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Comment Re:Proposal: update the universal SPM constant. (Score 1) 290

I believe someone here proposed the same adjustment when the original iPhone launched.

Also when the iPad launched.

Strangely no adjustment when the Galaxy Gear launched, although I think they sold at least than 1 per minute, but you think they'd want to adjust it the other way too, eh?

Comment Re:the superbowl of stupidity (Score 1) 290

You mean Android smart watches right?

There's a reason for that - the early ones were alpha-quality (especially Samsung's) since they rushed them to market long before they were ready in the wake of the continual "Apple is making a watch, any time now" rumours.

They're much better now - for example, the LG one doesn't cut off part of the screen and the Gear actually functions now.

Comment Re:How about freedom for all? (Score 1) 1168

Since everybody is required to do business to survive, you're effectively saying that nobody has rights. Where in the Constitution does it say that we lose them when engaging in business? I can accept that for corporations, who are making a bargain in exchange for limited liability, but not for partnerships and proprietorships.

Well Citizens United says that corporations are people, so really there's no distinction.

Either you agree with the civil rights act or you don't, but the fact remains that it is in place to ensure that the "every man is equal" part of the constitution is upheld, hence the inability of a business to turn away black people. What this bill seeks to do is ensure that if homosexuality becomes a protected class that business owners who are bigoted won't be sued.

Also, your first sentence is a huge, huge non-sequitur. There is no "requirement to do business" to survive - you can work for someone else if you want to, and even have your religious beliefs upheld (for example, if you work in a store you can ask to not handle pork as a Jew or a Muslim). The fact that you think that if a bill specifically designed to protect religious people's ability to discriminate is removed means that "none of us have freedom" is just laughable.

Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 193

Look, consumer electronics these days are for everyone (they're not like the Casio calculator watch from back in the day), so they need to look sexy and even a little bit "exclusive". Apple hasn't been "exclusive" for years now, and I suspect they want to take the idea back a little: being fashion-forward AND having something that not everyone else has yet.

Except...I've had a smart-watch for months. People notice and ask questions, but I've observed that the questions I get aren't from people who WANT one of their own, even the iPhone users (people still have phones that are glued to them anyway), they're just wondering why I have it in the first place. So Apple is probably limiting supply to increase perception of demand.

Or they're limiting supply because supply is limited, which has been known for some time.

Of course, the click bait summary doesn't think that's a sexy enough headline, so they're going with the "exclusivity" angle.

If you walk into the Apple store and want one, an employee will walk you through buying one online fem inside the store, because they won't have the stock on hand to just be able to give you one right there due to a) the tight supply of the watch itself (mainly down to the screen) and b) the large number of combinations of strap.

Until the demand settles out, you'll have to order one online, which is exactly what Apple are setting up for. Either ahead of time and then pick up in store, or if you just walk in, they'll do it for you right there.

However "Apple employees will order a watch for you online if you go to the store because they won't have lots of stock on hand" just doesn't get those ad impressions roiling.

Comment Re:worried about no lines (Score 1) 193

Apple is worried that there will be no lines and that this will make the news, sending their stock price down.

So, they've created a highly-publicised reservation system to prevent any such news from being relevant.

Or the reverse - they don't have enough.

Their supply is constrained, which has been known for a long time.

I doubt it will sell as well as the iPhone (what could really?), but I am certain that demand will heavily outstrip supply, at least for the first couple of months.

Comment Re:Desperate, not exclusive (Score 1) 193

Exclusive is a salesperson spending an hour just with you, patiently helping you to choose just the right style. Like... Macy's, when buying a watch of comparable price! Apple can not sell jewelry for nuts, they should have partnered with stores that have experience with making customers feel exclusive.

What makes you think they haven't done that?

(hint: they have, but they're also selling them in Apple stores too).

Comment Re:Way to piss off customers, Apple. (Score 2) 193

They don't have enough of them, simple as that.

Until their supply chain levels out, they're constrained.

You don't think they really want to do it this way in an ideal situation right?

They want to do whatever will make them the most money, but they have to contend with the fact that they simply will not have enough supply for the first few months of sales.

Comment Re:How about freedom for all? (Score 1) 1168

That's all very well until you open a business.

Privately you can believe what you want, but if you run a business you have to follow various rules - for example, signs saying "no blacks" are typically frowned upon. As it happens, currently "no gays" is actually not illegal (making the indiana bigotry law unnecessary anyway).

You're not required to think the same way, you're just required to follow a certain set of minimum criteria when running a business that interacts with the public.

Comment Re:a question - Right now (Score 1) 1168

You can afford to pay any amount of medical expenses (for example, major heart surgery, serious trauma surgery etc) with cash on hand?

It's wager that you're something of an edge case.

Otherwise, I call bullshit on insurance "not providing anything [you] can't provide on your own".

Or do you mean your parents will pay?

Or are you just monumentally stupid enough to simply roll the dice daily by not having insurance and thinking you couldn't possibly get sick or be injured? and consider that a better position than actually having insurance (or access to universal healthcare if you live in any of the other developed nations on earth)?

Comment Re:A laptop with almost no ports?! (Score 1) 529

A touchscreen is capable of displaying a keyboard, so yes, it can be a keyboard.

And thanks for answering my question, idiot.

Ah, so no argument then. I thought so.

Or, if we're going by your logic, the iPhone wins because it's the lightest. I mean, it can display a keyboard on the screen too so it counts.

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