That's actually not a terrible point, but would be even better handled with a smartwatch I'd think.

Also, some of us like to know how much longer we'll be waiting, or at work, or etc. While truly not needing to worry about time would be excellent, if I'm just chilling at home, and am meeting someone at 8, I may want to know if I have time to vacuum before I start getting ready or not, I don't see how notifications could tell me that.

Thank you for that wonderful post.

Sadly true.

But it is so nice not giving a fuck. I carry a purse, and nobody gives me shit about it, because old, and I'm not really even that old at all. I really like that part of life, we're all the cool kids now, we can all do us and nobody really cares.

The Vertu doesn't look behind the times to me. It has everything I was looking for in a phone and looks great.

Still, not spending 12k on it, and the concierge benefits say a lot about who the target market is (those that don't know how to type on an internet connected device).

I'll get the leather on my Moto X for a 20th the price...

I didn't wear one from about '08-'12, I got a new one then, and I miss it when I forget to put it on.

It's nice to check the time on the wrist.

I wear a watch not as nice as yours, but it was cheap and gets compliments (just a random square guess watch with a simple silver face and date, 24 hr, and day of week wheels).

I definitely plan on buying a smart watch though, probably next generation (I want that lifespan, with the face on), or maybe a pebble steel if the color one brings the price down on the old ones.

If I can get a Zenwatch or a Moto 360 for $250, just a little smaller, and a little more life, I will.

I went without a watch for a while, thinking phone is watch, but since I started wearing one again, I miss it when I forget it.

For me the killer feature though is the customizable face, I want a Qlocktwo, for a fraction of the price. I am obsessed with time in words for some reason, I'm told it's crazy.

There's no market overlap for me I suppose, because I was a long way off from spending much on a watch, but I can see myself getting value from a couple notifications, and a watch face I like. I think they (smart watches in general, not the Apple ones, they have the battery I would need, but $350 is too much, and that's the frumpy one) will destroy the $150-$500 watch market. I'd be very worried if I were Fossil, or some other company in that range.

I think there's a decent chance they'll make watches over-all more appealing though, in which case the Swiss could win in the end.

I guess the real question though is about the batteries, if they are not replaceable, and only good for a year or two of charging, that's a real problem. I assume the CPU won't ever need to do much more with most of the processing coming from the phone, and the screens are already there from what I can tell.

yammer yammer, I'm tired.

Summary, I think the $100-$500 watch market will be destroyed, as people who want a watch choose those that can do a little extra. A smart watch with a good screen will be a logical choice for many people.

I think you misunderstood me, and then I replied to myself because mobile is a pita.

http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

If I plan on losing my job, bankruptcy and a debt wash will have little cost to me.

I think it makes more sense to take the extra money and buy a non-gold precious metal (more stable, gold is likely to collapse, it has in the past, and it's quite high considering how low inflation has actually been) to hedge against inflation, and then use that money for other things, or debt on the chance of job loss.

I like my thumbnails though.

But this means a file I haven't seen I can't use the icon to tell what is going to open it, or of it will be run on it's own.

I actually didn't think OSX hid them, simply that they were optional.

Contrary to what the article states though, every application I've used after Quark 6 made it difficult to not have an extension, some even making it impossible.

Why would I pay down my debt if there's going to be a collapse? The debt will lose value, as the one owing, that's an improvement, not a negative.

I was reading the reasoning that OP proposed for U2s popularity is the relative quality.

I say that's poor reasoning because it would imply TS is number two, and U2 is the absolute all time greatest, and the only hand popular enough to overwhelm current pop. That seems quite unlikely to me.

Not at all. This is about 1st vs 2nd place. If the ranking was that quality dependant, she would be the second greatest, or thegreatest current, and U2 the greatest ever, with age not fading that.

Well, if we use "everywhere" is limited to only the US, marriage is 16, not 18. If everywhere means the world, there is no global ban. Though there is a treaty that uses "puberty" as a minimum standard.

I can't find any credible source for a global ban existing for young women in the context you use. Please enlighten me.

Because Google does a very good job of pointing towards the most relevant site if it's a bit local thing, and if it's local, I'll search on the map.

The .dec thing really reads to me like they use it internally, and don't want to use it.

I can think of no other reason for getting a very generic tld, and saying only we can use it, only for our stuff.