That's disappointing. I was hoping to skip the 2 year upgrade cycle, especially for my mum who has the phone.
I bought Nexus believing it would be supported longer with quicker updates.
Why won't Google compete with Apple on longevity of phone updates? The iPhone 4 - over 3 years old runs iOS 7.
You do realise a "fuel cell vehicle" is also known as a "fuel cell electric vehicle? Yes, that's right they make ELECTRICITY not fuel for ICE engines.
Also, what evidence do you have to state that a fender bender would level a block? Hydrogen isn't that dangerous. Li-ion batteries explode and catch on fire too.
What Elon is saying is short sighted and arrogant.
Are you suggesting I should show my 5 year old son a beheading video? I love my son and want to protect him from harm, both physical and psychological. When he is old enough, and curious enough to view these things he will in his own time.
Suggesting that because other children experience this is it ok for mine to see it is not a good reason. Why do you think violence transcends generations?
While you're right, the freedom of speech applies to government not restricting your freedom. Facebook is perfectly within its rights to restrict whatever it likes.
I agree that governments censoring is a bad thing but private corporations should censor if it within their policy. I don't want to watch beheading videos, and I won't want my children to when they're old enough to use facebook/G+/whatever if they wish to. It is called "creating a safe environment". Perhaps I should go to my children's school and show the beheading videos there too since its freedom of speech? No.
You've provided one example of why IT runs at a snails pace. Let me provide some counter examples.
Some companies are concerned about security, and that means keeping up with the latest edge firewalls, IDS and monitoring systems. Companies also want to cut costs, that means deploying ever more complicated virtual machines with live migration, failover, etc. Employees want smartphones, which means changing infrastructure to suit the needs.
Taking one example and stating the "IT moves at a snails pace" is a strawman argument. Some parts move slowly, others at lightening speed.
Which do most System Admins work on - XP desktops, or the network, servers and infrastructure?
He also says there is nothing wrong with paedophilia as long as it's consensual... If you don't understand why this is *very* wrong, then you must not have children.
Don't ever expect a company to be loyal to you for a split second. If they can can your ass a day before your 40th year anniversary with the company to save a few bucks on the quarterly report they will.
I don't know why I keep seeing this mantra - its mostly incorrect.
The law states it's the companies responsibility to make decisions in the best interests of the shareholder *not* maximise profits. Often, it is to maximise profits, but it can also be to add incentives like job security and benefits that attracts and keeps the best talent.
Please stop saying they have to legally have to "save a few bucks" or make profit forsaking everything else.
It is also my understanding that a Mission Statement can trump the law like "taking care of the environment", or "to better the living standards of African people", which would allow them to spend time/resources on their "missions".
Samsung didn't put its patents under FRAND because of the goodness of their hearts - it's because they get guaranteed royalties at a Fair and Reasonable rate from every participant with the standard. That's a nice income stream, provided they don't start being jerks about it and demanding unreasonable rates from people they don't like.
Who said they're being jerks, Perhaps its Apple that's being unreasonable. As far as I know the ITC agreed that Samsung's requests were reasonable, but no one knows the exact nature of the negotiations.
If you have a non-standard patent, you can get an injunction against import, because the infringer has the option to design around the patent.
If you have a standard patent, you have already agreed that you will not get injunctions as part of promoting the standard, and can only get monetary damages.
Do you have a source for that? Is it in the agreement? Also this quote from groklaw "That told the world that injunctions are available to FRAND patent owners"
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That's disappointing. I was hoping to skip the 2 year upgrade cycle, especially for my mum who has the phone.
I bought Nexus believing it would be supported longer with quicker updates.
Why won't Google compete with Apple on longevity of phone updates? The iPhone 4 - over 3 years old runs iOS 7.
No. The NSA are just getting a list of dissidents that oppose their views. Although I wonder why, I thought they already had that information.
Also, what evidence do you have to state that a fender bender would level a block? Hydrogen isn't that dangerous. Li-ion batteries explode and catch on fire too.
What Elon is saying is short sighted and arrogant.
Serious question, are you a father?
Are you suggesting I should show my 5 year old son a beheading video? I love my son and want to protect him from harm, both physical and psychological. When he is old enough, and curious enough to view these things he will in his own time.
Suggesting that because other children experience this is it ok for mine to see it is not a good reason. Why do you think violence transcends generations?
While you're right, the freedom of speech applies to government not restricting your freedom. Facebook is perfectly within its rights to restrict whatever it likes.
I agree that governments censoring is a bad thing but private corporations should censor if it within their policy. I don't want to watch beheading videos, and I won't want my children to when they're old enough to use facebook/G+/whatever if they wish to. It is called "creating a safe environment".
Perhaps I should go to my children's school and show the beheading videos there too since its freedom of speech? No.
Ugh, I swear I had paragraph breaks. Something ate them up.
You've provided one example of why IT runs at a snails pace. Let me provide some counter examples. Some companies are concerned about security, and that means keeping up with the latest edge firewalls, IDS and monitoring systems. Companies also want to cut costs, that means deploying ever more complicated virtual machines with live migration, failover, etc. Employees want smartphones, which means changing infrastructure to suit the needs. Taking one example and stating the "IT moves at a snails pace" is a strawman argument. Some parts move slowly, others at lightening speed. Which do most System Admins work on - XP desktops, or the network, servers and infrastructure?
He also says there is nothing wrong with paedophilia as long as it's consensual... If you don't understand why this is *very* wrong, then you must not have children.
Yes, but Microsoft could stop selling OEM & Retail versions of Windows 7 and decide to only sell it through Volume licensing.
Don't ever expect a company to be loyal to you for a split second. If they can can your ass a day before your 40th year anniversary with the company to save a few bucks on the quarterly report they will.
I don't know why I keep seeing this mantra - its mostly incorrect. The law states it's the companies responsibility to make decisions in the best interests of the shareholder *not* maximise profits. Often, it is to maximise profits, but it can also be to add incentives like job security and benefits that attracts and keeps the best talent. Please stop saying they have to legally have to "save a few bucks" or make profit forsaking everything else. It is also my understanding that a Mission Statement can trump the law like "taking care of the environment", or "to better the living standards of African people", which would allow them to spend time/resources on their "missions".
Samsung didn't put its patents under FRAND because of the goodness of their hearts - it's because they get guaranteed royalties at a Fair and Reasonable rate from every participant with the standard. That's a nice income stream, provided they don't start being jerks about it and demanding unreasonable rates from people they don't like.
Who said they're being jerks, Perhaps its Apple that's being unreasonable. As far as I know the ITC agreed that Samsung's requests were reasonable, but no one knows the exact nature of the negotiations.
If you have a non-standard patent, you can get an injunction against import, because the infringer has the option to design around the patent. If you have a standard patent, you have already agreed that you will not get injunctions as part of promoting the standard, and can only get monetary damages.
Do you have a source for that? Is it in the agreement? Also this quote from groklaw "That told the world that injunctions are available to FRAND patent owners"
They were just using Australia as a comparison to India, given that its an Australian website.