After the bump in resolution, I just don't think there's much reason to upgrade. Speed is okay. The tech industry increasingly has to look at a future where it sells products that will be "good enough" for most people for a decade instead of 2 years.

What smart phones/tablets went through the last 7 years is what desktop and notebook PCs went through in the 80s/90s/early00s. Now very few people consider seriously getting a new desktop every 2 or even 4 years. And yes there will always be a segment that wants more speed, but as they grew the market for computers, that segment did not increase in proportion with it because most of those power users were already there by the nature of their work. Many of the power users that get added afterwards probably replace the ones that drop off for one reason or another.

And considering ewaste, this is not a bad thing. Except for companies whose stock price depends on them always pushing out more product than they did the same quarter last year.

Sony will turn it into a propietary format, allowing someone else to develop a work around at 1/3 the price.

You say that as if there is no overlap.

What's funny is colloquial language is the exact opposite and yet some people treat any aberration as if it would cause a million parsing errors.

Yanno, I don't think perfect grammar or lack of in an informal setting is a test of intelligence. Just be good enough to get the idea across.

I never sat in an English class and thought my teacher was an amazing wizard of thought through their impeccable language skills. Mostly it was "What a dull bitch." I have the same thoughts of spelling/grammar nazis online who try to use it as counterargument or to elevate themselves over the other person.

My math teachers otoh... those were wizards. Their grammar was sometimes horrible and I forgave their faults at every turn.

Honestly, it really depends on what you do. But for the average westerner, I'd recommend a cleaver good long (~10") japanese chef's knife (but european shape), I like Shun but there are better brands that cost more. And a moderate size ceramic knife.

I think wusthoff/henckels is just ok but not more than that.

Gordon Ramsay is?

And I don't even pay $15 for a movie screen now. Around $8-11.

The only tiered pricing will be how it is now. Closer to release date, the more you pay. Movie Ticket > PPV > Rental > Streaming > TV (free, albet with ads).

Okay, I didn't stick DVD/BR in there which mucks up that neat formula with a higher price and ambiguities.... but the point remains. No one is going with this stupid plan.

Don't like a group? Declare their activities illegal and arrest them. Then declare that all they are doing is sitting in jail taking up taxpayer money and execute them to save some cash.

Sounds good to me.

Just like anything, people will consign to obvlivion anything that doesn't fit to their preconceived notions or the general dogma of the day.

Just look how any science that deals with racial differences (IQ, etc) is handled in the scientific community itself, or how Stephen Jay Gould was able to make a career out of political correctness on accusing past scientists of bias with brain sizes... while being completely off the mark himself.

Various stuff like that happens all the time in every era. Humans remain human.

I have bad experience with German cars. Expensive to buy. Expensive to maintain.

I like my Toyota, but my cousin's matrix engine just died with only 130k on the dial due to bearings.

Get yourself a 1500 watt scooter then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It costs $1500, goes about 30+ish miles, and leave the rest of us who don't want to be crammed in by your choice alone.

A $30 aeropress coffee maker is as good as a $5000 espresso machine.

As an owner of an expensive automatic machine, not quite $5000 but up there, I like the convenience it offers and it makes great coffee for an automatic. I have to clean it very seldomly. The aeropress looks good for what it is although I don't trust plastic and hot water together.

A double edge safety shaver that uses 20 cent blades is far superior to any expensive disposable shaver system, even the ones with 5 blades.

Agree. Companies moved on from DE to proprietary cartridges for profit.

$150 Formica counter top fulfills all the duties of a $3000 granite counter top.

Not quite. I had formica crack under a hot pot, stain, scratch, and chip. The first I haven't seen my granite countertop of 10 years do, and the latter 2 were much, much reduced to nil. Might not be worth it to everyone though, I can see that.

I may enjoy writing following proper grammar rules, but that's just my personal preference and just because I like it, doesn't mean everybody should do so.

If we're going to be limp-wristed faggots about this, why not be a limp-wristed faggot on all subjects?

Oh, I may enjoy math following proper math rules, but that's just my personal preference and just because I like it, doesn't mean everybody should do so. No, I don't mind being shortchanged by a cashier, she probably wasn't being greedy, she was just following her own wonderfully unique set of math rules.

Why even bother sending the kids to school? They can learn their own unique way at home.