That's what u think. Have you read Apple's EULA? It says..."Apple can and will decide what you can and will use on anything you buy from Apple. And oh yeah BTW, Jailbreaking is NOT legal or cool. The Black Turtlenecked Lord of the Underworld has spoken.... So let it be written, so let it be done"
So if we were to follow that logic we must have a warning label on every single product for every conceivable misuse of it? My point wasn't that is causes an issue, rather it was that we don't need a label to warn us that the laptop is warm or in some cases hot. Would you advocate putting a "warning item may be hot" on everything that could conceivably be hot? And yes, I do know that extended use of something artificially made hot laid on your skin is not good. Now sit down, shut up and color.
True. But then isn't this just sad? I mean I understand that companies put labels on their stuff to avoid lawsuits and injury, but I'm commenting on the "need" to do so. The joke I heard that a paparazzi cameraman got hit when he was hounding a celebrity sued not the celebrity or the restaurant but NIKON. I mean, there should have been a label that warned him of upset Hollywood celebrities being violent if they have the strobe go off 500 times a minute.
I see your point also. But is the manufacturer supposed to put labels on everything for every possible cause that might happen. The point I was trying to make, and I seem to have not made it so I apologize. Is we cannot blame the manufacturer if the user does not use common sense. Door pinch fingers, area rugs trip, knives cut, stoves burn, etc. Maybe I'm missing the point. I think of a laptop as a computer that needs a fan to keep cool for a reason and take steps so it doesn't rest on my lap. i don't wait until it burns. Perhaps others can be responsible and be proactive...maybe not.
I see your point, but a warning label? Really? How about if you are old enough to use a laptop then you are old enough to know when something on your lap is too hot. Lets make sure we put labels on shoes saying "left foot" and "right foot" else how will a child know they might be causing damage to their feet? My old man was a product safety engineer for IBM and you simply can't put warning labels on everything to cover the stupidity of others. He told me some whoppers of what people will do and then blame the manufacturer for not putting on a label saying "don't do that you moron!"
Why is it that we as a society feel we need to put warning labels on things for the dumbest of society? If they can't move a hot laptop off their lap, do we really expect them to read a warning label?
I had the same exact experience. The only issue was I had an exec that wasn't going to be pushed around by the IT guys. She ordered the filter relaxed. I only got my way when i told her i needed all such requests in writing as she was assuming the known risk i had just finished explaining to her.
If I had a nickle for every time i had to go into a system and fix it because some developer screwed up the server I'd be able to quit and buy an island. Developers need local admin rights to development systems only. Not testing, not staging and certainly not production. But I get both on and off-shore whining every single day. Sometime management listens and I get to tell them "See!? I told you so!" when it blows up later. I thank the Lord for VM daily as it lets me repair the damage developers do to our systems in minutes rather than hours.
....or you could just get an after market solar charger that connects to any mini-usb device and charge your ebook reader, mp3 player, cellphone , etc. Given that the ebook reader can go for 2 weeks without a charge, I do not see this as a selling point. Now drop the price $100.00 and you will get my attention.
Huh? Review your history. Apple was charging 100% markup on the mac when IBM was charging only 35% markup. That is why IBM pc's became popular, why more software was written for them and apple's market became the sandle wearing, tree hugging graphics design crowd. While the pc side was for business applications such as spreadsheets, accounting software etc. Apple was inovative, IBM was cost affective.
Can anyone besides me remember back when IBM clones took off while Apple was charging 100% markup? Jobs/Apple has become what is used to condemn. A bloated company focused on ringing money from it's customers.
The government has to provide you utilities. Water, power and phone are utilities. They do not have to "provide" them, only provide you access. I built my house way way out and I still had the ability to tap into the county water. Of course it would be thousands of dollars for meter, tap in charge and then my bringing the water from the road to my house. But broadband is NOT A UTILITY so forget it.
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That's what u think. Have you read Apple's EULA? It says ..."Apple can and will decide what you can and will use on anything you buy from Apple. And oh yeah BTW, Jailbreaking is NOT legal or cool. The Black Turtlenecked Lord of the Underworld has spoken .... So let it be written, so let it be done"
The turtle-neck sweater wearing overlord has spoken. Bow to him ye minions! I would love to own an iPad or iPhone, but I like my soul where it is.
http://thechive.com/2010/10/05/signs-that-are-so-wrong-they-must-be-right-27-photos/
So if we were to follow that logic we must have a warning label on every single product for every conceivable misuse of it? My point wasn't that is causes an issue, rather it was that we don't need a label to warn us that the laptop is warm or in some cases hot. Would you advocate putting a "warning item may be hot" on everything that could conceivably be hot? And yes, I do know that extended use of something artificially made hot laid on your skin is not good. Now sit down, shut up and color.
True. But then isn't this just sad? I mean I understand that companies put labels on their stuff to avoid lawsuits and injury, but I'm commenting on the "need" to do so. The joke I heard that a paparazzi cameraman got hit when he was hounding a celebrity sued not the celebrity or the restaurant but NIKON. I mean, there should have been a label that warned him of upset Hollywood celebrities being violent if they have the strobe go off 500 times a minute.
I see your point also. But is the manufacturer supposed to put labels on everything for every possible cause that might happen. The point I was trying to make, and I seem to have not made it so I apologize. Is we cannot blame the manufacturer if the user does not use common sense. Door pinch fingers, area rugs trip, knives cut, stoves burn, etc. Maybe I'm missing the point. I think of a laptop as a computer that needs a fan to keep cool for a reason and take steps so it doesn't rest on my lap. i don't wait until it burns. Perhaps others can be responsible and be proactive...maybe not.
I see your point, but a warning label? Really? How about if you are old enough to use a laptop then you are old enough to know when something on your lap is too hot. Lets make sure we put labels on shoes saying "left foot" and "right foot" else how will a child know they might be causing damage to their feet? My old man was a product safety engineer for IBM and you simply can't put warning labels on everything to cover the stupidity of others. He told me some whoppers of what people will do and then blame the manufacturer for not putting on a label saying "don't do that you moron!"
LMAO!
Why is it that we as a society feel we need to put warning labels on things for the dumbest of society? If they can't move a hot laptop off their lap, do we really expect them to read a warning label?
Yes. And here we are doing the same.
I had the same exact experience. The only issue was I had an exec that wasn't going to be pushed around by the IT guys. She ordered the filter relaxed. I only got my way when i told her i needed all such requests in writing as she was assuming the known risk i had just finished explaining to her.
If I had a nickle for every time i had to go into a system and fix it because some developer screwed up the server I'd be able to quit and buy an island. Developers need local admin rights to development systems only. Not testing, not staging and certainly not production. But I get both on and off-shore whining every single day. Sometime management listens and I get to tell them "See!? I told you so!" when it blows up later. I thank the Lord for VM daily as it lets me repair the damage developers do to our systems in minutes rather than hours.
....or you could just get an after market solar charger that connects to any mini-usb device and charge your ebook reader, mp3 player, cellphone , etc. Given that the ebook reader can go for 2 weeks without a charge, I do not see this as a selling point. Now drop the price $100.00 and you will get my attention.
Huh? Review your history. Apple was charging 100% markup on the mac when IBM was charging only 35% markup. That is why IBM pc's became popular, why more software was written for them and apple's market became the sandle wearing, tree hugging graphics design crowd. While the pc side was for business applications such as spreadsheets, accounting software etc. Apple was inovative, IBM was cost affective.
Can anyone besides me remember back when IBM clones took off while Apple was charging 100% markup? Jobs/Apple has become what is used to condemn. A bloated company focused on ringing money from it's customers.
The government has to provide you utilities. Water, power and phone are utilities. They do not have to "provide" them, only provide you access. I built my house way way out and I still had the ability to tap into the county water. Of course it would be thousands of dollars for meter, tap in charge and then my bringing the water from the road to my house. But broadband is NOT A UTILITY so forget it.