Another difference between airlines and cars, is that pilots spend days in a simulator. This both before they are even allowed to be a copilot, and when getting new aircraft types to fly. During this time, they are drilled in all kinds of emergency responses. There are also two people involved in the actual flying, as well as ground personnel of all kinds (would love to see mr. "gran turismo king" have a constant chat with highway traffic control about speed and lane changes in the manner that aircrafts have with ground radar).
On the basis of lost (potential) profits, perhaps?
Note the potential there, as while i think that is their logic i do not consider it a valid one. Never mind the old economic axiom of government having no business keeping a old business case afloat, tho it often seems to imply "unless the business tells them to do so". The last bit based on the axiom being called upon by business only when it favors them, either as now or as a reason for letting a company shut down its operations and move abroad.
Yep. I recall reading a article a while back that claimed the national health service in Norway provided a safety net for startups. One example was a guy that found the processes his workplace used to be inefficient, quit and started up his own business providing the same service in direct competition. He could do this because he did not have to consider the cost of a health insurance, or the risks involved of not having one while getting his business up and running.
Btw, i think the push for home ownership in USA is a direct attempt at stifling uprisings. This in the belief that a home owner is less likely to rock the local boat.
I think i have seen some cases like that for iPad already. And i recall Samsung selling such a bundle for their UMPC back in the day (i think one guy is using the keyboard that came with it to this day).
Yea, i found myself wondering what ESR had snorted before writing that. It is almost a rewrite of the animal farm slogan of four legs good, two legs bad, except it replaces four legs with corporate and two legs with government.
Not sure the educate educate educate cheer helps anymore, when getting any serious education basically sends you into a economic black hole of student loans.
Bluetooth works, and most of them have a micro usb ab port that can handle hid devices via a micro to full size converter. Only thing missing is the ability to balance it all in your lap.
Something like the Motorola lapdock+webtop? And yes, they also sell a less marketed media dock that basically turn your phone into a desktop computer.
I am just waiting to hear that Android have been modified to change size, shape and resolution on the fly, going from phone to tablet/laptop when docked in some way. WebOS Enyo was demoed as capable of this, but HP did not seem to make a big push towards that kind of docking.
Those used to be known as ultra-portable laptops, but was marketed more towards corporate road warriors then latte sipping digi-moms.
As for the issue of SSD price, that is mostly from people insisting on Windows. XP got used early on because it only needed 1.5GB or there about, while Vista needed somewhere closer to 15 (and Win7 is not much better). This before trying to cram such things as office packs on there. In contrast the early netbooks came with small (cheap and low performing) SSDs and a streamlined linux distro that left plenty of room even with openoffice installed.
was that the predge only applied for 4.x and onwards. That is, 2.x devices where not covered by the pledge but 4.x not only had the pledge but also had technical changes done to make it easier to push updates.
But the main problem is using Apple products as the template for how things should be. This because Apple has the ability to work on something under cover until they are ready to release. In contrast the Google way is not that dissimilar from the Microsoft way regarding windows. How long has Microsoft been talking about Windows 8 now? That Google announce a new Android version do not mean the same as when Apple announce a new iOS version. It will be much healthier mentally if one think of Android in the same way as one do Windows. And i suspect the time between Android versions will grow longer as Google runs out of low handing fruits to include, much like the multiple years between Windows releases.
to sink SOPA, if i understand the US system right, is to hitch a rider to the bill that will make it completely unpalatable to the corporations. The political equivalent to a poison pill.
And the CEOs are likely to perform variations of pump and dump, because they are given stock options as pay and bonuses based on short term performance goals. So they pump to get the bonus, then cash in their stock options and run for some non-extradition nation while the locals are left to mop up the mess.
I suspect part of the reduced stress comes from not having most of the acceleration at the start, as the magnetic rail allows for the same amount of force to be applied along the whole distance.
In theory one can consider people on minimum wage, with medical and such covered by their employer, as wage slaves. This because if they get fired they also loose access to these protections, and may never had the chance to build up any savings.
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Another difference between airlines and cars, is that pilots spend days in a simulator. This both before they are even allowed to be a copilot, and when getting new aircraft types to fly. During this time, they are drilled in all kinds of emergency responses. There are also two people involved in the actual flying, as well as ground personnel of all kinds (would love to see mr. "gran turismo king" have a constant chat with highway traffic control about speed and lane changes in the manner that aircrafts have with ground radar).
On the basis of lost (potential) profits, perhaps?
Note the potential there, as while i think that is their logic i do not consider it a valid one. Never mind the old economic axiom of government having no business keeping a old business case afloat, tho it often seems to imply "unless the business tells them to do so". The last bit based on the axiom being called upon by business only when it favors them, either as now or as a reason for letting a company shut down its operations and move abroad.
Cyberpunk in the making.
Yep. I recall reading a article a while back that claimed the national health service in Norway provided a safety net for startups. One example was a guy that found the processes his workplace used to be inefficient, quit and started up his own business providing the same service in direct competition. He could do this because he did not have to consider the cost of a health insurance, or the risks involved of not having one while getting his business up and running.
Btw, i think the push for home ownership in USA is a direct attempt at stifling uprisings. This in the belief that a home owner is less likely to rock the local boat.
I think i have seen some cases like that for iPad already. And i recall Samsung selling such a bundle for their UMPC back in the day (i think one guy is using the keyboard that came with it to this day).
Yea, i found myself wondering what ESR had snorted before writing that. It is almost a rewrite of the animal farm slogan of four legs good, two legs bad, except it replaces four legs with corporate and two legs with government.
Not sure the educate educate educate cheer helps anymore, when getting any serious education basically sends you into a economic black hole of student loans.
Why does it seem as if corporate security and national security looks more and more the same?
And that is the funny thing. AMD may have done a better job with Bobcat than Bulldozer.
I just hope Bobcat sales can keep them afloat to fix the Bulldozer mess.
Bluetooth works, and most of them have a micro usb ab port that can handle hid devices via a micro to full size converter. Only thing missing is the ability to balance it all in your lap.
I wonder how much of that price comes from the honking big battery housed in the keyboard part (similar to why the Motorola Lapdock costs so much).
Something like the Motorola lapdock+webtop? And yes, they also sell a less marketed media dock that basically turn your phone into a desktop computer.
I am just waiting to hear that Android have been modified to change size, shape and resolution on the fly, going from phone to tablet/laptop when docked in some way. WebOS Enyo was demoed as capable of this, but HP did not seem to make a big push towards that kind of docking.
In other words, netbooks shave off what little margin there is left in the personal general computer market.
Those used to be known as ultra-portable laptops, but was marketed more towards corporate road warriors then latte sipping digi-moms.
As for the issue of SSD price, that is mostly from people insisting on Windows. XP got used early on because it only needed 1.5GB or there about, while Vista needed somewhere closer to 15 (and Win7 is not much better). This before trying to cram such things as office packs on there. In contrast the early netbooks came with small (cheap and low performing) SSDs and a streamlined linux distro that left plenty of room even with openoffice installed.
was that the predge only applied for 4.x and onwards. That is, 2.x devices where not covered by the pledge but 4.x not only had the pledge but also had technical changes done to make it easier to push updates.
But the main problem is using Apple products as the template for how things should be. This because Apple has the ability to work on something under cover until they are ready to release. In contrast the Google way is not that dissimilar from the Microsoft way regarding windows. How long has Microsoft been talking about Windows 8 now? That Google announce a new Android version do not mean the same as when Apple announce a new iOS version. It will be much healthier mentally if one think of Android in the same way as one do Windows. And i suspect the time between Android versions will grow longer as Google runs out of low handing fruits to include, much like the multiple years between Windows releases.
to sink SOPA, if i understand the US system right, is to hitch a rider to the bill that will make it completely unpalatable to the corporations. The political equivalent to a poison pill.
And those NDAs are as damaging to the public trust as is the abuse of "national security".
And the CEOs are likely to perform variations of pump and dump, because they are given stock options as pay and bonuses based on short term performance goals. So they pump to get the bonus, then cash in their stock options and run for some non-extradition nation while the locals are left to mop up the mess.
Looks like that mini Metal Gear that showed up in the third installment of the Solid series.
What was the rogue-like where one could risk being chased by banans and where berries could have random, potion-like effect?
Can be used to hide data loads tho, rather then tossing a loading bar or spinner at the user.
I suspect part of the reduced stress comes from not having most of the acceleration at the start, as the magnetic rail allows for the same amount of force to be applied along the whole distance.
And also a electro-magnetic breaking system on the arrester cables, i think.
Supposedly he liked working at the patent office, because it allowed him peace and quiet to think.
In theory one can consider people on minimum wage, with medical and such covered by their employer, as wage slaves. This because if they get fired they also loose access to these protections, and may never had the chance to build up any savings.