I went to the website after reading about this to see if it was available for the Motorola Defy. It seems like it's no longer available though. Anyone have any insight?
I understand that it's currently popular to be seen to be engaged in charity, CSR and the like, but consider the benefits to society that Jobs has already provided just by pursuing a profit.
I don't need to be a fanboy to appreciate that Steve Jobs, by doing what he does extremely well, has provided employment for thousands of people and an improved standard of living for millions. I understand that it "looks good," to do charity, but is it really necessary so long as an individuals actions lead to a benefit to society?
This article speaks more of national service than charity, but I still believe it is a good read and we should all remember that in a free society, a person who participates in the market serves his or her countrymen in an immensely powerful way.
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If you are familiar with American presidential politics, then you are aware of the outsized influence that Iowa* has on the outcome of elections. It's not any surprise that the famers there constantly get more attention than they would otherwise probably deserve. This manifests itself not only in HFCS but also in subsidies for ethanol.
*For those not familiar with American agriculture, Iowa is famous for growing corn.
I'm not sure where to find a list of treaties that the United States has failed to honor (did a quick search and nothing obvious popped up), but it seems to me that as time goes on the Americans are losing more and more credibility on the world stage. The start of the real decline seemed to happen with the latest invasion of Iraq and really accelerated through the term of G.W. Bush. This is my perspective as a non-American living outside of the United States, but do the majority of people inside the U.S. realize how much they've lost on the world stage over the past decade? In a way the decline reminds me of the local police - 30 or 40 years ago the local police were your friend - someone you could go to and talk to and who would be willing to help you out. These days it seems like you're best off staying as far away from the police as possible. Does anyone else see things in a similar way?
The more "IPv6 aware" clients turn it off to avoid compatibility issues.
Interestingly, a google search for "how to turn on ipv6" has the first three results instructing me how to turn OFF IPv6, which seems to bolster your argument.
How many people buy a simlock free iPhone vs a subsidized one?
Living in Asia, I would hazard a guess that at least half of all iPhones sold worldwide are unsubsidized. If anyone has specific information, I'd love to see it, but I literally know of no individual (outside of my North American friends) that has a subsidized phone of any sort.
Yet that top 1% control 99% of the capital. It looks like that 37% is a fucking good deal. For them.
That number of 99% is probably way too high. They likely control far less than that. (For those lazy to click, the link claims that 42% of wealth is controlled by the top 1%)
Senator Bernie Sanders recently claimed (3:16) that between 1980 and 2005, 80 percent of all income has gone to the top 1 percent of wage earners.
This story reminds me of Howard Hughes' Glomar Explorer. The whole story is fascinating, but the gist of it is that in the 70's the CIA located and wanted to raise a Russian sub from a depth of more than 5000m (17,000 feet or so). They contracted Hughes through a CIA shell called Suma Corporation to build the Glomar Explorer and get the sub. The story sold to the public at the time was that Hughes was building the Glomar in order to mine the sea bed for the abundant minerals that were available there. Despite the CIA's best efforts to keep a lid on the story, the story was broken by the LA Times in February of 1975.
Haystack is currently in the beta testing stage, and we are in the process of working out the last kinks in the system. We are also in the process of taking care of a number of procedural hurdles that must be settled before the program is operational. We are aiming for a full release sometime this winter.
Yeah, and to free up waaaaay more time, we should try to get/. to start charging. I don't know what I'd do with all the extra hours. I'd be as productive as 10 men.
And yet, I don't watch TV, I prefer SMS to voice calls (both sending and receiving), and I use IM more often than email.
Then again, my motivation is different than the one claimed in TFA ("expecting immediate response"); for SMS, for example, it's quite the opposite - it doesn't require the person receiving them to pay immediate attention, but lets them respond at leisure. I appreciate when people are considerate of my time like that, and try to be considerate of theirs.
I think this is an important point. A phone call is inherently disruptive, and demands immediate attention from the person you are calling. In my opinion, an SMS is a much more polite way to communicate something less than urgent.
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That's about average:
Answer: 459 minutes per month.
I'll do the math for you, that's about 15 minutes a day.
Anecdotally, I use my mobile as my primary phone (ie. I almost never touch a landline) and average nearly an hour a day.
You may be right, given all that is going on. I'd like to point out, however, that under article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
"Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."
Source: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
(Offtopic: Thailand's MICT is doing something that is seriously breaking Slashdot at the moment.)
Also, news here in Japan is reporting he had a heart attack. Over-stressed indeed.
He was probably over-stressed after shooting a round of golf in only 18 strokes
I went to the website after reading about this to see if it was available for the Motorola Defy.
It seems like it's no longer available though.
Anyone have any insight?
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/motorola-defy
Best part of reading this story was watching the video and discovering that the iPlayer volume goes to 11.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=bbc+iplayer+volume+goes+to+11
I understand that it's currently popular to be seen to be engaged in charity, CSR and the like, but consider the benefits to society that Jobs has already provided just by pursuing a profit.
I don't need to be a fanboy to appreciate that Steve Jobs, by doing what he does extremely well, has provided employment for thousands of people and an improved standard of living for millions. I understand that it "looks good," to do charity, but is it really necessary so long as an individuals actions lead to a benefit to society?
This article speaks more of national service than charity, but I still believe it is a good read and we should all remember that in a free society, a person who participates in the market serves his or her countrymen in an immensely powerful way.
Please have a quick read, I think it's important to remember: http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2011/Seagrenservice.html
If you are familiar with American presidential politics, then you are aware of the outsized influence that Iowa* has on the outcome of elections. It's not any surprise that the famers there constantly get more attention than they would otherwise probably deserve. This manifests itself not only in HFCS but also in subsidies for ethanol.
*For those not familiar with American agriculture, Iowa is famous for growing corn.
I'm not sure where to find a list of treaties that the United States has failed to honor (did a quick search and nothing obvious popped up), but it seems to me that as time goes on the Americans are losing more and more credibility on the world stage. The start of the real decline seemed to happen with the latest invasion of Iraq and really accelerated through the term of G.W. Bush. This is my perspective as a non-American living outside of the United States, but do the majority of people inside the U.S. realize how much they've lost on the world stage over the past decade?
In a way the decline reminds me of the local police - 30 or 40 years ago the local police were your friend - someone you could go to and talk to and who would be willing to help you out. These days it seems like you're best off staying as far away from the police as possible.
Does anyone else see things in a similar way?
Why write articles when you can take your money and sell NFLX short, generating a fortune, if your prediction is true?
Because the market can stay irrational longer than he can stay solvent.
That's only about five times revenue, which isn't an absurd price to pay.
There's a really good chance that that will exclude you from being upgraded, which is a huge down side to your strategy.
Both girls were only very pissed off when they discovered each other and only then did they cry fowl.
They're not calling him a turkey, they're accusing him of rape.
The more "IPv6 aware" clients turn it off to avoid compatibility issues.
Interestingly, a google search for "how to turn on ipv6" has the first three results instructing me how to turn OFF IPv6, which seems to bolster your argument.
How many people buy a simlock free iPhone vs a subsidized one?
Living in Asia, I would hazard a guess that at least half of all iPhones sold worldwide are unsubsidized.
If anyone has specific information, I'd love to see it, but I literally know of no individual (outside of my North American friends) that has a subsidized phone of any sort.
Yet that top 1% control 99% of the capital. It looks like that 37% is a fucking good deal. For them.
That number of 99% is probably way too high. They likely control far less than that. (For those lazy to click, the link claims that 42% of wealth is controlled by the top 1%)
Senator Bernie Sanders recently claimed (3:16) that between 1980 and 2005, 80 percent of all income has gone to the top 1 percent of wage earners.
...and will lose both.
This story reminds me of Howard Hughes' Glomar Explorer.
The whole story is fascinating, but the gist of it is that in the 70's the CIA located and wanted to raise a Russian sub from a depth of more than 5000m (17,000 feet or so). They contracted Hughes through a CIA shell called Suma Corporation to build the Glomar Explorer and get the sub. The story sold to the public at the time was that Hughes was building the Glomar in order to mine the sea bed for the abundant minerals that were available there. Despite the CIA's best efforts to keep a lid on the story, the story was broken by the LA Times in February of 1975.
According to the FAQ:
Haystack is currently in the beta testing stage, and we are in the process of working out the last kinks in the system. We are also in the process of taking care of a number of procedural hurdles that must be settled before the program is operational. We are aiming for a full release sometime this winter.
You may find http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/news/file002.html interesting.
You are absolutely incorrect that they don't block dissent against the government in any way.
FYI - I just downloaded Opera Mini from the app store. Works great.
Watch your potassium levels though. Drinking a high volume of carbonated drink can have an adverse effect.
Yeah, and to free up waaaaay more time, we should try to get /. to start charging. I don't know what I'd do with all the extra hours.
I'd be as productive as 10 men.
And yet, I don't watch TV, I prefer SMS to voice calls (both sending and receiving), and I use IM more often than email.
Then again, my motivation is different than the one claimed in TFA ("expecting immediate response"); for SMS, for example, it's quite the opposite - it doesn't require the person receiving them to pay immediate attention, but lets them respond at leisure. I appreciate when people are considerate of my time like that, and try to be considerate of theirs.
I think this is an important point. A phone call is inherently disruptive, and demands immediate attention from the person you are calling. In my opinion, an SMS is a much more polite way to communicate something less than urgent.
My favorite blasphemous statement: "God is incredible."