Not only are you scum, but the original owner is likely just going to buy another iPad to replace the stolen one, thus giving Apple more money. Congrats on your failure as a human being.
Perhaps not, but Sony and Nintendo are both losing money right now as well. Console gaming is in a curious position at this point.
Still, I would say that building the brand is incredibly important, and that if they had allowed Sony to dominate the living room, it could have opened the door for significant inroads against the PC in the home.
I stopped reading partway through - it read like a hit piece. Let's go ahead and ignore the success of Windows 7, XBOX 360, Office, SharePoint, Lync, etc just to make an outrageous claim in order to sell magazines. Is the internal culture of Microsoft bad? Maybe..but they're still churning out good software, and with the exception of a one-time write-down from a failed acquisition, they are still one of the most consistently profitable companies in the world. Like all large companies, they have had product failures, but if you're going to ignore the wins, why bother even writing the article?
Taking that a step further, replicators in every home, with raw materials recycled from trash/waste automatically, and occasional deliveries of new raw materials as needed. Why bother with the overhead of a store?
I've always hated the argument that English is not the most widely spoken language because of "native" speakers. It is the most common second language that is learned throughout the world. And honestly, is the idea of having a single language that can be understood across the world so bad?
I'm all for translating documentation into a native language for more people to learn, but the programming language itself needs to be consistent across all uses. Otherwise, it's not the same programming language--just a copy cat with similar structure and syntax, but not very easily followed by someone who knows the original.
Actually if I recall correctly, the number of people who are taking plea bargains has increased significantly, meaning that trial by jury is not nearly as common for criminal cases as it should be. No doubt many of those who take the plea bargain are innocent, but believe the odds are stacked against them when it comes to a trial and would rather take a shorter sentence over risking a much longer one if they are convicted.
I suspect that DNA evidence is a big reason for that behavior, since it's popularly believed to be irrefutable proof of guilt. If it turns out that it's not so perfect, more folks might start exercising their constitutional right to a fair trial.
For moving people around, this is a useless concept. But why not use it for cargo? That significantly reduces the risk and complexity of the "train" itself. If you could move a few thousand freight containers from a Pacific port to an Atlantic port in a couple of hours, that would surely provide significant economic returns, and potentially open up much cheaper and faster ChinaEurope shipping lanes.
Hard to say if any of that would be enough to make the upfront costs worth it, mainly since I don't see an estimate of what those actual costs would be. I wouldn't be surprised if it were well more than $1 trillion though.
"The Pluto team is intrigued that such a small planet can have such a complex collection of satellites."
They call it a planet. Is this a case of NASA getting confused again, ala English/Metric, or is this a subtle acknowledgement that calling it a planet makes more sense than not calling it one?
That is a pretty arbitrary way of measuring company size. GM and Toyota are neck and neck for the #1 spot in terms of most cars sold. Yeah, from a purely financial standpoint GM is not doing as well as the others on that list, but they are climbing out of bankruptcy and turning solid profits. So I'm really not sure why anyone should care about this Forbes list.
Wow. Really? Theft is very easy to put a value on. It's a phone worth a few hundred dollars, or a car worth a few thousand/tens of thousands, etc. We're not talking about rape/murder/violence being quantified into a dollar amount here - those are crimes worth going after without regard to cost, and the bulk of society agrees on that.
What we are talking about, however, is wasting huge amounts of money to recover something that isn't worth it, and that is not even standard operating procedure. Do we spend $1000 in overtime (plus the normal usage/regular time of ten cops) every time a phone gets stolen? Hell no! That's the issue here - one kid gets special treatment over a low-value theft. If the crime rate in that town was zero except for this one incident, then by all means spend the time and money to pursue it if the taxpayers will allow it.
Yes, because corporate roads make so much sense. It'd end up like with ISPs - "You can drive 100mph if you like, but only for five miles every month. And there are no exits from this road that don't require you to spend $500 extra."
This is actually something I recently had installed in my house as well once I discovered the low cost of it relative to multiple high-quality surge protectors. $50 + labor (actually had an electrician friend do this for free) beats the heck out of expensive surge protectors for each outlet. It came with a $25k equipment protection guarantee as well, so between that and the standard surge protectors I've been using on critical electronics, I'm not overly worried. Sure, if lightning directly hits the house, something is bound to get fried, but that's true of even the most expensive protection you can buy.
Sorry, but that isn't enough. We need candidates who will actually make this an issue, and actually command enough public interest to bypass the media's refusal acknowledge anyone who isn't mainstream (see: total lack of coverage of Ron Paul).
I can't keep track of all these lawsuits anymore. I just keep picturing an image of the globe with thousands of missile tracks as the world's tech companies try to obliterate each other with patents.
They did that with the first-gen XBOX because, quite frankly, the market share it held was tiny. Most devs were eager to jump to 360, and Microsoft was more than willing to help make that happen. The 360, however, has a significant market share, and if the story on the 360 Lite is accurate, this will encourage continued development of 360 titles for awhile.
Sorry, but you're thinking with a level head here--that's now how these decisions get made. DHS does not exist to solve a problem via positive improvements. It exists to solve a problem via control, invasive action, and denial of freedom. That's much easier to do than to be inclusive, pro-active, and innovative. Unfortunately, it's also not nearly as effective, either. In the long run, it's a losing battle. DHS/TSA function the same way as the RIAA/MPAA - fighting the battle in the wrong way, wasting money and time on controls that are far too easily defeated by cheaper, simpler methods. They will continue to do this until the cost either becomes unbearable (which, given the already insane money being spent, is unlikely), or until the public stops putting up with it and engages in civil disobedience.
DRM is the problem. I have HDCP supporting monitors, HDCP support HDMI cables, HDCP supporting hardware, and yet there are still HDCP handshake issues with purchased media. So tell me, why shouldn't I pirate the content? If the pirated content works perfectly every time, but the legal, purchased content does not, on top of taking more time/effort to acquire because of limited download options, why would I spend the money?
Sorry, but slaves also "want" to be enslaved and work their asses off when presented with the alternative of being dead. Choosing between two really horrible things does not automatically mean the one they chose is what they really want.
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And not one of those things is relevant to gaining widespread desktop adoption.
Not only are you scum, but the original owner is likely just going to buy another iPad to replace the stolen one, thus giving Apple more money. Congrats on your failure as a human being.
Perhaps not, but Sony and Nintendo are both losing money right now as well. Console gaming is in a curious position at this point.
Still, I would say that building the brand is incredibly important, and that if they had allowed Sony to dominate the living room, it could have opened the door for significant inroads against the PC in the home.
I stopped reading partway through - it read like a hit piece. Let's go ahead and ignore the success of Windows 7, XBOX 360, Office, SharePoint, Lync, etc just to make an outrageous claim in order to sell magazines. Is the internal culture of Microsoft bad? Maybe..but they're still churning out good software, and with the exception of a one-time write-down from a failed acquisition, they are still one of the most consistently profitable companies in the world. Like all large companies, they have had product failures, but if you're going to ignore the wins, why bother even writing the article?
It wouldn't put an end to these arguments. Facts are irrelevant to this "debate".
True, but you have to prove that they said something in order to have that matter. Just because it's illegal doesn't mean that it won't happen.
Taking that a step further, replicators in every home, with raw materials recycled from trash/waste automatically, and occasional deliveries of new raw materials as needed. Why bother with the overhead of a store?
I've always hated the argument that English is not the most widely spoken language because of "native" speakers. It is the most common second language that is learned throughout the world. And honestly, is the idea of having a single language that can be understood across the world so bad?
I'm all for translating documentation into a native language for more people to learn, but the programming language itself needs to be consistent across all uses. Otherwise, it's not the same programming language--just a copy cat with similar structure and syntax, but not very easily followed by someone who knows the original.
Ahh, you should file a patent on that - the corporate insanity defense. It can get a company out of all sorts of legal troubles!
Actually if I recall correctly, the number of people who are taking plea bargains has increased significantly, meaning that trial by jury is not nearly as common for criminal cases as it should be. No doubt many of those who take the plea bargain are innocent, but believe the odds are stacked against them when it comes to a trial and would rather take a shorter sentence over risking a much longer one if they are convicted.
I suspect that DNA evidence is a big reason for that behavior, since it's popularly believed to be irrefutable proof of guilt. If it turns out that it's not so perfect, more folks might start exercising their constitutional right to a fair trial.
Hacking Sony isn't exactly impressive, or new. I don't think there is anything left of Sony that hasn't been hacked already.
On the other hand, Google and Microsoft have sufficient security that any significant hack would be quite legendary. Dunno (or care) about Apple.
For moving people around, this is a useless concept. But why not use it for cargo? That significantly reduces the risk and complexity of the "train" itself. If you could move a few thousand freight containers from a Pacific port to an Atlantic port in a couple of hours, that would surely provide significant economic returns, and potentially open up much cheaper and faster ChinaEurope shipping lanes.
Hard to say if any of that would be enough to make the upfront costs worth it, mainly since I don't see an estimate of what those actual costs would be. I wouldn't be surprised if it were well more than $1 trillion though.
"The Pluto team is intrigued that such a small planet can have such a complex collection of satellites."
They call it a planet. Is this a case of NASA getting confused again, ala English/Metric, or is this a subtle acknowledgement that calling it a planet makes more sense than not calling it one?
That is a pretty arbitrary way of measuring company size. GM and Toyota are neck and neck for the #1 spot in terms of most cars sold. Yeah, from a purely financial standpoint GM is not doing as well as the others on that list, but they are climbing out of bankruptcy and turning solid profits. So I'm really not sure why anyone should care about this Forbes list.
The non-use of nuclear weapons is a temporary solution to the problem. The use of nuclear weapons is a permanent solution.
Yeah, a couple of years. Not decades. By government standards, taking action now is actually pre-emptive!
Wow. Really? Theft is very easy to put a value on. It's a phone worth a few hundred dollars, or a car worth a few thousand/tens of thousands, etc. We're not talking about rape/murder/violence being quantified into a dollar amount here - those are crimes worth going after without regard to cost, and the bulk of society agrees on that.
What we are talking about, however, is wasting huge amounts of money to recover something that isn't worth it, and that is not even standard operating procedure. Do we spend $1000 in overtime (plus the normal usage/regular time of ten cops) every time a phone gets stolen? Hell no! That's the issue here - one kid gets special treatment over a low-value theft. If the crime rate in that town was zero except for this one incident, then by all means spend the time and money to pursue it if the taxpayers will allow it.
Yes, because corporate roads make so much sense. It'd end up like with ISPs - "You can drive 100mph if you like, but only for five miles every month. And there are no exits from this road that don't require you to spend $500 extra."
This is actually something I recently had installed in my house as well once I discovered the low cost of it relative to multiple high-quality surge protectors. $50 + labor (actually had an electrician friend do this for free) beats the heck out of expensive surge protectors for each outlet. It came with a $25k equipment protection guarantee as well, so between that and the standard surge protectors I've been using on critical electronics, I'm not overly worried. Sure, if lightning directly hits the house, something is bound to get fried, but that's true of even the most expensive protection you can buy.
Sorry, but that isn't enough. We need candidates who will actually make this an issue, and actually command enough public interest to bypass the media's refusal acknowledge anyone who isn't mainstream (see: total lack of coverage of Ron Paul).
I can't keep track of all these lawsuits anymore. I just keep picturing an image of the globe with thousands of missile tracks as the world's tech companies try to obliterate each other with patents.
They did that with the first-gen XBOX because, quite frankly, the market share it held was tiny. Most devs were eager to jump to 360, and Microsoft was more than willing to help make that happen. The 360, however, has a significant market share, and if the story on the 360 Lite is accurate, this will encourage continued development of 360 titles for awhile.
Sorry, but you're thinking with a level head here--that's now how these decisions get made. DHS does not exist to solve a problem via positive improvements. It exists to solve a problem via control, invasive action, and denial of freedom. That's much easier to do than to be inclusive, pro-active, and innovative. Unfortunately, it's also not nearly as effective, either. In the long run, it's a losing battle. DHS/TSA function the same way as the RIAA/MPAA - fighting the battle in the wrong way, wasting money and time on controls that are far too easily defeated by cheaper, simpler methods. They will continue to do this until the cost either becomes unbearable (which, given the already insane money being spent, is unlikely), or until the public stops putting up with it and engages in civil disobedience.
DRM is the problem. I have HDCP supporting monitors, HDCP support HDMI cables, HDCP supporting hardware, and yet there are still HDCP handshake issues with purchased media. So tell me, why shouldn't I pirate the content? If the pirated content works perfectly every time, but the legal, purchased content does not, on top of taking more time/effort to acquire because of limited download options, why would I spend the money?
Sorry, but slaves also "want" to be enslaved and work their asses off when presented with the alternative of being dead. Choosing between two really horrible things does not automatically mean the one they chose is what they really want.