The point is that sometimes the person doing the throwing away doesn't actually know it isn't permanent. And I also never in this entire thread argued said that the computer is bricked - read closer. So I'm not sure what you're actually trying to prove.
Calling a computer with a borked OS "bricked" is like calling a person in a coma "dead".
FTFY. And in a lot of cases, even the best experts can't fix a person in a coma, but they're not dead.
I never said that it was literally bricked. I said it was effectively bricked for a consumer. If a consumer has to pay money to get it working again, that's money that MS has cost the consumer directly, and that's the point.
This doesn't happen anywhere close to 100% of the time. As often as not, they will buy another computer - especially if it's an early Windows 7 PC (which is where the upgrade fails most often). That's why I say is near enough to bricked for consumers.
If a computer program deduces from the fact that you are male that you will live a shorter time, and this makes women receiving lower payments due to them being more likely to live longer.
What's that got to do with the likelihood of wrecking a car?
I guess that all depends on if you survive the crash. It's one of many reasons that men live statistically shorter lives.
whole point of automatic updates is to keep those users up to date
And her purchase with Microsoft gives her an up-to-date Windows 7 until January 14, 2020 with no software incompatibilities to worry about. No need to update to Windows 10 to be secure and up to date.
When a class-action failed me for a car repair, I didn't even own the car yet when the lawsuit was settled. Yet somehow I would probably be considered as part of the settlement class (or at least my future car would). Unless I opt out of every class action lawsuit in advance of my problems, I don't see how I could win at this. And for all the times the product doesn't fail, those coupons and $3.82 checks would have been better.
Near enough for consumers. I am a computer repair tech and one of my Windows 10 appts last year was for someone where the Windows update failed, but so did the rollback. As far as your average consumer is concerned, that reboot loop might as well be a brick.
Generally, the UI runs on 1080p or whatever resolution is set as default. The picture is scaled as necessary, but the TV is not changed between screen resolutions, or the UI would get blurry on SD channels.
But do you mean trademarks on common words like Subway or the television show House or computer maker Apple? Lots of things get named after common words. There's really nothing wrong with it.
In this case, it's not the mere use of the phrase that's being claimed as a violation. It's AT&T having a loyalty program named similarly to Citi's own loyalty program. If you wanted to open up "Thank You Donuts" as a donut shop, you'll be just fine and won't get sued by Citi.
Not exactly, but there are Citi and AT&T co-branded cards with the THANKYOU rewards program. There's still a pretty good chance for confusion if you ask me.
Even a $30 SoC is more than these guys seem willing to spend. Your average cable box (pulling a random Motorola) has a 175MHz MIPS32 CPU, which I'd be willing to guess is well under $10.
There's literally no motivation to compete. They only see other cable companies as competitors (they are generally a local monopoly) and satellite, which also uses garbage hardware. Nevermind that a Roku is more responsive than a cable box - and is my primary UI for Netflix (one of those competitors they're still in denial about). If one company moves to a modern SoC for any reason, that might motivate some competition.
The fact remains that even with the poor programming, you can throw in a cheap Android SoC and be orders of magnitude more responsive without rewriting a thing.
Because it's the Internet and what I do with the pipes I pay for is my business. If the ISP has undersold their bandwidth, that's not the fault of the neighbor and their legitimate use of the Internet.
Online video news is distributed per-story, not in half hour episodes. I assure you that there's a lot more content providers out there. What the Internet lacks in better curation, it makes up for in convenience.
The only reason the hardware can keep up with video playback is hardware acceleration. Trust me, cable or satellite boxes trying to display a ticker smoothly at 60Hz with no tearing will be a complete failure.
And if you want to talk about signal bloat, how about having to have two separate feeds for the same channel (which this would require) just to support older receivers?
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The point is that sometimes the person doing the throwing away doesn't actually know it isn't permanent. And I also never in this entire thread argued said that the computer is bricked - read closer. So I'm not sure what you're actually trying to prove.
You mean that option that doesn't show up in Windows 7, but does in Windows 10? That option? It's a little too late by that point.
Calling a computer with a borked OS "bricked" is like calling a person in a coma "dead".
FTFY. And in a lot of cases, even the best experts can't fix a person in a coma, but they're not dead.
I never said that it was literally bricked. I said it was effectively bricked for a consumer. If a consumer has to pay money to get it working again, that's money that MS has cost the consumer directly, and that's the point.
just take it to your chosen techie
This doesn't happen anywhere close to 100% of the time. As often as not, they will buy another computer - especially if it's an early Windows 7 PC (which is where the upgrade fails most often). That's why I say is near enough to bricked for consumers.
eliminate the root causes of crime
They are. They've correlated it to gun ownership in general. If you have a problem with that, then you can see why that might not work.
If a computer program deduces from the fact that you are male that you will live a shorter time, and this makes women receiving lower payments due to them being more likely to live longer.
What's that got to do with the likelihood of wrecking a car?
I guess that all depends on if you survive the crash. It's one of many reasons that men live statistically shorter lives.
Humans are only statistics in aggregate. An individual deserves equal rights.
Are you claiming a syntax error on pseudocode? Or saying that pseudocode should always match the conventions of the prevailing real language?
And if you've met a human, you know they're the ones that write these computer programs.
It's not just that, it's the bandwidth over metered connections for the automatic download too.
whole point of automatic updates is to keep those users up to date
And her purchase with Microsoft gives her an up-to-date Windows 7 until January 14, 2020 with no software incompatibilities to worry about. No need to update to Windows 10 to be secure and up to date.
When a class-action failed me for a car repair, I didn't even own the car yet when the lawsuit was settled. Yet somehow I would probably be considered as part of the settlement class (or at least my future car would). Unless I opt out of every class action lawsuit in advance of my problems, I don't see how I could win at this. And for all the times the product doesn't fail, those coupons and $3.82 checks would have been better.
They're not bricking hardware.
Near enough for consumers. I am a computer repair tech and one of my Windows 10 appts last year was for someone where the Windows update failed, but so did the rollback. As far as your average consumer is concerned, that reboot loop might as well be a brick.
Generally, the UI runs on 1080p or whatever resolution is set as default. The picture is scaled as necessary, but the TV is not changed between screen resolutions, or the UI would get blurry on SD channels.
??? Not sure what that means. Was he some sort of sexual predator when you were a child?
Not patents.
But do you mean trademarks on common words like Subway or the television show House or computer maker Apple? Lots of things get named after common words. There's really nothing wrong with it.
In this case, it's not the mere use of the phrase that's being claimed as a violation. It's AT&T having a loyalty program named similarly to Citi's own loyalty program. If you wanted to open up "Thank You Donuts" as a donut shop, you'll be just fine and won't get sued by Citi.
Not exactly, but there are Citi and AT&T co-branded cards with the THANKYOU rewards program. There's still a pretty good chance for confusion if you ask me.
It's not just that. AT&T & Citigroup already have a co-branded THANKYOU card. There's a real chance for confusion.
Even a $30 SoC is more than these guys seem willing to spend. Your average cable box (pulling a random Motorola) has a 175MHz MIPS32 CPU, which I'd be willing to guess is well under $10.
There's literally no motivation to compete. They only see other cable companies as competitors (they are generally a local monopoly) and satellite, which also uses garbage hardware. Nevermind that a Roku is more responsive than a cable box - and is my primary UI for Netflix (one of those competitors they're still in denial about). If one company moves to a modern SoC for any reason, that might motivate some competition.
The fact remains that even with the poor programming, you can throw in a cheap Android SoC and be orders of magnitude more responsive without rewriting a thing.
Instead of "x...but on the Internet", it's probably just "x...but with balloons".
Just be glad they don't want to add a camera and charge per viewer. Make sure they don't hear me say that, because it will happen.
Because it's the Internet and what I do with the pipes I pay for is my business. If the ISP has undersold their bandwidth, that's not the fault of the neighbor and their legitimate use of the Internet.
Online video news is distributed per-story, not in half hour episodes. I assure you that there's a lot more content providers out there. What the Internet lacks in better curation, it makes up for in convenience.
The only reason the hardware can keep up with video playback is hardware acceleration. Trust me, cable or satellite boxes trying to display a ticker smoothly at 60Hz with no tearing will be a complete failure.
And if you want to talk about signal bloat, how about having to have two separate feeds for the same channel (which this would require) just to support older receivers?