That’s assuming that hasn’t been Apple’s strategy. It might have been all
along but Apple didn’t think that enough development had been done. For example you could argue that the iPod Touch was a copy of the Zune but done right. However, if you were paying attention to Apple it seemed like they were going to make it after the iPhone and leverage all the technologies. For the most part, an iPod Touch is an iPhone without the cellular components.
The problem with MS isn’t that they have bad ideas. Implementation has always been their weakness. Windows 8 would have worked much better if it defaulted to desktop UI when you were on a desktop and tablet UI when you were on tablet instead of trying to force everyone to tablet and doing it badly.
I think like me, he’s not anxiously waiting to buy the first device with 5G because the 5G networks won’t be everywhere at first. And devices won’t be optimized for it. Sure in a few years, everyone will be using 5G eventually. For me it was the same with 4K TVs, you could be the first get one and wait for content. Or just get a a 4K whenever your 1080p TV bites it. The only I got a 4K TV recently was that it was on sale for cheaper than the comparable 1080p TV.
I would think Apple’s competitors are secretly hoping that Apple succeeds in away. It would mean that it is possible to get their modems from someone other than Qualcomm. No they know Apple would never sell to them, but if Apple can do it, a 3rd party could as well. From what I am hearing, no one actually likes dealing with Qualcomm; they do it because they don’t have a choice.
The problem is those that disbelieve anything that doesn’t match their world view. In the case of flat Earthers, it is ridiculously easy to verify that Earth is round in a number of ways. The denial becomes increasingly complicated involving complex conspiracies. Joe Rogan of all people quipped that he was accused a shill for being against Flat Earth conspiracies. Paraphrasing him: “As if there’s a lot of round Earth money out there to collect.”
The phones appeared to be selectively stolen regardless if it was a burner phone or regular work phone. If they steal a burner phone, the thieves don’t steal any company secrets.
I remember another story that some companies were advising their employees not to bring their work phones into China and to use a temporary burner phone that didn’t contain any company secrets. After a number of incidents where the phones appeared to be selectively stolen.
WTC5 went down due to planned demolition in December 2001. It was demolished because the top several floors where heavily damaged by the WTC towers collapsing. I’m guessing that the severe damage to floors 4-9 meant it was easier replace it with another building than repair the building. WTC5 is the counter example to the 9/11 assertion that collapse of WTC1 and WTC2 didn’t damage surrounding buildings.
Based on the flat earthers I’ve met, they are not all trolls. While they have different reasons for their beliefs, I am only concerned when they try to influence others into actions that affect everyone. For example if they want to be on the school board so they can choose textbooks that “expose the truth about the flat earth”.
The difference is that “hours” as a metric is only meaningful compared to cost and progression. If a $60 game only has 2 hours of real play time until the end, consumers would feel a bit cheated. In the many examples above, consumers had to pay for the game and have to pay to progress. For titles like
FIFA, there is significant obstacles to progress if you don’t pay.
To be clear, the Trump administration and the former Congress closed a lot of loopholes and exemptions just not for corporations or high-income earners. For middle-income earners, congrats, Trump has fulfilled his promise of "closing loopholes" namely yours and yours only.
Not at all. I'm well aware of the existing legacy equipment and I understand that people will continue to use it for some time. But you are only thinking of it (understandably) from one perspective. Continuing to sell it going forward is demonstrably wasteful. 9 pin D-sub connectors used to be common and still exist but they aren't sold as standard equipment on most PCs anymore. Those who need them for old equipment either buy an interface card or an adapter. New equipment comes with new ports and you adapt old equipment to it. To continue to sell a variety of legacy ports in new equipment is wasteful.
That's not my argument. I have multiple devices in which the only interface is a legacy cable. I can either replace it all so that I can use a new cable or keep using them as long as they work. Replacing the equipment generates far more waste than using the cables and equipment that I already have.
There is some waste and conversion cost to the new standard but in the long run having a single physical connection standard will demonstrably be less wasteful than trying to maintain numerous legacy connectors with physically different connections.
No one is trying to "maintain numerous legacy connectors". They are dealing with reality. When that equipment was made it came with brand new connectors. In the intervening years, those connectors became legacy. Also, you've assumed that the USB-C will be the only standard going forever and ever. If USB-D comes out in a few years, then you will have legacy USB-C cables and the exact same situation as now.
This is a sunk cost fallacy [wikipedia.org]. Nobody is asking them to stop using devices they already have. Those items are already paid for so it doesn't make sense to keep throwing money at multiple legacy ports on the devices they connect to in perpetuity.
Your claim is that a standard cable would have been less waste. The reality is that whenever anyone gets a new device (with the old or new cable), they will get another cable in the box. For example if Apple waited for USB-C and didn't switch to Lightning, how many cables would that have saved for the iPhone customer. Zero. When an iPhone customer gets a new iPhone, they will get a new cable regardless if it is Lightning or USB-C. When someone gets a USB-C Android like a Samsung Galaxy S9 they will get a new USB-C cable in the box. The only reduction in is if someone has both an iPhone and a Samsung AND they are looking to get additional cables, they only need to get 1 type of cable instead of 2. But how many people fit in this scenario? Very few.
Eventually old equipment gets replaced by new on the new standards and saves money in the long run. Trying to stick with legacy ports actually increases cost and waste globally even if it saves it for individuals in many cases.
Again, some of use are not "trying to stick with legacy ports" just to pollute the environment. It is far more waste to get rid of the device for new ones just to get rid of legacy ports.
No. PACER is managed by Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The AO prepares and submits budgets for the courts; however, each court has their own budget. If a district court in California wants to get flat screens, then they have to work with the AO and the General Services Administration to properly budget, request, and procure them.
While that might be a problem, I don’t think that’s the main reason the a380 isn’t a success. One main reason I can see that most airports today can’t handle the landing or boarding requirements thus restricting which routes it can be flown. The second one is that the 4 engines are not as fuel efficient as 2 engine planes thus airlines are limited in scheduling in order to make a profit. The last problem is that Airbus is ever made a freight variant and can’t sell to freight companies like FedEx. These 3 problems means that airlines can only fly the a380 on very select routes.
When buying aircraft, airlines are opting for 2 Boeing 777 or even 2 Airbus a350 that they can fly almost anywhere as opposed to 1 a380 that has limited routes and profitability. What is not mentioned that there were actually more orders for 747s than a380 in one year as Boeing still makes/sells a freight version of that old aircraft.
I don’t know. What I do know is that “Linux must be used” isn’t always the answer. What I do know is that there are multiple companies that sells software like Front Face that effectively locks down Windows into a kiosk. Why don’t you tell that company they shouldn’t exist and that everyone should just use Linux instead.
So you are 100% sure that any software you would put on this device if you used it as a kiosk or signage doesn’t require Windows. You can use Linux in some cases is not the same as Linux must be used at all times.
I have never said you can’t use Linux on a Pi for the use case. What I said is that a Pi running Windows 10 can be used for the use case. You are the second person to chime in on that you can use Linux. So what? Someone using Windows 10 on a Pi for this purpose might have a limitation that requires Windows.
It may be obsolete depending on what your requirements but it runs the latest iOS and uses the same Lightning connector as current phones. It’s more than adequate for most consumers.
That relies on the assumption that you only have 1 standard that no older standards are ever used. When USB-C became the standard, people didn’t stop using mini-B, micro-B etc and threw away all their devices that used them. That would actually been a lot more waste. Over time, consumers would have to get new cables regardless. I still have a box of different USB cables depending which device I need to connect.
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That’s assuming that hasn’t been Apple’s strategy. It might have been all along but Apple didn’t think that enough development had been done. For example you could argue that the iPod Touch was a copy of the Zune but done right. However, if you were paying attention to Apple it seemed like they were going to make it after the iPhone and leverage all the technologies. For the most part, an iPod Touch is an iPhone without the cellular components.
The problem with MS isn’t that they have bad ideas. Implementation has always been their weakness. Windows 8 would have worked much better if it defaulted to desktop UI when you were on a desktop and tablet UI when you were on tablet instead of trying to force everyone to tablet and doing it badly.
I think like me, he’s not anxiously waiting to buy the first device with 5G because the 5G networks won’t be everywhere at first. And devices won’t be optimized for it. Sure in a few years, everyone will be using 5G eventually. For me it was the same with 4K TVs, you could be the first get one and wait for content. Or just get a a 4K whenever your 1080p TV bites it. The only I got a 4K TV recently was that it was on sale for cheaper than the comparable 1080p TV.
I would think Apple’s competitors are secretly hoping that Apple succeeds in away. It would mean that it is possible to get their modems from someone other than Qualcomm. No they know Apple would never sell to them, but if Apple can do it, a 3rd party could as well. From what I am hearing, no one actually likes dealing with Qualcomm; they do it because they don’t have a choice.
The problem is those that disbelieve anything that doesn’t match their world view. In the case of flat Earthers, it is ridiculously easy to verify that Earth is round in a number of ways. The denial becomes increasingly complicated involving complex conspiracies. Joe Rogan of all people quipped that he was accused a shill for being against Flat Earth conspiracies. Paraphrasing him: “As if there’s a lot of round Earth money out there to collect.”
The phones appeared to be selectively stolen regardless if it was a burner phone or regular work phone. If they steal a burner phone, the thieves don’t steal any company secrets.
I remember another story that some companies were advising their employees not to bring their work phones into China and to use a temporary burner phone that didn’t contain any company secrets. After a number of incidents where the phones appeared to be selectively stolen.
WTC5 went down due to planned demolition in December 2001. It was demolished because the top several floors where heavily damaged by the WTC towers collapsing. I’m guessing that the severe damage to floors 4-9 meant it was easier replace it with another building than repair the building. WTC5 is the counter example to the 9/11 assertion that collapse of WTC1 and WTC2 didn’t damage surrounding buildings.
Please. We all know George Soros and Elvis is paying off cruise companies not to take you to the ice wall that keeps us under The Firmament.
Critical thinking is also acknowledging evidence for or against a proposition. “I believe” is often merely an easy way to deny reality.
Based on the flat earthers I’ve met, they are not all trolls. While they have different reasons for their beliefs, I am only concerned when they try to influence others into actions that affect everyone. For example if they want to be on the school board so they can choose textbooks that “expose the truth about the flat earth”.
Also that it doesn’t cost you more money to actually finish the game which requires a paid DLC.
The difference is that “hours” as a metric is only meaningful compared to cost and progression. If a $60 game only has 2 hours of real play time until the end, consumers would feel a bit cheated. In the many examples above, consumers had to pay for the game and have to pay to progress. For titles like FIFA, there is significant obstacles to progress if you don’t pay.
Considering that Kansas had to auction off sex toys to help cover their deficits, I find this proposal ironic.
To be clear, the Trump administration and the former Congress closed a lot of loopholes and exemptions just not for corporations or high-income earners. For middle-income earners, congrats, Trump has fulfilled his promise of "closing loopholes" namely yours and yours only.
Not at all. I'm well aware of the existing legacy equipment and I understand that people will continue to use it for some time. But you are only thinking of it (understandably) from one perspective. Continuing to sell it going forward is demonstrably wasteful. 9 pin D-sub connectors used to be common and still exist but they aren't sold as standard equipment on most PCs anymore. Those who need them for old equipment either buy an interface card or an adapter. New equipment comes with new ports and you adapt old equipment to it. To continue to sell a variety of legacy ports in new equipment is wasteful.
That's not my argument. I have multiple devices in which the only interface is a legacy cable. I can either replace it all so that I can use a new cable or keep using them as long as they work. Replacing the equipment generates far more waste than using the cables and equipment that I already have.
There is some waste and conversion cost to the new standard but in the long run having a single physical connection standard will demonstrably be less wasteful than trying to maintain numerous legacy connectors with physically different connections.
No one is trying to "maintain numerous legacy connectors". They are dealing with reality. When that equipment was made it came with brand new connectors. In the intervening years, those connectors became legacy. Also, you've assumed that the USB-C will be the only standard going forever and ever. If USB-D comes out in a few years, then you will have legacy USB-C cables and the exact same situation as now.
This is a sunk cost fallacy [wikipedia.org]. Nobody is asking them to stop using devices they already have. Those items are already paid for so it doesn't make sense to keep throwing money at multiple legacy ports on the devices they connect to in perpetuity.
Your claim is that a standard cable would have been less waste. The reality is that whenever anyone gets a new device (with the old or new cable), they will get another cable in the box. For example if Apple waited for USB-C and didn't switch to Lightning, how many cables would that have saved for the iPhone customer. Zero. When an iPhone customer gets a new iPhone, they will get a new cable regardless if it is Lightning or USB-C. When someone gets a USB-C Android like a Samsung Galaxy S9 they will get a new USB-C cable in the box. The only reduction in is if someone has both an iPhone and a Samsung AND they are looking to get additional cables, they only need to get 1 type of cable instead of 2. But how many people fit in this scenario? Very few.
Eventually old equipment gets replaced by new on the new standards and saves money in the long run. Trying to stick with legacy ports actually increases cost and waste globally even if it saves it for individuals in many cases.
Again, some of use are not "trying to stick with legacy ports" just to pollute the environment. It is far more waste to get rid of the device for new ones just to get rid of legacy ports.
No. PACER is managed by Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The AO prepares and submits budgets for the courts; however, each court has their own budget. If a district court in California wants to get flat screens, then they have to work with the AO and the General Services Administration to properly budget, request, and procure them.
While that might be a problem, I don’t think that’s the main reason the a380 isn’t a success. One main reason I can see that most airports today can’t handle the landing or boarding requirements thus restricting which routes it can be flown. The second one is that the 4 engines are not as fuel efficient as 2 engine planes thus airlines are limited in scheduling in order to make a profit. The last problem is that Airbus is ever made a freight variant and can’t sell to freight companies like FedEx. These 3 problems means that airlines can only fly the a380 on very select routes.
When buying aircraft, airlines are opting for 2 Boeing 777 or even 2 Airbus a350 that they can fly almost anywhere as opposed to 1 a380 that has limited routes and profitability. What is not mentioned that there were actually more orders for 747s than a380 in one year as Boeing still makes/sells a freight version of that old aircraft.
I don’t know. What I do know is that “Linux must be used” isn’t always the answer. What I do know is that there are multiple companies that sells software like Front Face that effectively locks down Windows into a kiosk. Why don’t you tell that company they shouldn’t exist and that everyone should just use Linux instead.
So you are 100% sure that any software you would put on this device if you used it as a kiosk or signage doesn’t require Windows. You can use Linux in some cases is not the same as Linux must be used at all times.
I have never said you can’t use Linux on a Pi for the use case. What I said is that a Pi running Windows 10 can be used for the use case. You are the second person to chime in on that you can use Linux. So what? Someone using Windows 10 on a Pi for this purpose might have a limitation that requires Windows.
Not if any of your software requires Windows
I can see a use case for signage or a kiosk terminal where you only need a browser or very specific software like a terminal.
It may be obsolete depending on what your requirements but it runs the latest iOS and uses the same Lightning connector as current phones. It’s more than adequate for most consumers.
That relies on the assumption that you only have 1 standard that no older standards are ever used. When USB-C became the standard, people didn’t stop using mini-B, micro-B etc and threw away all their devices that used them. That would actually been a lot more waste. Over time, consumers would have to get new cables regardless. I still have a box of different USB cables depending which device I need to connect.