Hey, can we have a word? Great! The English language is not always so literal; however people can be nit picky just to sound like they have something to say.
it may not have the usual physical buttons, but it does have pressure-sensing ones
Because it doesn't protrude they can get away with their marketing gimmick. But it still has switches. And behind the reset pinhole is - another switch! Now if only they managed not to include a screen, make it completely voice controlled, and it can easily adhere to your shirt...
The report notes that Adblock Plus "should still be available" since "Google and other internet advertising networks apparently pay Adblock Plus to whitelist their online adverts."
So there will still be an API that works, if you play their game..
The only thing I see listed in the summary that I care about might be food inspection. All the other stuff is big industry financial crap, boohoo. I still have electricity, internet (when did this become that important), and mail service. The stores and businesses are open. Police are on the job. Cities still have water and gas. Life goes on. When it starts to effect things like that then it might matter to the little guy.
They all are - most firmware is loaded at runtime like a windows modem - it's just a matter of the manufacturer putting out a software update, which probably brings us to your point...
Worrying about them dropping the promised windows 10 upgrade for my windows 8.1 phone didn't matter after all. Still a good reliable phone interface though.
Keep it simple, old plates last forever, are more durable, can be recycled, and are cheaper. There is no point in changing your license number. This is just stupidly wasteful.
..and we just never heard about them until this internet thing happened, or is such a 'study' now a requirement for graduation somewhere - and a lot of stuff like this is the result? I ask because these smaller type studies seem to be posted a lot lately, and sometimes they are interesting. Maybe someone should do a study.
Actually it is surprising no one has built a mouse sensor into the back of a smartphone yet. Modern 'laser' sensors should be dirt cheap by now. Would be better than another camera..
Tech is more cumbersome and tedious to use that in previous years. Mainly because things seem to always get either overly complicated or over simplified. Hiding options below layers of menus and config screens gets annoying, more so when things don't even look like a button but are actually a menu.
Take the clock radio - yes they still make them - but they only have a handful of buttons now, and only about 3 of which are used to set every setting the thing has. Press and hold for this, but tap for that. Every button changes based on the current state.
Hell, just to use headphones on some things now you need and adapter dongle...
The other problem is reliability. By that I don't mean things that physically break, modern tech has so many bugs and little issues that seem to get in the way just enough to annoy the fuck out of you. No product is polished anymore, it ships when it sort of works. Then the updates can make other problems and even take away features.
Modern tech is also rented, if a manufacturer decides to discontinue a product - well it might not even work anymore because it required a server/cloud bullshit just to work.
I actually don't know if what I imagined has ever come to pass - if it has, well I am sure it isn't easy peasy to use like I imagined.
Counterpoint: Consumers have no respect for themselves. Just because they make it doesn't mean you have to buy it. We brought this on ourselves because not enough of us say no as each new product takes more personal freedom and privacy away.
Responsible disclosures you never hear about since they are being responsible. So called 'Security Researchers' on the other hand... Want their public glory.
There is that term again. He released a tool publicly to actively break security via MITM phishing. This is not how anyone serious about security would act. Call him a script-kiddie enabler.
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Hey, can we have a word? Great! The English language is not always so literal; however people can be nit picky just to sound like they have something to say.
it may not have the usual physical buttons, but it does have pressure-sensing ones
Because it doesn't protrude they can get away with their marketing gimmick. But it still has switches. And behind the reset pinhole is - another switch! Now if only they managed not to include a screen, make it completely voice controlled, and it can easily adhere to your shirt...
The report notes that Adblock Plus "should still be available" since "Google and other internet advertising networks apparently pay Adblock Plus to whitelist their online adverts."
So there will still be an API that works, if you play their game..
The only thing I see listed in the summary that I care about might be food inspection. All the other stuff is big industry financial crap, boohoo. I still have electricity, internet (when did this become that important), and mail service. The stores and businesses are open. Police are on the job. Cities still have water and gas. Life goes on. When it starts to effect things like that then it might matter to the little guy.
I doubt their backbone could handle the whole world either. What is your point?
They still have a satellite internet connection, their redundancy plan worked.
Then how will the bad guy make the last boy scout cry?
and probably still more reliable than the other two phone OSes.
Uh oh, the op's joke just went to hell. I am a third guy, also content with his windows phone.
They all are - most firmware is loaded at runtime like a windows modem - it's just a matter of the manufacturer putting out a software update, which probably brings us to your point...
Worrying about them dropping the promised windows 10 upgrade for my windows 8.1 phone didn't matter after all. Still a good reliable phone interface though.
Why do programs keep feeling the need to monetize the wheel?
FTFY.
As a follow-up they probably also weigh more and as such will burn more gas to tote around. Are they at least made in America?
Keep it simple, old plates last forever, are more durable, can be recycled, and are cheaper. There is no point in changing your license number. This is just stupidly wasteful.
..and we just never heard about them until this internet thing happened, or is such a 'study' now a requirement for graduation somewhere - and a lot of stuff like this is the result? I ask because these smaller type studies seem to be posted a lot lately, and sometimes they are interesting. Maybe someone should do a study.
Actually it is surprising no one has built a mouse sensor into the back of a smartphone yet. Modern 'laser' sensors should be dirt cheap by now. Would be better than another camera..
Tech is more cumbersome and tedious to use that in previous years. Mainly because things seem to always get either overly complicated or over simplified. Hiding options below layers of menus and config screens gets annoying, more so when things don't even look like a button but are actually a menu.
Take the clock radio - yes they still make them - but they only have a handful of buttons now, and only about 3 of which are used to set every setting the thing has. Press and hold for this, but tap for that. Every button changes based on the current state.
Hell, just to use headphones on some things now you need and adapter dongle...
The other problem is reliability. By that I don't mean things that physically break, modern tech has so many bugs and little issues that seem to get in the way just enough to annoy the fuck out of you. No product is polished anymore, it ships when it sort of works. Then the updates can make other problems and even take away features.
Modern tech is also rented, if a manufacturer decides to discontinue a product - well it might not even work anymore because it required a server/cloud bullshit just to work.
I actually don't know if what I imagined has ever come to pass - if it has, well I am sure it isn't easy peasy to use like I imagined.
Counterpoint: Consumers have no respect for themselves. Just because they make it doesn't mean you have to buy it. We brought this on ourselves because not enough of us say no as each new product takes more personal freedom and privacy away.
Doesn't wifi already exist? So then, what does this new tech solve?
If the government is 'shut down' long enough, there is the 5.5B. But, with politicians it is never really about the money, it isn't theirs.
Responsible disclosures you never hear about since they are being responsible. So called 'Security Researchers' on the other hand... Want their public glory.
I don't want to know what part of our country you live in, but please just stay there.
Almost a monopoly, and their primary business model is ads... Or have they simply moved to just completely selling your data tracking.
Didn't see any here, but stayed for the comments anyway.
There is that term again. He released a tool publicly to actively break security via MITM phishing. This is not how anyone serious about security would act. Call him a script-kiddie enabler.