I'm so glad you can speak for every region. The fact is, prices do differ from region to region; just not every region. That doesn't mean all regions are cheaper than those in the US.
Kinda risky making your entire company totally dependent
Yes and no. In publicly traded companies, perception is freqently more important than reality. From a public investor's perspective, showing you're fully committed to Windows rather than half in with hedged bets, can go a long, long ways toward ensuring investor confidence. That's not to say it necessarily worked, but chances are, that's at least part of the equation.
DVD region codes were meant to keep you from watching a movie that was unreleased in your territory (OH NOES!), not to charge poor people less.
Ahhh, no. If they reduce prices to sell into third world countries, people there would take the product and undercut the owners in other markets. Thusly, they create DVD regions to allow them to sell into other markets (regions) with price controls without being their own worst competition in other regions. It has a side benefit of also allowing to the very coarsely control distribution regions but first and foremost, its intended to allow them to control market distribution, and with it, regional prices.
Think about - what idiot would want to be undercut with their own product in their own primary distribution markets. No one who has any concept of how capitalism works; that's for sure.
I have a strange suspicion this DARPA robot isn't going to have Asimov's laws integrated into it...
And that's a good thing! If you don't know why, you haven't read his books. Besides, we're nowhere near technologically advanced enough to even hope to implement his laws.
You can't watch everyone well. If they keep watching people for stupid shit like this, it means they use up resources that could have better watched a real threat.
Why do you think they are working so hard to establish legal precedence to violate everyone's privacy with the use of fairly cheap electronics? They don't have the manpower to do it the old fashion way because they are already stretch tracking everyone. Since they don't have the man power, they want to use electronics to do more with less.
You wouldn't have a patch down to the individual features but you'd have a patch set thats alot smaller and enumerable.
Smaller yes - but not really enumerable. Five changed lines may represent eight different bugs and fixes. And as the patch holder, now all you now is that one or more bugs have been addressed by those five changes. You have no idea those fives changes actually address eight different bugs because all you have is the aggregate of all those changes.
You're trivializing the issue by a lot. The issue is manageable but without a doubt, granularity has been lost. The exact effect on all other consumers of Red Hat's work likely isn't completely understood at this point.
He made a comment on Reddit about how easy it actually is to bomb shopping malls
And he's right, which is why so many Americans are complete morons. To live in ANY free society, you risk being murdered, or worse, at any time of day or night. Period. The fact that so many idiots now suddenly believe they can be free, and have no risk while being free, means they are ignorantly demanding the removal of everyone's freedoms. Only these same people are too stupid to realize what they are really demanding - a non-free society. And guess what, that's exactly what we see; the destruction, well serious erosion, of liberty and freedom.
Sadly, those who are demanding the absolute protection of America are the most un-American of them all. These people are the real terrorists and all too often are openly embraced by the American public. Sadly, our forefathers are well established about warning us of these tyrants among us.
The reality is, its trivially easy to mass murder people in any free society. And what you linked to is exactly what he's saying. If terrorism is really such a threat, why don't see see mass murders on a daily basis? The commenter's point, which is completely accurate, is since we don't see terroristic mass murders on a daily basis here in the US, the propaganda is full of shit. The public is being mislead and lied to on a daily basis. The people "saving us" from tyranny are the real tyrants.
To be absolutely clear, I absolutely am NOT advocating violence. I'm only pointing out that in a free society, just as people have the freedom to go to work or store, some crazy has the freedom to kill them. And the only way to prevent that crazy from having his freedom is to prevent the rest of us from having ours.
As a side note, with very few exceptions, when you find people saying the US Constitution and our forefather's well known historical positions on life and liberty no longer apply, you've identified either an idiot or a tyrant.
Being able to multitask does not require that one must multitask. Nor does it require you, "must deal" with it." Your response hints at drinking the Apple koolaid.
If you're going to be pedantic, the referenced example is actually wrong. The human eye is rather good an unconsciously identifying the "ugly" of humans. Commonly, in absolute terms someone can be "ugly" because they are slightly asymmetrical and yet consciously they would not be able to specifically say why the ugly person is ugly. Thusly, simply saying they are "ugly" would be accurate and accurately describe someone to which another viewer would immediately understand.
Accordingly, contrary to the link you provided, saying someone was unattractive because they are "ugly", does in fact, answer the question.
Reliable or not, I would like to think they are updating at least every 10 years to implement better safety features and what-not.
I kid you not, about the only thing that changes in aviation is cost and an increase in the number of stupid regulations. The regulations are typically what drive ever increasing costs. The real problem is the FAA requires some serious overhauling.
Did you know you can by a clock from your local $1 store which is more reliable and accurate than the clock MANDATED in many aircraft because of regulations? Seriously. Did you know that a $400 FAA certificated clock is likely on par with what you could otherwise purchase for $20?
The FAA has lots of regulations on lights but none of it backed by science. Mostly they are regulations based strictly on stupidity. Seriously. And that $5 light bulb - can cost over $500. Seriously. The FAA knows full well that the colors they mandate are actually harder to see in bad weather. The FAA knows the colors they pick are more likely to create problems in a variety of situations. And yet, they don't change the regulations when it actually makes sense to do so.
Here's an example of FAA stupidity, which is the status quo. Plane crashes in bad weather, many, many miles from the airport. The co-pilot was color blind (yet medically tested to prove his condition is not a problem - medical fact). Crash was caused by pilot's failure (not copilot) to follow proper procedures. FAA cites the copilot at fault for failure to see the color colored lights at the airport. Reality is, the copilot was not flying. It was physically impossible for anyone to see the lights given the weather. No human, regardless of their vision could have seen the lights. Factually, the lights were not an issue at all. Period. Furthermore, for the copilot to be where he was means despite being color blind, he had enough color vision for color blindness to never be an issue (medical fact). As a result of the FAA citing a pilot who wasn't flying and was physically impossible for FAA to cite the reason, the FAA CHANGED THEIR REGULATIONS TO PUNISH ALL COLOR BLIND PILOTS. These pilots must now be constantly re-tested for color vision problems despite it being a medical fact one test is all that is required - ever, for the life of the pilot. Color blind pilots, who are proven safe, are now forced to be subjected to additional fees and pointless testing.
The simple fact, the FAA prevents real competition in the aviation economy. The fact is, modern, non-certified equipment is frequently far more reliable, more modern, more capable, and a fraction of the cost. This is true because competition means superior solutions rise to the top. The market actually is self regulating. Meanwhile, the FAA ensures 30-40 year old technology is the only option available unless you want to buy a new plane.
Simply put, the fact of the matter is, the FAA makes the skies more dangerous and more expensive for everyone. Until the FAA is seriously overhauled, its impossible for the trend to change.
Those rules need not be mutually exclusive. Now that you mention the favorable rules, I seem to remember that all being part of the package. I don't have a problem with favorable rules which lead to speedy trials and/or resolution in combination with technical prowess.
The problem is, Apple presumes all users are stupid. If you have stupid users plus multitasking, you will recharge your device more often. I completely agree with that. On the other hand, you can have smart users plus multitasking and not recharge more often; rather, just a more productive user. The difference is, Apple completely removes that option. By definition, Apple is excluding smart users from their target audience.
IIRC, A lawyer, in a previous article where Texas courts are being used, posted the Texas courts are preferred because they have lots of experience in highly technical matters. I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it doesn't appear to be a case of Libel Tourism; rather shopping for true legal and technical expertise.
Just fyi, I'm not sure why this was modded funny. The post is serious. Pigs are very trainable, are on average smarter than dogs, and have a better sense of smell. Not to mention, rodents are being trained and studied to sniff luggage at airports.
If I were to guess, its for the war on terror and the war on drugs.
Most people don't realize that if we were serious about either, you wouldn't see dogs at airports and in the back of squad cars. In fact, you would see pigs. Pigs are more easily trained, have a better sense of smell, and have been proven to do the job equally, if not better. Pigs are also thought to be smarter than dogs and as such, learn faster; which in turn drives down training costs.
Along these lines, which brings us full circle, I recently saw a blurb on the news specifically talking about small rodents being used to sniff luggage at airports.
...people who are forced to stare at them selves for three minutes have a lower self esteem than those who just reached out the world. Extremely doubtful the summary and/or the researchers are drawing the correct conclusion.
What a surprise...someone who is forced to stare at themselves for three minutes becomes critically aware of their own flaws.
I've seen him in interviews before. Its actually pretty funny. He comes off as a simple guy whos happy with his success. He's actually fairly short. He's very geeky; including many years of D&D. No joke. His personality is about 180-degrees from what he portraits in movies.
You do realize there is a well documented path between the press publishing articles and riots, murders, and even civil ware breaking out in Iraq and Afghanistan? All too often, if the press has simply waited a week or as much as thirty days, much of these massive numbers of deaths could have been prevented.
While you're busy blaming everyone, don't forget that the international press has massive blood on their hands too. Not to mention, its extremely well documented the international press and especially US press played an active role in public manipulation which led to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Like the slaughter or journalists, cameramen, and children by US Soldiers.
While that is true, much of what the public regards are "slaughter", very likely referring to well known publicized events, actually validates you have no idea what the hell you talking about and have been manipulated; actively being used as an ignorant puppet. In reality, had you actually been the person with your finger on the trigger, you would have done the exact same thing. You see, knowing the whole story and not just propaganda lies, while what you likely know, makes a world of difference.
No then, I'll say it again. There absolutely has been slaughter and in many cases, willful, knowing slaughter where soldiers should be held accountable. Just the same, many of the well publicized events, to which you're likely referring, are absolutely not some of them. Of three videos I've seen released from wikileaks, only ONE (that's 33%) actually (meaning in the real world) depict a crime. Having said that, many people believe 100% of what they've seen are war crimes. That means the general public, which likely includes you, are absolutely wrong 66% of the time. Add to that the general ignorance about the press, well, most vocal people like you have absolutely nothing but misinformation, propaganda, and ignorant lies.
Please explain how having the best price in the tablet market is premium pricing.
Please explain why you're trolling. If the word "frequently" isn't understood, perhaps you should figure that out before commenting. I absolutely did not speak in absolute terms.
Ignoring that, as others have pointed out, Apple was not first to the tablet market. Other, cheaper tablets do exist. And as recent Xoom stories verify, you absolutely are paying a premium price for the iPad - you just don't realize it.
Apple then makes money on warranties which almost never require payouts. Also known as free money
You mean like every single company that offers warranties.
And? I guess you are just trolling. Why is pointing out they make money a bad thing? As you point out, other companies make money. Why is it a point of contention. My statement is completely accurate and not the least bit controversial. And yet, you seem to have taken issue with a factually accurate, non-controversial statement. The troll seems to be strong with you.
Possibly.. I think that number will be pretty small first off.. When the battery is so degraded the device will be quite out of date anyway and most people will just recycle it.
Well, that's you're problem. You, "thought." I'm using information which I've previously read. Apples makes a lot of money from battery replacement. Unless you have something which indicates otherwise, this is just more trolling on your behalf.
People are handing them money for an excellent product.
So that's it. You're an apple fan-boy and apologist. My statement was not aimed at people purchasing products - which frankly is pretty obvious though not explicitly stated. My statement makes clear Apples makes tons of money because people literally hand them tons of money for absolutely stupid reasons. Part of those stupid reasons includes paying for an extended warranty on what is generally pretty descent hardware. Part of that money comes from people replacing batteries because that extra fee is designed into the product; which kind of goes back to the original premium comment which went completely over your head.
I can do a pretty boring summary of the premise of about any movie.
There used to be a website which existed to make movie summaries sound dumb. The cooler the movie, the more accurate and the dumber the summary, the better the summary was rated by participants.
You'd be amazed at how many tragedies will make you laugh out loud when summarized in the right light.
First of all, military courts have different criteria and standards than does civilian courts. Secondly, they need not directly tie Manning to WikiLeaks; though obviously the prosecutor would strongly prefer it. They need only determine the information was disseminated by Manning. And based on the information which is known, it does sound like they have a reasonable case to present.
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I'm so glad you can speak for every region. The fact is, prices do differ from region to region; just not every region. That doesn't mean all regions are cheaper than those in the US.
Kinda risky making your entire company totally dependent
Yes and no. In publicly traded companies, perception is freqently more important than reality. From a public investor's perspective, showing you're fully committed to Windows rather than half in with hedged bets, can go a long, long ways toward ensuring investor confidence. That's not to say it necessarily worked, but chances are, that's at least part of the equation.
DVD region codes were meant to keep you from watching a movie that was unreleased in your territory (OH NOES!), not to charge poor people less.
Ahhh, no. If they reduce prices to sell into third world countries, people there would take the product and undercut the owners in other markets. Thusly, they create DVD regions to allow them to sell into other markets (regions) with price controls without being their own worst competition in other regions. It has a side benefit of also allowing to the very coarsely control distribution regions but first and foremost, its intended to allow them to control market distribution, and with it, regional prices.
Think about - what idiot would want to be undercut with their own product in their own primary distribution markets. No one who has any concept of how capitalism works; that's for sure.
I have a strange suspicion this DARPA robot isn't going to have Asimov's laws integrated into it...
And that's a good thing! If you don't know why, you haven't read his books. Besides, we're nowhere near technologically advanced enough to even hope to implement his laws.
You can't watch everyone well. If they keep watching people for stupid shit like this, it means they use up resources that could have better watched a real threat.
Why do you think they are working so hard to establish legal precedence to violate everyone's privacy with the use of fairly cheap electronics? They don't have the manpower to do it the old fashion way because they are already stretch tracking everyone. Since they don't have the man power, they want to use electronics to do more with less.
You wouldn't have a patch down to the individual features but you'd have a patch set thats alot smaller and enumerable.
Smaller yes - but not really enumerable. Five changed lines may represent eight different bugs and fixes. And as the patch holder, now all you now is that one or more bugs have been addressed by those five changes. You have no idea those fives changes actually address eight different bugs because all you have is the aggregate of all those changes.
You're trivializing the issue by a lot. The issue is manageable but without a doubt, granularity has been lost. The exact effect on all other consumers of Red Hat's work likely isn't completely understood at this point.
He made a comment on Reddit about how easy it actually is to bomb shopping malls
And he's right, which is why so many Americans are complete morons. To live in ANY free society, you risk being murdered, or worse, at any time of day or night. Period. The fact that so many idiots now suddenly believe they can be free, and have no risk while being free, means they are ignorantly demanding the removal of everyone's freedoms. Only these same people are too stupid to realize what they are really demanding - a non-free society. And guess what, that's exactly what we see; the destruction, well serious erosion, of liberty and freedom.
Sadly, those who are demanding the absolute protection of America are the most un-American of them all. These people are the real terrorists and all too often are openly embraced by the American public. Sadly, our forefathers are well established about warning us of these tyrants among us.
The reality is, its trivially easy to mass murder people in any free society. And what you linked to is exactly what he's saying. If terrorism is really such a threat, why don't see see mass murders on a daily basis? The commenter's point, which is completely accurate, is since we don't see terroristic mass murders on a daily basis here in the US, the propaganda is full of shit. The public is being mislead and lied to on a daily basis. The people "saving us" from tyranny are the real tyrants.
To be absolutely clear, I absolutely am NOT advocating violence. I'm only pointing out that in a free society, just as people have the freedom to go to work or store, some crazy has the freedom to kill them. And the only way to prevent that crazy from having his freedom is to prevent the rest of us from having ours.
As a side note, with very few exceptions, when you find people saying the US Constitution and our forefather's well known historical positions on life and liberty no longer apply, you've identified either an idiot or a tyrant.
Android completely invalidates your counter point.
Being able to multitask does not require that one must multitask. Nor does it require you, "must deal" with it." Your response hints at drinking the Apple koolaid.
Not true in the least. Android and several Nokia devices completely invalidates your counter point.
Why is a factually accurate post a troll post? Factually, the moderation is 1100% troll moderation.
Holy shit moderators on /. and fucking idiots these days. They can't even do a simple job.
If you're going to be pedantic, the referenced example is actually wrong. The human eye is rather good an unconsciously identifying the "ugly" of humans. Commonly, in absolute terms someone can be "ugly" because they are slightly asymmetrical and yet consciously they would not be able to specifically say why the ugly person is ugly. Thusly, simply saying they are "ugly" would be accurate and accurately describe someone to which another viewer would immediately understand.
Accordingly, contrary to the link you provided, saying someone was unattractive because they are "ugly", does in fact, answer the question.
Reliable or not, I would like to think they are updating at least every 10 years to implement better safety features and what-not.
I kid you not, about the only thing that changes in aviation is cost and an increase in the number of stupid regulations. The regulations are typically what drive ever increasing costs. The real problem is the FAA requires some serious overhauling.
Did you know you can by a clock from your local $1 store which is more reliable and accurate than the clock MANDATED in many aircraft because of regulations? Seriously. Did you know that a $400 FAA certificated clock is likely on par with what you could otherwise purchase for $20?
The FAA has lots of regulations on lights but none of it backed by science. Mostly they are regulations based strictly on stupidity. Seriously. And that $5 light bulb - can cost over $500. Seriously. The FAA knows full well that the colors they mandate are actually harder to see in bad weather. The FAA knows the colors they pick are more likely to create problems in a variety of situations. And yet, they don't change the regulations when it actually makes sense to do so.
Here's an example of FAA stupidity, which is the status quo. Plane crashes in bad weather, many, many miles from the airport. The co-pilot was color blind (yet medically tested to prove his condition is not a problem - medical fact). Crash was caused by pilot's failure (not copilot) to follow proper procedures. FAA cites the copilot at fault for failure to see the color colored lights at the airport. Reality is, the copilot was not flying. It was physically impossible for anyone to see the lights given the weather. No human, regardless of their vision could have seen the lights. Factually, the lights were not an issue at all. Period. Furthermore, for the copilot to be where he was means despite being color blind, he had enough color vision for color blindness to never be an issue (medical fact). As a result of the FAA citing a pilot who wasn't flying and was physically impossible for FAA to cite the reason, the FAA CHANGED THEIR REGULATIONS TO PUNISH ALL COLOR BLIND PILOTS. These pilots must now be constantly re-tested for color vision problems despite it being a medical fact one test is all that is required - ever, for the life of the pilot. Color blind pilots, who are proven safe, are now forced to be subjected to additional fees and pointless testing.
The simple fact, the FAA prevents real competition in the aviation economy. The fact is, modern, non-certified equipment is frequently far more reliable, more modern, more capable, and a fraction of the cost. This is true because competition means superior solutions rise to the top. The market actually is self regulating. Meanwhile, the FAA ensures 30-40 year old technology is the only option available unless you want to buy a new plane.
Simply put, the fact of the matter is, the FAA makes the skies more dangerous and more expensive for everyone. Until the FAA is seriously overhauled, its impossible for the trend to change.
Those rules need not be mutually exclusive. Now that you mention the favorable rules, I seem to remember that all being part of the package. I don't have a problem with favorable rules which lead to speedy trials and/or resolution in combination with technical prowess.
Seems like a win-win.
The problem is, Apple presumes all users are stupid. If you have stupid users plus multitasking, you will recharge your device more often. I completely agree with that. On the other hand, you can have smart users plus multitasking and not recharge more often; rather, just a more productive user. The difference is, Apple completely removes that option. By definition, Apple is excluding smart users from their target audience.
IIRC, A lawyer, in a previous article where Texas courts are being used, posted the Texas courts are preferred because they have lots of experience in highly technical matters. I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it doesn't appear to be a case of Libel Tourism; rather shopping for true legal and technical expertise.
Just fyi, I'm not sure why this was modded funny. The post is serious. Pigs are very trainable, are on average smarter than dogs, and have a better sense of smell. Not to mention, rodents are being trained and studied to sniff luggage at airports.
If I were to guess, its for the war on terror and the war on drugs.
Most people don't realize that if we were serious about either, you wouldn't see dogs at airports and in the back of squad cars. In fact, you would see pigs. Pigs are more easily trained, have a better sense of smell, and have been proven to do the job equally, if not better. Pigs are also thought to be smarter than dogs and as such, learn faster; which in turn drives down training costs.
Along these lines, which brings us full circle, I recently saw a blurb on the news specifically talking about small rodents being used to sniff luggage at airports.
...people who are forced to stare at them selves for three minutes have a lower self esteem than those who just reached out the world. Extremely doubtful the summary and/or the researchers are drawing the correct conclusion.
What a surprise...someone who is forced to stare at themselves for three minutes becomes critically aware of their own flaws.
slashdot sucks these days...
I've seen him in interviews before. Its actually pretty funny. He comes off as a simple guy whos happy with his success. He's actually fairly short. He's very geeky; including many years of D&D. No joke. His personality is about 180-degrees from what he portraits in movies.
You do realize there is a well documented path between the press publishing articles and riots, murders, and even civil ware breaking out in Iraq and Afghanistan? All too often, if the press has simply waited a week or as much as thirty days, much of these massive numbers of deaths could have been prevented.
While you're busy blaming everyone, don't forget that the international press has massive blood on their hands too. Not to mention, its extremely well documented the international press and especially US press played an active role in public manipulation which led to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Like the slaughter or journalists, cameramen, and children by US Soldiers.
While that is true, much of what the public regards are "slaughter", very likely referring to well known publicized events, actually validates you have no idea what the hell you talking about and have been manipulated; actively being used as an ignorant puppet. In reality, had you actually been the person with your finger on the trigger, you would have done the exact same thing. You see, knowing the whole story and not just propaganda lies, while what you likely know, makes a world of difference.
No then, I'll say it again. There absolutely has been slaughter and in many cases, willful, knowing slaughter where soldiers should be held accountable. Just the same, many of the well publicized events, to which you're likely referring, are absolutely not some of them. Of three videos I've seen released from wikileaks, only ONE (that's 33%) actually (meaning in the real world) depict a crime. Having said that, many people believe 100% of what they've seen are war crimes. That means the general public, which likely includes you, are absolutely wrong 66% of the time. Add to that the general ignorance about the press, well, most vocal people like you have absolutely nothing but misinformation, propaganda, and ignorant lies.
Frequently...
Please explain how having the best price in the tablet market is premium pricing.
Please explain why you're trolling. If the word "frequently" isn't understood, perhaps you should figure that out before commenting. I absolutely did not speak in absolute terms.
Ignoring that, as others have pointed out, Apple was not first to the tablet market. Other, cheaper tablets do exist. And as recent Xoom stories verify, you absolutely are paying a premium price for the iPad - you just don't realize it.
Apple then makes money on warranties which almost never require payouts. Also known as free money
You mean like every single company that offers warranties.
And? I guess you are just trolling. Why is pointing out they make money a bad thing? As you point out, other companies make money. Why is it a point of contention. My statement is completely accurate and not the least bit controversial. And yet, you seem to have taken issue with a factually accurate, non-controversial statement. The troll seems to be strong with you.
Possibly.. I think that number will be pretty small first off.. When the battery is so degraded the device will be quite out of date anyway and most people will just recycle it.
Well, that's you're problem. You, "thought." I'm using information which I've previously read. Apples makes a lot of money from battery replacement. Unless you have something which indicates otherwise, this is just more trolling on your behalf.
People are handing them money for an excellent product.
So that's it. You're an apple fan-boy and apologist. My statement was not aimed at people purchasing products - which frankly is pretty obvious though not explicitly stated. My statement makes clear Apples makes tons of money because people literally hand them tons of money for absolutely stupid reasons. Part of those stupid reasons includes paying for an extended warranty on what is generally pretty descent hardware. Part of that money comes from people replacing batteries because that extra fee is designed into the product; which kind of goes back to the original premium comment which went completely over your head.
I can do a pretty boring summary of the premise of about any movie.
There used to be a website which existed to make movie summaries sound dumb. The cooler the movie, the more accurate and the dumber the summary, the better the summary was rated by participants.
You'd be amazed at how many tragedies will make you laugh out loud when summarized in the right light.
First of all, military courts have different criteria and standards than does civilian courts. Secondly, they need not directly tie Manning to WikiLeaks; though obviously the prosecutor would strongly prefer it. They need only determine the information was disseminated by Manning. And based on the information which is known, it does sound like they have a reasonable case to present.
Are you really saying
Are you really saying you're not a troll?