Re: Majority?
Erm, Majority is defined as having more than the reset combined, i.e. greater than 50%
Posts by Dexter Berlekey
19 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Jun 2007
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Monday 4th February 2013 17:22 GMT 
Business Model
Does this business model work? Just some back of a fag packet calculations, but if they have 33 million subscribers, paying roughly $100 a year (For the US pricing 7.99 * 12 comes to less but I'm being generous), that comes to 3.3 billion, which leaves 1.7 million short on rights alone (at 5 billion*) without the acquisition cost and the cost of running the service. I would imagine that the rights cost will scale with subscriber base to some degree.
From my perspective this is great, the service works and costs peanuts, but doesn't seem all that sustainable to me.
* Of course if that 5 billion is what was spent on multi-year deals negotiated last year that all of the above is wrong.
Apple iPhone turns five this Friday
Wednesday 27th June 2012 10:50 GMT
Re: Likewise WiFi?
Didn't they also effectively pioneer providing consumers with data and a sensible cost? I know that now everyone has a cap, but at the time they forced the networks to provide unlimited data, so you didn't need to worry. Aside from the interface I see this as the biggest innovation they introduced into the market. Not a hardware one for sure, but a game changer for the handheld market from that point.
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12% of UK don't carry cash
Friday 5th August 2011 15:07 GMT
Am I now completely old fashioned?
Am I now behind the times in still quite liking cash? It's quick, I can give it to someone when it's my round so I can take a slash and beers can be got in at the same time. It's doesn't crash on a Sunday afternoon and stop my buying anything at all and works in all taxis.
People say it's a hassle getting cash out, but I just get a ton or 2 at a time and then only go a couple of times a month.
Don't get me wrong, cards a great at the station, supermarket etc. but anything less than a tenner or so is a cash item in my book.
LONG LIVE CASH.
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iPad spends 20% of time in bed
Sunday 3rd October 2010 01:46 GMT
Makes a lot of sense
I think that the iPad use cases fit a quite specific set of people. I travel a lot on the train and get a fair few flights and find mine awesome, it is lighter than a single hardback or a couple of paperbacks, and allows me to read/watch what I like during these activities while also get a bit of work done (Getting my 15" lappy out in economy is pretty much a non starter). I guess those folks bought early and are enjoying it, those who bought later didn't see the burning advantages and so aren't as happy
App steers cyclists away from traffic, upward inclines
Wednesday 29th September 2010 11:16 GMT
confident cyclis
What you say makes a lot of sense, but I understand the public perception.
I have only started cycling again in the past couple of months after a 12 or so year break, basically since I was a child/adolescent. I don't jump red light at the moment as I know I don't fully appreciate all the factors I need to consider when doing so, my current background is in 1500KGs of steel after all. I mention this as I see on the road cyclists who jump lights in a sensible manner, looking and being considerate and those who just 'go for it', it's the latter group who give all of us a bad name and don't help anyone.
Let's face it, some light touch regulation would be a little inconvenient for the proper cyclists in the short term but I think has the potential, if worked correctly to have some long term benefits in terms of road user attitude and cyclist behavior.
Wednesday 29th September 2010 11:13 GMT
(untitled)
Funny you should mention this. The first route I asked of it was from home to my office, it chose a route which is lighter on traffic than the one I take, but does include a 20% incline to a height which I can happily avoid by taking the main(ish) road.
I'm not trying to be critical, this is a welcome addition to my cyclist tool kit, especially as a relative novice, but it's not perfect and no substitute for reading a proper map.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
