To use a car analogy, it is similar to why we have sedans, SUV / minivans, and trucks.
Back in the '90s, the proverbial "killer app" to get everyone to buy a personal computer was The Internet. You needed your email and web surfing and the only way to do that was with a personal computer--despite some attempts to make it otherwise.
Which was great for companies that made personal computers. Because while you had competition, "a rising tide lifts all boats." Whether I buy a Dell, HP, Asus, or Toshiba, I'm still essentially buying the same thing. One might be "better" than the other, but these companies compete against each other for essentially the same thing.
The problem is that the tide is starting to go out. People aren't buying as many traditional personal computers. Phones are now personal computers--while it can only do about 50% of what a personal computer can do, it can do 100% of what most people want to do with their personal computer. The economies of scale that made the generic personal computer so successful are now threatened--the personal computer my Mom bought to surf the web is a 3 year-old version of the top-of-the-line computer that I bought to develop software when it first came out. But this time she bought a tablet--something different. The company that made that high-end computer can't move their costs down after a year or two for a wider audience because that market is fragmented.
In some ways, that means higher prices up front for the latest and greatest because they'll have a harder time selling last year's model. My Mom is no longer subsidizing my cheap hardware by buying the three year-old model of what I bought.
Back when World War I started, British troops did not have helmets. After a few artillery barrages, the British government bought helmets (from the French) and started producing their own helmets for troops. Soon, all the British troops had helmets.
And the number of head injuries increased!
Well, needless to say, people were quite concerned. What the hell is going on? We got them helmets to keep them safe and it's worse now than it was before!
But not really. See, the number of deaths went down. But the number of injuries increased. Because, let's face it, a 1 mm thick steel helmet when impacted by shrapnel traveling at hundreds of miles per hour is not going to leave the wearer none the worse. But they probably won't die from the encounter.
You're right--bike helmets won't protect against concussions. If you're riding your bike at, say, 20 MPH and you run into a car, you may end up with a concussion. But you will probably survive, which is kind of what we're aiming for here.
The Model X 75D has a range of 237 miles and has a starting price of $79,500. Prices were not announced on the EQC, though the rumor mill is putting it at around $55,000.
I work remotely. When I started a few years back, the company sent me a couple of Dell displays. Nothing too fancy, they do the job fine. No big deal. I was recently at the company offices (which they just recently redesigned) and they have brand new bezel-less Dell displays on the desks.
I really liked it when working with external displays. And I'd imagine I'd like it even more if my laptop were bezel-less to go along with those displays.
No, I don't think it makes any difference in a measurable way--it just looks better.
"In short, the evil overlord Morgoth -- called Melko here -- seeks to dominate the entire world, but the hidden elvish city of Gondolin remains out of his grasp."
See, here's the thing. I should be able to walk into a polling place and vote. And, after the election, the ballots will be audited to determine whether my vote is legitimate.
I'd rather throw out a million votes from illegal immigrants after the election than prevent someone's 90 year-old grandmother from voting because she, wisely, does not have a driver's license.
For example, here's someone who voted twice. Guess what? They caught her. Here's an article with a bunch of other examples. They caught these people.
Electors elect the President. They may vote as they wish. The people have no legal weight in electing the President as far as the federal government is concerned.
Not entirely accurate.
There are states who proclaim that electors must vote for the person that won the election--it's a law. So if the majority of people in the state voted for some ass-hat, the elector must cast his or her vote for said ass-hat, even though they know he or she is an ass-hat.
The second part is correct, though if nobody gets the required electoral votes, it goes to the House of Representatives, though each state coalition only gets one vote.
But you're right--the "popular vote" is of no interest to the federal government.
One could say that Twitter is a distributor. They have every right to decide what they want to distribute. An analogy here would be a film distributor. No, Disney's distribution company doesn't have to distribute your pornographic film in the interests of fairness. They can decide that they're not interested due to the content of the film.
Twitter can decide not to distribute your content for whatever reason they choose. You can find another distributor for your content.
Well, in their defense, the way the used to do it was to put a tap on a suspect's phone. According to Wikipedia, wiretapping has been around since the 1890s and was first used by the police in 1925.
So it's not like listening to telephone calls is this brand new thing.
Take Adobe Creative Cloud. I am not a graphic artist. I've never played one on television. But I've run across the occasional time that I need to do some stuff that I could do with Photoshop. Is it worth it for me to spend $120 for Photoshop? Nope. Is it worth it for me to spend $20 for a month's use? Maybe. It might be more worthwhile for me to spend $5 for a week.
That said, if I were a graphic artist, I'd probably spend a lot of my time using Photoshop. Paying $120 once would probably be better for me, economically, than paying $20 every month.
So I can see the idea of software rentals for specialized software. I'm not going to buy a carpet cleaner to wash my carpets twice a year.
Now, I'm not a lawyer, so I may be wrong. But, as I understand it, when you open your property the public, you give up certain rights.
Here in California, as I understand it, if I have a store open to the public, I can't ban solicitors. However, I can ban commercial solicitors--free speech rights do not include the right to sell somebody something.
So I can't stop the people collecting donations for whales. I can't stop people collecting donations for the families of martyrs. I can stop people from selling cookies or sneakers or random junk from their garage. I can also regulate where they are. No, you can't collect donations by the front door, but you can set up your table over in the corner.
Why do people still treat it like they are entitled to do as they wish with zero consequence? Would you walk into a police station with an NWA "Fuck the police" shit on and expect to be left alone?
I get your argument and somewhat agree with you, but I think your analogy is poor.
If I walk into a police station to pay a parking ticket, say, it should not matter what clothes I wear or what message is printed because it's a public space owned by the city and I have to go there to do something I'm legally required to do (or face worse punishment). And I expect the police to do their job.
That said, if I go to an officer's residence wearing that shirt, yeah, he has every right to tell me to leave.
We sure can. Just pay $9.99 a month (or, in this case, buy $9.99 worth of tokens).
Oh, wait, did you mean, "isn't there a way I can listen to all the music I want and pay absolutely nothing and not have to watch ads or worry about my information being harvested?"
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Honestly, I'm going to go out this weekend and replace my iPhone 5S with an iPhone SE and I should be good 'til 2020 or so.
If I want a big screen, I have an iPad mini. Why do I want to drag around a big screen when I don't need one?
I think he can do math. The problem is that most calculators won't tell you that 3 is less than 5.
But they make the coolest adapters!
To use a car analogy, it is similar to why we have sedans, SUV / minivans, and trucks.
Back in the '90s, the proverbial "killer app" to get everyone to buy a personal computer was The Internet. You needed your email and web surfing and the only way to do that was with a personal computer--despite some attempts to make it otherwise.
Which was great for companies that made personal computers. Because while you had competition, "a rising tide lifts all boats." Whether I buy a Dell, HP, Asus, or Toshiba, I'm still essentially buying the same thing. One might be "better" than the other, but these companies compete against each other for essentially the same thing.
The problem is that the tide is starting to go out. People aren't buying as many traditional personal computers. Phones are now personal computers--while it can only do about 50% of what a personal computer can do, it can do 100% of what most people want to do with their personal computer. The economies of scale that made the generic personal computer so successful are now threatened--the personal computer my Mom bought to surf the web is a 3 year-old version of the top-of-the-line computer that I bought to develop software when it first came out. But this time she bought a tablet--something different. The company that made that high-end computer can't move their costs down after a year or two for a wider audience because that market is fragmented.
In some ways, that means higher prices up front for the latest and greatest because they'll have a harder time selling last year's model. My Mom is no longer subsidizing my cheap hardware by buying the three year-old model of what I bought.
Helmets don't protect against concussions.
I recently ran across an interesting story...
Back when World War I started, British troops did not have helmets. After a few artillery barrages, the British government bought helmets (from the French) and started producing their own helmets for troops. Soon, all the British troops had helmets.
And the number of head injuries increased!
Well, needless to say, people were quite concerned. What the hell is going on? We got them helmets to keep them safe and it's worse now than it was before!
But not really. See, the number of deaths went down. But the number of injuries increased. Because, let's face it, a 1 mm thick steel helmet when impacted by shrapnel traveling at hundreds of miles per hour is not going to leave the wearer none the worse. But they probably won't die from the encounter.
You're right--bike helmets won't protect against concussions. If you're riding your bike at, say, 20 MPH and you run into a car, you may end up with a concussion. But you will probably survive, which is kind of what we're aiming for here.
Right behind carbon paper.
The Model X 75D has a range of 237 miles and has a starting price of $79,500. Prices were not announced on the EQC, though the rumor mill is putting it at around $55,000.
Well, that can depend.
I work remotely. When I started a few years back, the company sent me a couple of Dell displays. Nothing too fancy, they do the job fine. No big deal. I was recently at the company offices (which they just recently redesigned) and they have brand new bezel-less Dell displays on the desks.
I really liked it when working with external displays. And I'd imagine I'd like it even more if my laptop were bezel-less to go along with those displays.
No, I don't think it makes any difference in a measurable way--it just looks better.
"In short, the evil overlord Morgoth -- called Melko here -- seeks to dominate the entire world, but the hidden elvish city of Gondolin remains out of his grasp."
So, he stole it from Goscinny and Uderzo?
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There are few anti-nuke protests in India, and none in China.
Uh...I won't speak on India, but I think there may be other reasons why there are no anti-nuke protests in China.
No, it's not the same.
See, here's the thing. I should be able to walk into a polling place and vote. And, after the election, the ballots will be audited to determine whether my vote is legitimate.
I'd rather throw out a million votes from illegal immigrants after the election than prevent someone's 90 year-old grandmother from voting because she, wisely, does not have a driver's license.
For example, here's someone who voted twice. Guess what? They caught her. Here's an article with a bunch of other examples. They caught these people.
They enjoy the extra votes from illegal immigrants to much.
Yeah. The both of them.
Come on, man. This one isn't even difficult to rebut.
Electors elect the President. They may vote as they wish. The people have no legal weight in electing the President as far as the federal government is concerned.
Not entirely accurate.
There are states who proclaim that electors must vote for the person that won the election--it's a law. So if the majority of people in the state voted for some ass-hat, the elector must cast his or her vote for said ass-hat, even though they know he or she is an ass-hat.
The second part is correct, though if nobody gets the required electoral votes, it goes to the House of Representatives, though each state coalition only gets one vote.
But you're right--the "popular vote" is of no interest to the federal government.
One could say that Twitter is a distributor. They have every right to decide what they want to distribute. An analogy here would be a film distributor. No, Disney's distribution company doesn't have to distribute your pornographic film in the interests of fairness. They can decide that they're not interested due to the content of the film.
Twitter can decide not to distribute your content for whatever reason they choose. You can find another distributor for your content.
Well, in their defense, the way the used to do it was to put a tap on a suspect's phone. According to Wikipedia, wiretapping has been around since the 1890s and was first used by the police in 1925.
So it's not like listening to telephone calls is this brand new thing.
What is out there to stop them?
Unfortunately, every other vendor that wants to be single vendor of everything.
Maybe a USB music player [...]
Uh, I have one on my phone. Just give me a place to plug it and speakers to connect to and I'm set.
That's the beauty of it. Through a second process, we can take the Magnesite and convert it into petroleum products which we can use to run our cars!
It's win-win!
No, I'm suggesting the possibility of things like collusion exists.
So? Collusion is not a crime... :^D
Depends on what I'm doing.
Take Adobe Creative Cloud. I am not a graphic artist. I've never played one on television. But I've run across the occasional time that I need to do some stuff that I could do with Photoshop. Is it worth it for me to spend $120 for Photoshop? Nope. Is it worth it for me to spend $20 for a month's use? Maybe. It might be more worthwhile for me to spend $5 for a week.
That said, if I were a graphic artist, I'd probably spend a lot of my time using Photoshop. Paying $120 once would probably be better for me, economically, than paying $20 every month.
So I can see the idea of software rentals for specialized software. I'm not going to buy a carpet cleaner to wash my carpets twice a year.
But fruit flies like a banana.
Now, I'm not a lawyer, so I may be wrong. But, as I understand it, when you open your property the public, you give up certain rights.
Here in California, as I understand it, if I have a store open to the public, I can't ban solicitors. However, I can ban commercial solicitors--free speech rights do not include the right to sell somebody something.
So I can't stop the people collecting donations for whales. I can't stop people collecting donations for the families of martyrs. I can stop people from selling cookies or sneakers or random junk from their garage. I can also regulate where they are. No, you can't collect donations by the front door, but you can set up your table over in the corner.
Why do people still treat it like they are entitled to do as they wish with zero consequence? Would you walk into a police station with an NWA "Fuck the police" shit on and expect to be left alone?
I get your argument and somewhat agree with you, but I think your analogy is poor.
If I walk into a police station to pay a parking ticket, say, it should not matter what clothes I wear or what message is printed because it's a public space owned by the city and I have to go there to do something I'm legally required to do (or face worse punishment). And I expect the police to do their job.
That said, if I go to an officer's residence wearing that shirt, yeah, he has every right to tell me to leave.
We sure can. Just pay $9.99 a month (or, in this case, buy $9.99 worth of tokens).
Oh, wait, did you mean, "isn't there a way I can listen to all the music I want and pay absolutely nothing and not have to watch ads or worry about my information being harvested?"