Ok, let's apply a bit of Monty Python logic here:
Both Earth and Jupiter are experiencing climate changes.
Some believe that Earth's climate change is caused by CO2 emmissions, largely blamed on use of fossil fuels by human beings.
Then, we must conclude that humans exist on Jupiter and is causing it's climate change. Therefore, we are not alone! Either that or Al Gore has moved his carbon footprint to Jupiter.
Didn't the buyer of the iPhone have previous knowledge that they were entering into an agreement with Apple and AT&T that was for an exclusive network? And didn't the buyer know from the agreement that by purchasing this phone they could only load approved software on it? The buyer had a choice from the beginning: buy the phone and adhere to the agreed rules or don't buy the freekin' phone. I didn't buy one because these restrictions existed and guess what... I'm not out the money with a useless brick and I'm not looking to sue anybody.
Having said that I think Apple could have come up with a better way to service the wayward customer other than leaving them with a useless piece of junk and a bad taste in their mouth. After all, it is software, right? Why can't a simple procedure of reloading the iPhone's software take care of the problem? Then tell the customer, don't do it again!
Oh, something else for you "sue happy" iPhone people: the only winners in a class action suit are the lawyers!
It is still inconceivable to me that any hardware that is 30-something years old is bound to have some amount of breakdown. And when that occurs you have to have engineers who understand how the thing is built and to have spare parts that you have readily available to make the repairs.
Now as far as the hardware that is 15.5 billion kilometers from Earth, I guess we'll have to wait for Voyager to meet up with a race of living machines to give it an upgrade, and then maybe call it "V'ger"?
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I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard that COBOL is dead over the past 30 years. Now where did I leave my copy of Object Oriented COBOL?
The first manned mission to Titan ended tragically today as one of the astronauts stepped out onto the surface and lit up a cigarette.
Give each member of the team of astronomers a Steakhouse burger from BK!
Just goes to show you that even if you do a great job you'll someday get canned!
Ok, let's apply a bit of Monty Python logic here: Both Earth and Jupiter are experiencing climate changes. Some believe that Earth's climate change is caused by CO2 emmissions, largely blamed on use of fossil fuels by human beings. Then, we must conclude that humans exist on Jupiter and is causing it's climate change. Therefore, we are not alone! Either that or Al Gore has moved his carbon footprint to Jupiter.
Gee, won't this screwup the time traveller's navagation?
Didn't the buyer of the iPhone have previous knowledge that they were entering into an agreement with Apple and AT&T that was for an exclusive network? And didn't the buyer know from the agreement that by purchasing this phone they could only load approved software on it? The buyer had a choice from the beginning: buy the phone and adhere to the agreed rules or don't buy the freekin' phone. I didn't buy one because these restrictions existed and guess what... I'm not out the money with a useless brick and I'm not looking to sue anybody. Having said that I think Apple could have come up with a better way to service the wayward customer other than leaving them with a useless piece of junk and a bad taste in their mouth. After all, it is software, right? Why can't a simple procedure of reloading the iPhone's software take care of the problem? Then tell the customer, don't do it again! Oh, something else for you "sue happy" iPhone people: the only winners in a class action suit are the lawyers!
It is still inconceivable to me that any hardware that is 30-something years old is bound to have some amount of breakdown. And when that occurs you have to have engineers who understand how the thing is built and to have spare parts that you have readily available to make the repairs. Now as far as the hardware that is 15.5 billion kilometers from Earth, I guess we'll have to wait for Voyager to meet up with a race of living machines to give it an upgrade, and then maybe call it "V'ger"?
Yep, pretty much sums up the problem doesn't it?