If you think of handset profits as 2 pies, Apple takes a whole pie, plus a piece of the second one
Wait, what are the two pies? One is handset profits, what's the other one? Or are handset profits split between two pies? If so, why not make one larger pie?
Not all US plans are bad. I pay $30/month for unlimited 3G on my ipad. Of course, I live in SF so the network is effectively throttled between 10am and 4pm...
how do I know that you aren't running some warez or porn farm or hosting some video game server?
A better question is, how does the submitter know that his server has not been infected with bots or other nasties? I'm sure his intentions are good, but he could be creating a lot of unintentional problems.
You saved me a post. I'll add the obligatory,
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Isn't a sit-in just trespassing, and won't the stores call the cops? In the past sit-ins only worked because they were at university offices and such, and the schools chose to create less of a scene and make it a teaching moment. I don't expect stores to see it that way.
That's not fair. the OP wants the ability to allow or deny certain permissions. That's like saying, I'll buy your food but I don't want chicken in it. I think everybody would be in favor of specific lists of permissions.
I agree with Dishevel. If you want a free app but don't want to give the author the tools he needs to make money, then don't get the free app. If you want the new britney album but dont' want to pay for it, then don't get it.
Godwin's principle aside, I think you're right on the mark. It's scary that such a small group of people has enough power to shut down parts of the web at will, and will use this power so capriciously. It's easy to smirk when it happens to big evil people, but what happens if/when they shut down slashdot, for example?
Hell, when they started irradiating food to kill bugs that could kill people, they found that they couldn't sell it. They had to coin a new marketing word (picowave!) so that the mouthbreathing morons that make up most of the public wouldn't think someone had slipped plutonium into their frozen peas.
The problem with irradiated beef, etc. is not glowing hamburger patties. Irradiation is good because it kills any microbes like salmonella in the food. But these microbes often come from sh!t getting in the meat. Currently the best way to cut the microbes is to keep the sh!t away, but if you irradiate it anyway then there's less incentive to keep the fecal matter on the floor. I personally prefer my burgers sh!t free instead of mixed with harmless, irradiated sh!t.
So, um, how are they going to split that between county, state, and federally-funded roads?
Answer: depends who levies the tax. Currently, the federal gas tax (18.4c/gal) goes directly to the federal highway trust fund, from which it is doled out to the states to pay for interstate highway maintenance. In addition, states and local gov'ts levy a variety of taxes on fuel which go into their coffers.
Likely, funds from a VMT tax would go to whomever levies the tax. I imagine that a state DMV would handle the work of tracking people's driving distances, then drivers would be taxed by various govt's based on that value.
"most people feel that app stores on our smart phones represent a media industry"
what planet are you on? who are these most people? which one of these is not like the others:
* newspapers
* tv
* radio
* app stores
You're trying so hard to justify your lame POV that you'll need a chiropractor. OOH BURRN
As much as I hate drunk drivers, I love the Constitution far more.
Tool. An app is a "media industry"? Nobody's saying that the Senate is passing a law, so take your tinfoil hat off. A few congressmen wrote a letter expressing their concern. There's no evil gubment action to force your precious DUI app off your phone. I dare say they're acting like statesmen instead of politicians.
Yay! A victory for drunk drivers. The Google app model is a success!
BTW I'm surprised that so many slashdotters are so reflexively pseudo-libertarian that they stand shoulder-to-shoulder with drunk drivers, who kill thousands of people annually, and rail against the evil gubment who is out to get them. Down with the Man!
so what you're saying is all of the people who want a smartphone should get an iphone, and both of the people who want a miniature pc with all its attendant security problems should get a droid. Does it come standard with a case that attaches to my belt?
My mother in law is a librarian in a poor neighborhood. She gets a lot of patrons who need internet access, or are borrowing books / other media instead of buying, or kids who need a place to go for the afternoons after school. The parent post is very insightful. sorry I don't have any mod points.
So what would the carriers do with these returned phones? Is it possible that i would get a refurbished phone that has already been rooted? How would i know if this were the case? Is there a way to check?
By that, I mean there are still places they don't cheaply fill in for incadescents. Like dimming or being able to come to full brightness quickly (for closets, bathrooms, etc). At least, those're the problems I've had with the bulbs I put in about 4 years ago when I bought my house.
Try getting some new bulbs. Newer CFLs turn on almost as fast as incandescents.
That's the problem with long bulb life-- it takes a while to turn over the older less effective bulbs!
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Buy, do they have a supplies coming to them!
nothing like a lame ethnic joke to cap off a post. Way to bring home your point!
ohh i get it now. sculley the ceo guy. i thought you were talking about the x-files.
If you think of handset profits as 2 pies, Apple takes a whole pie, plus a piece of the second one
Wait, what are the two pies? One is handset profits, what's the other one? Or are handset profits split between two pies? If so, why not make one larger pie?
Not all US plans are bad. I pay $30/month for unlimited 3G on my ipad. Of course, I live in SF so the network is effectively throttled between 10am and 4pm...
cmon man. maybe you don't like ehow, that's fine. but don't mock a guy who's worried about losing his job. Iow class.
The part where a rouge system gets owned through a firewall hole and compromises the rest of the network.
f'n rouge systems. mary kay is always sending me catalogs.
how do I know that you aren't running some warez or porn farm or hosting some video game server?
A better question is, how does the submitter know that his server has not been infected with bots or other nasties? I'm sure his intentions are good, but he could be creating a lot of unintentional problems.
Dollars to donuts says that SCEA's ridiculous discovery campaign
Unfortunately donuts cost about a dollar these days (at least in CA), so this expression has less utility than it used to.
lasers are inherently safe - you can only go blind one eye at a time.
Hey, don't blame me. I never post AC. But I tip my hat to the kind stranger who had my back.
Anonymous is staging a 24-hour, in-store boycott at Sony stores around the world
Also, I'm pretty sure the Sony Stores aren't open 24 hours...
You saved me a post. I'll add the obligatory,
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Isn't a sit-in just trespassing, and won't the stores call the cops? In the past sit-ins only worked because they were at university offices and such, and the schools chose to create less of a scene and make it a teaching moment. I don't expect stores to see it that way.
I agree with Dishevel. If you want a free app but don't want to give the author the tools he needs to make money, then don't get the free app. If you want the new britney album but dont' want to pay for it, then don't get it.
Godwin's principle aside, I think you're right on the mark. It's scary that such a small group of people has enough power to shut down parts of the web at will, and will use this power so capriciously. It's easy to smirk when it happens to big evil people, but what happens if/when they shut down slashdot, for example?
Hell, when they started irradiating food to kill bugs that could kill people, they found that they couldn't sell it. They had to coin a new marketing word (picowave!) so that the mouthbreathing morons that make up most of the public wouldn't think someone had slipped plutonium into their frozen peas.
The problem with irradiated beef, etc. is not glowing hamburger patties. Irradiation is good because it kills any microbes like salmonella in the food. But these microbes often come from sh!t getting in the meat. Currently the best way to cut the microbes is to keep the sh!t away, but if you irradiate it anyway then there's less incentive to keep the fecal matter on the floor. I personally prefer my burgers sh!t free instead of mixed with harmless, irradiated sh!t.
And I'm not a mouthbreathing moron.
So, um, how are they going to split that between county, state, and federally-funded roads?
Answer: depends who levies the tax. Currently, the federal gas tax (18.4c/gal) goes directly to the federal highway trust fund, from which it is doled out to the states to pay for interstate highway maintenance. In addition, states and local gov'ts levy a variety of taxes on fuel which go into their coffers.
Likely, funds from a VMT tax would go to whomever levies the tax. I imagine that a state DMV would handle the work of tracking people's driving distances, then drivers would be taxed by various govt's based on that value.
I don't get it.
"most people feel that app stores on our smart phones represent a media industry" what planet are you on? who are these most people? which one of these is not like the others: * newspapers * tv * radio * app stores You're trying so hard to justify your lame POV that you'll need a chiropractor. OOH BURRN
As much as I hate drunk drivers, I love the Constitution far more.
Tool. An app is a "media industry"? Nobody's saying that the Senate is passing a law, so take your tinfoil hat off. A few congressmen wrote a letter expressing their concern. There's no evil gubment action to force your precious DUI app off your phone. I dare say they're acting like statesmen instead of politicians.
Yay! A victory for drunk drivers. The Google app model is a success! BTW I'm surprised that so many slashdotters are so reflexively pseudo-libertarian that they stand shoulder-to-shoulder with drunk drivers, who kill thousands of people annually, and rail against the evil gubment who is out to get them. Down with the Man!
so what you're saying is all of the people who want a smartphone should get an iphone, and both of the people who want a miniature pc with all its attendant security problems should get a droid. Does it come standard with a case that attaches to my belt?
My mother in law is a librarian in a poor neighborhood. She gets a lot of patrons who need internet access, or are borrowing books / other media instead of buying, or kids who need a place to go for the afternoons after school. The parent post is very insightful. sorry I don't have any mod points.
how do i explain that to my mom, so she knows what to do with her droid? It's easier to give her directions to the nearest apple store.
So what would the carriers do with these returned phones? Is it possible that i would get a refurbished phone that has already been rooted? How would i know if this were the case? Is there a way to check?
By that, I mean there are still places they don't cheaply fill in for incadescents. Like dimming or being able to come to full brightness quickly (for closets, bathrooms, etc). At least, those're the problems I've had with the bulbs I put in about 4 years ago when I bought my house.
Try getting some new bulbs. Newer CFLs turn on almost as fast as incandescents. That's the problem with long bulb life-- it takes a while to turn over the older less effective bulbs!