Sadly, you were holding the phone wrong as you made that fateful choice. You realize your life is over as you see the sea monster's jaws open and all goes black.
I think he is just saying (and if he wasn't, I am) that any Apple story is must-read on/. because of the winning formula of 'slashvertisement', accusations of pro-Apple bias on the part of some editors, and the requisite cast of fanboy jokes.
I feel my original post should be modded up Funny, even though it's not very funny, on the basis that it created many funny replies. They are infringing on the funny I never actually created but intended to create in due time. It was my idea first, and the funny is not fair-use.
Well, if you just want to read books the iPad is a poor choice compared to the Kindle.
But the Kindle is also a poor choice compared to the much less expensive readers that are out there, if you just want to read books - choices that don't subject you to vendor lock-in or make you pay for frivolous features that you don't really need to read books.
Well, we can all appreciate the "this person isn't just talking to me because they want me to fix the computer they have packed to the gills with malware" part.
Are we still floating this canard? Say what you will about the merits of the Iraq expedition, it was at least in the consideration stage in the Clinton administration and would have happened with or without 9/11. And among any serious participants, other than a vague spectre of sympathy or aiding and abetting of Al Queda, 9/11 was not presented as one of the major factors in the decision by anyone worthy of attention.
It only serves to lower the brow of discussion to the straw man level to present the kind of garbage you're read in an email forward as a summary of the other side.
To post this kind of tripe only obscures and pushes aside the real debate which has plenty of merit on its own.
I made the same mistake. My contract was up at a time when AT&T had just gotten their first Android phone - sign me up.
It had the same thing as this Vodaphone garbage, "Motoblur", a bloatware suite that is essentially just a package of widgets and apps that you can't uninstall and which deliver social networking content straight to the handset without having to use those well-designed specialty apps.
Eventually I got sick of that phone's random reboots, slowness, and other software issues. I've never hated a phone so much I bought a new one outright but... Yuck.
Well, those "tablets" were pretty limited. they were just laptops with a different screen, sometimes one that rotated, the touch features generally required a stylus and weren't very useful...
I wonder about security vulnerabilities in Windows (whatever) running on iPad like devices. Are these devices going to run spyware/virus/adware/malware/etc. protection all the time?
A friend of mine just passed away last week. His account is still getting wall posts and comments, probably messages too, directed to him. People are posting remembrances and old stories and otherwise using it as a loving memorial. I think it's amazing and very uplifting.
Exactly - there's always a presumption of guilt for the man.
I'd hate to be a celebrity or some kind of professional athlete in this respect. You would think they'd all be afraid to talk with strangers in public or date women innocently, for fear of those people all looking for a payday any way they could get it.
I'm not going to care, as a business owner, if ultra cheapass wants to mooch wifi. I don't care about the wifi. I care about the sloth who isn't making me any money taking up a chair or a sofa or a table for hours on end.
Paying customers walk in, see that the wifi slugs are taking up all the places to sit, and just leave. That is the problem. It's not about the wifi. It's about getting the douches who think all businesses are charity operations designed to give them what they want for free that are the problem.
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Sadly, you were holding the phone wrong as you made that fateful choice. You realize your life is over as you see the sea monster's jaws open and all goes black.
THE END
I think he is just saying (and if he wasn't, I am) that any Apple story is must-read on /. because of the winning formula of 'slashvertisement', accusations of pro-Apple bias on the part of some editors, and the requisite cast of fanboy jokes.
I feel my original post should be modded up Funny, even though it's not very funny, on the basis that it created many funny replies. They are infringing on the funny I never actually created but intended to create in due time. It was my idea first, and the funny is not fair-use.
Laptop watches YOU!
Well, if you just want to read books the iPad is a poor choice compared to the Kindle.
But the Kindle is also a poor choice compared to the much less expensive readers that are out there, if you just want to read books - choices that don't subject you to vendor lock-in or make you pay for frivolous features that you don't really need to read books.
Don't be givin' him the hairy eye ye gooch!
Well, we can all appreciate the "this person isn't just talking to me because they want me to fix the computer they have packed to the gills with malware" part.
Are we still floating this canard? Say what you will about the merits of the Iraq expedition, it was at least in the consideration stage in the Clinton administration and would have happened with or without 9/11. And among any serious participants, other than a vague spectre of sympathy or aiding and abetting of Al Queda, 9/11 was not presented as one of the major factors in the decision by anyone worthy of attention.
It only serves to lower the brow of discussion to the straw man level to present the kind of garbage you're read in an email forward as a summary of the other side.
To post this kind of tripe only obscures and pushes aside the real debate which has plenty of merit on its own.
Ballmer in shocking nude alien reindeer stomping death shock!
Ed Hardy bikini! You'll be the talk of the trailer park (wading) pool!
I made the same mistake. My contract was up at a time when AT&T had just gotten their first Android phone - sign me up.
It had the same thing as this Vodaphone garbage, "Motoblur", a bloatware suite that is essentially just a package of widgets and apps that you can't uninstall and which deliver social networking content straight to the handset without having to use those well-designed specialty apps.
Eventually I got sick of that phone's random reboots, slowness, and other software issues. I've never hated a phone so much I bought a new one outright but... Yuck.
Well, those "tablets" were pretty limited. they were just laptops with a different screen, sometimes one that rotated, the touch features generally required a stylus and weren't very useful...
I wonder about security vulnerabilities in Windows (whatever) running on iPad like devices. Are these devices going to run spyware/virus/adware/malware/etc. protection all the time?
Just when you thought all the obvious exploits and privacy problems had to be gone by now, they go off and amaze us again.
Get ready for another irreducibly complex tier of privacy settings, i'm sure.
A friend of mine just passed away last week. His account is still getting wall posts and comments, probably messages too, directed to him. People are posting remembrances and old stories and otherwise using it as a loving memorial. I think it's amazing and very uplifting.
RIP
RealPlayer is back!
The user is the trojan
Are there any types of chicanery or parliamentary tricks Pelosi and her minions won't use to try to pass legislation that the public would hate?
Exactly - there's always a presumption of guilt for the man.
I'd hate to be a celebrity or some kind of professional athlete in this respect. You would think they'd all be afraid to talk with strangers in public or date women innocently, for fear of those people all looking for a payday any way they could get it.
I don't think that group is using much wifi. The issue is that they are doing their scrapbooking projects and taking up the whole store.
Only 0.5% of users have complained about this security risk - therefore, it's really no problem.
I'm not going to care, as a business owner, if ultra cheapass wants to mooch wifi. I don't care about the wifi. I care about the sloth who isn't making me any money taking up a chair or a sofa or a table for hours on end.
Paying customers walk in, see that the wifi slugs are taking up all the places to sit, and just leave. That is the problem. It's not about the wifi. It's about getting the douches who think all businesses are charity operations designed to give them what they want for free that are the problem.
Yes, children are pretty much the world's biggest market.
How long until Apple "fixes" the exploit used by the JailbreakMe website?
Robots are evil, and they eat old people's medicine for food.