It's not how frequently you're going to be writing to the drive but how much data you want to put on it when you do. Being unable to clone a drive WILL be a problem.

You are trying to argue with precisely the sort of user you're trying to speak for.

Yeah. Buy storage in 256G chunks.

That makes as much sense as someone getting giddy over how large of an array they can make out of 10 year old hard drives. It will be unnecessarily complex and resemble some sort of Rube Goldberg machine.

Large drives are hardly a "niche" use case.

On the other hand, there is a very wide gap between what expensive SSD can reasonably deliver and what much cheaper spinning rust can manage. Spinning rust can manage a wide range of use cases.

It's SSD that represents the niche: small data for very casual users that don't do much of anything.

You still have to get the data on there. If that process is too bothersome when compared to alternatives, then us data hoarders may just pass on these drives.

Plus, these drives will likely go for a hefty premium above and beyond smaller drives (like 4TB ones) that also perform better.

They really don't need any additional reasons to dissuade potential buyers.

> The problem with most people who describe Libertarianism is that they have no fucking clue

No. That's not the other case at all. The other guy had your number right on the money.

Libertarians are so busy trying to make everyone afraid of Big Government that they overlook Big Business.

We are certainly at the point where we can watch whatever we want when we want. We have been for a number of years now. The fact that the Apple Cult hasn't caught up with the times does not alter this. Piracy isn't required. Merchants will happily sell you stuff and suitable tools are plentiful.

The idea that piracy is required is just fanboy nonsense.

That is a logical absurdity. If they can rewrite it then it doesn't need to be rewritten as it already adequately conveys the intended meaning.

The changes you seek are superficial and meaningless.

It's a display. It's only limited by what you plug into it. If you don't have any imagination, then you will end up with a lame result.

If your old one is still working, there's probably no good reason to get rid of it and contribute to the volume of your local garbage dump.

I already know that most of Hollywood has scary looking skin. Don't really need an extra boost in clarity.

> Er, yeah, right next to the HUGE display of other Apple iProducts in Wal-Mart. Your point?

Walmart is famous for trying to make premium brands their b*tch. There have been companies that have been faced with lowering their quality or being shut out of Walmart and chose to be shut out of Walmart.

It used to be that Apple was held up as that kind of company.

Yes they did. Sure, Greece shares some blame but their creditors went into this with their eyes open. They are like any other predatory lender that led to the financial collapse. They were so busy counting thei rprofits that they forgot to do any due dilligence. They just assumed that they mess they were creating would be cleaned up by someone else.

It's just like the US mortgage debacle but on a grander scale.

When a banker acts like a crack dealer, the banker shares the blame for the end result.

> the USSR did more to win the war in europe than the USA.

The US dismantled the German war machine. That's nothing to casually sweep under the rug. Just ask anyone old enough to remember Dresden or the rest of Germany after the war.

Don't be silly. The poor won't get to stop aging at 30. They will get screwed just like they always have. Only the ultra wealthy will have access to this stuff. Only a small subset of the population will get to stop aging at 30. The rest will get shortened lifespans if anything.

Obama just wanted to act like a big man by drawing a line in the sand that he thought Syria would never cross. It's quite obvious by the way things are going right now that it never occured to Obama that he might have to make good on his threat. He wanted to play the role of moral enforcer without actually enforcing anything.

This is ultimately a stupid face-saving gesture.

It's significance will likely be nothing worth getting excited about for anyone (including the rabid America bashers).

That veto power that you gloss over allows a small number of large powerful nations (including the US) to effectively paralyze the UN regardless of what the majority might actually think.

In this particular case, the position of the Arab League is far more relevant than the UN as these are the nations most directly affected.

We have an iPod 2 that is still functional and for awhile had more storage capacity than any of our fancy new smartphones.