Matte screen: whenever I get a phone, I buy its matte sheet protector online almost immediately and put it on. Gone are the days when I'd let the screen get scratched and smudged beyond cleaning
Actually, w/ the Windows 8 & 8.1 phones, Microsoft did leave it up to the carriers to provide their updates, which turned out to be a fiasco, particularly w/ Verizon. Now, Microsoft provides all the updates in Windows 10 Mobile, and those come at the same time as the desktop updates. Microsoft did the right thing here in following Apple's example, and even Google's gotten the hint, since every phone that has Lollipop and beyond is upgradable. Good luck doing that w/ Gingerbread, Ice Cream sandwich or Kitkat
Wait... your Windows phone gets updates??!!!
Wow, you are the lucky one then, because my my Lumia 625 and 635 were promised Win 10,(along with 78% of the MS phone market), then left to die alone in the digital wilderness, like ALL MS hardware eventually does. So Skype,Messenger, and Whatsapp are all unsupported now, in fact, even with the latest FB update, you get stuck in the loop, where if someone messages you, the screen asks to download Messenger, which you cant, they couldnt even roll it back to letting FB receive/reply PM'S,even thought the icon is still there.
I'll grant you that the initial Windows Phones - 8 & 8.1 - didn't get updates on their own, since those were tied to the carrier. Like when I had an Icon, I never got an update for that b'cos Verizon never released one: it took them forever to test the thing.
Microsoft changed things in Windows 10, where they made the updates automatic. Like on my Lumia 550, everytime I've had a major Windows update on my laptop, I've had one on that phone. It may change going forward in Redstone, but as long as the basic things that I do on that phone ain't sabotaged, I am happy. I've never used Skype or FB Messenger, but WhatsApp works fine. In fact, I think the issue you have is that WhatsApp eliminated some older OSs from its support, such as Windows Phone 8. 10 and 8.1 (I believe re: the latter) are still supported.
Just b'cos Microsoft has stopped selling them doesn't mean your phones will stop working. If you and your wife like your Windows phones, why're you looking for new hardware? Just stay w/ this one until it dies. I too have all 3 types of phone, and while I use my iPhone due to FaceTime, I do prefer my Lumia 550 over my Moto-X.
If one has a Lumia, then one can still use it in the ways that one uses a cellphone. Talk, send text messages, use Bing maps for directions, listen to music, watch videos... I don't see any of that stopping. Is there an en masse migration of services to VoLTE-only that would make a Lumia unusable? So that it couldn't be used for Legacy GSM networks?
I agree that the Windows Phone platform has been stagnant, but that only matters if one is heavily into apps and is seeing them pulled from the Windows Store. But for the basic things that a phone does, Windows Phone is still fine. While there were complaints about the original tiles in Windows Phone 8, the look & feel of Windows 10 Mobile has been pretty fluent, and the only thing it lacks is a good app ecosystem. Heck, I'd argue that it's the best in work environments if Windows is the main OS being used - both for servers as well as laptops
Nonetheless, why's that built into the hardware? Given that NAT implementations in IPv4 are NOT standardized, so if something uses a different NATing mechanism, all that silicon is wasted.
Yeah. One thing I was wondering - does this mean that they'll become an online arm of the 'RESIST' movement, or does it mean that they'll stand up to actual international thuggish regimes, like North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pali Authority, et al?
If China takes over the moon, that will bring it in conflict w/ the Muslim world.
The US needs to take over the moon like it needs to take over Syria. Let the Chinese conquer the moon, and then have Shezuan Pork there. Feed that info the the Muslims, and watch their heads explode in places like Lahore, Qum, Raqqa, Riyadh, Gaza, Cairo, Benghazi, et al
Exactly, why don't they just get Steam on? SteamOS hasn't, to the best of my knowledge, taken off: most of their games are still best on Windows. So MS should just partner w/ Steam and get their platform completely supported on Xbox, so that one can play any Steam game on their Xbox. I'd actually buy an Xbox if they do that.
I've stayed away from it. I have iTunes for only 1 reason: to get music videos I must have to play in my car, since my Lumia can't trick the car into thinking that it's an iPod. Otherwise, most of the almost 100 songs I've collected are mp4s downloaded directly from YouTube. And if I wanted a one stop shop, Vevo is the best - although somehow, the option of buying songs from there, available to download to any of your media, has disappeared
What's the immigration status of these families? Are any of them in the country illegally?
Lets start by checking your friends and relatives, Anonymous Coward. Illegal immigrants are just regular people, so you may know some of them without realizing.
Are any of them cases where the parents are here illegally, but the child is an "anchor baby"?
Are we talking about children who were born here and are legal residents of the country?
Or some bizarre cult that tattoos anchors on their children's forehead?
Is this one more of those 'You are here illegally b'cos your ancestors didn't get visas from the Red Indians, er, Native Americans?
Aside from that, gp's do have the option of recommending one to a specialist, in the event of being unable to address something. Of course, this assumes that not all docs would have ceased going to med school
Do you normally go out of your way to socialize w/ all those different kinds of people? If not, how does it matter that the big city in which you're paying higher rents/mortgages has all those things, while a much less expensive suburb doesn't?
Yeah, b'cos some states are gonna be stricter, while some may have a very relaxed view of the situation. Like CA may insist on very strict limits to energy consumption, while AK may say 'If there's one thing we have plenty of, it's energy, so let it rip'. That way, a company that's poor in complying w/ such requirements can limit its business to states that don't have that requirement. Also, you missed the part where I suggested that they could get it certified once in China, where it's made, and use that across the board
Either that, or devolve it to the states - let the various states decide whether they want it or not. Besides, all the manufacturing happens in China anyway, so maybe have Beijing own and manage the program
No, he's not. But his state has swung heavily Republican since the Dem's declared war on coal, and he can either do what he can to retain his seat, or throw his lot w/ his party leadership and be out of his current job
Republicans should distance themselves from Joe Manchin, rather than try & co-opt him, and try and target his seat for the party. And Dems should primary him, maybe w/ another Byrd like klansman
Ages ago, a former Houston chief of police was saying that cameras in bedrooms was a good idea. Now, we get people wanting to pay for that. (Remember, if Amazon can look at something, any police department can.)
Reminds me of the case recently where Amazon was asked to provide Alexa data to the cops on a murder, and insisted that the cops produce a warrant if they want it. Not that I want to murder anybody, but that last thing I want is something that is a telltale to the cops if ever they decide to investigate me (even if I have nothing to hide)
Depends on whether the wrong ideas are opinions or facts. Stamping out wrong facts would be education. Stamping out wrong opinions would be indoctrination
Actually, Android and Tivo are 2 different things, even if RMS hates them both. If GPL 3 was concocted to deal w/ TiVo, a future version of GPL could deal w/ Android.
The deal w/ TiVo was the company putting the open source code on a flash memory which was then locked. Violating one of the GNU freedoms about changing the software on the box. Problem is that if TiVo allowed that, it would violate the DRM and content providers would instantly yank all rights from TiVo, eliminating it as an option from all the media companies. Of course, RMS opposes the DRM like ISIS opposes non-Muslims, but TiVo doesn't have that luxury.
Android is different in that the reasons RMS doesn't approve of them has more to do w/ 'respecting users freedom'.. One of the issues is about the way Android combines GPL 2 licensed Linux code w/ Apache 2, and there has been some discussions around that. But another issue that RMS has is the same issue he has w/ Debian. Just as Debian is dinged for offering unliberated software at all (even if albeit separately), the fact that Google uses unliberated applications for talking to services like YouTube & Google Maps. Even though those things are not technically a part of the OS (even though all phones or tablets automatically include them and don't allow their removal, unless one gets rooted). The other issue is Google Play's backdoor, which allows applications to be installed or uninstalled w/o the owner's approval. Like RMS, I disagree w/ that, but that has nothing to do w/ the GPL license.
At any rate, I have more respect for causes that provide solutions, rather than just rant about an issue. When the FSF guys provide us Replicant, HURD and all the drivers that would enable us to 'freely' (pun intended) replace our Windows and Linux software w/ GNU software w/o having to edit files in/etc/, I'll respect them more. Until then, they've done nothing to earn my support
Ummm, Linux is similar enough to Unix - POSIX compatible shells, commands w/ some few variations. Granted, it doesn't have the Open Group's certification, since nobody though it worth the money. But the fact that IBM, Oracle, HP have all pretty much abandoned their proprietary Unixes in favor of Linux (in case of IBM, even on their p-Series) is enough evidence that Linux is more often than not a good enough replacement for Unix in a way that Windows ain't
If you need to use your phone overseas, why not just get iPlum, and then use that during those trips? You could even make that a common number for all your work related stuff, while using your actual cell number for personal/family stuff
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Matte screen: whenever I get a phone, I buy its matte sheet protector online almost immediately and put it on. Gone are the days when I'd let the screen get scratched and smudged beyond cleaning
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Actually, w/ the Windows 8 & 8.1 phones, Microsoft did leave it up to the carriers to provide their updates, which turned out to be a fiasco, particularly w/ Verizon. Now, Microsoft provides all the updates in Windows 10 Mobile, and those come at the same time as the desktop updates. Microsoft did the right thing here in following Apple's example, and even Google's gotten the hint, since every phone that has Lollipop and beyond is upgradable. Good luck doing that w/ Gingerbread, Ice Cream sandwich or Kitkat
Wait... your Windows phone gets updates??!!! Wow, you are the lucky one then, because my my Lumia 625 and 635 were promised Win 10,(along with 78% of the MS phone market), then left to die alone in the digital wilderness, like ALL MS hardware eventually does. So Skype,Messenger, and Whatsapp are all unsupported now, in fact, even with the latest FB update, you get stuck in the loop, where if someone messages you, the screen asks to download Messenger, which you cant, they couldnt even roll it back to letting FB receive/reply PM'S,even thought the icon is still there.
I'll grant you that the initial Windows Phones - 8 & 8.1 - didn't get updates on their own, since those were tied to the carrier. Like when I had an Icon, I never got an update for that b'cos Verizon never released one: it took them forever to test the thing.
Microsoft changed things in Windows 10, where they made the updates automatic. Like on my Lumia 550, everytime I've had a major Windows update on my laptop, I've had one on that phone. It may change going forward in Redstone, but as long as the basic things that I do on that phone ain't sabotaged, I am happy. I've never used Skype or FB Messenger, but WhatsApp works fine. In fact, I think the issue you have is that WhatsApp eliminated some older OSs from its support, such as Windows Phone 8. 10 and 8.1 (I believe re: the latter) are still supported.
Just b'cos Microsoft has stopped selling them doesn't mean your phones will stop working. If you and your wife like your Windows phones, why're you looking for new hardware? Just stay w/ this one until it dies. I too have all 3 types of phone, and while I use my iPhone due to FaceTime, I do prefer my Lumia 550 over my Moto-X.
If one has a Lumia, then one can still use it in the ways that one uses a cellphone. Talk, send text messages, use Bing maps for directions, listen to music, watch videos... I don't see any of that stopping. Is there an en masse migration of services to VoLTE-only that would make a Lumia unusable? So that it couldn't be used for Legacy GSM networks?
I agree that the Windows Phone platform has been stagnant, but that only matters if one is heavily into apps and is seeing them pulled from the Windows Store. But for the basic things that a phone does, Windows Phone is still fine. While there were complaints about the original tiles in Windows Phone 8, the look & feel of Windows 10 Mobile has been pretty fluent, and the only thing it lacks is a good app ecosystem. Heck, I'd argue that it's the best in work environments if Windows is the main OS being used - both for servers as well as laptops
Nonetheless, why's that built into the hardware? Given that NAT implementations in IPv4 are NOT standardized, so if something uses a different NATing mechanism, all that silicon is wasted.
Anyway, all the more reason to move to IPv6
Yeah. One thing I was wondering - does this mean that they'll become an online arm of the 'RESIST' movement, or does it mean that they'll stand up to actual international thuggish regimes, like North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pali Authority, et al?
If China takes over the moon, that will bring it in conflict w/ the Muslim world.
The US needs to take over the moon like it needs to take over Syria. Let the Chinese conquer the moon, and then have Shezuan Pork there. Feed that info the the Muslims, and watch their heads explode in places like Lahore, Qum, Raqqa, Riyadh, Gaza, Cairo, Benghazi, et al
Okay, so how do I get a DRM-free Civ VI? (Please don't say 'FreeCiv', since it's stuck in a time warp from the 90s.)
Exactly, why don't they just get Steam on? SteamOS hasn't, to the best of my knowledge, taken off: most of their games are still best on Windows. So MS should just partner w/ Steam and get their platform completely supported on Xbox, so that one can play any Steam game on their Xbox. I'd actually buy an Xbox if they do that.
I've stayed away from it. I have iTunes for only 1 reason: to get music videos I must have to play in my car, since my Lumia can't trick the car into thinking that it's an iPod. Otherwise, most of the almost 100 songs I've collected are mp4s downloaded directly from YouTube. And if I wanted a one stop shop, Vevo is the best - although somehow, the option of buying songs from there, available to download to any of your media, has disappeared
What's the immigration status of these families? Are any of them in the country illegally?
Lets start by checking your friends and relatives, Anonymous Coward. Illegal immigrants are just regular people, so you may know some of them without realizing.
Are any of them cases where the parents are here illegally, but the child is an "anchor baby"?
Are we talking about children who were born here and are legal residents of the country? Or some bizarre cult that tattoos anchors on their children's forehead?
Is this one more of those 'You are here illegally b'cos your ancestors didn't get visas from the Red Indians, er, Native Americans?
If she's lived up to 116, what makes you think she won't make it 2 more years? Particularly if she still remembers the Mexican war?
Aside from that, gp's do have the option of recommending one to a specialist, in the event of being unable to address something. Of course, this assumes that not all docs would have ceased going to med school
Do you normally go out of your way to socialize w/ all those different kinds of people? If not, how does it matter that the big city in which you're paying higher rents/mortgages has all those things, while a much less expensive suburb doesn't?
Yeah, b'cos some states are gonna be stricter, while some may have a very relaxed view of the situation. Like CA may insist on very strict limits to energy consumption, while AK may say 'If there's one thing we have plenty of, it's energy, so let it rip'. That way, a company that's poor in complying w/ such requirements can limit its business to states that don't have that requirement. Also, you missed the part where I suggested that they could get it certified once in China, where it's made, and use that across the board
Either that, or devolve it to the states - let the various states decide whether they want it or not. Besides, all the manufacturing happens in China anyway, so maybe have Beijing own and manage the program
No, he's not. But his state has swung heavily Republican since the Dem's declared war on coal, and he can either do what he can to retain his seat, or throw his lot w/ his party leadership and be out of his current job
Republicans should distance themselves from Joe Manchin, rather than try & co-opt him, and try and target his seat for the party. And Dems should primary him, maybe w/ another Byrd like klansman
Nopers.
Ages ago, a former Houston chief of police was saying that cameras in bedrooms was a good idea. Now, we get people wanting to pay for that. (Remember, if Amazon can look at something, any police department can.)
Reminds me of the case recently where Amazon was asked to provide Alexa data to the cops on a murder, and insisted that the cops produce a warrant if they want it. Not that I want to murder anybody, but that last thing I want is something that is a telltale to the cops if ever they decide to investigate me (even if I have nothing to hide)
Depends on whether the wrong ideas are opinions or facts. Stamping out wrong facts would be education. Stamping out wrong opinions would be indoctrination
Actually, Android and Tivo are 2 different things, even if RMS hates them both. If GPL 3 was concocted to deal w/ TiVo, a future version of GPL could deal w/ Android.
The deal w/ TiVo was the company putting the open source code on a flash memory which was then locked. Violating one of the GNU freedoms about changing the software on the box. Problem is that if TiVo allowed that, it would violate the DRM and content providers would instantly yank all rights from TiVo, eliminating it as an option from all the media companies. Of course, RMS opposes the DRM like ISIS opposes non-Muslims, but TiVo doesn't have that luxury.
Android is different in that the reasons RMS doesn't approve of them has more to do w/ 'respecting users freedom'.. One of the issues is about the way Android combines GPL 2 licensed Linux code w/ Apache 2, and there has been some discussions around that. But another issue that RMS has is the same issue he has w/ Debian. Just as Debian is dinged for offering unliberated software at all (even if albeit separately), the fact that Google uses unliberated applications for talking to services like YouTube & Google Maps. Even though those things are not technically a part of the OS (even though all phones or tablets automatically include them and don't allow their removal, unless one gets rooted). The other issue is Google Play's backdoor, which allows applications to be installed or uninstalled w/o the owner's approval. Like RMS, I disagree w/ that, but that has nothing to do w/ the GPL license.
At any rate, I have more respect for causes that provide solutions, rather than just rant about an issue. When the FSF guys provide us Replicant, HURD and all the drivers that would enable us to 'freely' (pun intended) replace our Windows and Linux software w/ GNU software w/o having to edit files in /etc/, I'll respect them more. Until then, they've done nothing to earn my support
Ummm, Linux is similar enough to Unix - POSIX compatible shells, commands w/ some few variations. Granted, it doesn't have the Open Group's certification, since nobody though it worth the money. But the fact that IBM, Oracle, HP have all pretty much abandoned their proprietary Unixes in favor of Linux (in case of IBM, even on their p-Series) is enough evidence that Linux is more often than not a good enough replacement for Unix in a way that Windows ain't
If you need to use your phone overseas, why not just get iPlum, and then use that during those trips? You could even make that a common number for all your work related stuff, while using your actual cell number for personal/family stuff