Huh...wait...what?
Maybe I deserve a whoosh here but. Since when is it popular to bash Android on this site?
If I'm missing something I blame it on the bourbon.
To paraphrase Ben Hogan when asked to break down the golf swing. If you break a cat down into the parts that make it up. You have bones, and muscles, and guts. But you no longer have a cat.
The word article, and subsequent discussion is about the concept of companies being "evil." There was nothing pro-Apple about the post you relied to either. And yes this whole idea of companies being evil is absurd.
Typical football games run between 2:45 to 3:15 hours.
My iPad easily lasts for the 11 to 13 hour flight from Tokyo to D.C with usage of around 75% of the time.
If it was just ten-fifteen minutes of advice that'd be one thing, but often it's ten-fifteen minutes of advice, another twenty minutes trying to explain the advice and then three hours just doing it for them because you gave up on trying to get them to click "Start".
So you're equating a little over 3.5 hours of your time with rewiring a house, lying out hundreds of dollars in plumbing supplies, or a hospital visit with CAT scans? That's a bit much don't you think.
My ex-wife worked in the medical field, and I've seen Dr.s held at bay at social functions for at least an hour at a time by people wanting a free consultation. I'm pretty sure that their time is at least as valuable as yours.
Now if your friends and relatives expect you to spend hundreds of dollars to solve their gadget/IT problems. Then the problem isn't the strain on your precious time. It's that you need to disown your family and find new friends.
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Since it seems this was in Britain, precedent might have been part of it.
There it is also a loser pays system. So they could have ended up owing money on any and all lost cases.
I got pulled aside at National Airport a few years ago after the chemical sniffer alerted on me.
The landscapers for my apartment complex sprayed fertilizer the day before, and some of it got on my shoes, and the legs of my jeans.
Yes, you are that much of a sociopath if you ran this to the extent you claim.
You call him childish and petty, which may be true. But people are the way they are. So he's probably not like that on purpose.
But you on the other hand, employed an "experiment" of your own design, and took it to an extreme. On purpose!
BTW you were probably blocked by him because your posts about your stupid little phone were most likely you trying to espouse your technical superiority through childish fanboysim, and he got sick of it.
When I bought an '87 Jaguar XJ6 last year. It had a factory option Cellular One unit installed.
Handset in a custom cradle in the passenger side knee well, radio under the passenger seat, and the antenna in the rear window.
Actually it's more like taking a physics exam, programming you GPS, and talking on the phone. All while driving a Formula 1 car.
And since we're talking about carrier based planes here. Imagine that you stop the car by catching the axels on a cable while going full speed.
I had a netbook and for me it sucked. Hard to read and slow as ass.
Got an iPad and it works great for me.
Just because you don't think it'd work for you doesn't mean it doesn't have a use or value.
No they aren't. But if you want to keep in that vein of thought, I'll put it this way.
The road trip story is an idea. Which cannot be copyrighted.
The story of the road trip is a series of ideas. Where each thing that happens and the plot devices used are individual ideas. And these are then strung together to create a unique story that can be copyrighted.
An idea in this context would be along the lines of. "I'm going to write a story about two guys traveling across the country."
The expression of that idea would be the book that describes the cross country trip, and the interaction between the two guys and the people they meet along the way.
The first is an idea that cannot be copyrighted. Anyone can write a road trip story. The written expression of this particular road trip "belongs" to this author. Not just anybody can take his words and exact story arc and republish it.
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Um, shouldn't you be paying attention to the controls or something when you're flying?
Huh...wait...what?
Maybe I deserve a whoosh here but. Since when is it popular to bash Android on this site?
If I'm missing something I blame it on the bourbon.
To paraphrase Ben Hogan when asked to break down the golf swing. If you break a cat down into the parts that make it up. You have bones, and muscles, and guts. But you no longer have a cat.
The word article, and subsequent discussion is about the concept of companies being "evil." There was nothing pro-Apple about the post you relied to either. And yes this whole idea of companies being evil is absurd.
More than 90% of the music I've bought over the last year is from alt-country bands that I've discovered by hearing them on Pandora.
As unfortunate as it may be. The reason I finally put my G4 luxo lamp iMac out to pasture was the requirements for the iPad.
Tube8 works fine on my iPad.
Typical football games run between 2:45 to 3:15 hours.
My iPad easily lasts for the 11 to 13 hour flight from Tokyo to D.C with usage of around 75% of the time.
Mechanical geeks, and motor heads have know what @ means for years before the Internet.
i.e. 375hp @ 4700rpm
or 335ft/lb @ 5000rpm
So you're equating a little over 3.5 hours of your time with rewiring a house, lying out hundreds of dollars in plumbing supplies, or a hospital visit with CAT scans? That's a bit much don't you think.
My ex-wife worked in the medical field, and I've seen Dr.s held at bay at social functions for at least an hour at a time by people wanting a free consultation. I'm pretty sure that their time is at least as valuable as yours.
Now if your friends and relatives expect you to spend hundreds of dollars to solve their gadget/IT problems. Then the problem isn't the strain on your precious time. It's that you need to disown your family and find new friends.
Oh get over yourself. Anyone who has a speciality gets asked questions, or for advice.
That goes for plumbers, and electricians. As well as doctors, and lawyers.
Just because you know about something that Aunt Edna doesn't, doesn't mean that you're the key to society.
The /. posters hired to continue the thread after the other posters had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.
This thread will be completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.
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Since it seems this was in Britain, precedent might have been part of it.
There it is also a loser pays system. So they could have ended up owing money on any and all lost cases.
Just remember that the less fuel, and more fumes in that tank the more explosive it is.
I got pulled aside at National Airport a few years ago after the chemical sniffer alerted on me.
The landscapers for my apartment complex sprayed fertilizer the day before, and some of it got on my shoes, and the legs of my jeans.
Until your lumbago acts up at least.
Yes, you are that much of a sociopath if you ran this to the extent you claim.
You call him childish and petty, which may be true. But people are the way they are. So he's probably not like that on purpose.
But you on the other hand, employed an "experiment" of your own design, and took it to an extreme. On purpose!
BTW you were probably blocked by him because your posts about your stupid little phone were most likely you trying to espouse your technical superiority through childish fanboysim, and he got sick of it.
When I bought an '87 Jaguar XJ6 last year. It had a factory option Cellular One unit installed.
Handset in a custom cradle in the passenger side knee well, radio under the passenger seat, and the antenna in the rear window.
I'm not sure about Fords system, but others I've read about use a flywheel system that restarts the engine.
Actually it's more like taking a physics exam, programming you GPS, and talking on the phone. All while driving a Formula 1 car.
And since we're talking about carrier based planes here. Imagine that you stop the car by catching the axels on a cable while going full speed.
From the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
"Blaine the Train is insane!"
I had a netbook and for me it sucked. Hard to read and slow as ass.
Got an iPad and it works great for me.
Just because you don't think it'd work for you doesn't mean it doesn't have a use or value.
A ship doesn't have to be sunk in order for a strike against it to be successful. If it is unmanned and floundering it is still out of the fight.
The fact that it could be eventually be repaired and refitted only matters in extended conflicts like the world wars.
No they aren't. But if you want to keep in that vein of thought, I'll put it this way.
The road trip story is an idea. Which cannot be copyrighted.
The story of the road trip is a series of ideas. Where each thing that happens and the plot devices used are individual ideas. And these are then strung together to create a unique story that can be copyrighted.
An idea in this context would be along the lines of. "I'm going to write a story about two guys traveling across the country." The expression of that idea would be the book that describes the cross country trip, and the interaction between the two guys and the people they meet along the way.
The first is an idea that cannot be copyrighted. Anyone can write a road trip story. The written expression of this particular road trip "belongs" to this author. Not just anybody can take his words and exact story arc and republish it.