But Sony's reputation is pretty damaged right now. They've already lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the costs to clean up the mess and had to slash prices of their hardware to spur sales. The timeline on this is going to be years long, not months.
There is a balance between convenience and security.
Of course there is, but given how often these problems are happening as of late, it seems clear that very few of these companies are finding that balance. One would think the inconvenience of higher security would pale in comparison to the inconvenience of rebuilding your reputation after the entire world watches your organization get brought to it's knees, or lose copious amounts of proprietary data, due to ridiculous things like phishing expeditions.
I don't think it has anything to do with that, plenty of people have found uses for tablets. I think it has more to do with the fact that they're reaching market saturation at their current price points. They're still just a little too expensive for the mainstream to really start getting into them. Wait until they're priced like the HP fire sale tablet and you will see them exploding into use, and as more people have them there will be more development, functionality added in....just like with any platform, whether hardware or software.
Once it gets to the point where people are throwing old tablets in drawers like they do with their old MP3 players and cell phones, I'll say yeah, the fever has passed.
And if you do buy a computer from Best Buy, why wouldn't you wipe it and start with a clean system as soon as you got it home/to the office?
The people buying the laptop at Best Buy in the first place, more often than not, are not savvy enough to do a full OS reinstall. There are obviously exceptions, but after selling computers for years at CompUSA, it's a pretty good assumption in my observations.
We CompUSA employees used to love the hell out of extended warranties back in the day, because they only cost us pennies on the dollar at cost, and pretty much nothing had to be verified as broken outside of the store. Since it was left to manager discretion whether or not to replace or repair the item, it was pretty much like getting to roll over your electronics every year or two. I bought a $300 17" LCD monitor when I started there and by the time they went out of business had rolled that over into a 24" widescreen that was 10 times better in every respect...all it cost was another $10 or whatever on the new extended warranty. Pretty much everybody did similar with everything like DVD players, game consoles, printers, digital cameras, PDA's...
I don't know how Best Buy is, but given the fact that CompUSA folded and Best Buy didn't, I'd bet they aren't as lenient, especially with employees. As a regular customer, though, I know how much of a pain they can make it when it comes time to make good on that warranty, because CompUSA did as well, and like you said, you pretty much have to argue and fight. If you make enough noise, they will do almost anything to shut you up and get you out the door. If not, call their district office and complain...believe me, once their regional or district people get involved they will fall all over themselves trying to help you and get your ticket satisfied.
You do realize many Canadian drugs come from the USA, right?
Of course, a lot of countries receive drugs from the U.S.. However, they are priced according to the markets and regulations of the country they're sold in. Hence the existence of the trade in the first place. They get them from other countries because they're cheaper. It's a pharmaceutical version of a regional lock-out.
Ok, but still, the PADD from TNG is pretty much identical in concept to the iPad, so for prior art, it seems like they'd go for things that directly resemble the device in question. Apple doesn't own the concept of a tablet, they're claiming the design infringes.
Memory Alpha even describes the ToS "PADD" as a digital clipboard operated with a stylus and the prop Uhuru is pictured using looks nothing like an iPad.
But I stand corrected, there were tablets on ToS. I must have never really noticed they were because they weren't used particularly tablet like...
To be fair, I don't remember any tablet like devices on The Original Series, so the reference to 2001 is the earliest, being 1969. The devices in ToS were typical props with a display screen and buttons/switches on the face of it and some neat looking doo-dads on top. The first truly tablet-like device in Star Trek is probably the first season of The Next Generation, which went into development in 1985 (probably earlier) and I'm sure there are concept drawings dating to that year, giving that a 10 year jump on this patent.
Either way, this is so ridiculously vague, I can not believe this is what people are allowed to patent nowadays.
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iDevices are not for us geeks, they are for the rest of "them".
Pretty much it right there. I know a handful of people that love Apple devices to death that actually work around computers and would qualify as "computer people", but the vast majority of the rest are the people that do nothing but surf the web, buy shit online and listen to music. You get out of "burning a CD" territory and they're completely lost.
So yes, here on/. we can trot out any number of people that are computer geniuses and love Apple's offerings but/. is so far removed from the norm that doesn't mean anything. Go down to your local Apple Store on a Saturday afternoon and start polling the people shopping there to get a gist of their general knowledge of computers. I assure you, most of them will stare at you like you're growing an arm out of your ass and then get lost in another dippy iPad game on the demo unit. Just talking to people shopping at the Apple Store will demonstrate that they are not computer people, at all, unless they either work there or are that one random guy that actually has a Mac Pro and does real work on the platform.
not necessarily, in a proper functioning democracy, the electorate would kick the gov's ass if they tried blocking twitter cos' they allowed the riots, etc.
Thus why they are working on making it impossible for the citizenry to communicate quickly enough to outmaneuver the government who will most definitely still have their radios while the electorate is stuck with useless cell phones and internet connections with no idea which direction the troops are rolling in from.
With the speed with the government can clamp down on the citizenry with it's resources, it's only fair that the population have access to the same level of coordination. I think we would all agree that all societies have the right of self-determination, and if self-determination takes the form of open rebellion and revolution, that's the price we pay for democracy.
These days, freedom to communicate via the internet and text messaging is almost as important as the right to assemble, and definitely as vital. The powers that be are using their authority in order to force it's agenda on the citizenry. Whether they agree or not, if the citizenry decides to rise up against them and defy their authority, is immaterial. Government exists at the will of the people, not the other way around.
It'd be nice if they just told the government to go fuck itself if they try to interrupt service, but that probably won't happen. Then again, if they do, the government will just use it as an excuse to just kill the internet for "security reasons" next time so we're pretty much fucked either way, it seems.
Yes, I'd be willing to bet this is exactly what this is. Didn't you guys know? Everyone is playing 4 bit Pacman clones on their cell phones!! I tell you, I've really been wanting to get into that Atari 2600 emulation on cell phones scene, but the fact that there wasn't an official paid app really prevented me from doing so. Boy are we lucky you guys!!!
But even I trusted CNET (until now, anyway), and I'm about as cynical a bastard as there is when it comes to downloading software apps off the net.
Yeah, same here...I discovered this yesterday when I was trying to find a good freeware CD/DVD burning program. I thought maybe it was just that particular piece of software, as the other stuff looked like crap. Guess not. That's too damn bad, I used to use Cnet quite a bit back in the day, but they've really sold out it seems...
The government didn't censor the other blogs, though, the stupid ISP did when they put up the blanket filter that blocks a million websites in order to comply with an order to block two. That being said, the courts didn't say block a million blogs, they said block two blogs. The only people censoring the other 999,998+ blogs are the ISPs, not the government, and the government never told them to block those blogs, either. They're not even censoring those 999,998 blogs for content reasons, obviously. Those 2 blogs that are being censored are a different matter.
I'm not arguing for censorship. I'm not even really talking about censorship at all...my original post was in response to someone saying that the headline was accurate, i.e., the Argentinian Government is censoring a million blogs. That's not true at all, that's a headline being spun to make it look like Argentina is pulling an Egypt or something. Censorship is always wrong, but the AG didn't censor a million blogs, and I'm not arguing about censorship at all, Argentina's really fucked up, ok, I get that. I'm arguing that the headline to this story is fucking retarded and sensationalist. It should read "Argentina judge orders two blogs censored, ISPs censor a million" not "Argentina Censors Over a Million Blogs" You can see the difference, right? Unless, of course, the ISPs are government run. TFA certainly doesn't make it seem like they are.
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But Sony's reputation is pretty damaged right now. They've already lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the costs to clean up the mess and had to slash prices of their hardware to spur sales. The timeline on this is going to be years long, not months.
Woot! Torrent all the things!
There is a balance between convenience and security.
Of course there is, but given how often these problems are happening as of late, it seems clear that very few of these companies are finding that balance. One would think the inconvenience of higher security would pale in comparison to the inconvenience of rebuilding your reputation after the entire world watches your organization get brought to it's knees, or lose copious amounts of proprietary data, due to ridiculous things like phishing expeditions.
I don't think it has anything to do with that, plenty of people have found uses for tablets. I think it has more to do with the fact that they're reaching market saturation at their current price points. They're still just a little too expensive for the mainstream to really start getting into them. Wait until they're priced like the HP fire sale tablet and you will see them exploding into use, and as more people have them there will be more development, functionality added in....just like with any platform, whether hardware or software.
Once it gets to the point where people are throwing old tablets in drawers like they do with their old MP3 players and cell phones, I'll say yeah, the fever has passed.
And if you do buy a computer from Best Buy, why wouldn't you wipe it and start with a clean system as soon as you got it home/to the office?
The people buying the laptop at Best Buy in the first place, more often than not, are not savvy enough to do a full OS reinstall. There are obviously exceptions, but after selling computers for years at CompUSA, it's a pretty good assumption in my observations.
We CompUSA employees used to love the hell out of extended warranties back in the day, because they only cost us pennies on the dollar at cost, and pretty much nothing had to be verified as broken outside of the store. Since it was left to manager discretion whether or not to replace or repair the item, it was pretty much like getting to roll over your electronics every year or two. I bought a $300 17" LCD monitor when I started there and by the time they went out of business had rolled that over into a 24" widescreen that was 10 times better in every respect...all it cost was another $10 or whatever on the new extended warranty. Pretty much everybody did similar with everything like DVD players, game consoles, printers, digital cameras, PDA's...
I don't know how Best Buy is, but given the fact that CompUSA folded and Best Buy didn't, I'd bet they aren't as lenient, especially with employees. As a regular customer, though, I know how much of a pain they can make it when it comes time to make good on that warranty, because CompUSA did as well, and like you said, you pretty much have to argue and fight. If you make enough noise, they will do almost anything to shut you up and get you out the door. If not, call their district office and complain...believe me, once their regional or district people get involved they will fall all over themselves trying to help you and get your ticket satisfied.
Think this will make CNN's front page?
You do realize many Canadian drugs come from the USA, right?
Of course, a lot of countries receive drugs from the U.S.. However, they are priced according to the markets and regulations of the country they're sold in. Hence the existence of the trade in the first place. They get them from other countries because they're cheaper. It's a pharmaceutical version of a regional lock-out.
Until the "You wouldn't steal a car..." warnings come true and I can download myself a brand new Ferrari LOL
Wow yeah I don't know why the hell I was doing that...guess I spend more time talking about Terms of Service lately.
Ok, but still, the PADD from TNG is pretty much identical in concept to the iPad, so for prior art, it seems like they'd go for things that directly resemble the device in question. Apple doesn't own the concept of a tablet, they're claiming the design infringes.
Memory Alpha even describes the ToS "PADD" as a digital clipboard operated with a stylus and the prop Uhuru is pictured using looks nothing like an iPad.
But I stand corrected, there were tablets on ToS. I must have never really noticed they were because they weren't used particularly tablet like...
To be fair, I don't remember any tablet like devices on The Original Series, so the reference to 2001 is the earliest, being 1969. The devices in ToS were typical props with a display screen and buttons/switches on the face of it and some neat looking doo-dads on top. The first truly tablet-like device in Star Trek is probably the first season of The Next Generation, which went into development in 1985 (probably earlier) and I'm sure there are concept drawings dating to that year, giving that a 10 year jump on this patent.
Either way, this is so ridiculously vague, I can not believe this is what people are allowed to patent nowadays.
Buncha Canadian imperialists!!!
Sounds like something a Nazi would say...hmmm.....
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iDevices are not for us geeks, they are for the rest of "them".
Pretty much it right there. I know a handful of people that love Apple devices to death that actually work around computers and would qualify as "computer people", but the vast majority of the rest are the people that do nothing but surf the web, buy shit online and listen to music. You get out of "burning a CD" territory and they're completely lost.
So yes, here on /. we can trot out any number of people that are computer geniuses and love Apple's offerings but /. is so far removed from the norm that doesn't mean anything. Go down to your local Apple Store on a Saturday afternoon and start polling the people shopping there to get a gist of their general knowledge of computers. I assure you, most of them will stare at you like you're growing an arm out of your ass and then get lost in another dippy iPad game on the demo unit. Just talking to people shopping at the Apple Store will demonstrate that they are not computer people, at all, unless they either work there or are that one random guy that actually has a Mac Pro and does real work on the platform.
Thanks for the tip! Works great.
not necessarily, in a proper functioning democracy, the electorate would kick the gov's ass if they tried blocking twitter cos' they allowed the riots, etc.
Thus why they are working on making it impossible for the citizenry to communicate quickly enough to outmaneuver the government who will most definitely still have their radios while the electorate is stuck with useless cell phones and internet connections with no idea which direction the troops are rolling in from.
With the speed with the government can clamp down on the citizenry with it's resources, it's only fair that the population have access to the same level of coordination. I think we would all agree that all societies have the right of self-determination, and if self-determination takes the form of open rebellion and revolution, that's the price we pay for democracy.
These days, freedom to communicate via the internet and text messaging is almost as important as the right to assemble, and definitely as vital. The powers that be are using their authority in order to force it's agenda on the citizenry. Whether they agree or not, if the citizenry decides to rise up against them and defy their authority, is immaterial. Government exists at the will of the people, not the other way around.
It'd be nice if they just told the government to go fuck itself if they try to interrupt service, but that probably won't happen. Then again, if they do, the government will just use it as an excuse to just kill the internet for "security reasons" next time so we're pretty much fucked either way, it seems.
Yes, I'd be willing to bet this is exactly what this is. Didn't you guys know? Everyone is playing 4 bit Pacman clones on their cell phones!! I tell you, I've really been wanting to get into that Atari 2600 emulation on cell phones scene, but the fact that there wasn't an official paid app really prevented me from doing so. Boy are we lucky you guys!!!
But even I trusted CNET (until now, anyway), and I'm about as cynical a bastard as there is when it comes to downloading software apps off the net.
Yeah, same here...I discovered this yesterday when I was trying to find a good freeware CD/DVD burning program. I thought maybe it was just that particular piece of software, as the other stuff looked like crap. Guess not. That's too damn bad, I used to use Cnet quite a bit back in the day, but they've really sold out it seems...
"A Million Blogs Blocked in Argentina" would fit and avoid being such a diversion. Feel better?
Yes, that headline would actually be representative of the situation. Much better.
Yes, the Great Firewall of Argentina did just go up. That's what censoring means.
I'll hardly call two blogs being ordered shut down the "Great Firewall of Argentina" going up, but you describe it however you want.
Can we agree that the headline is misleading at least, or is two now equivalent to a million?
The government didn't censor the other blogs, though, the stupid ISP did when they put up the blanket filter that blocks a million websites in order to comply with an order to block two. That being said, the courts didn't say block a million blogs, they said block two blogs. The only people censoring the other 999,998+ blogs are the ISPs, not the government, and the government never told them to block those blogs, either. They're not even censoring those 999,998 blogs for content reasons, obviously. Those 2 blogs that are being censored are a different matter.
I'm not arguing for censorship. I'm not even really talking about censorship at all...my original post was in response to someone saying that the headline was accurate, i.e., the Argentinian Government is censoring a million blogs. That's not true at all, that's a headline being spun to make it look like Argentina is pulling an Egypt or something. Censorship is always wrong, but the AG didn't censor a million blogs, and I'm not arguing about censorship at all, Argentina's really fucked up, ok, I get that. I'm arguing that the headline to this story is fucking retarded and sensationalist. It should read "Argentina judge orders two blogs censored, ISPs censor a million" not "Argentina Censors Over a Million Blogs" You can see the difference, right? Unless, of course, the ISPs are government run. TFA certainly doesn't make it seem like they are.