If only the media companies would let those of us stuck with HD-DVD discs because of this crap exchange them for the cost of the media... and not pay the damn royalties, etc again.
I'm not going to get into my qualifications for discussing how large scale software development and QA methodologies should work, but I will say there's a substantial difference between releasing an OS where some obscure 3rd party application stops working and missing fundamental compatibility issues with your own applications and hardware.
Apple screwed the pooch on 10.5 in a way I'm not sure any OS vendor has done before. Microsoft, for all the crap they've done, never had a release that broke their own products. The Quicktime update that broke all their pro video editing software is another perfect example. Apple is rushing product these days and it shows. They still have devices out there that are fundamentally flawed (like the yet-to-be-corrected stability problems with the AEBS).
I'm not sure you should be projecting your personal inability to write well engineered, unit tested and quality-assured software onto an industry that should strive for substantially better.
I don't know where in the US you live, but in case you haven't been there before, both downtown San Francisco and downtown Boston are fairly urban locations.
Actually ATT only even has sporadic 2G coverage in the US. They play games with their roaming agreements to keep their costs down and the end result is they've got, by a substantial margin, the worst coverage in the United States. (Other carriers have similar coverage but allow free roaming to other networks.)
ATT should be fixing their already nearly useless network before upgrading it. There's not a good excuse why you could lose ATT signals along any interstate highway in the US, or why there could be large parts of big cities like Boston or San Francisco with no coverage.
I've been debating paying the cancellation charge and cracking the phone to be able to use T-Mobile's GSM network -- using the Field Test app on the iPhone, its clear that there is nearly universal T-Mobile coverage everywhere I've been.
Actually, no. In most cases they're leasing pole and other right-of-way space from the power companies. The government rarely gave access or land to the telephone companies.
Poles are essentially always owned by the power company. Buried lines, not so much, but they also don't impinge on the use of the land they run under or along.
Yeah that Galaxy Explorer set was definitely my favorite. I got it for Chrismas in 1980... I can remember being so excited and putting the thing together that morning.
I probably still have it (or at least my parents probably do) in a box in their storage unit. One of these days I'll have to have them ship them to me and put it together in time for a 30th anniversary of the kit.
The X1 is a great laptop -- I love mine, but I'm sorry its not even close to the Airbook. Its extremely slow (less than half the speed of a 1.6ghz C2D), its got a small keyboard and a low-resolution display.
Its *great* for use on an airplane because the seat in front of you can be back and you can still fit it on the tray. Its great for tossing in a bag.
There is no way on Earth you could use it as a full-time laptop unless you had midget hands and only used Office.
So is it really more likely there are 700,000 mysteriously missing iPhones, or perhaps the number of people buying them to unlock is higher than they think?
Does the number of ATT activations also include the pre-paid plans, or just the contracts?
I don't think anyone who really uses Apple's products are so kind to Apple any more since the massive amount of (still uncorrected) problems in Leopard.
The way Apple has been for the last 18 months or so, I'm not even remotely surprised they screwed this up. They can't manage to keep their own products working properly together (Leopard+AEBS as one example), much less keep 3rd party stuff working.
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It makes me wonder what actually causes tags to show up there.
I mean did a moderator choose to put it there? Did enough people enter that exact phrase to roll it to the top of some list?
I have to be honest -- I have no idea how the tagging works.
If only the media companies would let those of us stuck with HD-DVD discs because of this crap exchange them for the cost of the media... and not pay the damn royalties, etc again.
You need to masturbate more.
Most of the slashdot crowd doesn't have issues with wrist strength.
Yup, the stuff I bought the second time didn't necessarily match the stuff I got suckered into buying the first time.
You call them. They give you the points you've spent on a temporary XBox Live account, you redownload the software.
After that they'll run fine not logged in on the 360, or on other 360s logged in with the original account.
Its a pain in the ass -- I've had to do it twice, but its not nearly how the story makes it sound.
Jeez, does anyone RTFA?
I'm not going to get into my qualifications for discussing how large scale software development and QA methodologies should work, but I will say there's a substantial difference between releasing an OS where some obscure 3rd party application stops working and missing fundamental compatibility issues with your own applications and hardware.
Apple screwed the pooch on 10.5 in a way I'm not sure any OS vendor has done before. Microsoft, for all the crap they've done, never had a release that broke their own products. The Quicktime update that broke all their pro video editing software is another perfect example. Apple is rushing product these days and it shows. They still have devices out there that are fundamentally flawed (like the yet-to-be-corrected stability problems with the AEBS).
I'm not sure you should be projecting your personal inability to write well engineered, unit tested and quality-assured software onto an industry that should strive for substantially better.
No, but at least AirDisk drives work correctly again, at a usable performance.
10.5.2 is what 10.5 should've been in Apple didn't rush it at the expense of QA.
Ironically my iPhone would probably work fine there.
I don't know where in the US you live, but in case you haven't been there before, both downtown San Francisco and downtown Boston are fairly urban locations.
Actually ATT only even has sporadic 2G coverage in the US. They play games with their roaming agreements to keep their costs down and the end result is they've got, by a substantial margin, the worst coverage in the United States. (Other carriers have similar coverage but allow free roaming to other networks.)
ATT should be fixing their already nearly useless network before upgrading it. There's not a good excuse why you could lose ATT signals along any interstate highway in the US, or why there could be large parts of big cities like Boston or San Francisco with no coverage.
I've been debating paying the cancellation charge and cracking the phone to be able to use T-Mobile's GSM network -- using the Field Test app on the iPhone, its clear that there is nearly universal T-Mobile coverage everywhere I've been.
Still proud to live in New Hampshire.
Yeah, because AOL's dropoff in dialup usage was because the teeming masses of torrent leeches stopped advising them to use AOL.
Funny, everyone else always assumed it was the rise in availability of DSL and other forms of broadband.
But you may be right! History books may need to be rewritten!
Yeah, I learned when I downloaded that torrent of the Sopranos finale.
Actually, no. In most cases they're leasing pole and other right-of-way space from the power companies. The government rarely gave access or land to the telephone companies.
Poles are essentially always owned by the power company. Buried lines, not so much, but they also don't impinge on the use of the land they run under or along.
And even worse for anyone who's had to go through the (very painful) process of jailbreaking 1.3, it means likely having to do it AGAIN.
Yeah that Galaxy Explorer set was definitely my favorite. I got it for Chrismas in 1980... I can remember being so excited and putting the thing together that morning.
I probably still have it (or at least my parents probably do) in a box in their storage unit. One of these days I'll have to have them ship them to me and put it together in time for a 30th anniversary of the kit.
(Holy crap, 30th anniversary? I'm soooo old.)
Yup, thats pretty widely claimed in print, and I've seen it published with sources that struck me as pretty reliable.
Yes MacBook Air.
I know I got it wrong. I've been on hold with Comcast for 90 minutes and my brain is turning to mush from their horrid hold music.
I'd like to see how durable the Air is by cracking someone over the head over at Comcast.
The X1 is a great laptop -- I love mine, but I'm sorry its not even close to the Airbook. Its extremely slow (less than half the speed of a 1.6ghz C2D), its got a small keyboard and a low-resolution display.
Its *great* for use on an airplane because the seat in front of you can be back and you can still fit it on the tray. Its great for tossing in a bag.
There is no way on Earth you could use it as a full-time laptop unless you had midget hands and only used Office.
Well it is good for surfing porn at work.
(did I just say that?)
So is it really more likely there are 700,000 mysteriously missing iPhones, or perhaps the number of people buying them to unlock is higher than they think?
Does the number of ATT activations also include the pre-paid plans, or just the contracts?
They've tried this before, I think...
No, but at $15 a head, popularity is the only thing that matters to the bottom line.
I don't think anyone who really uses Apple's products are so kind to Apple any more since the massive amount of (still uncorrected) problems in Leopard.
The way Apple has been for the last 18 months or so, I'm not even remotely surprised they screwed this up. They can't manage to keep their own products working properly together (Leopard+AEBS as one example), much less keep 3rd party stuff working.