Upsetting the Apple-cart with the Apple-car?

IMHO, apple is as evil as MS, and google is probably evil too, but behind our backs.

 

their eveil ads keep popping up in front of me...

 

Open standards does not mean free of charge, it means open access. I thought MP3 was owned by the Fraunhofer institute, but that is besides the point. A better example is pdf, owned by Adobe. Licensing fees are paid, but your data is not held hostage by Adobe. That (to me, anyway) is the important consideration.

Apple has a proprietary iWork format, but it supports export to the most excellent ePub format, itself overseen and regulated by a standards body that uses an amalgam of web standards.

Excellent.

 

If so how far are we away from the iBabe?

I hear there is some trouble with the exhaust fan....but...

 

just needs lubrication.

 

For what ever the reason for these crashes it probably was sabotage. If a pilot pushes a button that would prevent him from piloting the plane, he and the terrorist have no control over the plane. (Or if the controller on the ground pushes the button) If it was sabotaged in some way nobody has control including the device. I know of one device that uses atmospheric pressure. When it reaches an altitude, or when about to land it will blow up. This would happen with the pilot totally unaware of what is about to happen. I know of one senator that probably by my supposition was killed along with his family with an atmospheric pressure device, although this can never be proven. The reason the authorities gave was an accident.

 

same thing with the patriots footballs. did they ever find out what happen to paine stewart?

 

They told us if we have to go to the bathroom to relieve ourselves from the beer and pizza, we should do so during the game, not when the commercials are on. Consequently, I didn't see the interception by the rookie Patriot.

 

unfortunate. the replay is almost as good. i know a few peeps who went to bed when kearse made 'the catch', and didn't find out until the next morning. same thing happened during the 'tuck rule'.

 

I remember reading that parts of Canada have the same problem with petrol-sniffing as parts of Australia.

For parts of rural Australia, especially in the Northern Territory, a new kind of fuel called "Opal" was developed, which you can't get high from sniffing. Several oil firms worked together to develop it, I think. The Canadians were really keen on it, but it just wouldn't work in a Canadian winter. So more oil firms worked together with the original Opal developers to develop something similar for Canada which wouldn't turn into a sludgy mess in the cold.

 

The Onion's take on the Apple Car:
Features Of The Apple Car | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

• Windshield features four times as many pixels as reality
• Full vertical integration with Apple Gasoline
• Driver prompted to sign into iCloud before each gear shift
• Compatible with most major roads
• Recommends new driving speeds based on user’s past favorites
• Sleek, unobtrusive airbags
• Cup holder
• Windshield cracks easily, though car typically still works fine afterward
• Sticker price of $85,000 drops to $199 with two-year Verizon contract
• Wheels turn into rainbow pinwheels whenever car stalls
• Lightweight but powerful enough to careen across six lanes of traffic and through guardrails of overpass
• Comes with couple of cool Apple stickers

 

In Australia, there were varmints overrunning the continent. To control the varmints they imported rabbits. The rabbits did the job efficiently. Now Australia is overrun with rabbits.

 

• Slight bending of the frame is possible with regular use, but Apple denies it is a problem.
• Paint, frame, and even the windshield can be protected with 3rd party covers that make the car twice as wide.

 

I wonder how much the insurance companies will charge for a driver less car?

 

They're going to need to increase the floor space in all of Apple's retail locations to sell the cars. Will they place them atop the big white tables? Also, Tesla will need to lease more space in a couple years too.

 

Apple Hairball? Ex-GM CEO Says Building Cars May Not Be Worth It - Bloomberg Business

“I think somebody is kind of trying to cough up a hairball here,” Akerson said in a telephone interview. “If I were an Apple shareholder, I wouldn’t be very happy. I would be highly suspect of the long-term prospect of getting into a low-margin, heavy-manufacturing” business.​

 

You'll need the ice crusher option

 

For Apple or

The elephants in the automotive industry are Toyota, GM and Volkswagen. Volkswagen is probably a British company. Why do I believe Volkswagen is a British company? It is because when a country loses a world war it must sell its soul to the victor. (Meaning everything it has of value) Volkswagen probably sold their soul to the British and Toyota sold part or all of their soul to the US. For Apple to compete with these giants of building cars is analogous to a flea challenging an elephant to a tug of war!

 

Bskija says see David A for my reply above..