You think about it, but you don't actually do it til it dies. The same can go on for XP. Microsoft isn't saying no one can use XP any more. And you'll still be able to find parts to repair the older PCs for decades, I'm sure. It's just that there always comes a point where the cost of continued repairs is more than the replacement cost. That applies whether it's a computer or a car.
Microsoft did offer an extension of support for commercial hardware running XP, for a price.
It also depends on how breakage prone you are with phones. I've never broken a phone, dropped it in water, or had it spontaneously stop working on me, so I don't bother with insurance. Someone who regularly drops their phone on cement will probably want the insurance on an expensive model.
Actually, I'm a married woman wearing a pair of pants that have no pockets right now, and I'm annoyed because I thought they did when I bought them. (They even have fake silky hanging things on the inside - I usually feel around on the inside of pants before I buy them to see if the pockets are fake or real, and the presence of lining material behind them usually indicates they're real but sewn shut for display purposes. Nope! Not this pair. The material is a single layer thick. I don't know why they even bothered. I couldn't even take them back because I took them straight to get shortened after I bought them. Thankfully, the other pairs I bought that day did have real pockets.)
In this particular case, the "aesthetic" appearance of pants that have pocket outlines but not pockets is dumb. Plain and simple. Either have real pockets, or don't even try to pretend and have the front panel of the pants be smooth.
They're also really bad at what they claim to do. They don't work any better than pedometers. They claim to "capture any movement you do" but they are notoriously bad at picking up stationary exercise on equipment. I am probably going to cancel mine because it can't tell that I'm jogging on a treadmill. Oh sure, it picks up jogging on the road just fine, but it thinks that I am just jumping slightly in place when I walk or job on a treadmill.
I was the same until I found the right pair of headphones. Using an older version of the Walkman Z-series now - no cables other than a behind-the-neck, no plugs other than a tiny micro USB port. Other companies besides Sony make 'em now as well. MP3 player built in. They're perfect for what they were made for (podcasts) and eliminate the need to lug around separate headphones and an external music player. Love em to bits.
While I agree that their ultimate decision should only be made based on the law, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't think about all the ramifications of their decision. If they choose one course of action that follows the law despite those ramifications, it shows they considered all sides of the argument in full.
Personally, I think the only companies that will really be hurt if they decide to throw out software patents are law firms. These guys are spending way too much money trying to litigate each other into the ground, while their own customers have chosen their preferred products largely based on other things besides the patents in dispute.
The reason cell phone insurance makes sense for some folks is because they got a subsidized phone along with their contract, and if it's stolen or damaged they contract isn't going to just give them another one at that same price. So if you paid $99 for your iPhone 5, the $5/month insurance for two years is a pretty good deal.
The insurance makes less sense for someone who bought a $129 baby smart phone, since the insurance will have basically paid for a new phone in that same time frame.
When I was 17 my father told me to get rid of the giant pile of keychains that I'd accumulated over my first year of driving - that it was bad for the ignition. Long before this GM issue ever came to light. (I followed his advice and promptly dropped my keys down a sewer grate, then realized what I needed as a bulky but light weight key chain option to meet the requirements. Had a tiny stuffed Totoro for years.)
Even within schools accredited by the same agency, some will not accept transfers from others because the schools themselves are run by different organizations. For example, in Georgia the "University System of Georgia" is different from the "Technical College System of Georgia." (GA Tech is part of the University System, so school names mean nothing.) Most USG schools will accept partial transfer credits from each other, but they'll snub the TCSG schools and may transfer little or nothing, even though many of them have the same accreditation from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It's political.
Even if only half the credits transfer over, that's still less work that needs to be done - and less you have to pay for. If the originating associate's degree was worth the paper it was printed on, they'll probably let you transfer over credits from the core classes (English 101, basic math etc.)
Ask them for a list of colleges and universities that accept their courses as transfer credit. Don't want to redo work you've already done.
If your associate's place doesn't transfer anywhere at all, the good news is that your options are all open, and the bad news is that you'll have to do two years of work over again. (The other bad news is that it's a sign that no other college likes the college you got your 2 year degree from, for some reason, which either speaks to the quality of education that you received or to some underlying college political issue, and you won't know which without digging a bit.)
They got around this in the Tampa area by having a camera scan every car that exited and entered the tollway. I took a wrong turn and ended up on a turnpike down there without their Sunpass. They scanned my license plate, asked GA for my info, and then sent me a bill for $1.47 for the mile and a half it took me to find an exit. Then charged me an extra $3 processing fee.
I paid it, because it was my mistake (although it was really their fault since their construction detour signs sucked and seemed to point to the toll road), but I really should have fought it.
In the original situation where this occurred, it turned out that Y actually did reference X. It's just the dev didn't know about it since he's not the one who wrote that bit of code and it wasn't properly documented anywhere.
I've never damaged a micro USB charger. I'm far more likely to loan it out and never get it back, or lose it. That's okay since each new device ships with a brand new one and they're all interchangeable.
I finally got a good crash dump from the last random reboot my computer did and it was the fricking antivirus. I don't know why I was surprised, and yet I was...
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That just made my day.
You think about it, but you don't actually do it til it dies. The same can go on for XP. Microsoft isn't saying no one can use XP any more. And you'll still be able to find parts to repair the older PCs for decades, I'm sure. It's just that there always comes a point where the cost of continued repairs is more than the replacement cost. That applies whether it's a computer or a car.
Microsoft did offer an extension of support for commercial hardware running XP, for a price.
It also depends on how breakage prone you are with phones. I've never broken a phone, dropped it in water, or had it spontaneously stop working on me, so I don't bother with insurance. Someone who regularly drops their phone on cement will probably want the insurance on an expensive model.
Actually, I'm a married woman wearing a pair of pants that have no pockets right now, and I'm annoyed because I thought they did when I bought them. (They even have fake silky hanging things on the inside - I usually feel around on the inside of pants before I buy them to see if the pockets are fake or real, and the presence of lining material behind them usually indicates they're real but sewn shut for display purposes. Nope! Not this pair. The material is a single layer thick. I don't know why they even bothered. I couldn't even take them back because I took them straight to get shortened after I bought them. Thankfully, the other pairs I bought that day did have real pockets.)
In this particular case, the "aesthetic" appearance of pants that have pocket outlines but not pockets is dumb. Plain and simple. Either have real pockets, or don't even try to pretend and have the front panel of the pants be smooth.
They're also really bad at what they claim to do. They don't work any better than pedometers. They claim to "capture any movement you do" but they are notoriously bad at picking up stationary exercise on equipment. I am probably going to cancel mine because it can't tell that I'm jogging on a treadmill. Oh sure, it picks up jogging on the road just fine, but it thinks that I am just jumping slightly in place when I walk or job on a treadmill.
The aesthetic reasons are stupid. Many pairs of women's pants have FAKE pockets. They look like pockets, but they are sewn shut. Dumbest thing ever.
I was the same until I found the right pair of headphones. Using an older version of the Walkman Z-series now - no cables other than a behind-the-neck, no plugs other than a tiny micro USB port. Other companies besides Sony make 'em now as well. MP3 player built in. They're perfect for what they were made for (podcasts) and eliminate the need to lug around separate headphones and an external music player. Love em to bits.
While I agree that their ultimate decision should only be made based on the law, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't think about all the ramifications of their decision. If they choose one course of action that follows the law despite those ramifications, it shows they considered all sides of the argument in full.
Personally, I think the only companies that will really be hurt if they decide to throw out software patents are law firms. These guys are spending way too much money trying to litigate each other into the ground, while their own customers have chosen their preferred products largely based on other things besides the patents in dispute.
Flattered.
The reason cell phone insurance makes sense for some folks is because they got a subsidized phone along with their contract, and if it's stolen or damaged they contract isn't going to just give them another one at that same price. So if you paid $99 for your iPhone 5, the $5/month insurance for two years is a pretty good deal.
The insurance makes less sense for someone who bought a $129 baby smart phone, since the insurance will have basically paid for a new phone in that same time frame.
When I was 17 my father told me to get rid of the giant pile of keychains that I'd accumulated over my first year of driving - that it was bad for the ignition. Long before this GM issue ever came to light. (I followed his advice and promptly dropped my keys down a sewer grate, then realized what I needed as a bulky but light weight key chain option to meet the requirements. Had a tiny stuffed Totoro for years.)
Trust me, there is nothing we can do the corn genome that corn wouldn't do itself if it had the opportunity. Corn is weird.
Seems like if you didn't want to be associated with the software, you could have asked them to remove the name years ago.
Even within schools accredited by the same agency, some will not accept transfers from others because the schools themselves are run by different organizations. For example, in Georgia the "University System of Georgia" is different from the "Technical College System of Georgia." (GA Tech is part of the University System, so school names mean nothing.) Most USG schools will accept partial transfer credits from each other, but they'll snub the TCSG schools and may transfer little or nothing, even though many of them have the same accreditation from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It's political.
Even if only half the credits transfer over, that's still less work that needs to be done - and less you have to pay for. If the originating associate's degree was worth the paper it was printed on, they'll probably let you transfer over credits from the core classes (English 101, basic math etc.)
Ask them for a list of colleges and universities that accept their courses as transfer credit. Don't want to redo work you've already done.
If your associate's place doesn't transfer anywhere at all, the good news is that your options are all open, and the bad news is that you'll have to do two years of work over again. (The other bad news is that it's a sign that no other college likes the college you got your 2 year degree from, for some reason, which either speaks to the quality of education that you received or to some underlying college political issue, and you won't know which without digging a bit.)
If I recall right, bear baiting is only legal in ME for 3-4 months in the fall as well.
They got around this in the Tampa area by having a camera scan every car that exited and entered the tollway. I took a wrong turn and ended up on a turnpike down there without their Sunpass. They scanned my license plate, asked GA for my info, and then sent me a bill for $1.47 for the mile and a half it took me to find an exit. Then charged me an extra $3 processing fee.
I paid it, because it was my mistake (although it was really their fault since their construction detour signs sucked and seemed to point to the toll road), but I really should have fought it.
In the original situation where this occurred, it turned out that Y actually did reference X. It's just the dev didn't know about it since he's not the one who wrote that bit of code and it wasn't properly documented anywhere.
I've never damaged a micro USB charger. I'm far more likely to loan it out and never get it back, or lose it. That's okay since each new device ships with a brand new one and they're all interchangeable.
That is, please force everyone else to use Micro USB. 75% of my devices already use it. It's only a handful of special snowflakes that don't.
When that does turn out to be true, I think some of them are secretly disappointed.
That one has a solid core of truth to it. It just needs the qualifier "If we rewrite this from scratch PROPERLY this time, it'll be way better."
I finally got a good crash dump from the last random reboot my computer did and it was the fricking antivirus. I don't know why I was surprised, and yet I was...
Another variation: If I don't comment this code, they can't fire me since nobody else can read it.