Better yet, instead of googling and finding an echo chamber of left websites explaining what 'the consipiracy' is doing, just get involved. go undercover and participate in a few Tea Party events.
Of course, you'll discover they are regular mainstream boring people, with a few loonies thrown in who everybody else ignores.
Or, just stick to reading the left's websites. It wouldn't be as fun if the 'teabaggers' just seemed like the ordinary boring people they are.
should we really rob our grandparents to keep the wealthy from getting taxed a little more?
Ummm, you've got it wrong there.
Should our grandparents continue to rob their grandchildren, to keep making payments on that condo down in Florida?
I read an article recently about the re-migration of middle class Blacks down to the south. The details in the article were interesting: it's retired Government Civil Service workers, Teachers, and Trade Union lugs who can afford to be doing that. Not the regular folk who worked/work in the private sector.
Why shouldn't she continue to collect, while she works to shut it down?
Do you similarly look askew at Democrats who are furiously waving the 'Raise Our Taxes' banner, but whom are not making significant monthly voluntary contributions to the Internal Revenue Service? Those greedy hypocrites can write a check each month to the Treasury, you know....
Considering how in bed the GOP is with Wall Street, I'm surprised that they're even willing to contemplate not paying our bills.
See, that's where your cartoon parody 'Evil Republican' stereotype undermines your understanding of reality.
Portions of the mainstream GOP are in bed with Wall Street, but just as many, if not more of the mainstream democrats are in the same bed. Maybe you didn't notice them. They're down there making the sheets move, and making that slurping sound.
We're talking about far more serious stuff than that.
We're talking about retirees from the Civil Service not getting their monthly stipend. I can already hear the rev of the RV engines as they get ready to roar up from Florida to Washington.
(and before you say 'marketing' remember how much money MS put in marketing Zune)
Microsoft poured all that money into the Zune after Apple had already established themselves as the market leader.
And Apple established themselves as the market leader by a combination of good technical design and the kind of slick marketing that Jobs is a pro at. It would be wrong to make the claim that the ascendancy of the iPod was due to technical excellence. And doing so would pretty much cut Jobs out of the equation anyway, because he's not a tech guy, he's a management/marketing guy.
Yeah right dude, Steve Jobbs certainly knows nothing about marketing.
Let's face it, the best tech companies out there are run by tech guys.
The problem with your premise is that Steve Jobs is not a tech guy. He's one of those management types who practices 'disruptive management' and regularly throws wrenches in the development cycle. Which has worked out for Jobs because he's good at it, and stays fairly close to the people who are the actual tech types.
That's a very shallow summation of Zionism and the history of Israel. It's very disappointing to have somebody with that level of understanding here in the discussion.
Most engineers know next to nothing about marketing and sales...
Conversely, most marketing types know next to nothing about proper engineering design.
And this book isn't about a 'Marketing vs. Engineering' conflict in the first place. It's about the bean counters who wedge themselves in the middle of everything.
It's about 'cost reduction engineering' which is where purchasing gets involved in product engineering. Mature products exist, but 'cost can be driven out of them' by degrading the materials used for their construction.
To an MBA, the fact that a product lasts on average 2 years beyond it's warranty period is a problem to be solved.
It's also all about Taylorism taken to it's furthest degree. In the vision of the MBA dudes, everybody within a company is an expendable plug-in component. Company policy is that Work Instructions must be written, and followed for each task. Once the complete set of work instructions has been captured, the whole 'Employee Expertise' of the company is captured into a file cabinet. They can then put the cabinet on a skid and move it anywhere in the world. That's how those people think. High performing employees with unique skills are a problem, a company liability, to that form of management.
I still haven't sourced a bare solder-tail version of the 4-conductor 3.5mm plug, yet. I've grabbed a few audio/video out cables from other devices that should work. I am surprised that I haven't been able to find any kind of breakout connector yet that turns the headphone/mic jack on the iPod into line in/out connections.
So that one day we will all be free to pass around a collection of snippets of recorded music and drama.
Back and forth, round and round we pass the stuff. 300 unique yet redundant, lossy copies of a recording of some musicians who played 'Freebird' back in 1971.
If we say this loud enough, could it maybe (please?) Zuck up the Facebook IPO. I'd love nothing more than to know that the suits who've spent so much loot on getting control of that particular group of servers were out on the curb looking for food.
Actually, your iPod touch does have a mic input, that extra metal band on the headphone jack. It's how I use my G3 Ipod touch for skype, since it lacks the internal microphone. There's a tiny little microphone built into the wire of the original equipment headphone that comes with the iPod. That built in mic is the only thing that justifies the high price of the Apple brand original equipment earbuds that you can buy for a pricey $30.
My recent experience has been that Apple's App Store is a horrible swamp. It bogs down and my app updates die mid-transfer as often as they arrive. Just loading up the App Store icon takes my iPod Touch into a sloth-like state that it literally can't be shaken out of. It has the feel of a net presence that isn't scaling very well and so just isn't very usable anymore. I'd hate to be a developer dependent on the App Store bottleneck and counting on revenue out of it.
Now, you're exaggerating. It is only strictly prohibited if it relates to the iPod/Pad/Phone itself. They have the platform as locked down as an IBM 360, which is ironic, given they did that whole "1984 Superbowl Ad" thing.
But it's not surprising. One of the things Jobs specifically did to 'save the company' when he returned was close up things that had gradually become more open at Apple. His sanctimonious comment that the Macintosh was 'hacker' proof * at the press conference where the Mac was announced still holds.
(* which got a loud FUCK YOU from The Rest Of Us, some of us still refuse to own any Apple hardware because of that)
I've never, ever, had a friend say "I would like a cool new game to play. And it has to be one that I can only download from one site. I would never want to download it if there were dozens of people, not all approved by the hardware vendor, creating competing games."
But you apparently live in the Magical Walled Garden, which can only exist because the Steve is watching.
Then you can do anything you like on your iPad. If you really want the power...then pay for it.
And only on your iPad, and you can share what you create with a few close friends. You can't say 'hey look what I came up with' and post links on a blog, until you've kissed Steve's ring and Apple has reviewed and approved what you've created.
It strikes me a little like being a 2 year old. Mommy! I did a big potty! Come see!
Does this mean that Google will be trying to leverage Picassa and Blogger to coerce people into joining their Network in order to use them? That's what I read in the word 'rebranding' and it doesn't sound good.
The 'biodegradable' thing in many instances equals planned obsolescene.
I update my glasses about 1/5 as often as the optometrist assures me that I should. Usually I do so only when the frames are broken and unrepairable. I've worn wire-frame glasses that I repair myself by soldering for many years in the past.
My most recent pair are titanium, and near as I can tell, they will last forever. The glasses shop didn't even want to show me titanium frames, I had to ask for them. Possibly because they last too long. They're virtually unbreakable.
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Better yet, instead of googling and finding an echo chamber of left websites explaining what 'the consipiracy' is doing, just get involved. go undercover and participate in a few Tea Party events.
Of course, you'll discover they are regular mainstream boring people, with a few loonies thrown in who everybody else ignores.
Or, just stick to reading the left's websites. It wouldn't be as fun if the 'teabaggers' just seemed like the ordinary boring people they are.
should we really rob our grandparents to keep the wealthy from getting taxed a little more?
Ummm, you've got it wrong there.
Should our grandparents continue to rob their grandchildren, to keep making payments on that condo down in Florida?
I read an article recently about the re-migration of middle class Blacks down to the south. The details in the article were interesting: it's retired Government Civil Service workers, Teachers, and Trade Union lugs who can afford to be doing that. Not the regular folk who worked/work in the private sector.
Why shouldn't she continue to collect, while she works to shut it down?
Do you similarly look askew at Democrats who are furiously waving the 'Raise Our Taxes' banner, but whom are not making significant monthly voluntary contributions to the Internal Revenue Service? Those greedy hypocrites can write a check each month to the Treasury, you know....
Considering how in bed the GOP is with Wall Street, I'm surprised that they're even willing to contemplate not paying our bills.
See, that's where your cartoon parody 'Evil Republican' stereotype undermines your understanding of reality.
Portions of the mainstream GOP are in bed with Wall Street, but just as many, if not more of the mainstream democrats are in the same bed. Maybe you didn't notice them. They're down there making the sheets move, and making that slurping sound.
a massive, panicked slashing of every government program,
I hadn't noticed the big cloud of black smoke wafting this way from Minnesota (I'm southeast of the state) from their massive panicked slashing.
Maybe a good stiff 'Wake the Fuck Up' alert event would be a good thing.
We're talking about far more serious stuff than that.
We're talking about retirees from the Civil Service not getting their monthly stipend. I can already hear the rev of the RV engines as they get ready to roar up from Florida to Washington.
But where can you buy tin foil? Out of the Fisher's Scientific catalog? The same section where you buy gold foil?
(and before you say 'marketing' remember how much money MS put in marketing Zune)
Microsoft poured all that money into the Zune after Apple had already established themselves as the market leader.
And Apple established themselves as the market leader by a combination of good technical design and the kind of slick marketing that Jobs is a pro at. It would be wrong to make the claim that the ascendancy of the iPod was due to technical excellence. And doing so would pretty much cut Jobs out of the equation anyway, because he's not a tech guy, he's a management/marketing guy.
The problem with your premise is that Steve Jobs is not a tech guy. He's one of those management types who practices 'disruptive management' and regularly throws wrenches in the development cycle. Which has worked out for Jobs because he's good at it, and stays fairly close to the people who are the actual tech types.
That's a very shallow summation of Zionism and the history of Israel. It's very disappointing to have somebody with that level of understanding here in the discussion.
Most engineers know next to nothing about marketing and sales...
Conversely, most marketing types know next to nothing about proper engineering design.
And this book isn't about a 'Marketing vs. Engineering' conflict in the first place. It's about the bean counters who wedge themselves in the middle of everything.
It's about 'cost reduction engineering' which is where purchasing gets involved in product engineering. Mature products exist, but 'cost can be driven out of them' by degrading the materials used for their construction.
To an MBA, the fact that a product lasts on average 2 years beyond it's warranty period is a problem to be solved.
It's also all about Taylorism taken to it's furthest degree. In the vision of the MBA dudes, everybody within a company is an expendable plug-in component. Company policy is that Work Instructions must be written, and followed for each task. Once the complete set of work instructions has been captured, the whole 'Employee Expertise' of the company is captured into a file cabinet. They can then put the cabinet on a skid and move it anywhere in the world. That's how those people think. High performing employees with unique skills are a problem, a company liability, to that form of management.
3G 32G iPod Touch with latest software, I think.
I still haven't sourced a bare solder-tail version of the 4-conductor 3.5mm plug, yet. I've grabbed a few audio/video out cables from other devices that should work. I am surprised that I haven't been able to find any kind of breakout connector yet that turns the headphone/mic jack on the iPod into line in/out connections.
They fight. For the right.
So that one day we will all be free to pass around a collection of snippets of recorded music and drama.
Back and forth, round and round we pass the stuff. 300 unique yet redundant, lossy copies of a recording of some musicians who played 'Freebird' back in 1971.
Yeah. That's worth fighting for.
If we say this loud enough, could it maybe (please?) Zuck up the Facebook IPO. I'd love nothing more than to know that the suits who've spent so much loot on getting control of that particular group of servers were out on the curb looking for food.
Actually, your iPod touch does have a mic input, that extra metal band on the headphone jack. It's how I use my G3 Ipod touch for skype, since it lacks the internal microphone. There's a tiny little microphone built into the wire of the original equipment headphone that comes with the iPod. That built in mic is the only thing that justifies the high price of the Apple brand original equipment earbuds that you can buy for a pricey $30.
Shit, maybe we didn't get Osama
We did get Osama, but we also got Obama. And the two things cancel each other out, unfortunately.
My recent experience has been that Apple's App Store is a horrible swamp. It bogs down and my app updates die mid-transfer as often as they arrive. Just loading up the App Store icon takes my iPod Touch into a sloth-like state that it literally can't be shaken out of. It has the feel of a net presence that isn't scaling very well and so just isn't very usable anymore. I'd hate to be a developer dependent on the App Store bottleneck and counting on revenue out of it.
Not allowed! Apple must have their 30% cut!
Now, you're exaggerating. It is only strictly prohibited if it relates to the iPod/Pad/Phone itself. They have the platform as locked down as an IBM 360, which is ironic, given they did that whole "1984 Superbowl Ad" thing.
But it's not surprising. One of the things Jobs specifically did to 'save the company' when he returned was close up things that had gradually become more open at Apple. His sanctimonious comment that the Macintosh was 'hacker' proof * at the press conference where the Mac was announced still holds.
(* which got a loud FUCK YOU from The Rest Of Us, some of us still refuse to own any Apple hardware because of that)
That's a weird point of view.
I've never, ever, had a friend say "I would like a cool new game to play. And it has to be one that I can only download from one site. I would never want to download it if there were dozens of people, not all approved by the hardware vendor, creating competing games."
But you apparently live in the Magical Walled Garden, which can only exist because the Steve is watching.
Then you can do anything you like on your iPad. If you really want the power...then pay for it.
And only on your iPad, and you can share what you create with a few close friends. You can't say 'hey look what I came up with' and post links on a blog, until you've kissed Steve's ring and Apple has reviewed and approved what you've created.
It strikes me a little like being a 2 year old. Mommy! I did a big potty! Come see!
Does this mean that Google will be trying to leverage Picassa and Blogger to coerce people into joining their Network in order to use them? That's what I read in the word 'rebranding' and it doesn't sound good.
The 'biodegradable' thing in many instances equals planned obsolescene.
I update my glasses about 1/5 as often as the optometrist assures me that I should. Usually I do so only when the frames are broken and unrepairable. I've worn wire-frame glasses that I repair myself by soldering for many years in the past.
My most recent pair are titanium, and near as I can tell, they will last forever. The glasses shop didn't even want to show me titanium frames, I had to ask for them. Possibly because they last too long. They're virtually unbreakable.
Don't you usually blog at Democraticunderground.com?
Did someone log your browser onto another site while you were off getting a diet coke?
Many Americans will think of it as voting against Obama.
It kinda sucks to be stuck standing on big-ear's coattails right now.