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Comment Re:You think the US ones don't come from China? (Score 2) 178

Doubt it. Even if they somehow got reseller status on Amazon, they would promptly get feedback'd down to oblivion. They would't last long on ebay either. Only on Alibaba would someone actually think those cards were real....

I have seen 640G Sony cards, 512G SD, etc years before that size was actually available....

Comment Re:Too little too late (Score 0) 214

You're going from modern China to modern North Korea. I say this as an iPhone user. No external storage. No file manager. Nothing open. Everything works, making the whole concept of 'file management' obsolete.

T, FTFY

Double fixed.

Triple fixed, for clarity. Also, the 80's called they want their file systems back!

Comment Re:Device looking for a use case (Score 5, Informative) 135

You don' t have a Tag Heuer. You have a $50 battery powered quartz watch with a very expensive Tag Heuer sticker on it. A real, Automatic Movement Tag has about a 48 hour reserve, after that it needs to be worn, wound or placed in a winder.

Not the two markets overlap much, but there are a lot of watches out there that won't run for more than 48hours....

And back on topic, this thing looks really good. I don't care about the health stuff that much, but the smart watch features look great.

Comment Re:my company lowered wages and all they get are h (Score 1) 284

You believe the status quo must be kept as is, even in a shifting global economy.

Oh, so we're free to buy goods and housing at third world prices? All the CEO's that make more than $500k a year have been fired and replaced with MBA's from India? No and no you say? Then it sounds like the "global economy" is still really a "capitalist crock of shit".

Other than locally grown food, the price of durable goods is pretty consistent around the world. I've been there, I know. So your strawman "third world pricing" falls apart pretty fast. Do you have any example of this pricing disparity? If you find any, yes, you are free to purchase and import at will.

And yes there are tons of MBA's from India over here. My MBA class (class of '07) was roughly 1/3 China, 1/3 India and 1/3 north america/europe. That mix is typical for most top end MBA programs. Some go back to India/China, some stay here.

Perhaps your problem is you don't really understand what "global" means, or appreciate the benefits you get from it.

Comment Re:my company lowered wages and all they get are h (Score 2) 284

He makes about 1/3 less than I do. In a free market economy someone really good should command what I can command.

No, in a free market economy you would both be making *his* wages. What you are advocating for is a protected economy - you want the government to put rules in place (or to maintain/enforce existing ones) to ensure artificially high wages for your particular skill set. You believe the status quo must be kept as is, even in a shifting global economy.

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1, Informative) 294

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Comment Re:Here's another perspective (Score 3, Insightful) 389

Do a masters at a better school - you can do one in a year and it will hide your weak undergrad. I have an associates, a horrific undergrad upgrade to bachelors and a big buck masters, and it definitely opened doors for me. Just having access to a careers center at a top graduate school - they know so many people, who know people, etc. When I get hired, it's the skills learned at the Associate level that people find most valuable....

Comment Creative types don't need college... (Score 2) 389

Those with less than perfect grades might go on to dream up blockbuster films like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg or become entrepreneurs like Steve Job"

If the C students are that creative, they'll find a way w/o college anyway, so why admit them?

The college application process is not meant to find a needle in haystack. Statistically speaking, your C student is more likely to be delivering pizza than founding Pixar.

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