Bigger than Dell at that point in the past when Dell and all the clone outfits were flailing? Before Dell fixed things by going private?
Sure, at that point Apple was already making a ton of money licensing the iTunes brand for the sugar water sellers to put on their bottlecaps, but that's 'selling sugar water to kids' again.
I'm hoping Apple can surprise us. We need another evolution in tech to allow things to continue moving at the retail level.
Actually, we need Apple to die, and for the gadget industry to reach the level of being true commodities. We don't need bloodsucking outfits to continue to siphon loot from people in the name of 'fashion.'
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Good grief, what the fuck was I thinking when I typed the above?
Why create new technologies that can replace old ones when all of the advantages of the new ones over the old are already offered by other existing technologies and the new technology offers a significant *DIS*advantage over what it would replace?
When you're a gadget fanatic you have to snap anything new up quickly, because you might not be able to get one if it doesn't last long enough to achieve mainstream acceptance (which is a negative anyway- you want to publicly wield leading edge tech that nobody else has)
So the gadget vendors create stuff like that to make lots of money from gadget fanatics. It's just 'The Sharper Image' for the new era.
I had to change the battery in my dumb watch today. I've had it 2+ years and the little LCD display that shows the data (and stopwatch, etc. if I want) blanked out. The hands did continue moving.
I suppose in another 2+ years I'll have to replace the battery again.
I can't imagine having to charge a watch. That's almost as archaic as the mechanical watches that you had to remember to wind.
Lots of other people don't really care. Windows phones aren't much better or worse than the fruity or google ones, though the app store is smaller. But lots of people don't care about the app store. They want a smartphone.
They're not hackers. But they're script kiddies and they've seen the script of 'The Interview.' Clearly experts on scripts, they have a valid position on the matter.
Because a lot of people won't do the homework and you didn't provide the background material:
The Northern anti-slave states wanted the black people in the south to only count as 3/5 of a person, because that way the South wouldn't get as many electoral votes and representatives in congress. The Southern states wanted the black people counted as full people as far as those matters (apportionment of political representatives) though obviously they wouldn't allow the black people to vote.
Part of learning is learning how to communicate knowledge to others as well, not just passively receiving knowledge.
Part of learning is discovering that there will always be dullards trying to slide along with you, riding along if they can get away with it.
Teamwork should always be with one's peers. Not the stupid fuck who flunked calculus and is now sliding down the slope toward an 'IT career' because the counselors said it would be easier.
With any big successful organization, the bloodsucking types climb aboard and take over eventually. At least, that is almost always the case.
It's unfortunate that they 'own' so much important Intellectual Property.
I've always thought it was a spam company that came up with a techy twist to beg our forgiveness. I mean, for pete's sake, their main product is advertising, the worst anything in business.
I have a cheap USB wall-wart type charger in the bedroom. At night I can hear it singing away as it uses PWM to modulate and produce the 5 volts to charge my phone and tablet. It's pretty annoying but I am too cheap to replace it.
No, an electric piano has a LOT to emulate. The keyboard has to measure the velocity that each key is hit at, and respond to how the fingers lift up. The pedal has to be emulated similarly. If you want something like a player piano, just focus on the speaker and feed your MIDI files into it.
That's one of those new fangled wireless receivers, isn't it? The new wireless technology really rocks. I understand there are TV sets now where you only have to attach power.
Every once in awhile when I drop my Samsung Galaxy Victory the back cover pops off and sometimes the battery even slides out. It's easily put back together, though.
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Right. Your ass can talk to their ass. Bluetooth isn't even needed for that.
There have to be unreported instances where pocket-dialed calls are pocket-answered. It's a big world out there.
Bigger than Dell at that point in the past when Dell and all the clone outfits were flailing? Before Dell fixed things by going private?
Sure, at that point Apple was already making a ton of money licensing the iTunes brand for the sugar water sellers to put on their bottlecaps, but that's 'selling sugar water to kids' again.
I'm hoping Apple can surprise us. We need another evolution in tech to allow things to continue moving at the retail level.
Actually, we need Apple to die, and for the gadget industry to reach the level of being true commodities. We don't need bloodsucking outfits to continue to siphon loot from people in the name of 'fashion.'
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Good grief, what the fuck was I thinking when I typed the above?
When you're a gadget fanatic you have to snap anything new up quickly, because you might not be able to get one if it doesn't last long enough to achieve mainstream acceptance (which is a negative anyway- you want to publicly wield leading edge tech that nobody else has)
So the gadget vendors create stuff like that to make lots of money from gadget fanatics. It's just 'The Sharper Image' for the new era.
I had to change the battery in my dumb watch today. I've had it 2+ years and the little LCD display that shows the data (and stopwatch, etc. if I want) blanked out. The hands did continue moving.
I suppose in another 2+ years I'll have to replace the battery again.
I can't imagine having to charge a watch. That's almost as archaic as the mechanical watches that you had to remember to wind.
Then don't involve other people in your shitty job by interrupting your interactions with them to do your work.
Few Slashdotters want that.
Lots of other people don't really care. Windows phones aren't much better or worse than the fruity or google ones, though the app store is smaller. But lots of people don't care about the app store. They want a smartphone.
The chief threat of North Korea is that when it collapses, China will be flooded with North Korean refugees.
That is the reason China supports the Kim regime.
They're not hackers. But they're script kiddies and they've seen the script of 'The Interview.' Clearly experts on scripts, they have a valid position on the matter.
That's right. This is just another iPhone versus Android conflict. It's all just the big-blue-meanie against Apple, same as always.
She probably has a degree in 'Education.' Likely an advanced degree. A frightening thing to do to oneself.
Because a lot of people won't do the homework and you didn't provide the background material:
The Northern anti-slave states wanted the black people in the south to only count as 3/5 of a person, because that way the South wouldn't get as many electoral votes and representatives in congress. The Southern states wanted the black people counted as full people as far as those matters (apportionment of political representatives) though obviously they wouldn't allow the black people to vote.
I, personally, wasn't there. I doubt if he was either. I don't know where he got that 'we' he used.
Journalism School.
A few lines up you were saying people went to college to 'learn how to learn.' Why the rapid descent to 'wallpaper for HR'?
But only after the blood returns to his brain.
That's over-the-top sexist, you know.
Part of learning is learning how to communicate knowledge to others as well, not just passively receiving knowledge.
Part of learning is discovering that there will always be dullards trying to slide along with you, riding along if they can get away with it.
Teamwork should always be with one's peers. Not the stupid fuck who flunked calculus and is now sliding down the slope toward an 'IT career' because the counselors said it would be easier.
I think you meant to type 'so others can remain safely mediocre without sticking out.'
With any big successful organization, the bloodsucking types climb aboard and take over eventually. At least, that is almost always the case.
It's unfortunate that they 'own' so much important Intellectual Property.
I've always thought it was a spam company that came up with a techy twist to beg our forgiveness. I mean, for pete's sake, their main product is advertising, the worst anything in business.
I have a cheap USB wall-wart type charger in the bedroom. At night I can hear it singing away as it uses PWM to modulate and produce the 5 volts to charge my phone and tablet. It's pretty annoying but I am too cheap to replace it.
No, an electric piano has a LOT to emulate. The keyboard has to measure the velocity that each key is hit at, and respond to how the fingers lift up. The pedal has to be emulated similarly. If you want something like a player piano, just focus on the speaker and feed your MIDI files into it.
Yes, but then after a year, the Google free taxis will disappear entirely with nothing from Google to replace them.
That's one of those new fangled wireless receivers, isn't it? The new wireless technology really rocks. I understand there are TV sets now where you only have to attach power.
They should have printed the schematics. It looks like a good junkbox project.
Every once in awhile when I drop my Samsung Galaxy Victory the back cover pops off and sometimes the battery even slides out. It's easily put back together, though.