Software chosen by government tends to trickle down to corporations, which tends to trickle down to home users (although to a lesser extent). So if Microsoft software were to be replaced in EU governments it would eventually influence a population that's larger than the US and Canada combined.
Who said buy another phone for each trip? Just don't buy an iPhone at all. If you don't like a product don't buy it! If you don't like AT&T then don't use them! What the hell is the problem with that?
If you don't like it, don't buy the phone. No one is forcing them to use AT&T overseas. Simply buy a different phone from a different carrier and stop complaining!
If you don't want to use the device as Apple intended, then either don't buy it or don't complain when it doesn't work. There are other vendors out there.
Apple clearly states that you shouldn't use this beta software on a phone you depend upon. What do you expect with a beta program? What does locked down hardware have to do with it? Anything in the beta OS could have broken and disabled it.
The phrases you missed from my post are "regular customer" and "as intended". That excludes unlocked phones ("jailbroken") and beta testers. Those articles all reference unlocked phones and those that install 3rd party software before Apple offered any.
I mean seriously, how many times has this phone been bricked lately? 0, if you're a regular customer who uses the device as intended. No one should be surprised to find problems when signing up for a beta program.
Corporations who do serious mobile phone development do not have their developers use personal phones for development and testing. They purchase separate phones for them.
Independent developers can order a separate line with a cheap phone and have their calls redirected. Then if their development platform breaks they still have a usable phone. It's the cost of being a beta tester.
I think you missed the part where these are people choosing to explicitly install beta development software on their mobile phone. If want to be sure your phone will work, either don't install early beta software on it, or buy a second phone.
Not far from where I live there are large private developments. As you turn onto the road to go into them they have signs with the name, but nothing that directly states "private". They all have multiple private roads with distinct names but signs that obviously aren't put up by the town. But these houses have their mailing address as the private road name. Apparently these roads are private property, but you wouldn't know it unless you're from the area or are paying very close attention to details.
I wonder if Google would be in some legally gray area for areas like this, where it's technically private but appears to be public. (Driving up to the garage like in the article is another story. I'm just speculating about other related cases.)
Does this entail those stupid IP-grabber ads on websites that show pictures with "Meet 20 year olds from (LOCATION BY IP)" above them? It sounds like it wouldn't unless they contained pictures of you in a bikini. My guess is those girls are paid, so as contractors they're not individuals being misrepresented.
Yahoo has more pages and traffic than just about any site on the internet. Yahoo and Google are Microsoft's only real competitors on the internet. So my guess is they simply want to absorb one of their competitors to leverage against the other. Microsoft's not gaining market or mind share on their own, so like usual they're trying to buy it.
They manipulated the pricing to reach a certain threshold. Once it's bought for a certain price the owner of the license must conform to certain rules of "openness" for what can used on that spectrum.
That's progress? For Windows, maybe, but barely even that. If it's true progress then why are they having such a hard time selling upgrades? XP sold very very well as an upgrade to it's predecessor.
I think this is the only thing Microsoft could have done to keep the customers who want these new low power computers. I don't think it'll backfire because people will still buy computers with XP since it's familiar. Microsoft had to choose between two competitors: Linux and XP. They chose the evil they know because as long as people use some Microsoft software they tend to stick with it when it's time to upgrade.
If they're really interested in slowing traffic to the speed limit then why not wait out in the open? By hiding they're waiting for people to speed past them. When they sit in the open just about everyone drops to the limit. And those that are way over the limit often won't be able to slow down in time and will be caught anyway.
We already know that some places had ticket quotas until the courts ruled them unconstitutional. If revenue was a motivating factor in the recent past, I'm sure it still is a factor today.
Don't they want to slow people down in general Not where I live. The police hide and let cars go by that are 15 mph over the limit. They wait to see a car going 15+ to get a bigger ticket. It seems to be all about the revenue, not safety.
And I imagine it's worse in many small towns where moving violations sometimes make up a large portion of the town revenue.
The submitter was referring to time frame, I believe. Usually the disc is millions of years old before planets form (as far as we know). This one is thought to be less than 100,000 years old. However, another start flying by 1600 years ago might be an extenuating circumstance.
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Software chosen by government tends to trickle down to corporations, which tends to trickle down to home users (although to a lesser extent). So if Microsoft software were to be replaced in EU governments it would eventually influence a population that's larger than the US and Canada combined.
Who said buy another phone for each trip? Just don't buy an iPhone at all. If you don't like a product don't buy it! If you don't like AT&T then don't use them! What the hell is the problem with that?
If you don't like it, don't buy the phone. No one is forcing them to use AT&T overseas. Simply buy a different phone from a different carrier and stop complaining!
If you don't want to use the device as Apple intended, then either don't buy it or don't complain when it doesn't work. There are other vendors out there.
Apple clearly states that you shouldn't use this beta software on a phone you depend upon. What do you expect with a beta program? What does locked down hardware have to do with it? Anything in the beta OS could have broken and disabled it.
As for cost, you can usually add a second line to a current plan for relatively little and get a free simple phone.
Unlocking isn't illegal.
The phrases you missed from my post are "regular customer" and "as intended". That excludes unlocked phones ("jailbroken") and beta testers. Those articles all reference unlocked phones and those that install 3rd party software before Apple offered any.
Can't be any worse than the looks any mobile phone development geek would normally get in public.
Corporations who do serious mobile phone development do not have their developers use personal phones for development and testing. They purchase separate phones for them.
Independent developers can order a separate line with a cheap phone and have their calls redirected. Then if their development platform breaks they still have a usable phone. It's the cost of being a beta tester.
I think you missed the part where these are people choosing to explicitly install beta development software on their mobile phone. If want to be sure your phone will work, either don't install early beta software on it, or buy a second phone.
Here's an even better idea. Let's complain about developers who use beta software for their primary mobile phone!
Not far from where I live there are large private developments. As you turn onto the road to go into them they have signs with the name, but nothing that directly states "private". They all have multiple private roads with distinct names but signs that obviously aren't put up by the town. But these houses have their mailing address as the private road name. Apparently these roads are private property, but you wouldn't know it unless you're from the area or are paying very close attention to details.
I wonder if Google would be in some legally gray area for areas like this, where it's technically private but appears to be public. (Driving up to the garage like in the article is another story. I'm just speculating about other related cases.)
Oh it's definitely false advertising. I've never seen those women in my small neighborhood!
But it's not an IP issue if they're legally considered "models".
But the point is these weren't taken just from public property. The photos were taken while on private property. Big difference.
Yahoo has more pages and traffic than just about any site on the internet. Yahoo and Google are Microsoft's only real competitors on the internet. So my guess is they simply want to absorb one of their competitors to leverage against the other. Microsoft's not gaining market or mind share on their own, so like usual they're trying to buy it.
They manipulated the pricing to reach a certain threshold. Once it's bought for a certain price the owner of the license must conform to certain rules of "openness" for what can used on that spectrum.
Fixed that for ya.
That's progress? For Windows, maybe, but barely even that. If it's true progress then why are they having such a hard time selling upgrades? XP sold very very well as an upgrade to it's predecessor.
I think this is the only thing Microsoft could have done to keep the customers who want these new low power computers. I don't think it'll backfire because people will still buy computers with XP since it's familiar. Microsoft had to choose between two competitors: Linux and XP. They chose the evil they know because as long as people use some Microsoft software they tend to stick with it when it's time to upgrade.
If they're really interested in slowing traffic to the speed limit then why not wait out in the open? By hiding they're waiting for people to speed past them. When they sit in the open just about everyone drops to the limit. And those that are way over the limit often won't be able to slow down in time and will be caught anyway.
We already know that some places had ticket quotas until the courts ruled them unconstitutional. If revenue was a motivating factor in the recent past, I'm sure it still is a factor today.
And I imagine it's worse in many small towns where moving violations sometimes make up a large portion of the town revenue.
The submitter was referring to time frame, I believe. Usually the disc is millions of years old before planets form (as far as we know). This one is thought to be less than 100,000 years old. However, another start flying by 1600 years ago might be an extenuating circumstance.
If he doesn't wear pants what makes you think he wears a shirt?