Right, because Apple is the only company based in the US with overseas manufacturing!
Oh, wait, damned near every mass-market company with manufactured products does this, especially those making electronics. But please, keep up with HURR DURR APPLETARDS because Apple is certainly a unique case!
Um...no. I see people criticizing corporations all the damned time in the US. Furthermore, I don't see the US military rolling tanks over people who protest corporations.
"The Chinese government encourages and actively supports the Internet's development and we also protect the freedom of expression of citizens in China"
Right, because that's perfectly true and not hypocritical in the slightest.
China doesn't push for ACTA and such because they don't give a rat's ass if they're pirating software from the rest of the world. Hell, they practically depend on piracy, knockoffs, etc from the west. I also find it funny that they are open about these policies when TFS said "The Chinese government encourages and actively supports the Internet's development and we also protect the freedom of expression of citizens in China", which is such outright bullshit that you wonder why they even bother spinning this shit anymore. You think it's due to China actually WANTING change on the human rights front? Are you kidding me? The party does it to remain in power. It's that simple. Yes, China needs to sort out its own problems, and yes, the US is far from perfect, but really, you're off the deep end here.
You missed a third option: You can't afford one. The publisher fronts the editor as part of the publishing deal. Do you have enough money to pay a good freelance editor out of pocket?
I think some people are too quick to write off the publishing industry. They still provide things you won't find on Amazon, such as EDITORS. An early author may be able to put a book together, but sometimes they need a very experienced set of eyes to help them fix problems and eliminate some cruft. An experienced writer may not need one as much (although they generally still do), but starting authors almost certainly will. You also cannot get your ebook into nearly as many hands as a hardcopy. Any literate person with functional eyes can read a hardcopy, but you need a Kindle or similar device to read an ebook.
What I hope to see from this is two competing markets. Hopefully this will coax the publishing industry to give authors a better cut. Maybe that's a bit too pie-in-the-sky, but it's possible. Let's hope the publishing industry can adapt better than the goddamned RIAA.
Not only that, but numerous manufacturers have committed to Thunderbolt and will roll it out early next year. This article is riddled with BS. It's bad and the author should feel bad.
All video content confiscated except four frames from the many surrounding the pentagon?
Actually, more has been released. There's really not much to see. You have some low fps cameras trying to catch a fast-moving object. The Pentagon missile theory breaks down under its own weight. I mean, if the evil conspiracy had already lobbed two planes at the WTC, why would they bother doing so much to make it look like a plane at the Pentagon instead of just lobbing another plane at the Pentagon?
All evidenciary building materials confiscated and destroyed at the crime scene around the trade center plaza?
There was plenty of debris that was later taken back and tested. NYC was in a bit of a hurry to get that massive pile of rubble cleared out.
First steel framed high rise buildings in history to collapse due to fire (and a near free fall collapse I may add)
First steel-framed high-rise building (with a rather unique design) to have massive jumbo jets filled with fuel slammed into them, too.
WTC Tower #7 reported as collapsed 20 minutes prior to actual collapse.
DERP because the media was in on it DERP! The BBC knew, right? No. Misinformation as the fire chief had pulled everyone out of WTC7 and said there was a collapse zone around it. This is one of the more idiotic conspiracy bits because it makes no sense to tout it. It was miscommunication and nothing more. Claiming that BBC an/or the NYC fire department was somehow in on it is absurd, but that doesn't stop conspiracy nuts from flinging every piece of dookie they can find at the wall, now does it?
NORAD rendered useless due to coincidentally occurring training exercises.
And training exercises happen all the time.
Bush remaining in publicly known location despite the, "attack on the nation"
No shit, Sherlock. Cheney went to a secret location just in case, but Bush damned well knew he needed to be visible. People wanted a firm leader at that point. They wanted to hear what he had to say and they wanted to know that he was leading and not hiding. Elementary politics, you idiot.
Extremely challenging maneuvers from terrorists with severely handicapped flying skills.
Oh, bullshit! Lobbing a plane into a building is not challenging. They didn't need to know how to do anything but basic navigation and they didn't do much more than that, either. The maneuvers weren't "challenging" when the plane went for the Pentagon. They were sloppy and haphazard.
I never said it would be easy, only that it was something they needed to do. And if you're clever and have the right job, you can try to hide completely from the world outside and be forever alone.
No, you socially awkward types need to get into society more than anyone. You'll never learn how to interact by sitting in the basement, that's for damned sure. The world is full of people. You'll have to learn to deal with them sometime.
The university I attend tries to get flatpacks whenever possible, which is usually an early edition of a textbook (one that won't suffer as a result) bound in a simple spiral notebook. Costs maybe $25. I've had professors that offered online textbooks for free or didn't even have one, just taught via handouts in class, which worked well enough. You can't really avoid the price-gouged books entirely, though. It's a shame.
I never once had a class anywhere near that large. About the only ones you'll ever find like that are lower-level gen-ed courses. Get into the stuff that really matters for your major and you'll find the classes shrinking considerably.
THIS. I took one online class. It was absolutely horrible, far more than ANY real class that I've ever taken. I'm sorry, but online is not the same as a classroom. Not even close. It may be useful in certain situations, but trying to push colleges all online is an idiotic move. The quality of education seriously does suffer.
...you know that it isn't. What an absurdly idiotic joke. Then again, as an above poster said, they're probably going to get an influx of/b/tards that will just fap even harder at this stuff. I hope they leave comments open. They're going to get the opposite response they were hoping for.
Popcorn? The time for popcorn is long past. These two kids need to knock it off and just get to the cross-licensing deals already. It's an inevitable conclusion to this whole mess.
We're looking at a few hundred accounts out of millions. If this were some big, scary security flaw, we'd see a whole lot more accounts being compromised. Apple is probably right. It's crappy passwords and phishing, something that happens with any remotely popular service.
Oh, wait, I'm sorry, you're just another retard that capitalizes the whole word instead of the first letter. It's a proper noun, not an acronym, you dimwit.
No, in this case, it's the stupid to the smart. You'd have to be a truly monumental idiot to actually believe that a smartphone app can cure your acne. Desperation can make people do some dumb things, but this kind of stupidity goes well beyond that.
...there are an unholy amount of crooks cranking out malware, extortionware, and everything else under the sun for profit, not to mention PLENTY of people hosting and even selling pirated goods.
Clean up yer own shit before crying about the US, Vosk. You have one hell of a dirty house.
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Right, because Apple is the only company based in the US with overseas manufacturing!
Oh, wait, damned near every mass-market company with manufactured products does this, especially those making electronics. But please, keep up with HURR DURR APPLETARDS because Apple is certainly a unique case!
If you're comparing the availability of apps on a cellphone to slavery then I have to wonder just how out-of-touch with reality you are.
Um...no. I see people criticizing corporations all the damned time in the US. Furthermore, I don't see the US military rolling tanks over people who protest corporations.
"The Chinese government encourages and actively supports the Internet's development and we also protect the freedom of expression of citizens in China"
Right, because that's perfectly true and not hypocritical in the slightest.
China doesn't push for ACTA and such because they don't give a rat's ass if they're pirating software from the rest of the world. Hell, they practically depend on piracy, knockoffs, etc from the west. I also find it funny that they are open about these policies when TFS said "The Chinese government encourages and actively supports the Internet's development and we also protect the freedom of expression of citizens in China", which is such outright bullshit that you wonder why they even bother spinning this shit anymore. You think it's due to China actually WANTING change on the human rights front? Are you kidding me? The party does it to remain in power. It's that simple. Yes, China needs to sort out its own problems, and yes, the US is far from perfect, but really, you're off the deep end here.
You missed a third option: You can't afford one. The publisher fronts the editor as part of the publishing deal. Do you have enough money to pay a good freelance editor out of pocket?
I think some people are too quick to write off the publishing industry. They still provide things you won't find on Amazon, such as EDITORS. An early author may be able to put a book together, but sometimes they need a very experienced set of eyes to help them fix problems and eliminate some cruft. An experienced writer may not need one as much (although they generally still do), but starting authors almost certainly will. You also cannot get your ebook into nearly as many hands as a hardcopy. Any literate person with functional eyes can read a hardcopy, but you need a Kindle or similar device to read an ebook.
What I hope to see from this is two competing markets. Hopefully this will coax the publishing industry to give authors a better cut. Maybe that's a bit too pie-in-the-sky, but it's possible. Let's hope the publishing industry can adapt better than the goddamned RIAA.
Not only that, but numerous manufacturers have committed to Thunderbolt and will roll it out early next year. This article is riddled with BS. It's bad and the author should feel bad.
All video content confiscated except four frames from the many surrounding the pentagon?
Actually, more has been released. There's really not much to see. You have some low fps cameras trying to catch a fast-moving object. The Pentagon missile theory breaks down under its own weight. I mean, if the evil conspiracy had already lobbed two planes at the WTC, why would they bother doing so much to make it look like a plane at the Pentagon instead of just lobbing another plane at the Pentagon?
All evidenciary building materials confiscated and destroyed at the crime scene around the trade center plaza?
There was plenty of debris that was later taken back and tested. NYC was in a bit of a hurry to get that massive pile of rubble cleared out.
First steel framed high rise buildings in history to collapse due to fire (and a near free fall collapse I may add)
First steel-framed high-rise building (with a rather unique design) to have massive jumbo jets filled with fuel slammed into them, too.
WTC Tower #7 reported as collapsed 20 minutes prior to actual collapse.
DERP because the media was in on it DERP! The BBC knew, right? No. Misinformation as the fire chief had pulled everyone out of WTC7 and said there was a collapse zone around it. This is one of the more idiotic conspiracy bits because it makes no sense to tout it. It was miscommunication and nothing more. Claiming that BBC an/or the NYC fire department was somehow in on it is absurd, but that doesn't stop conspiracy nuts from flinging every piece of dookie they can find at the wall, now does it?
NORAD rendered useless due to coincidentally occurring training exercises.
And training exercises happen all the time.
Bush remaining in publicly known location despite the, "attack on the nation"
No shit, Sherlock. Cheney went to a secret location just in case, but Bush damned well knew he needed to be visible. People wanted a firm leader at that point. They wanted to hear what he had to say and they wanted to know that he was leading and not hiding. Elementary politics, you idiot.
Extremely challenging maneuvers from terrorists with severely handicapped flying skills.
Oh, bullshit! Lobbing a plane into a building is not challenging. They didn't need to know how to do anything but basic navigation and they didn't do much more than that, either. The maneuvers weren't "challenging" when the plane went for the Pentagon. They were sloppy and haphazard.
I think you've watched enough X-Files.
I never said it would be easy, only that it was something they needed to do. And if you're clever and have the right job, you can try to hide completely from the world outside and be forever alone.
No, you socially awkward types need to get into society more than anyone. You'll never learn how to interact by sitting in the basement, that's for damned sure. The world is full of people. You'll have to learn to deal with them sometime.
The university I attend tries to get flatpacks whenever possible, which is usually an early edition of a textbook (one that won't suffer as a result) bound in a simple spiral notebook. Costs maybe $25. I've had professors that offered online textbooks for free or didn't even have one, just taught via handouts in class, which worked well enough. You can't really avoid the price-gouged books entirely, though. It's a shame.
I never once had a class anywhere near that large. About the only ones you'll ever find like that are lower-level gen-ed courses. Get into the stuff that really matters for your major and you'll find the classes shrinking considerably.
THIS. I took one online class. It was absolutely horrible, far more than ANY real class that I've ever taken. I'm sorry, but online is not the same as a classroom. Not even close. It may be useful in certain situations, but trying to push colleges all online is an idiotic move. The quality of education seriously does suffer.
Fermi claims another life and they pay off the coroner!
Followed by a huge, unholy chorus crying out, "LOLITROLLU!!!!11"
...you know that it isn't. What an absurdly idiotic joke. Then again, as an above poster said, they're probably going to get an influx of /b/tards that will just fap even harder at this stuff. I hope they leave comments open. They're going to get the opposite response they were hoping for.
Popcorn? The time for popcorn is long past. These two kids need to knock it off and just get to the cross-licensing deals already. It's an inevitable conclusion to this whole mess.
Cool samefag, bro.
700 posts != 700 users, though. A lot people are going to be posting multiple times throughout the thread.
We're looking at a few hundred accounts out of millions. If this were some big, scary security flaw, we'd see a whole lot more accounts being compromised. Apple is probably right. It's crappy passwords and phishing, something that happens with any remotely popular service.
Yeah, curse those MAC addresses!
Oh, wait, I'm sorry, you're just another retard that capitalizes the whole word instead of the first letter. It's a proper noun, not an acronym, you dimwit.
More like Apple: Finding ways to squeeze licensing fees out of Android handset/tablet makers, much like the rest of the industry.
No, in this case, it's the stupid to the smart. You'd have to be a truly monumental idiot to actually believe that a smartphone app can cure your acne. Desperation can make people do some dumb things, but this kind of stupidity goes well beyond that.
...there are an unholy amount of crooks cranking out malware, extortionware, and everything else under the sun for profit, not to mention PLENTY of people hosting and even selling pirated goods.
Clean up yer own shit before crying about the US, Vosk. You have one hell of a dirty house.