Response translated from AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast: "Waaah, we can't upcharge for any existing or new service that comes along on the internet." Discourage innovation my ass. I'd say it's more likely that people will develop for an open internet than a closed one. After all, the developers would the ones having to pay the ISPs as well as the ISP's customers getting charged more for the service. I don't think that would go well in the long run.
Not even an episodic game with new content released regularly?
Which means the game is never, ever finished which will lead to really crappy games. I will never subscribe to an app on a phone, it's ludicrous.
I never bought into the DLC on other platforms for the same reason. And for those that say DLC makes the game better: Sure it does, because they finally finished the damn game!
Yes, it's exhausting trying to figure out how to dismiss the stupid notification without it opening the App/Play store. (Hint: clicking the 'x' doesn't always dismiss it.) And every time you visit the stupid site it asks again and again. I don't visit some sites now because of this.
mostly because I have to unlock my phone to pause.
I just bought a Chromecast second gen recently and the app shows a pause button for me when I wake the phone (I haven't had a need to unlock the phone so far.) It's in my notification area above the keypad.
They need the old version of Office to work with their order entry system. Switching it to something else was not an option, and there's no guarantee it will work with the newer versions of Office.
A few days ago I fixed a business computer. It kept nagging and finally installed Windows 10.
The result?
1. The upgrade finally killed the (very old) hard drive in the PC. Errors everywhere, had to be replaced. 2. The old office suite no longer worked. 3. The antivirus messed up. 4. Somehow during the process the email screwed up and they lost some of it (not repairable.) 5. The custom order entry system he used no longer ran.
So a new hard drive was installed and Win7 put back on. Everything was reinstalled, and I put in the GPO policies and registry tweaks that stop W10 for now... until Microsoft decides to change it again.
When I told them they'd have to probably spend $700+ replacing their old software (and still risk the order entry system not working) they were very mad at Microsoft. This was their only functioning workstation and so its lost definitely affected business operations. The computer store was backlogged over a week (!) fixing issues like this one so they called me.
He got a new laptop a little while ago and was having nothing but troubles. He read online Ubuntu had better support. So he installed Ubuntu on his own and he said everything works with it now. This was a gaming laptop. And one of the troubles he was having was with the display card.
I should have been more specific, I'm not in the US. That same model drive is $492 where I am including taxes. I just looked, I could upgrade and get 4TB of usable space on my raid10 for that price.
I have backups but most of it I don't really care if I lose the data. The important stuff is backed up.
I had it equipped with 8GB of RAM, and the processor is a QX9650, I bought it with the intention of using the computer for 10 years or so. I have had a couple components fail over the years: a power supply, a video card, and one hard drive.
I run a raid10 so I have decent read/write speeds. Back some years ago the SSDs then were only marginally better, I figured I wouldn't even notice. Now they're faster but for a 1TB usable space they're still too expensive. The four 500 GB drives I got for my raid10 set me back about $200. I don't think I could get an 1 TB SSD for that. Maybe in another year or so. Once the price drops below $250 for a 1 TB SSD I'll probably get rid of my raid10. Or just use the SSD for boot and use 3 of the old drives in raid5 for the/home partition.
Yep, computers are "good enough" for most people now. Heck, I'm still running my quad core from 2008. It still works fine and compiles quickly, I see no reason to upgrade. Even if I did, I'd have to deal with EFI and a bunch of other new things so I'm not in a hurry to upgrade. My laptop on the other hand is getting old and slow (it's probably 10 years old now.) However, I don't use it as much as I used to, so again, not in a hurry to replace it. I use my Nexus 7 (2012) still for most things I'd use the laptop for, and even that is starting to get slow. I'll probably have to replace the tablet soon, but the desktop and laptop will still last for a while.
I figure when my main PC dies (which will probably be years from now) I'll upgrade.
There are plenty of reasons to have machines not connected to a domain. But you can still enforce policies locally as long as it's not a Home edition of Windows. What I mentioned originally works on non-domain-joined machines as well.
By IT support I'm referring to local IT and any external support (like you've mentioned.) This was totally preventable and if the weather software vendor is providing the machines they should have been aware long ago.
This is the TV station's fault for not deploying their computers correctly. This issue has been known for months and months now and a fix has been around for quite a while. I don't expect casual home users to understand this but this is a business that should have some IT support. It's even easier on an active directory environment as these policies can be pushed automatically. These can also be set if you have a Pro edition of Windows.
I've confirmed this works in both domain and non-domain environments.
First, add a registry key in (this can be done with active directory quite easily, or locally on a non-domain machine):
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
New key: GWX New DWORD: DisableGWX New DWORD value: 0x1
Then edit the group policy (or local group policy): Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Windows Update
Set "Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update" to enabled.
The first disable the GWX nag app. The second prevents Windows Update from offering a new version of Windows (like WIn10.)
The headline was referring to conversation view, which you can't turn off in the Gmail app. I've been using Touchdown to access work email for 5 years (or more?)
The standard Mail app on phones stink. For a long time you couldn't even invite people to appointments. Some have rectified that now, though.
However, Touchdown controls its own notifications and I've set it to not notify on non-working hours (evenings and weekends, set to different schedules each day.) I know the Gmail app doesn't have that, the notifications are on or off.
I just checked the Gmail app's options, and they've got a conversation view option now. I've unchecked it, and it doesn't do anything. Why have the option there if it doesn't do anything??
Touchdown very recently had an update to its interface. It looks like a modern app now, but I've noticed at least one glitch in Calendar view - it doesn't colour code my appointments. They're presumably working on a fix.
They've also retained the old control panel for tweaking all of its settings.
If you can't turn off conversation view. It is annoying on personal email but I deal with it (conversation view buggers up threads, splitting up emails where they shouldn't be as an example), but that would be intolerable on work email.
For those using Exchange for access to work email, Touchdown is a better paid-for solution that won't erase your phone with work policies, they're only applied to the Touchdown app itself. That makes it worth the price right there.
I agree with what you've said except this one. The Tesla is heavy, as much as a half ton truck from what I remember, so it'll need brakes more often than a regular car.
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Response translated from AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast: "Waaah, we can't upcharge for any existing or new service that comes along on the internet." Discourage innovation my ass. I'd say it's more likely that people will develop for an open internet than a closed one. After all, the developers would the ones having to pay the ISPs as well as the ISP's customers getting charged more for the service. I don't think that would go well in the long run.
But Mother's Day was last month!
Which means the game is never, ever finished which will lead to really crappy games. I will never subscribe to an app on a phone, it's ludicrous.
I never bought into the DLC on other platforms for the same reason. And for those that say DLC makes the game better: Sure it does, because they finally finished the damn game!
Yes, it's exhausting trying to figure out how to dismiss the stupid notification without it opening the App/Play store. (Hint: clicking the 'x' doesn't always dismiss it.) And every time you visit the stupid site it asks again and again. I don't visit some sites now because of this.
I am literally so tired of visiting a website and having it pop up a download notification for another new app.
I just bought a Chromecast second gen recently and the app shows a pause button for me when I wake the phone (I haven't had a need to unlock the phone so far.) It's in my notification area above the keypad.
They need the old version of Office to work with their order entry system. Switching it to something else was not an option, and there's no guarantee it will work with the newer versions of Office.
A few days ago I fixed a business computer. It kept nagging and finally installed Windows 10.
The result?
1. The upgrade finally killed the (very old) hard drive in the PC. Errors everywhere, had to be replaced.
2. The old office suite no longer worked.
3. The antivirus messed up.
4. Somehow during the process the email screwed up and they lost some of it (not repairable.)
5. The custom order entry system he used no longer ran.
So a new hard drive was installed and Win7 put back on. Everything was reinstalled, and I put in the GPO policies and registry tweaks that stop W10 for now... until Microsoft decides to change it again.
When I told them they'd have to probably spend $700+ replacing their old software (and still risk the order entry system not working) they were very mad at Microsoft. This was their only functioning workstation and so its lost definitely affected business operations. The computer store was backlogged over a week (!) fixing issues like this one so they called me.
Some time ago I helped my brother install Mint.
He got a new laptop a little while ago and was having nothing but troubles. He read online Ubuntu had better support. So he installed Ubuntu on his own and he said everything works with it now. This was a gaming laptop. And one of the troubles he was having was with the display card.
Right to travel != Right to own and operate a vehicle
I was thinking thepiratebay.arr, that would be appropriate!
It's an Apple product. You can't.
I should have been more specific, I'm not in the US. That same model drive is $492 where I am including taxes. I just looked, I could upgrade and get 4TB of usable space on my raid10 for that price.
I have backups but most of it I don't really care if I lose the data. The important stuff is backed up.
I had it equipped with 8GB of RAM, and the processor is a QX9650, I bought it with the intention of using the computer for 10 years or so. I have had a couple components fail over the years: a power supply, a video card, and one hard drive.
I run a raid10 so I have decent read/write speeds. Back some years ago the SSDs then were only marginally better, I figured I wouldn't even notice. Now they're faster but for a 1TB usable space they're still too expensive. The four 500 GB drives I got for my raid10 set me back about $200. I don't think I could get an 1 TB SSD for that. Maybe in another year or so. Once the price drops below $250 for a 1 TB SSD I'll probably get rid of my raid10. Or just use the SSD for boot and use 3 of the old drives in raid5 for the /home partition.
Yep, computers are "good enough" for most people now. Heck, I'm still running my quad core from 2008. It still works fine and compiles quickly, I see no reason to upgrade. Even if I did, I'd have to deal with EFI and a bunch of other new things so I'm not in a hurry to upgrade. My laptop on the other hand is getting old and slow (it's probably 10 years old now.) However, I don't use it as much as I used to, so again, not in a hurry to replace it. I use my Nexus 7 (2012) still for most things I'd use the laptop for, and even that is starting to get slow. I'll probably have to replace the tablet soon, but the desktop and laptop will still last for a while.
I figure when my main PC dies (which will probably be years from now) I'll upgrade.
There are plenty of reasons to have machines not connected to a domain. But you can still enforce policies locally as long as it's not a Home edition of Windows. What I mentioned originally works on non-domain-joined machines as well.
By IT support I'm referring to local IT and any external support (like you've mentioned.) This was totally preventable and if the weather software vendor is providing the machines they should have been aware long ago.
This is the TV station's fault for not deploying their computers correctly. This issue has been known for months and months now and a fix has been around for quite a while. I don't expect casual home users to understand this but this is a business that should have some IT support. It's even easier on an active directory environment as these policies can be pushed automatically. These can also be set if you have a Pro edition of Windows.
I've confirmed this works in both domain and non-domain environments.
First, add a registry key in (this can be done with active directory quite easily, or locally on a non-domain machine):
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
New key: GWX
New DWORD: DisableGWX
New DWORD value: 0x1
Then edit the group policy (or local group policy):
Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Windows Update
Set "Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update" to enabled.
The first disable the GWX nag app. The second prevents Windows Update from offering a new version of Windows (like WIn10.)
And it doesn't work, just FYI. It literally changes nothing. Have you actually tried it? I have, it doesn't work.
The headline was referring to conversation view, which you can't turn off in the Gmail app. I've been using Touchdown to access work email for 5 years (or more?)
The standard Mail app on phones stink. For a long time you couldn't even invite people to appointments. Some have rectified that now, though.
However, Touchdown controls its own notifications and I've set it to not notify on non-working hours (evenings and weekends, set to different schedules each day.) I know the Gmail app doesn't have that, the notifications are on or off.
I just checked the Gmail app's options, and they've got a conversation view option now. I've unchecked it, and it doesn't do anything. Why have the option there if it doesn't do anything??
Touchdown very recently had an update to its interface. It looks like a modern app now, but I've noticed at least one glitch in Calendar view - it doesn't colour code my appointments. They're presumably working on a fix.
They've also retained the old control panel for tweaking all of its settings.
If you can't turn off conversation view. It is annoying on personal email but I deal with it (conversation view buggers up threads, splitting up emails where they shouldn't be as an example), but that would be intolerable on work email.
For those using Exchange for access to work email, Touchdown is a better paid-for solution that won't erase your phone with work policies, they're only applied to the Touchdown app itself. That makes it worth the price right there.
This non-backwards-compatible also extends to hardware - if you have any custom 360 wired controllers they don't work at all with the Xbox One.
Gravity sure sucks, doesn't it? Instead of jet packs maybe research anti-gravity matter. :-)
I agree with what you've said except this one. The Tesla is heavy, as much as a half ton truck from what I remember, so it'll need brakes more often than a regular car.
For most people paying 2-3 times that of a normal car is too much, period. $20-$25,000 buys a lot of gas.