Bendgate happened in 2014 and those were Apple products, not the competition. Oh, how quickly we forget.
Oh quickly you do - given the fact that the Samsung Edgecracked the screen at the same pressure where the iPhone would merely bend. But since it was no longer just Apple, people instantly stopped giving a shit about bendy phones. Just as they stopped caring about non hot-swappable batteries, no flash card slot, changing cable standards, notches, or even holding it wrong.
This is like saying "Hey, I noticed there was a lock on the front door, so I went in the back. Clearly, this was the proper thing. There was never a lock there before!"
More like a "no Homers" sign on the front, as the web site was publicly accessible from the rest of the internet.
All their bullshit is designed to keep people divided by race when they should be uniting by class. From people who would all be neoliberal and/or neoconservative Republicans, in a universe where the Southern Strategy wasn't a thing.
Apple has removed the headphone jack from ALL of its phones. Samsung removed it from one midrange phone, and still offers dozens of models with it. This is clickbait, pure and simple.
Was Samsung mocking Apple after they took the headphone jack off of their latest phone (7 at the time) whilst leaving it on all their other devices? Why yes they did! You are hand waiving, pure and simple.
If size was the issue they could have used a thinner headphone jack. There are such things.
Which would require an adapter to connect to your 3.5mm headphones. So if you're going to make your users get an adapter anyway....might as well be USB-C. Tomato, toe-mah-toe.
They should have pulled a Marvel and had the Romani or River Song step in as The Doctor instead of dumping this shitty retcon on a character with half a century of continuity. Doing so would not only have gotten the same result (a female Doctor) but created more plot possibilities as the replacement tries to fill his shoes.
The Doctor is an alien species who has regenerated his identities seemingly at random: the fact that Time Lords can change gender during regeneration was established at least 7 years ago with The Corsair (as written by Neil Gaiman, not Moffett).
You say that like it's supposed to mean something. That retcon-heavy story was approved by the same shitty show runners that approved of this current shitty storyline, it's not a precedent that was set in 1970 with Jon Pertwee.
A female doctor was a courageous move and has added a positive flavour to the doctor.
If by "courageous" you mean "steaming pile of bad writing", sure. Having Time Lords regenerate between genders was a horrible retcon for a show that's been going for over 50 years. What the BBC should have done was follow the Marvel model.
Rather than snap their fingers and say "Thor is now a woman" (because she's a god and can be whoever she wants to be) or "Steve Rodgers is now black" (because reasons), they treat the title character as a position that can be filled by other people. Like how Dick Greyson has stepped in to be Batman on occasion in DC when Bruce Wayne was unavailable.
So instead of this shitty retcon that torches decades of continuity, Moffat should have written The Doctor out and had a female Time Lord take his place. Could be one made from scratch, or an established character like Romana, the Doctor's Daughter, River Song, or hell, even the Romani. Same end result they were going for (female doctor) with more storyline opportunities, and without throwing decades of continuity in a dumpster and setting it on fire.
But of course they do. Aside from rsilvergun's point on the high capital costs of rolling out a network and the enormous advantages held by an established player - there's also market consolidation. Which will leave you with a handful (or less) of providers in the end, anyway. Case in point: AT&T was broken up in an anti-trust suit decades ago, but has totally rebuilt itself via acquisitions and mergers.
is because capital costs and profit margins are too high.
That and market consolidation that will leave you with a single provider in the end anyway. Like how AT&T reconstituted itself in the decades since it was broken up in an anti-trust lawsuit.
You misunderstand. Tax money shouldn't go to anyone. Not the rich. Not the poor. Go fuck yourself statist.
Maintaining a developed civilization isn't free, it costs money. But you want to enjoy that standard of living without paying for its upkeep - so fuck your self, you self-centered parasite.
and there is some extradition treaty the RCMP are bound by
The United States practices torture. As a signatory to the UN Convention Against Torture, Canada can tell the department of justice to GFY on any extraditions. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
But I suppose you're an advocate for the US either Bombing the shit out of Iran
If you only see the word in shades of American imperialism, sure. Or, you could leave them the hell alone, as the United States and Israel know full well Iran has no nuclear weapons program, and hasn't attacked another country in hundreds of years.
or sitting back and just watching them gas their own population
The fuck are you going on about here. You confusing your propaganda on Syria with your propaganda on Iran? Have you noticed yet that whenever Assad "gasses his own people", it's for no strategic gain whatsoever, but provides a handy excuse for continuing the CIA regime change operation?
Whattaboutry, outside of excuses made for Apartheid Israel, is invariably total horseshit. It's only a Big Word westerners use to justify their massive hypocrisy whenever its pointed out.
Climate change has reduced rainfall, which leads to drier forests which leads to more fires and more serious forest fires. And good luck with the Libertarian attempt to blame this on government, when it was for-profit PG&E that started the blaze.
Are you being intentionally obtuse or are you actually this stupid? So are you saying if I set up some artillery on the Canadian border and start shelling them from the US,
lulz. You yelling at the nearest mirror there sparky? Because it took a powerful level of dumbfuckery to equate a military attack with allegedly violating a trade agreement, which would be a civil matter.
Yeah, because in today's day and age, you can't purchase something without being physically present?
Congratulations on getting the point, Sherlock.
It doesn't matter where the CFO was, it matters where the purchase was made, from whom, under what laws.
Of course it does. Action didn't occur in the United States, it's not subject to US laws. Just think of the Pandora's Box you are opening here: throughout the course of this day, you've no doubt violated some laws in China, Saudi Arabia, Bumbfuckistan, wherever. Without being present on those country's soil to do so. You really thing your should be subject to arbitrary arrest and extradition for violating those laws?
Other than most of the history of the Internet, then sure. When ISP's ran over dialup, ISDN or DSL, they ran over telephone infrastructure that was already regulated under common carrier rules. It's only since 2011 that courts have (asininely) ruled that cable ISP's are an information service and thus not subject to common carrier rules. A concept that predates the internet and was even applied to shipping physical goods.
That's the most important thing to understand: Net neutrality regulations were a response to actual bad behavior.
Definitely true. Someone (Alternet?) put together a nice list of shenanigans that ISP's engaged in while common carrier policies or the FCC's network neutrality were in effect, like Comcast throttling bittorent, for those who thought this was a bunch of FUD and greedy corporations wouldn't interfere in the market for their own gain.
The violation of U.S. law happened in the U.S. when the purchase was made from HP with the intention of violating the terms of the purchase and the law by reselling the equipment to Iran.
Yeah, because international shipping isn't a thing, and because the CFO was personally carrying the components back after purchasing them in the United States./inserteyerollemoji here
Apple did almost go out of business, but then they realized that idiots will pay 60% margin for shiny things and they made a comeback.
GOTO 001: Then why hasn't another company with superior products and/or prices paid for their own campaign, established their own cult and driven Apple out of business.
Or even if it's perfectly usable, notch-less, has a headphone jack and removable battery, and costs $100 - $200.
Congrats on getting the point - buy whatever it is you want at whatever price you're willing to pay. But - no one cares about removable batteries. Even the people who say they care, don't care. Removable batteries are small and easy to lose - so you'd use a case with a built in battery back up instead. Or an external power brick. Both options will give you 24/7 uptime on a cell phone, for those who absolutely-cannot-be-without-service-for-one-minute.
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Oh quickly you do - given the fact that the Samsung Edge cracked the screen at the same pressure where the iPhone would merely bend. But since it was no longer just Apple, people instantly stopped giving a shit about bendy phones. Just as they stopped caring about non hot-swappable batteries, no flash card slot, changing cable standards, notches, or even holding it wrong.
More like a "no Homers" sign on the front, as the web site was publicly accessible from the rest of the internet.
Yes, because then you may as well get a pair of USB-C headphones. Once you've ditched the sacrosanct 3.5mm jack....you've ditched the 3.5mm jack.
Tomato, toe-mah-toe.
All their bullshit is designed to keep people divided by race when they should be uniting by class. From people who would all be neoliberal and/or neoconservative Republicans, in a universe where the Southern Strategy wasn't a thing.
Was Samsung mocking Apple after they took the headphone jack off of their latest phone (7 at the time) whilst leaving it on all their other devices? Why yes they did! You are hand waiving, pure and simple.
Which would require an adapter to connect to your 3.5mm headphones. So if you're going to make your users get an adapter anyway....might as well be USB-C. Tomato, toe-mah-toe.
They should have pulled a Marvel and had the Romani or River Song step in as The Doctor instead of dumping this shitty retcon on a character with half a century of continuity. Doing so would not only have gotten the same result (a female Doctor) but created more plot possibilities as the replacement tries to fill his shoes.
You say that like it's supposed to mean something. That retcon-heavy story was approved by the same shitty show runners that approved of this current shitty storyline, it's not a precedent that was set in 1970 with Jon Pertwee.
Uh huh. I'm sure you would be saying the same thing if Mark Wahlberg was cast by Disney as Black Panther. Hey, it's okay! He's adopted!
Why. That there are SJW's out there is non-debatable after all the flack Marvel got for not race swapping the Iron Fist.
If by "courageous" you mean "steaming pile of bad writing", sure. Having Time Lords regenerate between genders was a horrible retcon for a show that's been going for over 50 years. What the BBC should have done was follow the Marvel model.
Rather than snap their fingers and say "Thor is now a woman" (because she's a god and can be whoever she wants to be) or "Steve Rodgers is now black" (because reasons), they treat the title character as a position that can be filled by other people. Like how Dick Greyson has stepped in to be Batman on occasion in DC when Bruce Wayne was unavailable.
So instead of this shitty retcon that torches decades of continuity, Moffat should have written The Doctor out and had a female Time Lord take his place. Could be one made from scratch, or an established character like Romana, the Doctor's Daughter, River Song, or hell, even the Romani. Same end result they were going for (female doctor) with more storyline opportunities, and without throwing decades of continuity in a dumpster and setting it on fire.
But of course they do. Aside from rsilvergun's point on the high capital costs of rolling out a network and the enormous advantages held by an established player - there's also market consolidation. Which will leave you with a handful (or less) of providers in the end, anyway. Case in point: AT&T was broken up in an anti-trust suit decades ago, but has totally rebuilt itself via acquisitions and mergers.
That and market consolidation that will leave you with a single provider in the end anyway. Like how AT&T reconstituted itself in the decades since it was broken up in an anti-trust lawsuit.
It's not like you actually give a shit about seniors. You just want to pay lower property taxes, that's all.
Maintaining a developed civilization isn't free, it costs money. But you want to enjoy that standard of living without paying for its upkeep - so fuck your self, you self-centered parasite.
The United States practices torture. As a signatory to the UN Convention Against Torture, Canada can tell the department of justice to GFY on any extraditions. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
If you only see the word in shades of American imperialism, sure. Or, you could leave them the hell alone, as the United States and Israel know full well Iran has no nuclear weapons program, and hasn't attacked another country in hundreds of years.
The fuck are you going on about here. You confusing your propaganda on Syria with your propaganda on Iran? Have you noticed yet that whenever Assad "gasses his own people", it's for no strategic gain whatsoever, but provides a handy excuse for continuing the CIA regime change operation?
Whattaboutry, outside of excuses made for Apartheid Israel, is invariably total horseshit. It's only a Big Word westerners use to justify their massive hypocrisy whenever its pointed out.
Climate change has reduced rainfall, which leads to drier forests which leads to more fires and more serious forest fires. And good luck with the Libertarian attempt to blame this on government, when it was for-profit PG&E that started the blaze.
lulz. You yelling at the nearest mirror there sparky? Because it took a powerful level of dumbfuckery to equate a military attack with allegedly violating a trade agreement, which would be a civil matter.
Congratulations on getting the point, Sherlock.
Of course it does. Action didn't occur in the United States, it's not subject to US laws. Just think of the Pandora's Box you are opening here: throughout the course of this day, you've no doubt violated some laws in China, Saudi Arabia, Bumbfuckistan, wherever. Without being present on those country's soil to do so. You really thing your should be subject to arbitrary arrest and extradition for violating those laws?
Other than most of the history of the Internet, then sure. When ISP's ran over dialup, ISDN or DSL, they ran over telephone infrastructure that was already regulated under common carrier rules. It's only since 2011 that courts have (asininely) ruled that cable ISP's are an information service and thus not subject to common carrier rules. A concept that predates the internet and was even applied to shipping physical goods.
Definitely true. Someone (Alternet?) put together a nice list of shenanigans that ISP's engaged in while common carrier policies or the FCC's network neutrality were in effect, like Comcast throttling bittorent, for those who thought this was a bunch of FUD and greedy corporations wouldn't interfere in the market for their own gain.
Yeah, because international shipping isn't a thing, and because the CFO was personally carrying the components back after purchasing them in the United States. /inserteyerollemoji here
GOTO 001: Then why hasn't another company with superior products and/or prices paid for their own campaign, established their own cult and driven Apple out of business.
Congrats on getting the point - buy whatever it is you want at whatever price you're willing to pay. But - no one cares about removable batteries. Even the people who say they care, don't care. Removable batteries are small and easy to lose - so you'd use a case with a built in battery back up instead. Or an external power brick. Both options will give you 24/7 uptime on a cell phone, for those who absolutely-cannot-be-without-service-for-one-minute.