cnocbui

ericthehalfbee said:

cnocbui said:

You really are pushing it.  If you use an NFC card in Australia, the transaction is tokenized, that is not an Apple invention and is not exclusive to Apple Pay.  There is no security on NFC transactions under $100 because the banks are prepared to reimburse you for any fraud involving such transactions and to wear the cost because it so minuscule compared to the efficiency savings, so in terms of the security of YOUR money, there is no advantage with Apple Pay.

There are several advantages to Apple Pay, but someone with a simple mind like yours is more concerned with trolling than actually thinking about how these systems work. So either you're ignorant or you're a liar. Which is it?

cubefan said:

Anti-competitive?  Those three are having a laugh and a joke at their customers expense because they don't have enough competition - contactless reader technology is fairly widespread in the UK - but RFID bank cards are fundamentally insecure to walk-by scamming.  I use ApplePay daily and watch people in the coffee shop queues' reaction as I use the same device for loyalty card and payment, its much faster and more secure than chip and pin, cards only come out when there's antediluvian technology in the shops or I need some cash.   Why do I need to put my card in a slot? can't I have ApplePay secured cash machines. Please?

cornchip said:

cnocbui said:

Modern car design is quite soulless for the most part, the Alfa 8C and a few others being exceptions.

I once owned this, which I still think is one of Pinninfarina's best works:

It's not terrible, but one of the best?

The Fiat 130 coupé was a design of timeless classic elegance and perhaps Pininfarina's best of the 1970s

A majestic blend of severity and grace, boldness and subtlety, sharp angles joined by soft curves, the Fiat 130 Coupé was a true catwalk beauty, a masterclass Pininfarina classic that was widely copied in the Seventies but never equalled. That commercial success eluded it was more to do with social problems ” the utilitarian connotations of the Fiat brand in an image-driven luxury Coupé sector ” than any failings endemic to the car. In every respect, the 130 lived up to the sophistication that its styling projected, an opulent, exotic, refined and thoroughly engineered car built to a standard rather than price.

Launched in 1971, it was current for six years and 5,000 units, but not even the patronage of celebrities such as Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and Dusty Springfield (hers had gold-plated door handles) could raise its profile.

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When Sergio Pininfarina revealed the 130 Coupé at Turin in 1971, it must have been with relief, for this was the stylist’s first showstopping design after a year or two in the doldrums. In a sense, there was nothing dramatic or radical about the 130. It was a sober, exquisitely proportioned, large, two-door car, a fusion of gentle nuance and suggestion, presence, poise and dignity.
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Whatever the case, the appearance of the 130 Coupé was an epiphany for Pininfarina. At last, it seemed the company had found its way again after the death of its founder Battista Pininfarina in 1967. A year after its introduction, the Coupé won the Style Auto award, presented by a jury of international car stylists.
It defined all its big car design commissions for more than a decade to come. Arguably, all of them failed to recapture the purity of the original.
The Rolls-Royce Camargue that emerged a few years later was derived from the 130, yet the architecture had been corrupted, as the shape descended into ostentatious caricature. At the other end of the scale, the 1975 Peugeot 604 emerged as a cheap, bland, four-door mass production interpretation. Not even the Ferrari 365GT/4 of 1972 managed to outpoint the Fiat among the style critics, even if it outlived its inspiration by many years.

rogifan_new said:

cnocbui said:

But think of the profit margin, that is all that matters.  Tim realised that user experience was an aberrant thought Jobs had, probably due to the ingestion of some psychedelic, and has since put Apple back on the right path,  expensive adapters and dongles to replace every conceivable port - ka-ching!

Hey Deutsche Bank came out with a research note this morning saying their supply chain sources say iPhone 7 will be shipping with a headphone adapter rather than lightening headphones. Watch bands and adapters...Apple's most innovative year yet!