On reading this article, I immediately thought of Futurama's Head-in-a-Jar system. Who needs a body anyway? It just slows you down! A brain and a couple robo-arms and you're good to go! You'd probably last longer than 600 years then...
Well, if Samsung won, it probably would've been thrown out anyway as it was all over the news regarding the judge not allowing prior art evidence. This whole trial is a mess.
Not just that, an OEM license, even from a custom PC builder, is tied to the hardware it is sold on. If you get a new PC and are even remotely thinking about installing it on a new PC in a few years, get the full license. The full license is not tied to hardware in that way, although it still needs to be activated. Go figure.
(And if you're going to argue that it's inherently secure, and will never get viruses, spyware, etc., better make sure you didn't miss something. Remember, in this context, "Linux" really means "a desktop Linux distribution", and includes not only the kernel but a ton of libraries and applications. Do you trust the desktop environments that mass-market desktop Linux machines are likely to be running?)
I do trust that serious/critical bugs will get fixed almost immediately (sometimes even the same day a discovery is made) versus other vendors that can take months or years to fix (if they ever fix it at all, Microsoft is an example here, dunno about Apple.)
Specifically, LaserJet 1100, 1200, 1300, 2100, 2200, and probably a few others).
Really? I just upgraded several dozen machines from XP to Win7 (clean install) and we use HP 1100 and 1200 printers and I didn't have to do anything, they just worked.
Most of the time during my upgrading the one thing that was not detected was the network controller. Which is always the worst one to not detect, that means you have to find a driver and install it using a flash drive.
I picked up a Nexus 7 when it came out. We have iPads (specifically the iPad 2 at work) but I found them too heavy for extended use (both browsing and reading.)
I stopped reading books more than a decade ago, short of tech manuals. I hated dealing with the books themselves (like storing them and donating etc.)
So far I've read two books in the weeks after I got the tablet, going to start the third soon. This is more reading than I've done in the last ten years. I love it so far, no dealing with the physical books themselves.
I honestly didn't think I'd use it for reading books at all, just using it for browsing the web and typing responses like this one. Its not bad for reading at all.
I find it interesting that Windows 8 isn't even released yet and there are several solutions to this "problem" that shouldn't be there in the first place. You'd think Microsoft would take a hint...
It sucks for multimonitor setups. I use three monitors at work, and the thought of having to move my mouse across two screens to get to the menu bar is just... I don't even want to think about it.
There's a very big difference in temperature between a standard fire safe for paper-based items and a media safe.
Paper will char above ~350 F. Most standard fire safes will keep the interior temperature of the safe below this level for their specified duration. (Cheap ones are usually only 1/2 hour. I've seen safes with up to 4 hours burn.)
Media rated fire safes, on the other hand, will keep the interior temperature at maximum of 125 F. This is outside the temperature range of most backup tapes, for example. This is why the media safes are more expensive, the internal temperature is much less.
If you are considering a fire safe, do not use a regular fire safe. And even if you do get a media fire safe, make damn sure it's within the temperature storage limits of the media you're putting in there!
Correction - people use Safari/webkit on their iDevices because they have to.
Apple does not allow any other rendering software on their App Store. Browsers in the App Store all use webkit, with the exception of Opera Mini, which renders webpages on an external server before sending to the iDevice.
It is why I no longer have an iPhone, webkit was not rendering pages properly on websites which I needed to access.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if Apple allowed other browsers/rendering engines, but it's unlikely they'll ever do that.
We aren't anywhere near underpaid. Most make a pretty fat wage here.
That's not my view personally. Those are non-technical people's POV..
I have paid for apps I use very frequently, Touchdown being one, another is a weather app that actually works and is accurate, and pocketcloud.
Now that I have the Nexus 7, I'll be likely browsing around and buying more apps and content in general. E-books sure can be expensive though, it's ridiculous. They should all be less than $10 for sure, but I've seen some as high as $40. Crazy.
I'm not defending Apple here, but I think it's interesting that they don't generally follow US copyright/trademark rules over there, yet they come over to the US and expect us to follow theirs?
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On reading this article, I immediately thought of Futurama's Head-in-a-Jar system. Who needs a body anyway? It just slows you down! A brain and a couple robo-arms and you're good to go! You'd probably last longer than 600 years then...
Well, if Samsung won, it probably would've been thrown out anyway as it was all over the news regarding the judge not allowing prior art evidence. This whole trial is a mess.
That seems kind of stupid. What happens when you get malware that messes with your network connection?
I had several people that tried to use me a the tech geek. Spending hours on a malware-infested computer, and getting a meal for it.
When I told them that next time there will be a charge of $50, it stopped. I only fix things immediate family for free now.
Not just that, an OEM license, even from a custom PC builder, is tied to the hardware it is sold on. If you get a new PC and are even remotely thinking about installing it on a new PC in a few years, get the full license. The full license is not tied to hardware in that way, although it still needs to be activated. Go figure.
I do trust that serious/critical bugs will get fixed almost immediately (sometimes even the same day a discovery is made) versus other vendors that can take months or years to fix (if they ever fix it at all, Microsoft is an example here, dunno about Apple.)
Really? I just upgraded several dozen machines from XP to Win7 (clean install) and we use HP 1100 and 1200 printers and I didn't have to do anything, they just worked.
Most of the time during my upgrading the one thing that was not detected was the network controller. Which is always the worst one to not detect, that means you have to find a driver and install it using a flash drive.
Too bad we can't get the lawyers down there too...
Yep, nothing like being able to calculate 1+1=3 quickly. Err...
I picked up a Nexus 7 when it came out. We have iPads (specifically the iPad 2 at work) but I found them too heavy for extended use (both browsing and reading.)
I stopped reading books more than a decade ago, short of tech manuals. I hated dealing with the books themselves (like storing them and donating etc.)
So far I've read two books in the weeks after I got the tablet, going to start the third soon. This is more reading than I've done in the last ten years. I love it so far, no dealing with the physical books themselves.
I honestly didn't think I'd use it for reading books at all, just using it for browsing the web and typing responses like this one. Its not bad for reading at all.
But back then all the furniture had lead in it! Or is that current furniture... meh.
So leave your phone at home.
I find it interesting that Windows 8 isn't even released yet and there are several solutions to this "problem" that shouldn't be there in the first place. You'd think Microsoft would take a hint...
It sucks for multimonitor setups. I use three monitors at work, and the thought of having to move my mouse across two screens to get to the menu bar is just... I don't even want to think about it.
There's a very big difference in temperature between a standard fire safe for paper-based items and a media safe.
Paper will char above ~350 F. Most standard fire safes will keep the interior temperature of the safe below this level for their specified duration. (Cheap ones are usually only 1/2 hour. I've seen safes with up to 4 hours burn.)
Media rated fire safes, on the other hand, will keep the interior temperature at maximum of 125 F. This is outside the temperature range of most backup tapes, for example. This is why the media safes are more expensive, the internal temperature is much less.
If you are considering a fire safe, do not use a regular fire safe. And even if you do get a media fire safe, make damn sure it's within the temperature storage limits of the media you're putting in there!
I've made that mistake on my tablet a few times. I really wish it would ask to confirm moderation!
Correction - people use Safari/webkit on their iDevices because they have to.
Apple does not allow any other rendering software on their App Store. Browsers in the App Store all use webkit, with the exception of Opera Mini, which renders webpages on an external server before sending to the iDevice.
It is why I no longer have an iPhone, webkit was not rendering pages properly on websites which I needed to access.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if Apple allowed other browsers/rendering engines, but it's unlikely they'll ever do that.
We aren't anywhere near underpaid. Most make a pretty fat wage here.
That's not my view personally. Those are non-technical people's POV..
I have paid for apps I use very frequently, Touchdown being one, another is a weather app that actually works and is accurate, and pocketcloud.
Now that I have the Nexus 7, I'll be likely browsing around and buying more apps and content in general. E-books sure can be expensive though, it's ridiculous. They should all be less than $10 for sure, but I've seen some as high as $40. Crazy.
I've been speaking to coworkers about app stores in general, most of them say if you paid anything for an app, you've paid too much...
Yep, when you go by a camera you can give them a half-moon!
I'll bet this could even affect even things like his employment for a long time.
Not to mention once you break the shrinkwrap it's damn near impossible to return it.
They're not my rules, I don't live in the US.
I'm not defending Apple here, but I think it's interesting that they don't generally follow US copyright/trademark rules over there, yet they come over to the US and expect us to follow theirs?
Yes, there's nothing better than a backup, even if it's only to an external drive.
I find it amazing how many people use their computer to store irreplacable items like pictures with no backup.