I have a Casio. It's currently about two years old but I was in Walmart last night and checked. They still have it for $27. It's one of the few hybrids of it's type, with a mechanical quartz analog dial and a tiny LCD display on the bottom for calendar and stopwatch/alarm function. In my opinion it uses the right technology for the right functions like few other watches.
I suspect if the smartwatch part takes off, in two years you will also have the opportunity to trade in for a watch with the new firmware/hardware in it.
Why settle for a watch from an MP3 player maker* if a Swiss watch firm makes a smartwatch?
The best thing that could come from Bernie becoming president would be the huge reduction in the power of the Executive that would immediately come into being.
We really, really, need to clip the wings of the Executive in the US, and restore the balance of power. Bernie in the Oval Office would insure that very quickly.
They go to 3rd-world countries in Africa and build churches and then teach people how "evil" gay people are, and encourage them to pass laws legalizing the murder of gay people.
The people in Africa don't need westerners telling them how 'evil' gay people are. They have long cultural traditions of exterminating the gays amongst them. The idea that outside westerners are the catalyst for gay-hatred in the 3rd World is ludicrous. If anything, missionaries from the West improve the situation regarding homophobia.
If you can listen to Trump for more than 60 seconds without recoiling in disgust and wanting to change the channel then I have bad news for you. That makes you an even bigger douchebag than Trump.
Did you wee all over yourself while you typed that? Good. We need people like you out there ranting.
the idea that ios 8+ and new androids will be encrypted in place by default is making them panic.
They're shitting bricks because it means they will have to go out and gather actual intelligence (again!). That means investing in shoe leather and spending less money on swivel chairs for analysts in cubicles.
Young people are really fucking stupid when it comes to ideology*. All you've got to do is hype up some deal where they come out on top because they fight for what is 'right.' The fact that the grown ups so strongly oppose ISIS is reason enough for young rebels to back them.
(*Obviously everything about the past is completely fucking wrong, and these dudes over there have it all figured out. Go join them and you'll be part of fixing everything.)
Ah, so the secret is that ISIS is part of the global anti-Imperialism movement. They sent delegates to the latest conference of the global anti-Imperialism Conference held in Geneva?? Have they harmonized their platform with the other anti-Imperialists?
How principled of them. We should send a Solidarity Wreath to ISIS.
i.e. there's better urban planning instead of creating massive, characterless urban sprawls like in north America.
The alternative is rigorous and strict Urban Planning, which results in characterless urban high-density highrise housing. In fact, that's the ideal espoused by lots of today's social planners. They want high density housing located on light rail corridors.
though motorcyclists unable to recognize different degrees of risk probably get weeded out fairly quickly.
Hey, there's a lot of social value in promoting healthy young people to engage in activities that will make them good organ donors. Wear lots of leather to protect the main trunk. Skip the helmet, you don't look cool with one of those on!
Okay, so once you've flipped over the sack of groceries in the back seat with g-force and your kid in his car seat is crying because you jarred him. Has the novelty worn off?
You also just used a couple miles of your battery's energy. Hope it was 'cool' for you.
So as far as promising business ventures go, I think Tesla may qualify.
Possibly they qualify, but operating a business venture as complicated as becoming an automobile manufacturer is far more difficult than hiring a bunch of extremely talented idealistic engineers. Business is much more than design and engineering, sad to say (because we here on Slashdot usually refer to the other parts of a business as the beancounters and the marketing-fucks), and Tesla has yet to prove they can sell to a mass market and maintain a service organization to said mass market. Cars are big things, and a cultural Big Deal to the customers that buy them. Niche cars that sell well to an elite market channel are something completely different than the Ford F-150 market.
How would you know? You can't search around on the forums you troll to see who you've trolled if your WiFi is down? Or do you resort to using your cellular connection as necessary to maintain the proper level of dischord?
Children belong to the state, and will be subjected to the appropriate Alpha/Beta/Gamma/Epsilon conditioning as deemed proper by professionals. Don't be an Unmutual citizen and resist this inevitability. We have the social harmony of all of society to maintain!
One of the little USB power block chargers that I use plugged into a power strip close to my bed has this problem. You can hear the PWM circuit in it cycling up and down with a faint squeal as it charges my tablet. It's noise caused by loosness in the inductor coil of the power converter. It's a little annoying sometimes but fairly faint.
And that is our problem today. The ability to spend for consumption is lacking. Our economy was thriving for as long as people had the money (or could at least borrow the money) for consumption.
Well, that's one philosophy of Political Economy anyway. And I guess it's okay as long as you believe only in quantitative gains and never qualitative gains.
But the factory that makes solar power technology still trumps the heap of disposable diapers filled with processed baby food, no matter how much you spin your ideological propeller.
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I have a Casio. It's currently about two years old but I was in Walmart last night and checked. They still have it for $27. It's one of the few hybrids of it's type, with a mechanical quartz analog dial and a tiny LCD display on the bottom for calendar and stopwatch/alarm function. In my opinion it uses the right technology for the right functions like few other watches.
I suspect if the smartwatch part takes off, in two years you will also have the opportunity to trade in for a watch with the new firmware/hardware in it.
Why settle for a watch from an MP3 player maker* if a Swiss watch firm makes a smartwatch?
(*the equivalent of selling sugar water to kids)
Then it's simple. Zuckerberg should donate his money to charity.
This time of year there's a Salvation Army kettle in front of every store. Or there are many other ways he can donate to charity.
This little game he's playing instead is far from charity.
Don't fucking try to shame us for pointing it out.
Most people divest stock to use the money for their direct benefit, he plans to give it away. I think that's a pretty important difference.
He plans on swinging the money around in ways that get him what he wants politically.
And if you look into things like the H1B controversy, it isn't things that a lot of us want, politically.
The best thing that could come from Bernie becoming president would be the huge reduction in the power of the Executive that would immediately come into being.
We really, really, need to clip the wings of the Executive in the US, and restore the balance of power. Bernie in the Oval Office would insure that very quickly.
They go to 3rd-world countries in Africa and build churches and then teach people how "evil" gay people are, and encourage them to pass laws legalizing the murder of gay people.
The people in Africa don't need westerners telling them how 'evil' gay people are. They have long cultural traditions of exterminating the gays amongst them. The idea that outside westerners are the catalyst for gay-hatred in the 3rd World is ludicrous. If anything, missionaries from the West improve the situation regarding homophobia.
Did you wee all over yourself while you typed that? Good. We need people like you out there ranting.
the idea that ios 8+ and new androids will be encrypted in place by default is making them panic.
They're shitting bricks because it means they will have to go out and gather actual intelligence (again!). That means investing in shoe leather and spending less money on swivel chairs for analysts in cubicles.
Young people are really fucking stupid when it comes to ideology*. All you've got to do is hype up some deal where they come out on top because they fight for what is 'right.' The fact that the grown ups so strongly oppose ISIS is reason enough for young rebels to back them.
(*Obviously everything about the past is completely fucking wrong, and these dudes over there have it all figured out. Go join them and you'll be part of fixing everything.)
Ah, so the secret is that ISIS is part of the global anti-Imperialism movement. They sent delegates to the latest conference of the global anti-Imperialism Conference held in Geneva?? Have they harmonized their platform with the other anti-Imperialists?
How principled of them. We should send a Solidarity Wreath to ISIS.
No, man. They're members of the undead. Just look at Jagger if you need proof.
And the Stones ended when they murdered Brian Jones anyways.
i.e. there's better urban planning instead of creating massive, characterless urban sprawls like in north America.
The alternative is rigorous and strict Urban Planning, which results in characterless urban high-density highrise housing. In fact, that's the ideal espoused by lots of today's social planners. They want high density housing located on light rail corridors.
It makes people easy to control, etc. etc.
though motorcyclists unable to recognize different degrees of risk probably get weeded out fairly quickly.
Hey, there's a lot of social value in promoting healthy young people to engage in activities that will make them good organ donors. Wear lots of leather to protect the main trunk. Skip the helmet, you don't look cool with one of those on!
were herded onto reservations where they could keep their disgusting habits away from Right Thinking Folk.
The Germans experimented with that sort of thing back in the mid 20th century, too.
'Disgusting habits' is a relative thing.
Heinlein was a weird guy. It's no coincidence that he published pretty much exclusively in genre fiction.
Yeah, but I only charge my Tesla in my own garage, and I have a big diesel generator out behind the garage to supply the charging power.
Okay, so once you've flipped over the sack of groceries in the back seat with g-force and your kid in his car seat is crying because you jarred him. Has the novelty worn off?
You also just used a couple miles of your battery's energy. Hope it was 'cool' for you.
So as far as promising business ventures go, I think Tesla may qualify.
Possibly they qualify, but operating a business venture as complicated as becoming an automobile manufacturer is far more difficult than hiring a bunch of extremely talented idealistic engineers. Business is much more than design and engineering, sad to say (because we here on Slashdot usually refer to the other parts of a business as the beancounters and the marketing-fucks), and Tesla has yet to prove they can sell to a mass market and maintain a service organization to said mass market. Cars are big things, and a cultural Big Deal to the customers that buy them. Niche cars that sell well to an elite market channel are something completely different than the Ford F-150 market.
Detroit is a small city???
What else do you have totally wrong in your comment? I just did a spot check.
How would you know? You can't search around on the forums you troll to see who you've trolled if your WiFi is down? Or do you resort to using your cellular connection as necessary to maintain the proper level of dischord?
Children belong to the state, and will be subjected to the appropriate Alpha/Beta/Gamma/Epsilon conditioning as deemed proper by professionals. Don't be an Unmutual citizen and resist this inevitability. We have the social harmony of all of society to maintain!
There's a new syndrome for that. Do hurry off to the doctor and get diagnosed. We'll have the chemist dispense some pills for you.
One of the little USB power block chargers that I use plugged into a power strip close to my bed has this problem. You can hear the PWM circuit in it cycling up and down with a faint squeal as it charges my tablet. It's noise caused by loosness in the inductor coil of the power converter. It's a little annoying sometimes but fairly faint.
Well, that's one philosophy of Political Economy anyway. And I guess it's okay as long as you believe only in quantitative gains and never qualitative gains.
But the factory that makes solar power technology still trumps the heap of disposable diapers filled with processed baby food, no matter how much you spin your ideological propeller.
"50 GB should be good enough for everybody."
"What do you NEED so much space for, citizen? You wouldn't happen to be a PIRATE TERRORIST would you? S
Yeah. I bought an external 4 TB hard drive a few months ago for $130. Not a bare drive, a packaged external. What gives?