Pretty much this. There is very little in the IP itself, especially since everyone and their dog either already did a Minecraft clone or is currently developing one. The moment MS taints the IP by turning it into something its users do not like, it's gone from the front page and replaced by one of its copycats.
For reference, see Napster.
obsolete?
if you use drives as shelf-spares or backups, then this is a MAJOR problem!
I have drives that are 10+ yrs old and while I don't spin them up very often, I do expect them to still work years from now as long as I give them a spin-up every so often, to keep them in shape.
a drive that fails just sitting there, unused, is NOT something I want to buy! or own.
What's wrong with a party balloon and a hose?
Fall into a swamp, maybe.
We could print them, perhaps.
Guess what. Happens quite a bit. Russian patrol boats are seen outside of Alaskan waters on a regular basis.
Hell, we've even let Canadians dock here. We did hold the line at Greenpeace, though.
Given the size of the plus version, you could certainly strap in on as a sandal. It's got Gorilla Glass and aluminum - pretty strong. A strap, a little padding and you're there.
I trust no one with nude photos.
And we collectively breath a sigh of relief.
That's because nobody has his name riding on Pluto being a planet. You think this would've gone down so smoothly if the year was 1935?
Transhumanist medicine?
There is something wrong with that term....
Apple has always had a little bit of trouble with time zones, DST and the like....
Everything is a Western?
Many of these rust-belt cities have struggled for so long that suburban sprawl has been quite limited. Many of them have intact urban downtowns that are run-down and many of these towns and cities have been focusing on smart urban renewal of these downtown areas. They won't be making the same mistakes again. And they don't need a whole generation of investment to make them great little places to live.
They still need ongoing jobs. And this is the elephant in the room as far as fracking goes. It's boom-bust all over again.
The money isn't really in the product, the money is really in creating enough buzz to get some other sucker to put his money into a well so that you can cash out. Once that stream of suckers^Hinvestors drops out, the economy drops out. Quickly.
So in ten years you will seen storefronts boarded up again. They won't be storefronts from the 50's and '60s (the last boom and bust cycle), they will have LED lights and fake granite counter tops and old Wifi routers. But they will be boarded up.
Large volumes of inexpensive, clean water that do not require large amounts of energy to process is a finite resource.
There, I fixed it for you.
You've just read the label on your Pop-Tart.
Put your glasses on, drink some more coffee and try again.
What the world *really* needs is a good Automatic Bicycle Sharpener.
