Waste is waste. In publicly funded research it is public money being wasted. I don't generally give a rats ass about waste in privately funded research if it's not my money being wasted. YMMV.
If I run Netflix 10+ hours a day, I can eventually hit Comcast's 250g monthly cap (did that in Dec-2010).... but they never said anything to me. If anything the HDTV antenna (local channels) is what consumes the most time. That said, I do watch quite a lot on Netflix/Hulu, but not 10 hours per day. I average around 100GB/mo w/ Comcast.
> If you've done this, what does your approach include?
I did this last year. Dumped Comcast TV, kept the Data. Cut my Comcast bill in half. I pay for Netflix streaming. I had a Roku and Google TV, but I recently upgraded to a new TV that includes Netflix and Vudu. I also bought a $20 HDTV Receiver to pick up local broadcasts (works very well). I could add a DVR, but anything I would DVR is pretty much available on Hulu (but that's only on my PC because I don't use it enough to justify Hulu+ on the Roku, ymmv).
> If you'd like to, what are the bottlenecks?
The chief "bottleneck" is that there are too many options (Apple TV, Google TV, Roku, TV's with Apps, etc). You will probably not get the right combo of apps+device+TV on your first pass, thus it will take a few purchases/cancellations/equipment-swaps to get a solution that you like. For instance, I started with the Google TV (which is a decent product), but left if behind (gave it to a friend) when I realized that I only used it for Netflix and my new TV had built-in Netflix.
Telling them to look at the URL bar for https was just wrong, imho. You should have been telling them to look at the status bar padlock.
On the topic of determining phishing urls.... use the status bar before (pre) you click a link, don't use the url bar after (post) you've clicked the phishing link. O.o
> Due to alcohol control laws in the United States, > students don't have that option unless they're > college seniors.
Good point. I personally believe that if you are in college, or the armed services, you should be able to legally drink. Old enough to vote, old enough to puke.;-)
> When all the major networks ban your TV product, it's pretty much destined to fail....sure, if all you ever watch are major network TV shows. BUT, if you really don't care for network TV in your home (i.e. I got to a pub to watch baseball/football), then Google TV might just be right for you. I dumped cable TV in November, and am still loving my Google TV. My favorite apps are Netflix, Youtube (Gadget Show, Fifth Gear, Rocketboom*, Zadi, etc), Revision3, Cartoon Channel, Adult Swim, and Daily Motion. What more in life is there really?
The real problem is that there is no easy way to patch this. Seriously, Android/Google should have long ago known that this situation (i.e. vulnerability with no quick way to patch) could be possible.
Nope. Steve honestly had no choice in this. His hands are tied by the BoD and the Shareholders, for which (wait for it...) the lawyers define the operating guidelines and goals.
This is known as TLT (The Lawyer Tax). Lawyers, not having any technical competency nor skills, want a piece of the action^Wmoney from the high tech industry. So the lawyers devise rules, regulations, and guidelines, that force Apple to pursue any and all things that the lawyers feel necessary to, well, protect the lawyers. It's a vicious cycle, the lawyers feeding themselves lawyers. In the end it's the human consumer who loses.
Verizon should be paying *you*, not charging you to use an Android phone. Verizon makes $$ signing license deals with companies (i.e. Skype, Amazon, etc) to put "always running" applications the handsets. If you stop the applications, they will re-start automatically depending on user actions on the phone (i.e. incoming SMS, outgoing phone call, etc).
So True. The only time I ever use Visio is when someone sends me a diagram (and a lot of times I ask them to first send a jpg of it). I would be the first, in a long line of folks, willing to contribute $$ towards importing.vsd into oodraw.
I recently left IBM, but while I was there, there was considerable effort to eliminate M$ products. Symphony was being pushed out over MS Office, and Apple netbooks were an available option in some areas. Obviously IBM has a love for Linux, and the Linux folk there are doing everything they can to make it perfectly acceptable, and usable, to use Linux internally. For all of my 4 years at IBM I used Debian and then Ubuntu on my work thinkpad (but I kept a XP partition for Visio).
Li Yizhong, the minister of Industry and Information Technology
Li Yizhong is just giving an opinion... not a policy. Obviously he is pissed that Google is still in China...which makes me wonder why he would want Google out of China. This whole hoopla has very little to do with censorship and everything to do with competition.
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Waste is waste. In publicly funded research it is public money being wasted. I don't generally give a rats ass about waste in privately funded research if it's not my money being wasted. YMMV.
Wasted "Duh!" research in either publicly or privately funded efforts is bad, no?
Often accomplished via public funds.
That only works the first few times. Once you become known as an ATM, the trolls will form a long line.
Exactly! That same strategy failed with other leeches, like panhandlers.
If I run Netflix 10+ hours a day, I can eventually hit Comcast's 250g monthly cap (did that in Dec-2010).... but they never said anything to me. If anything the HDTV antenna (local channels) is what consumes the most time. That said, I do watch quite a lot on Netflix/Hulu, but not 10 hours per day. I average around 100GB/mo w/ Comcast.
> If you've done this, what does your approach include?
I did this last year. Dumped Comcast TV, kept the Data. Cut my Comcast bill in half. I pay for Netflix streaming. I had a Roku and Google TV, but I recently upgraded to a new TV that includes Netflix and Vudu. I also bought a $20 HDTV Receiver to pick up local broadcasts (works very well). I could add a DVR, but anything I would DVR is pretty much available on Hulu (but that's only on my PC because I don't use it enough to justify Hulu+ on the Roku, ymmv).
> If you'd like to, what are the bottlenecks?
The chief "bottleneck" is that there are too many options (Apple TV, Google TV, Roku, TV's with Apps, etc). You will probably not get the right combo of apps+device+TV on your first pass, thus it will take a few purchases/cancellations/equipment-swaps to get a solution that you like. For instance, I started with the Google TV (which is a decent product), but left if behind (gave it to a friend) when I realized that I only used it for Netflix and my new TV had built-in Netflix.
Telling them to look at the URL bar for https was just wrong, imho. You should have been telling them to look at the status bar padlock.
On the topic of determining phishing urls.... use the status bar before (pre) you click a link, don't use the url bar after (post) you've clicked the phishing link. O.o
> Due to alcohol control laws in the United States,
> students don't have that option unless they're
> college seniors.
Good point. I personally believe that if you are in college, or the armed services, you should be able to legally drink. Old enough to vote, old enough to puke. ;-)
....as well as complete control of the TV remote. ;-)
> When all the major networks ban your TV product, it's pretty much destined to fail. ...sure, if all you ever watch are major network TV shows. BUT, if you really don't care for network TV in your home (i.e. I got to a pub to watch baseball/football), then Google TV might just be right for you. I dumped cable TV in November, and am still loving my Google TV. My favorite apps are Netflix, Youtube (Gadget Show, Fifth Gear, Rocketboom*, Zadi, etc), Revision3, Cartoon Channel, Adult Swim, and Daily Motion. What more in life is there really?
It's not about anything other than money. Follow the money. EOM
OR, it could be the opening to bring about less democracy and more closely held secrets.
> but how do you respond to such knowledge?
You implement a Patch Tuesday solution, at least.
The real problem is that there is no easy way to patch this. Seriously, Android/Google should have long ago known that this situation (i.e. vulnerability with no quick way to patch) could be possible.
This sounds like the perfect oppty for Catering, Coffee, and Donuts. I wonder if that is their true motivation.
Nope. Steve honestly had no choice in this. His hands are tied by the BoD and the Shareholders, for which (wait for it...) the lawyers define the operating guidelines and goals.
This is known as TLT (The Lawyer Tax). Lawyers, not having any technical competency nor skills, want a piece of the action^Wmoney from the high tech industry. So the lawyers devise rules, regulations, and guidelines, that force Apple to pursue any and all things that the lawyers feel necessary to, well, protect the lawyers. It's a vicious cycle, the lawyers feeding themselves lawyers. In the end it's the human consumer who loses.
Verizon should be paying *you*, not charging you to use an Android phone. Verizon makes $$ signing license deals with companies (i.e. Skype, Amazon, etc) to put "always running" applications the handsets. If you stop the applications, they will re-start automatically depending on user actions on the phone (i.e. incoming SMS, outgoing phone call, etc).
Who invests in China? Who has Labs in China? This situation was inevitable, and it is based on decisions made years ago.
So True. The only time I ever use Visio is when someone sends me a diagram (and a lot of times I ask them to first send a jpg of it). I would be the first, in a long line of folks, willing to contribute $$ towards importing .vsd into oodraw.
I did a preso on it back in 2007 at the Ubuntu Georgia Gutsy Gibbon InstallFest. Look for my ODP down at the bottom of: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GeorgiaUSTeam/Events/GutsyGibbonInstallFest and a pic from the actual event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntugeorgia/1958309545/
Well, I don't follow apple, so I used netbooks as a general term for apple laptops. Mostly seen with used by some IBM sales critters.
I recently left IBM, but while I was there, there was considerable effort to eliminate M$ products. Symphony was being pushed out over MS Office, and Apple netbooks were an available option in some areas. Obviously IBM has a love for Linux, and the Linux folk there are doing everything they can to make it perfectly acceptable, and usable, to use Linux internally. For all of my 4 years at IBM I used Debian and then Ubuntu on my work thinkpad (but I kept a XP partition for Visio).
Li Yizhong, the minister of Industry and Information Technology
Li Yizhong is just giving an opinion... not a policy. Obviously he is pissed that Google is still in China...which makes me wonder why he would want Google out of China. This whole hoopla has very little to do with censorship and everything to do with competition.