How will the gCar respond to me cutting it off in my RX8 for going to slow? Google, please keep your POS slow mobile to the right with all the Prius drivers (read *pry us* from our gas guzzlers) until I'm done buring off the fossil fuels, plox. If I wanted to go slow and not be in control of the vehicle I'd take public transportation with the rest of the bloody peasants.
The old CEO, Mr. Gates, is a much better man then I once thought of him. Microsoft's operating system did get better... in fact it was finally worth its price! It is a shame though... the decided to do a power grab with a BIOS mod. It becomes laughable when they tried to push Windows 8 on us with so much bad news. They might have had a chance with Windows 7.
I find humor in the fact that game companies are now looking hard at Linux. As Microsoft shovels two healthy spades of dirt upon their own grave I know there is a good chance the next motherboard I buy might cost me a couple hundred dollars and wont run Windows, but in truth I really don't care. Linux has long made a better workstation, and there are games on the way! Sony will produce a better console for playing games, and maybe I should bother gaming on my workstation. The only two games I play anymore are EQ2 and Diablo 3, so I'm halfway there already.
I thank Microsoft for being pragmatic about such hot button issues that only fools invest so much passion in. Don't get me wrong my gay friends. I hate tyranny as much as you do, but "marriage" is a silly stupid word that can never eclipse true love. Those who cling to the word "marriage" like it was some God given right to a man and woman are often found forsaking their vows as they bed others. It is a worthless word unless there is love, commitment and truth behind it. There is no love, commitment to their fellow man or so much as a stick of truth behind denying that all people should have the same rights.
So, in a time where you can seem to do nothing right, thank you Microsoft... thank you for being just a hair less daft.
I think we need to switch to fostering relationships with trustworthy companies and pay for their software, as I do on the PC. I know this is what OP was say'n and that much I can agree with completely.
True, and if I did get a droid to replace my iPhone I would likely not buy apps anymore. Mostly due to my perception that android apps are malware infested, almost to a majority.
I think I'll go back to my phone being mostly just a phone with a few built in apps from a trusted (ha ha) provider. It is somewhat sad you you see Google as a "trusted provider".
I've had the iPhone since shortly after they first introduced it to the market. In that time I purchased many apps, but few paid apps have failed to disappoint. Making things worse Apple allows developers to convert a 10$ app into a "free" app with in game purchases. Particularly disappointing was Oregon Trail. The only thing I found appealing on early Apple computers (I had a PC so I was spoiled) when I found them in my school. I payed almost 10$ for that iPhone app, and it was worth it when I bought it as it was VERY close to the original, as I remembered it. Greedily the developer converted my paid app to a "free" one and completely ruined the game adding content not in the original to prompt users to pay for in game items that shouldn't have even been there. Apple then removes an app from the store that puts a spotlight on shady apps.
Apple, IMHO, isn't very customer oriented. Well, unless the customer is other businesses and we are the product.
They don't put you in jail anymore for not paying a tax. They just wait till you have a job and take what you "owe" plus penalties. Funny how our forefathers came here to evade this sort of thing only to have their children re-implement it here.
Take terrible pay to get an opportunity at a startup. The startup will eventually fail (most likely), but you will have the start of a resume. Since you pay tax it can be confirmed that you work there. The fact they are no longer in business means there is no one for them to contact to confirm details. I'm not say'n to lie on your resume, but use of colorful wording can be contradicted by someone at the company who wont be as colorful describing your time there. Eventually try to find a job that pays somewhat decently and stay there for a few years. Once you have a few years there start looking for a higher paying job elsewhere. You'll have the work history to be marketable, but the security of an existing job while you hunt. Don't jump on the highest pay job offered, but instead research the company and make sure you want to work there. Essentially move through unstable low pay jobs to build your work history and target long term, stable and well compensating jobs as your end goal.
Good luck out there, and remember... have fun with it.
I'm now being asked to pay for non-live music. Before recording technology was invented musicians actually had to show up for work. Sorry, your recording isn't worth 10-20$, or more, to have some disk crap out on me in a year or so. I'll gladly pay to see musicians and other performers on stage, in a hall or at a bar. At a bar I might even buy them a round.
My point... yes, just as technology gave you the ability to charge for recordings it also made it difficult to get paid for recordings eventually. You want to make sure you get paid? Show up to work like everyone else does.
Maybe all programmers should start charging royalties for their code being used.;)
Damn, where are the trolls to tell me you have to answer your charges in whatever state from which they originate? Eh, I kninda think you should have to go to the state where your issue originated from instead of cherry picking where you want to challenge your nemesis. Sigh, not only my country is depressing me, but the trolls are failing.:(
I think the point is that this is deceptive marketing. You maybe look at the term "unlimited data" and separate out the speed component, but most people do not. This is intentional on the part of their marketing. Otherwise they would advertise it as "unlimited data, throttled throughput" and sell far fewer contracts because of it. Whatever they bury in the contract makes it a case of bait and switch. Like taking a test drive in a Ferrari, agreeing to pay only $10,000 for it and then they put a massive contract in front of you where the fine print reads that they actually deliver a Pinto.
True, your an idiot for thinking you were going to get a Ferrari for 10k, true you could have read every word of that contract, but in the end you have grounds to take this before a judge to rectify the situation. In the end you either get the Ferrari you test drove, or the contract nullified.
I've had the iPhone since they came out and have an unlimited plan. I have a second iPhone on the account given to a friend as well that is not unlimited. Service is terrible. In fact saying it is terrible gives it too much credit. We've both suffered not just throttling or extreme slowness, but at times network outage in areas where we typically have connectivity.
I've been pondering a lawsuit to end the contracts and move to Verizon. True, I wont have unlimited service, but at least I'll be getting that for which I have paid. I left Verizon because AT&T was the only game in town for iPhones. I have regretted it ever since, but only in the last three months has service been so terrible as to think worthy of showing up to court to sue them. They've ruled out class action lawsuits to allow them to conduct themselves in a manor that would cause great financial loss if the customer didn't have to show up to court.
It's sad they didn't just upgrade their network. They say the best part of AT&T is me, but I disagree. The best part are the customer service representatives. The worst part by far is their executive management.
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How will the gCar respond to me cutting it off in my RX8 for going to slow? Google, please keep your POS slow mobile to the right with all the Prius drivers (read *pry us* from our gas guzzlers) until I'm done buring off the fossil fuels, plox. If I wanted to go slow and not be in control of the vehicle I'd take public transportation with the rest of the bloody peasants.
Oh, and if that isn't enough for you... he is still Chairman of the board of directors for Microsoft.
He founded the company and was the previous CEO. Much of what Microsoft was, and now is, can be attributed to him.
The old CEO, Mr. Gates, is a much better man then I once thought of him. Microsoft's operating system did get better... in fact it was finally worth its price! It is a shame though... the decided to do a power grab with a BIOS mod. It becomes laughable when they tried to push Windows 8 on us with so much bad news. They might have had a chance with Windows 7.
I find humor in the fact that game companies are now looking hard at Linux. As Microsoft shovels two healthy spades of dirt upon their own grave I know there is a good chance the next motherboard I buy might cost me a couple hundred dollars and wont run Windows, but in truth I really don't care. Linux has long made a better workstation, and there are games on the way! Sony will produce a better console for playing games, and maybe I should bother gaming on my workstation. The only two games I play anymore are EQ2 and Diablo 3, so I'm halfway there already.
I thank Microsoft for being pragmatic about such hot button issues that only fools invest so much passion in. Don't get me wrong my gay friends. I hate tyranny as much as you do, but "marriage" is a silly stupid word that can never eclipse true love. Those who cling to the word "marriage" like it was some God given right to a man and woman are often found forsaking their vows as they bed others. It is a worthless word unless there is love, commitment and truth behind it. There is no love, commitment to their fellow man or so much as a stick of truth behind denying that all people should have the same rights.
So, in a time where you can seem to do nothing right, thank you Microsoft... thank you for being just a hair less daft.
I think we need to switch to fostering relationships with trustworthy companies and pay for their software, as I do on the PC. I know this is what OP was say'n and that much I can agree with completely.
True, and if I did get a droid to replace my iPhone I would likely not buy apps anymore. Mostly due to my perception that android apps are malware infested, almost to a majority.
I think I'll go back to my phone being mostly just a phone with a few built in apps from a trusted (ha ha) provider. It is somewhat sad you you see Google as a "trusted provider".
I've had the iPhone since shortly after they first introduced it to the market. In that time I purchased many apps, but few paid apps have failed to disappoint. Making things worse Apple allows developers to convert a 10$ app into a "free" app with in game purchases. Particularly disappointing was Oregon Trail. The only thing I found appealing on early Apple computers (I had a PC so I was spoiled) when I found them in my school. I payed almost 10$ for that iPhone app, and it was worth it when I bought it as it was VERY close to the original, as I remembered it. Greedily the developer converted my paid app to a "free" one and completely ruined the game adding content not in the original to prompt users to pay for in game items that shouldn't have even been there. Apple then removes an app from the store that puts a spotlight on shady apps.
Apple, IMHO, isn't very customer oriented. Well, unless the customer is other businesses and we are the product.
Wow, so you are one of the other guys that actually reads a woman's profile before commenting. Good to meet you. :P
It makes me wonder if I should be eating younger animals to avoid these toxins.
Cost is everything as science is done on a budget. More processing for your buck equates to more science accomplished.
That's why 83.8% of the top 500 supercomputers all run OSX!!!
http://i.top500.org/stats/list/37/os
Oh wait... I must be a bit colorblind... that's actually Linux. Hmmm... is OSX even on this thing?
No right to vote, yet they can still tax you. Isn't that a hoot.
They don't put you in jail anymore for not paying a tax. They just wait till you have a job and take what you "owe" plus penalties. Funny how our forefathers came here to evade this sort of thing only to have their children re-implement it here.
Take terrible pay to get an opportunity at a startup. The startup will eventually fail (most likely), but you will have the start of a resume. Since you pay tax it can be confirmed that you work there. The fact they are no longer in business means there is no one for them to contact to confirm details. I'm not say'n to lie on your resume, but use of colorful wording can be contradicted by someone at the company who wont be as colorful describing your time there. Eventually try to find a job that pays somewhat decently and stay there for a few years. Once you have a few years there start looking for a higher paying job elsewhere. You'll have the work history to be marketable, but the security of an existing job while you hunt. Don't jump on the highest pay job offered, but instead research the company and make sure you want to work there. Essentially move through unstable low pay jobs to build your work history and target long term, stable and well compensating jobs as your end goal.
Good luck out there, and remember... have fun with it.
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I'm now being asked to pay for non-live music. Before recording technology was invented musicians actually had to show up for work. Sorry, your recording isn't worth 10-20$, or more, to have some disk crap out on me in a year or so. I'll gladly pay to see musicians and other performers on stage, in a hall or at a bar. At a bar I might even buy them a round.
My point... yes, just as technology gave you the ability to charge for recordings it also made it difficult to get paid for recordings eventually. You want to make sure you get paid? Show up to work like everyone else does.
Maybe all programmers should start charging royalties for their code being used. ;)
I hear in soviet Russia they've had this tech since the 80's. :P
Aren't ya glad you switched to gimp like a decade ago? I sure am!
Damn, where are the trolls to tell me you have to answer your charges in whatever state from which they originate? Eh, I kninda think you should have to go to the state where your issue originated from instead of cherry picking where you want to challenge your nemesis. Sigh, not only my country is depressing me, but the trolls are failing. :(
Shouldn't Oregon man be charged in federal court in Oregon instead of Massachusetts? WTF happened to our country? Federal failure.
I think the point is that this is deceptive marketing. You maybe look at the term "unlimited data" and separate out the speed component, but most people do not. This is intentional on the part of their marketing. Otherwise they would advertise it as "unlimited data, throttled throughput" and sell far fewer contracts because of it. Whatever they bury in the contract makes it a case of bait and switch. Like taking a test drive in a Ferrari, agreeing to pay only $10,000 for it and then they put a massive contract in front of you where the fine print reads that they actually deliver a Pinto.
True, your an idiot for thinking you were going to get a Ferrari for 10k, true you could have read every word of that contract, but in the end you have grounds to take this before a judge to rectify the situation. In the end you either get the Ferrari you test drove, or the contract nullified.
I've had the iPhone since they came out and have an unlimited plan. I have a second iPhone on the account given to a friend as well that is not unlimited. Service is terrible. In fact saying it is terrible gives it too much credit. We've both suffered not just throttling or extreme slowness, but at times network outage in areas where we typically have connectivity.
I've been pondering a lawsuit to end the contracts and move to Verizon. True, I wont have unlimited service, but at least I'll be getting that for which I have paid. I left Verizon because AT&T was the only game in town for iPhones. I have regretted it ever since, but only in the last three months has service been so terrible as to think worthy of showing up to court to sue them. They've ruled out class action lawsuits to allow them to conduct themselves in a manor that would cause great financial loss if the customer didn't have to show up to court.
It's sad they didn't just upgrade their network. They say the best part of AT&T is me, but I disagree. The best part are the customer service representatives. The worst part by far is their executive management.
I must be a grey haired Cobol programmer then who often trips over his third leg then, huh?