Yeah, well, the fanboi's want to squelch a decade-long apple certified technician who thinks that Apple's policy here is bullshit -- but they're fanbois so, what can you do, really? Don't want someone who was also a significant part of the sales channel to tell people that this isn't the way I thought it was gonna go -- that press is too detrimental to the cause. Apple ain't what it used to be -- people need to grow up and move on. But where? Maybe it's time someone started a new 'grassroots' company... there's many people who would call it home, for sure...
Oh, and if you'd like to moderate me to nothing, keep in mind I'm doing a story about Apple corporate bias on Slashdot. Give me fuel, kids. Do it. The other blogs will _love_ you for it.
Why is my comment 'flamebait' when several other people are saying effectively the same thing...? Just because I cut to the chase?
I'll have you know I'm an ACMT and been one for over a decade, so if anyone can criticise Apple it's me, surely. I'm no fangirl, but I love the hardware, so excuse me if you don't like what I have to say, but if you weren't instrumentally responsible for diagnosing the power faults in the original iMac g5, or issues about the eMac g4 I can't even speak of to this day, piss off and leave my comments alone.
I guess those who can't moderate.
Seriously?!? Traffic patterns and density? Apple has no legitimate business interest in such data. But they say they aren't selling it. So, what -- they're using it to position new Apple stores?
I'm glad I got rid of my iPhone! Sheesh!
If JB's Apple Sales Web access ain't already history, it's soon gonna be lol.
AAR's have been struck off for far less than that...
Guess the margin wasn't worth it for them...
This _is_ a country that has a toll-free snitch line to report 'suspicious activity', and frequent advertisements to remind everybody it exists -- "Be alert, but not alarmed..."
I dunno... vendors like Dell who are going to be marketing Android-based mobile devices might stuff ChromeOS on to netbooks and computers for grannie...
I spent a decade working with and for Apple, and the contract they'd have with the carriers would be so complex that sadly Apple would have been quite well aware of the distinct possibility these shenanigans might go on.
The way Apple's gone over the last couple of years has saddened me to the point of throwing in the towel, and I'm back in university now figuring out how to do something else.
I miss being directly involved with Apple, but I just can't trust Corporate anymore.
Isn't this more astronomical historiography? That is, looking back at historical record to decipher the details of an event through commonalities and extrapolation?
> Then why are they in East Texas District Court of all places?
>If you don't want to be labeled a troll, don't act like one.
Because you can only enforce a judgment on a US company if you get a victory in a US court, and that was likely the first court available to hear the case.
Yeah, I was impressed by the CSIRO when I emigrated to Oz. Just so long as they get to keep all of the money for further research, and it doesn't somehow end up in the government's coffers;)
WiFi - (c) The Commonwealth of Australia...
I don't know about that -- technology has marched on at an (pun intended) astronomical pace. Also, these sorts of things tend to be very heavily documented. Don't get me wrong, I'm not outright arguing the moon missions 'never happened', but it strikes me there seems to be a 'gotcha' that we're not being made aware of, and it's a shame that the might of the public resources that could be made available to solve the problem by those who would like to see further extra-planetary activity is squandered just simply because NASA refuses to publicly say "we don't know" about whatever the issue is. It's always struck me that they're a bit more PR driven then they should be, and that ought to change.
...forgiving the deaths of their addict-friends due to a bad batch of heroin, since they won't do anything to jeopardise their own supply.
Ban offshore drilling. Oil will cost more, but the cost of not doing so is far dearer.
... but why is it so hard/expensive to repeat something that was done several times 40 years ago using comparatively horribly primitive technology?
Somehow I expect this to all 'go away'.
Not everything in the world is a conspiracy, but not everything isn't, either.
Hello, NASA -- what gives?
I really don't understand why Adobe, or the store they bought it from, didn't refund the person's money under 'defective media' or something -- I mean, these days they can't really argue, for one, against the customer for potential piracy, since their products are easily available on the 'net.
That is, why would someone even bother going through all the effort of obtaining a retail copy to then return it and go through all the hassle of attempting to get a 'freebie', especially when newer Adobe products 'phone home', and Adobe would just blacklist the serial number?
They'd have to be pretty silly.
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Yeah, well, the fanboi's want to squelch a decade-long apple certified technician who thinks that Apple's policy here is bullshit -- but they're fanbois so, what can you do, really? Don't want someone who was also a significant part of the sales channel to tell people that this isn't the way I thought it was gonna go -- that press is too detrimental to the cause. Apple ain't what it used to be -- people need to grow up and move on. But where? Maybe it's time someone started a new 'grassroots' company... there's many people who would call it home, for sure... Oh, and if you'd like to moderate me to nothing, keep in mind I'm doing a story about Apple corporate bias on Slashdot. Give me fuel, kids. Do it. The other blogs will _love_ you for it.
Why is my comment 'flamebait' when several other people are saying effectively the same thing...? Just because I cut to the chase? I'll have you know I'm an ACMT and been one for over a decade, so if anyone can criticise Apple it's me, surely. I'm no fangirl, but I love the hardware, so excuse me if you don't like what I have to say, but if you weren't instrumentally responsible for diagnosing the power faults in the original iMac g5, or issues about the eMac g4 I can't even speak of to this day, piss off and leave my comments alone. I guess those who can't moderate.
Seriously?!? Traffic patterns and density? Apple has no legitimate business interest in such data. But they say they aren't selling it. So, what -- they're using it to position new Apple stores? I'm glad I got rid of my iPhone! Sheesh!
Or Diversi Dial, or Synergy Teleconferencing System, or Galacticomm...
If JB's Apple Sales Web access ain't already history, it's soon gonna be lol. AAR's have been struck off for far less than that... Guess the margin wasn't worth it for them...
Besides revealing the e-mail addresses of a number of prominent PUBLIC figures (emphasis on the word PUBLIC) it's just another spam list. Whoopee...
This _is_ a country that has a toll-free snitch line to report 'suspicious activity', and frequent advertisements to remind everybody it exists -- "Be alert, but not alarmed..."
Will they ban it?
Erm... yeah, good luck trying to enforce that patent, Mickeysoft ... I think Sesame Street accurately proves prior art lol
I dunno... vendors like Dell who are going to be marketing Android-based mobile devices might stuff ChromeOS on to netbooks and computers for grannie...
Guess we'll see =)
I spent a decade working with and for Apple, and the contract they'd have with the carriers would be so complex that sadly Apple would have been quite well aware of the distinct possibility these shenanigans might go on.
The way Apple's gone over the last couple of years has saddened me to the point of throwing in the towel, and I'm back in university now figuring out how to do something else.
I miss being directly involved with Apple, but I just can't trust Corporate anymore.
Isn't this more astronomical historiography? That is, looking back at historical record to decipher the details of an event through commonalities and extrapolation?
I thought forensic science was a bit more dry.
> Then why are they in East Texas District Court of all places? >If you don't want to be labeled a troll, don't act like one. Because you can only enforce a judgment on a US company if you get a victory in a US court, and that was likely the first court available to hear the case.
Yeah, I was impressed by the CSIRO when I emigrated to Oz. Just so long as they get to keep all of the money for further research, and it doesn't somehow end up in the government's coffers ;)
WiFi - (c) The Commonwealth of Australia...
The issue was with Google mining Wireshark style packets from open wireless networks, not SSID's. WTF is this, guys? Sheesh.
I don't know about that -- technology has marched on at an (pun intended) astronomical pace. Also, these sorts of things tend to be very heavily documented. Don't get me wrong, I'm not outright arguing the moon missions 'never happened', but it strikes me there seems to be a 'gotcha' that we're not being made aware of, and it's a shame that the might of the public resources that could be made available to solve the problem by those who would like to see further extra-planetary activity is squandered just simply because NASA refuses to publicly say "we don't know" about whatever the issue is. It's always struck me that they're a bit more PR driven then they should be, and that ought to change.
...forgiving the deaths of their addict-friends due to a bad batch of heroin, since they won't do anything to jeopardise their own supply. Ban offshore drilling. Oil will cost more, but the cost of not doing so is far dearer.
... but why is it so hard/expensive to repeat something that was done several times 40 years ago using comparatively horribly primitive technology? Somehow I expect this to all 'go away'. Not everything in the world is a conspiracy, but not everything isn't, either. Hello, NASA -- what gives?
I really don't understand why Adobe, or the store they bought it from, didn't refund the person's money under 'defective media' or something -- I mean, these days they can't really argue, for one, against the customer for potential piracy, since their products are easily available on the 'net. That is, why would someone even bother going through all the effort of obtaining a retail copy to then return it and go through all the hassle of attempting to get a 'freebie', especially when newer Adobe products 'phone home', and Adobe would just blacklist the serial number? They'd have to be pretty silly.
Really? Cool beans! But doesn't anyone who represent themselves have a fool for a client? ;)