I bought a touchpad. I didn't expect it to be as good as an ipad, even though I found it is amazing value for $99. I do understand that the $99 was a ridiculous price that won't exist again.
That being said - I can't get $400 worth of utility out of it. It just isn't worth it to me. It doesn't do $400 worth of useful.
So I might buy a $200 tablet, because I might get $200 worth of utility out of it. But I'm not willing to pay another $200 for "cool". I'd rather get a slightly slower touchpad/ideapad/etc than spend more money, even though I know the $400 one is faster. It just isn't worth $200 more for me.
Thats why a $200 ipad 1 equivalent has a large market, while a $500 ipad 2 equivalent just doesn't outside of those willing to pay apple to have the cutting edge tablet to watch their youtube videos on.
Except when they lose this one, they're going to be losing a whole lot. Apple has made bitter enemies of what was before simply competitors. It isn't people wanting to compete - companies know apple's existence is bad for them due to aggressive patent lawsuits, and apple has posed to set themselves up literally AGAINST the entire computing world.
I hope apple figures out their campaign of lawsuits over trivial copyrights has made them more enemies than it afforded any safety or defense against competition. It's unlikely, though.
that's your answer? they should be happy to have jobs?
I suppose if you wanted a race to the bottom, your position would make sense. For the vast majority of society, though, your position is that of an out of touch elitist idiot.
People like you are what's wrong with our society.
It is when you consider that Verizon has been making a lot more profit.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/verizon-profits-nearly-double-but-miss-wall-street-expectations/
they made four+ billions of dollars in PROFIT in a single quarter. They want to reduce employee benefits/wages at the same time.
These workers should strike - at this point the company has shown they don't give a shit about them, and that the only way they're going to keep the same benefits they have now is to show Verizon that it can be hurt worse by taking them away.
Henry ford said:
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
You see what's missing here?
most people trading futures in oil, gold, etc never take delivery of any product, never burn oil, and never cast gold into anything. Aside from driving up the price, and creating a lot of paperwork, they never deal in the actual commodities. Their papers are empty promises of buy and sell that are sold on mutual agreement that eventually SOMEONE will actually accept it.
and eventually, someone will.
The only reason I don't hang up right away on sales/survey calls is because deep down I don't like being rude, even to strangers.
The minute I hear a machine or recording I hang up, though.
For support, if I can't talk to a human that speaks the same language as I do within a reasonable time frame, I don't use the service. Replace humans at your peril.
I dunno. if you mine and sell them, and don't buy any, you're not losing anything.
A pair half decent video cards working 24 hours a day will net you ~2 bitcoins a day.
your understanding of the HUP is not correct.
It isn't that measuring the elephants disturbs them, it's that quantum elephants have trajectory and position, and the more you know of one the less you can possibly know about the other. When you measure one variable, the more exactly you measure it, the less you know about the second variable. It's not that the instrument disturbing the particle that creates uncertainty.
For a better explanation, involving dogs and rabbits, I recommend "How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog" by Chad Orzel. Even relatively simply put, there will be parts of the experiments discussed that most people will have to read more than once to at all get even a basic, dog-like understanding.
...no.
concrete is cement (generally portland cement) mixed with aggregate and often some other materials to control or alter various properties of the concrete or of its curing.
so you got it backwards, and he'd still be pissed.
It's more than that, though. I didn't move to buying stuff online until I felt there was a company/service that would be secure and have a relatively promising future (so that they didn't go under next year). The service I did choose, Steam, also mentions that should they close for whatever reason, they will release a way to play steam games without needing the steam service. This is unlike EA's system, where you need to be online to play at all - causing problems with the games who use those DRM schemes.
I have games on steam I bought almost 10 years ago that I can still download and play, and often still do play. That's the benefit of it. I've also backed up a complete installation with all the games I currently own to a spare hdd, in case something untoward happens. If I want to play in offline mode, I can.
Not so with the latest crop of 'always online' drm. that's sort of what this guy is saying. That being said, haven't pirate groups already cracked many of these types of games? I imagine in the future, when the servers are long gone, cracked exe files will be the only way to play the games.
...all you had to do to get it working again was to take a cotton swab with high purity rubbing alcohol and clean the contacts of the games and the system. Mine still works.
if the data was just to tell where I was, they wouldn't have to collect it. If they deleted the data on a regular basis I would think it less evil. But that's not what this is about. That's just a side effect. knowing where people go is enormously powerful.
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I bought a touchpad. I didn't expect it to be as good as an ipad, even though I found it is amazing value for $99. I do understand that the $99 was a ridiculous price that won't exist again. That being said - I can't get $400 worth of utility out of it. It just isn't worth it to me. It doesn't do $400 worth of useful. So I might buy a $200 tablet, because I might get $200 worth of utility out of it. But I'm not willing to pay another $200 for "cool". I'd rather get a slightly slower touchpad/ideapad/etc than spend more money, even though I know the $400 one is faster. It just isn't worth $200 more for me. Thats why a $200 ipad 1 equivalent has a large market, while a $500 ipad 2 equivalent just doesn't outside of those willing to pay apple to have the cutting edge tablet to watch their youtube videos on.
Except when they lose this one, they're going to be losing a whole lot. Apple has made bitter enemies of what was before simply competitors. It isn't people wanting to compete - companies know apple's existence is bad for them due to aggressive patent lawsuits, and apple has posed to set themselves up literally AGAINST the entire computing world.
-meant patents.
apple suing for design patents, and then getting sued back for fundamental cell tech patents is more like bringing a knife to a bear fight.
I hope apple figures out their campaign of lawsuits over trivial copyrights has made them more enemies than it afforded any safety or defense against competition. It's unlikely, though.
kill yourself.
that's your answer? they should be happy to have jobs? I suppose if you wanted a race to the bottom, your position would make sense. For the vast majority of society, though, your position is that of an out of touch elitist idiot. People like you are what's wrong with our society.
The non-union labor isn't benefiting either, so your questions is a false dilemma.
It is when you consider that Verizon has been making a lot more profit. http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/verizon-profits-nearly-double-but-miss-wall-street-expectations/ they made four+ billions of dollars in PROFIT in a single quarter. They want to reduce employee benefits/wages at the same time. These workers should strike - at this point the company has shown they don't give a shit about them, and that the only way they're going to keep the same benefits they have now is to show Verizon that it can be hurt worse by taking them away. Henry ford said: There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. You see what's missing here?
how many bookstores are in those rural areas? I'd bet you'd find better 3g coverage than you would bookstore coverage.
online book purchases DO NOT require broadband. That's the whole point of the kindle 3g. I own one, it works great.
As someone who designs structures, I have to tell you: That's a feature, not a bug.
no more secrets. at all. this time I mean it. now go back to putting your secrets on the internet, in plain text!
most people trading futures in oil, gold, etc never take delivery of any product, never burn oil, and never cast gold into anything. Aside from driving up the price, and creating a lot of paperwork, they never deal in the actual commodities. Their papers are empty promises of buy and sell that are sold on mutual agreement that eventually SOMEONE will actually accept it. and eventually, someone will.
http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om24550.html
The only reason I don't hang up right away on sales/survey calls is because deep down I don't like being rude, even to strangers. The minute I hear a machine or recording I hang up, though. For support, if I can't talk to a human that speaks the same language as I do within a reasonable time frame, I don't use the service. Replace humans at your peril.
who says the webcam light does come on? I'm pretty sure a commercially developed spyware application could find a way around it.
I dunno. if you mine and sell them, and don't buy any, you're not losing anything. A pair half decent video cards working 24 hours a day will net you ~2 bitcoins a day.
your understanding of the HUP is not correct. It isn't that measuring the elephants disturbs them, it's that quantum elephants have trajectory and position, and the more you know of one the less you can possibly know about the other. When you measure one variable, the more exactly you measure it, the less you know about the second variable. It's not that the instrument disturbing the particle that creates uncertainty. For a better explanation, involving dogs and rabbits, I recommend "How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog" by Chad Orzel. Even relatively simply put, there will be parts of the experiments discussed that most people will have to read more than once to at all get even a basic, dog-like understanding.
actually probably only until the heat death of the universe.
...no. concrete is cement (generally portland cement) mixed with aggregate and often some other materials to control or alter various properties of the concrete or of its curing. so you got it backwards, and he'd still be pissed.
It's more than that, though. I didn't move to buying stuff online until I felt there was a company/service that would be secure and have a relatively promising future (so that they didn't go under next year). The service I did choose, Steam, also mentions that should they close for whatever reason, they will release a way to play steam games without needing the steam service. This is unlike EA's system, where you need to be online to play at all - causing problems with the games who use those DRM schemes. I have games on steam I bought almost 10 years ago that I can still download and play, and often still do play. That's the benefit of it. I've also backed up a complete installation with all the games I currently own to a spare hdd, in case something untoward happens. If I want to play in offline mode, I can. Not so with the latest crop of 'always online' drm. that's sort of what this guy is saying. That being said, haven't pirate groups already cracked many of these types of games? I imagine in the future, when the servers are long gone, cracked exe files will be the only way to play the games.
...all you had to do to get it working again was to take a cotton swab with high purity rubbing alcohol and clean the contacts of the games and the system. Mine still works.
if the data was just to tell where I was, they wouldn't have to collect it. If they deleted the data on a regular basis I would think it less evil. But that's not what this is about. That's just a side effect. knowing where people go is enormously powerful.
...separate issue from google collecting location data all the time.