Depends, probably, I mean, given enough time and the full warehouses of unsold product they can show the Fed, they can probably sell them for whatever they want, eventually. If I could get an RT for a song I'd certainly grab one. See if I could install Linux on it.
The Yanks, for instance, are currently bombing the hell out of natural Australian resources...
Uh, four inert bombs on a small section of the GBR is "bombing the hell out of your natural resources"? After listening to Aussie lesbians drone on and on about how horrible the US is at a party once in Tokyo its no surprise to me that some subjects of the common wealth tend to over-blow anything that has to do with the US. Especially when its bad, of course. I'm not saying the jettison was a great idea, but COME ON.
But can you really say that all religious scriptures are fantasies?
Yes.
Some religious writing may be based on historical events, but to use any religious writing as a historical record would be foolish, at least without outside verification, as we do with all scientific inquiry.
Good luck getting funding for a unique motion picture when the studios not only know what makes a profitable film, they can prove it.
Show that it works more times than not? Sure. Prove it? This summer's litany of less-than-stellar formulas would seem to indicate that Hollywood knows how to fund biockbusters, but not guarantee successful ones.
BBQ-ing causes cancer too. So... if you're creating a gun w/a 3D printer while BBQing some pork and the power goes out, don't take that last drag off that cigarette, it could be your last.
In what way was the mini obsolete? I remember when the Nexus 7 tablet came out and reading comments like "Jobs hated the 7" form factor, but look at the nexus 7" and "Apple should have had 7" tablets from the beginning..."
Your three words are meaningless. Coprorations can't censor speach (at least in this context, what actually goes on in Washington is another matter). Claiming free speach rights within the context of a private enterprise is like claiming that your free speach rights are being infringed if I throw you out of my house after you've broken in holding a megaphone. Its astounding to me how few people understand that the 1st amendment is a contraint on GOVERNMENT, not a general use wrench you can hit anyone over the head with.
Mayer can run Yahoo how ever she wants, its not like the first time a huge coporate entity made untrue statements about how they'd be moving forward. Plus, its porn. Waste of web space in my opinion. This is hardly big news.
Agreed. Rowling started from nothing, I'm sure most of us have heard the story of her spending late nights in Scottish coffee shops rifling through her box of notes to put together the Potter Mythology and produce those 7 books. Sounds to me like both luck and skill played important parts in her success, which is vary similar to the story of almost all successful people. Experiments like this smack to me of a bit of narcissistic thought-gamemanship. If Rowling is really curious about how she got her success all she needs to do is think back to those days on welfare writing her ass off in those coffee shops. Or perhaps she's gotten that disease that some succesful people get; that delusional "Well, its obvious God wanted me to be successful"-itis.
I know... another site i never heard of... not that I'm all that worldly but I check a number of online pubs and if I've not ever heard of their site perhaps there was a slight visibility problem.
They were dramatically more expensive than most competing tablets.
Nah, if I recall, they were on par with iPads. I think the lack of apps really did them in here, plus the price. If you had $500 burning a hole in your pocket and you were itching to try a tablet last year would you dip your toe in the water by buying an already established platform with tons of apps, acceptence, and user experience, or a brand new one with not so much of that, for about the same price? Microsoft should have been selling those things for a song from the get-go. Surface is a good interface but not so scary great that its going to whisk those tablets out the door.
He's right. I don't have the figures but I do know there is an enormous amount of nrg in raw and processed petro. That's why we're having such a hard time getting away from it. Getting nrg out of petro is vastly more cost effective than by any other means.
Building a truly scaleable system is not something you learn by taking an elective at University. You need software architects and you probably aren't willing to pay for them. You're right, such talent is going to be difficult to aquire. I remember working for a fairly large web portal back in the 90's; I was hired for my java AND mathematical skill while the company was still a start-up. One day one of the project managers threw a pile of resumes at me (not 'at me', he was just frustrated) and howled about how the few qualified canidates wanted more money than was in the budget. The position was a PKI implenetor, not an integrator. One of the founders was a math researcher who started the company partly on his PKI design, and he needed a few smart cookies to help implement it. When I found out the budget for some one who would arguably have needed to hold a Masters in Math at a minimum I laughed and told him you're not going to attract elephants with peanuts in this particular case.
Robust scalability takes experience, its not something you can read once from a book and start implementing. Its probably not on parr with my experience from above, but you're not going to find a kid with that kind of experience either.
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Depends, probably, I mean, given enough time and the full warehouses of unsold product they can show the Fed, they can probably sell them for whatever they want, eventually. If I could get an RT for a song I'd certainly grab one. See if I could install Linux on it.
The Yanks, for instance, are currently bombing the hell out of natural Australian resources...
Uh, four inert bombs on a small section of the GBR is "bombing the hell out of your natural resources"? After listening to Aussie lesbians drone on and on about how horrible the US is at a party once in Tokyo its no surprise to me that some subjects of the common wealth tend to over-blow anything that has to do with the US. Especially when its bad, of course. I'm not saying the jettison was a great idea, but COME ON.
But can you really say that all religious scriptures are fantasies?
Yes.
Some religious writing may be based on historical events, but to use any religious writing as a historical record would be foolish, at least without outside verification, as we do with all scientific inquiry.
Good luck getting funding for a unique motion picture when the studios not only know what makes a profitable film, they can prove it.
Show that it works more times than not? Sure. Prove it? This summer's litany of less-than-stellar formulas would seem to indicate that Hollywood knows how to fund biockbusters, but not guarantee successful ones.
...and I'm doing a pretty good job steering clear of them.
I'm not, ass. Your response is "disingenuious", at best. Fuck off.
BBQ-ing causes cancer too. So... if you're creating a gun w/a 3D printer while BBQing some pork and the power goes out, don't take that last drag off that cigarette, it could be your last.
Tim Cook to dump an obsolete ipad mini...
In what way was the mini obsolete? I remember when the Nexus 7 tablet came out and reading comments like "Jobs hated the 7" form factor, but look at the nexus 7" and "Apple should have had 7" tablets from the beginning..."
Good grief; "seemed" is hardly an opinion. Back off, dolt.
Does some one have a "shitstorm" meme handy?
You can't say anything like that. The activists have made it a problem to point out such things, apparently.
I don't really like the way that Rowling is held up as an example of a rags to riches success against the odds.
Well, she was educated. If nothing else she's an example of how education can give you an advantage. Most people on the dole have none.
Is Metro a bad interface? I haven't used it but the idea seemed pretty ok to me. I dunno, just my impression.
Your three words are meaningless. Coprorations can't censor speach (at least in this context, what actually goes on in Washington is another matter). Claiming free speach rights within the context of a private enterprise is like claiming that your free speach rights are being infringed if I throw you out of my house after you've broken in holding a megaphone. Its astounding to me how few people understand that the 1st amendment is a contraint on GOVERNMENT, not a general use wrench you can hit anyone over the head with.
Mayer can run Yahoo how ever she wants, its not like the first time a huge coporate entity made untrue statements about how they'd be moving forward. Plus, its porn. Waste of web space in my opinion. This is hardly big news.
Only when they pop up in their creepy little comments like lemmings; fast and furious.
A month and a half seems like a publicity stunt.
Agreed. Rowling started from nothing, I'm sure most of us have heard the story of her spending late nights in Scottish coffee shops rifling through her box of notes to put together the Potter Mythology and produce those 7 books. Sounds to me like both luck and skill played important parts in her success, which is vary similar to the story of almost all successful people. Experiments like this smack to me of a bit of narcissistic thought-gamemanship. If Rowling is really curious about how she got her success all she needs to do is think back to those days on welfare writing her ass off in those coffee shops. Or perhaps she's gotten that disease that some succesful people get; that delusional "Well, its obvious God wanted me to be successful"-itis.
... they never clicked on an add.
"ad". For some reason I'm annoyed by the uneducated today.
I know... another site i never heard of... not that I'm all that worldly but I check a number of online pubs and if I've not ever heard of their site perhaps there was a slight visibility problem.
They were dramatically more expensive than most competing tablets.
Nah, if I recall, they were on par with iPads. I think the lack of apps really did them in here, plus the price. If you had $500 burning a hole in your pocket and you were itching to try a tablet last year would you dip your toe in the water by buying an already established platform with tons of apps, acceptence, and user experience, or a brand new one with not so much of that, for about the same price? Microsoft should have been selling those things for a song from the get-go. Surface is a good interface but not so scary great that its going to whisk those tablets out the door.
Interesting how that same tactic worked for Jobs but makes Gates seem like a bull in a china shop.
How much energy did it take you to type all that crap out? Psuedo psychobabble signifying nothing.
He's right. I don't have the figures but I do know there is an enormous amount of nrg in raw and processed petro. That's why we're having such a hard time getting away from it. Getting nrg out of petro is vastly more cost effective than by any other means.
Building a truly scaleable system is not something you learn by taking an elective at University. You need software architects and you probably aren't willing to pay for them. You're right, such talent is going to be difficult to aquire. I remember working for a fairly large web portal back in the 90's; I was hired for my java AND mathematical skill while the company was still a start-up. One day one of the project managers threw a pile of resumes at me (not 'at me', he was just frustrated) and howled about how the few qualified canidates wanted more money than was in the budget. The position was a PKI implenetor, not an integrator. One of the founders was a math researcher who started the company partly on his PKI design, and he needed a few smart cookies to help implement it. When I found out the budget for some one who would arguably have needed to hold a Masters in Math at a minimum I laughed and told him you're not going to attract elephants with peanuts in this particular case.
Robust scalability takes experience, its not something you can read once from a book and start implementing. Its probably not on parr with my experience from above, but you're not going to find a kid with that kind of experience either.
I can't wait to tell my boss I have to take a piss to talk to him.