the less intuitive tasks of computer maintenance.
It's hard for me to compete with a corporate PR department, but here I go...
Windows 8 is braindead simple? How? It's exactly the same as Windows 7, except they added a whole new interface in addition to the old one. In other words, it is nearly twice as complicated! Worse, the two environments are nearly blind to the other. "Metro" apps don't show up on the taskbar and desktop apps don't show up on the (hidden) Metro taskbar replacement. Magic things happen when you move your mouse to certain corners, and some items don't come up unless you know the secret gesture. It is an unholy mess. You want to talk "computer maintenance"? There are now two places to find all of the various settings. How that got through your meetings, I'll never know. So now tablet users sometimes have to use the finger-unfriendly desktop interface to set up certain things (and to do file management), while desktop users have to go into the Metro interface for certain settings.
That's great, except that Democrats can easily jump on the same train - and without the constituent backlash.
Dripping something in your eye and snorting something through your nose, while also not the sign of a healthy person, are less disturbing just for the hygiene issues. Drug addicts aren't exactly known for their hygienic behavior, and a method of administration requiring you to lick your finger, dip into the powder drug, and then insert can go bad very quickly.
I like hockey as much as the next guy, but a whole church just for Miroslav Satan?
LOL, yeah, clearly I was off by an order of magnitude.
Not that this is based on anything at all, but Intel has an ARM license AND they make ARM-derived chips on contract for Netronome...
Now, it certainly gets in the way of their ATOM strategy, but if Apple could convince Intel to use their process tech to make Apple's A6, you'd have something that Samsung couldn't touch. Then there's this rumor of Apple making an ARM version of the MacBook. Could there be a way to do this without hurting the relationship with Intel?
So yeah, TSMC is the only obvious alternative to Samsung, but I think things could still get interesting given the amount of money involved.
The phrase "conniption fit" may be redundant, but it's not my invention. It's used like "hissy fit".
OK, then who would appropriate such a negatively charged name for their religion?
Well, sure, if you count the prostitutes...
I don't think I've paid for a book since I got my Kindle a year ago. Even if you could somehow exhaust the tens of thousands of books at Project Gutenberg, they now loan eBooks at your friendly neighborhood library. If the veterans are even a tiny bit technically inclined, they can run Calibre and convert almost anything into a Kindle-friendly ebook.
Well, he didn't have a (pick a cliche and insert here) to win, thus my labeling of the vote as a "protest". He was better than the two viable candidates.
I disagree with him on some substantial parts of his platform: ending the Fed (though he's not a huge proponent of that), ending farm subsidies (does he mean all? what about food security?), and I think he shares the same flaw that many Libertarians do when considering corporations: for some reason, they do not see corporations as an example of massive government regulation of the private market, when they clearly are. I also think that the federal government does belong in the EPA business, since many pollution issues cross state boundaries.
That said, I largely agree with him on almost every other issue and he was by far the closest fit for me.
So you are saying that the people in power could not extend a tax break if they wanted to?
I'm sorry, but I don't buy your reasoning. If I pay more taxes from one year to the next, then the people in a position to decide such matters are responsible for a tax increase. Sunset provisions are often used as a cop-out, but the fact is that any previous law can be overridden.
While I realize it is not a possibility anytime soon, but in 100 years could we see the return of the Confederate States of America?
They'll have to pick a different capital - they lost Virginia, by virtue of it being too close to the Capitol. Or they could just split it up like last time. And they'd better hurry before whites are a minority in Texas. Currently they are only 52% of the population, and Hispanics make up something like 90% of the population growth in the state.
I think Republicans are going to either change tactics, or become a permanent minority party.
I think Presidents should automatically get added to the list of hurricane names.
Obama says that he models himself after Lincoln, so...
Hey, he was my "protest" vote!
I have to confess that I don't really keep up with the trials and tribulations of Samsung and Apple, but my understanding was that Apple had learned their lesson and now has a policy of not relying on a single vendor if it can be helped. For instance, there are at least three vendors of the iPhone 5 screen. So as you say, Sharp is not looking great, but Apple still has 2 other suppliers to fall back upon.
Recreational suppositories... it is a whole different level of drug addiction. It's similar to my feelings regarding IV drug abuse.
Did you read TFA? His instructions are to "lick your finger", dip your finger in the powder, and then ram it home. So ignoring the lack of dose control and pure nastiness here... drug abusers aren't exactly known for hygiene. I'm kind of hoping he still retains enough sense to wash his finger between doses!
Forget the murder... McAfee is taking drugs via his butt? What... the... hell?
I've always loved this. Look at the current budget negotiations - they are talking about "cuts", yet the budget still grows. One time I saw a news show where the host said, why can't we just freeze spending and let the economy grow until the deficit disappears? The politician argued that it would mean deeper cuts than anyone in DC was proposing... LOL! To a politician, a spending freeze equals a "cut"...
Again, semantics. The end of a tax break is exactly the same as a tax increase. If I was going to get mad about a tax increase, I'm also going to get mad about the end of a tax break. I agree that the two often evoke a different emotional response, but the rational thing to do is treat the two as equivalent - which they are mathematically.
Put another way, if I'm running a business, I don't really care what someone calls a line item on the debit side - if it gets too big, I have to make changes.
So Samsung's phones made less money but sold more phones? Sounds like we have our answer :)
LOL, yup I meant $15.
I consider it a price increase, and I call to cancel and then they extend the "discount".