Comments on: Convicted Apple patent infringer Samsung hikes chip fab prices on Apple

By: Bazz

Bazz — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:38:13 +0000

I’ve said all along if you don’t make it you lose it.
At some stage Samsung or Foxcomm will blackmail Apple.

Make your jewels in your own factory Apple!

By: spiffmeister41

spiffmeister41 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:44:11 +0000

Yeah, and the voting math genius George Bush said he had a mandate with 286 electoral votes to Kerry’s 252. Where does that put Obama? Severe trouncing. And of course, now every Republican is all about getting rid of the Electoral College. Funny how that works.

By: radiomoscow

radiomoscow — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:38:15 +0000

20% isn’t that twice the amount of Americans that voted for Romney?
Why don’t all Americans vote?
Hardly a democracy is it

By: daugav369pils

daugav369pils — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:56:31 +0000

Obama was ahead by 1% day before Sandy,1% during
Sandy, and 1% 4days after Sandy. Sandy had nothing
to do with the election.

By: kingmel

kingmel — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:11:21 +0000

Perhaps because BUB’s quote includes the statement:

“Companies are pointing to two main factors that are leading to the reduction of workers: The economic impact of the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare), and the threat of the coming fiscal cliff.”

The Republicans were largely responsible for the creation of the fiscal cliff legislation and it would have faced the country regardless of who was elected on Nov. 7.

By: kingmel

kingmel — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:03:28 +0000

I knew that you would find an excuse. Why not ask yourself why Romney still needed a boost that late in the election cycle? I am certain that you could easily find five legitimate reasons. I also knew that you would just rejigger your political rhetoric for the next election cycle and pretend as if you had never guaranteed a win and paraded around this forum like a conservative prophet.

I have to say, though, that when Christie declined to play politics with Hurricane Sandy, it did give a slight boost to Obama. I might vote for Christie in 2016…he earned some respect this year.

By: GM

GM — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:48:17 +0000

Yeah, that’s a beauty isn’t it? Maybe he want’s a recall? I mean I didn’t vote for Obama but damn, let’s move on. Country is screwed up enough already. But the guy is kind of funny. I’ll bet he watches a lot of Chuck Noris movies. Just saying.

By: iPoDLoVeR

iPoDLoVeR — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:44:32 +0000

Plus a hundred!
What he said, I love it!
Go Apple… hang in there APPL holders.

By: mrfergus

mrfergus — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:26:04 +0000

The penalty for violation of a longterm contract would be substantial, a point I’m sure Apples lawyers will explain to ScumDungs satisfaction. I wonder how ScumDung likes the the anus they are about to be handed cooked?

By: mrfergus

mrfergus — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:08:13 +0000

I’ll second that motion.

By: mrfergus

mrfergus — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:03:15 +0000

While in the process of deification Superior Being was consumed by a herd of ravenous swine. You lost, crap for brains.

By: MacFreek

MacFreek — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:02:07 +0000

Looks like the love affair is over.

By: Danox

Danox — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:24:32 +0000

Yes!

By: Danox

Danox — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:19:07 +0000

Mitt the Twit could have saved himself lots of money and bonus paid to know nothing consultants. end from beginning to end.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

By: Alf

Alf — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:08:29 +0000

+1 too.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:54:22 +0000

but finding no replacement supplier, it accepted the (increase)

IOW: Samsung, having shot themselves in the HEAD once again, discovered that Apple had set up their own chip fab manufacturing center and stopped ordering anything at all from Samsung.

‘Samsung’: Korean for rectal pore.

By: tbone

tbone — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:54:16 +0000

Glad you’re back. As a a rabid lefty and PATRIOT, I believe this discourse could not continue without your seasoned and well thought out commentary.

Soooo…
Samsung has every right to price its part any way it want to. It’s called capitalism (which I hear you are in favor of).
Apple has every right to seek a cheaper supplier. It couldn’t at this time.

When is the government going to get off poor Apple’s back?
I hope never.

By: sunbeamrapier

sunbeamrapier — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:49:36 +0000

I think we should remember that Tim Cook is the master of the supply chain. We should also remember that Apple declared war on Samsung. We should also remember that Apple has enough cash to buy and and all of the manufacturing capability they want. In any war, the outcome of minor skirmishes gives little indication of the likely outcome of the war itself – a good general picks his battles and chooses his timing. By raising their prices, Samsung evidently realise that the Apple relationship is effectively over and are now intent on extracting what value they can before the shutters come down. Building a fabrication plant is a possibility for Apple. Pumping money into TSC is another. My money is on the former – but Cook will be crunching the numbers and looking at projected requirements to determine whether an Apple fab plant, in the US, can be justified. It won’t be an emotional decision, but control of the supply chain will be a major factor.

By: I love Apple

I love Apple — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:47:38 +0000

Can somebody please explain: If there are long term contracts, how can Sumdum raise the prices of mobile processors? I simply don’t understand. What is a long term contract worth then?

By: Seamus

Seamus — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:33:14 +0000

I think my tirade of “fuck”s is waaaay less offensive than the barrage of political drivel on this site.

And “don’t read the comments” or “don’t come here” are not acceptable solutions. I want the news, and I want to read comments about the Apple news… about computers, software, planning, rumors, etc. The acceptable solution is for MDN to delete the drivel… or (it’ll never happen) for the political ravers to act like big boys and go elsewhere for politics.

By: WakeUP

WakeUP — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:28:31 +0000

Yes that would be a LOSS.

By: Necron99

Necron99 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:27:47 +0000

The list included RIMM.

As every regular here knows,
1) RIMM is Canadian
2) RIMM has been laying off employees all year.

Draw your own conclusions.

By: Necron99

Necron99 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:15:30 +0000

Romney got eaten by his own killer whale, ORCA. Sandy had nothing to do with his loss.

As the presidential race reached a climax, the Romney campaign had a plan. Campaign volunteers would monitor polling stations in swing states and report back to the headquarters on who had already voted. The Republican Party would use this data to target citizens who had yet to show up to the polls.

This “strike list” strategy has long been used by both Democrats and Republicans, but the Romney campaign wanted to add a high tech twist: Poll monitors would enter the names via their smartphones, providing the campaign with quicker access to the data. There was even a button for reporting voter fraud or other election problems. They called it Project Orca.

Orca is another name for killer whale.
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/project-orca/

ORCA as experienced by an active Romney campaign volunteer: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/334783.php

And Romney was supposed to be such a hotshot management consultant. ORCA was pure, unadulterated incompetence – regardless of your political point of view.

Blaming Sandy is avoiding looking at the Romney campaign’s incompetence.

By: skylark

skylark — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:11:36 +0000

Yeah, thanks a lot MDN!
You deleted the post from Seamus that I replied to (just because he was shouting rude words – you wussies!)

Now “… almost 2.30″ does not have a reference.

By: skylark

skylark — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:06:17 +0000

… almost 2.30

By: Pridon

Pridon — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:56:32 +0000

And those who suffered from Sandy have it better? Dem mayor of N.O. didn’t evacuate. NJ gave evacuation order – saved a lot of lives. Wasn’t Bush’s fault the levees were topped. FEMA has done little but platitudes. Red Cross and National Guard carrying the brunt of work. Many people cold and hungry.

By: Really

Really — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:56:23 +0000

I was at Boeing for years the layoffs there have more to do with winding down defense projects (Anaheim, seal beach and Longview) than anything else.

By: rimshot

rimshot — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:44:57 +0000

“…..Enjoy your “victory,” America-hating, Liberal fools…..”

Just because Faux News tells you the libs “hate” America …
doesn’t make it so !

Your rant suggests that these companies just “decided” to lay off all those people .. “just because”
the right guy won …

Seriously, dude … re-examine that argument !

Oh yeah …

It was called “Romney-Care” .. way
before Obama thought it was a good idea .. and the Tea-baggers backed away from it !

(How soon they forget !)

By: DRMSSDB

DRMSSDB — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:43:31 +0000

If you are looking at daily or weekly jobs reports to understand the long term direction of the economy, you really need to reassess your thinking. Since about the time of the stimulus, the trend has been in the right direction.

The fiscal cliff, which both parties entered into because the republicans decided to hold the country hostage, has a lot more to do with it than Obamacare, which companies have had many months to plan for. If they haven’t been able to do it, well, isn’t that the precious “free market” at work? The most competently run businesses can deal with providing benefits to their employees. The ones that can’t will die.

Also, FYI: analyses from multiple non-partisan organizations forecast better economic outlooks for Obama’s America Hating plan than for Romneys Flag Waving/Apple Pie plan.

Personally, I love America. Just because you got the flag tatooed on your ass doesn’t mean you love American more than anyone else.

BTW, let me just put in that the last Republican Pres. set the country back considerably in terms of the economy. Guess he hated America.

By: SCY

SCY — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:38:21 +0000

Anyone living in America since 1933 could have seen that coming…Americans love government as much as they love celebrity worship and football

By: MEES

MEES — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:36:49 +0000

Continue boycotting Samsung by 100%.

By: correctu

correctu — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:33:20 +0000

That was mother nature voting against Romney.

By: DRMSSDB

DRMSSDB — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:31:55 +0000

Hurricane Sandy, which struck Oct 25th, stalled Romney’s “rise” on Oct 14th?

By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:29:17 +0000

I’ll make do with second best then. No Samsung in my house!

By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:25:23 +0000

Punishing the voters? All the more reason to raise their taxes and support their laid off workers with that money. It’s time these arrogant clowns learned a lesson. They are not royalty. We don’t owe them a fscking thing. Don’t like America, sell your crap somewhere else.

By: MrMcLargeHuge

MrMcLargeHuge — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:23:01 +0000

I know. I’m suggesting they get back into manufacturing.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:22:02 +0000

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol says that Republicans in Congress should “take Obama’s offer” to raise taxes on the wealthy because the GOP shouldn’t “fall on its sword to defend a bunch of millionaires.”

During a panel on Fox News Sunday, Kristol predicted that “Republicans will have to give in much more than they think” because of President Barack Obama’s overwhelming electoral defeat of Mitt Romney.

“Four presidents in the last century have won 50 percent of the vote twice: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Reagan, and Obama,” the conservative pundit explained. “It pains me to say that, to put him in with those other three, but it’s a fact. Democrats picked up seats in the House and the Senate. The president is in good shape. … I think there will be a big budget deal. It will be an Obama budget deal much more than a Paul Ryan-type budget deal. Elections have consequences.”

By: rimshot

rimshot — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:21:29 +0000

oh!.. brother !
You’re not really blaming the two storms, and the resulting loss of power on the Libs .. are you ?

It’s that kind of radical right wing .. horse with blinders thinking which lost you the election !

By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:13:43 +0000

No, it’s not shocking. I’m working on my second right now.

By: Raymond in DC

Raymond in DC — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:10:06 +0000

Apple is no longer in the manufacturing business; it develops, designs, markets and supports. Making stuff is a job it leaves for someone else. If Apple is unsatisfied with Samsung, it could theoretically turn to others for processors – Texas Instruments, Taiwan Semiconductor, or IBM, for example.

By: montex

montex — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:59:04 +0000

The only problem with Samsung is that they manufacture some excellent products – a few are the best in class for the entire industry. I feel dirty saying that. However, if any company can out-do Samsung it is Apple. Let’s hope they use their billions to free themselves from this poisonous partnership.

By: x

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:57:34 +0000

And you are one dumb stupid fuck.

By: montex

montex — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:54:14 +0000

You’re saying that the election should be held hostage to corporations? And if the corporations don’t get what they want then they should punish us? Do us all a favor and look up the definition of Fascism in the dictionary.

By: Superior Being

Superior Being — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:44:48 +0000

Show us all exactly where MDN states that they “think that only Samsung would up the price.”

By: Superior Being

Superior Being — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:43:41 +0000

Why is a list of facts – job losses due to Obama’s reelection – “idiotic?”

By: iSundanceTaos

iSundanceTaos — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:38:09 +0000

By: Superior Being

Superior Being — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:35:35 +0000

407,000 votes in four U.S. states. Period.

By: Media Bias

Media Bias — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:34:09 +0000

‘We are living like animals’: Sandy victims hit out after being forced to spend 12 days without power

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231095/Hurricane-Sandy-victims-hit-forced-spend-12-days-power.html

Blame Bush, right Lib fools?

By: russ

russ — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:33:25 +0000

That is the most idiotic rant I’ve ever read.

By: Burn, USA, Burn!

Burn, USA, Burn! — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:31:51 +0000

Two. Yes, I know, that’s 21 fewer than Michele Bachman cared for as a foster parent, but I do put my money and time where my mouth is. I realize that’s unsettling to the average Liberal.