I know, I know... It's like the old Mac vs. PC thing. Poor Apple, having to ship those apps from a single store, not all those thousands of brick-and-mortar and mail-order stores where you can buy Android apps...
Per CNN, in 2014 there were about 250,000 illegal immigrants who committed crimes and were either in jail or deported after committing a crime. That represents about 13% of all those in prison. Even though illegal immigrants are about 4% of the total population. So their rate of criminal action to population is about 3 times higher than the average population.
Suitable for rice, but rarely used for commercial crops... And it doesn't work at all for non-flat farmland (which is more common than you think). Sprinkler/impulse is typically used, either with long fixed pipes and heads every 20-40 feet, or one long rotary system with longer spacings on the heads.
Question: how much pressure does it take to run a typical sprinkler head on a rotary irrigation setup, or to ensure even distribution across 200 meters of pipe with outlets every 10 meters? HINT: It's a lot more than you get from a few meters of elevation...
Huh, State and Local taxes aren't relevant? And most countries let companies that pay overseas taxes deduct those - the US limits the deduction. And the average rate of 26% is still above the OECD average of actual taxes paid.
That they averaged 26% domestically, and 40% when you include foreign AND state AND local (those last two being domestic) taxes? That's well above the OECD average.
Your own link shows "Over tax years 2008 to 2012, all large corporations—profitable and those that reported current year losses—paid 25.9 percent of their pretax net income in U.S. federal income taxes, and 40.1 percent when foreign and state and local taxes are included". I guess a 40% effective tax rate is pretty low, eh? That's from your VERY OWN SOURCE.
Perhaps some facts can help? US marginal effective tax rate is the highest in the OECD. But then, I know your post was loaded with solid facts and references, so...
Fully agree, in many cases the smallest PIC micro is overkill in terms of storage. But more and more having 1 GB of storage available is becoming less of a constraint for lots and lots of devices. For all of them? No, but I know of more than a few headphones/portable audio devices that contain 1 GB of OS drive and 256MB+ of RAM. IF Windows (and that's a big IF) brings features and functionality to your device that you need, the "limitation" of 400 MB is really not much of a limitation anymore...
In the age of 2 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD phones, 400 MB is femto... Given current memory pricing, it's often cheaper to toss in a 1 GB flash chip than a 128 MB flash chip, especially if you want to interface with a more modern processor (faster speeds, etc.)
Assuming the mechanicals and transducers are the same, then the potential audio experience should be effectively the same. However, the BT unit will have higher cost because of the BT radio, battery, certification costs, electronics, etc. And if you want the better sounding BT options like AptX, that's another $0.70 to tack on for AptX/AptX Low Latency (AptX HD is even more - and there are about 4 phones on the market that support it as well).
All else being equal, adding a BT front-end to a headphone will necessarily add cost, and will necessarily result in a compressed audio experience (and if you have an iPhone, you will NOT have an option ever for AptX - CSR 867X chips are not used in iOS devices).
Additionally, most airlines do not allow Bluetooth streaming audio devices (BLE devices can be allowed). In some countries (China) they are extremely vigilant about that; others (the US) they are more lax - but Bluetooth headphones and the like are NOT on the approved devices list.
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Apple stockholders certainly will, but Apple app devs - and most fanbois with zero financial stake - won't.
I know, I know... It's like the old Mac vs. PC thing. Poor Apple, having to ship those apps from a single store, not all those thousands of brick-and-mortar and mail-order stores where you can buy Android apps...
At least 26 named conflicts/wars since November 1, 1993 when the EU was founded... So about 1 a year?
Chuck Norris.
In your hand.
Courage.
Clearly a lie - after all Apple would have done it if it could be done!
Per CNN, in 2014 there were about 250,000 illegal immigrants who committed crimes and were either in jail or deported after committing a crime. That represents about 13% of all those in prison. Even though illegal immigrants are about 4% of the total population. So their rate of criminal action to population is about 3 times higher than the average population.
And who sets those rules? Shall we have President Maduro set the rules for the world? After all, they are working so well in Venezuela...
Hint: corporations don't pay ANY taxes, they merely collect it. All monies paid in taxes came from the pockets of their buyers...
Suitable for rice, but rarely used for commercial crops... And it doesn't work at all for non-flat farmland (which is more common than you think). Sprinkler/impulse is typically used, either with long fixed pipes and heads every 20-40 feet, or one long rotary system with longer spacings on the heads.
Question: how much pressure does it take to run a typical sprinkler head on a rotary irrigation setup, or to ensure even distribution across 200 meters of pipe with outlets every 10 meters? HINT: It's a lot more than you get from a few meters of elevation...
Huh, State and Local taxes aren't relevant? And most countries let companies that pay overseas taxes deduct those - the US limits the deduction. And the average rate of 26% is still above the OECD average of actual taxes paid.
That they averaged 26% domestically, and 40% when you include foreign AND state AND local (those last two being domestic) taxes? That's well above the OECD average.
Your own link shows "Over tax years 2008 to 2012, all large corporations—profitable and those that reported current year losses—paid 25.9 percent of their pretax net income in U.S. federal income taxes, and 40.1 percent when foreign and state and local taxes are included". I guess a 40% effective tax rate is pretty low, eh? That's from your VERY OWN SOURCE.
A higher marginal tax rate than Cuba, but a lower effective tax rate than Cuba.
Citation needed.
Actually, effective tax rates are still the highest in the world.
Perhaps some facts can help? US marginal effective tax rate is the highest in the OECD. But then, I know your post was loaded with solid facts and references, so...
When the Government gets down to the detail of defining required accessibility regulations for miniature golf facilities, it's going a bit too far...
Fully agree, in many cases the smallest PIC micro is overkill in terms of storage. But more and more having 1 GB of storage available is becoming less of a constraint for lots and lots of devices. For all of them? No, but I know of more than a few headphones/portable audio devices that contain 1 GB of OS drive and 256MB+ of RAM. IF Windows (and that's a big IF) brings features and functionality to your device that you need, the "limitation" of 400 MB is really not much of a limitation anymore...
Beware of where you wear your worn necklace...
In the age of 2 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD phones, 400 MB is femto... Given current memory pricing, it's often cheaper to toss in a 1 GB flash chip than a 128 MB flash chip, especially if you want to interface with a more modern processor (faster speeds, etc.)
But NOT baked...:)
Assuming the mechanicals and transducers are the same, then the potential audio experience should be effectively the same. However, the BT unit will have higher cost because of the BT radio, battery, certification costs, electronics, etc. And if you want the better sounding BT options like AptX, that's another $0.70 to tack on for AptX/AptX Low Latency (AptX HD is even more - and there are about 4 phones on the market that support it as well).
All else being equal, adding a BT front-end to a headphone will necessarily add cost, and will necessarily result in a compressed audio experience (and if you have an iPhone, you will NOT have an option ever for AptX - CSR 867X chips are not used in iOS devices).
Additionally, most airlines do not allow Bluetooth streaming audio devices (BLE devices can be allowed). In some countries (China) they are extremely vigilant about that; others (the US) they are more lax - but Bluetooth headphones and the like are NOT on the approved devices list.