What's unreasonable about a percent? Apple is using Qualcomm inventions to extort people. And yes, they are real inventions, not apple's rounded corners.
Ignoring the "rounded-corners" trollbait, the honest answer to your question is that Qualcomm's patent enables the chips, which are just one component of the phone. If Apple adds a better screen, better camera, better CPU/GPU, and more RAM, why should that cause Qualcomm to get more money for one of the chips?
Apple's position has been that the chip suppliers should themselves retain Qualcomm licenses and sell Apple the chips wholesale, incorporating the price of the licensing. So it's not like the chips themselves were unlicensed. But Qualcomm wanted more, and knew it could get it because its patents were incorporated into the standard after they pretended to agree to "FRAND" terms, and Qualcomm knows they have everyone over a barrel.
From neighboring countries, it's trivial to drive into Switzerland, hike into Switzerland, take the train into Switzerland, fly, etc. I've lived here two years and never had my papers checked at the border when traveling within Europe, whether by foot, car, train, or plane. (Yes, you read that right, they generally don't check ID at airports.) The problem is, once you're here, you need to register to do virtually anything, from buying a cell phone to getting medical care to getting an apartment or job. Everyone here is registered in the canton or gemeinde ("commune" on a town level) where they live, and you need that card for almost anything official.
Also, legal immigrants comprise over 25% of the country's population, so it's not like immigration is uncommon. It's getting a little harder to get a visa these days if you're not an EU person, but if you are, it's still in the "shengen" system so it's easy. And if you're an asylum seeker, you get distributed to the cantons and gemeindes who are responsible for housing you while your case is processed. But to progress visas from an L to a B to a C to a citizen requires increasing levels of integration, establishing local ties, and demonstrating Swiss knowledge and culture. So even with the large number of foreign-born people, everything still feels "Swiss," at least to an auslander like me.
Now, I'm not sure what any of this has to do with Copyright, so please go ahead and rightly mark this "Off-Topic" (but maybe also Informative?), but I thought you might be interested in the point of view of an expat living in Switzerland.
(As to Copyright, everyone I know generally follows the rule of thumb that you generally want to buy stuff if it's available for sale to support the creators, but if they region lock it or otherwise restrict it or delay it, downloading Copyrighted stuff is not illegal here as long as you don't distribute it yourself. To wit, even though downloading Copyrighted stuff is not a crime here, Netflix is still reasonably popular.)
One might also ask the question why all those platforms and advances happened in the commercial world and not the Free Software world? Why wasnâ(TM)t the mass market smartphone a Free Software development? Why is âoecommercialâ even seen as the opposite of âoefreeâ? RMS has a cause and thatâ(TM)s great, but he has not presented a system which advances mankind. Until he can articulate how an industry can be sustained and the pace of innovation retained, itâ(TM)s just a hobby. Itâ(TM)s nice to have hobbies.
How the fuck did you get modded up, they weren't climate change "deniers", they simply believed the solar cycle was going to be a more significant influence over the next 10 years than climate change, they were wrong but it was not an unreasonable bet.
You might have had a point, except his defense for not paying is that the duration wasn't long enough, and if you wait another 20 years it will cool again. That's pretty much global warming denial in my book, which is the main driver of climate change.
I remember this same discussion about 50 years ago.
Firstly, if you are going to learn to use a keyboard, you might as well learn the one you are going to find everywhere, and not some weirdness that is mildly more efficient (VHS v Betamax).
I would agree, except that I recently moved to Europe and the standard keyboard here is the "QWERTZ" keyboard. Z and Y are swapped. (Colloquially called among expat friends a "kezboard".) Also, all the punctuation is in a different spot. I tried learning it, but then would go home and sit at my QWERTY laptop. I finally gave up and remapped the keys. I'd say just use what you're used to and don't worry about what you're going to find everywhere.
Apple and Microsoft have many business relationships, and the $200M lawsuit settlement and licensing deal is (really) old news. Bing is not as good as Google, but not bad... most users won't notice. The ones who care will just change the default. Google will lose out on billions in revenue. No one will switch any of their products. It's not that big a deal-- Apple is just asking what their platform is worth. It's ok whether this deal happens or not. Google's probably got the most to lose, but I'm sure they'll do just fine.
I knew global warming had to be in there somewhere. By the way, it is "climate change" not "global warming". You need to keep updated with the latest propaganda. Meanwhile, your local drinking water is polluted, but go ahead and worry about the Earth wobbling.
Climate Change and Global Warming are two different things. Global Warming refers to the observed surface temperature change. Climate Change is broader, and encompasses many effects that may be induced by increased greenhouse gasses and the resulting change in climates.
Politicians and media personalities have tried to push the use of one over the other for their own purposes. For example, Republicans have (largely successfully) pushed for "Climate Change" over "Global Warming" in public discourse, in an attempt to obfuscate the fact that the Earth really is warming. (This is, I assume, the propaganda you're talking about.)
Uber IS NOT a "TECH" company. They are a "TAXI DISPATCH" company. That is all.
The Uber Service may be a taxi dispatch service, but Uber themselves have only one product: software and infrastructure behind it. Software that underpins it's taxi service, it's food delivery service, and completely separately R&D in self driving vehicles.
Saying Uber is not a tech company is just daft. Now one could say that they aren't a "good" tech company since they seem to spend a lot of time sitting in the courtroom defending their tech.
How do they make their revenue? Do they sell, license, or build-for-hire software? Or do they get commissions on taxi dispatches? If it's the latter, then they're a taxi dispatch company. Every company in the world would be a "tech company" these days under your definition.
I ended up with a president that created kill lists of Americans, followed the advice of Keynesians, engaged in even more unwise military adventures, massively increased the cost of my medical insurance, created moral hazards all over the place, and for good measure accused me of having white privilege and not having built my business. So, not doing that again. (I left the Democratic party after being a lifelong Democrat.)
And what if the MD variant is a genetic transition state towards a much more efficient/capable genetic variation? Or what if there's a linked gene that is hugely beneficial, and given enough people it will find more variations that stabilize to something survivable? You can't select until you have the variations and combinations. Having more variations of human genes survivable and reproducible just gives us more to select from when we need the adaptation in the next selection event. So no, eugenics isn't just awful, it's not even logical.
Wasn't there an outcry, not long ago, over iOS location services still recording your location even when disabled?
No, not recently. There was a big bug 7 years ago that led to that, and it was fixed by Apple in the next point release. I think that was iOS 4.0 (we're currently about to get 12).
Also, you must be completely blind to Apple's underhanded practices. The stories abound, so you have to be actively trying to avoid them.
No company is perfect, but Apple is light years better than Google in personal privacy and security. Probably because Apple makes money by selling you secure personal devices, and makes more money the more secure and personal they are. Google gives that part away, and makes more money the better they can track you and sell your information.
If you think you would like Android, try it. It's no worse than iOS and Google is no worse than Apple.
Sure, just be aware of what the people selling you your product do to profit, and expect to be treated accordingly.
Apply some critical thinking: Apple didn't become the richest company in the world on the backs of the smallest market share in the industry by being open and honest.
Apple is perhaps one of the least "open" company in the world, but one of the most honest. The transaction is really simple. Here's the best mobile device in the world, give us money. Here's the best wireless headphones in the world, give us money. Here's the best tablet in the world, give us money. Here's a service that integrates it all, give us money. Their success isn't some secret cabal.
Agreed... an unlocked iPhone is probably the original posters best "non-ideologically-pure" option. Smooth, fast UI, good camera, great support, secure, continued OS security and functionality upgrades... and I'm going to call shenanigans on receiving a "DOA" iPhone 7 unless they bought a stolen used one. Apple backs up their products better than almost anyone. But Apple is the one Slashdot loves to hate, so...
The easiest data set I can think of to mine for evidence of time travelers is 23andme. In theory, with enough data points you should be able to detect a discontinuity in the gene patterns such that you could detect someone going back in time and having children. It wouldn't even be that hard of a query... I have to believe someone there has tried it...
Who hasn't seen "life hack" videos? The idea that the word has completely lost its original meaning is perhaps overstating it a bit. But with regards to surreptitiously gaining access to computers and systems, I don't think the popular word and the original word are as far apart as a lot of Slashdotters would like to believe. The Steves' first device before starting Apple was a box to make long distance phone calls without paying, and experimenting with access that wasn't completely appropriate was part of understanding the digital world back then. The first Internet worm was released on accident, brought down a good chunk of the Internet at the time, and was written as a learning exercise... and the author was given probation, community service, and a small fine. Was that a "hack" or a "crack"? Who knows... the distinction seems like a way for some people to feel better about themselves. Just live with the fact that these are all "hacks" and crackers are something you eat with cheese...
Switzerland is also a powerhouse in drug making, especially if you count it per capita or per GDP. And they have an Obamacare-like system, with the exception that "basic" insurance plans must be non-profit. The insurers themselves do not need to be non-profit, and can offer additional coverage, package deals with other insurance, or special access to non-basic treatments as additional profitable add-ons. But basic insurance, which everyone must have (with subsidies if it takes more than a certain percentage of your income), everyone must accept, and covers all life-saving and common treatments, is non-profit here.
There are a lot of possible solutions, and the US is surprisingly close to something that works and yet insists on sticking with something that has the worst outcomes in the world... if the current political leadership would get off their high horse and try to figure out something that works for people instead of businesses the problem is solvable.
Basically, there are a bunch of people who just want stuff for free.
* The Gutenberg crowd wants people to give them their books for nothing.
* The publishers want people to give them money for nothing.
You're all a bunch of wankers.
The US Constitution grants the power to the Government "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." Note "for a limited Times". It's the right of the creator of a work to get paid for it for awhile, but after a time it is owned by Humanity and yes, everyone should be able to copy it for free. All Project Gutenberg seems to want is for the "limited Times" to not keep getting extended indefinitely, and to be judged under the Constitution of the country in which they live and operate.
Anyone who thinks they âoeshut down the feedâ from the barge hasnâ(TM)t watched any previous landings, I guess. They lose feed from the barge at touchdown every single time, success or failure. Itâ(TM)s possible they knew of the failure not long afterwards and chose not to share it, but losing the video feed from the barge is normal.
Be a speaker. Seriously, itâ(TM)s way, way better at this than any of the other options. If thatâ(TM)s not important to you, then this product isnâ(TM)t for you.
Not that not reading the article is uncommon in Slashdot either, but it appears that almost every single poster complaining about it didnâ(TM)t bother to read even the intro page cited in the article. Even the ones who thought they were being clever brining up 29.97fps. Seriously, this seems like a nice solution to a niche problem, and if you donâ(TM)t see the point, itâ(TM)s probably not for you anyway.
Are you claiming that the CEO and BoD of one of the larger mining and natural resources companies who sold their business to Russia are Democrats? That's seems unlikely. Or are you saying that, as a right-winger, you would prefer greater Government regulation and interference on routine natural resources deals?
As for New California, it would largely be an agricultural and natural resources state, while the science, technology, business, arts, shipping, R&D, tourism, and transportation would all be in the left-wing, high-growth, profitable "old" California.
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What's unreasonable about a percent? Apple is using Qualcomm inventions to extort people. And yes, they are real inventions, not apple's rounded corners.
Ignoring the "rounded-corners" trollbait, the honest answer to your question is that Qualcomm's patent enables the chips, which are just one component of the phone. If Apple adds a better screen, better camera, better CPU/GPU, and more RAM, why should that cause Qualcomm to get more money for one of the chips?
Apple's position has been that the chip suppliers should themselves retain Qualcomm licenses and sell Apple the chips wholesale, incorporating the price of the licensing. So it's not like the chips themselves were unlicensed. But Qualcomm wanted more, and knew it could get it because its patents were incorporated into the standard after they pretended to agree to "FRAND" terms, and Qualcomm knows they have everyone over a barrel.
Pray they do not change the deal further.
From neighboring countries, it's trivial to drive into Switzerland, hike into Switzerland, take the train into Switzerland, fly, etc. I've lived here two years and never had my papers checked at the border when traveling within Europe, whether by foot, car, train, or plane. (Yes, you read that right, they generally don't check ID at airports.) The problem is, once you're here, you need to register to do virtually anything, from buying a cell phone to getting medical care to getting an apartment or job. Everyone here is registered in the canton or gemeinde ("commune" on a town level) where they live, and you need that card for almost anything official.
Also, legal immigrants comprise over 25% of the country's population, so it's not like immigration is uncommon. It's getting a little harder to get a visa these days if you're not an EU person, but if you are, it's still in the "shengen" system so it's easy. And if you're an asylum seeker, you get distributed to the cantons and gemeindes who are responsible for housing you while your case is processed. But to progress visas from an L to a B to a C to a citizen requires increasing levels of integration, establishing local ties, and demonstrating Swiss knowledge and culture. So even with the large number of foreign-born people, everything still feels "Swiss," at least to an auslander like me.
Now, I'm not sure what any of this has to do with Copyright, so please go ahead and rightly mark this "Off-Topic" (but maybe also Informative?), but I thought you might be interested in the point of view of an expat living in Switzerland.
(As to Copyright, everyone I know generally follows the rule of thumb that you generally want to buy stuff if it's available for sale to support the creators, but if they region lock it or otherwise restrict it or delay it, downloading Copyrighted stuff is not illegal here as long as you don't distribute it yourself. To wit, even though downloading Copyrighted stuff is not a crime here, Netflix is still reasonably popular.)
One might also ask the question why all those platforms and advances happened in the commercial world and not the Free Software world? Why wasnâ(TM)t the mass market smartphone a Free Software development? Why is âoecommercialâ even seen as the opposite of âoefreeâ? RMS has a cause and thatâ(TM)s great, but he has not presented a system which advances mankind. Until he can articulate how an industry can be sustained and the pace of innovation retained, itâ(TM)s just a hobby. Itâ(TM)s nice to have hobbies.
How the fuck did you get modded up, they weren't climate change "deniers", they simply believed the solar cycle was going to be a more significant influence over the next 10 years than climate change, they were wrong but it was not an unreasonable bet.
You might have had a point, except his defense for not paying is that the duration wasn't long enough, and if you wait another 20 years it will cool again. That's pretty much global warming denial in my book, which is the main driver of climate change.
I remember this same discussion about 50 years ago.
Firstly, if you are going to learn to use a keyboard, you might as well learn the one you are going to find everywhere, and not some weirdness that is mildly more efficient (VHS v Betamax).
I would agree, except that I recently moved to Europe and the standard keyboard here is the "QWERTZ" keyboard. Z and Y are swapped. (Colloquially called among expat friends a "kezboard".) Also, all the punctuation is in a different spot. I tried learning it, but then would go home and sit at my QWERTY laptop. I finally gave up and remapped the keys. I'd say just use what you're used to and don't worry about what you're going to find everywhere.
Apple and Microsoft have many business relationships, and the $200M lawsuit settlement and licensing deal is (really) old news. Bing is not as good as Google, but not bad... most users won't notice. The ones who care will just change the default. Google will lose out on billions in revenue. No one will switch any of their products. It's not that big a deal-- Apple is just asking what their platform is worth. It's ok whether this deal happens or not. Google's probably got the most to lose, but I'm sure they'll do just fine.
I knew global warming had to be in there somewhere. By the way, it is "climate change" not "global warming". You need to keep updated with the latest propaganda. Meanwhile, your local drinking water is polluted, but go ahead and worry about the Earth wobbling.
Climate Change and Global Warming are two different things. Global Warming refers to the observed surface temperature change. Climate Change is broader, and encompasses many effects that may be induced by increased greenhouse gasses and the resulting change in climates.
Politicians and media personalities have tried to push the use of one over the other for their own purposes. For example, Republicans have (largely successfully) pushed for "Climate Change" over "Global Warming" in public discourse, in an attempt to obfuscate the fact that the Earth really is warming. (This is, I assume, the propaganda you're talking about.)
Uber IS NOT a "TECH" company. They are a "TAXI DISPATCH" company. That is all.
The Uber Service may be a taxi dispatch service, but Uber themselves have only one product: software and infrastructure behind it. Software that underpins it's taxi service, it's food delivery service, and completely separately R&D in self driving vehicles.
Saying Uber is not a tech company is just daft. Now one could say that they aren't a "good" tech company since they seem to spend a lot of time sitting in the courtroom defending their tech.
How do they make their revenue? Do they sell, license, or build-for-hire software? Or do they get commissions on taxi dispatches? If it's the latter, then they're a taxi dispatch company. Every company in the world would be a "tech company" these days under your definition.
I ended up with a president that created kill lists of Americans, followed the advice of Keynesians, engaged in even more unwise military adventures, massively increased the cost of my medical insurance, created moral hazards all over the place, and for good measure accused me of having white privilege and not having built my business. So, not doing that again. (I left the Democratic party after being a lifelong Democrat.)
Go home, Russian troll.
And what if the MD variant is a genetic transition state towards a much more efficient/capable genetic variation? Or what if there's a linked gene that is hugely beneficial, and given enough people it will find more variations that stabilize to something survivable? You can't select until you have the variations and combinations. Having more variations of human genes survivable and reproducible just gives us more to select from when we need the adaptation in the next selection event. So no, eugenics isn't just awful, it's not even logical.
You have created a sad, fearful reality for yourself to live in.
Wasn't there an outcry, not long ago, over iOS location services still recording your location even when disabled?
No, not recently. There was a big bug 7 years ago that led to that, and it was fixed by Apple in the next point release. I think that was iOS 4.0 (we're currently about to get 12).
Also, you must be completely blind to Apple's underhanded practices. The stories abound, so you have to be actively trying to avoid them.
No company is perfect, but Apple is light years better than Google in personal privacy and security. Probably because Apple makes money by selling you secure personal devices, and makes more money the more secure and personal they are. Google gives that part away, and makes more money the better they can track you and sell your information.
If you think you would like Android, try it. It's no worse than iOS and Google is no worse than Apple.
Sure, just be aware of what the people selling you your product do to profit, and expect to be treated accordingly.
Apply some critical thinking: Apple didn't become the richest company in the world on the backs of the smallest market share in the industry by being open and honest.
Apple is perhaps one of the least "open" company in the world, but one of the most honest. The transaction is really simple. Here's the best mobile device in the world, give us money. Here's the best wireless headphones in the world, give us money. Here's the best tablet in the world, give us money. Here's a service that integrates it all, give us money. Their success isn't some secret cabal.
Agreed... an unlocked iPhone is probably the original posters best "non-ideologically-pure" option. Smooth, fast UI, good camera, great support, secure, continued OS security and functionality upgrades... and I'm going to call shenanigans on receiving a "DOA" iPhone 7 unless they bought a stolen used one. Apple backs up their products better than almost anyone. But Apple is the one Slashdot loves to hate, so...
The easiest data set I can think of to mine for evidence of time travelers is 23andme. In theory, with enough data points you should be able to detect a discontinuity in the gene patterns such that you could detect someone going back in time and having children. It wouldn't even be that hard of a query... I have to believe someone there has tried it...
Nope. It equals 1.
Who hasn't seen "life hack" videos? The idea that the word has completely lost its original meaning is perhaps overstating it a bit. But with regards to surreptitiously gaining access to computers and systems, I don't think the popular word and the original word are as far apart as a lot of Slashdotters would like to believe. The Steves' first device before starting Apple was a box to make long distance phone calls without paying, and experimenting with access that wasn't completely appropriate was part of understanding the digital world back then. The first Internet worm was released on accident, brought down a good chunk of the Internet at the time, and was written as a learning exercise... and the author was given probation, community service, and a small fine. Was that a "hack" or a "crack"? Who knows... the distinction seems like a way for some people to feel better about themselves. Just live with the fact that these are all "hacks" and crackers are something you eat with cheese...
Switzerland is also a powerhouse in drug making, especially if you count it per capita or per GDP. And they have an Obamacare-like system, with the exception that "basic" insurance plans must be non-profit. The insurers themselves do not need to be non-profit, and can offer additional coverage, package deals with other insurance, or special access to non-basic treatments as additional profitable add-ons. But basic insurance, which everyone must have (with subsidies if it takes more than a certain percentage of your income), everyone must accept, and covers all life-saving and common treatments, is non-profit here.
There are a lot of possible solutions, and the US is surprisingly close to something that works and yet insists on sticking with something that has the worst outcomes in the world... if the current political leadership would get off their high horse and try to figure out something that works for people instead of businesses the problem is solvable.
Basically, there are a bunch of people who just want stuff for free.
* The Gutenberg crowd wants people to give them their books for nothing.
* The publishers want people to give them money for nothing.
You're all a bunch of wankers.
The US Constitution grants the power to the Government "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." Note "for a limited Times". It's the right of the creator of a work to get paid for it for awhile, but after a time it is owned by Humanity and yes, everyone should be able to copy it for free. All Project Gutenberg seems to want is for the "limited Times" to not keep getting extended indefinitely, and to be judged under the Constitution of the country in which they live and operate.
From the Technical Specs:
Audio Formats: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, and FLAC2
Anyone who thinks they âoeshut down the feedâ from the barge hasnâ(TM)t watched any previous landings, I guess. They lose feed from the barge at touchdown every single time, success or failure. Itâ(TM)s possible they knew of the failure not long afterwards and chose not to share it, but losing the video feed from the barge is normal.
Be a speaker. Seriously, itâ(TM)s way, way better at this than any of the other options. If thatâ(TM)s not important to you, then this product isnâ(TM)t for you.
Not that not reading the article is uncommon in Slashdot either, but it appears that almost every single poster complaining about it didnâ(TM)t bother to read even the intro page cited in the article. Even the ones who thought they were being clever brining up 29.97fps. Seriously, this seems like a nice solution to a niche problem, and if you donâ(TM)t see the point, itâ(TM)s probably not for you anyway.
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Let's try that again...
Are you claiming that the CEO and BoD of one of the larger mining and natural resources companies who sold their business to Russia are Democrats? That's seems unlikely. Or are you saying that, as a right-winger, you would prefer greater Government regulation and interference on routine natural resources deals?
As for New California, it would largely be an agricultural and natural resources state, while the science, technology, business, arts, shipping, R&D, tourism, and transportation would all be in the left-wing, high-growth, profitable "old" California.
That makes sense. In San Joseâ(TM)s case, 30L and 30R were pairs with exactly the same length, width, etc, where 29 was a skinny short oddball.