> All Enterprise users can always upgrade or downgrade versions.
I have never seen that. Not once. CDW said we had to pay $299 to upgrade from 7 to 10. We've tried the upgrade a couple of times, and we see why Microsoft discourages it. It's an absolute and utter disaster. Plus, it was even more sluggish than 7.
CDW? Really? Go through a proper vendor that doesn't rape you with their pricing. CDW has some of the worst prices I've ever seen. You're probably better going through Dell, HP or IBM to get your licenses. They tend to sell them close to cost.
Existing Blackberry customers will see the Priv for what it is - end of life for BB10.
Consumer yes. But don't underestimate that number of handsets that BlackBerry provides in the military, government, finance and healthcare industries. They have many customers that are only with them because of their secure mobile OS.
They have the golden retirement option that doesn't exist in the private sector. I have to put my own money away for retirement. And my health care isn't paid for before I reach medicare status. Nobody is paying me 80% of my current salary to not work when I'm retired.
But you cannot compare the two. Citizens of the US are guaranteed certain freedoms and liberties. Citizens in China are not. That's China's problem, not Apple's. If the people of China want the same protections, they need to do something about it.
Go ahead and check my history. I'm a huge BlackBerry supporter and generally dislike Apple products. But Apple is 100% correct here.
And I'm sure the existing poles are probably already loaded to capacity. Power, telephone, cable already on the poles. Now they're going to add aerial fiber?
Who pays for the replacement poles because of the additional wear and tear?
So a savings of $300 million a year, divided among ~325 million people comes out to a little less than $1 per year. That's inconsequential.
But what about the costs of the initiative? How much more do the devices cost consumers? I suspect that there's really no savings and that the higher cost of the devices offset any potential savings.
There is human error in every part of the play. There's a delay between the time the ball is in-bounded and when the time keep starts the clock. There's also a delay when the ball is dead and the time keeper stops the clock.
Humans are trying to outsmart humans and usually fail in the process.
Yeah that's right, let's not spend any money on research or experimentation. Let's not get any data to try to improve things. Don't rock the boat!
What if the experiment turns out information that is non-intuitive and helps improve things?
The cost to remove some paint from the road is really insignificant if it ends up improving safety by providing useful data.
The cost of government labor is never insignificant. And no where did I state to not spend money on research. My complaint is spending money on removing paint that will eventually wear out.
First off, this is totally stupid. The lines aid in driving in reduced visibility.
Why not just let the lines fade away? Are they actually spending money on removing the paint? In my experience it doesn't take very long for the paint to wear off from normal wear and tear.
Why do people give the government an interest free loan? Getting money back from the IRS is wasteful. Let your money work for you during the year (investments) and then pay the government if necessary.
...has nothing to do with speed. It has to do with transmitting multiple signals over different frequencies.
"a high-capacity transmission technique using a wide range of frequencies, which enables a large number of messages to be communicated simultaneously."
Call it high speed Internet. Please stop fucking up our language.
You really do want the wireless card to be treated as a first-class network interface on your router.
I respectfully disagree. I think most people's PoP in their homes isn't necessarily ideal for their only AP (yes, I know some need multiple AP's). It's probably better to have the AP separate so it can be centrally located in the house for best coverage.
My setup has the AP centrally located in the house in a closet with PoE, which is far away from where my service enters the house.
Seriously, you want to solve "old security issues" that are only an issue because you attached some random device to the internet that has no business being attached to the internet.
This new wireless protocol doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being connected to the Internet. But I do agree that there are too many devices and services connected to the Internet that have no business being connected to the Internet.
I love the BB10 platform and the hardware. It's fast, reliable and secure. Yeah, I know there aren't many BB10 apps, but I can load pretty much any Android app I need on my Z10. The BB Hub is a great feature that I use for all of my accounts.
Plus, using my Z10 with my company's BES12 service is freaking awesome. Work and personal information is completely separate.
A pat-down probably won't find an SD card with encrypted data -- a body scan probably would.
What's your point? I have several SD cards that are encrypted. They're in my laptop bag and get scanned every time. Why would I try to hide them? They're not illegal.
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> All Enterprise users can always upgrade or downgrade versions.
I have never seen that. Not once. CDW said we had to pay $299 to upgrade from 7 to 10. We've tried the upgrade a couple of times, and we see why Microsoft discourages it. It's an absolute and utter disaster. Plus, it was even more sluggish than 7.
CDW? Really? Go through a proper vendor that doesn't rape you with their pricing. CDW has some of the worst prices I've ever seen. You're probably better going through Dell, HP or IBM to get your licenses. They tend to sell them close to cost.
It's reverse ebonics.
Stop bastardizing the terminology.
Existing Blackberry customers will see the Priv for what it is - end of life for BB10.
Consumer yes. But don't underestimate that number of handsets that BlackBerry provides in the military, government, finance and healthcare industries. They have many customers that are only with them because of their secure mobile OS.
They have one Android handset and continue to sell devices with BB10 and BBOS. They have customers that continue to demand BBOS and BB10.
They have the golden retirement option that doesn't exist in the private sector. I have to put my own money away for retirement. And my health care isn't paid for before I reach medicare status. Nobody is paying me 80% of my current salary to not work when I'm retired.
They are not being asked to weaken their encryption or introduce this ability into any of their software related products. .
No, but they are being asked to *create* a piece of software. It's one thing to cooperate. It's another to create something that didn't exist.
But you cannot compare the two. Citizens of the US are guaranteed certain freedoms and liberties. Citizens in China are not. That's China's problem, not Apple's. If the people of China want the same protections, they need to do something about it.
Go ahead and check my history. I'm a huge BlackBerry supporter and generally dislike Apple products. But Apple is 100% correct here.
And I'm sure the existing poles are probably already loaded to capacity. Power, telephone, cable already on the poles. Now they're going to add aerial fiber?
Who pays for the replacement poles because of the additional wear and tear?
So a savings of $300 million a year, divided among ~325 million people comes out to a little less than $1 per year. That's inconsequential.
But what about the costs of the initiative? How much more do the devices cost consumers? I suspect that there's really no savings and that the higher cost of the devices offset any potential savings.
There is human error in every part of the play. There's a delay between the time the ball is in-bounded and when the time keep starts the clock. There's also a delay when the ball is dead and the time keeper stops the clock.
Humans are trying to outsmart humans and usually fail in the process.
Yeah that's right, let's not spend any money on research or experimentation. Let's not get any data to try to improve things. Don't rock the boat!
What if the experiment turns out information that is non-intuitive and helps improve things?
The cost to remove some paint from the road is really insignificant if it ends up improving safety by providing useful data.
The cost of government labor is never insignificant. And no where did I state to not spend money on research. My complaint is spending money on removing paint that will eventually wear out.
First off, this is totally stupid. The lines aid in driving in reduced visibility.
Why not just let the lines fade away? Are they actually spending money on removing the paint? In my experience it doesn't take very long for the paint to wear off from normal wear and tear.
Why do people give the government an interest free loan? Getting money back from the IRS is wasteful. Let your money work for you during the year (investments) and then pay the government if necessary.
Cuba is still a very oppressive place to live. Why are we rewarding that behavior?
Incorrect. Specifically, broadband is sending multiple analog signals at the same time.
Many connections now are baseband, not broadband. Do you know the difference between baseband and broadband?
...has nothing to do with speed. It has to do with transmitting multiple signals over different frequencies.
"a high-capacity transmission technique using a wide range of frequencies, which enables a large number of messages to be communicated simultaneously."
Call it high speed Internet. Please stop fucking up our language.
You really do want the wireless card to be treated as a first-class network interface on your router.
I respectfully disagree. I think most people's PoP in their homes isn't necessarily ideal for their only AP (yes, I know some need multiple AP's). It's probably better to have the AP separate so it can be centrally located in the house for best coverage.
My setup has the AP centrally located in the house in a closet with PoE, which is far away from where my service enters the house.
I wish I had mod points.
They don't say how they did it. Did they guess the user's password? Was this a BES controlled device? What model? What version of software?
As a BES admin, I'm not too concerned at this point.
Seriously, you want to solve "old security issues" that are only an issue because you attached some random device to the internet that has no business being attached to the internet.
This new wireless protocol doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being connected to the Internet. But I do agree that there are too many devices and services connected to the Internet that have no business being connected to the Internet.
And all of the existing bands are overwhelmed. Good luck using any unlicensed frequencies in cities.
I love the BB10 platform and the hardware. It's fast, reliable and secure. Yeah, I know there aren't many BB10 apps, but I can load pretty much any Android app I need on my Z10. The BB Hub is a great feature that I use for all of my accounts.
Plus, using my Z10 with my company's BES12 service is freaking awesome. Work and personal information is completely separate.
Thank you for your insight. It is appreciated.
A pat-down probably won't find an SD card with encrypted data -- a body scan probably would.
What's your point? I have several SD cards that are encrypted. They're in my laptop bag and get scanned every time. Why would I try to hide them? They're not illegal.