On the other hand, if someone told the Chinese that eagle feather is rare and difficult to obtain, the eagle would disappear quickly. See what a good job they're doing with the elephants - 50 years old elephants that weigh a ton or more get killed for 40 pounds of ivory that gets sold in Beijing; in 10 years elephants will be a thing of the past. If they could do that to eagles it would save those mining companies a lot of money. Win-win, except for the animals.
I'm looking for a good Linux machine. I haven't bought anything other than a MBP in over a decade. I don't mind the price, I just want a fast, reliable laptop.
If price is no problem: Upgrade to the iPad pro, you can get a blue tooth keyboard and the Linux app.
Does the Linux app come with SystemD as an in-app purchase?
like asking at what point something stops being hot and starts being cold
that's easy, above body temperature = hot, below body temperature = cold
So if someone sells you a tub of ice cream which is at 80F, you'll agree that it's cold because it's colder than body temperature? If not, at what degree exactly does a tub of ice cream becomes cold?
depends on what they mean by unlock. normally it means you can take it to any carrier otherwise its locked to its original. thats how i took their post. personally i only by unlocked.
Good point. I apologize for assuming the worst.
Someone stole my phone recently and I found it for sale with the mention "needs unlocking" on a classified ads website two days later, so I'm biased at the moment.
Good news! Once President Trump forces Apple to bring manufacturing back home, the quality will improve and you won't have cheap plastic shit breaking all the damn time. Apple is of its father, Satan, the devil, and, left to its own fiendish devices, its father's work it will do.
Bringing manufacturing back would not improve quality. There's no infrastructure in place for this kind of volume, and it takes years to build this kind of local expertise. By the time the plants are up & running, Apple will have a smaller market share than Blackberry.
This sounds like a pretty good situation, except, the merchant/manufacturer will probably build the cost of legal challenges into the price of refrigerators purchased by the next group of buyers.
That's not how pricing works. Fat margin companies (and Apple is one) always go for the highest possible price point past the profit line. They don't itemize reasons to add a dollar here or there, it's all based on market research, price sensitivity of their core market, and so forth. For instance Apple will never pass down a discount to their customers if they get a better deal on batteries or screens.
At the other end of the spectrum there's Walmart, where the price of products is expected to go down year after year. They also will not take into account issues such as the cost of litigation, they will go for the rock bottom price.
It's only a hardware defect in the way that they didn't design the circuit board to bend.
You wouldn't take the same stance if your Car's manufacturer refused to repair your car under warranty because YOU BENT IT, would you? (You should be answering "no" here.)
How do you explain that this only happens with the iPhone? Feel free to make up another irrelevant car analogy if you don't have an answer in you fanboi handbook.
Well, that's a typical lawyer response, meaning it's not a response at all.
That's because the law is not an exact science, it's usually a matter of opinion, just like accounting or union grievances. Even when "the law is clear" it's usually a gray area, especially torts. Trying to get a formal answer is like asking at what point something stops being hot and starts being cold.
You're no longer fooling me with your torrent of babble and bragging. Skate around it as much ss you want, but twice in this thread you've been caught lying, and now you've also been caught pretending to be someone else in other threads while waging your little vengeful campaign.
You're not merely the excentric techie people assume you are. You're a dishonest, scheming individual that just happens to have a hard time expressing himself succinctly and clearly. I'm disappointed, it's like finding out that the joyful greeter I see every week at the department store is a convicted sex offender.
Yes you did just that in another thread, pretending to be someone else and linking back to this thread. Unfortunately your unique way to express yourself betrayed you. Next time try to write full sentences and don't constantly refer to the titles of your posts if you want to conceal your identity. The fact that you're probably one of the only persons on Slashdot who frequently posts links to other comments also was an obvious tell.
Apple is already too far spread out into things and neglecting their core products.
They do neglect their core products but it's not because they're too spread out. They spend less money on R&D than companies that have a far smaller revenue, they don't release new products and they still haven't figured out how the cloud works.
Apple priorities are building a 5-billion dollar headquarter and finding ways to avoid paying taxes. Innovation, QA, ethics and common sense are way down on their list.
While I agree on the utility, for those of us that wear prescription glasses they would be useless unless you could get prescription versions. Since that would change the optics I doubt that will be an option.
You don't need prescription glasses when you wear Apple glasses. Just like people don't need the ability to hear what the other party is saying when they make a call with an iPhone, or just like people don't need to use wifi and usb at the same time on a Macbook. That's the beauty of Apple; as long as there's an Apple logo on it, there is no longer a need for something to serve a purpose or to provide value.
Of course this kind of business strategy led to Apple losing their dominant position in the market, but they don't need a lot of customers to make money since the same customers keep buying the same products over and over.
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they are good at killing the junk from china
On the other hand, if someone told the Chinese that eagle feather is rare and difficult to obtain, the eagle would disappear quickly. See what a good job they're doing with the elephants - 50 years old elephants that weigh a ton or more get killed for 40 pounds of ivory that gets sold in Beijing; in 10 years elephants will be a thing of the past. If they could do that to eagles it would save those mining companies a lot of money. Win-win, except for the animals.
Battery life is more important to me than ultra-high performance.
Suggestions?
Thinkpad X260. Battery lasts for 17 hours.
I'm looking for a good Linux machine. I haven't bought anything other than a MBP in over a decade. I don't mind the price, I just want a fast, reliable laptop.
If price is no problem: Upgrade to the iPad pro, you can get a blue tooth keyboard and the Linux app.
Does the Linux app come with SystemD as an in-app purchase?
It would have no bearing whatsoever on network throughput.
That's what we all assumed, then Windows Vista was invented.
like asking at what point something stops being hot and starts being cold
that's easy, above body temperature = hot, below body temperature = cold
So if someone sells you a tub of ice cream which is at 80F, you'll agree that it's cold because it's colder than body temperature? If not, at what degree exactly does a tub of ice cream becomes cold?
depends on what they mean by unlock. normally it means you can take it to any carrier otherwise its locked to its original. thats how i took their post. personally i only by unlocked.
Good point. I apologize for assuming the worst.
Someone stole my phone recently and I found it for sale with the mention "needs unlocking" on a classified ads website two days later, so I'm biased at the moment.
Even that is a matter of opinion. When you say "as shown in Buster V Keaton..." the other party can simply say "we don't think it applies".
Good news! Once President Trump forces Apple to bring manufacturing back home, the quality will improve and you won't have cheap plastic shit breaking all the damn time. Apple is of its father, Satan, the devil, and, left to its own fiendish devices, its father's work it will do.
Bringing manufacturing back would not improve quality. There's no infrastructure in place for this kind of volume, and it takes years to build this kind of local expertise. By the time the plants are up & running, Apple will have a smaller market share than Blackberry.
This sounds like a pretty good situation, except, the merchant/manufacturer will probably build the cost of legal challenges into the price of refrigerators purchased by the next group of buyers.
That's not how pricing works. Fat margin companies (and Apple is one) always go for the highest possible price point past the profit line. They don't itemize reasons to add a dollar here or there, it's all based on market research, price sensitivity of their core market, and so forth. For instance Apple will never pass down a discount to their customers if they get a better deal on batteries or screens.
At the other end of the spectrum there's Walmart, where the price of products is expected to go down year after year. They also will not take into account issues such as the cost of litigation, they will go for the rock bottom price.
It's only a hardware defect in the way that they didn't design the circuit board to bend.
You wouldn't take the same stance if your Car's manufacturer refused to repair your car under warranty because YOU BENT IT, would you? (You should be answering "no" here.)
How do you explain that this only happens with the iPhone? Feel free to make up another irrelevant car analogy if you don't have an answer in you fanboi handbook.
Well, that's a typical lawyer response, meaning it's not a response at all.
That's because the law is not an exact science, it's usually a matter of opinion, just like accounting or union grievances. Even when "the law is clear" it's usually a gray area, especially torts. Trying to get a formal answer is like asking at what point something stops being hot and starts being cold.
I had to pay additional $20 to some shady eBay shop to unlock it...
So you're one of those people who buy stolen phones? Obviously nobody ever stole yours or you'd have a different attitude toward this business model.
APK, you asked for forgiveness, and I forgive you.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/...
Maybe it's time to move on with your life.
So if you had to choose you'd prefer to be box-cutted than quietly hacked?
If a malicious actor has physical access to your PC, then this is the *least* of your worries.
True. I don't even want to think about what Russell Crowe would do if he had physical access to my computer.
Physical access, browser running, and it only work if you use cookies on sites that don't require SSL.
At that point it s probably best to invest that $5 in a box-cutter and force the user to give your their password.
You're no longer fooling me with your torrent of babble and bragging. Skate around it as much ss you want, but twice in this thread you've been caught lying, and now you've also been caught pretending to be someone else in other threads while waging your little vengeful campaign.
You're not merely the excentric techie people assume you are. You're a dishonest, scheming individual that just happens to have a hard time expressing himself succinctly and clearly. I'm disappointed, it's like finding out that the joyful greeter I see every week at the department store is a convicted sex offender.
those people don't have much disposable income
They don't, but they have credit cards. Same difference.
Less than $1 per page for hipster iPorn.
I think the real hipsters are past iStuff. Now it's all about ironic low-end Android, or even better Blackberry.
I don't take FAKE NAME ONLINE
Yes you did just that in another thread, pretending to be someone else and linking back to this thread. Unfortunately your unique way to express yourself betrayed you. Next time try to write full sentences and don't constantly refer to the titles of your posts if you want to conceal your identity. The fact that you're probably one of the only persons on Slashdot who frequently posts links to other comments also was an obvious tell.
maybe they'll go trendy with something like iWear.
iWearAppleGlasses would work.
Sounds like they haven't bought enough politicians. Shouldn't be a problem in California (or China). Too bad for the rest of the country.
Nobody can buy politicians. You can only rent them.
Apple is already too far spread out into things and neglecting their core products.
They do neglect their core products but it's not because they're too spread out. They spend less money on R&D than companies that have a far smaller revenue, they don't release new products and they still haven't figured out how the cloud works.
Apple priorities are building a 5-billion dollar headquarter and finding ways to avoid paying taxes. Innovation, QA, ethics and common sense are way down on their list.
Google glass
You mean "Google glass ceiling".
Women can't shine at Google, they have to leave to show that they're able to take a profitable company and drive it into the ground all by themselves.
While I agree on the utility, for those of us that wear prescription glasses they would be useless unless you could get prescription versions. Since that would change the optics I doubt that will be an option.
You don't need prescription glasses when you wear Apple glasses. Just like people don't need the ability to hear what the other party is saying when they make a call with an iPhone, or just like people don't need to use wifi and usb at the same time on a Macbook. That's the beauty of Apple; as long as there's an Apple logo on it, there is no longer a need for something to serve a purpose or to provide value.
Of course this kind of business strategy led to Apple losing their dominant position in the market, but they don't need a lot of customers to make money since the same customers keep buying the same products over and over.