Consumers lack of math skills to do simple math calculation. When they see initial cost of $600, no one would want to buy a phone. When they see $0 phone for $60 / month for 2 years, that becomes more chew-able even though the latter wouldn't make economical sense.

That reminds me of the blink html tag in the old days. Yes, I'm getting old.

Interpreting your own numbers: Q1 2013 22.9 Q2 2013 19.5 That is a drop of 14.8% Q1 2014 26 Q2 2014 16.35 That is a drop of 37.1% The rate has down more than double from Q1 to Q2 between 2013 and 2014. I am no financial analyst, judging my these rates, the fever is *not* officially cooling, but freezing cold to me. I don't hate AAPL -- I am not their target audience. As an investor, I do benefit from AAPL for continuing milking the uninformed. Cheers.

I still have two audrey in my house serving music for my kids and wife. I had them for more than 12 years. I don't think it will quit anytime soon.

Let me use my trust worthy excel (oh no) to calculate the future value of savings of $5K per year for 50 years at 5% interest rate, guess what, it is +$1M.

ahem ahem .... next time you go to walmart, the cheapest microwave oven is going to be $800 ... ahem ahem, next time you go to buy a light bulb, the cheapest is going to be 3 for $25 ... ahem ahem .... next time you buy an iphone, it is going to be $0 which comes with 15 years contract ... ahem ahem ... just saying.

Sadly, complaining and whining here won't make a difference. Start writing to your MP expressing your disapproval of this bill. I did.

Let me get it straight -- if someone slaps you on the face, you go back to your cave to hibernate?

Except 50% of the applications wouldn't work without escalated privilege. You will end up having to type your admin password all the time.

There are people who refuse changes. Some people still drives a 15 years old clunker even though it costs them more to keep the piece of crap than getting a new car. Some people still use a 15 years old laptop even though the battery does not last more than 2.5 seconds and the keyboard keys are all worn out. Who cares.

The good thing about symantec is I can't think of any good products they offer.

We need a new version of angry bird every week.
0 5 * * 7 root release_a_new_angry_bird.py

We need to modify the gene of these animals to drink salt water. We have lots of it. If you run out of salt water, I can sell you some for cheap.

My amazing 4G implemented by the telco here got me 10-20mbps. 5G? I can assure you my telco's 5G will have the speed of 15-25mbps.

Mr Zuckerburg wants to solve the world problem such as famine, drought, poverty, disease, etc by giving them free facebook account. I sense someone is going to win the Nobel peace price.