How do you expect the software to fix this? That is a problem that is created by and can only be solved by your carrier and their policies. I say damn the carrier and install the ROM you want anyway, don't worry we won't tell them if you don't.
On a Nexus One it's as simple as unlocking with the fastboot tool they provide you with. Not all Android hardware is maliciously locked down and I always recommend phones that aren't if I know the person asking might be interested in trying a custom ROM. Now I must nitpick a bit here, what you're thinking of is unlocking the bootloader which is not the same as rooting.
I actually switched back to OpenDNS from Google DNS, the latency was worse with Google. I don't see anything malicious about referring to Google as third party either. Under the common usage of the terms your ISP is first party, someone affiliated with the ISP but not the ISP would be second party and anyone else is third party. First world/Second world/Third world country have a completely different meaning.
His "rote answer" was a perfectly acceptable and useful response to the question he quoted (notice that it was modded +5 Informative). Furthermore he did not attempt to trick anyone by hiding his association with Comcast, he openly provided the information so that any possible bias can be estimated and accounted for by the reader.
Because they don't want it to be easier for customers to jump from carrier to carrier. I'm still waiting for a good Android phone that will work on all the carriers (pipe dream I know) or at the very least the two GSM carriers (or two CDMA carriers). The phone functions as a large piece of the carrier's lock-in with the other large piece being the contract. Using subsidized phones and ETFs the carriers convince people to sign the 2 year contracts which incidentally lessen competition between carriers.
Most of all I think they're scared to death of the public thinking of them as "dumb pipes". All I really want is a system where I pay for mobile data, no voice network and no SMS plan, with the ability to take my phone and sign up with a different carrier if I'm not satisfied with the current one. Unfortunately for me that's not possible here in the US.
What a load of bullshit you just made up. My original 2G iPhone easily lasted 1-2 days for phone calls and SMS use.
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For phone calls and SMS use there is very little advantage to an iPhone over any old "regular" cellphone, and the vast majority of those will make that 1-2 days of battery life look pretty awful by comparison. Being a former iPhone owner myself (the 2g and the 3gs) I can vouch that using more of the phone's capabilities that battery life starts dropping off very fast. On a heavy usage day I would get roughly 6 hours out of it, sometimes less.
My alma mater had a less intrusive method, if they detected your machine trying to infect other nodes on the network your switch port was blocked and redirected to a page notifying you that your machine was infected and you either needed to clean it yourself or bring it down to the campus help desk where they would be happy to assist you (for free of course). All it took to get your connection back was a quick phone call saying you had addressed the problem, if you hadn't you would be seeing that page again in very short order.
If I come to your house and I steal your car, you now have no car as I have taken it from you. If you make a song and I download it using bittorrent you still have your song, I have not taken it from you.
You know, if you actually presented your argument in a calm and logical manner rather than foaming at the mouth screaming Bullshit every few sentences and calling people morons people might listen to you. As it stands a lot will simply stop reading or be disinclined to give your points any thought due to the way they are presented.
Also, did you really compare copying a movie or song to committing murder? Seriously?
Shouldn't be too hard for the spam filter to strip the soft hyphens then analyze the URL, I don't see this being useful to the spammers for too long unless I'm missing something.
I'd say get them the Kinect but don't forget to kick them out of the house to go sledding and build snowmen once in awhile too. They'll come in before they freeze, the thought of hot chocolate starts getting real tempting as you get colder.:)
I would personally recommend Avast! or Avira Antivir. Both have free versions that work well. (Antivir scored better in the AV-comparatives tests but it does pop up a window with a link to buy the pro version after it downloads updates once per day).
Google tried to sell you one, none of you cheap bastards bought one.
I bought the Nexus One with AT&T 3g bands right after it was announced, I was sad to see Google give up on the idea as soon as they did. That was one of our best chances to break the current US carrier model and get something more advantageous for everyone.
I would have to agree, in my experience most political advertising in the US offers little to no useful information. I could mostly care less as I ignore it anyway and would rather look up information on the candidates myself. What makes it worrisome is some people actually base their votes on those ads.
Skepticism and forming your own conclusions is a logical and intelligent manner in which to approach things. If you blindly accept everything you are told you're less likely to learn more about the subject and far more likely to be misled. From one perspective you see everyone as paranoid or delusional, from another perspective you would be seen as naive.
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How do you expect the software to fix this? That is a problem that is created by and can only be solved by your carrier and their policies. I say damn the carrier and install the ROM you want anyway, don't worry we won't tell them if you don't.
On a Nexus One it's as simple as unlocking with the fastboot tool they provide you with. Not all Android hardware is maliciously locked down and I always recommend phones that aren't if I know the person asking might be interested in trying a custom ROM. Now I must nitpick a bit here, what you're thinking of is unlocking the bootloader which is not the same as rooting.
Each to their own. All I am saying is that the tweet by Andy was lost on the *vast* proportion of the population that would use a mobile device.
To be fair the definition of open as applies to Android and open source seems to escape a vast proportion of that population too...
Your apps should have only needed re-installation if you performed a full wipe as part of the update.
Wegmans is awesome but my wallet is happy I don't shop there all the time...
I actually switched back to OpenDNS from Google DNS, the latency was worse with Google. I don't see anything malicious about referring to Google as third party either. Under the common usage of the terms your ISP is first party, someone affiliated with the ISP but not the ISP would be second party and anyone else is third party. First world/Second world/Third world country have a completely different meaning.
His "rote answer" was a perfectly acceptable and useful response to the question he quoted (notice that it was modded +5 Informative). Furthermore he did not attempt to trick anyone by hiding his association with Comcast, he openly provided the information so that any possible bias can be estimated and accounted for by the reader.
Because they don't want it to be easier for customers to jump from carrier to carrier. I'm still waiting for a good Android phone that will work on all the carriers (pipe dream I know) or at the very least the two GSM carriers (or two CDMA carriers). The phone functions as a large piece of the carrier's lock-in with the other large piece being the contract. Using subsidized phones and ETFs the carriers convince people to sign the 2 year contracts which incidentally lessen competition between carriers.
Most of all I think they're scared to death of the public thinking of them as "dumb pipes". All I really want is a system where I pay for mobile data, no voice network and no SMS plan, with the ability to take my phone and sign up with a different carrier if I'm not satisfied with the current one. Unfortunately for me that's not possible here in the US.
Leave the apps alone, they just wanted to look pretty for you.
What a load of bullshit you just made up. My original 2G iPhone easily lasted 1-2 days for phone calls and SMS use.
emphasis added
For phone calls and SMS use there is very little advantage to an iPhone over any old "regular" cellphone, and the vast majority of those will make that 1-2 days of battery life look pretty awful by comparison. Being a former iPhone owner myself (the 2g and the 3gs) I can vouch that using more of the phone's capabilities that battery life starts dropping off very fast. On a heavy usage day I would get roughly 6 hours out of it, sometimes less.
What's that got to do with the carrier as long as we stick within the limits of our data allowance?
Because they want to sell their plan as "Unlimited" to seem more attractive to perspective customers when it is in fact anything but.
To oblige your curiosity I'm happy to report I got it immediately.
I'd prefer that we prevent it from happening in the first place.
My alma mater had a less intrusive method, if they detected your machine trying to infect other nodes on the network your switch port was blocked and redirected to a page notifying you that your machine was infected and you either needed to clean it yourself or bring it down to the campus help desk where they would be happy to assist you (for free of course). All it took to get your connection back was a quick phone call saying you had addressed the problem, if you hadn't you would be seeing that page again in very short order.
If I come to your house and I steal your car, you now have no car as I have taken it from you. If you make a song and I download it using bittorrent you still have your song, I have not taken it from you.
Copying != stealing.
Copyright infringement != stealing.
Please look up the definition of stealing if you are still confused.
You know, if you actually presented your argument in a calm and logical manner rather than foaming at the mouth screaming Bullshit every few sentences and calling people morons people might listen to you. As it stands a lot will simply stop reading or be disinclined to give your points any thought due to the way they are presented.
Also, did you really compare copying a movie or song to committing murder? Seriously?
Shouldn't be too hard for the spam filter to strip the soft hyphens then analyze the URL, I don't see this being useful to the spammers for too long unless I'm missing something.
I'd say get them the Kinect but don't forget to kick them out of the house to go sledding and build snowmen once in awhile too. They'll come in before they freeze, the thought of hot chocolate starts getting real tempting as you get colder. :)
I would personally recommend Avast! or Avira Antivir. Both have free versions that work well. (Antivir scored better in the AV-comparatives tests but it does pop up a window with a link to buy the pro version after it downloads updates once per day).
* click-cow ultimate and cow-clikcer are (I hope) completelye fictional.
I hope this doesn't ruin your day (though it will probably result in at least a facepalm) but cow-clicker is quite real.
Google tried to sell you one, none of you cheap bastards bought one.
I bought the Nexus One with AT&T 3g bands right after it was announced, I was sad to see Google give up on the idea as soon as they did. That was one of our best chances to break the current US carrier model and get something more advantageous for everyone.
I would have to agree, in my experience most political advertising in the US offers little to no useful information. I could mostly care less as I ignore it anyway and would rather look up information on the candidates myself. What makes it worrisome is some people actually base their votes on those ads.
Skepticism and forming your own conclusions is a logical and intelligent manner in which to approach things. If you blindly accept everything you are told you're less likely to learn more about the subject and far more likely to be misled. From one perspective you see everyone as paranoid or delusional, from another perspective you would be seen as naive.
It's a common problem with censorship, tools and information which can be used in both legitimate and illegitimate ways are often blocked completely.
Your post assumes a competent, well-meaning ISP.
Exactly the problem here, I'm guessing GP has never had Time-Warner for an ISP.