Posts by DHart

'You're BEAUTIFUL when you're angry' 'You SEXIST PIG!' Xbox One's fresh brouhaha

Knitting and Defaults

Knitting and crocheting are just advanced forms of knot tying. I tried knitting once when I was into knots but it didn't last long as there were much more interesting things to do like playing FPS video games or helping my Dad fix the car. But it did make me understand why they invented knitting and textile machines.

Microsoft's mistake wasn't that they included the phrases. Their mistake was that they set defaults. You never set defaults for a letter as someone could accidentally hit send without realizing it....

That Microsoft-Nokia merger you've been predicting? It's no go

Nokia is not going to sell. In my opinion, Management is committed to the turnaround

As for those who think that Nokia is going to declare bankruptcy, they have a 50% stake in Nokia Siemens Networks which has had increasing profits, they have €4 Billion in liquid assets, they are receiving patent fees from every phone maker, Nokia owns Navteq, and the market share for Windows phones has been increasing worldwide. Most of those who think that Nokia is dying are only looking at the US market. Nokia has always been much stronger in Europe and Asia, and this is where they have been growing.

Some may also say that they wouldn't be discussing a merger with Microsoft if they weren't in trouble. But that viewpoint ignores the fact that as a public company, they need to perform due diligence on anything that could increase shareholder wealth.

My opinion is that Nokia will slowly but surely gain market share by developing great phones. My guess is that we will see Android phones from them when their agreement with Microsoft runs out.

Magpie Apple plunders the competition for cosmetics, as egos run wild

Re: It kinds...

"iPods were going to be ripoff of Creative players"

The iPod was a ripoff of creative players. Apple even used the same 30 pin connector. They just used a nicer case and display. The annoying part is that they didn't copy the Creative audio components. To this day, the iPod has inferior sound compared to a Creative player.