1. Someone other than Apple make/brand/sell the phone.
Let's face it, Apple doesn't have a history of making good quality products cheaply. They make cheap products expensively. 2. An off switch. 3. Replaceable batteries. 4. Reduce the size by making it a flip open (length-wise fold) 5. Use real switches on the sides instead of a touch screen. They are too easily scratched/smeared/smudged. 6. Open service plan - any carrier, anywhere. 7. Price accordingly - ie - less than $100 for the top model.
I'd have to agree with your sentiments. I can also understand the individuals lack of response, as they would be like "what device?" would you think an earring is a device? just because it's a chunk of bread-board with some wires attached doesn't make it a device.
I've often been amazed at the kinds of things they let through airport security that shouldn't be because of the effect they could have, or due to what they could be used for.
Think about it for a minute or two, and I'm sure you'll come up with a few items that with very little effort could be made to ignite or blow up. And no, I'm not talking about liquids or other solids, just normal, everyday electronic devices allowed on a plane with rarely even a look at them.
Any abuse of police powers should be fought, period. Complacency is the first step to losing the rights that our ancestors fought, bled and died for. Do you want to be the one to tell good old uncle GW (George Washington, not the other asshats) that you pissed away everything that all those men and women died for?
It's now an International standard of 13 digits, similiar to the ISSN. The "Harvard Coop" can in no way, shape or form claim to own the ISBNs of the books. It is a patently false claim.
Unfortunately, it looks like they're also out of things to cut. Of course they have something left to cut - their own throats... uhrm - oh hell - nevermind...
Microsoft has used up it's and everyone else's share of "The benefit of the doubt", and that was before 1990.
There's none left to be had, anywhere. Talk about being a monopoly. What are all the poor Senators and Representatives to do? - End Tongue in cheek mode -
Okay, now that that's said, we can proceed.
MS has pretty much used up it's share of sympathy from the masses.
Windows Vista should never have been released. Ever.
They should have chucked it up as a mistake, taken it apart and worked on it some more, eventually releasing it as something else. This time with things working, like networks that don't come to a halt for listening to a song, graphics that don't crash the system when attempting to play a game. Screens that don't go black when attempting to watch a movie.
I never accept EULAs. My 4 year old loves to click the mouse. As far as I can recall, no legal agreements can be binding between an underage minor and anyone else.
How many new computer systems are brought home, and powered up by underage minors? I'd say probably around 90% or more. This means that most EULAs were agreed to by minors, and thereby nullified.
Of course I didn't.... I'm sure that my system was hijacked due to shoddy controls in place in the Windows OS from the time it was installed til the first boot when it was being activated. It's interesting that the only outcome from the hi-jacking is that any and all EULAs come up blank... Very interesting indeed....
Today's SUN products clearly outshine, outperform, and outrun the products of the 90s.
Just to name a few...
Software: Solaris 10 ZFS Containers DTrace
Hardware: X4500 - Cheapest 12/24/36 TB system with most reliable filesystem available. T1000/T2000 - Best web services systems currently available - from any vendor.
Do a simple web search on hosts file advertisement blocking and you'll find quite a few different individual and groups attempts at blocking advertisements using this method...
When the Judge gets in line to have his and his family's DNA registered, then he can make his commentary. Until then, I'd say he's blowing smoke up the collective UK's asses.
L. Ron Hubbard never intended Scientology to become a religion. Some prints of his book specifically state that he was opposed to those who were trying to turn it into a religion. Some time after that he died. Coincidence? or just old age?
Especially when the person in question just went through the checkout line, purchased what he had, and then walked out with the bag and receipt.
5 seconds to ask the checkout clerk if they'd just paid would have confirmed that they had. 30 seconds with the surveilance tapes would have confirmed that nothing was stolen and that the *CUSTOMER* had made a purchase.
If it was me, I'd sue the store for every dollar sold (not profit, but sold) on the day in question for mental anguish and false imprisonment, not to mention falsely accusing me of something that did not occur. Then I'd demand that the officer be officially reprimanded, put on un-paid leave while they were forced to re-take their classes that covered when it is not necessary to hand over a drivers license.
Not one of their employees has the right to ask for ID or a receipt, especially if I've just walked through the checkout counters and made my purchases.
You take them and go uh-huh. Then you publish them in every paper / on television nationwide.
In the military, you can get away with the statement - "Sir! I refuse to follow that order as I believe it to be an illegal order." You may have to sit in the brig while you await your military tribunal, but you can do it - and once the order is exposed and deemed illegal, the one giving the order and anyone who followed it will be sent on for courtmartial.
Let's put in in proportion. Here's an analogy, and when I use the terms "I, me, myself" I am not actually referencing myself, as I have ripped all of *my* CDs myself.
I listen to the song on the radio, and decide to buy the CD. Yay says the RIAA - great customer - they toss a penny to the recording artist.
I'm too lazy to rip it, so I decide to download the MP3s off the web. The RIAA sees these songs being downloaded. GASP - F'ing pirate, we're gonna get you sucka!!! Eventually they track me down through hundreds of false IP addresses and fictisious names. I then get accused of *piracy* - GASP...
Am I a pirate? According to the RIAA - I am, and now owe them $750.00 per song. This is after I overpaid for the CD, and could have ripped the songs myself, but didn't.
If the entire CD sells for less than $15.00, how can each song be worth $750.00? How can I be a pirate if I paid for the content?
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Who else was a president (okay, I'll give a hint - there were 2 of them) that used GW as part of their monogram?
1. Someone other than Apple make/brand/sell the phone.
Let's face it, Apple doesn't have a history of making good quality products cheaply. They make cheap products expensively.
2. An off switch.
3. Replaceable batteries.
4. Reduce the size by making it a flip open (length-wise fold)
5. Use real switches on the sides instead of a touch screen. They are too easily scratched/smeared/smudged.
6. Open service plan - any carrier, anywhere.
7. Price accordingly - ie - less than $100 for the top model.
I'd have to agree with your sentiments. I can also understand the individuals lack of response, as they would be like "what device?" would you think an earring is a device? just because it's a chunk of bread-board with some wires attached doesn't make it a device.
I've often been amazed at the kinds of things they let through airport security that shouldn't be because of the effect they could have, or due to what they could be used for.
Think about it for a minute or two, and I'm sure you'll come up with a few items that with very little effort could be made to ignite or blow up. And no, I'm not talking about liquids or other solids, just normal, everyday electronic devices allowed on a plane with rarely even a look at them.
I guess it's a good idea that you posted as AC.
Any abuse of police powers should be fought, period.
Complacency is the first step to losing the rights that our ancestors fought, bled and died for. Do you want to be the one to tell good old uncle GW (George Washington, not the other asshats) that you pissed away everything that all those men and women died for?
Grrr.... - Yes, I know... ones = owns....
I saw it as I clicked submit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN/
If ANYONE ones the IP for ISBN it's W.H. Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.H._Smith/, who invented the ISBN.
It's now an International standard of 13 digits, similiar to the ISSN.
The "Harvard Coop" can in no way, shape or form claim to own the ISBNs of the books.
It is a patently false claim.
However, if you know the book titles, you can do a simple lookup on the name / author / keyword to get the ISBN/ISSN lookup amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/New-Used-Textbooks-Books/b/ref=sv_b_7/102-3443928-1463353?ie=UTF8&node=465600/
- Tongue in cheek mode -
Microsoft has used up it's and everyone else's share of "The benefit of the doubt", and that was before 1990.
There's none left to be had, anywhere.
Talk about being a monopoly. What are all the poor Senators and Representatives to do?
- End Tongue in cheek mode -
Okay, now that that's said, we can proceed.
MS has pretty much used up it's share of sympathy from the masses.
Windows Vista should never have been released. Ever.
They should have chucked it up as a mistake, taken it apart and worked on it some more, eventually releasing it as something else. This time with things working, like networks that don't come to a halt for listening to a song, graphics that don't crash the system when attempting to play a game. Screens that don't go black when attempting to watch a movie.
Dude... It's a fucking joke. Get it?
Sorry I let it go on for so long...
I never accept EULAs. My 4 year old loves to click the mouse. As far as I can recall, no legal agreements can be binding between an underage minor and anyone else.
How many new computer systems are brought home, and powered up by underage minors?
I'd say probably around 90% or more. This means that most EULAs were agreed to by minors, and thereby nullified.
Of course I didn't.... I'm sure that my system was hijacked due to shoddy controls in place in the Windows OS from the time it was installed til the first boot when it was being activated. It's interesting that the only outcome from the hi-jacking is that any and all EULAs come up blank... Very interesting indeed....
How many people have actually agreed to any EULA changes?
I know I haven't - I've never agreed to any MS EULAs.
Every EULA screen ever displayed on my computer is blank with agree/disagree or okay/cancel.
No terms were offered, none were accepted.
WTF are you smoking?
Today's SUN products clearly outshine, outperform, and outrun the products of the 90s.
Just to name a few...
Software:
Solaris 10
ZFS
Containers
DTrace
Hardware:
X4500 - Cheapest 12/24/36 TB system with most reliable filesystem available.
T1000/T2000 - Best web services systems currently available - from any vendor.
Yet another product of the RIAA that I won't ever buy, or download.....
Do a simple web search on hosts file advertisement blocking and you'll find quite a few different individual and groups attempts at blocking advertisements using this method...
It doesn't matter which browser I use, if I get an advertisement on screen, I add their host name to my ever-growing hosts file as 127.0.0.1.
That ends all normal (typical html link or redirect) attempts of shoving an Ad up my browser.
But seriously, my favorite, least bloated applications are those I write for myself using the korn shell.
Mostly they are scripts to automate repetitive administrative tasks.
When the Judge gets in line to have his and his family's DNA registered, then he can make his commentary. Until then, I'd say he's blowing smoke up the collective UK's asses.
L. Ron Hubbard never intended Scientology to become a religion.
Some prints of his book specifically state that he was opposed to those who were trying to turn it into a religion. Some time after that he died. Coincidence? or just old age?
The next version of Windows will be released with a lightning bolt logo, and the name will be "The OS that lived!"
Sounds almost "like a virgin".
Have reason to believe?
Especially when the person in question just went through the checkout line, purchased what he had, and then walked out with the bag and receipt.
5 seconds to ask the checkout clerk if they'd just paid would have confirmed that they had.
30 seconds with the surveilance tapes would have confirmed that nothing was stolen and that the *CUSTOMER* had made a purchase.
If it was me, I'd sue the store for every dollar sold (not profit, but sold) on the day in question for mental anguish and false imprisonment, not to mention falsely accusing me of something that did not occur. Then I'd demand that the officer be officially reprimanded, put on un-paid leave while they were forced to re-take their classes that covered when it is not necessary to hand over a drivers license.
Not one of their employees has the right to ask for ID or a receipt, especially if I've just walked through the checkout counters and made my purchases.
Uhm, wait, buy it on DVD as each season is released....
The vote wasn't invalidated due to microsoft. It was invalidated because someone voted twice.
There's something called illegal orders.
You take them and go uh-huh. Then you publish them in every paper / on television nationwide.
In the military, you can get away with the statement - "Sir! I refuse to follow that order as I believe it to be an illegal order."
You may have to sit in the brig while you await your military tribunal, but you can do it - and once the order is exposed and deemed illegal, the one giving the order and anyone who followed it will be sent on for courtmartial.
Let's put in in proportion. Here's an analogy, and when I use the terms "I, me, myself" I am not actually referencing myself, as I have ripped all of *my* CDs myself.
I listen to the song on the radio, and decide to buy the CD. Yay says the RIAA - great customer - they toss a penny to the recording artist.
I'm too lazy to rip it, so I decide to download the MP3s off the web.
The RIAA sees these songs being downloaded. GASP - F'ing pirate, we're gonna get you sucka!!! Eventually they track me down through hundreds of false IP addresses and fictisious names. I then get accused of *piracy* - GASP...
Am I a pirate? According to the RIAA - I am, and now owe them $750.00 per song.
This is after I overpaid for the CD, and could have ripped the songs myself, but didn't.
If the entire CD sells for less than $15.00, how can each song be worth $750.00?
How can I be a pirate if I paid for the content?