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  1. Why insist on using the word "bricked" when there are other words more suitable and more accurate?

  2. Any company has the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason

    Leaving aside that that's of course not true, having the right to do something is not nearly the same as it being the right thing to do.

  3. It's hypocritical to complain about jlJavascript and advertising while making extensive use of it on this site.

    The posted article is not "slashdot complaining about javascript." If it were then your statement would make more sense.

  4. Re:Much cheaper than the iPhone on Apple iPad is a Faster, Cheaper iPad Air 2 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So it's not that I'm wrong, you just don't like the units? As for being "useless", that's hardly the case. It makes it easy to compare to the cost of various things people do every day, such as buying coffee or cigarettes or whatever. For me, I would much rather choose the phone than, say, a cup of coffee.
    And what in the world difference does it make how often someone is paid? Do you normalize every price to your salary frequency?

  5. What about the "disaster" he is predicting? Can you expand on that? What do you think he means?

  6. Re:Much cheaper than the iPhone on Apple iPad is a Faster, Cheaper iPad Air 2 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    When you are calculating the daily cost of a phone, you are doing it wrong.

    Maybe I am. Please explain.

  7. Re:Much cheaper than the iPhone on Apple iPad is a Faster, Cheaper iPad Air 2 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not with Apple's upgrade program . Unlocked phone, no interest, and if you want to you can trade it in after a year. I look at it leasing the most recent phone for about $1.20 a day. Considering how much I use it that's a good low-friction deal. No headaches.

  8. Re:Union City Blue on Two More Executives Are Leaving Uber, Drivers May Unionize (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    The plodders go down with the ship.

    Often with otherwise underserved promotions due to the vacuum above caused by the departures.

  9. Re: First Post on This Is How the Number 3.14 Got the Name 'Pi' (time.com) · · Score: 2

    That's a shame really, because if we pronounced it as "pee" nobody would make any jokes about it.

  10. They "over-inflate"? What does that mean? Shouldn't they not inflate at all?

  11. Re:£B{: on Slashdot Asks: Are Password Rules Bullshit? (codinghorror.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly I need to get out more, if only to improve my login security.

  12. Re:Dumb move by defendant on Amazon Shares Data With Arkansas Prosecutor In Murder Case (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    How can he know? Did Amazon let him listen first?

  13. lol I suppose you can read it that way. If they had used more expensive parts and raised the price I'm pretty sure it would fail. But since they didn't now everybody's accusing them of being cheap. As if they could magically use better parts and still sell it at the same price.

  14. Re:Dumb move by defendant on Amazon Shares Data With Arkansas Prosecutor In Murder Case (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    But if he truly thinks he's innocent, he's got nothing to lose.

    I think he does. For the same reason that good lawyers tell you to never speak to the police when you've been arrested.

  15. courtesy of the lowest-bidding chinese manufacturers

    In the end it's courtesy of all the internet whiners who immediately start shouting "overpriced" whenever a manufacturer uses higher quality parts. Nice things cost money, often in a non-linear way.

  16. Probably not anywhere near as bad as Android

    Yes, the Android situation is much different. I presume this is carrier indifference more than user indifference. One good thing about the Apple situation is that Apple does not give the carriers any control. And of course the manufacturer control is also not an issue, obviously.

  17. or if it was just a demonstration and they are selling to the highest bidder?

    There's not much to sell. It's a single line of HTML. It was fixed in 2008, but somehow briefly resurfaced in iOS 10. Its fixed now.

  18. Are there statistics on this?

    Yes there are. 95% on at least the penultimate version, with the vast majority of those on the latest version.

  19. Re:Rank reputable sources on Google's Featured Snippets Are Worse Than Fake News (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's all we need is crowd sourcing to help determine the truth.

    Sheesh man, everybody knows that.

  20. Re:Yeah, this got me as well on Amazon's Cloud Service Has Outage, Disrupting Sites (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    First of all I didn't write it. Second, obviously I knew what the problem was because, ya know, I talked about it. Third, you did not answer the question. Does your spell checker understand when to use it's or its? Why are you being so snarky when so far neither of your posts have actually demonstrated a full understanding of the thread?

  21. Re:Maybe you should own your hardware on Amazon Outage Cost S&P 500 Companies $150M (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    If you took responsibility for your own hardware resources, this wouldn't have been an issue for you.

    Exactly! I haven't made a mistake in 20 years, maybe 30, and have an uptime so long that I use a pitch drop experiment to measure it. Both ways.

  22. Re:So... Cable TV. Online. on YouTube Unveils YouTube TV, Its Live TV Streaming Service (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, I see :-) You're on the west coast. Never mind :-)

  23. Re:So... Cable TV. Online. on YouTube Unveils YouTube TV, Its Live TV Streaming Service (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Can I watch "Agents of SHIELD" at 7:00PM Pacific Time rather than waiting until 10:00PM when it would air on my local ABC affiliate?

    Aren't those the same times?

  24. Re:But you can get much more for less on YouTube Unveils YouTube TV, Its Live TV Streaming Service (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    but the key for me would be how many viewers does it allow at one time? If it only allows 1 viewer than its not worth it. If it allows 3 it would suit my family needs and I could save a lot of money.

    It allows six. Each with their own individual DVR.
    Details I don't know but would like to: Will it work if you're outside of your area? If so, how far? What about traveling outside of the country?

  25. Re:Yeah, this got me as well on Amazon's Cloud Service Has Outage, Disrupting Sites (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Does your spell checker really understand when to use its or it's? Mine doesn't. Not an easy problem for computers (nor for humans, apparently). Or were you talking about something else?