Yet another way to control what you do with your phone. EVERY phone should have a sim slot that can be populated with whatever sim card you want.
You mean like the new phones Apple just announced?
"These handsets will have a new "dual SIM dual standby" option, one of which will be a nano SIM."
How is that unclear??
All you people complaining about not being able to replace a SIM card are...well, morons may be a little rough, but that's the first word that comes to mind. But let's go with "uninformed".
Even an unlocked phone, you can't take out an AT&T card and swap in a Sprint card and just turn it back on and have it work. The activation profile is still AT&T until you do either a phone erase from the settings menu or through iTunes.
Uh, yes you can. I've done it.
1). Buy SIM-free phone from Apple 2). Put my existing Verizon SIM card in it. 3). Works great. 4). Remove Verizon SIM card. 5). Install AT&T SIM card. 6). Works great.
Why not just require companies to allow EU officials to log in and delete content they don't approve of themselves?
Go one better. Allow citizens to flag content as offensive and if the annointed EU officials don't log in and delete it within an hour, sentence them to shubbery hunts.
Spoken like someone that doesn't have kids. How many times I've heard that damn crab crone "kiss the girl.?" Thank god I drew the line at a teletubby disk collection.
Spoken by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about.
I have kids just fine, thank you. And I'm not letting them watch Hollywood trash either.
Just another reason not to "buy" digital media. I mean, damn. Why "buy" a movie for $15 or whatever? You'd have to watch it maybe 4-5 times just to break even. How many times do you want to watch the same thing?
Never understood buying VHS tapes or DVDs...definitely don't understand clicking on "buy" at five times the price of clicking on "rent".
Sure they do. Plenty of people like the high it provides them. Just like coffee drinkers like the high that it provides, or that alcohol drinkers like the effects that alcohol has on them.
The baffling part is how you and your ilk are willing to sell-out society because you cling to the idea that nothing should stand in the way of a company making a profit.
I'm not selling out anybody. I've got no profit motive here. And I don't even care if someone else is making a profit. That's the point. My perspective is not based on profits.
This isn't about personal freedoms
That is EXACTLY what it is about.
it's about protecting people who are scientifically proven to not possess all the faculties to make an informed decision which will most definitely negatively impact their future.
One of the most important freedoms you have is to make your own decisions about your life - and that includes making decisions that, objectively, are not in your own best interest. Freedom provides an opportunity to BOTH succeed AND make mistakes.
I've got no problem with people voluntarily abstaining from such substances. I've got a lot of problem with people being forced to abstain OR CONSUME such substances.
By your logic, no one under the age of 25 or so, because science has shown the brain is not fully developed by then, should be able to make any decisions that materially affect their future or others...everything from driving a car, to having sex, having an abortion, getting married, choosing a school, choosing a career, choosing where to live, etc. etc. etc. One bad choice in any of that can FUCK YOU UP! For the betterment of society, the state will have to make all those choices for you. Yeah. No thanks.
Absolutely. I support everyone's right to inject, insert, snort, absorb, consume or inhale any substance they wish into their own bodies.
What I AM in favour of is regulating behavior that puts others at risk. So while you are free to use whatever drug you want as far as I am concerned, I'll happily regulate your right to drive a vehicle, go to work, or whatever else that may put someone else at risk over your foolishness.
1). Are sheep (submit to peer pressure). 2). Think it makes them look cool. 3). Think it is a sign of rebelling against authority. 4). Do not have a forward-thinking mentality. 5). Fail to do a simple cost/benefit analysis.
I really doubt ANY non-smoker looks at a cigarette and thinks, "Oh, hey, I should smoke that so I can get me some nicotine."
Just gotta change the rules. Make payment on milestones an interest-free LOAN to float your operations. Loan comes due if you fail to complete the entire job.
Alternatively, require vendor to post a performance bond. They lose the bond if they don't complete the work. This actually goes on right now in the construction industry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_bond). No reason AT ALL this should not have been done for rural IT infrastructure build-out projects.
Anything but live music is a compromise.......and even THAT is a compromise on a number of issues (such as having to listen to an audience along with the music).
If you're not going to raise a kid according to your own values, then what's the point?
Fuck society's expectations - especially the expectations of the whiny peers your child will be competing against for jobs and resources in the future.
Basic Bluetooth audio is bad even for non audiophiles. You really need AptX or you will notice.
So get AptX. What's the problem?
About pairing, I meant pairing the device to multiple phones/tablets/computers. Instead of just switching the cable over you have to muck about with Bluetooth pairing.
I see. Well, depends on the device I guess. Some of the devices I have easily pair with at least two devices. But even so....then use a dongle. I just don't see what the big deal about it is. Then again, I don't remember the last time I used wired headphones either.
That's certainly not true. On a daily basis, I use my phone to connect to my Schuberth motorcycle helmet headset, a pair of Sennheiser headphones at my desk, and a UE Megaboom. The devices were all paired a long time ago. I can switch between these connections on my phone, at will, with no issues.
Oh yeah - and also throw into that mix the cheap-ass Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the aux port in my Jeep. The phone connects to that without re-pairing just fine too.
if I am so much of an audiophile that I can pretend that the sound quality difference between Bluetooth and a wired connection is going to significantly affect my listening enjoyment, then SURELY I'm spending a metric shitload on a good headset. If I've got THAT kind of cash, I can easily upgrade all my other hardware to ensure they all have the same connection, buy a shitload of dongles so that I don't have to give a fuck about dongles, or simply NOT upgrade my other hardware to the extent that I have a bunch of different kinds of connections. Besides...if I'm that much of an audio nerd, I'll be listening to some vacuum tube based record player from the 60s anyway.
Bluetooth is also a pain in the arse if you need to switch devices much. Unpair, re-pair every time. You can toggle Bluetooth on and off instead, but only if you have no other Bluetooth devices.
That's certainly not true. On a daily basis, I use my phone to connect to my Schuberth motorcycle helmet headset, a pair of Sennheiser headphones at my desk, and a UE Megaboom. The devices were all paired a long time ago. I can switch between these connections on my phone, at will, with no issues.
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Why? I don't ask that in a condescending manner, I genuinely want to know.
So that I can have my work # and data plan in the same phone as my personal # and data plan, instead of carrying around two phones.
Yes - you can play games with forwarding and Google voice and whatever else - not nearly the same.
Yet another way to control what you do with your phone. EVERY phone should have a sim slot that can be populated with whatever sim card you want.
You mean like the new phones Apple just announced?
"These handsets will have a new "dual SIM dual standby" option, one of which will be a nano SIM."
How is that unclear??
All you people complaining about not being able to replace a SIM card are...well, morons may be a little rough, but that's the first word that comes to mind. But let's go with "uninformed".
Even an unlocked phone, you can't take out an AT&T card and swap in a Sprint card and just turn it back on and have it work. The activation profile is still AT&T until you do either a phone erase from the settings menu or through iTunes.
Uh, yes you can. I've done it.
1). Buy SIM-free phone from Apple
2). Put my existing Verizon SIM card in it.
3). Works great.
4). Remove Verizon SIM card.
5). Install AT&T SIM card.
6). Works great.
This is a feature I was specifically looking for and may encourage me to upgrade from my 6s+, when I otherwise would not.
Did you even read the fucking article?
OK, so, here it is - now PAY ATTENTION!
a). Two SIMs.
b). ONE SIM is built into the one.
c). ONE SIM is a standard nano SIM that is easily replaceable.
Got that?
Just to be clear - YES, you can replace your SIM when you are overseas.
You know what I'm in favor of regulation? Individuals who think they have some impetus to tell the rest of us what rights we can and cannot have.
I totally agree - up to the point where you assert the right to do just that.
Why not just require companies to allow EU officials to log in and delete content they don't approve of themselves?
Go one better. Allow citizens to flag content as offensive and if the annointed EU officials don't log in and delete it within an hour, sentence them to shubbery hunts.
And best of all no one has come into my home and taken them.
What's your address?
Spoken like someone that doesn't have kids. How many times I've heard that damn crab crone "kiss the girl.?" Thank god I drew the line at a teletubby disk collection.
Spoken by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about.
I have kids just fine, thank you. And I'm not letting them watch Hollywood trash either.
With media dorks, the movies own YOU.
Just another reason not to "buy" digital media. I mean, damn. Why "buy" a movie for $15 or whatever? You'd have to watch it maybe 4-5 times just to break even. How many times do you want to watch the same thing?
Never understood buying VHS tapes or DVDs...definitely don't understand clicking on "buy" at five times the price of clicking on "rent".
No, they don't.
Sure they do. Plenty of people like the high it provides them. Just like coffee drinkers like the high that it provides, or that alcohol drinkers like the effects that alcohol has on them.
The baffling part is how you and your ilk are willing to sell-out society because you cling to the idea that nothing should stand in the way of a company making a profit.
I'm not selling out anybody. I've got no profit motive here. And I don't even care if someone else is making a profit. That's the point. My perspective is not based on profits.
This isn't about personal freedoms
That is EXACTLY what it is about.
it's about protecting people who are scientifically proven to not possess all the faculties to make an informed decision which will most definitely negatively impact their future.
One of the most important freedoms you have is to make your own decisions about your life - and that includes making decisions that, objectively, are not in your own best interest. Freedom provides an opportunity to BOTH succeed AND make mistakes.
I've got no problem with people voluntarily abstaining from such substances. I've got a lot of problem with people being forced to abstain OR CONSUME such substances.
By your logic, no one under the age of 25 or so, because science has shown the brain is not fully developed by then, should be able to make any decisions that materially affect their future or others...everything from driving a car, to having sex, having an abortion, getting married, choosing a school, choosing a career, choosing where to live, etc. etc. etc. One bad choice in any of that can FUCK YOU UP! For the betterment of society, the state will have to make all those choices for you. Yeah. No thanks.
Absolutely. I support everyone's right to inject, insert, snort, absorb, consume or inhale any substance they wish into their own bodies.
What I AM in favour of is regulating behavior that puts others at risk. So while you are free to use whatever drug you want as far as I am concerned, I'll happily regulate your right to drive a vehicle, go to work, or whatever else that may put someone else at risk over your foolishness.
Otherwise, who would ever pick up smoking?
Simply because they're morons who:
1). Are sheep (submit to peer pressure).
2). Think it makes them look cool.
3). Think it is a sign of rebelling against authority.
4). Do not have a forward-thinking mentality.
5). Fail to do a simple cost/benefit analysis.
I really doubt ANY non-smoker looks at a cigarette and thinks, "Oh, hey, I should smoke that so I can get me some nicotine."
Personally, I will sue the FDA if they do this.
No you won't.
So....here we have a situation where:
1). People want the nicotine.
2). Companies have an incentive to provide it.
So what's baffling about these e-cigarettes having nicotine?
The baffling and just crazy part is you thinking it is any of your business.
I propose we limit it to just one receiver - and you've been nominated.
"That which is not mandatory must be banned!!!!!!"
The rallying cry of fascists throughout the universe.
Just gotta change the rules. Make payment on milestones an interest-free LOAN to float your operations. Loan comes due if you fail to complete the entire job.
Alternatively, require vendor to post a performance bond. They lose the bond if they don't complete the work. This actually goes on right now in the construction industry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_bond). No reason AT ALL this should not have been done for rural IT infrastructure build-out projects.
Anything but live music is a compromise.......and even THAT is a compromise on a number of issues (such as having to listen to an audience along with the music).
If you're not going to raise a kid according to your own values, then what's the point?
Fuck society's expectations - especially the expectations of the whiny peers your child will be competing against for jobs and resources in the future.
Have you talked to their friends?
Yeah - I'd rather send them a text message than talk to them too......especially since I have text messaging on my phone completely blocked.
Basic Bluetooth audio is bad even for non audiophiles. You really need AptX or you will notice.
So get AptX. What's the problem?
About pairing, I meant pairing the device to multiple phones/tablets/computers. Instead of just switching the cable over you have to muck about with Bluetooth pairing.
I see. Well, depends on the device I guess. Some of the devices I have easily pair with at least two devices. But even so....then use a dongle. I just don't see what the big deal about it is. Then again, I don't remember the last time I used wired headphones either.
That's certainly not true. On a daily basis, I use my phone to connect to my Schuberth motorcycle helmet headset, a pair of Sennheiser headphones at my desk, and a UE Megaboom. The devices were all paired a long time ago. I can switch between these connections on my phone, at will, with no issues.
Oh yeah - and also throw into that mix the cheap-ass Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the aux port in my Jeep. The phone connects to that without re-pairing just fine too.
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Bluetooth audio is shit .......
if I am so much of an audiophile that I can pretend that the sound quality difference between Bluetooth and a wired connection is going to significantly affect my listening enjoyment, then SURELY I'm spending a metric shitload on a good headset. If I've got THAT kind of cash, I can easily upgrade all my other hardware to ensure they all have the same connection, buy a shitload of dongles so that I don't have to give a fuck about dongles, or simply NOT upgrade my other hardware to the extent that I have a bunch of different kinds of connections. Besides...if I'm that much of an audio nerd, I'll be listening to some vacuum tube based record player from the 60s anyway.
Bluetooth is also a pain in the arse if you need to switch devices much. Unpair, re-pair every time. You can toggle Bluetooth on and off instead, but only if you have no other Bluetooth devices.
That's certainly not true. On a daily basis, I use my phone to connect to my Schuberth motorcycle helmet headset, a pair of Sennheiser headphones at my desk, and a UE Megaboom. The devices were all paired a long time ago. I can switch between these connections on my phone, at will, with no issues.