dasanman69

wizard69 said:

ChampionPower said:

ALL It has been 151 years since the end of the US Civil War and approx 60 years since the US Civil Rights movement and Great Society programs have been enacted. The rift between blacks and whites is as great as ever even with the election of a African American President. There is no other equal level of conflict that exists betwwen other races or ethnic groups as the black-white divide, clearly existring methods are not working and the problem I suspect is mostly cultural and not merely skin color as witness by the successful and rapid integration of other races and ethnic groups into the USA mainstream within a generation or two. We need soe deep soul searching here.

This is a huge problem but the establishment of the Welfare state didn't help the situation but rather it made the situation much worst. Frankly I don't really understand the African American community, at least that part of the community that has embraced the welfare state. It is a hideous creation of the Democrats, the public housing for example is just another aspect of slavery that the Democrats have always supported. The absolutely hilarious thing here is that the Democrates actually got people on welfare to willingly move into these public housing prisons. I'm not sure which is worst, the Democrats inability to give up their connections with slavery, or the gullibility of people that let them continue. I do believe ignorance is a big part of the problem.

wizard69 said:

andrewj5790 said:

Let the investigations play out. If the police were guilty of murder, throw them under the jail, then, capital punishment is a good method of stopping murderers. 

Also, 4 police officers are dead tonight, anyone think we'll hear from Tim Cook on that? 

This is the ovewhelming reality, the vast majority of people shot by cops are in fact criminals. Due to the lack of strongly enforced death penalties it is a good thing that people, criminals really, are getting killed in this manner. We don't have a problem with racial inequality in this nation, rather we have an ethnic group that is largely populated with criminals that want a lawless society. Until people wake up as to just how off the tracks this community is racial equality will never happen.

williamh said:

dasanman69 said:

The deal was well known. The specifics weren't, big difference. 

My friend,  Schmidt wasn't saying "if there are some specifics that you don't want anyone to know...."  He was challenging the very notion of privacy.  I think Schmidt's quote is in direct opposition to their mantra about not doing evil. 

wigby said:

rogifan_new said:

Forget about the best UX when there are margins to worry about! Glad to see Cook & Co. are focused on the important things. I was just with someone last night who couldn't take photos at the fireworks display because their phone was full (they have a 16GB model). Phones fill up fast (especially if people have Live Photos on and don't realize it - it's not that obvious). But hey if these rumors are true that's great for 64GB owners who will get another 64GB without having to spend more.  

Has anyone noticed how the only ones complaining about 16GB of storage are not the ones experiencing the issues themselves? I'm not calling you out but there really are millions of 16GB users or there that either don't care or don't have a storage problem. And if you ask the vocal ones complaining about Apple being greedy and ignoring user experience for the sake of higher margins, they all say that they just upgraded to more storage and don't have any issues themselves. Then why don't they shut up?

EsquireCats said:

It's amusing to think that Google pay at least a dollar per active iOS device per year just to be the default search option - possibly even much more considering the revenue sharing agreement. Says a bit about how much they fear competition in the search space.