Part of the cost of producing a phone is ONGOING support and upgrades. Those costs are factored into the design stage. As I said, just because some guys in a garage can do it, doesnt mean it makes economic sense for a multi-national to. ITs not infeasible, but its most likely NOT PROFITABLE. Why update the old phone when they can sucker you into a new one? Thats the reality we are in.
Why does it matter? As long as communication occurred, why get hung up on the grammar rules? FAR too many people use grammar nazism to make up for their lack of original thought. Communication is there to facilitate transfer of thought, if a successful thought transfer occurs, why does it matter how the thought was contained?
THe Cyanogen mod guys would have NO legal standing in this matter. Whatever they say would be completely and utterly irrelevant as what they do is NOT manufacture phones, they hack them. They have no idea of the relevant costs of producing a phone. Im not saying they arent useful, but your proposal is not based in any kind of reality at all.
TL:DR Just because some hackers in a garage can do it, doesnt mean its FEASIBLE for a multi-national to do so.
Spending money on healthcare gets us no closer to establishing a viable colony off this rock. Space exploration, at its heart, is the mother of all insurance policies. What is more important, healing those alive now or ensuring the species can survive a global killer. We have 7 billion humans alive, we dont need more healthcare, i think we are doing ok.
This is such a childish view. The Long Long Ago trope is merely stage setting. The adults here are talking about the fundamental humanist differences, not where it was SET.
Its going to be hard to get people to side with the Klingons, everyone loves Chewie. I agree though, a Klingon would be a formidable opponent against ANY humanoid
OnLive takes SERIOUS uninterrupted bandwidth. I couldnt even get it to start up until I replaced my WRT54g Router (which was capping at 5Mb/s) and went Docsis 3.0 and a Netgear WNDR3700.
Actually, I VERY much enjoy Netflix with Kinect voice-command. Enough so that i'll pony up for another year of LIVE for it until such time as we have some mature Kinect PC software for my HTPC.
Copyright law penalties were passed on the assumption that it would be wielded against corporations, not individuals. The law is completely unconstitutional regarding damages against an individual.
Yes yes, im well aware of the difference between commercial and residential connections. I was merely pointing out that business class connections are still being offered in pathetic trickles of bandwidth. IM now hated at his office because he didnt want to pay to upgrade his connection so I had to lock down all the user workstations.. "
"NO Ms. So-Cal receptionist, you cannot stream Pandora all day while video skype'ing with your boyfriend and surfing youtube."
My JOB is to provide network infrastructure as charged by the company. That includes making sure that the people that need resources acquire them through approved methods. This can and does include telling people no they cannot have unrestricted access to whatever they want through whatever method they deem is best. If you wish to work on THE COMPANY'S network, you will abide by the terms MANAGEMENT and IT have agreed to for service. Please dont try to tell me what my job is, I have 6 managers that do that already.
It breaks down to this, if you can prove that you need this type of access to function in your job, IT will attempt to provide you with a solution in the best way they can while keeping our policies in place. If you ask us to straight up break or ignore policy, you are going to be met with fierce resistance. Its not because we want to say no, its because most users have WHOLLY UNREASONABLE expectations of what they should be allowed to do on company property. When it comes to the network, it is ABSOLUTELY A POLICE STATE. If you think otherwise you have no idea what IT does.
And NOWHERE on that tool you bought does it mention ANY of this. If you buy a wrench, and use it at a Nascar race, would it be right for Sears to later ask for license fees you because you used the tool in a 'professional' way? Like I said, its not the payment that bothers me, but the sneaky way in which it manifests itself. The law should not allow for this kind of clause in an age where everyone an broadcast. We can go back and forth with practical examples and business models. My point is that the practice should not be allowed by law in its current incarnation.
IN the US, as IT, i can look at any machine attached to our network at any time. Even the few private machines we've allowed have a click through basically saying "all your base are belong to us, while connected to the network". It is owned wholly by the business and the user has zero expectation of privacy, period. Also, in countires where they allow user privacy, its easy to overcome by simply not allowing the machine to house any personal data, or make them work at common-use terminals ( a steel stamping worker doesnt have an expectation of privacy while running the stamper does he? etc etc.) In practice there is no such thing as worker computer privacy in any meaningful way, nor should there be.
I really hate this assumption that everything should be allowed for convenience. There is no reason to take the 'lets be open and free until a problem arises approach'. 95% of office workers DO NOT NEED FULL UNRESTRICTED INTERNET AT THEIR DESK. Office computers are tools and until you demonstrate a viable need for particular sites for your WORK, i see no need to allow you to see ANYTHING on the internet. That is not what the corporate IT structure is for, I dont get paid to let you play Facebook games.
ORLY? My father-in law has a 768kb/256kb business line for $60/mo from the same cable company in the same region that provides me with 25Mb/2Mb for $65/mo.
Its not the payment that bothers me, its the outright sneakiness of it. The particular method they use of submarining license fees on equipment based on usage type is flat out wrong. Its a tool, and once you design a tool and sell it you should not be be able to tell the purchaser how and where the tool can be used. Please spare me the X v. Y links of precedents. Its a particularly nasty abuse in a sea of abuse.
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Part of the cost of producing a phone is ONGOING support and upgrades. Those costs are factored into the design stage. As I said, just because some guys in a garage can do it, doesnt mean it makes economic sense for a multi-national to. ITs not infeasible, but its most likely NOT PROFITABLE. Why update the old phone when they can sucker you into a new one? Thats the reality we are in.
I always find it cute when I remote into a persons comp and they get all indignant like im invading their privacy.
Why does it matter? As long as communication occurred, why get hung up on the grammar rules? FAR too many people use grammar nazism to make up for their lack of original thought. Communication is there to facilitate transfer of thought, if a successful thought transfer occurs, why does it matter how the thought was contained?
THe Cyanogen mod guys would have NO legal standing in this matter. Whatever they say would be completely and utterly irrelevant as what they do is NOT manufacture phones, they hack them. They have no idea of the relevant costs of producing a phone. Im not saying they arent useful, but your proposal is not based in any kind of reality at all. TL:DR Just because some hackers in a garage can do it, doesnt mean its FEASIBLE for a multi-national to do so.
Exactly. The BANK bailout cost the US taxpayer more then the ENTIRE 50 YEAR OPERATING FUND OF NASA.
Spending money on healthcare gets us no closer to establishing a viable colony off this rock. Space exploration, at its heart, is the mother of all insurance policies. What is more important, healing those alive now or ensuring the species can survive a global killer. We have 7 billion humans alive, we dont need more healthcare, i think we are doing ok.
This is such a childish view. The Long Long Ago trope is merely stage setting. The adults here are talking about the fundamental humanist differences, not where it was SET.
Because its impossible to imagine an alien organic that can tune radio frequencies in their head for telepathy....
Heisenberg Compensators do not make it fantasy.
God I was so pissed off at the 'water tube' scene in 'engineering'. Kirk glancing up at a turbine Scotty was headed for was jsut the worst.
Its going to be hard to get people to side with the Klingons, everyone loves Chewie. I agree though, a Klingon would be a formidable opponent against ANY humanoid
OnLive takes SERIOUS uninterrupted bandwidth. I couldnt even get it to start up until I replaced my WRT54g Router (which was capping at 5Mb/s) and went Docsis 3.0 and a Netgear WNDR3700.
Actually, I VERY much enjoy Netflix with Kinect voice-command. Enough so that i'll pony up for another year of LIVE for it until such time as we have some mature Kinect PC software for my HTPC.
Did someone forget their meds today?
Copyright law penalties were passed on the assumption that it would be wielded against corporations, not individuals. The law is completely unconstitutional regarding damages against an individual.
The President is the same person, regardless of who occupies the seat. The office directs the man far more then the man directs the office.
Yes yes, im well aware of the difference between commercial and residential connections. I was merely pointing out that business class connections are still being offered in pathetic trickles of bandwidth. IM now hated at his office because he didnt want to pay to upgrade his connection so I had to lock down all the user workstations.. " "NO Ms. So-Cal receptionist, you cannot stream Pandora all day while video skype'ing with your boyfriend and surfing youtube."
My JOB is to provide network infrastructure as charged by the company. That includes making sure that the people that need resources acquire them through approved methods. This can and does include telling people no they cannot have unrestricted access to whatever they want through whatever method they deem is best. If you wish to work on THE COMPANY'S network, you will abide by the terms MANAGEMENT and IT have agreed to for service. Please dont try to tell me what my job is, I have 6 managers that do that already.
It breaks down to this, if you can prove that you need this type of access to function in your job, IT will attempt to provide you with a solution in the best way they can while keeping our policies in place. If you ask us to straight up break or ignore policy, you are going to be met with fierce resistance. Its not because we want to say no, its because most users have WHOLLY UNREASONABLE expectations of what they should be allowed to do on company property. When it comes to the network, it is ABSOLUTELY A POLICE STATE. If you think otherwise you have no idea what IT does.
And NOWHERE on that tool you bought does it mention ANY of this. If you buy a wrench, and use it at a Nascar race, would it be right for Sears to later ask for license fees you because you used the tool in a 'professional' way? Like I said, its not the payment that bothers me, but the sneaky way in which it manifests itself. The law should not allow for this kind of clause in an age where everyone an broadcast. We can go back and forth with practical examples and business models. My point is that the practice should not be allowed by law in its current incarnation.
IN the US, as IT, i can look at any machine attached to our network at any time. Even the few private machines we've allowed have a click through basically saying "all your base are belong to us, while connected to the network". It is owned wholly by the business and the user has zero expectation of privacy, period. Also, in countires where they allow user privacy, its easy to overcome by simply not allowing the machine to house any personal data, or make them work at common-use terminals ( a steel stamping worker doesnt have an expectation of privacy while running the stamper does he? etc etc.) In practice there is no such thing as worker computer privacy in any meaningful way, nor should there be.
Because schools of thought like this exist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine
I really hate this assumption that everything should be allowed for convenience. There is no reason to take the 'lets be open and free until a problem arises approach'. 95% of office workers DO NOT NEED FULL UNRESTRICTED INTERNET AT THEIR DESK. Office computers are tools and until you demonstrate a viable need for particular sites for your WORK, i see no need to allow you to see ANYTHING on the internet. That is not what the corporate IT structure is for, I dont get paid to let you play Facebook games.
ORLY? My father-in law has a 768kb/256kb business line for $60/mo from the same cable company in the same region that provides me with 25Mb/2Mb for $65/mo.
Its not the payment that bothers me, its the outright sneakiness of it. The particular method they use of submarining license fees on equipment based on usage type is flat out wrong. Its a tool, and once you design a tool and sell it you should not be be able to tell the purchaser how and where the tool can be used. Please spare me the X v. Y links of precedents. Its a particularly nasty abuse in a sea of abuse.
Dictating how things I film can be distributed certainly fits the definition of shit.