It's common knowledge that aspies have a conscience whereas sociopaths do not. Sociopaths can fake their empathy way more convincingly than aspies. And for longer periods of time.
No. I don't necessarily want more of the same. Why would I want to be locked in one specific musical genre? I want to explore entirely new directions and be inspired. Targeted marketing would reduce the scope of new music, based on the marketeer's opinion of what I should like. Well guess what, I like Slipknot, Burt Bacharach, Louis Armstrong, electro-house, J.S. Bach, Bulgarian folk music and obscure Scandinavian jazz artists.
Fit that into your marketing DB, mr. Marketing Person. (not at you, OP)
Thank you for the open-minded reply.
It seems to be a general difference in mindset. Do I want a fully fledged computing device in my pocket (never mind the input device issues; why anyone would want to run an Xserver on their handset beats me) or am I content with a device suitable for just doing a limited number of tasks, which are then, OTOH, performed really well.
The truth is that android devices has left me rather "meh", when I tried them out. Also, I tried (unsuccessfully) helping out a couple of friends with a weird USB-problem on their respective Galaxy Minis. Spending time on finding workarounds to use your phone isn't my favorite pastime activity. iTunes is the shinier turd, here, as it actually works. Not great, but at least it's not broken.
Having said that, I would jump on the Android wagon the second I'd see a compelling use case. It's just that right now, I don't see one...
Agreed. GP seems to lament the lack of a common file system, and yes, this imposes limitations. However, I never really noticed this limitation until (s)he mentioned it. And yes, if I want to send attachments, I need to send them separately. To be honest, this doesn't keep me awake at night.
Also, I have two MKV capable players on my iPad2, namely, the one that I use, and the other one that performs poorer and thus is never used. How all the above constitutes a "usability nightmare" is beyond me.
Would I want a general purpose computing tablet? I don't know. The 10 inch touch screen would probably make it a pain in the butt to use for more complex tasks. If I want to do any serious computing, guess what? I fire up a general purpose computing device: Either the desktop or a laptop.
Please tell me of all those tasks that you can't perform in iOS, which actually serves a meaningful purpose to the average user.
I consider myself an average user. I use my perfectly good old 3GS to surf the web, e-mail, send text messages, do calls (gosh!), listen to music, use the RPN calculator, take notes, read my Kindle purchases, let my kids play "Where's My Water?". It simple, nice and most of the apps are free.
What other life critical task would Android let me do? NFC would be a valid point....if any store in the tiny country I live in would actually support it, and that's even device specific, not OS specific.
Belgium: Blondes, Doubles,Triples, Geuze, Kriek
UK: Stouts, Ales, Bitters, Lagers, IPAs
Germany: Weissbier, Bock, Schwarzbier
Czech Rep: Pilsner
Just to mention the most common large scale commercial brews.
Add to that the same microbrew trend, which is blooming in Europe.
I'll leave you with this little treat: Beer Geek Brunch Weasel (Calvados Edition) , which is made on excreted Vietnamese coffee beans. Now, tell me again how European beers always tend to taste the same.
Which is exactly what I meant with the comment above. Buy the device you would like to own. Stop bitching about what others choose. And that goes for both sides of the fence.
This is not some commercial endeavor. It's more of an art project aiming to prove the feasibility of using off the shelf components to achieve suborbital flight. So far, they only have one prospective passenger, namely one of the two founders, Peter Madsen. If they manage to get him back alive I'm sure other CS members would be ready to take the trip. And if they do end up developing a scalable rocket technology platform, who says suborbital flight will be the ultimate goal?
I believe the point is that it only takes one skilled guy to come up with the design of a case for an object which is reproduced a few million times.
Yes, I believe that was the point being made. But it's wrong. This is not just one genius coming up with a genius design manufactured *just like that*. It is a result of numerous iterations forth and back between the physical design engineers, the assembly engineers, producing several prototypes, running numerous thermal/mechanical qualification tests for reliability. The cooperation and feedback between design and assembly engineers is crucial if you want to be in front, technologywise.
The assembly is then broken down into simple one-step procedures, which you assign to one worker apiece. Hence assembly line. This produces jobs where you do the same single motion, day in, day out. Until the day comes that they make a robot dextrous enough to do your step, then you are out of a job.
That doesn't quite add up with the far-eastern assembly lines I have seen. First of all, everything is usually automated to reach these kinds of volumes in the first place. Second off all, the workers in these factories are more assembly line *operators*, monitoring and setting up the equipment for a new lot. And yes, in some cheaper plants, you have to carry lots from machine to machine, instead of having a fully automated assembly line, but that hardly resembles the Harry Ford'esque impressions that people seem to have. The workers in said plants are far from being "assembly monkeys", many of them are even highly qualified.
Also: I believe design and manufacturing of modern, high-end smartphone casings are not as trivial as you assert. Even a seemingly trivial activity like Quality Assurance also takes a lot of resources. Imagine the costs associated with replacing 10% of the 20M unit run.
Point: There are lots of jobs related to manufacturing, and it is most certainly not a trivial activity, and there are many career options in this area, even if you work in the US or Europe. Unskilled job positions are quickly fading out due to automation and low wage pressure, but who in their right mind would encourage their kids to go for a position like that, anyway?
Assembly techology development is closely linked to the rest of the design, be it casing, antenna, battery and display. Make no mistake, assembly and assembly development (normally co-located on the same site) is no monkey work. And our far-eastern friends in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, etc. are excelling at this. At a low price, even.
Telling people on an online forum, based on one line replies, what they are, how they think and how they should feel about their comments, just displays incredibly poor style.
You're certainly less insightful and much more rigid than I thought. My bad. I admit it.
Well, good on you, AC. But I will never admire an enterprise whose sole purpose is tax evasion and whose contribution to the surrounding economy consists of ferrying services and food sales tax. Do you really think a growing startup will go ashore in the US, once it's reached a certain size? I doubt it. Once the client relations are established, you might as well open shop in Bangalore or Shanghai.
Oh, and by the way. I come from a long line of fishermen and sailors, grew up on an island. And financed my engineering education working on board a ship. How about you, AC?
According to sources near Blueseed, they plan to charter a regular ship, before raising capital for the barge they have concept drawings of. Question 1: Have they ever lived for a prolonged period on board a ship? Not all cabins are presidential suite standards. I suspect cramped compartments with no port holes and the persisting smell of fuel oil will get the better of the inhabitants' productivity. Question 2: Who will enforce (what?) law and order, when a couple of Aussies start to binge drink, plank on the railing and pick a fight with some English, after which they insult a bunch of more conservative-minded Indian IT-workers, causing all hell to break loose. And who says the US of A will tolerate a floating tax haven right off the coast of silicon valley?
Nah. Most of all, this just looks like a anarcho-libertarian's wet dream.
I only ever departed from Tel Aviv once, back in 2005. In spite of the tough security measures, the staff was very professional. And while all us single male business travelers got exposed to the full security circus, families with kids were led through much faster and with less hassle.
TSA ought to take a lesson from their Israeli counterparts. I doubt they would separate small children from their families.
Cue all the nutters who believe (insert everyday technology) will cause (insert favourite ailment of choice), and will want to fund a project to prove their point.
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It's common knowledge that aspies have a conscience whereas sociopaths do not. Sociopaths can fake their empathy way more convincingly than aspies. And for longer periods of time.
No. I don't necessarily want more of the same. Why would I want to be locked in one specific musical genre? I want to explore entirely new directions and be inspired. Targeted marketing would reduce the scope of new music, based on the marketeer's opinion of what I should like. Well guess what, I like Slipknot, Burt Bacharach, Louis Armstrong, electro-house, J.S. Bach, Bulgarian folk music and obscure Scandinavian jazz artists.
Fit that into your marketing DB, mr. Marketing Person. (not at you, OP)
Thank you for the open-minded reply. It seems to be a general difference in mindset. Do I want a fully fledged computing device in my pocket (never mind the input device issues; why anyone would want to run an Xserver on their handset beats me) or am I content with a device suitable for just doing a limited number of tasks, which are then, OTOH, performed really well.
The truth is that android devices has left me rather "meh", when I tried them out. Also, I tried (unsuccessfully) helping out a couple of friends with a weird USB-problem on their respective Galaxy Minis. Spending time on finding workarounds to use your phone isn't my favorite pastime activity. iTunes is the shinier turd, here, as it actually works. Not great, but at least it's not broken.
Having said that, I would jump on the Android wagon the second I'd see a compelling use case. It's just that right now, I don't see one...
Agreed. GP seems to lament the lack of a common file system, and yes, this imposes limitations. However, I never really noticed this limitation until (s)he mentioned it. And yes, if I want to send attachments, I need to send them separately. To be honest, this doesn't keep me awake at night.
Also, I have two MKV capable players on my iPad2, namely, the one that I use, and the other one that performs poorer and thus is never used. How all the above constitutes a "usability nightmare" is beyond me.
Would I want a general purpose computing tablet? I don't know. The 10 inch touch screen would probably make it a pain in the butt to use for more complex tasks. If I want to do any serious computing, guess what? I fire up a general purpose computing device: Either the desktop or a laptop.
Please tell me of all those tasks that you can't perform in iOS, which actually serves a meaningful purpose to the average user.
I consider myself an average user. I use my perfectly good old 3GS to surf the web, e-mail, send text messages, do calls (gosh!), listen to music, use the RPN calculator, take notes, read my Kindle purchases, let my kids play "Where's My Water?". It simple, nice and most of the apps are free.
What other life critical task would Android let me do? NFC would be a valid point....if any store in the tiny country I live in would actually support it, and that's even device specific, not OS specific.
Belgium: Blondes, Doubles,Triples, Geuze, Kriek
UK: Stouts, Ales, Bitters, Lagers, IPAs
Germany: Weissbier, Bock, Schwarzbier
Czech Rep: Pilsner
Just to mention the most common large scale commercial brews.
Add to that the same microbrew trend, which is blooming in Europe. I'll leave you with this little treat: Beer Geek Brunch Weasel (Calvados Edition) , which is made on excreted Vietnamese coffee beans. Now, tell me again how European beers always tend to taste the same.
Which is exactly what I meant with the comment above. Buy the device you would like to own. Stop bitching about what others choose. And that goes for both sides of the fence.
This is not some commercial endeavor. It's more of an art project aiming to prove the feasibility of using off the shelf components to achieve suborbital flight. So far, they only have one prospective passenger, namely one of the two founders, Peter Madsen. If they manage to get him back alive I'm sure other CS members would be ready to take the trip. And if they do end up developing a scalable rocket technology platform, who says suborbital flight will be the ultimate goal?
$2000 will buy you a Cuban cigar that flew in the last launch. My sincere apologies.
Aaaargh...imagine a.....in the Soviet Union....***carrier lost***
Amen.
It's exactly the same point that has been given by anybody remotely knowledgeable about linear systems ever since this high frequency trading started.
FTFY.
I believe the point is that it only takes one skilled guy to come up with the design of a case for an object which is reproduced a few million times.
Yes, I believe that was the point being made. But it's wrong. This is not just one genius coming up with a genius design manufactured *just like that*. It is a result of numerous iterations forth and back between the physical design engineers, the assembly engineers, producing several prototypes, running numerous thermal/mechanical qualification tests for reliability. The cooperation and feedback between design and assembly engineers is crucial if you want to be in front, technologywise.
The assembly is then broken down into simple one-step procedures, which you assign to one worker apiece. Hence assembly line. This produces jobs where you do the same single motion, day in, day out. Until the day comes that they make a robot dextrous enough to do your step, then you are out of a job.
That doesn't quite add up with the far-eastern assembly lines I have seen. First of all, everything is usually automated to reach these kinds of volumes in the first place. Second off all, the workers in these factories are more assembly line *operators*, monitoring and setting up the equipment for a new lot. And yes, in some cheaper plants, you have to carry lots from machine to machine, instead of having a fully automated assembly line, but that hardly resembles the Harry Ford'esque impressions that people seem to have. The workers in said plants are far from being "assembly monkeys", many of them are even highly qualified.
Also: I believe design and manufacturing of modern, high-end smartphone casings are not as trivial as you assert. Even a seemingly trivial activity like Quality Assurance also takes a lot of resources. Imagine the costs associated with replacing 10% of the 20M unit run.
Point: There are lots of jobs related to manufacturing, and it is most certainly not a trivial activity, and there are many career options in this area, even if you work in the US or Europe. Unskilled job positions are quickly fading out due to automation and low wage pressure, but who in their right mind would encourage their kids to go for a position like that, anyway?
Assembly techology development is closely linked to the rest of the design, be it casing, antenna, battery and display. Make no mistake, assembly and assembly development (normally co-located on the same site) is no monkey work. And our far-eastern friends in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, etc. are excelling at this. At a low price, even.
How about some citations on that? Not that I'm disputing your point. It would just be interesting to see if it is based on facts.
I still agree to your initial comments.
Telling people on an online forum, based on one line replies, what they are, how they think and how they should feel about their comments, just displays incredibly poor style.
You're certainly less insightful and much more rigid than I thought. My bad. I admit it.
You had me, right up until that comment.
Hey, Chinese Oligarchs: Copy this!
...You beat me to it... and Solvang is not even close to resembling an actual old Danish town. Just some fairytale fantasy of what Europe looks like.
Hammer/Thor/Mjølner/Norse stuff are more symbols of manhood and viking heritage, and are quite popular in the nordic region.
But if there are swastikas tattooed alongside, I'd be wary, though...
Well, good on you, AC. But I will never admire an enterprise whose sole purpose is tax evasion and whose contribution to the surrounding economy consists of ferrying services and food sales tax. Do you really think a growing startup will go ashore in the US, once it's reached a certain size? I doubt it. Once the client relations are established, you might as well open shop in Bangalore or Shanghai.
Oh, and by the way. I come from a long line of fishermen and sailors, grew up on an island. And financed my engineering education working on board a ship. How about you, AC?
According to sources near Blueseed, they plan to charter a regular ship, before raising capital for the barge they have concept drawings of. Question 1: Have they ever lived for a prolonged period on board a ship? Not all cabins are presidential suite standards. I suspect cramped compartments with no port holes and the persisting smell of fuel oil will get the better of the inhabitants' productivity. Question 2: Who will enforce (what?) law and order, when a couple of Aussies start to binge drink, plank on the railing and pick a fight with some English, after which they insult a bunch of more conservative-minded Indian IT-workers, causing all hell to break loose. And who says the US of A will tolerate a floating tax haven right off the coast of silicon valley?
Nah. Most of all, this just looks like a anarcho-libertarian's wet dream.
I only ever departed from Tel Aviv once, back in 2005. In spite of the tough security measures, the staff was very professional. And while all us single male business travelers got exposed to the full security circus, families with kids were led through much faster and with less hassle.
TSA ought to take a lesson from their Israeli counterparts. I doubt they would separate small children from their families.
Cue all the nutters who believe (insert everyday technology) will cause (insert favourite ailment of choice), and will want to fund a project to prove their point.
Og mig med.