The big manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, et al. will probably continue to sell one-off phone models like they do now. "People who just want a decent phone" is the majority of the smartphone market, and the big companies probably won't want to lose their current model of selling you a new phone every two years.
That said, I would love to be proven wrong—all it takes is for one of them to start doing it and the rest will likely follow suit.
From the relevant primary source (Spring 2006 FDIC Consumer News newsletter):
If a bank fails, the FDIC could take up to 99 years to pay depositors for their insured accounts.
This is a completely false notion that many bank customers have told us they heard from someone attempting to sell them another kind of financial product.
The truth is that federal law requires the FDIC to pay the insured deposits "as soon as possible" after an insured bank fails.
Historically, the FDIC pays insured deposits within a few days after a bank closes, usually the next business day. In most cases, the FDIC will provide each depositor with a new account at another insured bank. Or, if arrangements cannot be made with another institution, the FDIC will issue a check to each depositor.
If you're disappointed with GPM on android you should try an app called PowerAmp. PowerAmp is to the android music player what foobar is to WMP, as far as formats and configurability.
The reason why Windows 8 boots so fast is that it doesn't actually boot. When you "Shut Down" from the charms bar, it actually just kills your user session and hibernates. You can turn off fastboot and see for yourself.
The phrase you are looking for is Morton's Fork: a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives. A Hobson's Choice (not "Hobsian" as you say above) is a "take-it-or-leave-it" option: it would be a Hobson's choice if you phrased it "the TSA's Hobson's choice between going through security theater and not flying".
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You could group multiple applications in a single, tabbed window in KDE4.
The big manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, et al. will probably continue to sell one-off phone models like they do now. "People who just want a decent phone" is the majority of the smartphone market, and the big companies probably won't want to lose their current model of selling you a new phone every two years.
That said, I would love to be proven wrong—all it takes is for one of them to start doing it and the rest will likely follow suit.
From the relevant primary source (Spring 2006 FDIC Consumer News newsletter):
You talking about the Honda Motocompo?
I love your sig.
The URL on your redirect page links to "http://wwww.robots-everywhere.com/", with four Ws.
Good news, it's already been done.
If you want a little bit of that nostalgia back you can install Piriform's Defraggler, which retains the sorting-blocks interface. And, it's free.
If you're disappointed with GPM on android you should try an app called PowerAmp. PowerAmp is to the android music player what foobar is to WMP, as far as formats and configurability.
The reason why Windows 8 boots so fast is that it doesn't actually boot. When you "Shut Down" from the charms bar, it actually just kills your user session and hibernates. You can turn off fastboot and see for yourself.
Allow me to make your day.
Oh, how I miss my old G1's 5-row keyboard...
Numbers, three rows of QWERTY, then another row for space, alt, &c... I wish I could have that keyboard on a modern android phone.
Where is the setting to turn that off?
Go to about:config and set image.mem.decodeondraw to false.
'Right, this is getting silly.
A bread maker (along with just about every other small kitchen appliance) costs $5 at Goodwill.
Wow. Here in MD sales tax is 6% across the state, and groceries (excluding junk food, soda, etc.) are tax-free.
I like this so much, I want a hardware button on the side of the phone to trigger the Google Voice Search feature.
Long-press the search button to activate Voice Search
Right, so you run a product made by Sony, the largest lying and swindling house on the planet.
He wasn't saying that raw data would provide a solution, just that someone's reaction to the raw data is a good indicator of their level-headedness.
The phrase you are looking for is Morton's Fork: a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives. A Hobson's Choice (not "Hobsian" as you say above) is a "take-it-or-leave-it" option: it would be a Hobson's choice if you phrased it "the TSA's Hobson's choice between going through security theater and not flying".
He said simulated kiddy porn—think drawn pictures.