Well, least corrupted if you look at how corruption is defined in the laws of the land. A lot of the corruption is legalized by law(state sanctioned or state run monopolies, or oligopolies run by politicians) and thus not counted towards the corruption score in international rankings.
That's a lot of conjecture in one post. But then again, conservative shills with their ritual hate of wealth redistribution would write something like that.
Would you care to give some examples from the countries in question? (SE, LU, FI, DK)
Damn good question: Do Americans expect their government to steal information, business opportunities and jobs from allied countries, in other words, poop all over their so-called friends?
I will concede that Spain's problems are vastly different than Greece's. But you can hardly call it a good role model of economic growth. Look at all the empthy new houses, apartments and deserted airports. They failed at reining in the bank sector from committing greed driven harakiri. Along with many other countries.
Yes, because the Germans forced these countries to run their own economies into the ditch and rack up a gigantic debt...ahem...
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Perhaps if he'd been taught to react differently in the situation that led to his doom, another earlier timeline close call was not averted.
You can influence your child's personality to a limited extent. You can't sculpt its reaction patters down to the last detail to suit future or past needs.
Look at your own current or future kids.
Are you crazy? The whole EU system of bureaucratic civil servants is derived from the French public service system, with an obscene focus on French language over the other two main languages (EN, DE), much disdain for non-francophones and a general "Pfffff!"-attitude towards everyone.
You ought to love it.
If I actually had a sense of humour, I'd be driving one of the General Motors-derivatives (Vauxhall, Opel, Saab,...). That's enough to extinguish any sort of optimism.
Which makes me glad I just made it to acquire a new Swedish Volvo, before the build quality goes Chinese in the coming years. I have a bad feeling Volvo's swan song is fast approaching.:(
This will undoubtedly help them time the drogue/parachute release next time. Unfortunately this failed last time in an otherwise successful guidance experiment due to the accumulated error in the intertial navigation.
Free ride on someone else's defense for 70 years and this is what you get.
...in exchange for turning the blind eye on US gov't sponsored industrial espionage against EADS, Airbus, Astrium and the likes, why, thank you very much. We're not worthy...
Sooo....that makes it ok for smaller countries to have to fork over twice the percentage of GDP per capita than larger countries....because they're small.... and therefore somehow...richer?
We pump more money in than some others and, as compensation, we're allowed to opt-out of certain things.
You make it sound as if the UK is one of the most significant contributors to the EU budget. You get a whopping rebate on your net EU contribution, seen per capita. In 2009 every UK citizen contributed 62.7 EUR to the budget, whereas the Danes had to pay 211 EUR each, which was also the reason Denmark was threatening to veto the budget earlier this year in case they wouldn't get a similar rebate to the UK, Austria and Sweden.
Hi theVarangian, I own a Mac, I use Avast for Mac, and I'm very careful what websites I visit. I realize no OS is virus immune. Does that qualify for a first? A decade of windows usage taught me. Now please stop spewing crap about what mac users know and don't know. Thanks.
With regards to LGs manufacturing operations, I have absolutely no idea of their quality level. However, in the case of TSMC, they are following a pattern which is typical of a new process introduction, at least judging from my own shady past in semiconductor manufacturing...
A whole different discussion is the sourcing strategy. I would be extremely surprised if an operation the size of Apple's doesn't have 100% dual sourcing strategy with pin compatible components, or at least a sizable stock of them, before they start ditching vendors.
The whole issue here is TSMC. They are by no means amateurs in the semiconductor space, whether you like Apple or not.
Oh, and by the way, the nerd rage at Apple for not allowing root access or side loading applications is getting a bit over the top. No one is forcing you to use iOS, OS X or even buying a mac, you can choose from a gazillion different free linux distributions, Android (in all its different incarnations) is alive and well. Korean mega-conglomerate Samsung is doing fine, Apple and Google are doing fine, Microsoft are eating humble pie in regards to their previous views on free software. Intel is facing stiff competition from all the ARM-licencees. There is choice, you can choose a device that suits *you*. You can choose a device with an actually accessible file system, where you can edit config files to your heart's content on vim using a touch screen keyboard, or you can enjoy the calm view from inside the walled garden. Seems to me, the market is actually working (Although patent legislation needs an overhaul)
Sometimes I get the feeling people just need a new SCO-substitute for their five minutes of hate.
Oh, come on. TSMC have been in the business for a very long time. And it's not as if die-shrinking hasn't caused issues for other companies, just ask Intel how the step to 90 nm and lead-free went. If anything, Id bet TSMC has worked out the kinks using Nvidia and Qualcomm as unwilling test subjects. They now have production in volumes and probably a huge amount of reliability data collected as a result.
Claiming otherwise, using the Maps-fiasco as a straw man, is just poorly hidden Apple-bashing.
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I tried out the Mojo my supervising professor bought for his lab. And yeah, it's so hassle-free even the bachlor students can't seem to mess it up.
Great thing, but pricey.
Well, least corrupted if you look at how corruption is defined in the laws of the land. A lot of the corruption is legalized by law(state sanctioned or state run monopolies, or oligopolies run by politicians) and thus not counted towards the corruption score in international rankings.
That's a lot of conjecture in one post. But then again, conservative shills with their ritual hate of wealth redistribution would write something like that.
Would you care to give some examples from the countries in question? (SE, LU, FI, DK)
Hello? The least corrupt countries (Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg and Sweden) are the ones with the largest welfare systems.
Damn good question: Do Americans expect their government to steal information, business opportunities and jobs from allied countries, in other words, poop all over their so-called friends?
I will concede that Spain's problems are vastly different than Greece's. But you can hardly call it a good role model of economic growth. Look at all the empthy new houses, apartments and deserted airports. They failed at reining in the bank sector from committing greed driven harakiri. Along with many other countries.
Yes, because the Germans forced these countries to run their own economies into the ditch and rack up a gigantic debt...ahem...
Perhaps if he'd been taught to react differently in the situation that led to his doom, another earlier timeline close call was not averted.
You can influence your child's personality to a limited extent. You can't sculpt its reaction patters down to the last detail to suit future or past needs.
Look at your own current or future kids.
Are you crazy? The whole EU system of bureaucratic civil servants is derived from the French public service system, with an obscene focus on French language over the other two main languages (EN, DE), much disdain for non-francophones and a general "Pfffff!"-attitude towards everyone. You ought to love it.
Sorry, they're taken. They want to be a Nordic country.
If you by "state of the art" mean "the first fab is being built, right now" then you're right.
If I actually had a sense of humour, I'd be driving one of the General Motors-derivatives (Vauxhall, Opel, Saab,...). That's enough to extinguish any sort of optimism.
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Which makes me glad I just made it to acquire a new Swedish Volvo, before the build quality goes Chinese in the coming years. I have a bad feeling Volvo's swan song is fast approaching. :(
This will undoubtedly help them time the drogue/parachute release next time. Unfortunately this failed last time in an otherwise successful guidance experiment due to the accumulated error in the intertial navigation.
Your iPad will charge, connected via USB, even though it says it isn't. It just takes forever.
Free ride on someone else's defense for 70 years and this is what you get.
...in exchange for turning the blind eye on US gov't sponsored industrial espionage against EADS, Airbus, Astrium and the likes, why, thank you very much. We're not worthy...
Sooo....that makes it ok for smaller countries to have to fork over twice the percentage of GDP per capita than larger countries....because they're small.... and therefore somehow...richer?
Now that would make perfect sense.
We pump more money in than some others and, as compensation, we're allowed to opt-out of certain things.
You make it sound as if the UK is one of the most significant contributors to the EU budget. You get a whopping rebate on your net EU contribution, seen per capita. In 2009 every UK citizen contributed 62.7 EUR to the budget, whereas the Danes had to pay 211 EUR each, which was also the reason Denmark was threatening to veto the budget earlier this year in case they wouldn't get a similar rebate to the UK, Austria and Sweden.
Oh shit.
Hi theVarangian, I own a Mac, I use Avast for Mac, and I'm very careful what websites I visit. I realize no OS is virus immune. Does that qualify for a first? A decade of windows usage taught me. Now please stop spewing crap about what mac users know and don't know. Thanks.
Summary: Some people have what it takes to be parents. Some people have what it takes not to become parents. Please don't mock each others' choices.
I'm not sure if a long train ride in first world country qualifies for such paranoia
This.
Sorry for pulling the guns on you, there.
With regards to LGs manufacturing operations, I have absolutely no idea of their quality level. However, in the case of TSMC, they are following a pattern which is typical of a new process introduction, at least judging from my own shady past in semiconductor manufacturing...
A whole different discussion is the sourcing strategy. I would be extremely surprised if an operation the size of Apple's doesn't have 100% dual sourcing strategy with pin compatible components, or at least a sizable stock of them, before they start ditching vendors.
The whole issue here is TSMC. They are by no means amateurs in the semiconductor space, whether you like Apple or not.
Oh, and by the way, the nerd rage at Apple for not allowing root access or side loading applications is getting a bit over the top. No one is forcing you to use iOS, OS X or even buying a mac, you can choose from a gazillion different free linux distributions, Android (in all its different incarnations) is alive and well. Korean mega-conglomerate Samsung is doing fine, Apple and Google are doing fine, Microsoft are eating humble pie in regards to their previous views on free software. Intel is facing stiff competition from all the ARM-licencees. There is choice, you can choose a device that suits *you*. You can choose a device with an actually accessible file system, where you can edit config files to your heart's content on vim using a touch screen keyboard, or you can enjoy the calm view from inside the walled garden. Seems to me, the market is actually working (Although patent legislation needs an overhaul)
Sometimes I get the feeling people just need a new SCO-substitute for their five minutes of hate.
Oh, come on. TSMC have been in the business for a very long time. And it's not as if die-shrinking hasn't caused issues for other companies, just ask Intel how the step to 90 nm and lead-free went. If anything, Id bet TSMC has worked out the kinks using Nvidia and Qualcomm as unwilling test subjects. They now have production in volumes and probably a huge amount of reliability data collected as a result.
Claiming otherwise, using the Maps-fiasco as a straw man, is just poorly hidden Apple-bashing.