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Comment Help! (Score 1) 1010

I have a family member who I just found out doesn't believe in evolution. Well, humans evolving from apes anyway. He believes in microevolution. Can anyone point me towards a very up to date, single resource, that can help me convince him of evolution? Something that lays out a clear case from the fossil records to the genetic information -- all of it in one, clear argument.

Comment Re:People forget (Score 1) 804

Since when is $159 "absurdly expensive" for a high end computer case? So buy the cheapest razor sharp aluminum piece of shit you can find and save, what, $100? On a $10,000 computer? Who cares?

And seriously let me know where you're going to find an 850W PSU for $60 to run this $10,000 computer that's not a total piece of shit. And again, you're going to save $100? On a $10,000 PC? Aaaaand...???

You also don't understand that the difference between professional and consumer grade graphics cards, you should really read up on it.

Comment No Need (Score 1) 606

The smart ones who have a propensity for it will "get it" and gravitate towards it, just like the always have. Many, or maybe even most, programmers (at least back end) are going to interact with a UNIX like environment at some point.

Comment Re:Jailbreakingg (Score 1) 210

With many months of work with physical access to the device and then intentionally loading apps which allow you to load other apps while TETHERED via USB to a computer. And this makes the iPhone "insecure"?

lol.

Comment Re:Peak Apple 2012 (Score 2) 79

There are people that appreciate a premium product and are willing to pay more, and those that aren't. It's why Toyota and BMW are both successful companies. It's also why I call BMW an "exceptional company" even though their products are significantly more expensive. I certainly appreciate your position and it's one shared by a lot of people. I don't think that makes either of us wrong, it's just a difference of opinion. But it's also why I'm less concerned over market share and who makes a genuinely better product, which for me, currently, is an iPhone 5S. And before you get your pitchfork out, I was a Galaxy Nexus user before this and I thought it was a really good phone.

But I have to disagree with your use of the phrase "price gouge" when referring to smartphones -- there are plenty of alternatives out there. Maybe I just use too narrow of a definition of the term but I typically reserve the phrase for some kind of necessary or somewhat necessary commodities that someone has the only supply of for sale.

Remember that even though Apple's PERCENTAGE of the overall smartphone marketshare is decreasing, their TOTAL marketshare is INCREASING, just not as fast as the total market size, mostly because the market is increasing into areas that are far more price conscious (read: China). But, Apple just signed this deal with China mobile so I'll be very interested to see what happens. This is the huge growth market for Android that has allowed it to rapidly outpace Apple's growth with incredibly cheap, low end Android "smartphones".

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