I can go through the process of making meth in my home. Should be legal then, right? If it is illegal to own, then it is illegal to own, doesn't matter if you buy it or make it yourself.
Point of note, people keep pointing out that it is so easy for a criminal to get an illegal weapon. If you are fighting a tyrannical government, it will be illegal for you to have a weapon. If it came to that you will be able to get black market weapons (the ones that people keep insisting are available.)
Article one of the constitution allows for the suspension of hadeas corpus. I don't agree that they should have done so, but you can hardly call it treasonous.
Have you ever not had to reload a magazine because it was not empty? It takes 0 seconds to do. That "less than 10 seconds" is still more time for the victim to attempt to stop the assailant or get away than they have with a larger clip.
Also was stated "otherwise-innocent civilian with no connection to the military." Once you join a militia you become the military, so your reference was already invalid. Even then the reference was to modern day needs, which I too challenge you to provide a good example of civilian need for a high capacity magazine or a semi-automatic weapon?
Droning on about "apps" like some 80s era IBM commercial is just a red herring to distract from the fact that the core platform is crap (just like MS-DOS).
Don't you know, apple products are designed to update social networking and play games. I placed my Galaxy S2 next to a friends iPhone 4s and notices the app disparity immediately. Beside widgets for the various rss feeds I read, My main page has maps, email, VNC Viewer and notes apps. His was facebook and a bunch of games. Now while I know that a single user does not a user base make but among my friends, the ones geeks tend to have android phones full of utility type apps and the iPhone users have games and facebook (and messaging).
Damn, it seems like this is one of many tablets that almost have most/all of the desired features, but also is running on windows 8. Might be time for me to rethink my mild objections to windows 8...
My Samsung laptops are amazingly good, and I have had a Samsung washer and dryer in a rental unit that were very nice. Also the Samsung microwave works rather well at work. Sadly, you have to use HR's break area to use it. I would say that their product line doesn't stop so simply at displays or phones, but I would definitely say that apple supports their products better if you do get a crappy one.
Not to offend, but was there any insight to this article? So and so did this is more of a twitter comment than an article on slashdot. What did this anthropologist learn from their experience? Anything would really help here.
I wouldn't say he doesn't have a coherent business plan. His business plan provides free software with a paid support model. The suggestion that a company that offers paid support for a free product is somehow scamming a customer is false. It is impossible to offer free support if you don't charge for the original product. You ave absolutely zero income and unless you can find tech support agents willing to work for free you cant offer any support unless you charge the customer. I'd imagine that many companies that offer a free product run into the same issue (Open office, Mozilla for Firefox and Thunderbird, etc).
The phone will be replaced before its recovered. The only reason that the police report is required is so that the insurance company that the phone provider uses can file charges for damages against the thief. If the phone is recovered it will sit in an evidence locker. What if the person didn't have insurance on their smartphone? Well then they are stupid and deserve to have to use a dumb phone for not insuring their expensive, often stolen, piece of equipment.
Presumably "subpoena" means "DA office asked the person whose phone was stolen for permission to acquire the phone records from day of theft onward". Seeing as the victim willingly gave up their phone records to catch the thief and has likely already received a new phone whose call log is not being forwarded to the police, I don't see this as an issue. These are all legally collected records and they are only affecting the criminals who stole the phone, or the people who were stupid enough to buy a iPhone from a street vendor for $100.
This is a really bad argument. If he offers free support hows does he pay his workers? If he offers no support then no one uses the product. But you say if he offers paid support hes at best dishonest. He might as well fold up shop here. From a customer service worker here I can assure you that they wont read the documentation. They will move directly to the bitching department. You are right about one thing options are necessary. Support documents wont be read but having them helps. A support forum where other users can help each other with issues goes a long way as well. Whatever you do don't use customer satisfaction surveys as a measure of job performance. When customers start docking the employee for adhearing to policy, the employee will start offering free support to keep their metrics up.
People feel more and more entitled lately. Ive done phone support for two company's in the last five years and the trend is always give me more. People become irate if you don't support a product they think you should. People become irate if there is an interruption in service. People become irate if they did something stupid to fuck up their product/service and you have to tell them what they did wrong. Hell I've even had people get mad at me because they lost service due to a bill payment issue as if it is my fault they didn't pay their bill. The reality is that people are feeling the pinch and don't want to pay more than they have to. In the words of the best customer service trainer I've trained under "its about positioning. Don't tell them what you can't do. Give them options."
Can be yes, but the less than technical people in the office don't get that concept. Not a day goes by at work where people are replying to a message that clearly says "DO NOT USE REPLY ALL TO RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST" with a reply all giving away either their personal information, or a clients personal information. Generally speaking since we cant email out of the company it means that client info is not in danger (we can all look it up anyway) but it does mean in cases where the employee was giving out their info they spammed it to everyone. A while back we had to submit direct deposit info to HR for updating info and in the letter it clearly said, not only "do not reply to all" but also "do not reply with this information, come get a form from HR." sure enough a half hour later we had no less than 20 reply alls with employee direct deposit info.
Wozniak is a rational voice in a world of fanbois that sees benefit in innovation. Saying that Woz is not qualified on the grounds that he is no longer involved with Apple is erroneous at best. Woz was a true innovator, more so than myself or any other/. commentor and is perfectly suited to comment on his perception of what qualifies as innovation.
Main reason for downgrading is in both cases Windows Vista wouldn't boot. While I would normally use PC Wizard (as Black LED suggested), it was not an option in this case. I do however agree that Vista is a POS OS..
Well I'll never buy Toshiba products. I recently downgraded two friends toshiba laptops (an a205 and an a215) from vista to windows xp pro. While I'm cool with the idea that Toshiba did not support the downgrade, I thought I could at least find the documentation on their website to figure out what the hardware was.
Yeah, that did not come close to happening.
Thanks to third part sites that organized the documentation, I was able to find the data sheet for both laptops and ultimately got the drivers for both laptops. I now already hate working on a Toshiba laptop because of this experience, I definitely wont be purchasing one, or recommending my friends purchase one if they expect me to fix it when it breaks.
"Design patents are extremely narrow - you have to do your level best to copy them exactly in order to be found in infringement. Plus, they specifically cannot cover functionality - that has to be covered by a utility patent, if it's going to be protected. This design patent only protects a "portable display device" (that's the wording in the Patent itself), and only one with those specific design elements that are shown in the Patent Figures."
With this being the case I would imagine that you shouldn't see a lot of battles about this design patent unless someone is deliberately making counterfeit iPads (and by shouldn't I mean "but probably will").
Doesn't really work that way. You can't compare two functionally identical and competing products, say "but this one costs more to develop", and expect the consumer to pick up the bill when there is a cheaper option. The iPad mini is worth what people will pay for a product of its type, which is about $199 for all competing tablets. Even if what you are saying is true, people who are paying more for an iPad mini are not doing so because they feel an obligation to help apple with its OS development costs, but because its "trendy".
"the notice specified in Schedule 1 to this order on the homepage of its UK website"
Its also not on apples homepage, its linked from apples homepage and posted elsewhere.
Post a link on the front page, People click it and read this "non-apology". If Apple gets called to court to change it, they do, but they don't change the link on the front page, so people who frequent their page see the link and assume its the same link, never see the real apology. If a judge was smart he would make the entirety of this was posted on the front page to make sure people saw it.
This is sadly not something you will be able to fight. Honestly I would never pay for this review because it will just come back the same and you will now be $35 dollars short. The reality is that their "research" is to use the same information that resulted in a letter being sent to you to verify that you pirated material (whether you did or did not). Ultimately you're screwed. Best means to fight it is to get a legitimate copy of materials you were downloading and claim that you have a license to own a backup of said materials. Not sure that this would work, but it is the best means I could imagine that you would be able to legitimize any downloads you have made. Course I would only do this if they say that they are taking you to court.
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I can go through the process of making meth in my home. Should be legal then, right? If it is illegal to own, then it is illegal to own, doesn't matter if you buy it or make it yourself.
Point of note, people keep pointing out that it is so easy for a criminal to get an illegal weapon. If you are fighting a tyrannical government, it will be illegal for you to have a weapon. If it came to that you will be able to get black market weapons (the ones that people keep insisting are available.)
Article one of the constitution allows for the suspension of hadeas corpus. I don't agree that they should have done so, but you can hardly call it treasonous.
Have you ever not had to reload a magazine because it was not empty? It takes 0 seconds to do. That "less than 10 seconds" is still more time for the victim to attempt to stop the assailant or get away than they have with a larger clip. Also was stated "otherwise-innocent civilian with no connection to the military." Once you join a militia you become the military, so your reference was already invalid. Even then the reference was to modern day needs, which I too challenge you to provide a good example of civilian need for a high capacity magazine or a semi-automatic weapon?
Wait....Did you just say that an overseas company is being hired to protest outsourcing? Define Irony...
Droning on about "apps" like some 80s era IBM commercial is just a red herring to distract from the fact that the core platform is crap (just like MS-DOS).
Don't you know, apple products are designed to update social networking and play games. I placed my Galaxy S2 next to a friends iPhone 4s and notices the app disparity immediately. Beside widgets for the various rss feeds I read, My main page has maps, email, VNC Viewer and notes apps. His was facebook and a bunch of games. Now while I know that a single user does not a user base make but among my friends, the ones geeks tend to have android phones full of utility type apps and the iPhone users have games and facebook (and messaging).
Thinkpad tablet 2.
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tablet/thinkpad/thinkpad-tablet-2/
Damn, it seems like this is one of many tablets that almost have most/all of the desired features, but also is running on windows 8. Might be time for me to rethink my mild objections to windows 8...
iFlint and tinder; the iWheel, both now available at the iCave app store.
My Samsung laptops are amazingly good, and I have had a Samsung washer and dryer in a rental unit that were very nice. Also the Samsung microwave works rather well at work. Sadly, you have to use HR's break area to use it. I would say that their product line doesn't stop so simply at displays or phones, but I would definitely say that apple supports their products better if you do get a crappy one.
Not to offend, but was there any insight to this article? So and so did this is more of a twitter comment than an article on slashdot. What did this anthropologist learn from their experience? Anything would really help here.
I wouldn't say he doesn't have a coherent business plan. His business plan provides free software with a paid support model. The suggestion that a company that offers paid support for a free product is somehow scamming a customer is false. It is impossible to offer free support if you don't charge for the original product. You ave absolutely zero income and unless you can find tech support agents willing to work for free you cant offer any support unless you charge the customer. I'd imagine that many companies that offer a free product run into the same issue (Open office, Mozilla for Firefox and Thunderbird, etc).
The phone will be replaced before its recovered. The only reason that the police report is required is so that the insurance company that the phone provider uses can file charges for damages against the thief. If the phone is recovered it will sit in an evidence locker. What if the person didn't have insurance on their smartphone? Well then they are stupid and deserve to have to use a dumb phone for not insuring their expensive, often stolen, piece of equipment.
Presumably "subpoena" means "DA office asked the person whose phone was stolen for permission to acquire the phone records from day of theft onward". Seeing as the victim willingly gave up their phone records to catch the thief and has likely already received a new phone whose call log is not being forwarded to the police, I don't see this as an issue. These are all legally collected records and they are only affecting the criminals who stole the phone, or the people who were stupid enough to buy a iPhone from a street vendor for $100.
This is a really bad argument. If he offers free support hows does he pay his workers? If he offers no support then no one uses the product. But you say if he offers paid support hes at best dishonest. He might as well fold up shop here. From a customer service worker here I can assure you that they wont read the documentation. They will move directly to the bitching department. You are right about one thing options are necessary. Support documents wont be read but having them helps. A support forum where other users can help each other with issues goes a long way as well. Whatever you do don't use customer satisfaction surveys as a measure of job performance. When customers start docking the employee for adhearing to policy, the employee will start offering free support to keep their metrics up.
People feel more and more entitled lately. Ive done phone support for two company's in the last five years and the trend is always give me more. People become irate if you don't support a product they think you should. People become irate if there is an interruption in service. People become irate if they did something stupid to fuck up their product/service and you have to tell them what they did wrong. Hell I've even had people get mad at me because they lost service due to a bill payment issue as if it is my fault they didn't pay their bill. The reality is that people are feeling the pinch and don't want to pay more than they have to. In the words of the best customer service trainer I've trained under "its about positioning. Don't tell them what you can't do. Give them options."
Can be yes, but the less than technical people in the office don't get that concept. Not a day goes by at work where people are replying to a message that clearly says "DO NOT USE REPLY ALL TO RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST" with a reply all giving away either their personal information, or a clients personal information. Generally speaking since we cant email out of the company it means that client info is not in danger (we can all look it up anyway) but it does mean in cases where the employee was giving out their info they spammed it to everyone. A while back we had to submit direct deposit info to HR for updating info and in the letter it clearly said, not only "do not reply to all" but also "do not reply with this information, come get a form from HR." sure enough a half hour later we had no less than 20 reply alls with employee direct deposit info.
Wozniak is a rational voice in a world of fanbois that sees benefit in innovation. Saying that Woz is not qualified on the grounds that he is no longer involved with Apple is erroneous at best. Woz was a true innovator, more so than myself or any other /. commentor and is perfectly suited to comment on his perception of what qualifies as innovation.
Main reason for downgrading is in both cases Windows Vista wouldn't boot. While I would normally use PC Wizard (as Black LED suggested), it was not an option in this case. I do however agree that Vista is a POS OS..
Well I'll never buy Toshiba products. I recently downgraded two friends toshiba laptops (an a205 and an a215) from vista to windows xp pro. While I'm cool with the idea that Toshiba did not support the downgrade, I thought I could at least find the documentation on their website to figure out what the hardware was.
Yeah, that did not come close to happening.
Thanks to third part sites that organized the documentation, I was able to find the data sheet for both laptops and ultimately got the drivers for both laptops. I now already hate working on a Toshiba laptop because of this experience, I definitely wont be purchasing one, or recommending my friends purchase one if they expect me to fix it when it breaks.
"Design patents are extremely narrow - you have to do your level best to copy them exactly in order to be found in infringement. Plus, they specifically cannot cover functionality - that has to be covered by a utility patent, if it's going to be protected. This design patent only protects a "portable display device" (that's the wording in the Patent itself), and only one with those specific design elements that are shown in the Patent Figures."
With this being the case I would imagine that you shouldn't see a lot of battles about this design patent unless someone is deliberately making counterfeit iPads (and by shouldn't I mean "but probably will").
Doesn't really work that way. You can't compare two functionally identical and competing products, say "but this one costs more to develop", and expect the consumer to pick up the bill when there is a cheaper option. The iPad mini is worth what people will pay for a product of its type, which is about $199 for all competing tablets. Even if what you are saying is true, people who are paying more for an iPad mini are not doing so because they feel an obligation to help apple with its OS development costs, but because its "trendy".
"the notice specified in Schedule 1 to this order on the homepage of its UK website" Its also not on apples homepage, its linked from apples homepage and posted elsewhere.
Post a link on the front page, People click it and read this "non-apology". If Apple gets called to court to change it, they do, but they don't change the link on the front page, so people who frequent their page see the link and assume its the same link, never see the real apology. If a judge was smart he would make the entirety of this was posted on the front page to make sure people saw it.
This is sadly not something you will be able to fight. Honestly I would never pay for this review because it will just come back the same and you will now be $35 dollars short. The reality is that their "research" is to use the same information that resulted in a letter being sent to you to verify that you pirated material (whether you did or did not). Ultimately you're screwed. Best means to fight it is to get a legitimate copy of materials you were downloading and claim that you have a license to own a backup of said materials. Not sure that this would work, but it is the best means I could imagine that you would be able to legitimize any downloads you have made. Course I would only do this if they say that they are taking you to court.
Before Comcast stopped enforcing their data cap it was set at 250gb per month, I think you're safe at 50gb whoever your provider is.