" It just so happens that google glasses here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do..."
... to apply some unofficial, off-the-record pressure to the OEMs
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Pressure? Not at all. There'll just be a
And which of the ww2 allies did NOT benefit from Nazi scientific research, many of which were built on the top of genocide victms?
Make the fine a (large) percentage of their annual gross revenue.
Where is TJ when you need her?
That's PJ, son.
Now I call _THIS_ a colossal negative space wedgie!
Most egregiously, many media outlets continue to report that Mars One received applications from 200,000 people who would be happy to die on another planet?—?when the number it actually received was 2,761.
As [finalist Joseph] Roche observed the process from an insider’s perspective, his concerns increased. Chief among them: that some leading contenders for the mission had bought their way into that position, and are being encouraged to “donate” any appearance fees back to Mars One?—?which seemed to him very strange for an outfit that needs billions of dollars to complete its objective. “When you join the ‘Mars One Community,’ which happens automatically if you applied as a candidate, they start giving you points,” Roche explained to me in an email. “You get points for getting through each round of the selection process (but just an arbitrary number of points, not anything to do with ranking), and then the only way to get more points is to buy merchandise from Mars One or to donate money to them.”
There’s more at the link. Essentially, the whole operation has apparently devolved into a petty scam to milk money from the finalists themselves.
I can already see a new category in the organ black market...
You really should read things said about Jobs of that time frame; that man had the tendency of making sure his voice is the only one that counted.
If you want those "features" bad enough, break out your favor editor and download the source.
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