Anyone else remember the Coca Cola MagiCan competition from 1990? They had a big problem with the mechanisms jamming, and then there was that rumor the someone died from drinking the contents of one. PR disaster.
I'm waiting for the first report of Nestlé tracking down some poor dead kid's stomach to award it £10,000.
I think there is a truth in labeling problem and I wonder if people area really are being fairly informed. It is not immediately obvious looking at the Fire HD page on Amazon that you are not getting a full Android experience. Yet Amazon is pitching these as "Android tablets."
Not really. Yes, to people who delve into specs, it's easy to find that they're running a modified Android, but looking on Amazon's page selling the tablet, Android is mentioned only twice, and one of those two times isn't talking about the Kindle. The other time isn't claiming the Kindle is an Android tablet.
Amazon is not trying to sell this to the demographic who cares what OS their tablet is running. They're selling it to the demographic that wants a consumption device that might run a few apps on the side. They're not marketing it as an Android tablet. They're marketing it as an Amazon tablet.
I haven't kept tabs on the Fire line. I did voluntarily buy an ad-driven Kindle 3 (full keypad models) for myself and for my mother. Are the Fire models not similarly divided into ad-free and ad-subsidized lines?
Sort of. They don't sell different models, but they do offer a $15 "opt out" on ads.
I don't have a problem with the sales model myself. If it reduces the price on the hardware and doesn't intrude, I don't care.
The original poster made is clear in a response near the beginning of the thread that he/she's only talking about a small portion of the funds to be allocated, and that the more "traditional" bases are already covered and he/she's looking to present something a little different.
Exactly this. Steam users are a terrible metric of "consumers". Probably a decent way to analyse OS adoption among gamers, but certainly not consumers. Grandma is a consumer, and she might still be using 98. Hell, I'd be willing to bet 1% of Steam users are running Windows 8, which isn't even out yet. Does this prove that consumer adoption of Windows 8 is already at 1%? Definitely not.
I can understand that taxes might be aggravating, but was this summary written by a third grader? I'm pretty sure submitter meant aggregated (or more likely aggregate).
FTFA: 'Police received similar complaints about the signal Friday during a "teen night" event at the center, the woman said she was told.'
So, rec-center-owned wifi access point is found on teen night to have an offensive SSID. The likely scenario is that, with a bunch of teens there, many of whom are carrying wifi-enabled devices, one kid noticed that the AP was not password-protected (or possibly had an obvious default password) and decided to log into it and, well, be a dumb kid by changing the SSID to something that made his friends laugh.
Password protect the AP. Lesson learned. Everybody move on.
I was thinking the same as you when I read the submission. Why would anyone think that a Kindle that explicitly does not have a touchscreen would magically grow one for typing? It was obvious from the outset that there is no touch and that onscreen navigation of a keyboard will be a bit of a chore. I still ordered one (first Kindle for me). The price is hard to beat, and I really don't need a touchscreen. I'm willing to deal with slightly more challenging navigation since I know the vast majority of my interaction with the device will be page turns via hard buttons.
I'm glad to see that Amazon is aware of the fact that people have different needs and different budgets and they're catering to a wide range instead of throwing every conceivable feature into a much more expensive device. Could I afford one with touch? Probably. Do I want one with touch? Nope.
The only crime here is that his first Youtube video blatantly lifts a joke from Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters at the very beginning. Come up with your own material, kiddo.
(But still, good luck with the whole school thing.)
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Only if Finland is part of Scandinavia, which it isn't. See here and here.
Yes, you can call me pedantic if you wish, but I am proud of Finland not being Scandinavia. :-)
Finnish is not a Scandinavian language.
I did say rumor. It wasn't correct, but it certainly was a rumor, and it was a nightmare for Coca Cola PR. Nothing I said was inaccurate.
Anyone else remember the Coca Cola MagiCan competition from 1990? They had a big problem with the mechanisms jamming, and then there was that rumor the someone died from drinking the contents of one. PR disaster.
I'm waiting for the first report of Nestlé tracking down some poor dead kid's stomach to award it £10,000.
I think there is a truth in labeling problem and I wonder if people area really are being fairly informed. It is not immediately obvious looking at the Fire HD page on Amazon that you are not getting a full Android experience. Yet Amazon is pitching these as "Android tablets."
Not really. Yes, to people who delve into specs, it's easy to find that they're running a modified Android, but looking on Amazon's page selling the tablet, Android is mentioned only twice, and one of those two times isn't talking about the Kindle. The other time isn't claiming the Kindle is an Android tablet.
Amazon is not trying to sell this to the demographic who cares what OS their tablet is running. They're selling it to the demographic that wants a consumption device that might run a few apps on the side. They're not marketing it as an Android tablet. They're marketing it as an Amazon tablet.
I haven't kept tabs on the Fire line. I did voluntarily buy an ad-driven Kindle 3 (full keypad models) for myself and for my mother. Are the Fire models not similarly divided into ad-free and ad-subsidized lines?
Sort of. They don't sell different models, but they do offer a $15 "opt out" on ads.
I don't have a problem with the sales model myself. If it reduces the price on the hardware and doesn't intrude, I don't care.
...which, apparently, it hasn't.
Meh. Not trying to win any argument. I know this argument. It's played out. Nobody wins. Ever.
Just noting that perhaps we have different definitions of "effect".
Given that those who have been circumcised live long lives and have children, I'd say no.
So do quadriplegics. Hardly means there were no effects of whatever caused the condition.
The original poster made is clear in a response near the beginning of the thread that he/she's only talking about a small portion of the funds to be allocated, and that the more "traditional" bases are already covered and he/she's looking to present something a little different.
No long term effects? Amputation of healthy tissue isn't a long term effect?
Exactly this. Steam users are a terrible metric of "consumers". Probably a decent way to analyse OS adoption among gamers, but certainly not consumers. Grandma is a consumer, and she might still be using 98. Hell, I'd be willing to bet 1% of Steam users are running Windows 8, which isn't even out yet. Does this prove that consumer adoption of Windows 8 is already at 1%? Definitely not.
Pretty sure submitter meant retroactively.
You do if you do if you're the RIAA.
It's because the real purpose of the vehicle is to drive around and show off to everyone that guy who uses Google Plus.
I can understand that taxes might be aggravating, but was this summary written by a third grader? I'm pretty sure submitter meant aggregated (or more likely aggregate).
(He/she also meant affect.)
So, what is your nationality? Also, are you hot and single?
FTFA: 'Police received similar complaints about the signal Friday during a "teen night" event at the center, the woman said she was told.'
So, rec-center-owned wifi access point is found on teen night to have an offensive SSID. The likely scenario is that, with a bunch of teens there, many of whom are carrying wifi-enabled devices, one kid noticed that the AP was not password-protected (or possibly had an obvious default password) and decided to log into it and, well, be a dumb kid by changing the SSID to something that made his friends laugh.
Password protect the AP. Lesson learned. Everybody move on.
I was thinking the same as you when I read the submission. Why would anyone think that a Kindle that explicitly does not have a touchscreen would magically grow one for typing? It was obvious from the outset that there is no touch and that onscreen navigation of a keyboard will be a bit of a chore. I still ordered one (first Kindle for me). The price is hard to beat, and I really don't need a touchscreen. I'm willing to deal with slightly more challenging navigation since I know the vast majority of my interaction with the device will be page turns via hard buttons.
I'm glad to see that Amazon is aware of the fact that people have different needs and different budgets and they're catering to a wide range instead of throwing every conceivable feature into a much more expensive device. Could I afford one with touch? Probably. Do I want one with touch? Nope.
I hadn't heard of this app before. Thanks to CBS giving it some free publicity, I have now, and found the apk on another site.
Pretty cool app. Thank you CBS and your lawyers for cluing me to it.
This is why we can't have nice words.
The only crime here is that his first Youtube video blatantly lifts a joke from Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters at the very beginning. Come up with your own material, kiddo.
(But still, good luck with the whole school thing.)
Eh NASA? wink wink, nudge nudge.
You are welcome.
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