Compared to pretty much all other global corporations, they're saints. There is nothing wrong with complying with the law in these countries. You don't personally agree with the laws, but that's irrelevant. If you were brought up in a Muslim culture you'd be saying Google are evil for leaving the videos viewable in other countries.
Secondly they open source products when they have to, but most of their products are sealed closed source projects.
Like that has anything to do with anything. I already know you don't believe the shit you spew in your little trolls. I just wish you'd have a heart attack already so that we can get on with grown up conversations.
It won't be the Atom that is doing the HD decoding. Tablets and smartphones can play 1080p video and GTA fine. Flash works fine on my tablets too, but I prefer to avoid it even on the desktop.
I have no idea why you are saying that x86 tablets will "actually be enjoyable to use", have you ever used a decent Android tablet? It sounds a bit hypocritical after asking if I have used Atom devices. I have an Aom netbook, but not a modern one.
I'm not saying that Intel should head this route, I'm just saying that I'm happy with the mobile ARM devices that we already have. They are superior to x86 in every way that matters for a mobile device.
Except multi-core ARM is plenty fast enough for phones, tablets and other low power applications right now. Power draw is still a much more important factor there too. There's no way in hell I want an x86 based tablet anytime soon when ARM/Tegra devices can drive full HD screens smoothly and give me 11 hours of battery life.
If you make good use of the commute time then it's not a waste. I used to read on the bus to and from work, it was quite nice actually. Once I got home I'd be straight online, watching a show, playing a game, etc...
Wtf kind of "career path" would you be offering to thousands of poorly educated factory workers, exactly? I have no idea what the work environment is like, but I think the wages would have to be pretty crazy to top a life insurance payout, and I don't really see why it's the employer's responsibility to start paying everyone better. There should be a government set minimum wage like in other countries (and there probably is), then it's up to the employer whether to beat that or not. I'm pretty sure FoxConn were already paying higher wages than other similar workplaces from what I've read in these articles before.. it's bullshit to be ragging on them so much just because they're more visible.
Come on, this is the same company which wanted to address the high number of suicides by hanging nets around buildings until the PR disaster struck.
What were they supposed to do? People were committing suicide to get the insurance money for their families. I suppose they could have just stopped paying out if the cause of death was suicide (and I thought they did actually?) Plus putting up nets is nicer than cleaning up the mess.
And yet other people are saying that the company was sold for basically 100 times it value in the IPO. So how do you figure that his worth has crashed since then?
I meant selling books that we'd written ourselves, not selling on books that we've already read. If eBooks were sold at reasonable prices then the "used" market would be redundant anyway.
"Book retailers" in the post I was replying to was intended to mean brick-and-mortar book stores, and I was using it in that context. Of course sites like Amazon and other eBook sellers are still worthwhile in today's world.
I don't want to pay more either. I haven't even bought the latest DiscWorld novel because it's still at full book prices. When eBooks come down to around 5 GBP or below then I consider them reasonable purchases.
No, common sense says that a device with these specs would cost more without the ads. It also says who gives a crap if there are ads on the lockscreen, as long as they aren't there while you're actually using the damn thing.
Geeks are generally smart enough to stay away from it.
It's nothing to do with being smart or not, it's about whether you care about your so called "privacy". A lot of geeks seem to be paranoid, and it's those ones that stay away from FB, not the "smart" ones. I don't give a shit about targetted ads. Especially since I have them blocked anyway.
Quantum teleportation does not violate special relativity. He didn't "presume" any more than that. You're trying to be a smartarse, but in a not very smart way..
I've never had any stability issues with Android. With individual applications, yes. Like the other poster who replied to you, I find the Facebook app is one of the worst offenders.
What exactly have you been looking for? Are there Windows 8 versions of all of this? Oh wait, your account is brand new, you're obviously a shill. An actual "Android Power User" wouldn't care one jot about Windows Phone.. it's irrelevant really.
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Compared to pretty much all other global corporations, they're saints. There is nothing wrong with complying with the law in these countries. You don't personally agree with the laws, but that's irrelevant. If you were brought up in a Muslim culture you'd be saying Google are evil for leaving the videos viewable in other countries.
Secondly they open source products when they have to, but most of their products are sealed closed source projects.
Like that has anything to do with anything. I already know you don't believe the shit you spew in your little trolls. I just wish you'd have a heart attack already so that we can get on with grown up conversations.
It won't be the Atom that is doing the HD decoding. Tablets and smartphones can play 1080p video and GTA fine. Flash works fine on my tablets too, but I prefer to avoid it even on the desktop.
I have no idea why you are saying that x86 tablets will "actually be enjoyable to use", have you ever used a decent Android tablet? It sounds a bit hypocritical after asking if I have used Atom devices. I have an Aom netbook, but not a modern one.
I liked Xen :)
I'm not saying that Intel should head this route, I'm just saying that I'm happy with the mobile ARM devices that we already have. They are superior to x86 in every way that matters for a mobile device.
Except multi-core ARM is plenty fast enough for phones, tablets and other low power applications right now. Power draw is still a much more important factor there too. There's no way in hell I want an x86 based tablet anytime soon when ARM/Tegra devices can drive full HD screens smoothly and give me 11 hours of battery life.
Oops, thought you were replying to a different comment. I hope this batch of retarded isn't contagious.
Unfortunately no.. newly registered poster is retarded.
"lol"
If you make good use of the commute time then it's not a waste. I used to read on the bus to and from work, it was quite nice actually. Once I got home I'd be straight online, watching a show, playing a game, etc...
Wtf kind of "career path" would you be offering to thousands of poorly educated factory workers, exactly? I have no idea what the work environment is like, but I think the wages would have to be pretty crazy to top a life insurance payout, and I don't really see why it's the employer's responsibility to start paying everyone better. There should be a government set minimum wage like in other countries (and there probably is), then it's up to the employer whether to beat that or not. I'm pretty sure FoxConn were already paying higher wages than other similar workplaces from what I've read in these articles before.. it's bullshit to be ragging on them so much just because they're more visible.
Come on, this is the same company which wanted to address the high number of suicides by hanging nets around buildings until the PR disaster struck.
What were they supposed to do? People were committing suicide to get the insurance money for their families. I suppose they could have just stopped paying out if the cause of death was suicide (and I thought they did actually?) Plus putting up nets is nicer than cleaning up the mess.
And yet other people are saying that the company was sold for basically 100 times it value in the IPO. So how do you figure that his worth has crashed since then?
Huh, why? Didn't it make him, you know, rather rich?
Um.. it's called an analogy.. and it's quite apt.
I meant selling books that we'd written ourselves, not selling on books that we've already read. If eBooks were sold at reasonable prices then the "used" market would be redundant anyway.
"Book retailers" in the post I was replying to was intended to mean brick-and-mortar book stores, and I was using it in that context. Of course sites like Amazon and other eBook sellers are still worthwhile in today's world.
I don't want to pay more either. I haven't even bought the latest DiscWorld novel because it's still at full book prices. When eBooks come down to around 5 GBP or below then I consider them reasonable purchases.
What is the point in these "publishers" and "book retailers" when we can buy and sell our books online now?
You'd think if it was such a workers paradise they'd have been on the first plane to Moscow as soon as they were out of short trousers.
Well, there is the teensy matter of the language difference..
Your English isn't that great either you know - your use of "illiterate" is clearly invalid.
No AC, you are the idiot for thinking that the post you were replying to was serious.
It's turtles all the way down
No, common sense says that a device with these specs would cost more without the ads. It also says who gives a crap if there are ads on the lockscreen, as long as they aren't there while you're actually using the damn thing.
Why does it need to be bipedal? I think I'd find a robodog or robospider scarier than a robohuman.
Geeks are generally smart enough to stay away from it.
It's nothing to do with being smart or not, it's about whether you care about your so called "privacy". A lot of geeks seem to be paranoid, and it's those ones that stay away from FB, not the "smart" ones. I don't give a shit about targetted ads. Especially since I have them blocked anyway.
Quantum teleportation does not violate special relativity. He didn't "presume" any more than that. You're trying to be a smartarse, but in a not very smart way..
I've never had any stability issues with Android. With individual applications, yes. Like the other poster who replied to you, I find the Facebook app is one of the worst offenders.
What exactly have you been looking for? Are there Windows 8 versions of all of this? Oh wait, your account is brand new, you're obviously a shill. An actual "Android Power User" wouldn't care one jot about Windows Phone.. it's irrelevant really.