That breaks the rules, according to Apple. ANY work you create with their iBooks Author MUST be distributed through iTunes exclusively. You give it straight to your students? You broke the rules...
Yes, because as we know education 50 years ago - before the age of computers in every classroom - no one learned anything and there we no groundbreaking inventions and science leaps. Thankfully we have SHINY SCREENS with animation to catch interest so the children will finally want to learn!
Latency is an issue for Farmville? For 90% of the Internet using public, latency of a second is acceptable - speed when connected is king (can it stream music/Netfix/Youtube). Farmville doesn't really have a latency issue...
Correct - it's passenger rail that loses money (AMTRAK loses something like $8 billion a year). Most bus systems collect less than 20% of their operating costs via the fare box. And on and on... It's transit solutions that are heavily subsidized, not cars, trucks, and freight systems.
Now check the numbers - cars bring IN more than $34.5 billion. The reason extra money was sent was because we're spending a ton on crazy transit deals which do not pay for themselves nor operate in the black. It's not the cars - it's the heavily subsidized transit that's draining those coffers.
How about raising the fares for Detroit? Last survey had the fare box covering 14% of the costs of operation. How about transit cover its own costs first? Or should it actually get a lot of taxpayer subsidies thrown at it - wasted, as it were? Note that Cleveland's not much better at 21.5%....
Cars and trucks pay for themselves (See the Goverment report here). It's trains and transit that do not. Don't worry, your grocery delivery isn't subsidized by your income taxes, but your local bus and passenger train are subsidized by those same delivery trucks...
The result is that my, non-car-using, ass has to pay income taxes to subsidize all these people who love their cars so much, but if I dare to ask them to pay for a train or another bus I'm breezily told "nobody will use that."
Nice rant, too bad it's based on false information. Car-based taxes are a net income to the Federal Government, and end up financing the losses for transit options. Cars more than pay "their fair share", it's trains and buses that are laggards (and that's not factoring in the capital costs required for those two modes).
The reality in the US is that it's the transit users - bus and train riders - who are being subsidized by car drivers. If bus and train riders would pay their fair share, maybe income taxes could be reduced.
And yet - 99% of the public will laugh at you for buying $90 bottles of wine when three-buck-Chuck is available and tastes nearly as good. The issue is that trying to objectively quantify and place value on an inherently subjective experience is an effort doomed to failure before it begins.
That's about it. It's like most people who buy wine, or buy fancy cars or watches - it's not because they're objectively superior, but people enjoy them, enjoy the differences, and BELIEVE it makes a difference. And when it comes to subjective preference, belief is a HUGE part of what the person will ultimately experience.
You've got to laugh at the folks that spend thousands on interconnects, power cables and speaker cables.
DISCLOSURE: I've worked in the audio industry (transducer development) for 20 years now, for high end and mass-market brands.
Audio reproduction isn't just an objective event; it's a subjective experience. And just like the environment at the local high-end restaurant lends itself to improving the overall experience of consuming a fine meal, having a gilded cable (or hand-rubbed-walnut ensconced automobile) can improve a person's belief in what they are experiencing.
The attitude a person holds when they sit down to listen to music, or watch a movie, will greatly impact their opinion of that same work. Many people just feel better knowing they spent a lot on a cable or amplifier or speaker or TV, and that enhances the subjective portion of their experience. If that's the case - then who's to say it's a waste or that it's worthless?
For things which are purely subjective in valuation, and 100% discretionary (you need food, water, shelter, power, and to a lesser extent communications and transportation - audio and video, not so much) decrying someone's spending on something they WANT to buy, and that will subjectively enhance their enjoyment of the entire event, is rather short-sighted.
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You've obviously never seen the size of lettuce and tomatoes grown in Fairbanks, Alaska. A short season of 23 hour days grows plants VERY quickly...
Take a look at a globe sometime - if the temperate zone shifts closer to the polar regions then there is less land available to farm.
Whaaa? The continents of Asia and North America say otherwise...
It's not getting more acidic; it's getting more neutral. And the research shows that it's not harming coral or mollusks at all.
Perhaps it was better back then... The US has a 75% literacy rate, and a majority of those illiterate folks are high school graduates...
That breaks the rules, according to Apple. ANY work you create with their iBooks Author MUST be distributed through iTunes exclusively. You give it straight to your students? You broke the rules...
Yes, because as we know education 50 years ago - before the age of computers in every classroom - no one learned anything and there we no groundbreaking inventions and science leaps. Thankfully we have SHINY SCREENS with animation to catch interest so the children will finally want to learn!
Any rep from Chicago or Senator from Illinois will gladly represent you.... And any dead relatives you believe would be impacted by these bills.
Rather than teaching them to program, how about we first teach them basic dental hygiene!
Latency is an issue for Farmville? For 90% of the Internet using public, latency of a second is acceptable - speed when connected is king (can it stream music/Netfix/Youtube). Farmville doesn't really have a latency issue...
Correct - it's passenger rail that loses money (AMTRAK loses something like $8 billion a year). Most bus systems collect less than 20% of their operating costs via the fare box. And on and on... It's transit solutions that are heavily subsidized, not cars, trucks, and freight systems.
Now check the numbers - cars bring IN more than $34.5 billion. The reason extra money was sent was because we're spending a ton on crazy transit deals which do not pay for themselves nor operate in the black. It's not the cars - it's the heavily subsidized transit that's draining those coffers.
How about raising the fares for Detroit? Last survey had the fare box covering 14% of the costs of operation. How about transit cover its own costs first? Or should it actually get a lot of taxpayer subsidies thrown at it - wasted, as it were? Note that Cleveland's not much better at 21.5%....
Cars and trucks pay for themselves (See the Goverment report here). It's trains and transit that do not. Don't worry, your grocery delivery isn't subsidized by your income taxes, but your local bus and passenger train are subsidized by those same delivery trucks...
The result is that my, non-car-using, ass has to pay income taxes to subsidize all these people who love their cars so much, but if I dare to ask them to pay for a train or another bus I'm breezily told "nobody will use that."
Nice rant, too bad it's based on false information. Car-based taxes are a net income to the Federal Government, and end up financing the losses for transit options. Cars more than pay "their fair share", it's trains and buses that are laggards (and that's not factoring in the capital costs required for those two modes).
The reality in the US is that it's the transit users - bus and train riders - who are being subsidized by car drivers. If bus and train riders would pay their fair share, maybe income taxes could be reduced.
Because emotions, beliefs, and expectations NEVER color any perception, do they? You really don't understand subjective preference do you?
Well you go right on then, arguing about the objective superiority of your subjective experience then...
And yet - 99% of the public will laugh at you for buying $90 bottles of wine when three-buck-Chuck is available and tastes nearly as good. The issue is that trying to objectively quantify and place value on an inherently subjective experience is an effort doomed to failure before it begins.
That's about it. It's like most people who buy wine, or buy fancy cars or watches - it's not because they're objectively superior, but people enjoy them, enjoy the differences, and BELIEVE it makes a difference. And when it comes to subjective preference, belief is a HUGE part of what the person will ultimately experience.
You've got to laugh at the folks that spend thousands on interconnects, power cables and speaker cables.
DISCLOSURE: I've worked in the audio industry (transducer development) for 20 years now, for high end and mass-market brands.
Audio reproduction isn't just an objective event; it's a subjective experience. And just like the environment at the local high-end restaurant lends itself to improving the overall experience of consuming a fine meal, having a gilded cable (or hand-rubbed-walnut ensconced automobile) can improve a person's belief in what they are experiencing.
The attitude a person holds when they sit down to listen to music, or watch a movie, will greatly impact their opinion of that same work. Many people just feel better knowing they spent a lot on a cable or amplifier or speaker or TV, and that enhances the subjective portion of their experience. If that's the case - then who's to say it's a waste or that it's worthless?
For things which are purely subjective in valuation, and 100% discretionary (you need food, water, shelter, power, and to a lesser extent communications and transportation - audio and video, not so much) decrying someone's spending on something they WANT to buy, and that will subjectively enhance their enjoyment of the entire event, is rather short-sighted.
And how many of those 11% are 64 bit versions of Windows 7?
Depends upon the market - in Australia and the UK, the Galaxy S II outsells the iPhone. Single model to single model.
Might as well check Lynx and AOLOnline for 95 browsers as well, too...
HERETIC! There's a roundhouse kick coming for you ANY MINUTE NOW...
Why not? It was part of the foundation of Planned Parenthood...
Does that attitude include the steaks you buy at the grocery store?