With Apple having as many billions of dollars lying around as it does, why doesnt it want to pay its employees properly?
Its not like they cant afford it, so it is a conscious decision by the company to pay them so little.
I guess it shows that no matter how much money you have, it is never enough, even when your money is measured in the tens of billions of dollars, and also shows that people and companies will do dodgy things to save insignificant fractions of that money.
But Apple must still be applauded for sticking to their morals, even though us 99%'ers do not agree with those morals.
So if a person has committed crimes during his life, e.g burglary, violence, fraud and a bit of adultery thrown in for good measure, most believers would say that he will go to Hell and burn in all eternity for his sins.
So does the punishment befit the crime(s)?
Is torturing somebody by subjecting them to continuous pain, suffering and torment for an infinite length of time justifiable for whatever they did during the ~80 odd years of life on Earth?
What about after the first trillion years of torture? Dont you think that would be enough considering the crimes committed? What about when the misery and torture has reached a few billion trillion years?
And dont forget, 10 to the power of 10000000000000000000000000 years is not even the most insignificant fraction of eternity.
No crime I can possibly think of can ever justify that level of torture.
If this is how the universe works, then whatever Deity created this system is a monster of the highest order.
Faint tho it may be ( due to excessive altitude ) but you guessed right. Thats the unmistakeable sound of a funny joke flying waaaayyyy over your head.
I remember when the prosecution was opposing Kim's bail application, the reasoning for their opposition being that Kim would flee the country, being the dishonest rich person he is.
He never did.
And now the prosecution were caught doing unethical and illegal behavior.
Who are the dishonest ones here? Who are the criminals blatantly breaking the law?
Unsurprisingly, the majority of the NZ population side with Kim Dotcom throughout this entire farce.
The worldwide shortage of potable water is a dirty (socialist) lie.
The problem is not lack of potable water, its a lack of pots. Even the dirtiest unpalatable water can be potted. But how much water can you pot when you have run out of pots?
and I thought, 'So what? SpaceX is already in orbit and has damned near certified the Dragon capsule.' These guys are still struggling to get their aircraft certified. Once Burt retired, it was like their lights went out. A suborbital ride when an orbital ride is coming available? It's like getting tickets to a 7 course banquet, then showing up and getting stuck at a table with a beautiful view of the kitchen door while the potscrubber drops a bag with a Big Mac & fries on it.
Wait, SpaceX is getting into the space *tourism* market?
If you had a semi-orbital trajectory from say the Cook Islands (in the Pacific) and landing in the UK would the FAA still have to give you clearance?
Technically you dont, thats why you can fly U2 spy planes over another country without violating their airspace, and all the political fallout that would result.
The technology is here already, molten salt thermal storage.
We just need to build a utility grade facility to get the engineering challenges ironed out and to measure the real world performance of a full scale system.
Countries like Australia could be 100% solar with 24/7 electricity generation by coupling solar thermal concentrators with molten salt storage, by using some of the vast tracts of high sunshine hour desert land in the outback.
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Wait, Fox has a news channel?
With Apple having as many billions of dollars lying around as it does, why doesnt it want to pay its employees properly?
Its not like they cant afford it, so it is a conscious decision by the company to pay them so little.
I guess it shows that no matter how much money you have, it is never enough, even when your money is measured in the tens of billions of dollars, and also shows that people and companies will do dodgy things to save insignificant fractions of that money.
But Apple must still be applauded for sticking to their morals, even though us 99%'ers do not agree with those morals.
So if a person has committed crimes during his life, e.g burglary, violence, fraud and a bit of adultery thrown in for good measure, most believers would say that he will go to Hell and burn in all eternity for his sins.
So does the punishment befit the crime(s)?
Is torturing somebody by subjecting them to continuous pain, suffering and torment for an infinite length of time justifiable for whatever they did during the ~80 odd years of life on Earth?
What about after the first trillion years of torture? Dont you think that would be enough considering the crimes committed?
What about when the misery and torture has reached a few billion trillion years?
And dont forget, 10 to the power of 10000000000000000000000000 years is not even the most insignificant fraction of eternity.
No crime I can possibly think of can ever justify that level of torture.
If this is how the universe works, then whatever Deity created this system is a monster of the highest order.
Hear that whooshing sound?
Faint tho it may be ( due to excessive altitude ) but you guessed right. Thats the unmistakeable sound of a funny joke flying waaaayyyy over your head.
Only difference this time is that Apple doesn't have quite the same market stranglehold that Microsoft did/does.
Apple has a complete and total monopoly on the iOS market.
What kind of crap games are you playing that don't disable that key for you? Seriously. That key is 17 years old.
He said "save the princess".
I think that says it all.
As a non American, I can totally vouch for that.
I have never ever needed a gun in my life, and I dont relish the thought of having a gun battle with somebody because an argument got out of hand.
The American fascination with shooting people to death is disturbing and sad.
Umm, you still have to blast an object from Earth to the moon, you might as well just continue onto Mars and save the hassle and expense.
I remember when the prosecution was opposing Kim's bail application, the reasoning for their opposition being that Kim would flee the country, being the dishonest rich person he is.
He never did.
And now the prosecution were caught doing unethical and illegal behavior.
Who are the dishonest ones here? Who are the criminals blatantly breaking the law?
Unsurprisingly, the majority of the NZ population side with Kim Dotcom throughout this entire farce.
Drones dont kill people.
Drone pilots kill people.
Isnt that how it goes?
" people like me who have actual real uses for the damn things are now forced to buy other similar picoITX embedded systems."
That word 'forced'.
I dont think it means what you think it means.
" The simple reason the Raspberry Pi has no RTC, is that the chip and battery would have doubled both the PCB size, and the price"
Doubled the PCB size? really?
A CR2032 lithium coin battery, a tiny 8 pin IC and a 32KHz watch crystal is hardly the size of a credit card.
And the price? In quantity, a couple of dollars for the lot.
The worldwide shortage of potable water is a dirty (socialist) lie.
The problem is not lack of potable water, its a lack of pots. Even the dirtiest unpalatable water can be potted. But how much water can you pot when you have run out of pots?
Exactly, none.
Moral of the story? Make pots.
That's a hell of a cookie crunch
Oh that was pretty lame. Try harder, dont be lazy. Effort spent is wittiness gained.
and I thought, 'So what? SpaceX is already in orbit and has damned near certified the Dragon capsule.' These guys are still struggling to get their aircraft certified. Once Burt retired, it was like their lights went out. A suborbital ride when an orbital ride is coming available? It's like getting tickets to a 7 course banquet, then showing up and getting stuck at a table with a beautiful view of the kitchen door while the potscrubber drops a bag with a Big Mac & fries on it.
Wait, SpaceX is getting into the space *tourism* market?
Really?
If you had a semi-orbital trajectory from say the Cook Islands (in the Pacific) and landing in the UK would the FAA still have to give you clearance?
Technically you dont, thats why you can fly U2 spy planes over another country without violating their airspace, and all the political fallout that would result.
reducing the cost to 20 million USD?
it *already* costs 20 mil to pay Russia to send you to the space station via soyuz, including training, and has for a few years now.
I'd much rather have a functional piece of equipment than a "geeky" piece of equipment.
Has 'functional' and 'geeky' suddenly become mutually exclusive now?
Citation needed.
Hmm, actually now that you mention it, that does seem like an idea worthy of consideration.
I can see you have thought this through a bit, can you elaborate on your idea a bit so we can have a healthy debate on the pros and cons of your idea?
Wait until they get a taste of our theatre-wide laser weapons. We could blind and crash their entire fleet in a few seconds from across the Gulf.
yeah! sock it to 'em! hit them with weapons that dont exist yet!
Also, why stick to theatre-wide laser weapons ( that dont exist), we could also use antimatter weapons (that dont exist yet) on them too.
Hooray for the USA!
I'm also curious why they are producing a 40 year old variant instead of targeting a newer one -
Its a wee bit difficult to reverse engineer a helicopter that you dont own.
The technology is here already, molten salt thermal storage.
We just need to build a utility grade facility to get the engineering challenges ironed out and to measure the real world performance of a full scale system.
Countries like Australia could be 100% solar with 24/7 electricity generation by coupling solar thermal concentrators with molten salt storage, by using some of the vast tracts of high sunshine hour desert land in the outback.
so you thought; yourself Elizabeth fuck go.
Even Yoda would be proud.
No 1080p hardware decode/encode?
Pi > 'APC'
You Sir are completely correct.
The smart kids use Linux.