Ween OPEC countries off the US dollar as a trading currency [...]
Actually, as an aside, that's one of those things that can easily put you on the US list of "evil" countries.
Iraq accepting euros instead of dollars? They're evil and we must invade! Iran accepting euros instead of dollars? They're evil and we must have sanctions! Venezuela accepting euros or yuan (or trade) instead of dollars? They must be stopped!
Meanwhile, if you trade your oil in dollars, you can pretty much do whatever the heck you want.
Actually, the question comes down to "what did you buy?"
Disney feels that what they sold was the movie. You have two ways of watching it--disk or download. But the movie remains the same and that's what you paid for.
Redbox feels that what they bought was the disk & the download code. They stick the disk in their kiosks and resell the download code because they don't need it and it defrays the cost of buying the disk through retail.
Disney would be fine if they resold the disk and the download code. But reselling the download code and keeping the disk is akin to making a copy.
The Judge, it appears, basically says, "Your contract doesn't say that, so you lose."
Nothing Mac OS developers didn't go through during the PPC -> Intel transition twelve years ago. [...] How would you even get an x86 emulator to pick and choose when to kick in?
Actually, Apple dealt with this years ago during the 68K/PPC transition. Yes, you could load 68K code into a running PPC application and have it emulate it (mostly because nobody wanted to touch the File Manager which was hand-optimized 68K assembler, as I understand it).
Though the answer to the question was you told it what the code was pointing at (i.e., 68K or PPC).
I know IBM used to put R&D sites somewhat near big cities but not in big cities. They were very generous with things like home loans and the like because once you bought a house and put down roots in East Butfuque, AR you were less likely to want to quit and go elsewhere.
So they were far enough away that you couldn't quit and commute to the big city where there were lots of jobs but they were close enough that you could actually go to the big city without it being a huge endeavor.
A co-worker put down a deposit on a Model 3 and was informed that he should have it early in 2019 (it was pushed back from mid-2018). So while deposits are liabilities, as in it isn't necessarily your money to spend, if you take all those deposits and put them somewhere, you can do pretty well with the interest.
Well the problem is that Tesla is no longer making them. They're on to their own next generation (the original "Tesla Roadster" was a Lotus Elise body with Tesla guts). Personally, I don't like the new one and wouldn't spend the money for it.
My roommate used to work as a truck driver in the mid-2000s. They payed her to go to school to learn how to drive a truck. Doesn't sound like they had a surplus of people...
Agreed. Home is for home. Home is not for work. When I've worked from home, I've found that after awhile I have no home--only work. Hours start to get weird, etc.
Unfortunately, the company I work for is 3000 miles away.
My solution is to rent an office. It's a whopping four mile commute--I can drive, bike, walk, or ride the bus, depending on my mood and what's going on that day.
Somewhat off-topic, but I like to joke about how "I know how women feel" when I'm on a video conference. Because when I talk to them, I find them staring at my chest.
No, not really. They're looking at the image of me on their screen. That image happens to be a few inches below the camera. So they're looking a few inches below my face.
One thing I've been debating doing is using the TV on the other side of my office as a fourth screen exclusively for video conferencing. Go buy a camera with a slight zoom capability and mount it on top of the TV. Adjust the camera so it is pointing to where I'd sit at the desk and zoom it in slightly to show just me (and not the rest of the room). This way I can look at the TV and see who's talking and my eyes will at least be focused in the general direction of the person talking rather than a few inches below them.
I've heard from plenty of people about how they drive 200 miles a day or they drive 500 miles on the weekends and there's just no way in hell they can use an EV. And for those people, I say, "Fine. Don't use one." I'm okay with it.
The thing is, there are plenty of people who can live quite happily with an EV. One could even argue that these people are in the majority. Which creates an interesting scenario.
Let's imagine that, say, 60% of all cars on the road become EVs. What happens to gasoline prices? There's less demand, so if I were Exxon, I'd create less gasoline. That may affect certain economies of scale--why should I have a refinery here producing 60% less gasoline when I can shut it down and have the refinery over there pick up the slack? Of course, that means there's a higher transportation cost of the gasoline which will show up at the pump. So you might be paying more for gasoline...
As soon as you allow that, you've **eliminated** the black market for those drugs, with one single swoop of the pen.
Exactly! I mean, these people have been criminals and kept most of their ill-gotten gains. But now that it's legal, they'll be happy to pay the government taxes and...
Personally, I'm one of those people who like the iPhone 5/SE form factor. I like the ability to use my phone with one hand and have it fit conveniently in a pocket. I have an iPad mini for when I need a "big screen."
That said, about the only thing I'd like to see them do with the SE is use the iPhone X's full screen. While, as I said, I'm more than happy with the screen on my iPhone 5S, I like the idea of taking the SE's small size but having the whole thing be the screen.
Of course, they would obviously have to rename it to be the "iPhone SE X".
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Ween OPEC countries off the US dollar as a trading currency [...]
Actually, as an aside, that's one of those things that can easily put you on the US list of "evil" countries.
Iraq accepting euros instead of dollars? They're evil and we must invade!
Iran accepting euros instead of dollars? They're evil and we must have sanctions!
Venezuela accepting euros or yuan (or trade) instead of dollars? They must be stopped!
Meanwhile, if you trade your oil in dollars, you can pretty much do whatever the heck you want.
Actually, the question comes down to "what did you buy?"
Disney feels that what they sold was the movie. You have two ways of watching it--disk or download. But the movie remains the same and that's what you paid for.
Redbox feels that what they bought was the disk & the download code. They stick the disk in their kiosks and resell the download code because they don't need it and it defrays the cost of buying the disk through retail.
Disney would be fine if they resold the disk and the download code. But reselling the download code and keeping the disk is akin to making a copy.
The Judge, it appears, basically says, "Your contract doesn't say that, so you lose."
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
Nothing Mac OS developers didn't go through during the PPC -> Intel transition twelve years ago. [...] How would you even get an x86 emulator to pick and choose when to kick in?
Actually, Apple dealt with this years ago during the 68K/PPC transition. Yes, you could load 68K code into a running PPC application and have it emulate it (mostly because nobody wanted to touch the File Manager which was hand-optimized 68K assembler, as I understand it).
Though the answer to the question was you told it what the code was pointing at (i.e., 68K or PPC).
Agreed! I mean, who needs clean water!?
That's actually an amusing aside.
I know IBM used to put R&D sites somewhat near big cities but not in big cities. They were very generous with things like home loans and the like because once you bought a house and put down roots in East Butfuque, AR you were less likely to want to quit and go elsewhere.
So they were far enough away that you couldn't quit and commute to the big city where there were lots of jobs but they were close enough that you could actually go to the big city without it being a huge endeavor.
Depends on how you do it.
A co-worker put down a deposit on a Model 3 and was informed that he should have it early in 2019 (it was pushed back from mid-2018). So while deposits are liabilities, as in it isn't necessarily your money to spend, if you take all those deposits and put them somewhere, you can do pretty well with the interest.
Cars and rockets have basically nothing to do with each other.
I wouldn't say that...
And, of course, the obligatory movie clip...
I have root on any Mac/Windows/Linux system.
Unless you turn off System Integrity Protection on your Mac, though, you're still blocked from accessing certain things...
I was just watching the Live View of Starman and, in the background, was playing Don Felder's "Heavy Metal".
Very amusing...
Well the problem is that Tesla is no longer making them. They're on to their own next generation (the original "Tesla Roadster" was a Lotus Elise body with Tesla guts). Personally, I don't like the new one and wouldn't spend the money for it.
And, yes, I've been looking at the "used" market.
I was thinking that they should get a mannequin, put it in a space suit, and stick it behind the wheel...
By the way, for all of you kids, here's the reference.
I'm not seeing a problem here.
The only problem I have with it is I would love to have that car. I mean, hell, launch an old broken-down chevy but not something nice like that...
Granted, Elon'll get one of the new roadsters when they come out...
You mean, like a voice call? Like somebody punched in my phone number?
How quaint!
I'd also like to see the long term safety impact of wearing the glasses before being an adopter.
Yeah...I got that laser surgery for my eyes. Who knew that 20 years later, your eyeballs fall out?
My roommate used to work as a truck driver in the mid-2000s. They payed her to go to school to learn how to drive a truck. Doesn't sound like they had a surplus of people...
Agreed. Home is for home. Home is not for work. When I've worked from home, I've found that after awhile I have no home--only work. Hours start to get weird, etc.
Unfortunately, the company I work for is 3000 miles away.
My solution is to rent an office. It's a whopping four mile commute--I can drive, bike, walk, or ride the bus, depending on my mood and what's going on that day.
Somewhat off-topic, but I like to joke about how "I know how women feel" when I'm on a video conference. Because when I talk to them, I find them staring at my chest.
No, not really. They're looking at the image of me on their screen. That image happens to be a few inches below the camera. So they're looking a few inches below my face.
One thing I've been debating doing is using the TV on the other side of my office as a fourth screen exclusively for video conferencing. Go buy a camera with a slight zoom capability and mount it on top of the TV. Adjust the camera so it is pointing to where I'd sit at the desk and zoom it in slightly to show just me (and not the rest of the room). This way I can look at the TV and see who's talking and my eyes will at least be focused in the general direction of the person talking rather than a few inches below them.
I'm sure they will be batteried into submission.
Yeah, not my best work.
Exactly.
I've heard from plenty of people about how they drive 200 miles a day or they drive 500 miles on the weekends and there's just no way in hell they can use an EV. And for those people, I say, "Fine. Don't use one." I'm okay with it.
The thing is, there are plenty of people who can live quite happily with an EV. One could even argue that these people are in the majority. Which creates an interesting scenario.
Let's imagine that, say, 60% of all cars on the road become EVs. What happens to gasoline prices? There's less demand, so if I were Exxon, I'd create less gasoline. That may affect certain economies of scale--why should I have a refinery here producing 60% less gasoline when I can shut it down and have the refinery over there pick up the slack? Of course, that means there's a higher transportation cost of the gasoline which will show up at the pump. So you might be paying more for gasoline...
As soon as you allow that, you've **eliminated** the black market for those drugs, with one single swoop of the pen.
Exactly! I mean, these people have been criminals and kept most of their ill-gotten gains. But now that it's legal, they'll be happy to pay the government taxes and...
Wait. What was that last part?
I mean, it's not like people don't smuggle cigarettes.
Personally, I'm one of those people who like the iPhone 5/SE form factor. I like the ability to use my phone with one hand and have it fit conveniently in a pocket. I have an iPad mini for when I need a "big screen."
That said, about the only thing I'd like to see them do with the SE is use the iPhone X's full screen. While, as I said, I'm more than happy with the screen on my iPhone 5S, I like the idea of taking the SE's small size but having the whole thing be the screen.
Of course, they would obviously have to rename it to be the "iPhone SE X".
(rimshot)
They're behaving the way we do. It's not fair!
I dunno. Have you seen the people who drink Bud? :^D
Guess what the best selling beer in the world is? Budweiser.
Obviously, it's the best beer, then.