Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Olympic divers on the toilet
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The Apple iPhone 5 30-Pin to 19-Pin Scheme
Do you happen to own an iPhone? Looking forward to getting the next generation? Well as nice as it's probably going to be, you might as well throw away every single accessory you've ever bought for your previous phones. Every single accessory created for the phone since its launch in 2007 is headed towards redundancy with the latest announcement, which states that all future iPhones will arbitrarily ditch the standard 30 pin charger cable for a smaller 19 pin cable. People were stunned by this announcement, myself included. I mean, why fix something that's not broken?
Have you guys ever heard of 'planned obsolescence?' Its a practice which encourages planning and designing a product so it's only useful for a limited time, before becoming obsolete. Its common practice, and used by many companies to create demand for the 'newer, better' model of the product. Yet this move was probably prompted by the major accessory makers facing dwindling sales, as customers saw no need to buy new accessories for a smartphone that had a universal dock system for 6 generations. What most tech blogs failed to address was the following question: Did the top accessory makers pad Apple's pockets or hardball negotiate for an incentive to drop the standard cable as a means of forcing consumers to buy new accessories? We're inclined to think so.
Considering that three of the top accessory makers have been the first to confirm that they're working on 19 pin accessories already for the launch of the iPhone 5, the motive is simple : Greed. And why not? It's a fail safe business plan, designed to shake out the smaller accessory makers with tons of unsold '30 pin' stock and a good amount of people will probably conform to this odd decision without question. As for myself, after four years and owning 3 generations of iPhones I don't think I can support such practices anymore. As much as I'd love buying a slew of artificially overpriced accessories again, I'd rather start looking for an Android phone.
I think their decision to not use future plug (that will be required by all phones/smartphones) was a poor decision. I won't be buying the 5 since I will probably be due for a new one.
credit to awesome-robo.com
Monday, June 18, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Facebook and/or Zynga is not a fundamental way of living: Why their stock prices are falling
These companies do not stand as a fundamental resource as our day-to-day lives. They never will. They never should have been allowed to be traded publicly. It's all a fad. Facebook is inevitably MySpace: We're not interested enough. We want news, Real news.
Nobody gives a shit if you had a baby or how far along you are (even though you are getting 'likes'....these people just want 'likes' when they are having a kid) - you're not important. Doesn't anyone get this yet?
They are not typical public resources such as wikipedia or Google. They are not free, they only rely on your resources, especially Zynga. You should boycott every Zynga game (this includes Words with friends)....sorry. They stole the game from scrabble.
They've stolen games from hundreds of other game manufacturers as well. Look into the evil company (in my opinion). They are evil (in my opinion).
Nobody gives a shit if you had a baby or how far along you are (even though you are getting 'likes'....these people just want 'likes' when they are having a kid) - you're not important. Doesn't anyone get this yet?
They are not typical public resources such as wikipedia or Google. They are not free, they only rely on your resources, especially Zynga. You should boycott every Zynga game (this includes Words with friends)....sorry. They stole the game from scrabble.
They've stolen games from hundreds of other game manufacturers as well. Look into the evil company (in my opinion). They are evil (in my opinion).
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Jackie Chan announces he is to retire from action movies (frown)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/9274513/Cannes-2012-Jackie-Chan-to-retire-from-action-movies.html
The 58-year-old actor said he felt “really, really tired” after decades of pushing his body to the limit. Speaking in Cannes, Chan said that his latest Hollywood outing, Chinese Zodiac, would be the last time audiences see him in a leading action role. “This is my last action film,” he said. “I tell you, I’m not young any more. I’m really, really tired". “And the world is too violent right now. It’s a dilemma - I like action but I don’t like violence.” Chan has been talking of retirement for the past couple of years but said today that this time he really means it.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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