Where? $150,000 sounds like a heck of a lot of money to me, considering my previous job (when I had one) only paid 70,000. where are all these magical jobs that pay such huge salaries?
It does sound like a lot, and it's comfortable pay but it's not as much as it sounds like. I live in New Jersey roughly 45 minutes away from NYC and even here the cost of living is significantly higher than anywhere else I've lived in the Northeast. I make right around average salary for someone my age and area, back in Maine where I'm from originally the same salary would put me at the top end of middle class with plenty of disposable income. Actually go into the city and the cost of everything makes where I live look like peanuts by comparison. To give an idea of costs in my area: one of the best deals I found on a single apartment is a ~300sq ft 1 bedroom that costs me around $1,000 a month. In Manhattan that wouldn't get me a broom closet.
A buddy of mine tried to tell me that Monster cables are worth it because they come with a lifetime warranty and Monster will replace them for free. I told him that I can just go buy a new one and still come out ahead. Heck, I can do that five or six times.
The only time I've ever heard that argument was for use between an electric guitar and an amp, considering how abused those cords typically are it actually made some sense for that application.
Instead, I have to say 'the droid is known to have data stealing apps and no I can't tell you which ones suck ass, just get yourself an iPhone so apple can protect you, its far easier on all of us'
What the fuck is wrong with you?
You imply that you're tech-savvy and then in the same post assume Apple will protect them? Sneaking code by Apple is completely impossible! Oh wait...
Spoken like someone who has not used both an iPhone and a decent Android phone. Please show me this magical Android "walled garden". Other than one carrier who has stupidly crippled their Android offerings (presumably to prevent pissing off the maker of their cash cow) you'll be hard pressed to find it.
So because one company is willing to spend more for servers to provide their information, they should be punished by the government? I don't watch or read fox news myself, but if they want their sit screaming fast, then the others have the right to do the same, but it is their choice. It drives me nuts that just because you don't agree with someone that you think they should be stopped or hampered in their business.
You're not understanding the issue. They're free to spend as much as they want on their servers to help their site load faster. That's on their end, they are providing the information to your browser as fast as possible. Net Neutrality is all about the middleman, what it prevents is your ISP who sits in the middle between you and the site you're trying to view going to Fox News and saying "Pay us 'X' amount and we'll use throttling to make sure your site loads faster than any other news site." Your ISP should provide unfettered access to the information you choose.
For the problem to be solved through the market there needs to be competition, something which is sorely lacking among the ISP monopolies. (DSL really isn't competition for cable and most areas don't have access to a Fiber-to-the-home provider such as FIOS).
I'm actually paying less right now as I'm on a family plan and my part of it is only costing $50 a month.
Sprint has actually been talking of going to LTE, the bands issue is quite likely true and why I'm not holding my breath. My hope is that as phone chipsets become more advanced multi-band hardware will become common that will work on multiple carriers here. Living in the US I gaze enviously overseas at systems where you can buy the phone you want and then go pick a carrier without having to worry that the phone will be incompatible with the chosen carrier.
What you fail to mention is that a large portion of the things people jailbreak an iPhone to be able to do are available on a non-rooted Android phone.
Unlocked N1 on AT&T here, less than a year left on the 2 year contract I originally signed to get an Iphone 3gs then I keep my current plan month to month for as long as I keep on paying. So long as I continue to buy unlocked I have a true unlimited plan for as long as I feel like sticking with AT&T, they can't impose the new caps on me.
As LTE gains traction for 4g it may eventually be possible to buy an unlocked phone that works on all 4 carriers (one can only hope but I'm not holding my breath).
Tmobile has the Even More Plus plans which are for unsubsidized phones and are cheaper than an equivalent subsidized plan. If you did the math it was cheaper to buy a Nexus One outright and get the Even More Plus plan for two years than it would have been to get the phone subsidized through Tmobile ($200) and spend 2 years on contract with an equivalent subsidized plan.
There are also situations like my own where I wanted to upgrade to an Android phone but was locked into another year on AT&T thanks to signing a 2 year agreement to get an iPhone 3gs subsidized. I sold the 2gs for almost as much as I spent on the N1. Having phones not locked to carrier contracts gives the user much more freedom.
What people don't realize is that paying full price for phones and getting plans without the subsidy built in is not only cheaper in the long run but much less restrictive (Tmobile's Even More Plus plans for instance don't require a contract). The problem is that Tmobile is currently the only carrier that offers such a plan and the carriers for the most part love their lock-in. Google had the right idea, they didn't put the effort into it or stick with it long enough.
Live by your own morals but you should not expect everyone else to have the same set of morals. I have my own set of morals I will live by, that person walking down the street has their own set. You cannot force your morals onto everyone else. Trying to do so and using the law as your bludgeon is an abuse of the legal system and is partially responsible for the screwed up way our government runs now.
At my desk I greatly prefer glossy. The blacks look deeper and the whole display seems more vibrant, setting a matte screen next to it looks rather dull by comparison. On something I will actually be using outdoors matte is definitely preferred though. To get the benefits of a glossy screen you need to be in a low-glare environment.
Truthful is one thing, practicing what you preach is another. I find it amusing Dell is extolling Ubuntu when I was told my warranty for the hardware on my 3 day old Mini 1012 was void because I installed Ubuntu on it. Four hours and two managers later I finally got a return authorized and I won't be buying anything from Dell in the future.
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Bud Light, the very worst example of American beer, the very worst in the world ever
Clearly you've never had the displeasure of drinking Natty Ice (Natural Light Ice) or Beast Ice (Milwaukee's Best Ice). Actually Beast in general is just awful but both of those will make Bud Light seem like beer of the gods.
You at least give a viable reason for disliking Silverlight. Most of the commenters just seem to hate it because it's Silverlight. Why they don't make a Linux version of it is beyond me, they really ought to.
Now to play devil's advocate: I don't see why Silverlight garners so much more hate than Flash around here. Both are pushed using the same tactics and neither is really open. Flash has just been around longer.
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Where? $150,000 sounds like a heck of a lot of money to me, considering my previous job (when I had one) only paid 70,000. where are all these magical jobs that pay such huge salaries?
It does sound like a lot, and it's comfortable pay but it's not as much as it sounds like. I live in New Jersey roughly 45 minutes away from NYC and even here the cost of living is significantly higher than anywhere else I've lived in the Northeast. I make right around average salary for someone my age and area, back in Maine where I'm from originally the same salary would put me at the top end of middle class with plenty of disposable income. Actually go into the city and the cost of everything makes where I live look like peanuts by comparison. To give an idea of costs in my area: one of the best deals I found on a single apartment is a ~300sq ft 1 bedroom that costs me around $1,000 a month. In Manhattan that wouldn't get me a broom closet.
HDMI Lineup:
1.4 - High Speed
1.5 - Full Speed
1.6 - "It goes to plaid."
I bought the cheapest cables that Best Buy offered and haven't had any problems.
You spent $60 on an HDMI cable?
I guess nobody told him about Monoprice.
A buddy of mine tried to tell me that Monster cables are worth it because they come with a lifetime warranty and Monster will replace them for free. I told him that I can just go buy a new one and still come out ahead. Heck, I can do that five or six times.
The only time I've ever heard that argument was for use between an electric guitar and an amp, considering how abused those cords typically are it actually made some sense for that application.
Instead, I have to say 'the droid is known to have data stealing apps and no I can't tell you which ones suck ass, just get yourself an iPhone so apple can protect you, its far easier on all of us'
What the fuck is wrong with you?
You imply that you're tech-savvy and then in the same post assume Apple will protect them? Sneaking code by Apple is completely impossible! Oh wait...
Finally some reason! Where are my mod points when I need them?
Sad but probably true, every time I check Facebook I have tons of invites for whatever the new 'ville is that I haven't blocked yet.
the only thing i could use the iPad for would be to read the news on the can....
Which you can also do with your Android phone, for all we know he could have been there when he made that post.
Spoken like someone who has not used both an iPhone and a decent Android phone. Please show me this magical Android "walled garden". Other than one carrier who has stupidly crippled their Android offerings (presumably to prevent pissing off the maker of their cash cow) you'll be hard pressed to find it.
ESPN will soon be on Xbox LIVE, for some of us that's a pretty big deal, even if NFL games will not be included (curse you NFL!!!!)
So because one company is willing to spend more for servers to provide their information, they should be punished by the government? I don't watch or read fox news myself, but if they want their sit screaming fast, then the others have the right to do the same, but it is their choice. It drives me nuts that just because you don't agree with someone that you think they should be stopped or hampered in their business.
You're not understanding the issue. They're free to spend as much as they want on their servers to help their site load faster. That's on their end, they are providing the information to your browser as fast as possible. Net Neutrality is all about the middleman, what it prevents is your ISP who sits in the middle between you and the site you're trying to view going to Fox News and saying "Pay us 'X' amount and we'll use throttling to make sure your site loads faster than any other news site." Your ISP should provide unfettered access to the information you choose.
For the problem to be solved through the market there needs to be competition, something which is sorely lacking among the ISP monopolies. (DSL really isn't competition for cable and most areas don't have access to a Fiber-to-the-home provider such as FIOS).
I'm actually paying less right now as I'm on a family plan and my part of it is only costing $50 a month.
Sprint has actually been talking of going to LTE, the bands issue is quite likely true and why I'm not holding my breath. My hope is that as phone chipsets become more advanced multi-band hardware will become common that will work on multiple carriers here. Living in the US I gaze enviously overseas at systems where you can buy the phone you want and then go pick a carrier without having to worry that the phone will be incompatible with the chosen carrier.
What you fail to mention is that a large portion of the things people jailbreak an iPhone to be able to do are available on a non-rooted Android phone.
Actually most of the newer Android hardware is faster than the early gen netbooks.
Unlocked N1 on AT&T here, less than a year left on the 2 year contract I originally signed to get an Iphone 3gs then I keep my current plan month to month for as long as I keep on paying. So long as I continue to buy unlocked I have a true unlimited plan for as long as I feel like sticking with AT&T, they can't impose the new caps on me.
As LTE gains traction for 4g it may eventually be possible to buy an unlocked phone that works on all 4 carriers (one can only hope but I'm not holding my breath).
Baidu OS! Now we know when you're being naughty and circumventing the Great Firewall!
Argh where's an edit button when you need one? Should have been "sold the 3gs" not "sold the 2gs"
Tmobile has the Even More Plus plans which are for unsubsidized phones and are cheaper than an equivalent subsidized plan. If you did the math it was cheaper to buy a Nexus One outright and get the Even More Plus plan for two years than it would have been to get the phone subsidized through Tmobile ($200) and spend 2 years on contract with an equivalent subsidized plan.
There are also situations like my own where I wanted to upgrade to an Android phone but was locked into another year on AT&T thanks to signing a 2 year agreement to get an iPhone 3gs subsidized. I sold the 2gs for almost as much as I spent on the N1. Having phones not locked to carrier contracts gives the user much more freedom.
What people don't realize is that paying full price for phones and getting plans without the subsidy built in is not only cheaper in the long run but much less restrictive (Tmobile's Even More Plus plans for instance don't require a contract). The problem is that Tmobile is currently the only carrier that offers such a plan and the carriers for the most part love their lock-in. Google had the right idea, they didn't put the effort into it or stick with it long enough.
Live by your own morals but you should not expect everyone else to have the same set of morals. I have my own set of morals I will live by, that person walking down the street has their own set. You cannot force your morals onto everyone else. Trying to do so and using the law as your bludgeon is an abuse of the legal system and is partially responsible for the screwed up way our government runs now.
At my desk I greatly prefer glossy. The blacks look deeper and the whole display seems more vibrant, setting a matte screen next to it looks rather dull by comparison. On something I will actually be using outdoors matte is definitely preferred though. To get the benefits of a glossy screen you need to be in a low-glare environment.
Truthful is one thing, practicing what you preach is another. I find it amusing Dell is extolling Ubuntu when I was told my warranty for the hardware on my 3 day old Mini 1012 was void because I installed Ubuntu on it. Four hours and two managers later I finally got a return authorized and I won't be buying anything from Dell in the future.
Bud Light, the very worst example of American beer, the very worst in the world ever
Clearly you've never had the displeasure of drinking Natty Ice (Natural Light Ice) or Beast Ice (Milwaukee's Best Ice). Actually Beast in general is just awful but both of those will make Bud Light seem like beer of the gods.
You at least give a viable reason for disliking Silverlight. Most of the commenters just seem to hate it because it's Silverlight. Why they don't make a Linux version of it is beyond me, they really ought to.
Now to play devil's advocate: I don't see why Silverlight garners so much more hate than Flash around here. Both are pushed using the same tactics and neither is really open. Flash has just been around longer.
Did you read the article recently detailing how the recording industry actually pays the artists?