The reason people lock down their wireless are as follows (preaching to the choir, I know):
1) Bandwidth caps (and/or pay-per-use models)
2) Personal security (I don't want someone having access to my information on my network)
3) Legislation (if I allow someone to access my Wi-Fi, I could be held responsible for any illegal activies that the 'someone' participates in)
This is like saying everyone should unlock their doors in New York so I can have access to free running water whenever I need it - nevermind their ability to now steal all my crap and void my insurance. Pie in the sky BS.
At the risk of sounding like a denier, I'm not going to freak out just yet, since it says in the article (and partially in the summary) that this is believed to happen every 150 years or so, last time being 1889.
fuck the olympics. It's become exactly what it isn't supposed to be: a corporate circle-jerk to exploit potential for advertising revenue. The athletes come second, if they are lucky.
I'm all for the purging of everything that is flash, as well. But as long as there is content out there based on it, I wouldn't mind the option of being able to view it.
When playing Youtube videos, are you sure they are flash, or HTML5? I have Android 2.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S, and YouTube works without the ability to install a flash player.
Forgive my ignorance if I'm missing something;p
"All of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad."
Or perhaps this just means this is the first iteration of the Android OS to attempt Flash compatibility and it obviously needs more time to mature?
I hate flash as much as the next guy, but with as much content as there is out there that is based on Flash, if Android gets it working properly, it will be a big advantage over the iPhone OS.
I worked at Best Buy on the Geek Squad for just over a year during my last semester of getting my Computer Science Degree (april 2005-2006).
I've seen scenarios described by Enah's, and more. What some people may not know, however, is that (at least in my experience) a lot of these scenarios are driven by management/supervisors trying to charge WHATEVER they can, for ANY type of service, no matter how small.
I've had supervisors telling me to charge backup fees (ranging $60-90) on computers where I HEARD them tell the customer that the hard drive could be backed up, but not informing them of a fee requirement.
Worse, I've had supervisors tell me to do a full restore on a machine with a virus (the idea being that we can claim the virus did too much damage and the system was inoperable without a restore), when I knew perfectly well how to disinfect it. The trick here is they get to charge more for a system restore (was $100 at the store I worked for, virus disinfect was $50). Not only that, but I was also told to backup the customer's data before doing the full restore, and then try to squeeze the $60 backup fee out of them, essentially holding their data hostage. In this specific case, I was the only one working when the customer came to pick the PC up. All I charged them for was a virus disinfect, handed them the backup for free, and aplogized when I told them that they would have to reinstall any applications that were lost in the system restore.
Best Buy is crooked as hell, and I have many more stories like this. Just remember, it isn't always the people working in the Geek Squad screwing people over, much of it is driven by the managers and supervisors who want to bump up their score-card numbers at the expense of their customer's time, money, and sanity.
Why is a post like the one above (and several others of this kind on this topic) being modded as funny? This is a serious perspective regarding how the Constitution was intended to be interpreted....
If I was cooling a CPU with a shoddy setup like that and using a coolant that could freeze and shatter my skin, I'd probably be a bit nervous, too (see ash tray on right hand side of first pic).
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Obviously you didn't read the article
No, and i should not need to. if i do, then why bother having a news aggregation page with summaries in the first place?
You must be new here...
I, for one, can't wait for my new superpowers!
What an unfortunate nickname...
The reason people lock down their wireless are as follows (preaching to the choir, I know): 1) Bandwidth caps (and/or pay-per-use models) 2) Personal security (I don't want someone having access to my information on my network) 3) Legislation (if I allow someone to access my Wi-Fi, I could be held responsible for any illegal activies that the 'someone' participates in) This is like saying everyone should unlock their doors in New York so I can have access to free running water whenever I need it - nevermind their ability to now steal all my crap and void my insurance. Pie in the sky BS.
My God, this summary is terrible....
10% of income earners in Africa live in palaces?
My point!!! Not my point!!!
Is everyone going to laugh if I admit I have no idea what WUWT is? Sigh.... and just as I was about to leave the computer and go outside....
At the risk of sounding like a denier, I'm not going to freak out just yet, since it says in the article (and partially in the summary) that this is believed to happen every 150 years or so, last time being 1889.
fuck the olympics. It's become exactly what it isn't supposed to be: a corporate circle-jerk to exploit potential for advertising revenue. The athletes come second, if they are lucky.
Even the highway cops in Super Troopers knew that you have to test your equipment!
I'm all for the purging of everything that is flash, as well. But as long as there is content out there based on it, I wouldn't mind the option of being able to view it.
When playing Youtube videos, are you sure they are flash, or HTML5? I have Android 2.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S, and YouTube works without the ability to install a flash player. Forgive my ignorance if I'm missing something ;p
"All of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad." Or perhaps this just means this is the first iteration of the Android OS to attempt Flash compatibility and it obviously needs more time to mature? I hate flash as much as the next guy, but with as much content as there is out there that is based on Flash, if Android gets it working properly, it will be a big advantage over the iPhone OS.
It was also invented so that Chruch would retain all of a priest's assets after he died, if he had any. No children to pass anything down to.
I always thought it was pronounced plan-eh-arium.
I worked at Best Buy on the Geek Squad for just over a year during my last semester of getting my Computer Science Degree (april 2005-2006). I've seen scenarios described by Enah's, and more. What some people may not know, however, is that (at least in my experience) a lot of these scenarios are driven by management/supervisors trying to charge WHATEVER they can, for ANY type of service, no matter how small. I've had supervisors telling me to charge backup fees (ranging $60-90) on computers where I HEARD them tell the customer that the hard drive could be backed up, but not informing them of a fee requirement. Worse, I've had supervisors tell me to do a full restore on a machine with a virus (the idea being that we can claim the virus did too much damage and the system was inoperable without a restore), when I knew perfectly well how to disinfect it. The trick here is they get to charge more for a system restore (was $100 at the store I worked for, virus disinfect was $50). Not only that, but I was also told to backup the customer's data before doing the full restore, and then try to squeeze the $60 backup fee out of them, essentially holding their data hostage. In this specific case, I was the only one working when the customer came to pick the PC up. All I charged them for was a virus disinfect, handed them the backup for free, and aplogized when I told them that they would have to reinstall any applications that were lost in the system restore. Best Buy is crooked as hell, and I have many more stories like this. Just remember, it isn't always the people working in the Geek Squad screwing people over, much of it is driven by the managers and supervisors who want to bump up their score-card numbers at the expense of their customer's time, money, and sanity.
You realize this levy system IS corporate bullshit from the RIAA (or at least came about due to their influence)....
slownewsday :p
The reason you hold this view is because you "Americans" hijacked the word, much like what you did with "football" :p
Why is a post like the one above (and several others of this kind on this topic) being modded as funny? This is a serious perspective regarding how the Constitution was intended to be interpreted....
If I was cooling a CPU with a shoddy setup like that and using a coolant that could freeze and shatter my skin, I'd probably be a bit nervous, too (see ash tray on right hand side of first pic).