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might have limited availability at launch due to technology concerns

SpamSandwich said:

Folio said:

k2kw said:

SpamSandwich said:

I hear the new iPhones will be made of reconstituted corn syrup. They’ll dissolve over time, which will only accelerate their replacement. And they’re environmentally friendly! Problem solved!

I want one made out of Hemp.

You and Elon. 

Elon seems to be doing his level best to destroy investor confidence in him. Plus, I read that he could lose his security clearance as head of SpaceX for using what is currently an illegal substance at the Federal level.

Soli said:

1) Damn! Even the cheap fitness tracker is losing out to expensive smartwatches in unit sales. This is the smartphones v dumb phone all over again after the iPhone was launched.

asdasd said:

TomE said:

Government at it's Finest - I somewhat understand the EU's position, but they are not going to tell me what I am going to watch.  I will pick the best and not watch the rest.  Same for news shows.  

This is difficult for me to wrap my head around the effects.  When government starts telling business what to do, there is a problem coming down the road. Government rarely solves a problem, but usually creates problems instead.  "Follow the Money" is what works.  Not profitable - don't do it.  

If I work all day at a project (for example) and at the end of the project , I break even or make little money, it was not worth my effort.  i.e., I do something else next time.

If is is profitable to produce 30% of content in the EU, people will do it.  If it is not, they will not do it - and should not do it.   

I currently live in a small town with a  chicken processing plant - we probably all buy poultry.  Some do not buy pork, etc.  But it came to light that the Muslims want the industry to say a "Mou-La" over the chickens being processed.  I don't have the spelling correct, but is sounds to me just like I wrote it:  Mou-La" or $ to the Muslim priests who do this. The company allows this.  It is a $1k payment to the priests for doing this.  I don't know if it is $1k per shift or $1k per / 24 hours, but they do it is the point.  Here is an example of what is not cost efficient.  The Muslims demand a payment and prayer over the chickens - to be eaten by them.  They don't yet demand that the chickens be labeled "Moo-La" chicken, but they will do it one day.  Being a Christian, I asked our lower paid Methodist Minister if he would be willing to say a prayer over the Chickens on behalf of Christians, and we both decided it would be a good bonus for him - certainly more than he makes now. 

The point is, when special interests start getting involved in business decisions and dictate the outcomes, it is not good.
The Chinese might not want to eat these chickens since they think Muslims are not a religion , but people who have a mental type illness (or so that is what I just read).  So, if the Chinese do not want to eat Moo-La Chickens, I might not want to eat them either - I think Muslims are for world domination .  

The EU should stay out of this business and let the producers make the decisions and the people will vote with their $'s or pocketbooks.  
EU , US , etc. need to stick to government needs & not tell business what to do - they cannot handle their own problems, much less someone else's business.  Government only has the powers we the people give them - they need to stick to the basics, National Defense, etc.  Not Welfare, not Medical Care for Free, Not anything that is beyond the basics.  Government needs to shrink , not grow.  

The EU needs to concentrate on what they do best . . .  now what was it they do well ?

Government is great for investment. We literally wouldn't have the iPhone without it. Or the internet. 

However dictating what we watch or buy, thats something else and never works. 

( your muslim analogy doesn't compare, thats private company initiatives)