It does seems as though this chain has really exploded in the last several years. I seem to recall there only being a handful of them. Now there are over 2 dozen nationwide.
Kind of surprising that a brick-and-mortar store is expanding operations in this day and age. Especially with the old-school commission-based sales floor model.
I am with you. I basically took over the family Apple II+ and wrote BASIC programs day in and day out. I especially liked to take sheet music and convert it to "follow the bouncing ball" sing-along style along with the proper pitch and length beeps from the computer speaker.
Despite that, I would never pay 5 figures for anything because I don't have that kind of disposable income. Hence the gold Apple Watch... that is the only person would have that kind of disposable income and also be an Apple fanatic likely enough to pay 5 figures for some pieces of paper...
Makes me wish there was a feature where you could "jail" certain apps to prevent them from running entirely, unless you specifically launch it.
Actually, what you describe would seem to be called "battery optimization" in the "apps" section of your device settings. Just optimize all apps and they will be forced to sleep.
I also go further and specifically don't allow apps to do notifications so that they cannot wake up the device or turn on the screen.
I addition, I use a wifi toggle app that will keep the wifi turned off (or on.. but mostly off) based on GPS and cell tower telemetry.
Doing those things on my Android has skyrocketed my battery life.
At first it was a power hog, but then I battery optimized all of the apps. Now the battery indicator barely budges. I can easily go for 3 days on a single charge. (I might be able to go longer, but I have never tried). It's as good as the iPad now where if it is off (sleeping), the battery level doesn't go down at all.
Of course... I am not your typical phone user. I just use it to listen to podcasts on the way to/from work and while I walk. I occasionally get or make a phone call. I don't have FB or any other social apps on it and I rarely play games or use GPS on it.
A "Treasure Trove" this is not... mildly amusing perhaps... I mean... these notes don't even seem to show off the genius of our glorious demigod Steve Jobs, let alone even mention him! They seem to only reference this guy named "Woz"... as though he was some kind of important person at Apple...
I think we need more documentation on Scrubbing Bubbles though...
I will often buy apps even just to try them out. It's worth the couple bucks to not have ads and the ad-related malware exposure (not that I know of anyone using the mobile ad network to spread malware, but it seem to me that it probably hasn't been overlooked by the criminals).
That said, though, I don't think I spent more than $40 (if that) last year.
Yeah, I think the "attractive cues" these days are completely warped to favor massive amounts of body sculpting and artificial products.
If you are making your judgment of beauty based on these factors, then I can completely see how men dressed in drag would be attractive to you since their make-up and body sculpting tends toward extreme.
Allowing a group of centralized elites to control mating opportunities. Gosh, no way that will be misused.
Yeah, because I am sure that people will shrug and say "Gee, you are a horrible person and I wouldn't normally hang out with a person like you let alone date a person like you... but the computer said so.... will you marry me?"
As for Yahoo's patents, user data and advertising business, if its so valuable (i.e., worth $4 Billion) why hasn't Yahoo been able to be successful with it?
Wouldn't that depend on the definition of success?
I certainly wouldn't mind having the income generated by modern-day Yahoo!. They still employ nearly 10,000 people and, as far as I can tell, they are still profitable (not like some other supposedly "successful" businesses out there).
We haveread about this company before on this site. They are *the* company who makes SIM cards. Which also means they are a one stop shop for nation state hacking attempts. Get your code into the SIM firmware and you have just bypassed a lot of security.
You don't need to be in space to simulate some of the aspects of a space station. I am sure they found all of this out well before the first manned space flight.
Which begs the question: Why am I reading about this now? Is this "Slashdot, factoids for nerds"?
I did telephone support for a small ISP for less than a year and we would often spend an hour or more holding grandma's hand while we walked her through setting up a PPP connection in Windows 98.
Out of curiosity, what is the management rationale for reducing call time? To me, that directive seems to be directly at odds with actually helping the customer you are there to support.
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Way to plug my favorite store!
It does seems as though this chain has really exploded in the last several years. I seem to recall there only being a handful of them. Now there are over 2 dozen nationwide.
Kind of surprising that a brick-and-mortar store is expanding operations in this day and age. Especially with the old-school commission-based sales floor model.
specialist should be removed from this bonehead's reference...
Or quoted:
Installed by a contract third-party IT "specialist"
I am with you. I basically took over the family Apple II+ and wrote BASIC programs day in and day out. I especially liked to take sheet music and convert it to "follow the bouncing ball" sing-along style along with the proper pitch and length beeps from the computer speaker.
Despite that, I would never pay 5 figures for anything because I don't have that kind of disposable income. Hence the gold Apple Watch... that is the only person would have that kind of disposable income and also be an Apple fanatic likely enough to pay 5 figures for some pieces of paper...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Makes me wish there was a feature where you could "jail" certain apps to prevent them from running entirely, unless you specifically launch it.
Actually, what you describe would seem to be called "battery optimization" in the "apps" section of your device settings. Just optimize all apps and they will be forced to sleep.
I also go further and specifically don't allow apps to do notifications so that they cannot wake up the device or turn on the screen.
I addition, I use a wifi toggle app that will keep the wifi turned off (or on.. but mostly off) based on GPS and cell tower telemetry.
Doing those things on my Android has skyrocketed my battery life.
Similar story with my OP3.
At first it was a power hog, but then I battery optimized all of the apps. Now the battery indicator barely budges. I can easily go for 3 days on a single charge. (I might be able to go longer, but I have never tried). It's as good as the iPad now where if it is off (sleeping), the battery level doesn't go down at all.
Of course... I am not your typical phone user. I just use it to listen to podcasts on the way to/from work and while I walk. I occasionally get or make a phone call. I don't have FB or any other social apps on it and I rarely play games or use GPS on it.
Bought by the same person who has a gold Apple Watch...
A "Treasure Trove" this is not... mildly amusing perhaps... I mean... these notes don't even seem to show off the genius of our glorious demigod Steve Jobs, let alone even mention him! They seem to only reference this guy named "Woz"... as though he was some kind of important person at Apple...
I think we need more documentation on Scrubbing Bubbles though...
$40 sounds about right to me.
I will often buy apps even just to try them out. It's worth the couple bucks to not have ads and the ad-related malware exposure (not that I know of anyone using the mobile ad network to spread malware, but it seem to me that it probably hasn't been overlooked by the criminals).
That said, though, I don't think I spent more than $40 (if that) last year.
Yeah, I think the "attractive cues" these days are completely warped to favor massive amounts of body sculpting and artificial products.
If you are making your judgment of beauty based on these factors, then I can completely see how men dressed in drag would be attractive to you since their make-up and body sculpting tends toward extreme.
Allowing a group of centralized elites to control mating opportunities. Gosh, no way that will be misused.
Yeah, because I am sure that people will shrug and say "Gee, you are a horrible person and I wouldn't normally hang out with a person like you let alone date a person like you... but the computer said so.... will you marry me?"
Am I the only one who thought of Quantum Leap while (mis)reading the headline?
Al: Sam, I want to set you up on a date
Sam: Oh boy!
Well? What did you decide?
The '80sness is fun and the attention to detail in that regard was pretty good... but the jokes were pretty forced (you can't script awkward).
Still... I'd take this type of commercial any day over standard television advertising.
At least with WU you don't need an account with them to send or receive money...
This is totally a play to get people who don't already have a FB account to be forced into getting one for the convenience.
At some point, I wouldn't be surprised if FB becomes the new Amazon....
Did you understand what I was saying? Yes? Mission accomplished.
Language is not a science...
As for Yahoo's patents, user data and advertising business, if its so valuable (i.e., worth $4 Billion) why hasn't Yahoo been able to be successful with it?
Wouldn't that depend on the definition of success?
I certainly wouldn't mind having the income generated by modern-day Yahoo!. They still employ nearly 10,000 people and, as far as I can tell, they are still profitable (not like some other supposedly "successful" businesses out there).
The price tag for a 1,000,000,000+ account data breach is $350 million.
Management calculus: Will this security system cost more than $.35/account? Yes? Don't bother... We'll put that money into our bank accounts instead.
but....but....it's CUTTING EDGE technology! The ability to use a computer to pay for something?! Welcome to the FUTURE!
progress!
Are you saying that Windows 10 is a Harley Davidson?
We have read about this company before on this site. They are *the* company who makes SIM cards. Which also means they are a one stop shop for nation state hacking attempts. Get your code into the SIM firmware and you have just bypassed a lot of security.
You don't need to be in space to simulate some of the aspects of a space station. I am sure they found all of this out well before the first manned space flight.
Which begs the question: Why am I reading about this now? Is this "Slashdot, factoids for nerds"?
I did telephone support for a small ISP for less than a year and we would often spend an hour or more holding grandma's hand while we walked her through setting up a PPP connection in Windows 98.
Out of curiosity, what is the management rationale for reducing call time? To me, that directive seems to be directly at odds with actually helping the customer you are there to support.
I somehow doubt that Yahoo would still have over 1 billion accounts to be compromised if this was actually happening.