All of the dates I could find were all post Obama dates.

You have to wonder if the media would have "ran a story by the CIA" before there was a president in the oval office they liked. There were e a lot of CIA leaks published under Bush...

This is exactly why you should not elect a candidate the press favors, because collusion is only natural.

That's 32 exit row seats just on United. To assert you have to book months or even a year in advance is not credible.

I'm saying that I always have booked months to a year in advance, and have not been able to get those seats.

That's great if it's possible, perhaps I've just had bad luck.

I gave up on normal airlines because of this and fly only Southwest when possible, were I have a shot at the better seats.

Really? You can have all the weapons a police force can have?

No Asshole.

The police can have all the weapons *i* can have.

The fact you can't understand the difference is very disturbing.

Tall people are free to purchase bulkhead and emergency row seats right now.

Really? How do you do that? I would every time if I could.

I have NEVER ONCE been able to get an emergency row or bulkhead seat in advance, despite being willing to pay more to do so. They are always taken even if I book many months or a year in advance.

That rate is the highest possible rate, not what corporations actually pay.

What a great system, where buying influence in government gets you reductions off an astronomically high tax rate.

Perhaps it would be better to have a system with fair tax rates that didn't beg for corruption?

Based on my right to bear arms to defend myself against the government, I want "Weapon Equity."

So do I.

Only it doesn't mean some retarded nonsense like "I want a tank".

No, it means that no police force should have any weapon *a citizen cannot*. In short, I don't want a tank or APC - but neither should the police have them.

I am OK with the military being better armed, because they are a professional force with lots of training in using advanced equipment.

Why waste your time parading to an empty street?

This is right in the middle of SF (4th & Howard). If nothing else there are a ton of cars going past all the time.

Then the whole week long there are thousands of Apple developers walking in and out and handing around outside enjoying the weather (yes, sometimes SF has nice weather in June and this was one of those years).

But basically if you are dedicated you are THERE. That's really the point. They were not there for anyone but the cameras, then it was off to Starbucks or wherever.

Companies are not "moving assets to another country" (by which you obviously mean earnings). They are earning money in other countries, on which BTW they pay tax in those countries, and then the profit they have opted not to move back to the U.S. because they face a monstrous tax (40%!!!!) on the amount the would bring back, which remember THEY HAVE ALREADY PAID TAXES ON WHERE INCOME WAS MADE.

Look at the chart of corporate tax rates around the world, the US rate is way higher than any other country.

Would you take a 40% pay cut on your earnings?

The state chose not to pursue over a billion in unpaid taxes.

Until now I have chosen not to pursue billions in unpaid money you owe me that I've done absolutely nothing for.

The state just gave Boeing NINE BILLION in tax giveaways.

Until now you have enjoyed a free ride as I've chosen not to tax any of your earnings.

When you have paid this legally shaky debt then you will regain the right to complain about Microsoft.

The products are produnced in Washington State

What about all the Microsoft programmers world-wide that work on them?

Are you going to give Microsoft an offset tax credit for all the managers that work in Washington State and produce nothing but burn-down charts and disgruntled employees?

I suspect they protested at S. Lake Union because that is very close to downtown Seattle and an extremely visible location.

You have that right on the money.

This year at WWDC there were Apple tax protestors out front before the keynote with the classic protestor drum circle and some kind of chant.

Well the moment the cameras outside are gone? So are they. I had some respect for them before that for at least making a stand, even if I disagree with the position. But they weren't making a stand - they were making a TV show.

Given the behavior it's hard to believe they were not all actors of one form or another. It certainly didn't seem like anyone had the kind of protesting spirit that really meant anything when they couldn't be arsed to protest longer than a few hours. I have to wonder if the Microsoft protest is of the same spiritless form.

Define "couch distance" - as the chart I linked to indicated, a 60" display at 8 feet is only good for 1080p.

That's what I was talking about the Circle of Confusion being not very accurate in terms of real results.

If you go into a real store, from 6' you can easily tell the difference between a 1080 and 4k display with equal content. I go to CES every year and have spent a lot of time looking at different displays that was showing the same content.

"Streams" are for primarily for TV viewing.

Oh, you want to go full pedant? What do you think TS stands for in the MPEG-2 spec (used by every standard DVD ever) - Transfer Stream, that's what. How does "Streams are for TV" make any sense at all? All video is data streams, at least that's how people who understand digital video think of video.

Sorry I got modded up for knowing reality (and digital video) where you sit down at 0 for knowing only theory...

For example, the average person needs to be less than 4 feet away from a 32" tv in order to see any benefit from 4k resolution over 1080p resolution

32" is pretty small for modern displays, which is why most people can easily discern 4k differences at a couch distance.

When you are talking about computer monitors of course, you are way closer than 4 feet, so you can discern 4K difference in quality even on a 27" display...

I really think though the whole circle of confusion thing is not truly taking into account nuances we can detect unconsciously. It's not as hard a science as the calculations make it look.

the 360 is 270, if you look at where the LCD actually goes...

The original argument though was that the additional information in a real 4K stream would not be apparent...

It is. No upscaling is not going to magically add detail, but if you have a real 4k source you'll be able to see it even on kind of small monitors.

The real question is, where are you going to get 4k sources from...

For desktop use though 4K seems really nice.