A bunch of the apps are published to both platforms, that way the business can sell to two user bases. Also, my phone is mostly a phone, why would I want all that crap on it exaclty?
I use mine to retrieve my work email, keep up with my Google+ buddies, browse the web, web chat, view porn, listen to music, navigate, find a place to eat, locate the nearest Radio Shack and many other functions that I don't know how I lived without when I need them no matter where I am at the time.
If you just want a phone, get a Jitterbug and yell at me to get off your lawn.
Simple test. Ask iPhone users about a component in their phone ("What kind of processor is in that?") See what they say. Now ask an Android user. They won't all know, but more of them seem too.
That comment just hit a 5.0 (not 5g) on the LMAO meter. Only geeks care what's under the hood and while I agree there are probably a disproportionatly higher number of geeks on the Android side most people buy on impulse or percieved need so that invalidates the quoted post.
Well, to be fair, all iPhones of a particular model have the same processor. The same can't be said for Android devices. I believe all iPhone4's have a 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor combined with a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics processor (yes, I had to look that up). If you are going to buy the latest iPhone today, they will all have that processor. All 3Gs's had the same processor, as did the 3G's.
My Android phone, an Evo3D, has a dual core 1.2 Ghz processor. While it is true that all Evo3D's have the same processor, there are many more "Android" devices, each with their own set of specs, Android version number and overlay (HTC Sense, MotoBlurr, etc). Apple has released... what, 5 versions of the iPhone, all with the same basic OS and UI.
Android users know their specs to differentiate their phones from other Android phones. When someone asks me the difference between an Evo4G, Evo3D and Atrix, the specs are what separates them. Since all iPhone4's are the same, all someone needs to say is that they have an iPhone4 and anyone who cares should already know the specs or at least its capabilities.
NASA funds the kind of high tech research and US based jobs that actually provide for the economic multiplier effect, and enable your car ten years in the future to get double the gas mileage. Though I in principle agree that the Federal government is doing things way outside its authority. But basic science research is exactly the kind of thing it should be doing (a la the NIH model) because this is the stuff that doesn't have an obvious market application now, but will be enormously important twenty years from now.
NASA has enough military application to have their funding merged with the military budget, although the military is currently running a separate mission control in Houston right now so at least some of its funding comes from the military budget. Seeing that that particular mission control is supposedly secret (during the tour I took last week, the guide said, "The top secret military mission control is down that hallway next to the flag right there."), I don't think it's listed in our military or NASA budgets.
If nothing else, it shouldn't be that hard to amend the Constitution to allow/mandate NASA funding.
Increasing our production of domestic non-renewable energy resources is one of the most stupid ideas the T-party and R-party have right now, that is also unfortunately stupidly popular. We should be hording our resources for the day 30 years in the future that oil prices are twice what they have now, and other countries (not us hopefully) are fighting wars for control of those resources. Using them today is a supreme, extreme, and moronic waste.
If we tap our resources today and set a minimum price for oil (tariff) of say, $75/barrel, with the tax money received we could easily fund renewable technology well enough to have a viable alternative to crude in 30 years. The tariff would ensure that wells don't get capped when the prices drop and the minimum price would ensure a healthy profit for lease holders (read: US Government).
If we leave the oil in the ground, eventually someone will find a viable alternative, although much later than we would if we use the tax revenue from domestic production and tariffs to fund the research, and the oil left in our ground on off our shores will be a supreme, extreme and moronic waste as it would be a natural resource we have in abundance that would instantly be made worthless. Ideally, we want to pump the last drop of oil from our domestic resources on the last day it's needed.
I believe I covered that here: The surplus was actually bad for Bush and Congress at that time because it's really hard to say "no" to funding for anything when there is a surplus and deficit spending went through the roof.
In reality, the economy was running full throttle on the back of the crazed housing/lending bubble which everyone knew was unsustainable at the time.
Someone tried to do something about that.
I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole. --John McCain
HERE is a NYTimes article on the bill. Why did the bill fail? It never even made it to the floor. Democrats blocked it in committee.
''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''
Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed.
''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said.
So, if you are blaming the recession on the housing bubble, it appears that it was not only the fault of Congress, which is my primary point, but that Democrats in Congress are the problem, which was my secondary point.
Bullshit. The U.S. isn't broke. We have suddenly decided that we don't want to pay for anything. All "we the people" want to do at this point is sit on our fat asses and bitch about how high our taxes are and how much gas costs. Neal Stephenson got it wrong: we don't even do software any more, just pizza delivery.
We could be, and ought to be, an historically great nation, busy building a new renaissance of science, technology, and art. Instead, we're turning ourselves into a third-world shithole, with our national wealth and heritage looted by robber barons. Thanks, Tea Party!
The facts disagree with you. See: Deficit.
Yes, we do have plenty of money. The problem is that we are spending more than we make. That is exactly what the TEA Party wants to stop. The government has a limited number of powers. We are spending WAY too much money on things that the federal government should not be doing.
And yeah, when gas prices double in two years, we are going to bitch because my income has not increased to compensate. So, instead of taking my wife and child out to dinner a few times a month and giving my money to people who live near me, I have to give it to people who want to kill us all. BTW, that's another TEA Party platform; domestic energy production.
As for taxes, the Democratic plan is tax the rich that would otherwise invest the money into business that would hire people and to tax large corporations who will simply raise prices on their products that everyone purchases. Unless, of course, you are GE who owned a media empire friendly to the president. They didn't have to pay taxes.
No one will openly say it, but the U.S. doesn't have the money for space projects anymore. No politician wants to be the first to say it (because Americans don't like to hear anything besides "We're Number One!!!!"), so they're just quietly defunding everything.
No, the US has plenty of money for space projects. The problem is priorities and compromise. We'd rather fund someone to NOT work for two years than fund a space agency. We would rather fund farmers to NOT grow something than fund a space agency. We would rather emulate the health care system of nations that have neither a military nor a space program but pay higher taxes and think that we can still have all three without paying more in taxes. And the problem with compromise is that Democrats will say, "Fine, we'll allow unemployment benefits expire after 1.5 years" and Republicans say, "OK, then we'll cut NASA". Eventually, we are left with nothing but military and welfare programs that neither side wants to cut and no one can think of common sense approaches like, I don't know, make welfare recipients work for the military.
Obama really got handed a steaming bag of **** when he took office after good ole George. Just as all the tough decisions that had been put off until tomorrow for years on end started coming home to roost.
Don't blame Bush. Don't blame Obama. Congress controls the economy. Let me repeat that in bold caps so it will sink into your head: CONGRESS CONTROLS THE ECONOMY
It's in the Constitution. Congress writes the laws that affect the economy. Congress writes the budgets and controls the purse strings. All the President may do is ask nicely for funding for his agenda and veto whatever bills he doesn't like.
With that said, the last time the control of both houses of Congress changed parties, unemployment was at 4.6%. This was back in 1996, GWB was president and Congress went from Republican control to Democratic control. The time it happened before that was when Clinton was president. Clinton's first two years were hounded by recession until Republicans took both houses during Clinton's first mid-term. The economy rebounded quickly enough to get Clinton re-elected and even ended his second term with a surplus. The surplus was actually bad for Bush and Congress at that time because it's really hard to say "no" to funding for anything when there is a surplus and deficit spending went through the roof. Still the economy remained strong until 2007 when Democrats took over Congress. Of course, Bush doesn't get a pass because he compromised too much and refused to use the veto stamp on piss-poor congressional spending bills. Obama should take more blame than Bush because he actually asked Congress for MORE piss-poor spending bills. Still, the blame ultimately falls on Congress.
I'm just curious how someone will find a way to spin this as a bad thing. Will it be "Gates will probably insist they use only Windows toilets!"? Or maybe it will be "This is just a ploy for him to sell more Windows copies to the poor people after they take a shit!" Or perhaps "I'll be he'll ban Linux and Apple from these shithouses!"
Come on, I know there are plenty of Slashdotters just ACHING to find SOME way, ANY way to bash him some more. Forget that Steve Jobs does NO charitable activities (Steve don't do charity) or that this has nothing to do with Linux. Someone will find a way. He's the guy with the Borg picture, after all.
Everything Bill touches turns to shit, so a toilet is appropriate.
No, that's because they have $20,000 toilet seats.
The government does not spend $20,000 on toilet seats. They spend billions on projects that need to be kept secret and need some other way to account for the money. They usually pick things that no one will look at like hammers, toilet seats, screw drivers, paint, etc, and radically inflate those prices to make the books balance. When they are caught, they promise to launch an investigation until the public loses interest. "Nothing to see here. Please move along."
That'd be more convincing if you found an instance where I'm rooting for something equally stupid being pushed by a Democrat. Or if this wasn't in fact an idiotic repeal bill. Or if my post had any intention, not to mention capacity to whip anybody into anything.
Are you starting to get how obvious it is you're just a partisan who's full of shit?
First of all, it's more a libertarian stance than a Republican one. You know, free market, free people kinda thing. The fact that you glossed over that and called it an attempt to whip up "anti-Democratic frenzy" tells me that you view this as a partisan issue. Even if you don't think it's a Republican thing, you are offended as you see this as an attack on Democrats, meaning, you're stance on this issue is based on partisanship, not common sense.
If incandescent bulbs are not the best option for consumers, they won't sell. If the people want them, however, they will sell. The government telling people they can't buy them is an unnecessary intrusion of my freedom of choice. There is nothing in the Constitution that gives the government the power to limit the purchases I choose to make, provided these products are produced within my own state. If they cross state lines, the government can use the Commerce Clause. If they don't, the government must abide by the 10th Amendment.
So what you call "full of shit", I call "based on the Constitution." If the government needs the power to tell me what I may and may not purchase, then the Constitution needs to be amended to give them that power. Until then, everything else is unconstitutional.
What computer monitor do you use to view the 3D photos and video?
When I upload them, the phone converts them to 2D. I also understand there are apps that will convert them, but haven't tried them. Otherwise, you can hook the phone up to a 3D TV via hdmi or like another poster mentioned, shell out the big bucks for a 3D monitor.
2D is fine for the PC and sharing. 3D is cool enough on the phone itself.
Because of the dollar amounts involved, for SS to be an investment requires the federal government to end up owning a significant voting stake in most every major company. That right there should give you pause for thought.
If you let the people invest the money as they wish, the general population would end up owning a significant voting stake in most every major company. That right there should give you pause for thought.
Why should the government be in charge of my retirement?
Innovation is apparently improved battery life and a 3d display?
And camera... don't forget the 3d camera.
Of course, I could have gone on and on about the widgets, nifty spinning display, weather clock thingie, live wallpaper, multiple shells like GoLauncher and so on and on and on, but I think I made my point.
Look the iPhone is a really nice phone, but just because it does one thing that most Androids can't doesn't make it a better phone. Android based phones do an awful lot that the iPhone will never do. Pick the phone that works best for you, but don't go around bashing the competitor to your phone just because you don't have it. That's what the GGP was doing and I think I called him out on it pretty well.
Apple has pushed the "smart phone" to levels we may have never achieved without them, but that doesn't give them the right to abuse the legal system to stop others from making a product other people might want more, or have no choice in buying. For example, what if you live in an area without AT&T or Verizon? If Apple had their way, you would have to move to get a smart phone or simply not have one. I'm not going to let Steve Jobs tell me what I can and can't have and what service I choose to get it!
you think THAT'S innovation? So, when you went from your Evo4G to your EVO3D, how'd that transfer go? One click goodness like apple's system? Oh, right, you were too busy playing with a 600$ flashlight. Lol.
Oh, and I should mention that I reinstalled all my phone apps from within Linux, although I could have used any OS. It didn't even have to be my own machine. I've installed apps from my work PC, friends PC, family's PC, even a buddy's iPhone. I can install apps from any PC without copying any files whatsoever to the PC I was using. I could have used the public library's PC if I wanted. Doesn't matter. You can install from a web page without ever hooking your phone to your PC.
Later, I was able to hook up my phone to my Linux box and transfer all my MP3's and movies with a simple drag and drop....
Did I mention that this was in Linux? I could have done it Windows or Mac as well, with no special software required. No iTunes to update. No "authorized machines" limit of 5. And did I mention it worked in Linux?
you think THAT'S innovation? So, when you went from your Evo4G to your EVO3D, how'd that transfer go? One click goodness like apple's system? Oh, right, you were too busy playing with a 600$ flashlight. Lol.
It actually went quite well. I booted up the phone and punched in my gmail address with password and all my contacts were transferred over. Of course, I had to reset up my wallpaper and reinstall my apps, but that didn't bother as it gave me a chance to decide which apps I wanted to keep and which ones to leave behind. The app reinstall took about 15 minutes without ever hooking my phone to my PC. I went to the android market, clicked on "my subscription" and there were all the apps that I had installed on my 4g. Clicked "install" on the ones I wanted and ignored the rest.
Of course, I had to reset up my wallpaper and "scenes". That took another hour. Oh, sure, I could have done it in about 30 seconds, but there was so much cool stuff to look at with the new widgets and all that I had to check them out.
But as for the one click thing you mention, I did see an option for that when I signed up for the HTC web page thingie that will allow me to locate my phone for free. I didn't try it, so I can't speak about how well it worked.
Oh, and I didn't play with $600 flashlight for too long because I got distracted by the 3D camera and free navigation packages that came with the phone. I find it odd that for the $600 you will pay for a new iphone, that Apple couldn't include either one of those.
Your post was right with the exception of this one part.
What's more, the Android market moves much faster. Right now you can get Android phones with 4G, with dual core CPUs, with 3D screens. Now I'd say other than the first one that is not so useful, but it is new gadgets that people want.
I own the phone you are talking about, the Evo3d. I wasn't too sure about getting this phone, even though I could get it for free (sold my Evo4G for $250 and picked up the 3D for $200. The extra $50 paid for taxes, fees and a new Zagg screen protector).
I thought the 3D would take away from other things, like the fact that it only had a 5MP camera instead of the 8MP of the 4G. I also thought the 3D would be a gimmick. Well, it is a gimmick, but it's a really really cool one. Text messaging was a gimmick at one point. A camera was a gimmick at one point. I even remember when mp3 ring tones were a gimmick, much less an actual mp3 player. Of course, 3D cameras and screens won't become standard like text messaging, but it is still very cool. Go to a Sprint store, check it out and see how good it looks. I've taken 3D video and stills that will blow your mind, like a water skier with the rope close up and the skier far away or a simple coffee cup on a pier with the sunrise in the background. Awesome.
The dual core processor is really handy. My Evo4G would become nearly unusable when installing or updating applications. My Evo3D can installs apps in the background without me even noticing.
4G, of course, is pretty useful if, and only if, you are in an area with coverage and you are not going to venture out of it. For some reason, when the phone gains and loses 4G signal, the batter drains quickly.
Gahahaha, I'm sorry, did I just read you as writing that the android vendors are innovating?
I hope you mean in terms of hardware, because they can keep their software/firmware "innovations" to themselves and let my battery keep its life while they're at it.
What do you mean? My Evo3D has awesome battery life. It is certainly better than any Apple phone that's been released, and it has a gig of Ram and a dual core 1.2 Ghz processor. Sure, my Evo4G had piss-poor battery life, but it was nearly twice the speed of any Apple phone when it was released (1 Ghz vs 600 Mhz). That problem has been resolved. Where my 4G would lose 10%/hr just sitting there, my 3D can last the entire day with 80% left.
Oh, and my Evo3d has a glasses-free 3D screen and 3D camera that takes 3D video and stills (or 2D if you wish) with LED flash, 4G speed and a 4.3 inch screen. Sorry, but I don't see anything Apple has ever produced that has "innovations" that match this. My phone even has a flashlight application that uses the LED camera flash with three different brightness settings. It sounds silly, but it has come in handy many of times.
Sorry, but like the parent said, Apple produces one phone. It simply can't compete with the range of Android devices out there. You can pick up an HTC Hero for free or you can get a phone like mine for $200. Apple can't compete on either end of that spectrum. When they first release a new device, they are top of the line for about a week. For the rest of the time, they are middle of the road hardware with an OS that is really showing its age (no widgets? Seriously?). They can't last like this. They are a very innovative company that produces high quality hardware that are works of art, but they are still just one company trying to compete against several, each innovating their own thing. The only advantage Apple has today is in tablets, but I don't see that lasting past this year.
Considering we went from losing hundreds of thousands of jobs every month under Bush, to adding jobs every month under Obama, I'd say he's done a damn good job fixing the damage. If you were expecting those jobs to magically reappear over night, you're deluded.
After six years of Bush in office with a Republican congress, unemployment was at 4.7%. That was Jan 2007. Demand took congress at that time. Within two years unemployment had more than doubled.
If it were Bush, it would not have taken 6 years to tank. If it were Bush, things would be better now.
Sorry. Facts prove you wrong. The problem was Pelosi and Reid and Obama can't fix it. You shouldn't make your world out to be like what you want to believe.
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A bunch of the apps are published to both platforms, that way the business can sell to two user bases. Also, my phone is mostly a phone, why would I want all that crap on it exaclty?
I use mine to retrieve my work email, keep up with my Google+ buddies, browse the web, web chat, view porn, listen to music, navigate, find a place to eat, locate the nearest Radio Shack and many other functions that I don't know how I lived without when I need them no matter where I am at the time.
If you just want a phone, get a Jitterbug and yell at me to get off your lawn.
Simple test. Ask iPhone users about a component in their phone ("What kind of processor is in that?") See what they say. Now ask an Android user. They won't all know, but more of them seem too.
That comment just hit a 5.0 (not 5g) on the LMAO meter. Only geeks care what's under the hood and while I agree there are probably a disproportionatly higher number of geeks on the Android side most people buy on impulse or percieved need so that invalidates the quoted post.
Well, to be fair, all iPhones of a particular model have the same processor. The same can't be said for Android devices. I believe all iPhone4's have a 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor combined with a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics processor (yes, I had to look that up). If you are going to buy the latest iPhone today, they will all have that processor. All 3Gs's had the same processor, as did the 3G's.
My Android phone, an Evo3D, has a dual core 1.2 Ghz processor. While it is true that all Evo3D's have the same processor, there are many more "Android" devices, each with their own set of specs, Android version number and overlay (HTC Sense, MotoBlurr, etc). Apple has released... what, 5 versions of the iPhone, all with the same basic OS and UI.
Android users know their specs to differentiate their phones from other Android phones. When someone asks me the difference between an Evo4G, Evo3D and Atrix, the specs are what separates them. Since all iPhone4's are the same, all someone needs to say is that they have an iPhone4 and anyone who cares should already know the specs or at least its capabilities.
GWB was not president in 1996. Maybe you mean 2006?
You are correct, but I was even wrong on that date. The 4.6% unemployment figure was from Jan 2007, which was when Democrats took control of congress.
NASA funds the kind of high tech research and US based jobs that actually provide for the economic multiplier effect, and enable your car ten years in the future to get double the gas mileage. Though I in principle agree that the Federal government is doing things way outside its authority. But basic science research is exactly the kind of thing it should be doing (a la the NIH model) because this is the stuff that doesn't have an obvious market application now, but will be enormously important twenty years from now.
NASA has enough military application to have their funding merged with the military budget, although the military is currently running a separate mission control in Houston right now so at least some of its funding comes from the military budget. Seeing that that particular mission control is supposedly secret (during the tour I took last week, the guide said, "The top secret military mission control is down that hallway next to the flag right there."), I don't think it's listed in our military or NASA budgets.
If nothing else, it shouldn't be that hard to amend the Constitution to allow/mandate NASA funding.
Increasing our production of domestic non-renewable energy resources is one of the most stupid ideas the T-party and R-party have right now, that is also unfortunately stupidly popular. We should be hording our resources for the day 30 years in the future that oil prices are twice what they have now, and other countries (not us hopefully) are fighting wars for control of those resources. Using them today is a supreme, extreme, and moronic waste.
If we tap our resources today and set a minimum price for oil (tariff) of say, $75/barrel, with the tax money received we could easily fund renewable technology well enough to have a viable alternative to crude in 30 years. The tariff would ensure that wells don't get capped when the prices drop and the minimum price would ensure a healthy profit for lease holders (read: US Government).
If we leave the oil in the ground, eventually someone will find a viable alternative, although much later than we would if we use the tax revenue from domestic production and tariffs to fund the research, and the oil left in our ground on off our shores will be a supreme, extreme and moronic waste as it would be a natural resource we have in abundance that would instantly be made worthless. Ideally, we want to pump the last drop of oil from our domestic resources on the last day it's needed.
And still the government was running a deficit.
I believe I covered that here:
The surplus was actually bad for Bush and Congress at that time because it's really hard to say "no" to funding for anything when there is a surplus and deficit spending went through the roof.
In reality, the economy was running full throttle on the back of the crazed housing/lending bubble which everyone knew was unsustainable at the time.
Someone tried to do something about that.
I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.
--John McCain
HERE is a NYTimes article on the bill. Why did the bill fail? It never even made it to the floor. Democrats blocked it in committee.
''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''
Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed.
''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said.
So, if you are blaming the recession on the housing bubble, it appears that it was not only the fault of Congress, which is my primary point, but that Democrats in Congress are the problem, which was my secondary point.
Bullshit. The U.S. isn't broke. We have suddenly decided that we don't want to pay for anything. All "we the people" want to do at this point is sit on our fat asses and bitch about how high our taxes are and how much gas costs. Neal Stephenson got it wrong: we don't even do software any more, just pizza delivery.
We could be, and ought to be, an historically great nation, busy building a new renaissance of science, technology, and art. Instead, we're turning ourselves into a third-world shithole, with our national wealth and heritage looted by robber barons. Thanks, Tea Party!
The facts disagree with you. See: Deficit.
Yes, we do have plenty of money. The problem is that we are spending more than we make. That is exactly what the TEA Party wants to stop. The government has a limited number of powers. We are spending WAY too much money on things that the federal government should not be doing.
And yeah, when gas prices double in two years, we are going to bitch because my income has not increased to compensate. So, instead of taking my wife and child out to dinner a few times a month and giving my money to people who live near me, I have to give it to people who want to kill us all. BTW, that's another TEA Party platform; domestic energy production.
As for taxes, the Democratic plan is tax the rich that would otherwise invest the money into business that would hire people and to tax large corporations who will simply raise prices on their products that everyone purchases. Unless, of course, you are GE who owned a media empire friendly to the president. They didn't have to pay taxes.
No one will openly say it, but the U.S. doesn't have the money for space projects anymore. No politician wants to be the first to say it (because Americans don't like to hear anything besides "We're Number One!!!!"), so they're just quietly defunding everything.
No, the US has plenty of money for space projects. The problem is priorities and compromise. We'd rather fund someone to NOT work for two years than fund a space agency. We would rather fund farmers to NOT grow something than fund a space agency. We would rather emulate the health care system of nations that have neither a military nor a space program but pay higher taxes and think that we can still have all three without paying more in taxes. And the problem with compromise is that Democrats will say, "Fine, we'll allow unemployment benefits expire after 1.5 years" and Republicans say, "OK, then we'll cut NASA". Eventually, we are left with nothing but military and welfare programs that neither side wants to cut and no one can think of common sense approaches like, I don't know, make welfare recipients work for the military.
Obama really got handed a steaming bag of **** when he took office after good ole George. Just as all the tough decisions that had been put off until tomorrow for years on end started coming home to roost.
Don't blame Bush. Don't blame Obama. Congress controls the economy. Let me repeat that in bold caps so it will sink into your head:
CONGRESS CONTROLS THE ECONOMY
It's in the Constitution. Congress writes the laws that affect the economy. Congress writes the budgets and controls the purse strings. All the President may do is ask nicely for funding for his agenda and veto whatever bills he doesn't like.
With that said, the last time the control of both houses of Congress changed parties, unemployment was at 4.6%. This was back in 1996, GWB was president and Congress went from Republican control to Democratic control. The time it happened before that was when Clinton was president. Clinton's first two years were hounded by recession until Republicans took both houses during Clinton's first mid-term. The economy rebounded quickly enough to get Clinton re-elected and even ended his second term with a surplus. The surplus was actually bad for Bush and Congress at that time because it's really hard to say "no" to funding for anything when there is a surplus and deficit spending went through the roof. Still the economy remained strong until 2007 when Democrats took over Congress. Of course, Bush doesn't get a pass because he compromised too much and refused to use the veto stamp on piss-poor congressional spending bills. Obama should take more blame than Bush because he actually asked Congress for MORE piss-poor spending bills. Still, the blame ultimately falls on Congress.
So, Stop blaming Bush. Stop blaming Obama.
I'm just curious how someone will find a way to spin this as a bad thing. Will it be "Gates will probably insist they use only Windows toilets!"? Or maybe it will be "This is just a ploy for him to sell more Windows copies to the poor people after they take a shit!" Or perhaps "I'll be he'll ban Linux and Apple from these shithouses!"
Come on, I know there are plenty of Slashdotters just ACHING to find SOME way, ANY way to bash him some more. Forget that Steve Jobs does NO charitable activities (Steve don't do charity) or that this has nothing to do with Linux. Someone will find a way. He's the guy with the Borg picture, after all.
Everything Bill touches turns to shit, so a toilet is appropriate.
or....
BSOD=Brown Spray of Death.
No, that's because they have $20,000 toilet seats.
The government does not spend $20,000 on toilet seats. They spend billions on projects that need to be kept secret and need some other way to account for the money. They usually pick things that no one will look at like hammers, toilet seats, screw drivers, paint, etc, and radically inflate those prices to make the books balance. When they are caught, they promise to launch an investigation until the public loses interest. "Nothing to see here. Please move along."
That'd be more convincing if you found an instance where I'm rooting for something equally stupid being pushed by a Democrat. Or if this wasn't in fact an idiotic repeal bill. Or if my post had any intention, not to mention capacity to whip anybody into anything.
Are you starting to get how obvious it is you're just a partisan who's full of shit?
First of all, it's more a libertarian stance than a Republican one. You know, free market, free people kinda thing. The fact that you glossed over that and called it an attempt to whip up "anti-Democratic frenzy" tells me that you view this as a partisan issue. Even if you don't think it's a Republican thing, you are offended as you see this as an attack on Democrats, meaning, you're stance on this issue is based on partisanship, not common sense.
If incandescent bulbs are not the best option for consumers, they won't sell. If the people want them, however, they will sell. The government telling people they can't buy them is an unnecessary intrusion of my freedom of choice. There is nothing in the Constitution that gives the government the power to limit the purchases I choose to make, provided these products are produced within my own state. If they cross state lines, the government can use the Commerce Clause. If they don't, the government must abide by the 10th Amendment.
So what you call "full of shit", I call "based on the Constitution." If the government needs the power to tell me what I may and may not purchase, then the Constitution needs to be amended to give them that power. Until then, everything else is unconstitutional.
What computer monitor do you use to view the 3D photos and video?
When I upload them, the phone converts them to 2D. I also understand there are apps that will convert them, but haven't tried them. Otherwise, you can hook the phone up to a 3D TV via hdmi or like another poster mentioned, shell out the big bucks for a 3D monitor.
2D is fine for the PC and sharing. 3D is cool enough on the phone itself.
Respond here and I'll get you one.
Because of the dollar amounts involved, for SS to be an investment requires the federal government to end up owning a significant voting stake in most every major company. That right there should give you pause for thought.
If you let the people invest the money as they wish, the general population would end up owning a significant voting stake in most every major company. That right there should give you pause for thought.
Why should the government be in charge of my retirement?
The law was supported by both Democrats and Republicans so no, it's not "anti-Democratic".
Don't bother. His post was all about political theatrics and whipping the dumbest of voters into an anti-Republican frenzy.
If this bill were proposed by someone with a (D) after his/her name, he'd be all for it.
Someone mod this guy up!
Innovation is apparently improved battery life and a 3d display?
And camera... don't forget the 3d camera.
Of course, I could have gone on and on about the widgets, nifty spinning display, weather clock thingie, live wallpaper, multiple shells like GoLauncher and so on and on and on, but I think I made my point.
Look the iPhone is a really nice phone, but just because it does one thing that most Androids can't doesn't make it a better phone. Android based phones do an awful lot that the iPhone will never do. Pick the phone that works best for you, but don't go around bashing the competitor to your phone just because you don't have it. That's what the GGP was doing and I think I called him out on it pretty well.
Apple has pushed the "smart phone" to levels we may have never achieved without them, but that doesn't give them the right to abuse the legal system to stop others from making a product other people might want more, or have no choice in buying. For example, what if you live in an area without AT&T or Verizon? If Apple had their way, you would have to move to get a smart phone or simply not have one. I'm not going to let Steve Jobs tell me what I can and can't have and what service I choose to get it!
you think THAT'S innovation? So, when you went from your Evo4G to your EVO3D, how'd that transfer go? One click goodness like apple's system? Oh, right, you were too busy playing with a 600$ flashlight. Lol.
Oh, and I should mention that I reinstalled all my phone apps from within Linux, although I could have used any OS. It didn't even have to be my own machine. I've installed apps from my work PC, friends PC, family's PC, even a buddy's iPhone. I can install apps from any PC without copying any files whatsoever to the PC I was using. I could have used the public library's PC if I wanted. Doesn't matter. You can install from a web page without ever hooking your phone to your PC.
Later, I was able to hook up my phone to my Linux box and transfer all my MP3's and movies with a simple drag and drop....
Did I mention that this was in Linux? I could have done it Windows or Mac as well, with no special software required. No iTunes to update. No "authorized machines" limit of 5. And did I mention it worked in Linux?
you think THAT'S innovation? So, when you went from your Evo4G to your EVO3D, how'd that transfer go? One click goodness like apple's system? Oh, right, you were too busy playing with a 600$ flashlight. Lol.
It actually went quite well. I booted up the phone and punched in my gmail address with password and all my contacts were transferred over. Of course, I had to reset up my wallpaper and reinstall my apps, but that didn't bother as it gave me a chance to decide which apps I wanted to keep and which ones to leave behind. The app reinstall took about 15 minutes without ever hooking my phone to my PC. I went to the android market, clicked on "my subscription" and there were all the apps that I had installed on my 4g. Clicked "install" on the ones I wanted and ignored the rest.
Of course, I had to reset up my wallpaper and "scenes". That took another hour. Oh, sure, I could have done it in about 30 seconds, but there was so much cool stuff to look at with the new widgets and all that I had to check them out.
But as for the one click thing you mention, I did see an option for that when I signed up for the HTC web page thingie that will allow me to locate my phone for free. I didn't try it, so I can't speak about how well it worked.
Oh, and I didn't play with $600 flashlight for too long because I got distracted by the 3D camera and free navigation packages that came with the phone. I find it odd that for the $600 you will pay for a new iphone, that Apple couldn't include either one of those.
Your post was right with the exception of this one part.
What's more, the Android market moves much faster. Right now you can get Android phones with 4G, with dual core CPUs, with 3D screens. Now I'd say other than the first one that is not so useful, but it is new gadgets that people want.
I own the phone you are talking about, the Evo3d. I wasn't too sure about getting this phone, even though I could get it for free (sold my Evo4G for $250 and picked up the 3D for $200. The extra $50 paid for taxes, fees and a new Zagg screen protector).
I thought the 3D would take away from other things, like the fact that it only had a 5MP camera instead of the 8MP of the 4G. I also thought the 3D would be a gimmick. Well, it is a gimmick, but it's a really really cool one. Text messaging was a gimmick at one point. A camera was a gimmick at one point. I even remember when mp3 ring tones were a gimmick, much less an actual mp3 player. Of course, 3D cameras and screens won't become standard like text messaging, but it is still very cool. Go to a Sprint store, check it out and see how good it looks. I've taken 3D video and stills that will blow your mind, like a water skier with the rope close up and the skier far away or a simple coffee cup on a pier with the sunrise in the background. Awesome.
The dual core processor is really handy. My Evo4G would become nearly unusable when installing or updating applications. My Evo3D can installs apps in the background without me even noticing.
4G, of course, is pretty useful if, and only if, you are in an area with coverage and you are not going to venture out of it. For some reason, when the phone gains and loses 4G signal, the batter drains quickly.
Gahahaha, I'm sorry, did I just read you as writing that the android vendors are innovating?
I hope you mean in terms of hardware, because they can keep their software/firmware "innovations" to themselves and let my battery keep its life while they're at it.
What do you mean? My Evo3D has awesome battery life. It is certainly better than any Apple phone that's been released, and it has a gig of Ram and a dual core 1.2 Ghz processor. Sure, my Evo4G had piss-poor battery life, but it was nearly twice the speed of any Apple phone when it was released (1 Ghz vs 600 Mhz). That problem has been resolved. Where my 4G would lose 10%/hr just sitting there, my 3D can last the entire day with 80% left.
Oh, and my Evo3d has a glasses-free 3D screen and 3D camera that takes 3D video and stills (or 2D if you wish) with LED flash, 4G speed and a 4.3 inch screen. Sorry, but I don't see anything Apple has ever produced that has "innovations" that match this. My phone even has a flashlight application that uses the LED camera flash with three different brightness settings. It sounds silly, but it has come in handy many of times.
Sorry, but like the parent said, Apple produces one phone. It simply can't compete with the range of Android devices out there. You can pick up an HTC Hero for free or you can get a phone like mine for $200. Apple can't compete on either end of that spectrum. When they first release a new device, they are top of the line for about a week. For the rest of the time, they are middle of the road hardware with an OS that is really showing its age (no widgets? Seriously?). They can't last like this. They are a very innovative company that produces high quality hardware that are works of art, but they are still just one company trying to compete against several, each innovating their own thing. The only advantage Apple has today is in tablets, but I don't see that lasting past this year.
No wonder Apple is scared.
Democrats Took congress in Jan 2007. Not "demand". Stupid autocorrect.
Considering we went from losing hundreds of thousands of jobs every month under Bush, to adding jobs every month under Obama, I'd say he's done a damn good job fixing the damage. If you were expecting those jobs to magically reappear over night, you're deluded.
After six years of Bush in office with a Republican congress, unemployment was at 4.7%. That was Jan 2007. Demand took congress at that time. Within two years unemployment had more than doubled.
If it were Bush, it would not have taken 6 years to tank. If it were Bush, things would be better now.
Sorry. Facts prove you wrong. The problem was Pelosi and Reid and Obama can't fix it. You shouldn't make your world out to be like what you want to believe.
"You didn't think I asked for a twelve inch pianist, did you?"
Dang! And spent the last of my mod points earlier today.
Well done, my friend. Stay thirsty.
**Slow Clap**
and the car dealerships did?
Data centers may be located anywhere. Car dealerships need to be close their customers.