considering the scope of the project as outlined, including software development, harware development, integration accross various systems and standardized requierments I guarantee you that there was a large portion of the budget devoted to R&D, i would wager it was the lion share.

From a below post:

many times these 'boondoggles' result in research that goes into other systems which aren't officially linked to the original product. I don't know whether or not this is an example of that but considering how important battelfield communication is and how technical it is I would be surpised if it didn't.

two different issues: 1 - aquired immunity on the part of bacteria which is what I was addresssing in my original point

the issue behind something killing bacteria through a physical process (alcohol) and something killing bacteria through a adaptive process (antibiotic) are HUGE.

i'm fairly certain those are ingested antibiotics that you are referring to, not the stuff they put in cleaning sprays and purell (isopropyl alcohol) to kill bacteria

anti bacterials don't lead to resistant bacteria, it is antibiotics that are ingested that have led to resistant bacteria. That is becuase unlike this stuff (which is strong enough to kill on contact, probably just ethyl alcohol) many antibiotics that you would ingest are designed to work over time through a steady…

i cant believe that is 4 minutes long lol

software is a lot easier to distribute lol, also how could you show software without it being ready? a screen shot?

i get your point, but for me, i don't do a lot of typing on my lap. if i'm doing a lot of typing i get a desk and a chair and sit my as down. If i'm using it in my lap, on the couch, infront of the TV, i'll be using it as a tablet.

yeah my mind was blown a bit there

just another version of the macbook pro, i was referring to a whole new product entirely, such as the launch of hte first ipod, the first ipad, the first macbook, etc.

that is a reiteration of an existing product, I'm talking about launching a new product line.

apple has never announced a product on the same day it was for sale

is that true in Japan? they may have different defamation laws.

i'm confused, one is for gaming one isn't. why are you choosing one or the other? You will go without a game system all together if the Wii U is over 300?

Is it bad that we find ingrained chauvinism funny when it seems harmless?

now you're thinking like a mariner from a preindustrialized society!

starting at the top:

yeah i was wondering about that lol