It looks like GE made a rather foolish choice in UPS software. I would never, EVER "subscribe" to software. Once I buy it, it's mine, indefinitely. Yes, I may be "licensing" it (according to those "terms and conditions" no one bothers to read), but I fully expect to be able to use it tomorrow, a year from now, and forever without having to repeatedly ask the permission of (and fork over money to) the author.
If I understand correctly, one cannot write their own software for the iphone or ipad. All such apps must have Apple's blessing. That's one reason why I own a Blackberry.
Come to think of it, I can't understand why either company would care??
Most users are looking at websites, reading and posting in forums, sending and receiving email, etc. While there's a world of difference between 56k and 3 or 5 Mbps, I can't imagine how anything faster would make much of a difference. Web pages load very quickly with my 5 Mbps connection speed. I used to have DSL at 3 Mbps and frankly, the increased speed is barely noticeable. The exception, of course, would be when a user is downloading a relatively large file like a movie. I would venture to say that most people seldom, if ever, download such large files on a regular basis.
I often wonder about my opportunities (or lack thereof) once I finish my electrical engineering degree. I'll be competing with the 22-year-olds when I'm 40.
DRM itself is like trying to put a genie back into a bottle. The original genie was let out with the LP vinyl album. They played on ANY record player and didn't need to "phone home" to get permission. Along came cassettes and then CDs. Back in the 80s, artists complained about cassette recorders making copies of their music. I also recall the movie industry crying about the VCR.
ANY form of DRM is unwelcome on my devices. Why? Middlemen only get in the way. I like to make backups, just in case. I also like to play what I want, on any device I want, and I shouldn't have to ask permission to do it. I got that permission when I paid amazon.com $1 for the song.
This is one of the many reasons I bought the 'berry instead. I can purchase whatever apps I want from whomever I want. I bought it, I paid for it, it's MY smartphone, I'll do what I want with it.
I'm 37 years old with good credit (and a freshman in college). Stafford loans are the ONLY loans where one's credit rating isn't taken into account and that's a real shame. And for those with subsidized loans and pell grants, I don't want to hear any whining from you about interest rates when you were given handout after handout to begin with.
Some people seem to think that any computer older than 6 mos. is worthless. I think most people who run out and buy a brand new machine every year just to have the "latest and greatest" is a sucker.
My oldest comp. is a 4 yr. old Thinkpad T30. It runs at 1.8 GHz and it works great. Yes, batteries go bad over time, but a replacement was only about $40. I don't download every MP3 on the net and I rarely play games on it. It does what I want and it does it well.
I have 2 desktops, a home-made 1.7 GHz AMD and a 1.8 GHz Dell. They're about 4 years old as well and they still work great.
Some will no doubt call my computers "slow" but let's get real. I'm not doing video editing. I'm not a "gamer". Therefore, they're plenty fast for what I do. Hell I've got a 486-DX (running DOS) that does some things pretty damn fast!
Oh and by the way, there are certain things that ONLY 486-DX's can do. I won't get into the details here but sold in the proper venues (ham radio swap meets), they can fetch $50+.
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It looks like GE made a rather foolish choice in UPS software. I would never, EVER "subscribe" to software. Once I buy it, it's mine, indefinitely. Yes, I may be "licensing" it (according to those "terms and conditions" no one bothers to read), but I fully expect to be able to use it tomorrow, a year from now, and forever without having to repeatedly ask the permission of (and fork over money to) the author.
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...to undermine our nation's security. I'm sure the Obama admin. will do nothing...
I meant ipod, not ipad. But who knows? Maybe Apple restricts those too??
If I understand correctly, one cannot write their own software for the iphone or ipad. All such apps must have Apple's blessing. That's one reason why I own a Blackberry. Come to think of it, I can't understand why either company would care??
Most users are looking at websites, reading and posting in forums, sending and receiving email, etc. While there's a world of difference between 56k and 3 or 5 Mbps, I can't imagine how anything faster would make much of a difference. Web pages load very quickly with my 5 Mbps connection speed. I used to have DSL at 3 Mbps and frankly, the increased speed is barely noticeable. The exception, of course, would be when a user is downloading a relatively large file like a movie. I would venture to say that most people seldom, if ever, download such large files on a regular basis.
People keep proving him right: "A sucker is born every day".
I often wonder about my opportunities (or lack thereof) once I finish my electrical engineering degree. I'll be competing with the 22-year-olds when I'm 40.
DRM itself is like trying to put a genie back into a bottle. The original genie was let out with the LP vinyl album. They played on ANY record player and didn't need to "phone home" to get permission. Along came cassettes and then CDs. Back in the 80s, artists complained about cassette recorders making copies of their music. I also recall the movie industry crying about the VCR. ANY form of DRM is unwelcome on my devices. Why? Middlemen only get in the way. I like to make backups, just in case. I also like to play what I want, on any device I want, and I shouldn't have to ask permission to do it. I got that permission when I paid amazon.com $1 for the song.
This is one of the many reasons I bought the 'berry instead. I can purchase whatever apps I want from whomever I want. I bought it, I paid for it, it's MY smartphone, I'll do what I want with it.
I'm 37 years old with good credit (and a freshman in college). Stafford loans are the ONLY loans where one's credit rating isn't taken into account and that's a real shame. And for those with subsidized loans and pell grants, I don't want to hear any whining from you about interest rates when you were given handout after handout to begin with.
Some people seem to think that any computer older than 6 mos. is worthless. I think most people who run out and buy a brand new machine every year just to have the "latest and greatest" is a sucker. My oldest comp. is a 4 yr. old Thinkpad T30. It runs at 1.8 GHz and it works great. Yes, batteries go bad over time, but a replacement was only about $40. I don't download every MP3 on the net and I rarely play games on it. It does what I want and it does it well. I have 2 desktops, a home-made 1.7 GHz AMD and a 1.8 GHz Dell. They're about 4 years old as well and they still work great. Some will no doubt call my computers "slow" but let's get real. I'm not doing video editing. I'm not a "gamer". Therefore, they're plenty fast for what I do. Hell I've got a 486-DX (running DOS) that does some things pretty damn fast! Oh and by the way, there are certain things that ONLY 486-DX's can do. I won't get into the details here but sold in the proper venues (ham radio swap meets), they can fetch $50+.