See GP - who used Australia as an example of eliminating guns works. And the population increases of the US means it still had a bigger drop in homicides as compared to a gun-free Australia.
I don't have to register my vehicle with the Government if I choose to only operate it on private property. I'd love to have that same freedom for firearms!
Statistics on Australian homicide show that the number of all homicides went from 355 in 1997 to 297 in 2012. So about a 16% reduction.
Statistics on US homicides over that same time period (1997 to 2012) show the number dropping from 21,606 to 14,827. About a 31% reduction - about double that of Australia.
Seems that eliminating firearms in Australia might have actually slowed the drop in the number of homicides (assuming that Australia would have normally followed the reductions in the US), leading to a relative GAIN in the homicide rate as compared to the US over the same period.
What? Ok, they may be denied a CCP, or even a handgun permit. But there are plenty of "no paperwork" firearms that ANYONE can get.
Only illegally. In the State of California, ALL firearms transfers must be completed through an FFL dealer; any out-of-State firearm must also be registered with the State.
IF Apple were to offer it, do you think they'd price the product BELOW what others could conceivably sell for? Effectively price "below market value"?
If you're a 3rd party, and you want to offer that kind of a dongle, with active electronics (digital and analog) inside of it, it's going to be a ~$50 product. If it were simply an IAP2 chip and some wiring, you could do it for $4. Apple could do it for $2. But then, Apple sells that very thing (Lightning cable) for $19 - so they're pricing it at market value (typical 5X markup of COGM to MSRP for consumer electronics, based on the $4 build cost for non-Apple companies). Which would put a Lightning-to-headphone adapter probably around $50 - what everyone else would pay.
I've been playing in the consumer audio space for nearly 2 decades, heavy design AND production (including living in China full time for the better part of a decade, and still spending 30-40% of each year in China), and even worked for Apple for a while (audio systems on Macbooks). I have a pretty good idea of what it would cost a non-Apple vendor to make this kind of a device - and my experience says that Apple would in no way price lower than what other vendors would have to price at.
The actual sea level data shows little if any increases. It's a nice sinusoidal function that tracks a 24 year period. The ONLY way you can get that data to show sea level rise issues is with a linear regression and a terrible R^2 of 0.11 (meaning - you're trying to fit essentially random data with a straight line). The sea level isn't changing.
Take a look at the actual sea level data from Majuro records. The data fits a nice non-inclining 3rd order sinusoidal function with peaks and dips in the average sea level. And no sign of acceleration (unless you do a linear regression with a terrible R^2 fit of 0.11).The sea level isn't really rising much, if any. If the level of the atoll is falling, it's either subsidence or natural decline that comes from living on a pile of coral in the middle of the ocean.
I think just making all laws sunset after 10 years would be sufficient. If it's a good law, it would sail through without issue. Otherwise - rework or expire.
Unfortunately, it's not true they just say "no". They say "no" to big stumbling blocks, not everything. In fact, the record shows plenty of laws passed. Somewhere upwards of 95%. But on big issue items, where the two parties have fundamentally different approaches/solutions, there is nothing moved forward. As it should be.
One other datapoint... Silicon Labs has a Lightning-to-Audio converter (CP2614) available. it's $3.39 in 100K quantities. You still need an amplifier on it, as well as some power supply filtering and protection. It's still a $5-$6 electrical solution, on which a package needs to be placed, then assembly costs, etc. It's not cheap to do a Lightning-to-analog conversion adapter, not cheap at all.
I would proffer it's even more important for Congress to know when it should NOT pass laws... Often the proper answer is "no", especially when it comes to political winds and short term trends.
Nope, built in volume (100K/yr) in a factory in Zhuhai. Using a TI amplifier ($1.20/100K pieces), AKM DAC ($1.00 for a good quality unit, 100K pricing). Regulators ($0.70 - need 3.3V and 1.8V, LDOs are cheap but not that cheap), passives (another $0.40, driven mainly by caps), connectors, mechanicals (squirt a part, shoot a little paint, you're at $0.50 in 250K pricing). It's not cheap - which is why there is a STRONG market for counterfeit IAP2 chips, and many who don't pay the appropriate licensing fees, and many who use raw plastic finish (screw flow and knit lines), improper connectors (fake Lightning connectors with questionable tolerancing), etc.
This isn't just "an adapter" - it also would need to have a full DAC and amplifier inside, as well as a power supply. So it's more than the simple connector/wiring adapters you're thinking of.
Most of this is in the MFi manufacturing (Made For iPhone) program, and you can only get details if you're an audited and accepted factory to build MFi products (I've done several MFi products in the last few years, I've been through the Apple approval grinder more than once). But Apple doesn't let you build products that play with non-iOS or even obsolete iOS devices and still get the MFi (and thus, Lightning) licensing. Does it run afoul of anti-trust laws? Only if someone was to take it to court and push it through - which would be a very long, very expensive process. And there a few manufacturers out there making MFi-like cables for Android.
Gionee, Xiaomi, Huawei all have offerings like this. Thin, big screens, SD slots, dual SIMs, and pretty cheap. Not SOTA processors, but plenty good for basic phone operations. You usually have to put up with a butchered China-centric version of Android, though...
You can thank Apple for that. If you want the "made for iPhone" logo on your box, then you have to include an IAP2 chip and CANNOT include functionality to support other devices (part of the deal). So a company can do a universal iPhone AND Android controller (it's trivial), but Apple will not license you the IAP2 chip, and thus you cannot claim it is "made for iPhone". It's their way - or no way.
Well, the IAP2 chip and license is about a buck, and then you'd need a DAC and amp. It's around $4-$5 minimum to do Lightning to powered analog for the electrical. Add the packaging required (either an on-cable box, or a separate box) and battery and you're up to close to $10 for the Lightning-to-highend headphone adapter. So figure $40-$50 MSRP. Not an insignificant amount!
The data rate of BLE is WAY too low for any real audio experience. You can get about a 64 kbps MP3 stream and that's it. I guess if you like listening to highly compressed music it would work, but for anything else (like anything you can get from any of the online music streaming/selling services) - you'll have to use "full" Bluetooth, and the power consumption associated.
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See GP - who used Australia as an example of eliminating guns works. And the population increases of the US means it still had a bigger drop in homicides as compared to a gun-free Australia.
I don't have to register my vehicle with the Government if I choose to only operate it on private property. I'd love to have that same freedom for firearms!
Statistics on Australian homicide show that the number of all homicides went from 355 in 1997 to 297 in 2012. So about a 16% reduction.
Statistics on US homicides over that same time period (1997 to 2012) show the number dropping from 21,606 to 14,827. About a 31% reduction - about double that of Australia.
Seems that eliminating firearms in Australia might have actually slowed the drop in the number of homicides (assuming that Australia would have normally followed the reductions in the US), leading to a relative GAIN in the homicide rate as compared to the US over the same period.
What? Ok, they may be denied a CCP, or even a handgun permit. But there are plenty of "no paperwork" firearms that ANYONE can get.
Only illegally. In the State of California, ALL firearms transfers must be completed through an FFL dealer; any out-of-State firearm must also be registered with the State.
IF Apple were to offer it, do you think they'd price the product BELOW what others could conceivably sell for? Effectively price "below market value"?
If you're a 3rd party, and you want to offer that kind of a dongle, with active electronics (digital and analog) inside of it, it's going to be a ~$50 product. If it were simply an IAP2 chip and some wiring, you could do it for $4. Apple could do it for $2. But then, Apple sells that very thing (Lightning cable) for $19 - so they're pricing it at market value (typical 5X markup of COGM to MSRP for consumer electronics, based on the $4 build cost for non-Apple companies). Which would put a Lightning-to-headphone adapter probably around $50 - what everyone else would pay.
I've been playing in the consumer audio space for nearly 2 decades, heavy design AND production (including living in China full time for the better part of a decade, and still spending 30-40% of each year in China), and even worked for Apple for a while (audio systems on Macbooks). I have a pretty good idea of what it would cost a non-Apple vendor to make this kind of a device - and my experience says that Apple would in no way price lower than what other vendors would have to price at.
The actual sea level data shows little if any increases. It's a nice sinusoidal function that tracks a 24 year period. The ONLY way you can get that data to show sea level rise issues is with a linear regression and a terrible R^2 of 0.11 (meaning - you're trying to fit essentially random data with a straight line). The sea level isn't changing.
Take a look at the actual sea level data from Majuro records. The data fits a nice non-inclining 3rd order sinusoidal function with peaks and dips in the average sea level. And no sign of acceleration (unless you do a linear regression with a terrible R^2 fit of 0.11).The sea level isn't really rising much, if any. If the level of the atoll is falling, it's either subsidence or natural decline that comes from living on a pile of coral in the middle of the ocean.
I think just making all laws sunset after 10 years would be sufficient. If it's a good law, it would sail through without issue. Otherwise - rework or expire.
Unfortunately, it's not true they just say "no". They say "no" to big stumbling blocks, not everything. In fact, the record shows plenty of laws passed. Somewhere upwards of 95%. But on big issue items, where the two parties have fundamentally different approaches/solutions, there is nothing moved forward. As it should be.
One other datapoint... Silicon Labs has a Lightning-to-Audio converter (CP2614) available. it's $3.39 in 100K quantities. You still need an amplifier on it, as well as some power supply filtering and protection. It's still a $5-$6 electrical solution, on which a package needs to be placed, then assembly costs, etc. It's not cheap to do a Lightning-to-analog conversion adapter, not cheap at all.
I would proffer it's even more important for Congress to know when it should NOT pass laws... Often the proper answer is "no", especially when it comes to political winds and short term trends.
Nope, built in volume (100K/yr) in a factory in Zhuhai. Using a TI amplifier ($1.20/100K pieces), AKM DAC ($1.00 for a good quality unit, 100K pricing). Regulators ($0.70 - need 3.3V and 1.8V, LDOs are cheap but not that cheap), passives (another $0.40, driven mainly by caps), connectors, mechanicals (squirt a part, shoot a little paint, you're at $0.50 in 250K pricing). It's not cheap - which is why there is a STRONG market for counterfeit IAP2 chips, and many who don't pay the appropriate licensing fees, and many who use raw plastic finish (screw flow and knit lines), improper connectors (fake Lightning connectors with questionable tolerancing), etc.
This isn't just "an adapter" - it also would need to have a full DAC and amplifier inside, as well as a power supply. So it's more than the simple connector/wiring adapters you're thinking of.
How do you think they learned enough programming to CREATE the freaking Internet in the first place?
Most of this is in the MFi manufacturing (Made For iPhone) program, and you can only get details if you're an audited and accepted factory to build MFi products (I've done several MFi products in the last few years, I've been through the Apple approval grinder more than once). But Apple doesn't let you build products that play with non-iOS or even obsolete iOS devices and still get the MFi (and thus, Lightning) licensing. Does it run afoul of anti-trust laws? Only if someone was to take it to court and push it through - which would be a very long, very expensive process. And there a few manufacturers out there making MFi-like cables for Android.
Gionee, Xiaomi, Huawei all have offerings like this. Thin, big screens, SD slots, dual SIMs, and pretty cheap. Not SOTA processors, but plenty good for basic phone operations. You usually have to put up with a butchered China-centric version of Android, though...
It's a standard connector. How can Apple monetize and lock-in users with an open standard?
That will be supported with an iPad Pro connector/authorized accessory port. Gotta do something to sell those $1000 iPads!
Samsung, Sony and many others already use the commodity waterproof 3.5mm jacks. IP67 rated at that...
You can thank Apple for that. If you want the "made for iPhone" logo on your box, then you have to include an IAP2 chip and CANNOT include functionality to support other devices (part of the deal). So a company can do a universal iPhone AND Android controller (it's trivial), but Apple will not license you the IAP2 chip, and thus you cannot claim it is "made for iPhone". It's their way - or no way.
But if your brand new $200 Beats won't plug into your MacBook, that's a problem.
It's OK, there will be a $29 dongle to fix that...
Well, the IAP2 chip and license is about a buck, and then you'd need a DAC and amp. It's around $4-$5 minimum to do Lightning to powered analog for the electrical. Add the packaging required (either an on-cable box, or a separate box) and battery and you're up to close to $10 for the Lightning-to-highend headphone adapter. So figure $40-$50 MSRP. Not an insignificant amount!
Lighten up, grandpa - I'm already off your lawn!
The data rate of BLE is WAY too low for any real audio experience. You can get about a 64 kbps MP3 stream and that's it. I guess if you like listening to highly compressed music it would work, but for anything else (like anything you can get from any of the online music streaming/selling services) - you'll have to use "full" Bluetooth, and the power consumption associated.
No, I think the SJWs would prefer to reign over everyone...
That explains a lot about the recent trends in UIs...