There's a bunch of us in those (and other states) that don't buy into being extorted by corporations, the acceptance of hate crimes against minorities, the total destruction of our natural resources, and endless wars that accomplish nothing. We also don't want a 3 year old, tiny handed, angry orange, mouth breathing, corrupt, loudmouthed, retarded, failure of a businessman to run the country. In fact the vast majority of voters said that in their vote. The. Vast. Majority.
IANAL, but it's probably because Pebble was a failing company. Failing companies are often split up with assets going to the highest bidder, which for larger companies is generally a holding company that turns around and then resells those IPs/assets for a profit. Mitt Romney's company did this. If, however, it's two successful (still profitable) companies, shareholders don't want to be stuck holding the bag for a profitless company with nothing but debt - so in order to buy the assets, the purchaser has to agree to buy debt and pay a price that shareholders want.
Although it is possible for a still profitable company to sell off entire divisions/assets that it wants to divest: see Google and Motorola.
Organization and prioritization become important as is the good ol' trusty "to do" list. The problem, for me, is organizing the disparate pieces of information and molding them into a useful body of knowledge that I can draw from. Evernote doesn't cute it, nor OneNote - these things require manual work. Outlook is a joke. What needs to happen is something that I can plug in email, voicemail, text messages, handwritten notes, etc all into one "brain" that can understand, categorize, and do an initial prioritization. That organized information can then be presented to me in a structured format so that I can reprioritize, search, update, and utilize that information.
You're sort of right. Apparently they're acquiring the IP and also hiring some of the employees that are now jobless. The shell company still technically exists and will go into bankruptcy and probably receivership shortly thereafter.
> Car gets stolen? Fine. That's what I have car insurance for.
Yes, make other people pay for it. Just use public transportation or get a bicycle...no fancy polluting air conditioning needed either.
> Much like the Internet of Things, there's a lot of bullshit that should not be online.
This is the result of fear of poor implementation. Here's an idea that libertarians won't enjoy: regulate the internet connected devices - require specific security methods be used and then make it a crime for the senior executives to ignore when they're not being followed. Pierce that corporate veil and hit a corporation right where it hurts: Board of Director/Executive pockets.
Obama doesn't tend to go onto Twitter at 3AM and start whining and getting into arguments. If you don't see how Obama acts like an adult and Trump a petulant teenager, you're beyond all hope.
That licensing nonsense is gained by a physician demonstrating to a board of his/her peers that they are capable and competent in their practice. It also ensures that, throughout their career, they maintain at least a minimum level of ethical and moral behaviors - along with legal obligations. Not every "crime" or "offensive" action a physician does is strictly illegal. A doctor over prescribing pain meds is an example of where a license board can demand a doctor explain themselves. Complicated, ever changing, entirely situationally based laws are not needed, because a licensing board can call a doctor up and say "Why did you do this." That doctor then has to justify his/her actions or face repercussions (such as the temporary or permanent revocation of their medical license).
It's foolish to only care about reviews - it shows a total lack of ignorance to the medical profession and the challenges it faces in ensuring that doctors are treating patients appropriately.
I sure want the guy working on my heart to be totally clear of licensing. I mean, heck to proving that you're a capable heart surgeon. I can just sue from the grave or give a bad Yelp review!
I think, for most of us, Trumpet is as bad as we thought. It's pretty sad when the Chinese are looking at him and going "Uh, dude, climate change is reals bro" and he's turning to Putin for a nipple to suck on while he cries himself to sleep. Look at those tiny hands, how cute!
So they asked Chinese companies what it would cost to build on American soil. Is anyone surprised when the Chinese went: "Oh it'd cost like, double man, you might as well just keep that juicy contract with us. Over here. Where we can just put nets up to catch the suicide jumpers."
What are you doing that you're getting "security kernel"crashes? Are you using updated drivers? Are you sure you didn't get a virus (they're on a lot of pirated copies of Windows)? Are you sure your RAM is good? Linux does handle faulty memory better than Windows (it doesn't mean it's acceptable to use it). And while SteamVR may run on Linux, it doesn't mean that Anyland will. I've never had any major issues running Windows since like XP. I can tell you that whenever I had a self-proclaimed "Loonex expart" call in with a botched Windows machine, it was the end user each and every single time. They thought they could just play with the registry or start modifying system INIs or messing with DLLs.
Windows is meant to be a "set it and forget it" kind of OS. Not a "tinker until it does exactly what you want" OS. It's meant for the "just get crap done" crowd.
What a poor translation. Certain features may not work as expected: OSX is a completely different architecture and may things, like WCF and WPF may not function as well as they do on Windows. ADO may not be fully fleshed out. Microsoft makes fantastic developer tools - I don't think any serious developer would dispute that. If they target Visual Studio for OSX or Linux or DrDOS, you can bet your bottom dollar that Microsoft will work hard to make a REALLY GOOD IDE. I love the.NET Framework. I love Mono. I'm hoping that Microsoft moves away from a desktop OS and more towards SAAS for office functionality with fantastic developmental tools. No one has come close to Visual Studio. Eclipse, VIM, EMacs, Sublime, etc are all complete and utter crap next to Visual Studio (from the perspective of real, complex software development with multiple projects, reference management, etc).
A Grand Jury commissioned to investigate a literal non-issue and was designed to be nothing more than a political hit job. Sexual assault doesn't happen if both parties are complicit. Nothing that came out during the investigation showed Lewinsky wasn't complicit in the affair. So what you had were "high moralists" who were pissy because Clinton was getting some on the side.
> 3) Trump may be inexperienced as a political leader but he's also smart enough to delegate to people who do have experience.
You based this on what? His business acumen? Those advisors, did they stop his multiple bankruptcies, Trump Airlines, Trump steak, or his severe inability to pay contractors and banks what they were owed to the point that no sane company does business with him at or at the very least until they're paid entirely upfront? Are you stupid?
And those Mexican companies are going to laugh and say "nahhh". US Automakers will shutter their factory doors in the US, leave an office with a desk and a lamp, and move down to Mexico. Assets will be "transferred" and then sold, but they'll raise the price and claim it's due to government interference. Be ready to pay $40000 for that subcompact 4 cylinder.
Mocked? 90% of the time they were reporting the exact words he said and going "this probably isn't Presidential". It's a lot like \. who incessantly call other comments "stupid" - are they demonizing and harassing people too?
So back in September BGR reported that Samsung had already exchanged 500,000 devices in the US. The number of devices that reported issues in the US were 92 at around the same timeframe. So just taking those two numbers, we're seeing that affect devices made up one tenth of one tenth of one percent of all Samsung Note 7s that had been exchanged. Yes the potential was there for other phones, but many of Apple's flaws were design flaws (such as the antennagate issues or the recent "Touch Disease") have impacted MANY of Apple's customers. Apple's general line has been to ignore complaints (Touch Disease is still a problem, for instance). So while, yes, Samsung had a serious flaw and it is dangerous - it doesn't automagically excuse Apple's lack of quality control.
We went beyond anti-taxation of the rich. Now we have laws that attack unions ("Right to Work" which is ironic) and laws that allow employers to fire for basically any reason ("At-Will Employment"). Conservatives won the anti-taxation fight some time ago, so they went after employee rights and dismantling unions.
The concept that you ever really had privacy when making a phone call is laughable. You have privacy only if that call is properly encrypted by both parties. As for "groped", I haven't been patted down for quite a while. Yes a wave of a metal detector and going through a scanner. But then again if I told the Founding Fathers that one day there would exist massive vehicles that can fly 100s of times faster than the fastest horse of their day with the capability of destroying a city block - they'd probably agree that SOME level of protection was necessary.
I mean I'm not allowed to walk into a nuclear power plant and never would have been allowed. Is my freedom smashed? The fact that remains that a massive chunk of your own personal freedoms still exist. You can still criticize the government. That's a huge step up from places whose freedom is truly "smashed".
It was missing quite a few features out of the box that the Windows software includes - but yes, as a basic headset/mic it worked. For a true gaming headset, all of the features that a gamer (or even a movie watcher) would want are disabled and not working. That pretty much highlights the general Linux experience. You get the "basic functionality" about 99.9999% of the time - but then again I'm one of those who doesn't buy "basic" cheap hardware. The whole mentality of "well it works to my needs" doesn't cut it. Hardware should work 100% to the functionality expected when it was designed.
I realize it's not entirely Linux's fault, but the fault is there and glaringly obvious. That's why plenty of people do not use Linux. If I cannot get my $250 pair of headphones with trackpad, 3000 buttons, and changing colors on the microphone to work, then I have zero reason to switch. That's the mentality for 99% of PC users.
I dual boot. I got a Thinkpad Yoga from the Amazon Prime sale. Windows 10 was on it, but I upgraded to 10 pro using an external dvd drive and a full "scratch" install. It installed, no problems whatsoever. Ubuntu installed and then wouldn't boot. It would just there with the Ubuntu boot logo cycling through its dots. I tried the newest version and then the LTS version. No go. Linux mint: failed to install, same issue. Fedora installed, but I'm used to Ubuntu. I did try the Elementary OS and it booted...but I'm not looking for a crapple knockoff....so I installed my choice of UI and the Ubuntu repositories. Now touchscreen is crap, there's no tablet mode (Yoga folds to become a tablet). I had to manually edit some INI files to get the backlights to work on the keyboard.
The fact remains: Windows is easier to use. It does what I need it to. I haven't had an ad in Windows 10 yet and I upgraded quite a while ago - when MS first announced it. I've never had a bad update either. My PC was homebuilt and my OS install was a fresh copy. Maybe that was the difference: quality hardware and a truly clean OS install from the get-go. Ubuntu is great and maybe when Unity supports a proper touchscreen experience, I'll remove Windows altogether from my laptop.
It's still not the year of Linux on the desktop. Maybe 2017, maybe 2025.
Lawsuits? It's not your OS. You pay for a license to use it. As it stands, MS is stopping security updates soon enough - it'll be come a venerable wasteland of malware and spyware. Even worse is that, because you refuse to move to new OS or upgrade, your infected machine will begin to serve malware or act as a botnet node. How great. Upgrade or change OSes - your personal preference of privacy is irrelevant when (at the end of the day) you make it easy for malware authors to push their junk to the rest of us.
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There's a bunch of us in those (and other states) that don't buy into being extorted by corporations, the acceptance of hate crimes against minorities, the total destruction of our natural resources, and endless wars that accomplish nothing. We also don't want a 3 year old, tiny handed, angry orange, mouth breathing, corrupt, loudmouthed, retarded, failure of a businessman to run the country. In fact the vast majority of voters said that in their vote. The. Vast. Majority.
So you're saying it'll run Crysis?
IANAL, but it's probably because Pebble was a failing company. Failing companies are often split up with assets going to the highest bidder, which for larger companies is generally a holding company that turns around and then resells those IPs/assets for a profit. Mitt Romney's company did this. If, however, it's two successful (still profitable) companies, shareholders don't want to be stuck holding the bag for a profitless company with nothing but debt - so in order to buy the assets, the purchaser has to agree to buy debt and pay a price that shareholders want.
Although it is possible for a still profitable company to sell off entire divisions/assets that it wants to divest: see Google and Motorola.
Organization and prioritization become important as is the good ol' trusty "to do" list. The problem, for me, is organizing the disparate pieces of information and molding them into a useful body of knowledge that I can draw from. Evernote doesn't cute it, nor OneNote - these things require manual work. Outlook is a joke. What needs to happen is something that I can plug in email, voicemail, text messages, handwritten notes, etc all into one "brain" that can understand, categorize, and do an initial prioritization. That organized information can then be presented to me in a structured format so that I can reprioritize, search, update, and utilize that information.
My understanding is that they're selling first and THEN entering bankruptcy.
You're sort of right. Apparently they're acquiring the IP and also hiring some of the employees that are now jobless. The shell company still technically exists and will go into bankruptcy and probably receivership shortly thereafter.
I'm sorry, but wouldn't Fitbit be obligated to honor the original warranty (or whatever laws are in place in the nation it was purchased in)?
> Car gets stolen? Fine. That's what I have car insurance for.
Yes, make other people pay for it. Just use public transportation or get a bicycle...no fancy polluting air conditioning needed either. > Much like the Internet of Things, there's a lot of bullshit that should not be online.
This is the result of fear of poor implementation. Here's an idea that libertarians won't enjoy: regulate the internet connected devices - require specific security methods be used and then make it a crime for the senior executives to ignore when they're not being followed. Pierce that corporate veil and hit a corporation right where it hurts: Board of Director/Executive pockets.
Obama doesn't tend to go onto Twitter at 3AM and start whining and getting into arguments. If you don't see how Obama acts like an adult and Trump a petulant teenager, you're beyond all hope.
That licensing nonsense is gained by a physician demonstrating to a board of his/her peers that they are capable and competent in their practice. It also ensures that, throughout their career, they maintain at least a minimum level of ethical and moral behaviors - along with legal obligations. Not every "crime" or "offensive" action a physician does is strictly illegal. A doctor over prescribing pain meds is an example of where a license board can demand a doctor explain themselves. Complicated, ever changing, entirely situationally based laws are not needed, because a licensing board can call a doctor up and say "Why did you do this." That doctor then has to justify his/her actions or face repercussions (such as the temporary or permanent revocation of their medical license).
It's foolish to only care about reviews - it shows a total lack of ignorance to the medical profession and the challenges it faces in ensuring that doctors are treating patients appropriately.
I sure want the guy working on my heart to be totally clear of licensing. I mean, heck to proving that you're a capable heart surgeon. I can just sue from the grave or give a bad Yelp review!
I think, for most of us, Trumpet is as bad as we thought. It's pretty sad when the Chinese are looking at him and going "Uh, dude, climate change is reals bro" and he's turning to Putin for a nipple to suck on while he cries himself to sleep. Look at those tiny hands, how cute!
So they asked Chinese companies what it would cost to build on American soil. Is anyone surprised when the Chinese went: "Oh it'd cost like, double man, you might as well just keep that juicy contract with us. Over here. Where we can just put nets up to catch the suicide jumpers."
What are you doing that you're getting "security kernel"crashes? Are you using updated drivers? Are you sure you didn't get a virus (they're on a lot of pirated copies of Windows)? Are you sure your RAM is good? Linux does handle faulty memory better than Windows (it doesn't mean it's acceptable to use it). And while SteamVR may run on Linux, it doesn't mean that Anyland will. I've never had any major issues running Windows since like XP. I can tell you that whenever I had a self-proclaimed "Loonex expart" call in with a botched Windows machine, it was the end user each and every single time. They thought they could just play with the registry or start modifying system INIs or messing with DLLs.
Windows is meant to be a "set it and forget it" kind of OS. Not a "tinker until it does exactly what you want" OS. It's meant for the "just get crap done" crowd.
What a poor translation. Certain features may not work as expected: OSX is a completely different architecture and may things, like WCF and WPF may not function as well as they do on Windows. ADO may not be fully fleshed out. Microsoft makes fantastic developer tools - I don't think any serious developer would dispute that. If they target Visual Studio for OSX or Linux or DrDOS, you can bet your bottom dollar that Microsoft will work hard to make a REALLY GOOD IDE. I love the .NET Framework. I love Mono. I'm hoping that Microsoft moves away from a desktop OS and more towards SAAS for office functionality with fantastic developmental tools. No one has come close to Visual Studio. Eclipse, VIM, EMacs, Sublime, etc are all complete and utter crap next to Visual Studio (from the perspective of real, complex software development with multiple projects, reference management, etc).
A Grand Jury commissioned to investigate a literal non-issue and was designed to be nothing more than a political hit job. Sexual assault doesn't happen if both parties are complicit. Nothing that came out during the investigation showed Lewinsky wasn't complicit in the affair. So what you had were "high moralists" who were pissy because Clinton was getting some on the side.
> 3) Trump may be inexperienced as a political leader but he's also smart enough to delegate to people who do have experience.
You based this on what? His business acumen? Those advisors, did they stop his multiple bankruptcies, Trump Airlines, Trump steak, or his severe inability to pay contractors and banks what they were owed to the point that no sane company does business with him at or at the very least until they're paid entirely upfront? Are you stupid?
And those Mexican companies are going to laugh and say "nahhh". US Automakers will shutter their factory doors in the US, leave an office with a desk and a lamp, and move down to Mexico. Assets will be "transferred" and then sold, but they'll raise the price and claim it's due to government interference. Be ready to pay $40000 for that subcompact 4 cylinder.
Mocked? 90% of the time they were reporting the exact words he said and going "this probably isn't Presidential". It's a lot like \. who incessantly call other comments "stupid" - are they demonizing and harassing people too?
So back in September BGR reported that Samsung had already exchanged 500,000 devices in the US. The number of devices that reported issues in the US were 92 at around the same timeframe. So just taking those two numbers, we're seeing that affect devices made up one tenth of one tenth of one percent of all Samsung Note 7s that had been exchanged. Yes the potential was there for other phones, but many of Apple's flaws were design flaws (such as the antennagate issues or the recent "Touch Disease") have impacted MANY of Apple's customers. Apple's general line has been to ignore complaints (Touch Disease is still a problem, for instance). So while, yes, Samsung had a serious flaw and it is dangerous - it doesn't automagically excuse Apple's lack of quality control.
We went beyond anti-taxation of the rich. Now we have laws that attack unions ("Right to Work" which is ironic) and laws that allow employers to fire for basically any reason ("At-Will Employment"). Conservatives won the anti-taxation fight some time ago, so they went after employee rights and dismantling unions.
The concept that you ever really had privacy when making a phone call is laughable. You have privacy only if that call is properly encrypted by both parties. As for "groped", I haven't been patted down for quite a while. Yes a wave of a metal detector and going through a scanner. But then again if I told the Founding Fathers that one day there would exist massive vehicles that can fly 100s of times faster than the fastest horse of their day with the capability of destroying a city block - they'd probably agree that SOME level of protection was necessary.
I mean I'm not allowed to walk into a nuclear power plant and never would have been allowed. Is my freedom smashed? The fact that remains that a massive chunk of your own personal freedoms still exist. You can still criticize the government. That's a huge step up from places whose freedom is truly "smashed".
It was missing quite a few features out of the box that the Windows software includes - but yes, as a basic headset/mic it worked. For a true gaming headset, all of the features that a gamer (or even a movie watcher) would want are disabled and not working. That pretty much highlights the general Linux experience. You get the "basic functionality" about 99.9999% of the time - but then again I'm one of those who doesn't buy "basic" cheap hardware. The whole mentality of "well it works to my needs" doesn't cut it. Hardware should work 100% to the functionality expected when it was designed.
I realize it's not entirely Linux's fault, but the fault is there and glaringly obvious. That's why plenty of people do not use Linux. If I cannot get my $250 pair of headphones with trackpad, 3000 buttons, and changing colors on the microphone to work, then I have zero reason to switch. That's the mentality for 99% of PC users.
I dual boot. I got a Thinkpad Yoga from the Amazon Prime sale. Windows 10 was on it, but I upgraded to 10 pro using an external dvd drive and a full "scratch" install. It installed, no problems whatsoever. Ubuntu installed and then wouldn't boot. It would just there with the Ubuntu boot logo cycling through its dots. I tried the newest version and then the LTS version. No go. Linux mint: failed to install, same issue. Fedora installed, but I'm used to Ubuntu. I did try the Elementary OS and it booted...but I'm not looking for a crapple knockoff....so I installed my choice of UI and the Ubuntu repositories. Now touchscreen is crap, there's no tablet mode (Yoga folds to become a tablet). I had to manually edit some INI files to get the backlights to work on the keyboard.
The fact remains: Windows is easier to use. It does what I need it to. I haven't had an ad in Windows 10 yet and I upgraded quite a while ago - when MS first announced it. I've never had a bad update either. My PC was homebuilt and my OS install was a fresh copy. Maybe that was the difference: quality hardware and a truly clean OS install from the get-go. Ubuntu is great and maybe when Unity supports a proper touchscreen experience, I'll remove Windows altogether from my laptop.
It's still not the year of Linux on the desktop. Maybe 2017, maybe 2025.
Lawsuits? It's not your OS. You pay for a license to use it. As it stands, MS is stopping security updates soon enough - it'll be come a venerable wasteland of malware and spyware. Even worse is that, because you refuse to move to new OS or upgrade, your infected machine will begin to serve malware or act as a botnet node. How great. Upgrade or change OSes - your personal preference of privacy is irrelevant when (at the end of the day) you make it easy for malware authors to push their junk to the rest of us.