Great, a floor that tells me I eat too much and need to lose weight. Its kind of like a mother in law but you can't typically stand on top of your mother in law 24/7.
This will be perfect for Grandmothers everywhere to log on and check their hotmail accounts.
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I'll share my own store of tech support blues...
Back in the day, I worked at a dial-up ISP. I was working in tech support, and working in the PC-Repair office, and while most calls were the "Your caps lock is on" and "The power is out, wait for it to turn on" issues. There were some fun with the PC-Repair office (Coffee stains in the CD Load-tray (the stories are true!), or the "I never used antivirus! I know what I'm doing" people that tended to wind up on our "Maleware Count High Score" board.
One day I took a call from a lady that said she couldn't send and receive email. She said she was on her cell phone so I had her walk through trying to get the email and get the error message - 680: No dial tone. So I asked her to make sure the phone cord is plugged in to the computer and the wall. She said her laptop didn't need to be plugged in using a phone cord. Well now I'm thinking she had a wireless network setup and about to go through those settings, when I noticed the sound in the background.... Traffic. She and her husband was in the middle of the road. She insisted that she could unplug everything and still get her email while on the freeway before. Ends up that laptop was their only computer (no home wireless). I told her she could send/receive email when she connects to a phone line again, but she demanded to talk to my manager, who confirmed everything I said. She ended up stating she would look for other services that would know how their systems run better... I checked a couple of months later and her account was still active. Guess no other dial-up internet company offered a hundred mile long phone cord.
I work for a major audio industry product manufacturer and one of our technical support running jokes revolves around our technical support for wireless headphones. Like all wireless headphones, these headphones need to plug into the wall for power and of course need to be plugged into an audio source (TV, computer, etc.).
I have lost count of how many times our techs have asked customers on the other end of the phone, "Do you have it plugged into the wall and/or audio source?" and we are met with the ubiquitous response, "Of course I didn't plug it in, these are WIRELESS headphones."...../sigh
I'm already done being mad about this. Since you're basically being strip searched now when you board a plane, take a train, drive your car, get arrested for smoking a joint, yadda, yadda, I propose we just stop wearing clothes.
I mean the TSA, cops, school principals, ticket wardens, etc. are gonna remove 'em anyway, you might as well just stay naked.
And for all you RTFA dopes who are going to reply to this saying "this is only for people being released into the general prision population, I say 'BULLSHIT'.
There's a story right below this one about cell-phone tracking without a warrant. Don't believe for a second this ruling won't be used to abuse rights by those in power, or those that THINK they have power because they have guns and handcuffs, or they are backed up by some "board".
Hell, potential employers want your facebook password, maybe pretty soon you'll be strip searched before you can go to work.
Time to leave this country. In Florida, it's legal to provoke someone to threaten you and then you shoot them, it's now legal to strip search anyone for any reason, and our government is controlled and run by Goldman Sachs, for Goldman Sachs. Screw this.
You will love pulling the battery several times a day, the excess heat given off for no reason, and the incredibly slow UI as it gets used more and more. Welcome to the team!
Why some are quick to point that Sony is acting very harshly and swiftly, we have to take account how Sony operates in the past. Most everything that they make is proprietary and does not work interchangeably with other manufacturer's items. They do this on purpose so you have to purchase the genuine Sony item or a compatible accessory.
While most every other camera maker utilizes the industry-standard SD card, Sony continues with proprietary items such as Memory Stick, Memory Pro Duo, Universal Media Disk etc. Remember MiniDisc? The list goes on and on.
Therefore it should be no great surprise when someone finds how to break out of Sony's walled garden that they will clamp down. Hard.
The irony of this article is that I am on a Southwest flight at 30000 feet on wifi.
The interference noises which you describe is actually a result of rf energy exciting the microphone or speaker coil in certain audio devices. It usually is worst is 800 MHz phones such as AT&T in the us. For these waves to travel efficiently and cause interference, they must be in close proximity to the aforementioned coils; this is highlyy unlikely on a commercial flight.
Herb: Damn Jim, the server room evaporator is leaking again
Jim: I just called roto rooter, they should be here in an hour
Herb: I guess we can just mop this piss up
What the article failed to tell you was that immediately after the test participants made their online product selection from the appropriate vendor, they 'shared' their conquest on Facebook.
One time I went to NYC and left my Blackberry on the front passenger seat of my car. After I was done with sales calls, I came back to find my passenger window broken.
I examined the passenger seat closer and there were now TWO Blackberry phones on my seat! The nerve!
Asking people if they have done x or y or z on an public internet forum, especially one that allows one to post as "anonymous coward" is simply absurd. It's no more than an unverifiable pissing contest. What's next on slashdot, a thread titled "Have you ever browsed for free porn?" Come on!
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Great, a floor that tells me I eat too much and need to lose weight. Its kind of like a mother in law but you can't typically stand on top of your mother in law 24/7.
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This will be perfect for Grandmothers everywhere to log on and check their hotmail accounts.
I'll share my own store of tech support blues... Back in the day, I worked at a dial-up ISP. I was working in tech support, and working in the PC-Repair office, and while most calls were the "Your caps lock is on" and "The power is out, wait for it to turn on" issues. There were some fun with the PC-Repair office (Coffee stains in the CD Load-tray (the stories are true!), or the "I never used antivirus! I know what I'm doing" people that tended to wind up on our "Maleware Count High Score" board. One day I took a call from a lady that said she couldn't send and receive email. She said she was on her cell phone so I had her walk through trying to get the email and get the error message - 680: No dial tone. So I asked her to make sure the phone cord is plugged in to the computer and the wall. She said her laptop didn't need to be plugged in using a phone cord. Well now I'm thinking she had a wireless network setup and about to go through those settings, when I noticed the sound in the background.... Traffic. She and her husband was in the middle of the road. She insisted that she could unplug everything and still get her email while on the freeway before. Ends up that laptop was their only computer (no home wireless). I told her she could send/receive email when she connects to a phone line again, but she demanded to talk to my manager, who confirmed everything I said. She ended up stating she would look for other services that would know how their systems run better... I checked a couple of months later and her account was still active. Guess no other dial-up internet company offered a hundred mile long phone cord.
I work for a major audio industry product manufacturer and one of our technical support running jokes revolves around our technical support for wireless headphones. Like all wireless headphones, these headphones need to plug into the wall for power and of course need to be plugged into an audio source (TV, computer, etc.).
I have lost count of how many times our techs have asked customers on the other end of the phone, "Do you have it plugged into the wall and/or audio source?" and we are met with the ubiquitous response, "Of course I didn't plug it in, these are WIRELESS headphones."..... /sigh
Frosty Piss!
I have this great little browser here, low internet superhighway miles. It was only driven to church by a little old lady on Sundays...
Yeah, i suppose in a few billion years we won't be able to depend on the sun anymore.
I'm already done being mad about this. Since you're basically being strip searched now when you board a plane, take a train, drive your car, get arrested for smoking a joint, yadda, yadda, I propose we just stop wearing clothes.
I mean the TSA, cops, school principals, ticket wardens, etc. are gonna remove 'em anyway, you might as well just stay naked.
And for all you RTFA dopes who are going to reply to this saying "this is only for people being released into the general prision population, I say 'BULLSHIT'.
There's a story right below this one about cell-phone tracking without a warrant. Don't believe for a second this ruling won't be used to abuse rights by those in power, or those that THINK they have power because they have guns and handcuffs, or they are backed up by some "board".
Hell, potential employers want your facebook password, maybe pretty soon you'll be strip searched before you can go to work.
Time to leave this country. In Florida, it's legal to provoke someone to threaten you and then you shoot them, it's now legal to strip search anyone for any reason, and our government is controlled and run by Goldman Sachs, for Goldman Sachs. Screw this.
Sounds like you may still be mad about this.
Perhaps this is the predecessor to a T-1000 type of robot. This concept being "sand" and the next concept being more of a "liquid"
So what the article is basically saying is that this runs better than Windows 98ME?
Dude, where is Woz?
You will love pulling the battery several times a day, the excess heat given off for no reason, and the incredibly slow UI as it gets used more and more. Welcome to the team!
I don't know why everyone is always ragging on blackberry. Mine works just great! In fact, I am typing this on my blackberry at the mom[NO CARRIER]
While most every other camera maker utilizes the industry-standard SD card, Sony continues with proprietary items such as Memory Stick, Memory Pro Duo, Universal Media Disk etc. Remember MiniDisc? The list goes on and on.
Therefore it should be no great surprise when someone finds how to break out of Sony's walled garden that they will clamp down. Hard.
Wow.
The interference noises which you describe is actually a result of rf energy exciting the microphone or speaker coil in certain audio devices. It usually is worst is 800 MHz phones such as AT&T in the us. For these waves to travel efficiently and cause interference, they must be in close proximity to the aforementioned coils; this is highlyy unlikely on a commercial flight.
Herb: Damn Jim, the server room evaporator is leaking again Jim: I just called roto rooter, they should be here in an hour Herb: I guess we can just mop this piss up
What the article failed to tell you was that immediately after the test participants made their online product selection from the appropriate vendor, they 'shared' their conquest on Facebook.
ought to be enough for anybody...
I examined the passenger seat closer and there were now TWO Blackberry phones on my seat! The nerve!
This guy has it all wrong. The first tablet was invented way before by Fred Flintstone
I always pay cash for my tin foil.
Like last night?
These guys must have been hanging out with Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons .
Asking people if they have done x or y or z on an public internet forum, especially one that allows one to post as "anonymous coward" is simply absurd. It's no more than an unverifiable pissing contest. What's next on slashdot, a thread titled "Have you ever browsed for free porn?" Come on!