If I were a special snowflake, and I thought you felt a certain way about me, my widdle feewings might get hurt!! And I might feel as if I had been defamed by how I perceive that you feel about me, in my over active imagination. And being a snowflake I might be in danger of melting -- thus giving rise to actual damages. Your inner feelings have defamed me. And this gives rise to a cause of action for the complaint, which is the first step of a lawsuit.
You might not like it. But welcome to the world of today.
Hope that helps.
Extra ProTip for no extra charge: don't pick up stuff off the sidewalk and eat it.
The number of ARM processors in use very probably already exceeds the number of Intel processors in use.
Quick experiment. How many PCs / Laptops do you have with "Intel Management Engine Inside!"?
Now, how many of the following do you have: Android smartphone, tablet, RoKu, WiFi router, Smart TV, Digital camera, GPS navigator device, Printer that has a web based configuration UI, or anything else with a web based configuration UI, and other things like Nest thermostats and other various gadgets.
The most widely used microprocessor has compromise ("Intel management engine") baked right into the hardware. Why would you care about the insecurity of the OS?
Having replaceable batteries can significantly extend the life of a phone. And a significant number of people might like that.
Mandating replaceable batteries and serviceable components is no worse than when the EU mandated a standard charging connector so that every cell phone didn't have a unique connector. Remember not so long ago when no cell phone could be plugged into any charger except the one it came with? Prices of chargers were artificially high. But more importantly it created e-waste. Non-replaceable batteries create e-waste also.
A society on Mars will be a Utopia. Because humans have done such a fantastic job of creating a utopia on earth.
In short: humans will continue to be filled with: greed for excessive share of resources, lust to posses others for their own gratification, desire to control others, and need for others to stroke their egos. It will be wonderful!
People too young to understand this might think that technology will solve all our problems. Clue: it's not a technical problem. Or that people on Mars will be "better". Or we'll only send the "best". But the people who get to select the "best" won't be selecting for what you are thinking of. And even if they are, the problem is not an external problem. It is an internal problem that humans have and cannot overcome.
Some think that enough wealth will solve the problem. The lessons right here today should quash such notions. People are greedy. Insatiable greed. No amount of accumulation is enough. If a person has two loaves of bread and their brother has none, some people will share and some will not. The ones who will share will be exploited by the others who will not share. And wealth is nothing more than tokens that, in total, represent all of the available resources and labor. Printing more tokens simply diminishes the value of those tokens. (eg printing money) Some people have an insane amount of wealth (eg, share of earth's resources) and think they don't have an obligation to help poorer people because those people are not entitled to a share of the earth's resources. And the people who will argue this point are exactly a demonstration of why we have a problem that we cannot fix ourselves.
Unfortunately, the choice that you say you advocate is being removed so that you can no longer choose. So if the corporations are going to force a bad choice upon me, I would rather the government force them into giving me the good choice. I would rather not have this regulation at all. But the corporations always bring it upon themselves. If they don't like it, they shouldn't abuse their position.
> We're the government! And we know what's best for you!
Yeah. Heaven forbid that we have clean air. Clean water. Television sets that don't explode. Food that isn't poison. Quaak cures that kill people. Building codes. And on and on with government regulations!
> You can't decide whether a completely waterproof design is worth having a non-replaceable battery!
Bzzzzzzzt. The Samsung Galaxy S5, probably the last great phone Samsung will ever make, was BOTH waterproof AND had a replaceable battery. The magical secret? There was this fantastical invention called a gasket around the battery area. Too bad Samsung phones are all downhill after the S5. Why?
> Why does the government have to limit my choice?
To protect everyone else who is not an idiot. That's why.
I feel sorry for you that the stupid government doesn't allow you to buy toasters that burn down your house. Or drugs that poison you. Or foods that make you sick. It's such a shame really. But if you put your mind to it, I'm sure you can find ways to burn down your house, poison yourself or make yourself sick despite the nanny government trying to protect the rest of us from being f***ked by corporations.
It depends on how 'gadgets' is defined. Consumer electronics should not only be serviceable and have replaceable batteries, the batteries should be replaceable by the consumer without needing to take the device in for service.
I should also be able to remove the tubes and take them down to the local pharmacy and try them in the tube tester.
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> how can what someone *FEELS* be defamatory?
If I were a special snowflake, and I thought you felt a certain way about me, my widdle feewings might get hurt!! And I might feel as if I had been defamed by how I perceive that you feel about me, in my over active imagination. And being a snowflake I might be in danger of melting -- thus giving rise to actual damages. Your inner feelings have defamed me. And this gives rise to a cause of action for the complaint, which is the first step of a lawsuit.
You might not like it. But welcome to the world of today.
Hope that helps.
Extra ProTip for no extra charge: don't pick up stuff off the sidewalk and eat it.
Who cares what words mean as long as it gets more billable hours for lawyers and paralegals.
The number of ARM processors in use very probably already exceeds the number of Intel processors in use.
Quick experiment. How many PCs / Laptops do you have with "Intel Management Engine Inside!"?
Now, how many of the following do you have: Android smartphone, tablet, RoKu, WiFi router, Smart TV, Digital camera, GPS navigator device, Printer that has a web based configuration UI, or anything else with a web based configuration UI, and other things like Nest thermostats and other various gadgets.
Because 10 < 95 < 98.
Therefor it follows that Win 10 < Win 95 < Win 98.
The tweets directly contradict his stated policies and often surprise his staff who scramble to do damage control.
Too late. That secret is already out. Can't put the covfee back in the bottle.
> Trump team=someone in a government department showing someone else a PowerPoint.
Better make that have only one slide. With pictures.
Like the daily intelligence brief.
The most widely used microprocessor has compromise ("Intel management engine") baked right into the hardware. Why would you care about the insecurity of the OS?
I expect it to have security standards that meet or exceed those of Windows 98.
And that's pretty darn high, since Windows 98 is way higher than Windows 10.
Yes! That! And Twitter too!
Zuckerberg: fly my pretties! Fly! Fly!
Facebook is a form of free speech for Russians to manipulate Americans.
There is more at stake here than market appeal.
Having replaceable batteries can significantly extend the life of a phone. And a significant number of people might like that.
Mandating replaceable batteries and serviceable components is no worse than when the EU mandated a standard charging connector so that every cell phone didn't have a unique connector. Remember not so long ago when no cell phone could be plugged into any charger except the one it came with? Prices of chargers were artificially high. But more importantly it created e-waste. Non-replaceable batteries create e-waste also.
My point exactly. The moon is a harsh mistress.
Has anything good ever come from establishing a remote penal colony in an inhospitable place?
The result would be a land entirely peopled with criminals!
The reason to go to Mars is for when (but some people say if) the Earth becomes an even less desirable place to live.
But if humanity cannot survive on this rock, then maybe we shouldn't get to move to another one.
A society on Mars will be a Utopia. Because humans have done such a fantastic job of creating a utopia on earth.
In short: humans will continue to be filled with: greed for excessive share of resources, lust to posses others for their own gratification, desire to control others, and need for others to stroke their egos. It will be wonderful!
People too young to understand this might think that technology will solve all our problems. Clue: it's not a technical problem. Or that people on Mars will be "better". Or we'll only send the "best". But the people who get to select the "best" won't be selecting for what you are thinking of. And even if they are, the problem is not an external problem. It is an internal problem that humans have and cannot overcome.
Some think that enough wealth will solve the problem. The lessons right here today should quash such notions. People are greedy. Insatiable greed. No amount of accumulation is enough. If a person has two loaves of bread and their brother has none, some people will share and some will not. The ones who will share will be exploited by the others who will not share. And wealth is nothing more than tokens that, in total, represent all of the available resources and labor. Printing more tokens simply diminishes the value of those tokens. (eg printing money) Some people have an insane amount of wealth (eg, share of earth's resources) and think they don't have an obligation to help poorer people because those people are not entitled to a share of the earth's resources. And the people who will argue this point are exactly a demonstration of why we have a problem that we cannot fix ourselves.
Religion is the best way to force healing upon a world that is deeply and violently divided by religion.
Disagree. As a matter of size, black is very appealing, but not so much that it would narrowly restrict future selection to only black.
Unfortunately, the choice that you say you advocate is being removed so that you can no longer choose. So if the corporations are going to force a bad choice upon me, I would rather the government force them into giving me the good choice. I would rather not have this regulation at all. But the corporations always bring it upon themselves. If they don't like it, they shouldn't abuse their position.
When the government has to regulate things it is generally because the corporations brought it on themselves.
> We're the government! And we know what's best for you!
Yeah. Heaven forbid that we have clean air. Clean water. Television sets that don't explode. Food that isn't poison. Quaak cures that kill people. Building codes. And on and on with government regulations!
> You can't decide whether a completely waterproof design is worth having a non-replaceable battery!
Bzzzzzzzt. The Samsung Galaxy S5, probably the last great phone Samsung will ever make, was BOTH waterproof AND had a replaceable battery. The magical secret? There was this fantastical invention called a gasket around the battery area. Too bad Samsung phones are all downhill after the S5. Why?
> Why does the government have to limit my choice?
To protect everyone else who is not an idiot. That's why.
I feel sorry for you that the stupid government doesn't allow you to buy toasters that burn down your house. Or drugs that poison you. Or foods that make you sick. It's such a shame really. But if you put your mind to it, I'm sure you can find ways to burn down your house, poison yourself or make yourself sick despite the nanny government trying to protect the rest of us from being f***ked by corporations.
Probably not any malfunction that cannot be fixed with more legislation and regulation.
It depends on how 'gadgets' is defined. Consumer electronics should not only be serviceable and have replaceable batteries, the batteries should be replaceable by the consumer without needing to take the device in for service.
I should also be able to remove the tubes and take them down to the local pharmacy and try them in the tube tester.