apple makes most of the money in the PC market. HP and dell mostly sell the cheap no profit machines.
Which would you rather have? $100 each from one thousand people, or $1 each from one million people?
In that scenario, or is it better to look at ACTUAL market share? 10.6% is pretty respectable. HP had 24.35% of the market, or say about two and a half times the sales in a quarter. Since Apple's margin is WAY higher (near 50%) and their average selling price is WAY higher, I would imagine the correct question is would you rather have $500 each from 2 million people or $25 each from 5 million people.
Please tell me you're joking or just uninformed. Sideloading the Amazon app store couldn't get easier.
1) Go to Amazon, give them your mobile number.
2) Open device settings, click Applications.
3) Make sure "Unknown sources" is checked.
4) If it wasn't acknowledge the "Attention" dialog box.
5) Check for the SMS from Amazon
6) Open the link to download the app.
7) Open notifications and click the app.
8) Click install.
9) Open the app.
10) Sign in.
So... I don't know that it "couldn't get easier". I think it's fairly easy for me, but I wouldn't want to imagine my Mom trying to do all that.
I don't see where he said Kenya was "some remote uncivilized wilderness". He just said it wasn't Korea, to which he was correct, since it's neither anything like North Korea (virtually no connectivity) or South Korea (unparalleled connectivity). The US isn't like South Korea, either.
Try the Tenba Messenger series. Great bags. And I own a lot of bags, so I speak from quite a bit of experience. I actually own the "Mini" size, which holds my iPad or MB Air (actually both if I try), and can fit my Canon 7D without grip, plus a couple of lenses and a flash pretty easily. That's the mini... there's a small, and a large also. It will hold your gear. You can check this thread to see how it will work with a 70-200 attached (hood reverse, obviously).
You can get it for 1/3 the cost of an equivalent MacBook Air, and it's about the same weight, and the screen's the same size. The battery doesn't last quite as long (I get about 4h on mine), but if cost is an issue, then it's definitely an option. And to make it germane to the discussion at hand: you can get it with Linux preinstalled.
The model you linked to is as little as $379. Of course that's a Celeron processor. The mid line is $578 and has an i3 processor at 1.33 GHz. None of the models you linked to have flash rather than HDD. The only one to support 4gb of ram is $699. So let's assume you meant to say the 4gb model for $699, which is about half the price of the MB Air 13.3 base model. Because you weren't trying to compare something so drastically different just to say "look, OMG! cheaper!). So, other than being half the cost, the ONLY things you give up are:
* About half the battery life.
* Trade a 1.7 i5 processor for a 1.3 i3 processor.
* Trade 128gb SSD for 500gb SATA drive at 7200 RPM (no wonder the battery life suffers).
* 1366x768 resolution versus 1400x900.
* Half a pound heavier.
* Noticeably thicker.
* Slightly longer, slightly wider.
To be fair, the Dell has a few extra ports (although no Thunderbolt), and has that hideous red plastic option. It also ships with ad supported Word and Excel. To get Pages and Numbers on the Mac would cost $40 in the App Store, although you lose the ads.
And if it does come with Linux pre-installed as an option, than you linked to the wrong model, because your link is Windows 7 only.
They'll lose it anyway, because they're idiots.
They have one iPad, ONE design, not one line of products, but ONE design. The iPad, iPhone are made for a very restricted group of people, and they're trying to force this on everyone.
They didn't lose the smartphone market because of Android, they lost it because they lack variety.(and no, stickers don't count as variety)
Yup. Shame they can barely get well over one hundred million iOS devices out into the marketplace. LOSERS!
So build your own factory next time. We're not talking about a license. We're talking about nobody can meet my demand, and I'll build you a factory if you agree to meet my demand. And later, when my four billion dollar investment is paid back, enjoy your nice factory! The difference is, with Windows, there was no demand issue. Microsoft didn't NEED a computer vendor to help them MAKE licenses. They were just dangling discounts for exclusivity. Which by the end isn't by itself, illegal. Same thing happens in restaurants. Can I have a Coke? Ever hear "is Pepsi ok"? The issue with Microsoft was that they were saying "sell anything you want, but I want that license fee on every computer, even if it is not a Windows machine."
Exclusivity isn't evil. It can be used for evil, but it's not evil. But I'm glad I almost swayed you LOL - that's rare enough here. I tell you what... when I need 10 million widgets, and you can only make 2 million widgets a year, and I offer you a fair price for them, and give you $4 billion up front to build new widget factories, we'll see if you mind giving me 100% crack at the yield until I get my 10 million widgets.:)
I couldn't agree less. Why would they pay a premium to manufacturers who are clamoring for their business? One can go out and negotiate with fifteen different main stream Android manufacturers and a hundred Chinese knock off manufacturers, plus HP for TouchPad and RIM for the PlayBook, or in one fell swoop, have 5 times the amount of volume and just one contact, all in exchange for a discount. It's the same reason hotels are happy to discount rates for large conference bookings.
Here's a company that's willing to fund your expansion by up front cash payments for future services rendered, rather than make you acquire loans . They are willing to buy up all your components - as many as you can make. All they want, is guaranteed access to those components, and great pricing. Apparently Apple is Samsung's single biggest customer. If Apple can't get enough displays fast enough, and wants to give a few billion to Sharp and LG (same article) to help them build factories quicker... well yeah, I bet they do expect to get those panels, not HTC.
Which part of anti-trust law do you assert they've broken?
Only to the extent that it's anti-competitive. Apple clearly has the best tablet product on the market right now based on how well the thing is selling. It's one thing to be better than everyone else, it's a totally different thing to control the market in such a way that your competitors can't.. well.. compete.
It's a hard case to make - you might say controlling so much exclusivity on manufacturing is anti-competitive, but doesn't it appear just as likely that it's done because there isn't enough capacity? Every time a new iPhone or iPad has come out, it takes MONTHS for demand to catch up with supply. People sleep out overnight to get a crack at buying one, web orders take weeks to fulfill, non-Apple stores like BestBuy, etc, barely get ANY inventory. Perhaps they want to much of the capacity, and agree to refurbish manufacturing plants, is because they hope they can make enough to sell one to everyone who wants one?
I was in Kyoto last week at a conference. Almost all the tables i saw where Androids, not apples. Sure its not real data, but apple clearly thinks its a real threat.
How was the Android Developers conference, by the way?
In the case of photos, long term = forever. Right now, I use a combination of online backups & multiple hard drives. Online because if my house burns down, I doubt I'll feel good about having had multiple copies go down in flames. Multiple drives, because I have trust issues with online cloud backups as a LONG TERM service.
Hasn't this always been the assumption? I've always been told by everyone in every discussion about SSD vs HDD that SSD has a lesser lifetime.
Doesn't make them less reliable, necessarily. An SSD may have a generally shorter lifespan than a HDD... but if the failure rates are known to be lower, then they are more reliable over that time period. For me, it's a moot point, since the rate at which I upgrade is quicker than either, so I go for both - SSD in my laptop for speed, small USB hard drive that I throw in the bag to store photos, media, etc, and two big RAID arrays at home for long term storage and short term backups. I'm more concerned about long term archiving, which I've traditionally done DVDs, and more recently, BluRay discs. For movies and stuff, who cares, but in terms of photos, long term is an issue!
While you have a point re: field ready, ruggedized equipment - the article mentioned "business professionals". I was thinking more of the "man in suit" type of person, who really didn't concern himself with a rugged tablet the way a driver might.
Lenovo's new ThinkPad Tablet is on the bulky side with the hope that business professionals appreciate it.
I think they will. I can't tell you how many professionals that have taken one look at my iPad, and said "nah, I could never use something like that. It's not bulky enough."
True. The USB stick isn't available yet. And if you don't live near an Apple store, that's why I named other places that might have WiFi. Mac Mini, iMac? Wow, you win. Look, let's face it. Apple sells mostly notebooks at this point. If you take the number of Mac owners who don't have a MacBook, MBP or MB Air AND who don't have decent broadband at home with a halfway reasonable cap, AND are unwilling to wait for the USB stick to come out... I suspect you'll have a fairly small number of users, who may or may not be excessively vocal about an issue that most people don't really care about.
Why is it not unreasonable to force users to buy previous versions of the OS, if they aren't dependencies for the current version?
You can apparently just get the physical media or do it from the store to get the current version, but otherwise you have to pay for a version you won't use just to pay for the version you will use (from what I surmise from GP's post).
My old laptop runs XP. Should I be forced to buy Vista to buy Windows 7? (Actually, the next step for it is probably Linux, but that's beside the point.) I don't see how this behavior is justifiable at all.
Besides the fact that until the physical version is released it's purchase is dependant upon a feature (App Store) that you don't have, and the fact that it's $29 not $129 or $229? No reason.
That seems rather arbitrary. Why would they do this?
Snow Leopard was also $29. I don't think it's arbitrary, or unreasonable. They no longer charge $129, but they do release an OS every 12 to 18 months or so, and it's $29 to buy. If you skip one, it's $58. Or you can always do what I did and buy a new MacBook Air and get it for free. But then... I couldn't resist the allure of an i7 MacBook Air 11".
Places with no cable TV provider and which are too far away from the nearest DSLAM for DSL service.
That would pretty much be only wireless services.
Exactly: satellite and 3G.
So between Apple soon offering a USB installer, and any number of places like Starbucks, McDonalds, Barnes and Noble, and a million Mom and Pop places with public WiFi, there's really NO way to get it? Or your office? Or a friend who can download it to a stick and mail it to you? Or the Apple Store itself which has free WiFi? Are there that many people who live near NO place with public WiFi, and have to have the latest Apple software on the first day of release?
"It's amazing that so few people who profess to be Christians miss the whole point of their own religion, which is you are forgiven! The only catch is, you have to forgive others as well."
"And you Jehova's Witnesses, GET OFF MY LAWN!"
LOL, as with most (not all) professing "Christians" you are just another total hypocrite.
Actually that's not a catch. Forgiveness is for all, regardless of their own sin. Romans 10:10 - profess with your mouth and believe in your heart. Although that doesn't insulate you from responsibility, since true acceptance, belief and repentance encompasses a changed heart. Salvation is by faith by Grace alone, however, it's also taught that faith without works is dead. The idea is that your faith will change your heart, and good works (deeds) will come forth from that, but that we are not justified by our works, only by our faith. That said, I believe the OP was joking, in any event. So whooosh?
Just reread the PDF. Still seeing the same thing where she heard a kiss, the kid reported a kiss, the man was chasing her "playfully" while the mom was insisting she come back to her, and I still see the part where he seems to have admitted it to the husband.
When my daughter was 4, if someone was caring her she would kiss them
Not sure if you meant someone was caring for her (this man was not, he was a complete stranger) or carrying her (this man should not have been, he was a complete stranger). One of my children *IS* four, and if a complete stranger started chasing her (playfully or not) ignoring me as I tried to retrieve her, I'd be a bit put off as well. We're not talking about the seniors in a restaurant who can't resist patting a cute kid on the head as they pass by and talking to the parent.. "such a cute kid". If one of those people were to chase her or kiss her, I would expect I would not remain idle.
The man's criminal acts, before and after the incident, appear to back up the story that he's a creepy old man. PS: I've never downloaded child porn. Not even to "get somebody". But yeah, it's a crime. Even if it isn't just something you enjoy. I've never hacked a neighbor's wifi. I've never put up defamatory MySpace pages (or even put up ANY MySpace page for that matter). And I certainly never chased or kissed anyone's 4 year old without consent.
But a main point of my response: Just because you and I disagree doesn't mean i didn't read the PDF or read it right. You just have a seemingly more lax tolerance level for people posing a threat (perceived or real) to your children. But based on what this guy did, it sure seems like a justified fear.
Even though in many cultures that's completely normal, you'd be willing to force someone to move and, quite possibly, never have a real job again as long as they live, because they helped your child come home after they wandered away from their new house?
You utter bastard.
I'm quite careful to behave in a way that's appropriate to the culture I'm presently residing in. When I honeymooned in Thailand, I was sure not to crack any jokes about the King, even though, in MY culture, while we don't have a King, it's perfectly acceptable to crack jokes about the people in charge. If someone does something like that to one of my children, and it was normal in their culture, but not in mine, and therefore upsetting to me or my boy, I'm going to lean on the side of protecting our family. Besides, calling the police doesn't put anyone on a sex offender list. Calling the police, seeing an investigation done, going to court, having the case tried, and having a jury decide, followed by a judge's sentencing does.
If that seems harsh, I might suggest not touching my children.
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apple makes most of the money in the PC market. HP and dell mostly sell the cheap no profit machines.
Which would you rather have? $100 each from one thousand people, or $1 each from one million people?
In that scenario, or is it better to look at ACTUAL market share? 10.6% is pretty respectable. HP had 24.35% of the market, or say about two and a half times the sales in a quarter. Since Apple's margin is WAY higher (near 50%) and their average selling price is WAY higher, I would imagine the correct question is would you rather have $500 each from 2 million people or $25 each from 5 million people.
Please tell me you're joking or just uninformed. Sideloading the Amazon app store couldn't get easier.
1) Go to Amazon, give them your mobile number.
2) Open device settings, click Applications.
3) Make sure "Unknown sources" is checked.
4) If it wasn't acknowledge the "Attention" dialog box.
5) Check for the SMS from Amazon
6) Open the link to download the app.
7) Open notifications and click the app.
8) Click install.
9) Open the app.
10) Sign in.
So... I don't know that it "couldn't get easier". I think it's fairly easy for me, but I wouldn't want to imagine my Mom trying to do all that.
I don't see where he said Kenya was "some remote uncivilized wilderness". He just said it wasn't Korea, to which he was correct, since it's neither anything like North Korea (virtually no connectivity) or South Korea (unparalleled connectivity). The US isn't like South Korea, either.
Try the Tenba Messenger series. Great bags. And I own a lot of bags, so I speak from quite a bit of experience. I actually own the "Mini" size, which holds my iPad or MB Air (actually both if I try), and can fit my Canon 7D without grip, plus a couple of lenses and a flash pretty easily. That's the mini... there's a small, and a large also. It will hold your gear. You can check this thread to see how it will work with a 70-200 attached (hood reverse, obviously).
Wait. You actually turn off your work PC?
Why?
Just lock your PC by hitting CTRL+ALT+DELETE and ENTER. Then go home.
When you get back to work, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE; type your password, and start doing productive work immediately.
Wait you actually lock your work PC by hitting CTRL+ALT+DELETE and ENTER? Why? Just lock your PC by hitting Winkey+L. Then go home.
Wait you lock your PC by hitting Winkey+L?
Why?
On your way out just flip the circuit breaker off.
http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/vostro-v130/pd
You can get it for 1/3 the cost of an equivalent MacBook Air, and it's about the same weight, and the screen's the same size. The battery doesn't last quite as long (I get about 4h on mine), but if cost is an issue, then it's definitely an option. And to make it germane to the discussion at hand: you can get it with Linux preinstalled.
The model you linked to is as little as $379. Of course that's a Celeron processor. The mid line is $578 and has an i3 processor at 1.33 GHz. None of the models you linked to have flash rather than HDD. The only one to support 4gb of ram is $699. So let's assume you meant to say the 4gb model for $699, which is about half the price of the MB Air 13.3 base model. Because you weren't trying to compare something so drastically different just to say "look, OMG! cheaper!). So, other than being half the cost, the ONLY things you give up are:
* About half the battery life.
* Trade a 1.7 i5 processor for a 1.3 i3 processor.
* Trade 128gb SSD for 500gb SATA drive at 7200 RPM (no wonder the battery life suffers).
* 1366x768 resolution versus 1400x900.
* Half a pound heavier.
* Noticeably thicker.
* Slightly longer, slightly wider.
To be fair, the Dell has a few extra ports (although no Thunderbolt), and has that hideous red plastic option. It also ships with ad supported Word and Excel. To get Pages and Numbers on the Mac would cost $40 in the App Store, although you lose the ads.
And if it does come with Linux pre-installed as an option, than you linked to the wrong model, because your link is Windows 7 only.
How is this equivalent, and 1/3 the price?
They'll lose it anyway, because they're idiots. They have one iPad, ONE design, not one line of products, but ONE design. The iPad, iPhone are made for a very restricted group of people, and they're trying to force this on everyone. They didn't lose the smartphone market because of Android, they lost it because they lack variety.(and no, stickers don't count as variety)
Yup. Shame they can barely get well over one hundred million iOS devices out into the marketplace. LOSERS!
So build your own factory next time. We're not talking about a license. We're talking about nobody can meet my demand, and I'll build you a factory if you agree to meet my demand. And later, when my four billion dollar investment is paid back, enjoy your nice factory! The difference is, with Windows, there was no demand issue. Microsoft didn't NEED a computer vendor to help them MAKE licenses. They were just dangling discounts for exclusivity. Which by the end isn't by itself, illegal. Same thing happens in restaurants. Can I have a Coke? Ever hear "is Pepsi ok"? The issue with Microsoft was that they were saying "sell anything you want, but I want that license fee on every computer, even if it is not a Windows machine."
Exclusivity isn't evil. It can be used for evil, but it's not evil. But I'm glad I almost swayed you LOL - that's rare enough here. I tell you what... when I need 10 million widgets, and you can only make 2 million widgets a year, and I offer you a fair price for them, and give you $4 billion up front to build new widget factories, we'll see if you mind giving me 100% crack at the yield until I get my 10 million widgets. :)
I couldn't agree less. Why would they pay a premium to manufacturers who are clamoring for their business? One can go out and negotiate with fifteen different main stream Android manufacturers and a hundred Chinese knock off manufacturers, plus HP for TouchPad and RIM for the PlayBook, or in one fell swoop, have 5 times the amount of volume and just one contact, all in exchange for a discount. It's the same reason hotels are happy to discount rates for large conference bookings.
Here's a company that's willing to fund your expansion by up front cash payments for future services rendered, rather than make you acquire loans . They are willing to buy up all your components - as many as you can make. All they want, is guaranteed access to those components, and great pricing. Apparently Apple is Samsung's single biggest customer. If Apple can't get enough displays fast enough, and wants to give a few billion to Sharp and LG (same article) to help them build factories quicker... well yeah, I bet they do expect to get those panels, not HTC.
Which part of anti-trust law do you assert they've broken?
Only to the extent that it's anti-competitive. Apple clearly has the best tablet product on the market right now based on how well the thing is selling. It's one thing to be better than everyone else, it's a totally different thing to control the market in such a way that your competitors can't.. well.. compete.
It's a hard case to make - you might say controlling so much exclusivity on manufacturing is anti-competitive, but doesn't it appear just as likely that it's done because there isn't enough capacity? Every time a new iPhone or iPad has come out, it takes MONTHS for demand to catch up with supply. People sleep out overnight to get a crack at buying one, web orders take weeks to fulfill, non-Apple stores like BestBuy, etc, barely get ANY inventory. Perhaps they want to much of the capacity, and agree to refurbish manufacturing plants, is because they hope they can make enough to sell one to everyone who wants one?
I was in Kyoto last week at a conference. Almost all the tables i saw where Androids, not apples. Sure its not real data, but apple clearly thinks its a real threat.
How was the Android Developers conference, by the way?
What do you call long term?
In the case of photos, long term = forever. Right now, I use a combination of online backups & multiple hard drives. Online because if my house burns down, I doubt I'll feel good about having had multiple copies go down in flames. Multiple drives, because I have trust issues with online cloud backups as a LONG TERM service.
Hasn't this always been the assumption? I've always been told by everyone in every discussion about SSD vs HDD that SSD has a lesser lifetime.
Doesn't make them less reliable, necessarily. An SSD may have a generally shorter lifespan than a HDD... but if the failure rates are known to be lower, then they are more reliable over that time period. For me, it's a moot point, since the rate at which I upgrade is quicker than either, so I go for both - SSD in my laptop for speed, small USB hard drive that I throw in the bag to store photos, media, etc, and two big RAID arrays at home for long term storage and short term backups. I'm more concerned about long term archiving, which I've traditionally done DVDs, and more recently, BluRay discs. For movies and stuff, who cares, but in terms of photos, long term is an issue!
While you have a point re: field ready, ruggedized equipment - the article mentioned "business professionals". I was thinking more of the "man in suit" type of person, who really didn't concern himself with a rugged tablet the way a driver might.
Seriously? You thought I was being serious? PS: The iPad may be lightweight and thin, but it certainly is not of "poor quality construction".
The iPad lightweight? Maybe compared to this. I think it's quite heavy.
Which tablet did you recommend again? I didn't realize the iPad was such a bulky tablet.
Seriously? You thought I was being serious? PS: The iPad may be lightweight and thin, but it certainly is not of "poor quality construction".
Lenovo's new ThinkPad Tablet is on the bulky side with the hope that business professionals appreciate it.
I think they will. I can't tell you how many professionals that have taken one look at my iPad, and said "nah, I could never use something like that. It's not bulky enough."
True. The USB stick isn't available yet. And if you don't live near an Apple store, that's why I named other places that might have WiFi. Mac Mini, iMac? Wow, you win. Look, let's face it. Apple sells mostly notebooks at this point. If you take the number of Mac owners who don't have a MacBook, MBP or MB Air AND who don't have decent broadband at home with a halfway reasonable cap, AND are unwilling to wait for the USB stick to come out... I suspect you'll have a fairly small number of users, who may or may not be excessively vocal about an issue that most people don't really care about.
Why is it not unreasonable to force users to buy previous versions of the OS, if they aren't dependencies for the current version?
You can apparently just get the physical media or do it from the store to get the current version, but otherwise you have to pay for a version you won't use just to pay for the version you will use (from what I surmise from GP's post).
My old laptop runs XP. Should I be forced to buy Vista to buy Windows 7? (Actually, the next step for it is probably Linux, but that's beside the point.) I don't see how this behavior is justifiable at all.
Besides the fact that until the physical version is released it's purchase is dependant upon a feature (App Store) that you don't have, and the fact that it's $29 not $129 or $229? No reason.
That seems rather arbitrary. Why would they do this?
Snow Leopard was also $29. I don't think it's arbitrary, or unreasonable. They no longer charge $129, but they do release an OS every 12 to 18 months or so, and it's $29 to buy. If you skip one, it's $58. Or you can always do what I did and buy a new MacBook Air and get it for free. But then... I couldn't resist the allure of an i7 MacBook Air 11".
What "areas" have single digit GB caps?
Places with no cable TV provider and which are too far away from the nearest DSLAM for DSL service.
That would pretty much be only wireless services.
Exactly: satellite and 3G.
So between Apple soon offering a USB installer, and any number of places like Starbucks, McDonalds, Barnes and Noble, and a million Mom and Pop places with public WiFi, there's really NO way to get it? Or your office? Or a friend who can download it to a stick and mail it to you? Or the Apple Store itself which has free WiFi? Are there that many people who live near NO place with public WiFi, and have to have the latest Apple software on the first day of release?
"It's amazing that so few people who profess to be Christians miss the whole point of their own religion, which is you are forgiven! The only catch is, you have to forgive others as well."
"And you Jehova's Witnesses, GET OFF MY LAWN!"
LOL, as with most (not all) professing "Christians" you are just another total hypocrite.
Actually that's not a catch. Forgiveness is for all, regardless of their own sin. Romans 10:10 - profess with your mouth and believe in your heart. Although that doesn't insulate you from responsibility, since true acceptance, belief and repentance encompasses a changed heart. Salvation is by faith by Grace alone, however, it's also taught that faith without works is dead. The idea is that your faith will change your heart, and good works (deeds) will come forth from that, but that we are not justified by our works, only by our faith. That said, I believe the OP was joking, in any event. So whooosh?
When my daughter was 4, if someone was caring her she would kiss them
Not sure if you meant someone was caring for her (this man was not, he was a complete stranger) or carrying her (this man should not have been, he was a complete stranger). One of my children *IS* four, and if a complete stranger started chasing her (playfully or not) ignoring me as I tried to retrieve her, I'd be a bit put off as well. We're not talking about the seniors in a restaurant who can't resist patting a cute kid on the head as they pass by and talking to the parent .. "such a cute kid". If one of those people were to chase her or kiss her, I would expect I would not remain idle.
The man's criminal acts, before and after the incident, appear to back up the story that he's a creepy old man. PS: I've never downloaded child porn. Not even to "get somebody". But yeah, it's a crime. Even if it isn't just something you enjoy. I've never hacked a neighbor's wifi. I've never put up defamatory MySpace pages (or even put up ANY MySpace page for that matter). And I certainly never chased or kissed anyone's 4 year old without consent.
But a main point of my response: Just because you and I disagree doesn't mean i didn't read the PDF or read it right. You just have a seemingly more lax tolerance level for people posing a threat (perceived or real) to your children. But based on what this guy did, it sure seems like a justified fear.
Even though in many cultures that's completely normal, you'd be willing to force someone to move and, quite possibly, never have a real job again as long as they live, because they helped your child come home after they wandered away from their new house?
You utter bastard.
I'm quite careful to behave in a way that's appropriate to the culture I'm presently residing in. When I honeymooned in Thailand, I was sure not to crack any jokes about the King, even though, in MY culture, while we don't have a King, it's perfectly acceptable to crack jokes about the people in charge. If someone does something like that to one of my children, and it was normal in their culture, but not in mine, and therefore upsetting to me or my boy, I'm going to lean on the side of protecting our family. Besides, calling the police doesn't put anyone on a sex offender list. Calling the police, seeing an investigation done, going to court, having the case tried, and having a jury decide, followed by a judge's sentencing does.
If that seems harsh, I might suggest not touching my children.