From a technology standpoint, it would be tricky. A lot of what was cool in 1987-1988 is commonplace today. It'd be more like "5 minutes into the future" rather than the aforementioned 20.
That said, the stories were generally pretty good and would be a bit more topical today than they were back in the late 80s...
In their defense, at least in-regards-to Apple TV, it's only with the latest version of Apple TV that they actually can provide Amazon Prime Video without having to beg Apple.
Many dealers sell used cars of whatever make or model.
A local Nissan Dealer has 51 used Nissans, 5 Fords, 3 Volkswagens, 3 Toyotas, 3 Kias, 3 Jeeps, 2 Chevys, 2 Dodges, a BMW, a Honda, a Hyundai, and an Acura.
Some will just sell what people trade in and some will go to the auctions.
I have an iPhone without the Apple music upgrade. When I ask Siri "What is the most popular song in the US today?", it says "Let's check out the iTunes store" and launches iTunes. So it wouldn't give you that information before the Apple Music upgrade, it would just launch iTunes.
Actually, my favorite Siri-fail is with sunrise and sunset times. Ask Siri what time sunset will be on December 22nd and Siri will reply, "I don't know when Sunset will be on December 22nd, 2015, but today it will be at 6:00PM" and will show you a weather forecast On the other hand, say, "Wolfram Alpha sunset on December 22nd" and Siri will send the request off to Wolfram-Alpha and show you the info.
Similarly, ask Siri, "when will the next sunrise be?" and it will reply, "Sunrise was at 7:00AM today." Not even a, "I can't give you the right information, but here's what I know..."
Now, Siri gets the sunrise/sunset times as part of the weather feed. But, sunrise/sunset isn't weather--it's something that you can actually calculate based on your latitude and longitude! So Siri could calculate it, knowing your latitude and longitude! Or it could go ask Wolfram-Alpha and read the result--they do have an agreement with them after all.
Science knows this would happen. Ever since we started unlocking the secrets of chaotic systems this has been well understood.
I KNEW IT! It's the damn scientists fault!
See--the AGW people are right! It's not that the scientists are making money off their climate studies, it's that they screwed up and created this mess by studying it! See? It's like that whole Schrodinger's Cat thing! Everything was fine until they started studying this stuff and now look at the mess we're in. They're just trying to cover their asses!
I have nothing against responsible gun owners [...]
I don't think anybody does. The problem is, we all make mistakes, no matter how much training we've had.
"Responsible Gun Owners" are wonderful people. But who are these people? How do we tell them from the bozos? The answer is that everyone who owns a gun is a "responsible gun owner" right up until the time that they're not. Of course, when that happens, that usually means someone has gotten injured or killed. Oops! Sorry!
While I agree, there are a few exceptions to the rule.
Currently, finding appropriate racks for a rental car is hit-or-miss. So if you live somewhere like Southern California and want to rent a car with ski racks, it can be tough to pull off. It's tough to rent something that will pull a trailer and they'll get really grumpy with you if you consider going off-road.
So, you're cool with someone deliberately putting a fake bomb on a bench in a shopping mall, no legal consequences?
Depends on who decided it was a bomb and who decided it was a fake bomb.
If I'm a jerk who makes a "fake bomb" (i.e., something that might look like a bomb to an uninformed person) for the express purpose of making people think it was a bomb, yeah, I certainly deserve the legal consequences of my act. However, if I happen to leave my backpack sitting under the bench and someone sees it and thinks it might be a bomb and calls the bomb squad and they examine it, discover it's not a bomb, and find my address inside the backpack, I'd appreciate it if they returned it to me. I shouldn't face legal consequences.
In short, I'm not responsible for your misinterpretations.
So, "how that can even be legal" is that Apple are not a monopoly as far as smartphones are concerned, nor are they leveraging their non-monopoly position in one area to promote their business in another.
True, but remember that there are other people who will decide what "the market" is.
Way back when, Microsoft claimed they did not have a monopoly in the personal computer market because of Apple. They grabbed all of the Apple statistics to show this. Of course, the government said, "Yes, that's very nice. But you do have a monopoly on Intel-based personal computers."
Oh, and by the way, iTunes could easily be considered a monopoly (Apple loves to crow about it's market share) and it could be argued that Apple is under-cutting it's competition in the streaming music market.
If the hydrogen can be sourced from natural gas, instead of from the electrolysis of water, the airfare tickets of a hypersonic trip could drop to about half the price of a business-class ticket.
Based on current projections the ticket price will be about three times more expensive on average than current business-class subsonic tickets.
Yes, these two sentences followed each other. There was no editing.
So the cost could be about half as much, but they'll charge three times as much because they can. I suppose I can't blame them--if I was in Brussels, I'd probably pay three times the going rate to get to Sydney.
* Most of the software it runs is not touch friendly
And there's the rub.
"It has to run Windows! I have tons of software that only runs on Windows and it has to run on this new-fangled tablet thing." "It doesn't really support the latest/greatest version of Windows."
One advantage that Apple has in this realm is that while they may not have the bulk of business software running on the iPad, what they do have works with touch and takes advantage of these things.
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From a technology standpoint, it would be tricky. A lot of what was cool in 1987-1988 is commonplace today. It'd be more like "5 minutes into the future" rather than the aforementioned 20.
That said, the stories were generally pretty good and would be a bit more topical today than they were back in the late 80s...
Same engine, but different controller software perhaps?
In their defense, at least in-regards-to Apple TV, it's only with the latest version of Apple TV that they actually can provide Amazon Prime Video without having to beg Apple.
Many dealers sell used cars of whatever make or model.
A local Nissan Dealer has 51 used Nissans, 5 Fords, 3 Volkswagens, 3 Toyotas, 3 Kias, 3 Jeeps, 2 Chevys, 2 Dodges, a BMW, a Honda, a Hyundai, and an Acura.
Some will just sell what people trade in and some will go to the auctions.
I have an iPhone without the Apple music upgrade. When I ask Siri "What is the most popular song in the US today?", it says "Let's check out the iTunes store" and launches iTunes. So it wouldn't give you that information before the Apple Music upgrade, it would just launch iTunes.
Actually, my favorite Siri-fail is with sunrise and sunset times. Ask Siri what time sunset will be on December 22nd and Siri will reply, "I don't know when Sunset will be on December 22nd, 2015, but today it will be at 6:00PM" and will show you a weather forecast On the other hand, say, "Wolfram Alpha sunset on December 22nd" and Siri will send the request off to Wolfram-Alpha and show you the info.
Similarly, ask Siri, "when will the next sunrise be?" and it will reply, "Sunrise was at 7:00AM today." Not even a, "I can't give you the right information, but here's what I know..."
Now, Siri gets the sunrise/sunset times as part of the weather feed. But, sunrise/sunset isn't weather--it's something that you can actually calculate based on your latitude and longitude! So Siri could calculate it, knowing your latitude and longitude! Or it could go ask Wolfram-Alpha and read the result--they do have an agreement with them after all.
[The blimp] was last seen drifting at 16,000 ft over Pennsylvania. [...] It was trailing approximately 6,700 feet of cable.
So, no, it's not hitting the ground.
Since flour and sugar pretty much coincide with civilization in general [...]
Don't forget power and women.
Science knows this would happen. Ever since we started unlocking the secrets of chaotic systems this has been well understood.
I KNEW IT! It's the damn scientists fault!
See--the AGW people are right! It's not that the scientists are making money off their climate studies, it's that they screwed up and created this mess by studying it! See? It's like that whole Schrodinger's Cat thing! Everything was fine until they started studying this stuff and now look at the mess we're in. They're just trying to cover their asses!
Get the pitchforks out! Let's get 'em!
[...] sismicity [...]
SimCity? So you get Giant Lizards and Meteor Showers, too?
It's "Seismicity."
(Sorry to be pedantic, I just thought it was funny when I first read it as "SimCity.")
Nah. Fee Waybill is still alive. He can do it...
When I read the "Puts Players Inside of Virtual Reality PSP Games," it made me think of Virtual Virtual Skeeball.
I have nothing against responsible gun owners [...]
I don't think anybody does. The problem is, we all make mistakes, no matter how much training we've had.
"Responsible Gun Owners" are wonderful people. But who are these people? How do we tell them from the bozos? The answer is that everyone who owns a gun is a "responsible gun owner" right up until the time that they're not. Of course, when that happens, that usually means someone has gotten injured or killed. Oops! Sorry!
Well, you're starting to see it in junior high/high schools.
Perhaps this video will help.
Lose it.
The next question is, how difficult is it to get unrestricted access to a police car? How about an entire police force's patrol cars?
I think the G class is sharp and crossover style SUVs look kind of silly.
Agreed. I like a car that I looks just as good picking up the kids at school as it does invading Poland.
In fact, in some cities, very few people do.
But I'd also imagine those people don't need cars to get to work.
My G goes to 11.
While I agree, there are a few exceptions to the rule.
Currently, finding appropriate racks for a rental car is hit-or-miss. So if you live somewhere like Southern California and want to rent a car with ski racks, it can be tough to pull off. It's tough to rent something that will pull a trailer and they'll get really grumpy with you if you consider going off-road.
So, you're cool with someone deliberately putting a fake bomb on a bench in a shopping mall, no legal consequences?
Depends on who decided it was a bomb and who decided it was a fake bomb.
If I'm a jerk who makes a "fake bomb" (i.e., something that might look like a bomb to an uninformed person) for the express purpose of making people think it was a bomb, yeah, I certainly deserve the legal consequences of my act. However, if I happen to leave my backpack sitting under the bench and someone sees it and thinks it might be a bomb and calls the bomb squad and they examine it, discover it's not a bomb, and find my address inside the backpack, I'd appreciate it if they returned it to me. I shouldn't face legal consequences.
In short, I'm not responsible for your misinterpretations.
So, "how that can even be legal" is that Apple are not a monopoly as far as smartphones are concerned, nor are they leveraging their non-monopoly position in one area to promote their business in another.
True, but remember that there are other people who will decide what "the market" is.
Way back when, Microsoft claimed they did not have a monopoly in the personal computer market because of Apple. They grabbed all of the Apple statistics to show this. Of course, the government said, "Yes, that's very nice. But you do have a monopoly on Intel-based personal computers."
Oh, and by the way, iTunes could easily be considered a monopoly (Apple loves to crow about it's market share) and it could be argued that Apple is under-cutting it's competition in the streaming music market.
If the hydrogen can be sourced from natural gas, instead of from the electrolysis of water, the airfare tickets of a hypersonic trip could drop to about half the price of a business-class ticket.
Based on current projections the ticket price will be about three times more expensive on average than current business-class subsonic tickets.
Yes, these two sentences followed each other. There was no editing.
So the cost could be about half as much, but they'll charge three times as much because they can. I suppose I can't blame them--if I was in Brussels, I'd probably pay three times the going rate to get to Sydney.
* Most of the software it runs is not touch friendly
And there's the rub.
"It has to run Windows! I have tons of software that only runs on Windows and it has to run on this new-fangled tablet thing."
"It doesn't really support the latest/greatest version of Windows."
One advantage that Apple has in this realm is that while they may not have the bulk of business software running on the iPad, what they do have works with touch and takes advantage of these things.
Why? Where's the money in it--at least before 2023?