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patchythepirate said:

There's no way Apple could make the iPhone thinner, while keeping the headphone jack, without disrupting the antenna line on one side, or the screen glass on the other. The interesting thing is that this particular chassis leak doesn't look any thinner than the 6/6s. But whatever the motivation from Apple, I'm not going to cry over the lost headphone jack.* It just seems unnecessarily cumbersome, as well as redundant when there's another port that's perfectly capable of handling audio. As long as it ships with lightning headphones that I can use as backup for my bluetooth headphones (which, cumbersome or not, are the future, as Neil Cybart eloquently pointed out), I'll be happy. I'll also very much enjoy using the extra boost in speaker power. Also, and I think this is actually pretty significant, there are a lot of people that like to talk using the speakerphone (I do it more than I realized). There are even a lot of people that like to do this in public; it's not a typical "Apple Man" thing do do, but it's fairly common.**

*However, given people's reaction to the switch from the 30 pin to the lightning connector, there will be mass hysteria over this (as was hilariously forecasted by The Verge).
**In many ways I am very much an "Apple Man" (and proud of it!) as I learned from this excellent article linked by Daring Fireball.

Except a plethora of thinner Android phones which still have headphone jacks and antennas would show you to be wrong.

crowley said:

knowitall said:

I know some people of Ireland myself (altough not Northern Ireland) and it seems to me that the suggestion to unite north and south must be possible (they are really ok people), it might be that a uniform dislike of all English is stronger than internal struggles about religion, this would also mean no hard borders in the future.

Huh?  Northern Ireland doesn't uniformly dislike the English.  That's why they're still in the UK.  Using the opinions of people from the Republic of Ireland on the Northern Ireland question to form a complete judgement is like only asking for opinions on gun control from members of the NRA.

There's a lot more to the Troubles than religion.

Also, the RoI stands to be a big loser in this whole charade.  The UK is by far their biggest trading partner, and a lot of the trade that doesn't go to the UK still goes through the UK because of geography.  Ireland just had a giant rock planted between itself and Europe.

I would disagree.  The ROI trading with and via the UK has never been as smooth as it is with the Eurozone because the UK retained the Pound so the endless hassle of currency conversion and fluctuating exchange rates has made trade scarcely any less hassle than with any other country not in the EU like Norway and Switzerland.  The main facilitator is the common market aspect and lack of tariffs and duties.  I imagine Ireland and the UK could just agree to carry on trade as if the UK were still in the EU.

But even if that is made impossible by the Eurocrats, who I think might be wise enough to pull their fat heads in a bit after this, there is an absolutely humungous great pink elephant sitting in the corner nobody in Dublin ever saw fit to mention during the whole 'let's scare the shit out of them' campaign.  A lot of foreign multinationals like Apple are based in Ireland because we are in the EU and our corporate tax rate is the lowest in the EU.  However, even more are situated in the UK because it is in the EU but thought the currency hassles and higher corporate tax rate were worth the local market size and the dynamics and resources of one of the worlds largest economies.  With the UK out of the EU, it is probably a safe bet that a lot of these companies will up sticks and relocate to Ireland so as to still be in the EU and it's the only other English speaking EU country, and they will get an 8% cut in corporate tax for their troubles.  There has already been a report in the BBC that Morgan Stanley were already starting to move staff to Dublin, though they unconvincingly denied it.

Ireland's economy is more likely to take off like a rocket, I suspect.  The biggest problem will be they will all want to locate to Dublin and there already is a severe housing shortage for locals, let alone possibly tens of thousands of newcomers.

Also, I would imagine that existing direct links to the continent from Cork and Roslare to Roscoff and Cherbourg could be expanded if it proved to be advantageous.

While most people think this will all be a huge economic sea-anchor, I think it might be a catalyst for a large surge in economic activity as the scale of the changes involved and needed is vast, which means there will be a lot of work to go around to make it all happen.  A bit like a war without the bloodshed and death.

macplusplus said:

crowley said:

They may be, they may not.  Croatia and Turkey have never been in the EU. Scotland has, and voted to stay in, but are being dragged out of it by the UK.  If they were to reapply after separating from the UK there may well be different arrangements, as this is unprecedented.

Things do not work like that. They won't say, "You were once a honorable member of the EU within the UK, so here is your place on the table." They will rather say "Go to the of the queue.." :-)

No, they will be told 'welcome to the front of the queue, your application will be fast-tracked and the result is certain'  because It would be such a massive nose thumbing at England they couldn't resist such a golden opportunity.

macplusplus said:

No human rights. No labor rights. No economic development. No prosperity. No welfare. No peace. Nothing but "integration".

EU has sacrificed all of these modern ideals for the sake of a stupid "integration" idea. They've tried to build the most powerful meta-state and the most controlled market this planet has ever seen. That has nothing to do with socialism and should be rather defined as "Eurofascism".

And they failed miserably...

I thought at first your post was pure sarcasm and was intended to be wholly ironic, but I think you actually might be serious.  There is actually nothing factually correct about your post.

propod said:

apple ][ said:

Open borders is suicide. I don't blame the Brits for not wanting to take part in Merkel's suicidal and psychotic plans.

Her plans has led Germany to be the best country in the world to live in. US is ranked 28, Greece 21

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/the-41-nationalities-with-the-best-quality-of-life-a7071406.html

And right here, folks, we have a perfect example of the complete BS that has sullied the whole brexit campaign.

The OECD better life index ranks a lot of countries ahead of Germany, starting with Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, Iceland and even the US.

http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/#/11111111111