Maybe companies should stop trying to monetize every aspect of their customers. If I buy a god damn TV, I want no further relationship with either the manufacturer or retailer (other than a warranty, which for sure was paid for in the purchase price). You sold me a TV, I sold you nothing, including stalking rights. Hiding bullshit in a EULA is not an excuse.
I give you money, you give me the item -- and our dealings are done. End. Of. Story.
There's a few sites where you can buy an aftermarket panel of your choosing, assuming you're semi handy with a screw driver. Example, I bought an asus g74sx a few years back, and it came with a 17.3 inch 1680 lcd (not sure why they'd pick that resolution for a 'gaming' laptop?)
But, http://www.laptopscreen.com/ had a 1080p replacement for just over $100 delivered. Not affiliated with them in any way -- they had a good price, and surprisingly fast shipping. (Despite how sketchy the site looks.)
Took about 20 minutes to install, but nothing too tricky; definitely cheaper than the alternatives.
More likely it's just recognized that 8 is a shitty OS, that deviates too far from windows xp / windows 7, and that the next iteration of windows will wind up veering away from 8.
China likely has a huge number of government users and they don't want to pay for training them to use 8, then having to pay to retrain once 8 is dropped in favor of 9, or whatever alternative is chosen.
what i don't get is.. if these congress critters are so stupid and incompetent, how are they fucking up the country so quickly and effectively? Savant-ism?:(
not familiar with EU policy: Do the member states have to ratify stuff like this through direct popular vote? Or is it like the US where our elected keepers will push it through without any regards to public opinion or the best interests of their constituents?
The article doesn't give a ton of detail, but it sounds a lot like the Valley Fever that occurs in the US South West. Which is Candida fungus if i remember correctly.
a European commenting (read as: looking down his nose on the US) regarding socially responsible capitalism is rather funny too. It only took you guys 500 or so years of literally raping the entire god damn world to figure out how to do it 'responsibly.'
Further 'socially responsible' capitalism is only possible due to the power structures and economics of the world, which the previous 500 years created in the first place.
It would be like the de Beers folk using their fortune to get into free trade coffee business, then lecturing Folgers for being less than 'fair trade'.:(
I've wondered why we don't allow prisoners to play some kind of FPS (or ideally MMO) type games in prisons, and let them sort out their turf wars and aggression using that.
-- quite a few MMO players live very similar to convicts, in that they stay isolated in their cell for 20 hours a day. -- shanking someone in a game would be far better than in real life.
Putting people in a confined space with no outlet and nothing to do for 20 hours a day -- and those who didn't already have violent or criminal tendencies will have them in short order. And the recreation they do find will not be something we want them to be doing.
NES, SEGA, SNES -- simple, fun games that have been playable at parties for 30 odd years now. Or the WII -- which is pretty much tailor made for this kind of stuff.
have we really gone full circle with "everything old, is new again"
that makes no sense.. the auto makers want to sell cars. They don't care much about what kind of car: SUV, sedan, it doesn't matter (though the more expensive, the better -- obviously). If they can get people paying for a new car every few years, they're happy.
If they could get 40k for a fred flintstone drive-train powered car, they would try.
The EV/hybrid price premium actually helps them, since they can soak more profit margin out of a 40k car vs a 20k econobox. Plus, pushing LEV/ZEV requirements means more new car sales. I think the hesitation comes from not wanting to invest large sums of capital into a less than mature product line (which makes sense to a point -- but as Tesla is showing, the technology is definitely approaching mainstream).
As for the reliability, even the low end econoboxes from kia or hyundai are reliable enough to go 100k miles without a ton of maintenance -- given the choice between refreshing a large number of cars on the road with more expensive EV vehicles, or losing out on a bit of repair/maintenance income -- i think they'd prefer to sell the EV's.
Wouldn't the mere 40k EV vehicles on the road be a very very good thing for them -- compared to cell phones and tablets which are mature products and approaching saturation?
Basically if other manufacturers are going the EV route; wouldn't owning NA's major battery production plant basically let them have an easy time cornering the market for the key EV component?
Not to mention, being in control of batteries means they are setting the defacto standard for EV battery and charging technology?
Schnauzers are incredibly good guard (alarm) dogs. no one will be able to get within a 100 foot radius of your house without it barking furiously to notify you of your impending doom.
I'd rather take my chances and live in a free society with some "risk" than in an oppressive nanny state that feels the need to increasingly monitor every aspect of my life.
That's what he's missing, the 'risk' he's talking of is the price to pay for living in a free society.
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Maybe companies should stop trying to monetize every aspect of their customers. If I buy a god damn TV, I want no further relationship with either the manufacturer or retailer (other than a warranty, which for sure was paid for in the purchase price). You sold me a TV, I sold you nothing, including stalking rights. Hiding bullshit in a EULA is not an excuse.
I give you money, you give me the item -- and our dealings are done. End. Of. Story.
dicks.
You just gave an NSA agent a surprise erection.
There's a few sites where you can buy an aftermarket panel of your choosing, assuming you're semi handy with a screw driver.
Example, I bought an asus g74sx a few years back, and it came with a 17.3 inch 1680 lcd (not sure why they'd pick that resolution for a 'gaming' laptop?)
But, http://www.laptopscreen.com/ had a 1080p replacement for just over $100 delivered. Not affiliated with them in any way -- they had a good price, and surprisingly fast shipping. (Despite how sketchy the site looks.)
Took about 20 minutes to install, but nothing too tricky; definitely cheaper than the alternatives.
More likely it's just recognized that 8 is a shitty OS, that deviates too far from windows xp / windows 7, and that the next iteration of windows will wind up veering away from 8.
China likely has a huge number of government users and they don't want to pay for training them to use 8, then having to pay to retrain once 8 is dropped in favor of 9, or whatever alternative is chosen.
groupthink.. irony intensifies :(
my kingdom for a mod point :(
what i don't get is .. if these congress critters are so stupid and incompetent, how are they fucking up the country so quickly and effectively? Savant-ism? :(
not familiar with EU policy: Do the member states have to ratify stuff like this through direct popular vote? Or is it like the US where our elected keepers will push it through without any regards to public opinion or the best interests of their constituents?
The article doesn't give a ton of detail, but it sounds a lot like the Valley Fever that occurs in the US South West. Which is Candida fungus if i remember correctly.
standing on the shoulders of giants, as it were.
Had they done this with Cayman Islands they could have possible nabbed some real criminals, and probably made the world a better/safer place.
a European commenting (read as: looking down his nose on the US) regarding socially responsible capitalism is rather funny too. It only took you guys 500 or so years of literally raping the entire god damn world to figure out how to do it 'responsibly.'
Further 'socially responsible' capitalism is only possible due to the power structures and economics of the world, which the previous 500 years created in the first place.
It would be like the de Beers folk using their fortune to get into free trade coffee business, then lecturing Folgers for being less than 'fair trade'. :(
I've wondered why we don't allow prisoners to play some kind of FPS (or ideally MMO) type games in prisons, and let them sort out their turf wars and aggression using that.
-- quite a few MMO players live very similar to convicts, in that they stay isolated in their cell for 20 hours a day.
-- shanking someone in a game would be far better than in real life.
Putting people in a confined space with no outlet and nothing to do for 20 hours a day -- and those who didn't already have violent or criminal tendencies will have them in short order. And the recreation they do find will not be something we want them to be doing.
erm. typo.
" isn't marginally cheaper" should read "IS only marginally cheaper"
yeah right. having the capability to put a backdoor in one piece of equipment at the factory isn't marginally cheaper than putting it in all of them.
From the NSA's perspective it would be more like "backdoor them all, just in case".
NES, SEGA, SNES -- simple, fun games that have been playable at parties for 30 odd years now.
Or the WII -- which is pretty much tailor made for this kind of stuff.
have we really gone full circle with "everything old, is new again"
that makes no sense.. the auto makers want to sell cars. They don't care much about what kind of car: SUV, sedan, it doesn't matter (though the more expensive, the better -- obviously). If they can get people paying for a new car every few years, they're happy.
If they could get 40k for a fred flintstone drive-train powered car, they would try.
The EV/hybrid price premium actually helps them, since they can soak more profit margin out of a 40k car vs a 20k econobox. Plus, pushing LEV/ZEV requirements means more new car sales. I think the hesitation comes from not wanting to invest large sums of capital into a less than mature product line (which makes sense to a point -- but as Tesla is showing, the technology is definitely approaching mainstream).
As for the reliability, even the low end econoboxes from kia or hyundai are reliable enough to go 100k miles without a ton of maintenance -- given the choice between refreshing a large number of cars on the road with more expensive EV vehicles, or losing out on a bit of repair/maintenance income -- i think they'd prefer to sell the EV's.
Wouldn't the mere 40k EV vehicles on the road be a very very good thing for them -- compared to cell phones and tablets which are mature products and approaching saturation?
Basically if other manufacturers are going the EV route; wouldn't owning NA's major battery production plant basically let them have an easy time cornering the market for the key EV component?
Not to mention, being in control of batteries means they are setting the defacto standard for EV battery and charging technology?
how is spinning off your fabrication capability 'good' in the long run? (not trying to be flippant, it's a serious question)
Schnauzers are incredibly good guard (alarm) dogs. no one will be able to get within a 100 foot radius of your house without it barking furiously to notify you of your impending doom.
he can also turn into quail man and really make things awful for evildoers
I'd rather take my chances and live in a free society with some "risk" than in an oppressive nanny state that feels the need to increasingly monitor every aspect of my life.
That's what he's missing, the 'risk' he's talking of is the price to pay for living in a free society.
just build the entire plane out of laptop batteries, lego style.
They'll innovate new ways to lobby congress and the FCC. It's like you're not even paying attention.
when i worked for Symantec they had just bought .. Verisign? which was in draper i believe.
Seeing how the Veritas merger basically took over the company, what you said was plausible enough :)