This is simply nonsense. Apple would be left with no business model. I have three concepts for you.
1. Quality engineering. Apple couldn't get this from Dell. Dell makes a lot of crap. They make some good stuff too, but why would they build quality to boost someone else's brand, if they are willing to sell crap under their own brand? Their brand would take a huge hit.
2. Margins. Apple still makes most of their money from Mac hardware. A big chunk is from iPods and music, but very little is from software. Would you rather be making around 30% on $1000-$4000 Mac systems, or smaller margins on software at smaller prices? Their revenue model would be completely gone.
3. Integration. The point of the Mac/iPod platform is lost without end-to-end design integration. The halo effect, the success of the iPod/iTunes, the elegance of using a Mac with Apple software, all of that would be severely handicapped.
All in all, a deeply, deeply bad idea, that has been debunked before.
Then again, just because I disagree with the election result doesn't make it legitimate either, right? I mean, who exactly should challenge the results of an election, in the face of overwhelming evidence it was only won through fraud? Of course the losing party is going to be the one to complain.
Looking at the first few weeks of open play, it's obvious why they charged $50 a box. They had more players than they knew what to do with, and almost all of them were in starting areas and early instances. Remember performance back then?
If they didn't have a high bar to entry, then the game would be flooded with new players. The signup rate would be huge, but the renew rate would be minimal. This would be a nasty hit to the server load, without the corresponding revenue gains.
I'll throw in another possibility that may make the bridges/mile easier to believe... It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that the "Interstate Highway System" includes bridges that are part of other roads, not the Interstates themselves. Any bridges deemed important enough to get federal money, bridges involved in exits, even bridges necessary in ancillary ways to the highway system...
Actually, no. There is only one kind of war, with violence. The other kinds of "war" are figures of speech. The inability to see the difference probably explains how we went from a "War on Drugs" and a "War on Poverty" to a "War on Terror" to an actual War in Iraq.
They absolutely do. "Dark Matter" isn't anything fancy... It just means "matter in space that doesn't glow". That's bound to include space dust, brown dwarfs, cold gasses, and planets (orbiting stars or otherwise). The question about dark matter is really about how there can be so much of it-- the mystery being that the things I listed aren't usually taken to account for enough mass.
This isn't censorship. This is a media outlet choosing not to publish opinion pieces which it thinks would be irresponsible, and possibly contrary to its editorial viewpoint. Should the Times (either of them) publish every editorial sent their way? If not, then why should Google?
Fission probably makes more sense. If you have Hydrogen, work your way up with Fusion. If you have more complex elements, work your way down to Hydrogen with Fusion. I don't think you'll find anything by H (and the resulting He) in the current fusion reactors.
You may be confusing the original (ancient greek, biblical, etc.) idea of Chaos, as disordered formlessness. The modern idea of Chaos tends towards the idea of complexity. What becomes interesting is how very complex things can arise from simple conditions, and very simple things can arise out of complex conditions.
There's a strange error in the summary. He doesn't say that it isn't possible, he says that if it happens Linux is pretty much doomed. That doesn't mean it couldn't happen. He's talking about the results, not the possibility, of one company rising to dominance.
I actually think that your attitude come very close to the one at Square that is causing this problem. You don't tell a great story by trying to emulate past success. You tell a great story by doing something new and different. Doing it again, by its very nature, is going to be less unique.
No, this means that the 17" PowerBook has been replaced already, and the 12" hasn't. For now, they might as well sell the models they have. I don't think the current line-up really reveals much about what the final line-up will be.
My prediction is that they will eventually add a new Mac Book mini-- ultra-thin, expensive, with specs between the Mac Book Pro and iBook/Mac Book, and probably a 12" widescreen or smaller. If the small Pro model is too similar to the Consumer model, it doesn't work out. On the other hand, having no subnotebook would be a lost opportunity for Apple.
I watched this disaster live on TV. I am from New Hampshire, so the sight of a Concord schoolteacher going into space was a major event. Our entire school was gathered in the auditorium, and we watched Challenger explode. I think it is safe to say that they wouldn't have shown us a recording of a teacher exploding.
You can tell this is Slashdot by the comments alone. A bunch of people have basically said, "I don't understand why this will sell, the feature list isn't different from other things out there." If a device in this space catches hold, it won't be because of the feature list. It will be because of usability-- the interface and form factor need to make reading a book feel natural.
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I hate to pee in your Wheaties, but: No, he doesn't.
1. Quality engineering. Apple couldn't get this from Dell. Dell makes a lot of crap. They make some good stuff too, but why would they build quality to boost someone else's brand, if they are willing to sell crap under their own brand? Their brand would take a huge hit.
2. Margins. Apple still makes most of their money from Mac hardware. A big chunk is from iPods and music, but very little is from software. Would you rather be making around 30% on $1000-$4000 Mac systems, or smaller margins on software at smaller prices? Their revenue model would be completely gone.
3. Integration. The point of the Mac/iPod platform is lost without end-to-end design integration. The halo effect, the success of the iPod/iTunes, the elegance of using a Mac with Apple software, all of that would be severely handicapped.
All in all, a deeply, deeply bad idea, that has been debunked before.
Max making an obscene joke about the WiiMote.
Okay, so-- this is a joke, right?
Then again, just because I disagree with the election result doesn't make it legitimate either, right? I mean, who exactly should challenge the results of an election, in the face of overwhelming evidence it was only won through fraud? Of course the losing party is going to be the one to complain.
If they didn't have a high bar to entry, then the game would be flooded with new players. The signup rate would be huge, but the renew rate would be minimal. This would be a nasty hit to the server load, without the corresponding revenue gains.
The funny thing is, that means the summary really does 'beg the question'. Awesome.
I have a feeling there a lot more of the Mac kind, actually.
I'll throw in another possibility that may make the bridges/mile easier to believe... It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that the "Interstate Highway System" includes bridges that are part of other roads, not the Interstates themselves. Any bridges deemed important enough to get federal money, bridges involved in exits, even bridges necessary in ancillary ways to the highway system...
Someone has to ask... Why?
Actually, no. There is only one kind of war, with violence. The other kinds of "war" are figures of speech. The inability to see the difference probably explains how we went from a "War on Drugs" and a "War on Poverty" to a "War on Terror" to an actual War in Iraq.
They absolutely do. "Dark Matter" isn't anything fancy... It just means "matter in space that doesn't glow". That's bound to include space dust, brown dwarfs, cold gasses, and planets (orbiting stars or otherwise). The question about dark matter is really about how there can be so much of it-- the mystery being that the things I listed aren't usually taken to account for enough mass.
Employing Force? You're kidding, right?
Choosing what to publish still isn't the same things as censorship.
This isn't censorship. This is a media outlet choosing not to publish opinion pieces which it thinks would be irresponsible, and possibly contrary to its editorial viewpoint. Should the Times (either of them) publish every editorial sent their way? If not, then why should Google?
Fission probably makes more sense. If you have Hydrogen, work your way up with Fusion. If you have more complex elements, work your way down to Hydrogen with Fusion. I don't think you'll find anything by H (and the resulting He) in the current fusion reactors.
You may be confusing the original (ancient greek, biblical, etc.) idea of Chaos, as disordered formlessness. The modern idea of Chaos tends towards the idea of complexity. What becomes interesting is how very complex things can arise from simple conditions, and very simple things can arise out of complex conditions.
There's a strange error in the summary. He doesn't say that it isn't possible, he says that if it happens Linux is pretty much doomed. That doesn't mean it couldn't happen. He's talking about the results, not the possibility, of one company rising to dominance.
I actually think that your attitude come very close to the one at Square that is causing this problem. You don't tell a great story by trying to emulate past success. You tell a great story by doing something new and different. Doing it again, by its very nature, is going to be less unique.
My prediction is that they will eventually add a new Mac Book mini-- ultra-thin, expensive, with specs between the Mac Book Pro and iBook/Mac Book, and probably a 12" widescreen or smaller. If the small Pro model is too similar to the Consumer model, it doesn't work out. On the other hand, having no subnotebook would be a lost opportunity for Apple.
Actually, I think you only proved that the only diversity here comes from jokers and trolls.
I watched this disaster live on TV. I am from New Hampshire, so the sight of a Concord schoolteacher going into space was a major event. Our entire school was gathered in the auditorium, and we watched Challenger explode. I think it is safe to say that they wouldn't have shown us a recording of a teacher exploding.
Area 51 is the site that publically "doesn't exist". Probably a good way to draw attention away from more classified places.
You can tell this is Slashdot by the comments alone. A bunch of people have basically said, "I don't understand why this will sell, the feature list isn't different from other things out there." If a device in this space catches hold, it won't be because of the feature list. It will be because of usability-- the interface and form factor need to make reading a book feel natural.
Presumably, he controls who he himself dates... well, to the degree that any of us here do.