Random Thoughts or Whatever

[spicer]

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Data published by the American Cancer Society shows that there are expected to be 100,640 new cases of melanoma of the skin in 2024 (a majority of the 108,270 overall skin cancer cases), and a total of 8,290 deaths from the disease (out of the 13,120 total skin cancer deaths). Breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer are expected to continue to be the most common cancers in the U.S. in 2024, with the latter expected to claim more than 125,000 lives.

Pancreatic cancer and liver cancer, both not included in this list due to their lower numbers of expected cases (66,440; 41,630), stand out for their high death rates per cases (51,750 deaths predicted in 2024 for pancreatic cancer; 29,840 deaths predicted for cancer of the liver & intrahepatic bile duct).

LINK:

Cancer Statistics Center - American Cancer Society

cancerstatisticscenter.cancer.org

Plot cases against time. Rise of cases on a time line.

 

[highvoltage_]

Plot cases against time. Rise of cases on a time line.

But I would like to see those plotted as a percentage of the population. See if the trend is rising or falling.

 

[orsen]

plot ( grave ) recycling

https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/deathanddying/chapter/4-4-grave-recycling/

 

[Mystic]

Three months after the launch of Vision Pro, Apple’s first entirely new product in years, the world’s popular consumer tech company is about to unveil a couple of product updates at a virtual launch event today. The presentation titled “let loose” is widely expected to be centered around new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, with the Apple Pencil also likely to play a major role. That is, if Apple’s invite showing a hand that holds a stylus is any indication – and it usually is.

The always spinning Apple rumor mill suggests that the iPad Pro will get a new M3 chip, an OLED display and the long-awaited repositioning of its front-facing camera, which will make video calls on the device instantly more enjoyable. With the last iPad launch dating back to the M2 iPad Pro in late 2022, it has been the longest wait for a new iPad model since Apple released its first tablet in 2010, partially explaining why the category has been in a lull lately.

As our chart shows, iPad sales have declined for the past two years after the Covid-19 pandemic had briefly reignited growth in 2020 and 2021. In the first six months of Apple’s fiscal 2024, which ends in September, iPad sales dropped more than 20 percent compared to the previous year, a worrying trend that Apple will be looking to reverse with today’s new models.

When the iPad made its debut in 2010, it was supposed to be the next big thing. And for a while, it looked like it could deliver on that promise. The device got off to a great start and by its second year on the market, it already accounted for nearly 20 percent of Apple’s revenue. After peaking in 2013, iPad sales started to erode though, as the market matured and large-screen smartphones ate away at tablet demand. In the first six months of fiscal 2024, the iPad accounted for no more than 6 percent of Apple’s revenue. Once (briefly) the second most important driver of Apple’s sales, the company's tablet business is now its smallest reported segment.

 

[Novachord]

Thank you for your thoughts on this subject. In Britain toilet humour is part of the eccentric humour we have.

I love the original series of Star Trek, it was first shown in Britain in 1970 and was a huge hit from the start.

The other day, I was listening to LBC Radio, and apparently when Batman was first shown in Britain in the 1960s it caused ‘moral outrage’ not sure why as it’s really funny. The Penguin’s purple top hat…..oooooh very outrageous!

My first encounter with moral outrage were two events in the late 1970s; the first was God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols which the BBC banned from being played but this encouraged more people to buy the record.

The second was Pink Floyd‘s We don’t need no education, which Margaret Thatcher tried to ban, because she felt it was subversive to school children.

All I can say is as a 16 year old at the time, seeing our establishment getting their knickers in a twist over pop records was very funny.

Who needs advertising when you’ve got the British Government hyping your records!

 

[Mystic]

Thank you for your thoughts on this subject. In Britain toilet humour is part of the eccentric humour we have.

I love the original series of Star Trek, it was first shown in Britain in 1970 and was a huge hit from the start.

The other day, I was listening to LBC Radio, and apparently when Batman was first shown in Britain in the 1960s it caused ‘moral outrage’ not sure why as it’s really funny. The Penguin’s purple top hat…..oooooh very outrageous!

My first encounter with moral outrage were two events in the late 1970s; the first was God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols which the BBC banned from being played but this encouraged more people to buy the record.

The second was Pink Floyd‘s We don’t need no education, which Margaret Thatcher tried to ban, because she felt it was subversive to school children.

All I can say is as a 16 year old at the time, seeing our establishment getting their knickers in a twist over pop records was very funny.

Who needs advertising when you’ve got the British Government hyping your records!

I knew well the stir caused by "The Pistols" in general and especially w/ that number, but I'd long forgotten about Thatcher's mindless rants regarding that Floyd number. Speaking personally, I'd have supported the ban so long as it would have meant we in The States would not be subjected to its "radio play" every 20 minutes. F**k it became tiresome. Of course, none of the Pistols's singles made radio play in The States ... that would have required an Act of God ... or QE2, lol.

PS: I like a lot of the content on The Wall (1979), just not that number.

 

[Mystic]

Thank you for your thoughts on this subject. In Britain toilet humour is part of the eccentric humour we have.

I love the original series of Star Trek, it was first shown in Britain in 1970 and was a huge hit from the start.

The other day, I was listening to LBC Radio, and apparently when Batman was first shown in Britain in the 1960s it caused ‘moral outrage’ not sure why as it’s really funny. The Penguin’s purple top hat…..oooooh very outrageous!

My first encounter with moral outrage were two events in the late 1970s; the first was God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols which the BBC banned from being played but this encouraged more people to buy the record.

The second was Pink Floyd‘s We don’t need no education, which Margaret Thatcher tried to ban, because she felt it was subversive to school children.

All I can say is as a 16 year old at the time, seeing our establishment getting their knickers in a twist over pop records was very funny.

Who needs advertising when you’ve got the British Government hyping your records!

BTW, I can recall that even as a lad growing up in the 1960's in The American Heartland (well, Chicago, anyway), I often wondered why no one in "movies" ever used the toilet. In most films bathrooms were never presented at all. But, I remember also thinking this while I was watching the 7-8 series that comprise Only Fools And Horses .... all of those episodes and never even one, as far as I can recall, that included a shot of a "bathroom" interior. Heck, even the characters who inhabited Grace Brothers Department Store in the program Are You Being Served? often mentioned the need to "spend a penny".... "Mrs Slocombe, Miss Brahms, Mr Lucas, Mr Grainger (heck, an etire episode was built around Mr Grainger's constant "need" to head to the WC on account of a digestive tract distress), probably Mr Humphries and maybe even Captain Peacock. But if "Del Boy" or "Rodney" or "Grandad" or "Trigger" or "Boycie" or etc. ever mentioned "spend a penny", I missed it.

 

[ETLS]

There will be multiple intersections. Each with a somewhat different perspective/take.

NO matter the intersection, someone will be running the red light while texting.

Where are toilets on the Starship Enterprise? I haven’t heard Captain Kirk say, Scotty go and make me a cup of tea, while I go to the loo, I had nasty curry last night.

 

[Novachord]

BTW, I can recall that even as a lad growing up in the 1960's in The American Heartland (well, Chicago, anyway), I often wondered why no one in "movies" ever used the toilet. In most films bathrooms were never presented at all. But, I remember also thinking this while I was watching the 7-8 series that comprise Only Fools And Horses .... all of those episodes and never even one, as far as I can recall, that included a shot of a "bathroom" interior. Heck, even the characters who inhabited Grace Brothers Department Store in the program Are You Being Served? often mentioned the need to "spend a penny".... "Mrs Slocombe, Miss Brahms, Mr Lucas, Mr Grainger (heck, an etire episode was built around Mr Grainger's constant "need" to head to the WC on account of a digestive tract distress), probably Mr Humphries and maybe even Captain Peacock. But if "Del Boy" or "Rodney" or "Grandad" or "Trigger" or "Boycie" or etc. ever mentioned "spend a penny", I missed it.

The term spend a penny, comes from the charge that was made to use the toilets at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park London in 1851 and just ended up in common usage in Britain.

The funniest term for the toilet is ’The Karzie’, no one knows its origin except it may be a corruption of the Italian word ‘casa’ or house. Other terms include, the loo, the bog and thunder box!

 

[Mystic]

The funniest term for the toilet is ’The Karzie’, no one knows its origin except it may be a corruption of the Italian word ‘casa’ or house. Other terms include, the loo, the bog and thunder box!

ha ... I knew this one, I've heard it, but never realized it's spelled "Karzie" because whenever I heard it, it was pronounced (to my American ear) like "Kazzie" or "Kawzzie".

 

[Pio1980]

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Three months after the launch of Vision Pro, Apple’s first entirely new product in years, the world’s popular consumer tech company is about to unveil a couple of product updates at a virtual launch event today. The presentation titled “let loose” is widely expected to be centered around new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, with the Apple Pencil also likely to play a major role. That is, if Apple’s invite showing a hand that holds a stylus is any indication – and it usually is.

The always spinning Apple rumor mill suggests that the iPad Pro will get a new M3 chip, an OLED display and the long-awaited repositioning of its front-facing camera, which will make video calls on the device instantly more enjoyable. With the last iPad launch dating back to the M2 iPad Pro in late 2022, it has been the longest wait for a new iPad model since Apple released its first tablet in 2010, partially explaining why the category has been in a lull lately.

As our chart shows, iPad sales have declined for the past two years after the Covid-19 pandemic had briefly reignited growth in 2020 and 2021. In the first six months of Apple’s fiscal 2024, which ends in September, iPad sales dropped more than 20 percent compared to the previous year, a worrying trend that Apple will be looking to reverse with today’s new models.

When the iPad made its debut in 2010, it was supposed to be the next big thing. And for a while, it looked like it could deliver on that promise. The device got off to a great start and by its second year on the market, it already accounted for nearly 20 percent of Apple’s revenue. After peaking in 2013, iPad sales started to erode though, as the market matured and large-screen smartphones ate away at tablet demand. In the first six months of fiscal 2024, the iPad accounted for no more than 6 percent of Apple’s revenue. Once (briefly) the second most important driver of Apple’s sales, the company's tablet business is now its smallest reported segment.

The iPad was all the Wi-Fi internet portal many desktop users actually required, minus the internet portal redundant computer-y stuff, it spooled up quicker and went online anywhere it was carried where there was a Wi-Fi link.
Ultimately a brilliant idea that eventually found stiff Android competition.
Who really liked their new desktop enough to go back and buy several more? It's a market that is easily saturated with only obsolescence by lack of support to urge renewal, slump is inevitable once demand levels, perpetual growth is an unsustainable pyramid fallacy.
Maybe come up with a responsible sustainable business model that serves the workers, products, and customers instead of greedy board members and stockholders, who should be along for the ride instead of driving the bus into a wall at top speed.

 

[spicer]

The term spend a penny, comes from the charge that was made to use the toilets at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park London in 1851 and just ended up in common usage in Britain.

The funniest term for the toilet is ’The Karzie’, no one knows its origin except it may be a corruption of the Italian word ‘casa’ or house. Other terms include, the loo, the bog and thunder box!

No idea the origin but I remember older guys saying they had to see a man about a dog.

 

[Pio1980]

No idea the origin but I remember older guys saying they had to see a man about a dog.

Or a horse.

 

[kirk57]

The iPad was all the Wi-Fi internet portal many desktop users actually required, minus the internet portal redundant computer-y stuff, it spooled up quicker and went online anywhere it was carried where there was a Wi-Fi link.
Ultimately a brilliant idea that eventually found stiff Android competition.
Who really liked their new desktop enough to go back and buy several more? It's a market that is easily saturated with only obsolescence by lack of support to urge renewal, slump is inevitable once demand levels, perpetual growth is an unsustainable pyramid fallacy.
Maybe come up with a responsible sustainable business model that serves the workers, products, and customers instead of greedy board members and stockholders, who should be along for the ride instead of driving the bus into a wall at top speed.

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Three months after the launch of Vision Pro, Apple’s first entirely new product in years, the world’s popular consumer tech company is about to unveil a couple of product updates at a virtual launch event today. The presentation titled “let loose” is widely expected to be centered around new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, with the Apple Pencil also likely to play a major role. That is, if Apple’s invite showing a hand that holds a stylus is any indication – and it usually is.

The always spinning Apple rumor mill suggests that the iPad Pro will get a new M3 chip, an OLED display and the long-awaited repositioning of its front-facing camera, which will make video calls on the device instantly more enjoyable. With the last iPad launch dating back to the M2 iPad Pro in late 2022, it has been the longest wait for a new iPad model since Apple released its first tablet in 2010, partially explaining why the category has been in a lull lately.

As our chart shows, iPad sales have declined for the past two years after the Covid-19 pandemic had briefly reignited growth in 2020 and 2021. In the first six months of Apple’s fiscal 2024, which ends in September, iPad sales dropped more than 20 percent compared to the previous year, a worrying trend that Apple will be looking to reverse with today’s new models.

I'd be interested to see sales of all tablets over that same time period. My guess is that as phone screens got bigger people saw less need for the larger screen of the I-Pad and tablets in general

 

[Pio1980]

The term spend a penny, comes from the charge that was made to use the toilets at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park London in 1851 and just ended up in common usage in Britain.

The funniest term for the toilet is ’The Karzie’, no one knows its origin except it may be a corruption of the Italian word ‘casa’ or house. Other terms include, the loo, the bog and thunder box!

Bogside, crapper, dunny, biffy, throne, water closet.
Launch a dreadnaught, drop the kids at the pool, download software.

 

[spicer]

Bogside, crapper, dunny, biffy, throne, water closet.
Launch a dreadnaught, drop the kids at the pool, download software.

Pinch a loaf... Cheech and Chong (sp).

 

[Pio1980]

I'd be interested to see sales of all tablets over that same time period. My guess is that as phone screens got bigger people saw less need for the larger screen of the I-Pad and tablets in general

Folks generally have the smartphone/"phablet" at hand, one has to actively have the tab with them to be as accessable. My tab is smaller that a regular tablet, larger than a phablet, and has direct internet access as well as Wi-Fi. Having it at hand went I may want it I s less an inconvenience than carrying a full size tab or laptop for an internet portal.
it's a "goldilocks" portal.

 

[nailer]

Or a horse.

'My rear teeth are floating.'

 

[highvoltage_]

Or a horse.

Drain a vein
Bleed the reed
Siphon the python

 

[John James]

"Water the Lillies."