This just in, Smartphones outsell computers for the first time. And almost all of those are NOT Microsoft smart phones. They are replacing computers for many people, and yet Microsoft is not targeting any phone save for the ones labeled with "Microsoft" on them somewhere. Take a look around your office, look for a Windows Mobile phone, see any?
Ignoring an entire market space because it doesn't have "Microsoft" on it is just plain stupid.
Fine, sell me a phone, at a discount, tie me to a service plan for 2 years. When the contract is over, I want either an option for a discount for my service plan, or a new phone at subsidized prices. I don't want to pay the same monthly service price as the guy who has a subsidized phone, unless I am buying a subsidized phone.
Why is that so friggin hard for the Cell Companies to figure out?
Basically, you're saying what I've said for a while now. Microsoft is a "Windows" company. That is their product. Everything they do is based around "Windows". But even here they fail, because they aren't just a "Windows" company, they are a "Microsoft Windows" company.
Take a look at Android, is there any Microsoft software available for Android? Exchange/Outlook ? Office? Sharepoint? Anything?
Why would a Tech company with entrenched tech products ignore MILLIONS of devices simply because its "not invented here"? And everything I've said also applies to Apple iPhones as well.
The point is, people are not getting a look at Linux through Droid, and seeing first hand that you don't need "Windows" to be useful. And when you compound that the Windows 7 Phone edition looks sucky compared to the others, it tarnishes Windows 7.
Heck, if I were Google, I'd start marketing Android Desktop OS (base it off Chromium OS) to OEMs and see how it goes. People know the Android name now, use it.
It is naive to think that our illustrious leaders of either party won't break the rules should the need arise. Under normal conditions, I would count such an EO as evidence of Psyops against the people. But that would be paranoia. That is, unless they are really out to get us.
Living with someone doesn't guarantee shit. Doesn't improve odds of shit, unless you stay in that arraignment forever. And then all it guarantees is that you can get out without a financial mess. The sad thing is, you got modded "insightful" for nothing more than childish feel good, fake insight.
It is better to choose wisely and based on in depth companionship and mutual dedication, rather than on some flighty "we're in love" feeling, that can go away in about 2 seconds. Real love is manifested in daily attributes that cannot be "faked", and don't go away when you're in a pissy mood.
However, in today's world, such a relationship is not valued as much as hot bodies writhing is ecstasy. Which is why women end up with the worst of it, as there is always someone younger and hotter than she'll ever be. And guys who chase after the young hot babes end up old lonely broke men. After all, once the money is all gone, what is there that a young hottie would want with an old shriveled up man who needs little blue pills.
The REAL moral of the story is to choose wisely at the start. Because if all you have in the beginning is great sex, and that goes away after awhile, you'll end up being bitter and psycho.
Who is more clueless, her or all the people that keep talking about her keeping her in the spotlight she so desires?
The fact is, she isn't in office, isn't currently running for office, hasn't run for anything since VP and that was her first national exposure. I think it is hilarious that all the left wing nutters are so freaked out about her and yet keep her in the spot light.
As for Clueless Bitch, I'd suggest you listen to Nancy Pelosi or Janet "Big Sis" Nepolitano sometime. I find both of them scarier and more clueless than anything Sarah's said or done. But they get a pass because they are leftwingnuts.
I can carry a xPad/Tablet in one hand and use the other to control it like a clipboard. Laptop, not so much. So yeah, there is a need for a mobile computing device that isn't a "laptop" in a variety of places. The issue is can you model inputs to mimic that of a clipboard well enough to replace one?
Really? You think that the visual of Mozart's 5th can be appreciated with just lights or graphs? The play of the various instruments in sequences against and with each other?
On the other hand, it might show how stupid most Rap music is.
This and the article/story are perfect counter examples of those people who whine that Libertarians are against "all regulation". No, we're not. We're against asshats in political positions dictating things because they can. Any sufficient level of regulation ends up with contradictory dictates. And trying to fix the situation is impossible, because it comes down to some petty dictator against you, and we know who the Bureaucracy will side with.
I would argue that that my criticisms were not directed at the "city" or "company" but rather at the directors, management, councilcritter, and that my criticism in no way brings "Disrepute" to the city, but rather the actions of those whom I'm criticizing are what are bringing the disrepute.
It is all about being smarter than they are. Not that will help you when they can you for being a smart ass.
It is a pity that you mistake gourmet with just eating. Real Gourmet is about the experience as much as food. Silver forks, crystal wine glasses, table cloths, candles...
It is a pity that you don't understand the principle. It is impossible to have a Gourmet Meal in a McDonald's Restaurant.
Let me put it this way, would you eat all your meals in the bathroom? Why not? After all, it is the same food you'd eat at the dinner table?
Why pay full price for the physical books when I can get the same content downloaded
It quote my wife... "I Like the smell and feel of books. I like flipping paper pages. Reading an ebook would be about as fulfilling as having a McDonalds Hamburger instead of one made fresh by a chef."
Same network, not the same network.It depends on how you define "network".
40,000 ports, PLUS 884 Access points each capable of 20-50 connections each all on the same configurable network infrastructure = one network. OR you can look at collision(broadcast) domains and understand that 40,000 connections alone would be impossible, and realize that they use VLANS and other routing protocols to segment the collision domains logically (routing, security, public, private, command/control etc).
I understood what the article meant by "one" network. It meant the former, not the latter.
The average joe, walking around the stadium with their Droid or iPhone and not once drop a connection would consider it "one network", the same way they view AT&T Cell service is "one network". They don't give a shit about VLANS, Collision Domains, Routing protocols, Switches and Network Gear. Really, they don't. It is "one network" to them, and THAT is the way it is supposed to be.
And we can geek out behind the scenes with all the blinky shiny geek toys.
Labor. Obviously time is worth nothing to you. Stop wasting ours. Cost of the repairs will also include shipping, handling, accounting..... you know... overhead.
then they should be required to inform customers that their phone does stuff "behind the scenes"
Why? Not that they shouldn't do it, but why should you dictate what they are "required" to do? Just another stupid warning for the sole purpose to belay the lawyers lining up to sue. You have a smart phone, it uses data. Pay the friggin bill OR don't use a smart phone.
I doubt that the phone had all data services turned off. Period. It is part of having a smart phone that it uses data. But the lawyers don't care, you don't care, AT&T is doing nothing wrong here and yet they should be REQUIRED to change because people can't grasp the fact that they own a damn smartphone that uses data.
Reminds me of the warning label on the curling iron.. "Do Not Curl Eyelashes with this Device". Really???
and there is no justification for oppression, including stupidity
Yes there is. Society cannot function with too many stupid people. They need to be oppressed and suppressed. That's how we get awesome laws like Obama Care, we're too stupid to do it ourselves, we need to be forced into doing what is smart./sarcasm
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This just in, Smartphones outsell computers for the first time. And almost all of those are NOT Microsoft smart phones. They are replacing computers for many people, and yet Microsoft is not targeting any phone save for the ones labeled with "Microsoft" on them somewhere. Take a look around your office, look for a Windows Mobile phone, see any?
Ignoring an entire market space because it doesn't have "Microsoft" on it is just plain stupid.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jv0mxMUeIcToktm19cnHdHqGEiLg?docId=5a76d0b346bd4162a17079ed98ac44b8
In related news, Apple is slated to become the #1 Company in the world.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41473211
If you call that "success" for Microsoft, great. I don't.
I use and continue to use the best tool for the job, be it Mac, Linux or Windows. I'm happy with just about anything that doesn't get in my way.
Why? Does that surprise you?
Fine, sell me a phone, at a discount, tie me to a service plan for 2 years. When the contract is over, I want either an option for a discount for my service plan, or a new phone at subsidized prices. I don't want to pay the same monthly service price as the guy who has a subsidized phone, unless I am buying a subsidized phone.
Why is that so friggin hard for the Cell Companies to figure out?
Basically, you're saying what I've said for a while now. Microsoft is a "Windows" company. That is their product. Everything they do is based around "Windows". But even here they fail, because they aren't just a "Windows" company, they are a "Microsoft Windows" company.
Take a look at Android, is there any Microsoft software available for Android? Exchange/Outlook ? Office? Sharepoint? Anything?
Why would a Tech company with entrenched tech products ignore MILLIONS of devices simply because its "not invented here"? And everything I've said also applies to Apple iPhones as well.
The point is, people are not getting a look at Linux through Droid, and seeing first hand that you don't need "Windows" to be useful. And when you compound that the Windows 7 Phone edition looks sucky compared to the others, it tarnishes Windows 7.
Heck, if I were Google, I'd start marketing Android Desktop OS (base it off Chromium OS) to OEMs and see how it goes. People know the Android name now, use it.
It is naive to think that our illustrious leaders of either party won't break the rules should the need arise. Under normal conditions, I would count such an EO as evidence of Psyops against the people. But that would be paranoia. That is, unless they are really out to get us.
Living with someone doesn't guarantee shit. Doesn't improve odds of shit, unless you stay in that arraignment forever. And then all it guarantees is that you can get out without a financial mess. The sad thing is, you got modded "insightful" for nothing more than childish feel good, fake insight.
It is better to choose wisely and based on in depth companionship and mutual dedication, rather than on some flighty "we're in love" feeling, that can go away in about 2 seconds. Real love is manifested in daily attributes that cannot be "faked", and don't go away when you're in a pissy mood.
However, in today's world, such a relationship is not valued as much as hot bodies writhing is ecstasy. Which is why women end up with the worst of it, as there is always someone younger and hotter than she'll ever be. And guys who chase after the young hot babes end up old lonely broke men. After all, once the money is all gone, what is there that a young hottie would want with an old shriveled up man who needs little blue pills.
The REAL moral of the story is to choose wisely at the start. Because if all you have in the beginning is great sex, and that goes away after awhile, you'll end up being bitter and psycho.
Who is more clueless, her or all the people that keep talking about her keeping her in the spotlight she so desires?
The fact is, she isn't in office, isn't currently running for office, hasn't run for anything since VP and that was her first national exposure. I think it is hilarious that all the left wing nutters are so freaked out about her and yet keep her in the spot light.
As for Clueless Bitch, I'd suggest you listen to Nancy Pelosi or Janet "Big Sis" Nepolitano sometime. I find both of them scarier and more clueless than anything Sarah's said or done. But they get a pass because they are leftwingnuts.
It is obvious that the death penalty is the cause of murders and harsh penalties cause other crimes. /sarcasm
Two words invalidate your whole post ...
PRIOR ART
And suing and losing is great Streisand effect publicity. Nicely done
I can carry a xPad/Tablet in one hand and use the other to control it like a clipboard. Laptop, not so much. So yeah, there is a need for a mobile computing device that isn't a "laptop" in a variety of places. The issue is can you model inputs to mimic that of a clipboard well enough to replace one?
Really? You think that the visual of Mozart's 5th can be appreciated with just lights or graphs? The play of the various instruments in sequences against and with each other?
On the other hand, it might show how stupid most Rap music is.
I wish I had mod points. +1 Insightful, +1 Interesting +1 Sadly true
This and the article/story are perfect counter examples of those people who whine that Libertarians are against "all regulation". No, we're not. We're against asshats in political positions dictating things because they can. Any sufficient level of regulation ends up with contradictory dictates. And trying to fix the situation is impossible, because it comes down to some petty dictator against you, and we know who the Bureaucracy will side with.
I would argue that that my criticisms were not directed at the "city" or "company" but rather at the directors, management, councilcritter, and that my criticism in no way brings "Disrepute" to the city, but rather the actions of those whom I'm criticizing are what are bringing the disrepute.
It is all about being smarter than they are. Not that will help you when they can you for being a smart ass.
Car Analogy ...
the guy is saying: All cars are the same, they all get you from point A to point B There is no difference between an Escort and a BMW.
It is a pity that you mistake gourmet with just eating. Real Gourmet is about the experience as much as food. Silver forks, crystal wine glasses, table cloths, candles ...
It is a pity that you don't understand the principle. It is impossible to have a Gourmet Meal in a McDonald's Restaurant.
Let me put it this way, would you eat all your meals in the bathroom? Why not? After all, it is the same food you'd eat at the dinner table?
It quote my wife ... "I Like the smell and feel of books. I like flipping paper pages. Reading an ebook would be about as fulfilling as having a McDonalds Hamburger instead of one made fresh by a chef."
People who dance appear to be crazy by people who can't hear the music.
(FYI, that statement goes both ways)
Same network, not the same network.It depends on how you define "network".
40,000 ports, PLUS 884 Access points each capable of 20-50 connections each all on the same configurable network infrastructure = one network. OR you can look at collision(broadcast) domains and understand that 40,000 connections alone would be impossible, and realize that they use VLANS and other routing protocols to segment the collision domains logically (routing, security, public, private, command/control etc).
I understood what the article meant by "one" network. It meant the former, not the latter.
The average joe, walking around the stadium with their Droid or iPhone and not once drop a connection would consider it "one network", the same way they view AT&T Cell service is "one network". They don't give a shit about VLANS, Collision Domains, Routing protocols, Switches and Network Gear. Really, they don't. It is "one network" to them, and THAT is the way it is supposed to be.
And we can geek out behind the scenes with all the blinky shiny geek toys.
do not click that link. Troll bait
Labor. Obviously time is worth nothing to you. Stop wasting ours. Cost of the repairs will also include shipping, handling, accounting ..... you know ... overhead.
Grind the stuff up, and recycle.
It is a fully functional android, programmed in multiple techniques.
Why? Not that they shouldn't do it, but why should you dictate what they are "required" to do? Just another stupid warning for the sole purpose to belay the lawyers lining up to sue. You have a smart phone, it uses data. Pay the friggin bill OR don't use a smart phone.
I doubt that the phone had all data services turned off. Period. It is part of having a smart phone that it uses data. But the lawyers don't care, you don't care, AT&T is doing nothing wrong here and yet they should be REQUIRED to change because people can't grasp the fact that they own a damn smartphone that uses data.
Reminds me of the warning label on the curling iron .. "Do Not Curl Eyelashes with this Device". Really???
Yes there is. Society cannot function with too many stupid people. They need to be oppressed and suppressed. That's how we get awesome laws like Obama Care, we're too stupid to do it ourselves, we need to be forced into doing what is smart. /sarcasm