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Apple, while on the decline now
While I predict this to come to pass sooner than later, it isn't true just yet. Apple was just ranked the world's most valuable brand, and recently broke sales records with the iPhone 5S and 5C.
And before you know it, the crib is waist high with Mountain Dew 2-liters and mostly empty pizza boxes. But it's got a kick-ass computer wired into 2 different circuit breakers.
(Heh... I wish I were joking. That was my roommate, and the extension cables were the heavy-duty kind and were still almost too hot to touch.)
The whole point of public trading is to trade for trade's sake.
Don't take this as a criticism of your words; no, take it as a criticism of the concept of public trading. Real private investment in a company for the long term keeps the investor engaged and reduces the expectation that high margins must be made every quarter. Many of the best products are the result of draining the bank in R&D, reaping the rewards years later.
But trading at such a fine-grained level as public stocks (both in quantity and time) is so removed from the company that its relationship to real profitability is practically nonexistent, replaced with the appearance of immediate profit to the detriment of long-term success.
Nevertheless, public trading is just great if you're a stock trader. Your job is to suckle at the teat of a company while it's delivering the good milk, and then move on to the next when the milk begins to turn sour.
Maemo could easily have been adapted to run android apps as well and the capability was even commercially available before Elop took over. An android track at Nokia could have had a decent chance competing with Samsung. Having an OS that there are actually people who want would have put Nokia at least in a better position.
Why go with Maemo when they could have just used Android itself? It would have been much faster to market.
Also, if Maemo ran Android apps, then nobody would have developed natively for Maemo. They would have developed for Android and their apps would have been available to a much larger market.
Nokia went with Windows Phone because Android is an extremely competitive market and Nokia wanted to stand apart. Laugh at the marketshare of Windows Phone all you want, but Nokia sells more Windows Phones than most manufacturers individually sell in Android phones.
Um, no. They all get the same basic level of training so that in theory they could rise up to whatever occasion. But there is certainly specialized training in different areas. Some are detectives, some enforce traffic, some specialize in undercover stings, some are SWAT, etc.
Not being able to touch your Navigation for a couple seconds if its mounted to your windshield because its a 'phone' and not a separate $100+ device (that requires yearly subscriptions) is absolutely ridiculous, though.
Again, your beef is with the lawmaker, not the law enforcer.
"Let's have Programs and Apps kinda be the same, but different."
Actually that wasn't Microsoft. The terms "program" and "application" have been used almost interchangeably for many years, with the former used more in the 80s-90s and the latter having come into broader use in the last decade or so. "Program Manager" was the launcher for early versions of Windows.
"Web application" became the preferred usage over "web program", and then (particularly when the iPhone was introduced) the term "app" was used exclusively to describe mobile software. Windows, like Android, uses "app" in the same way.
Yes it's called a "Bar of Soap" and it's what happens when you buy a $600 toy with $600 and someone tells you they need $30 a month for as long as you stay with the company.
I'll readily admit that I don't know everything. But, the theory that our universe could simply be a very large, complex computer simulation has been around for a while and scientists have come up with ways to potentially test various aspects of it.
If the universe is a simulation, I suppose what we call God would be the creator. So to answer your question:
How does that supernatural entity explain anything? Where did *it* come from?
That's an interesting question, but one that is irrelevant. God would exist before and after our universe, outside of what we call time and space, yet could still be created and also create everything that we could possibly know.
They all feel like easily-breakable plastic and the button at the bottom feels like it could break off. These are just a few reasons I chose a Motorola Razr HD over a Galaxy Note 2.
If Samsung could make a solid-feeling phone, I might change my mind. I've got to admit that TouchWiz is looking better these days than in the past.
Agreed. As someone who enjoys the fact that Microsoft is innovating and I can see a possible future of really useful devices, Ubuntu has actually come out with a strategy to get us much closer today.
But unfortunately it's Ubuntu, which means we'll probably be celebrating their reaching 2% tablet marketshare in 2018.
Let's say WinRT apps eventually dominate Windows in general, say a few years from now. Let's also say that Intel never matches the combination of power usage, size, heat, and cost of ARM for the same capability.
Windows RT devices will not become legacy if this comes true. Wintel will become the legacy, and Windows RT the successor.
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Apple, while on the decline now
While I predict this to come to pass sooner than later, it isn't true just yet. Apple was just ranked the world's most valuable brand, and recently broke sales records with the iPhone 5S and 5C.
Good for you. I'll now go back to watching Dr. Who via Netflix, on my Xbox 360, on my big TV screen. Oh and get off my lawn.
Yes, I did misunderstand. "Cheers" was sarcastic, I now assume... I thought the OP was saying that he got a newer phone that somewhat made it better.
a brand new phone of the same configuration
Are you saying that you now have a newer model (e.g. you went from iPhone 4S to 5 or 5S or 5C)? That makes a difference?
http://gigaom.com/2013/09/27/is-ios-7-making-you-seasick-heres-how-to-turn-off-the-parallax-effect/
And before you know it, the crib is waist high with Mountain Dew 2-liters and mostly empty pizza boxes. But it's got a kick-ass computer wired into 2 different circuit breakers.
(Heh... I wish I were joking. That was my roommate, and the extension cables were the heavy-duty kind and were still almost too hot to touch.)
Why did you purchase the stock, to make money quick or to invest in a company?
If it's the former, my way is that you wouldn't have made the purchase in the first place. Investment means taking the bad with the good.
to put a disincentive to trading for trade's sake
The whole point of public trading is to trade for trade's sake.
Don't take this as a criticism of your words; no, take it as a criticism of the concept of public trading. Real private investment in a company for the long term keeps the investor engaged and reduces the expectation that high margins must be made every quarter. Many of the best products are the result of draining the bank in R&D, reaping the rewards years later.
But trading at such a fine-grained level as public stocks (both in quantity and time) is so removed from the company that its relationship to real profitability is practically nonexistent, replaced with the appearance of immediate profit to the detriment of long-term success.
Nevertheless, public trading is just great if you're a stock trader. Your job is to suckle at the teat of a company while it's delivering the good milk, and then move on to the next when the milk begins to turn sour.
Maemo could easily have been adapted to run android apps as well and the capability was even commercially available before Elop took over. An android track at Nokia could have had a decent chance competing with Samsung. Having an OS that there are actually people who want would have put Nokia at least in a better position.
Why go with Maemo when they could have just used Android itself? It would have been much faster to market.
Also, if Maemo ran Android apps, then nobody would have developed natively for Maemo. They would have developed for Android and their apps would have been available to a much larger market.
Nokia went with Windows Phone because Android is an extremely competitive market and Nokia wanted to stand apart. Laugh at the marketshare of Windows Phone all you want, but Nokia sells more Windows Phones than most manufacturers individually sell in Android phones.
Um, no. They all get the same basic level of training so that in theory they could rise up to whatever occasion. But there is certainly specialized training in different areas. Some are detectives, some enforce traffic, some specialize in undercover stings, some are SWAT, etc.
Not being able to touch your Navigation for a couple seconds if its mounted to your windshield because its a 'phone' and not a separate $100+ device (that requires yearly subscriptions) is absolutely ridiculous, though.
Again, your beef is with the lawmaker, not the law enforcer.
I wonder why they don't have an Android compatibility layer on it, just to get the apps. Something like Bluestacks does on the Mac and PC.
Because it is a PC. Download Bluestacks.
"Let's have Programs and Apps kinda be the same, but different."
Actually that wasn't Microsoft. The terms "program" and "application" have been used almost interchangeably for many years, with the former used more in the 80s-90s and the latter having come into broader use in the last decade or so. "Program Manager" was the launcher for early versions of Windows.
"Web application" became the preferred usage over "web program", and then (particularly when the iPhone was introduced) the term "app" was used exclusively to describe mobile software. Windows, like Android, uses "app" in the same way.
Microsoft does, it's called SmartGlass, an app that already exists for Windows 8. It has new features coming out when the Xbox One is released.
As for pushing video, Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 and the Xbox One will support Miracast, a Wi-Fi Direct beaming standard.
This is one of the most trivial articles I've ever seen on Slashdot.
You must not come to Slashdot very often.
The thing is, robots probably won't ever replace bartenders. Human interaction is one of the main reasons people go to bars.
What this robot will replace is fast food workers. McDonald's employees (in my area at least) already pass for robots.
I'm going to try this in Kerbal Space Program. If it works, I'll let NASA know.
Yes it's called a "Bar of Soap" and it's what happens when you buy a $600 toy with $600 and someone tells you they need $30 a month for as long as you stay with the company.
One good fix deserves another, and another...
I'll readily admit that I don't know everything. But, the theory that our universe could simply be a very large, complex computer simulation has been around for a while and scientists have come up with ways to potentially test various aspects of it.
If the universe is a simulation, I suppose what we call God would be the creator. So to answer your question:
How does that supernatural entity explain anything? Where did *it* come from?
That's an interesting question, but one that is irrelevant. God would exist before and after our universe, outside of what we call time and space, yet could still be created and also create everything that we could possibly know.
They all feel like easily-breakable plastic and the button at the bottom feels like it could break off. These are just a few reasons I chose a Motorola Razr HD over a Galaxy Note 2.
If Samsung could make a solid-feeling phone, I might change my mind. I've got to admit that TouchWiz is looking better these days than in the past.
You need humans to legislate what is best for humans.
But, I think computerized systems could eventually help in the area of finding discrepancies and ambiguities in the law. And then, in judging the law.
Agreed. As someone who enjoys the fact that Microsoft is innovating and I can see a possible future of really useful devices, Ubuntu has actually come out with a strategy to get us much closer today.
But unfortunately it's Ubuntu, which means we'll probably be celebrating their reaching 2% tablet marketshare in 2018.
What if I'm schizophrenic?
What if I'm schizophrenic?
Let's say WinRT apps eventually dominate Windows in general, say a few years from now. Let's also say that Intel never matches the combination of power usage, size, heat, and cost of ARM for the same capability.
Windows RT devices will not become legacy if this comes true. Wintel will become the legacy, and Windows RT the successor.
I think Windows RT is just ahead of its time.
My old roommate had some of the biggest moobs I've ever seen. Then he shaved his chest. I swear I had never seen such an uncanny valley before.