connecting to multiple email accounts (multiple Exchange account at that) and having a consolidated inbox was probably the major reason for the switch
iOS & Android still can't match the BB for email support so I can't fathom what you are talking about here. I have at least six email accounts on my BB and can open them in a consolidated folder or individually. iOS 7 has dramatically improved over previous versions but it's still not on par with BB. I remember my first iOS device and discovering that you couldn't delete a calendar once it had been added to the device even if you deleted the existing email account without wiping the device! I think they fixed that in iOS 4.
And it is funny that everyone compares BES to Exchange ActiveSync because the latter only handles 1/4 of the things a BES does. To your point most likely the percentage is closer to 75% of people don't need the capabilities of the BES but if you EVER use VPN on an iOS device to connect to your company network you would have been better off with a BES. I have been able to connect to my network shares and manipulate files on my company network since 2003 with a BlackBerry WITHOUT connecting to a separate VPN because the BES creates an encrypted always on VPN connection to the corporate network. I could use remote desktop on my BB in 2004. It wasn't pretty or fast but it worked. Doing that on an iOS device works well but if the screen turns off while I am connected I get bumped off of VPN and have to start all over. Point and laugh all you want about how BB underestimated the allure of full color touch but they nailed communication and security and still haven't been matched on that front.
Are you saying Aereo would have been OK if they'd sold one of those OTA DVRs and colocated them at their warehouse? Aereo's fatal flaw is that they rented people a homogeneous device rather than selling them one of a menu? That, my friend, is a legal Rube Goldberg much more intricate than the technical workaround Aereo intended.
Not exactly. The way I understood how the SC ruled was the device would need to get the signal directly from the broadcaster and be located in the consumer's residence. So a consumer would need to have the DVR located on the premises and receive the signal directly from broadcasters via a local antenna. The Tablo is basically the same as the Aero service except you own the device and set it up at home. The Tablo doesn't even have a video out port. It's tuners are only accessible through streaming clients. It doesn't solve the concrete/metal interference problem that Aero did and perhaps they should pursue that argument on their appeal. I disagree with the SC finding as Aero was not altering in any way the content being delivered whereas the cable/satellite companies actually inject extra content/advertising into their rebroadcasts. Ultimately the networks want Aero to have to pay for retransmission and are lobbying even the courts to make that a reality.
The difference is the DVR in question. Aero's DVR is in the cloud and Dish's is in the home of the subscriber. It seems the Supreme Court saw a big enough difference in Aero's distribution as to be infringing while Dish's distribution has been covered for decades by fair use rules. Dish's DVR is no different than a VHS or VCR system from a legal standpoint. In fact I can get a modern DVR for Over The Air (ATSC) recording from severaldifferentcompanies. In fact I just found this article discussing Aero alternatives and it mentions all three of the devices I just linked to. The only problem for a select few is that Aero had chosen a choice location for its array of antenna and some people can't get a good signal due to metal walls or distance from towers.
> Comcast's peering connection to Level 3 has been saturated (over 90% capacity) 24/7 for over a year now
Got a source on that? Not that I doubt you, just looking to back up that claim.
While he doesn't come right out and say the name of any specific ISP Mark Taylor VP of Content and Media at Level 3 points his finger at 5 major US ISP's that have been saturated for over a year and refuse to upgrade their connection. Take that revelation and combine it with this graph which shows 8 Major ISPs and the relative speed with which Netflix traverses them and the 5 companies he references become pretty clear. Granted the graph does originate from Netflix so grain of salt and all that but I'm inclined to believe the data.
And that, of course, misses the forest for the trees. Because I doubt that NN occurs on "Business class" connections any more than they occur on "Consumer class" connections. And even if they did, the very notion that only businesses should see the sort of neutrality that comes with an Internet Service Provider smacks in the face any concept of fairness which is a cornerstone of contracts. This notion that a contract has very vague terms allowing an ISP to do whatever it pleases by the letter of the contract is absurd precisely because it's a lopsided vagueness.
You seem unfamiliar with the legal system in general as this type of conduct is practiced the world over since the dawn of lawyers. The very intent of the legalese these contracts espouse is deception. I in no way approve of this practice but to deny its efficacy is simply denial.
To expound on my previous post. Last mile ISP's like Comcast use a business model to oversell a finite resource much like a time share condo in a resort town except the ISP customers don't have to book their internet access in advance. They protect themselves legally by placing conditional statements in their contracts with their customers absolving them of any LEGAL expectations the customer has. This has been very lucrative as 90% of their customers have consistently used less than 10% of their allotted bandwidth at any given time. This has been gradually changing as content streaming has become more mainstream and accessible to the less technically inclined. Up to this point NN isn't even part of the equation. Where it becomes paramount is when Comcast is knowingly causing the degradation of its customers internet experience by refusing to address issues on its own network caused by the increase in traffic through its peer partners AND instead extorting the companies that provide the content Comcast's customers are requesting.
Net neutrality is about ISP's not violating their contracts with their customers.
My ISP works for ME. I pay them to provide X amount of service.
This is where the fine print comes in to play. You are paying for a connection to the internet and promised up to X amount of service. There may or may not be a guaranteed minimum speed spelled out but no ISP promises peak speeds without paying extra for the promise (Business class).
Outright traffic shaping part of the debate, but not the entire debate. Some of the higher-profile NN disputes have been over peering agreements, e.g. Comcast's refusal to increase its peering with Level 3, who is Netflix's provider, because of Comcast's claims that the benefit of the peering agreement is asymmetric.
It is entirely asymmetrical but that is of Comcast's own doing. They sell more bandwidth than they can provide to their ISP customers. Of course in the contract agreement the term they use is "up to xMbps" so they can simply say "sorry we only guarantee xMbps to business class customers". This is by design. Comcast (or just about any US ISP today) depend on the consumer overpaying for what they use. The trouble only comes when they start actually using the bandwidth they thought they were paying for. Which isn't a problem if it is to Comcast's in network properties. But Comcast's peering connection to Level 3 has been saturated (over 90% capacity) 24/7 for over a year now and yet Comcast refuses to add more capacity. That's not just Netflix traffic. That is all traffic coming from Level 3.
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They are so serious they were the last company in telecom to let UAE/India/Saudi Arabia etc snoop on BB traffic.
FTFY
The only reason you heard about BlackBerry caving was because they fought it for 3 years. All the other carriers and OEM's had already capitulated or were so insecure India didn't even have to ask. So yea...they care about the security of their customers. And FYI that was only for BIS traffic. They designed BES specifically to prevent anyone, even BlackBerry, from compromising their security.
I am confused. Does Google/YouTube already ad share with these Indie labels or are the labels just posting up their artists content on YouTube on a channel they created? If it's the latter how is the video any different than a cat video sissy456 posted with a background of Journey's Don't Stop Believing? If it's the former then I support Google's right to set the terms of how they pay content providers on their web property. I couldn't find that anywhere in the article.
manufacturers continue to trash their customer base by doing this. It has to be profitable, right? Which means that it's worth the risk, which means that some bean counter figured that the potential loss is outweighed by the gain.
It should not surprise anyone seeing how many times over now an auto maker has put profits over its consumer's safety.
They have been negotiating for 8 years...They don't have to let her keep the domain but they are going to. We don't know all the facts so I am holding judgement. She obviously likes IKEA and I am hoping IKEA will ultimately reach out to her in a more official capacity.
They did work with her. They have agreed to let her keep the domain. She simply can't profit from it so the ads have to go. She posted on the site she is looking for a new domain to transition to over time since she does need the revenue the ads bring to keep the site viable. It sucks but at least they are working with her and maybe they will realize the benefit she is to them and help her out.
REXX is what you want. I could make arguments why but this article does a decent job. I'll get lambasted for recommending such a dinosaur for recommendations to a modern language but if the tool works who cares how old it is? In fact the latest version of the Regina interpreter for REXX was released just last week. If nothing else read up on some of the ways REXX has been used to "GLUE" other systems/ programming languages together. It should be just what you need to tackle those tricky situations that nobody around you will care about but make your day a living nightmare.
Your parents had to learn quite a bit of information and pledge their allegiance to the US to achieve US citizenship. It was not easy or trivial. It goes a long way to prove they want to be here AND are willing to continue to make America a great place to be. Illegal immigrants have chosen to take the "easy" route and are by their very actions expressed their lack of respect for our country. If the US continues to let illegal immigrants unfettered access this country will become the place those people came from and the land of opportunity will cease to exist. Your anecdote of stupid people bashing immigrants isn't the same as those who oppose illegal immigration and those people might very well be lame but you allude to the fact you don't appreciate being lumped in with illegal immigrants but then lump everyone who opposes illegal immigration in with stupid bigots...Nice double standard you have there.
Republicans/conservatives aren't against immigration...they're against illegal immigration and so are most legal immigrants. When politicians mention immigration reform what they are referring to is changing the rules so that if you make it to US soil without getting tagged out you get citizenship. Talk to an immigrant who followed the rules, studied, and achieved citizenship legally about those who try to cross into the country illegally and watch the righteous indignation explode from them. There is a process in place for immigration that works. It is simply overloaded because it is underfunded but you never hear any politician talk about diverting resources to the existing system.
We received what we thought was a request for data from the NSA on April 9th. We happily complied and began sending the data. We were shocked when the REAL NSA called on April 21st requesting the same data. Naturally we gave them the data and stopped sending it to #Fake NSA.
This is why we have shows that stir up a lot of drama
And it's why shows like Survivor and Big Brother have Psychiatrists and Psychologists screen each candidate not for the best but the most diametrically opposed contestants. That way you get drama all the time since you always have a few people who rub each other the wrong way.
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BBOS at that time (4 point something or other) could only do email via BES; one account only and no POP3 / IMAP
Perhaps you weren't aware of how to set them up but the ability was there. I had my Yahoo account set up via POP3 on my 7230 with BB OS 4.x in 2004.
connecting to multiple email accounts (multiple Exchange account at that) and having a consolidated inbox was probably the major reason for the switch
iOS & Android still can't match the BB for email support so I can't fathom what you are talking about here. I have at least six email accounts on my BB and can open them in a consolidated folder or individually. iOS 7 has dramatically improved over previous versions but it's still not on par with BB. I remember my first iOS device and discovering that you couldn't delete a calendar once it had been added to the device even if you deleted the existing email account without wiping the device! I think they fixed that in iOS 4.
And it is funny that everyone compares BES to Exchange ActiveSync because the latter only handles 1/4 of the things a BES does. To your point most likely the percentage is closer to 75% of people don't need the capabilities of the BES but if you EVER use VPN on an iOS device to connect to your company network you would have been better off with a BES. I have been able to connect to my network shares and manipulate files on my company network since 2003 with a BlackBerry WITHOUT connecting to a separate VPN because the BES creates an encrypted always on VPN connection to the corporate network. I could use remote desktop on my BB in 2004. It wasn't pretty or fast but it worked. Doing that on an iOS device works well but if the screen turns off while I am connected I get bumped off of VPN and have to start all over. Point and laugh all you want about how BB underestimated the allure of full color touch but they nailed communication and security and still haven't been matched on that front.
Are you saying Aereo would have been OK if they'd sold one of those OTA DVRs and colocated them at their warehouse? Aereo's fatal flaw is that they rented people a homogeneous device rather than selling them one of a menu? That, my friend, is a legal Rube Goldberg much more intricate than the technical workaround Aereo intended.
Not exactly. The way I understood how the SC ruled was the device would need to get the signal directly from the broadcaster and be located in the consumer's residence. So a consumer would need to have the DVR located on the premises and receive the signal directly from broadcasters via a local antenna. The Tablo is basically the same as the Aero service except you own the device and set it up at home. The Tablo doesn't even have a video out port. It's tuners are only accessible through streaming clients. It doesn't solve the concrete/metal interference problem that Aero did and perhaps they should pursue that argument on their appeal. I disagree with the SC finding as Aero was not altering in any way the content being delivered whereas the cable/satellite companies actually inject extra content/advertising into their rebroadcasts. Ultimately the networks want Aero to have to pay for retransmission and are lobbying even the courts to make that a reality.
Wind + Hydro is basically energy nirvana right now, but we can't build hydro wherever we want.
Actually Wind PRODUCED BY Hydro can. Imagine if these guys added a solar concentrator to super heat the air at the top of the tower.
The difference is the DVR in question. Aero's DVR is in the cloud and Dish's is in the home of the subscriber. It seems the Supreme Court saw a big enough difference in Aero's distribution as to be infringing while Dish's distribution has been covered for decades by fair use rules. Dish's DVR is no different than a VHS or VCR system from a legal standpoint. In fact I can get a modern DVR for Over The Air (ATSC) recording from several different companies. In fact I just found this article discussing Aero alternatives and it mentions all three of the devices I just linked to. The only problem for a select few is that Aero had chosen a choice location for its array of antenna and some people can't get a good signal due to metal walls or distance from towers.
You should have called their mommies and told them they were seen out partying on a school night.
> Comcast's peering connection to Level 3 has been saturated (over 90% capacity) 24/7 for over a year now
Got a source on that? Not that I doubt you, just looking to back up that claim.
While he doesn't come right out and say the name of any specific ISP Mark Taylor VP of Content and Media at Level 3 points his finger at 5 major US ISP's that have been saturated for over a year and refuse to upgrade their connection. Take that revelation and combine it with this graph which shows 8 Major ISPs and the relative speed with which Netflix traverses them and the 5 companies he references become pretty clear. Granted the graph does originate from Netflix so grain of salt and all that but I'm inclined to believe the data.
And that, of course, misses the forest for the trees. Because I doubt that NN occurs on "Business class" connections any more than they occur on "Consumer class" connections. And even if they did, the very notion that only businesses should see the sort of neutrality that comes with an Internet Service Provider smacks in the face any concept of fairness which is a cornerstone of contracts. This notion that a contract has very vague terms allowing an ISP to do whatever it pleases by the letter of the contract is absurd precisely because it's a lopsided vagueness.
You seem unfamiliar with the legal system in general as this type of conduct is practiced the world over since the dawn of lawyers. The very intent of the legalese these contracts espouse is deception. I in no way approve of this practice but to deny its efficacy is simply denial.
To expound on my previous post. Last mile ISP's like Comcast use a business model to oversell a finite resource much like a time share condo in a resort town except the ISP customers don't have to book their internet access in advance. They protect themselves legally by placing conditional statements in their contracts with their customers absolving them of any LEGAL expectations the customer has. This has been very lucrative as 90% of their customers have consistently used less than 10% of their allotted bandwidth at any given time. This has been gradually changing as content streaming has become more mainstream and accessible to the less technically inclined. Up to this point NN isn't even part of the equation. Where it becomes paramount is when Comcast is knowingly causing the degradation of its customers internet experience by refusing to address issues on its own network caused by the increase in traffic through its peer partners AND instead extorting the companies that provide the content Comcast's customers are requesting.
Net neutrality is about ISP's not violating their contracts with their customers.
My ISP works for ME. I pay them to provide X amount of service.
This is where the fine print comes in to play. You are paying for a connection to the internet and promised up to X amount of service. There may or may not be a guaranteed minimum speed spelled out but no ISP promises peak speeds without paying extra for the promise (Business class).
Outright traffic shaping part of the debate, but not the entire debate. Some of the higher-profile NN disputes have been over peering agreements, e.g. Comcast's refusal to increase its peering with Level 3, who is Netflix's provider, because of Comcast's claims that the benefit of the peering agreement is asymmetric.
It is entirely asymmetrical but that is of Comcast's own doing. They sell more bandwidth than they can provide to their ISP customers. Of course in the contract agreement the term they use is "up to xMbps" so they can simply say "sorry we only guarantee xMbps to business class customers". This is by design. Comcast (or just about any US ISP today) depend on the consumer overpaying for what they use. The trouble only comes when they start actually using the bandwidth they thought they were paying for. Which isn't a problem if it is to Comcast's in network properties. But Comcast's peering connection to Level 3 has been saturated (over 90% capacity) 24/7 for over a year now and yet Comcast refuses to add more capacity. That's not just Netflix traffic. That is all traffic coming from Level 3.
They are so serious they were the last company in telecom to let UAE/India/Saudi Arabia etc snoop on BB traffic.
FTFY
The only reason you heard about BlackBerry caving was because they fought it for 3 years. All the other carriers and OEM's had already capitulated or were so insecure India didn't even have to ask. So yea...they care about the security of their customers. And FYI that was only for BIS traffic. They designed BES specifically to prevent anyone, even BlackBerry, from compromising their security.
Rather than change the name and update the site layout (which, IMO, is now worse than it was)
Freecode was Alpha...and you guys thought Beta was bad!
we are left to wonder whether it'll be Apple or Google that ends up owning the automotive market.
Well Apple's CarPlay is run on top of BlackBerry's QNX Car OS as are the majority of current in dash systems so for now BlackBerry is still #1.
I am confused. Does Google/YouTube already ad share with these Indie labels or are the labels just posting up their artists content on YouTube on a channel they created? If it's the latter how is the video any different than a cat video sissy456 posted with a background of Journey's Don't Stop Believing? If it's the former then I support Google's right to set the terms of how they pay content providers on their web property. I couldn't find that anywhere in the article.
manufacturers continue to trash their customer base by doing this. It has to be profitable, right? Which means that it's worth the risk, which means that some bean counter figured that the potential loss is outweighed by the gain.
It should not surprise anyone seeing how many times over now an auto maker has put profits over its consumer's safety.
They have been negotiating for 8 years...They don't have to let her keep the domain but they are going to. We don't know all the facts so I am holding judgement. She obviously likes IKEA and I am hoping IKEA will ultimately reach out to her in a more official capacity.
They did work with her. They have agreed to let her keep the domain. She simply can't profit from it so the ads have to go. She posted on the site she is looking for a new domain to transition to over time since she does need the revenue the ads bring to keep the site viable. It sucks but at least they are working with her and maybe they will realize the benefit she is to them and help her out.
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Rexx has been around forever and yet nobody uses it. Honestly, why do you this is the reason ?
My guess is people are hard headed and continually insist on making that square peg fit in the round hole. That and we're obsessed with the new shiny.
According to this article Apple bought Beats because the Apple brand is fading. Tim Cook is buying what Steve Jobs created from within.
REXX is what you want. I could make arguments why but this article does a decent job. I'll get lambasted for recommending such a dinosaur for recommendations to a modern language but if the tool works who cares how old it is? In fact the latest version of the Regina interpreter for REXX was released just last week. If nothing else read up on some of the ways REXX has been used to "GLUE" other systems/ programming languages together. It should be just what you need to tackle those tricky situations that nobody around you will care about but make your day a living nightmare.
Your parents had to learn quite a bit of information and pledge their allegiance to the US to achieve US citizenship. It was not easy or trivial. It goes a long way to prove they want to be here AND are willing to continue to make America a great place to be. Illegal immigrants have chosen to take the "easy" route and are by their very actions expressed their lack of respect for our country. If the US continues to let illegal immigrants unfettered access this country will become the place those people came from and the land of opportunity will cease to exist. Your anecdote of stupid people bashing immigrants isn't the same as those who oppose illegal immigration and those people might very well be lame but you allude to the fact you don't appreciate being lumped in with illegal immigrants but then lump everyone who opposes illegal immigration in with stupid bigots...Nice double standard you have there.
Republicans/conservatives aren't against immigration...they're against illegal immigration and so are most legal immigrants. When politicians mention immigration reform what they are referring to is changing the rules so that if you make it to US soil without getting tagged out you get citizenship. Talk to an immigrant who followed the rules, studied, and achieved citizenship legally about those who try to cross into the country illegally and watch the righteous indignation explode from them. There is a process in place for immigration that works. It is simply overloaded because it is underfunded but you never hear any politician talk about diverting resources to the existing system.
We received what we thought was a request for data from the NSA on April 9th. We happily complied and began sending the data. We were shocked when the REAL NSA called on April 21st requesting the same data. Naturally we gave them the data and stopped sending it to #Fake NSA.
This is why we have shows that stir up a lot of drama
And it's why shows like Survivor and Big Brother have Psychiatrists and Psychologists screen each candidate not for the best but the most diametrically opposed contestants. That way you get drama all the time since you always have a few people who rub each other the wrong way.