I like how the only supported US carrier is the one carrier that virtually nobody has service with... almost like they want Firefox OS to fail miserably in the US.
Exactly; it's not 'we're putting a stop to this because it's wrong,' but rather 'we're putting a stop to this because you're not being sneaky enough, and that jeopardizes our own domestic spying operation.'
2 degrees of separation, here's the latest list of carriers, dated 7/29/13:
América Móvil - Jamaica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil China Unicom – China Deutsche Telekom – Germany Etisalat – Middle-East Hutchison Three Group – United Kingdom KDDI – Japan KT – South Korea MegaFon – Russia, Tajikistan Qtel – Qatar SingTel – Singapore Smart - Philippines Sprint – United States Telecom Italia Group – Italy Telefónica – Spain Telenor – Norway TMN – Portugal VimpelCom – Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Algeria, Bangladesh
Thats just using energy to convert elements and molecules into different molecules, but it doesn't change the fact that you will be constantly losing molecules over time and they will eventually need to be replaced some how.
I'm a Fandroid. Like all other fanbois I'm less concerned with what the end user does with the technology than what flavor of technology they own. Anything that any company ever does that doesn't support my express misguided feelings of loyalty to a certain product will be clunky and antiquated in my eyes. Don't even bother to discuss the virtues of any technology with me because my mind is already made up.
I have to admit, this is the first time I've ever seen someone get so exceedingly butthurt over criticism of a fucking ringtone.
That's not a complement, BTW.
Mods:
Modded up? A chance to actually decide on a technology by its merits and not the company behind it or an Apple fanboi. Modded down? Just another Fandroid in a Fandroid world.
You missed one: Modded down appropriately, because you're a jackass with fucked-up priorities.
I've been on slashdot, fark, reddit... and no matter how one-sided an argument is there is always a small group of enablers or sympathizers for the other side.
Cop beats a black guy to death for running away -- I guess shouldn't have run from a cop; guilty or not... Someone accidentally cuts off a car; other driver road rages and smashes out the windows -- should be a more careful driver then... Child dies from malnutrition because vegan mother only eats fruit or some shit -- it is a personal decision how to raise your kids...
I scanned through the comments... and holy shit. There is no one defending this obvious cover-up. I don't know if public opinion is changing, people are fed up with government abuse... but Snowden might just be that piece of straw.
Try Yahoo! News; I often tell people, if you want to lose all faith in humanity that's the place to do it.
Then they are just as guilty as the CongressCritters.
Like I said, no one has the authority to violate the Constitution, either by direct assault or by trying to alter the intent of the document through "interpretation."
The Founders wrote it so that every lay man who could read would know what his rights are, without the need for someone else to "interpret" them.
A 1776 copy of Webster's might come in handy, though - some terms, such as "well-regulated," have developed new meanings since the Constitution's writing.
You can lend a Kindle book to another reader for up to 14 days.
and
A book can only be loaned one time. Magazines and newspapers are currently not available for lending.
Only being able to loan a book to 1 person, EVER, and only for 2 weeks, doesn't really qualify as "loanable." At least in the sense OP is talking about.
And I guess you get your internet connection free since you don't believe in paying for non-durable goods.
OP never said they "didn't believe in paying for non-durable goods," they said, "when there is absolutely no price benefit, why buy a non durable good?"
Completely different, and a sentiment I agree with.
It'll normalize when the tablet fad is over. Smartphones are better tablets than tablets are.
I dunno, man - if I'm going to bother trying to read a document on a mobile device, I find it much easier to do with the Nexus 7 than my (4.5" screen) Droid X.
Maybe once they figure out the whole 'holographic screen projection' thing, or flexible OLEDs get to a low enough price point that it makes sense to build phones around them...
was replaced by Fear and Lies on January 20, 2009. Anyone who thinks anything Obama says (or does) will result in your privacy being respected and warrantless surveillance ended is delusional.
GW Bush signed the patriot act.....not obama.....the patriot act created these programs.....
GW Bush has not been in charge for some time now, nor did he campaign on the platform of "Hope and Change."
Your objection, while idiotic and counter-productive, has been noted, and summarily dismissed as misdirection. Piss off, Great Divider.
Anyone who thinks anything Obama says (or does) will result in your privacy being respected and warrantless surveillance ended is delusional.
Ah, if only there were some other branches of the government that were tasked with supervising and controlling the executive branch. Too bad we don't have any.
Yea, well, perhaps if "Checks and Balances" hadn't been replaced with "Collusion and Mutual Back-Scratching..."
"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."
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I like how the only supported US carrier is the one carrier that virtually nobody has service with... almost like they want Firefox OS to fail miserably in the US.
Carriers whose protocols give them total control over the phones on the network don't count.
Use of the word "all" belies that thinking. "Most" is the word you would use in that circumstance.
FWIW, I looked (see self reply) and the list of supported carriers doesn't even come close to a representative sample, let alone universal inclusion.
Exactly; it's not 'we're putting a stop to this because it's wrong,' but rather 'we're putting a stop to this because you're not being sneaky enough, and that jeopardizes our own domestic spying operation.'
2 degrees of separation, here's the latest list of carriers, dated 7/29/13:
América Móvil - Jamaica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
China Unicom – China
Deutsche Telekom – Germany
Etisalat – Middle-East
Hutchison Three Group – United Kingdom
KDDI – Japan
KT – South Korea
MegaFon – Russia, Tajikistan
Qtel – Qatar
SingTel – Singapore
Smart - Philippines
Sprint – United States
Telecom Italia Group – Italy
Telefónica – Spain
Telenor – Norway
TMN – Portugal
VimpelCom – Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Algeria, Bangladesh
So... it does GSM and CDMA? Or did the submitter not do their homework?
Tl;dr - if it works on Verizon's network and is even 50% better than my current phone, I'm in.
Thats just using energy to convert elements and molecules into different molecules, but it doesn't change the fact that you will be constantly losing molecules over time and they will eventually need to be replaced some how.
... Big ass hose dropping into the atmosphere?
Just snowballin' ideas here.
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Today's lesson: How Plants Create Oxygen
Study hard!
Translation:
I'm a Fandroid. Like all other fanbois I'm less concerned with what the end user does with the technology than what flavor of technology they own. Anything that any company ever does that doesn't support my express misguided feelings of loyalty to a certain product will be clunky and antiquated in my eyes. Don't even bother to discuss the virtues of any technology with me because my mind is already made up.
I have to admit, this is the first time I've ever seen someone get so exceedingly butthurt over criticism of a fucking ringtone.
That's not a complement, BTW.
Mods:
Modded up? A chance to actually decide on a technology by its merits and not the company behind it or an Apple fanboi.
Modded down? Just another Fandroid in a Fandroid world.
You missed one: Modded down appropriately, because you're a jackass with fucked-up priorities.
I've been on slashdot, fark, reddit... and no matter how one-sided an argument is there is always a small group of enablers or sympathizers for the other side.
Cop beats a black guy to death for running away -- I guess shouldn't have run from a cop; guilty or not...
Someone accidentally cuts off a car; other driver road rages and smashes out the windows -- should be a more careful driver then...
Child dies from malnutrition because vegan mother only eats fruit or some shit -- it is a personal decision how to raise your kids...
I scanned through the comments... and holy shit. There is no one defending this obvious cover-up. I don't know if public opinion is changing, people are fed up with government abuse... but Snowden might just be that piece of straw.
Try Yahoo! News; I often tell people, if you want to lose all faith in humanity that's the place to do it.
Without transparency, how will you know when the bullshit stops?
When the NSA datacenters are burning, and those responsible hang from the gallows.
That's alot of rope and kerosene.
Perhaps, but it's also "shovel-ready."
And Obama promised to repeal it. And then he turned out to be just the other side of the same damn coin.
FTFY.
Without transparency, how will you know when the bullshit stops?
When the NSA datacenters are burning, and those responsible hang from the gallows.
Then they are just as guilty as the CongressCritters.
Like I said, no one has the authority to violate the Constitution, either by direct assault or by trying to alter the intent of the document through "interpretation."
The Founders wrote it so that every lay man who could read would know what his rights are, without the need for someone else to "interpret" them.
A 1776 copy of Webster's might come in handy, though - some terms, such as "well-regulated," have developed new meanings since the Constitution's writing.
From your link:
You can lend a Kindle book to another reader for up to 14 days.
and
A book can only be loaned one time. Magazines and newspapers are currently not available for lending.
Only being able to loan a book to 1 person, EVER, and only for 2 weeks, doesn't really qualify as "loanable." At least in the sense OP is talking about.
And I guess you get your internet connection free since you don't believe in paying for non-durable goods.
OP never said they "didn't believe in paying for non-durable goods," they said, "when there is absolutely no price benefit, why buy a non durable good?"
Completely different, and a sentiment I agree with.
I'm simply not going to pay hardback prices for an ebook, and I suspect there are plenty of others who feel the same way.
That would be this guy.
Hell, I'm a bit offended that, when I buy a brand new paper book, it doesn't come with a digital copy. Pure rent-seeking, it is.
Oh, well, only a matter of time before I scavenge enough parts to build an automated book scanner.
The upside of the Nook is that I can view PDFs and web pages in a reasonable fashion, where those tasks are just painful on the Kindle.
Plus, considering the weight, it makes a much better cudgel than the Kindle. You know - just in case.
It'll normalize when the tablet fad is over. Smartphones are better tablets than tablets are.
I dunno, man - if I'm going to bother trying to read a document on a mobile device, I find it much easier to do with the Nexus 7 than my (4.5" screen) Droid X.
Maybe once they figure out the whole 'holographic screen projection' thing, or flexible OLEDs get to a low enough price point that it makes sense to build phones around them...
And it's not "ebook sales", it should read "ebook rental license" since you don't own the ebook like you do an actual book.
Which probably explains, in large part, why sales are plateauing.
... but Won't.
I think I just felt everybody in America groan, roll their eyes, and flip him the bird.
All of us who aren't completely brainwashed Statists, that is.
was replaced by Fear and Lies on January 20, 2009. Anyone who thinks anything Obama says (or does) will result in your privacy being respected and warrantless surveillance ended is delusional.
GW Bush signed the patriot act.....not obama.....the patriot act created these programs.....
GW Bush has not been in charge for some time now, nor did he campaign on the platform of "Hope and Change."
Your objection, while idiotic and counter-productive, has been noted, and summarily dismissed as misdirection. Piss off, Great Divider.
Anyone who thinks anything Obama says (or does) will result in your privacy being respected and warrantless surveillance ended is delusional.
Ah, if only there were some other branches of the government that were tasked with supervising and controlling the executive branch. Too bad we don't have any.
Yea, well, perhaps if "Checks and Balances" hadn't been replaced with "Collusion and Mutual Back-Scratching..."
"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."
I always suspected Cheney was a Sith Lord...
Yes, this is exactly the right direction. Let people who know something about what's going on, and actually care, vote more often.
You don't need black box voting for that; it's not like election days and polling places are clandestine secrets, you know.