Go to someone else, AT&T isn't the only choice. People survived just fine on (now) $10 dumbphones, worst case.
People are so fucking entitled. Sorry, there is no "right to use stupid facetime on your hip Apple product".
All that will happen if you win is they'll just jack up prices for everyone to cover it. At least now it's just a tax on stupid people who pay $100+ a month on their cell phones so they can get a "cheap" $199 iPhone.
What's amusing is people think MS couldn't do this before or it's some brilliant revolutionary idea. Microsoft has money, and they have Ph.Ds and they have ridiculously experienced software developers. If they choose not to implement something it's not because they're technically incompetent or unable to do it.
Lol, behind Linux? Right. Who gets better battery life? I shouldn't even argue, your desperate desire to "beat" Microsoft seems to be all you cling on to. More power to you, I guess.
Your misinformation is disturbing. First of all, Windows outlasts Linux on a laptop for most loads. Let's get that out of the way.
Second, Intel does _not_ say they will not release the same information on Haswell. I don't even know where you got that. I imagine you got it from the Clover Trail announcement, where they _also_ announced no such thing.
Those two facts and the fact that MS isn't worried about Linux put the remaining conspiracy theory to rest.
You are making ridiculous points. You can get a T-mobile prepaid plan with 5 gigs of 3G+/4G- data and 100 minutes of talk time for $30 a month, out the door. No FCC fees etc... For most nerds, this is plenty. For the cell phone blatherer, you can get Straight Talk unlimited talk/text and 2 gigs of data for $45. For $70 a month you can get T-Mobile prepaid with unlimited/5 gigs of data. Compare to $100+ for AT&T/Verizon plans that are similar.
So all plans are not the same, subsidized phone plans are a rip off unless you have a bunch of people on a shared plan. But for people buying 1/2 lines and on the 2-year treadmill, they are paying anywhere from $700-$1400 for their "$199" iPhone.
And yes, this applies to any subsidized phone, but especially the iPhone which would sell far less if people had to pay the $600-$700 for the phone outright then got much cheaper cell plans.
You're not supposed to post meaningful, insightful posts around here. You're supposed to pull back your neckbeard hair and rant about monopolies and conspiracy theories involving Microsoft. What's wrong with you?
Only, well, ARM doesn't have that tech and won't for years. Intel owns the low power future because it's mostly about manufacturing technology, and they have it.
Today is embarrassing for Apple. Seriously, this is what the Apple faithful get after all the hype of the last year? Sure seems familiar. Oh, yeah - I remember. It's what happened when they unleashed the 4S.
They really should have called it the iPhone 4S and called the current 4S the "4S classic". Do kind of a Coke/New Coke thing.
And EarPods? God today was a great day. So much shark jumping for Apple.
Only they are not sane restrictions. You seriously think that convoluted, corrupt system you have is the only way to prevent kidnappings? Lol, what a fucking joke.
Why would we care about some obscure issue with Turkish immigrants? Instead of a convoluted solution, how about just let it work itself out and address the other issues, like how visas are issued and tracked?
You could make the same arguments about almost any aspect of our economy. Oooh, too much demand here, too much supply there - let's centrally plan everything. I know some people want to actually do that but there is a word for those people: Morons.
That's my point. You can not test the theory that photons (or other particles) don't assume a given state until they are measured. Because this theory can't be tested by any kind of measurement, it is not science. It's philosophy. A wrong one at that.
Entanglement is just like having two billiard balls in the middle of the table next to each other. You hit the cue ball right in the middle - one spins left, one spins right. Ooooh, magic!!! The only difference is it's more then just simple spin and you can't predict which will spin one way and which the other.
By definition it can't be tested experimentally. You don't know until you measure, and the only way to know is therefore to measure. So it's not science as it can't be tested.
It's the old "if a tree falls in the forest and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound" question in another form. I would assert they do have a spin, now disprove this assertion.
But good. Google will need to play the game to beat Apple. This is of course an obvious patent combining many existing technologies, it isn't a new idea, but who cares - fuck Apple.
I don't know why you think MS's competitors would go to the trouble of _buying_ bad reviews for Windows 8. I mean, you're not just making stuff up out of your asshole, I know that much, so there must be some other explanation for the bought reviews!
Lol. Wow, you mean _Apple_ claims that one product isn't violating their patents as evidence that another product _is_? Amusingly, you probably don't see the logical fail in such an argument.
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Go to someone else, AT&T isn't the only choice. People survived just fine on (now) $10 dumbphones, worst case.
People are so fucking entitled. Sorry, there is no "right to use stupid facetime on your hip Apple product".
All that will happen if you win is they'll just jack up prices for everyone to cover it. At least now it's just a tax on stupid people who pay $100+ a month on their cell phones so they can get a "cheap" $199 iPhone.
What's amusing is people think MS couldn't do this before or it's some brilliant revolutionary idea. Microsoft has money, and they have Ph.Ds and they have ridiculously experienced software developers. If they choose not to implement something it's not because they're technically incompetent or unable to do it.
Indeed, if you run console mode SSH sessions to other hosts and that's all you do Linux totally _pwns_ Windows in battery life. Real work? Yeah...no.
Lol, behind Linux? Right. Who gets better battery life? I shouldn't even argue, your desperate desire to "beat" Microsoft seems to be all you cling on to. More power to you, I guess.
Your misinformation is disturbing. First of all, Windows outlasts Linux on a laptop for most loads. Let's get that out of the way.
Second, Intel does _not_ say they will not release the same information on Haswell. I don't even know where you got that. I imagine you got it from the Clover Trail announcement, where they _also_ announced no such thing.
Those two facts and the fact that MS isn't worried about Linux put the remaining conspiracy theory to rest.
You are making ridiculous points. You can get a T-mobile prepaid plan with 5 gigs of 3G+/4G- data and 100 minutes of talk time for $30 a month, out the door. No FCC fees etc... For most nerds, this is plenty. For the cell phone blatherer, you can get Straight Talk unlimited talk/text and 2 gigs of data for $45. For $70 a month you can get T-Mobile prepaid with unlimited/5 gigs of data. Compare to $100+ for AT&T/Verizon plans that are similar.
So all plans are not the same, subsidized phone plans are a rip off unless you have a bunch of people on a shared plan. But for people buying 1/2 lines and on the 2-year treadmill, they are paying anywhere from $700-$1400 for their "$199" iPhone.
And yes, this applies to any subsidized phone, but especially the iPhone which would sell far less if people had to pay the $600-$700 for the phone outright then got much cheaper cell plans.
You're not supposed to post meaningful, insightful posts around here. You're supposed to pull back your neckbeard hair and rant about monopolies and conspiracy theories involving Microsoft. What's wrong with you?
I immediately dismiss anyone who says the phrase "convicted monopolist" as a complete and utter dumbass. You sound like a stupid asshole, frankly.
Lolwut? Fine for what? What in God's name are you even talking about?
You seem to like that word, "bigot". I'm bigoted against idiocy, hence bigoted against all religious beliefs involving mysticism. I'm pretty cool.
Oh bullshit. TSMC and GloGo are at least 2 years behind, and closer to 3 or 4. Don't let their useless half nodes fool you.
Only, well, ARM doesn't have that tech and won't for years. Intel owns the low power future because it's mostly about manufacturing technology, and they have it.
2G is fine for remote firmware updates unless you need _instant_ remote firmware updates or your firmware is 2 gigs of data.
Today is embarrassing for Apple. Seriously, this is what the Apple faithful get after all the hype of the last year? Sure seems familiar. Oh, yeah - I remember. It's what happened when they unleashed the 4S.
They really should have called it the iPhone 4S and called the current 4S the "4S classic". Do kind of a Coke/New Coke thing.
And EarPods? God today was a great day. So much shark jumping for Apple.
Experiments show no such thing, _interpretations_ of experiments do. There are always loopholes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopholes_in_Bell_test_experiments
Only they are not sane restrictions. You seriously think that convoluted, corrupt system you have is the only way to prevent kidnappings? Lol, what a fucking joke.
Why would we care about some obscure issue with Turkish immigrants? Instead of a convoluted solution, how about just let it work itself out and address the other issues, like how visas are issued and tracked?
You could make the same arguments about almost any aspect of our economy. Oooh, too much demand here, too much supply there - let's centrally plan everything. I know some people want to actually do that but there is a word for those people: Morons.
That's my point. You can not test the theory that photons (or other particles) don't assume a given state until they are measured. Because this theory can't be tested by any kind of measurement, it is not science. It's philosophy. A wrong one at that.
Entanglement is just like having two billiard balls in the middle of the table next to each other. You hit the cue ball right in the middle - one spins left, one spins right. Ooooh, magic!!! The only difference is it's more then just simple spin and you can't predict which will spin one way and which the other.
By definition it can't be tested experimentally. You don't know until you measure, and the only way to know is therefore to measure. So it's not science as it can't be tested.
It's the old "if a tree falls in the forest and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound" question in another form. I would assert they do have a spin, now disprove this assertion.
But good. Google will need to play the game to beat Apple. This is of course an obvious patent combining many existing technologies, it isn't a new idea, but who cares - fuck Apple.
Why would it make Microsoft suffer, they provided the best desktop OS available. You are begging the question.
Sigh. No no no. Your nomenclature is all fucked up.
There is the iPod. There is the iPod 3G (iphone), the iPod XL (iPad). This would probably best be termed the iPod L. Just large, not extra large.
I'm going to have to defer to the AC below - not all of us are hipsters wearing skin tight jeans that taper to a point at the ankle.
I don't know why you think MS's competitors would go to the trouble of _buying_ bad reviews for Windows 8. I mean, you're not just making stuff up out of your asshole, I know that much, so there must be some other explanation for the bought reviews!
Lol. Wow, you mean _Apple_ claims that one product isn't violating their patents as evidence that another product _is_? Amusingly, you probably don't see the logical fail in such an argument.