Most likely explanation for all of it: they're lying and they submitted samples from others.
Not accusing them, just stating the simple answer that is more likely than 5 separate labs messing up tests. Maybe one or two labs could be fraudulent or incompetent, but all 5? That's not the most believable answer.
What kind of person looks at cancer deaths being significantly down and thinks:
This is a bad sign because we want cancer to kill different people than it does. We wish there was a way to weaponize cancer in the fight against our fellow countrymen.
There’s a sort-of manic desperation to spend money other people earned. It turns otherwise good people into haters. They should give it up. They'd have the chance to experience positivity again. Maybe even be happy once in a while.
AT&T should either have laid these people off long ago and finally clued in to the shareholder money they've been wasting all this while, or they're pulling a stunt. I know where I'd put my money.
Companies don't lay off 1000s of people to "pull a stunt".
"Regulatory favors" don't make people subscribe to DirecTV. "Tax breaks" don't make people choose a mediocre mobile phone provider. They also don't create the need for redundant G&A staff after merging with Time Warner.
I don't like AT&T, but unneeded staff get laid off regardless of whatever grudge anyone has with a company. Consider being more of a grownup when you write these.
That you consider yourself a "non-crank" after the above, and everything else you've ever whined/lied about here, lol.
I'm not the least bit cranky.
What's wrong with anything posted in this discussion? These guys are trying to say it's a big problem copying data to an iPhone when it's actually very easy. Kids and old people can do it, but these Slashdot readers (of all people) have trouble.
And they're trying to claim that's because everyone else is doing it wrong...? That's hard to relate to. You'd think some self-awareness would eventually be realized. Doesn't seem to be happening though.
The point is that it's easy. I admit I don't understand fringe sensibilities that keep otherwise capable people from using the simplest, most straightforward, most widely-used ways to do ordinary things like transfer files.
Hurray for Internet crank phone! We non-cranks like our phones too.
Sad to see jealous fanboys making fun of common sense feature sets and pricing that offer real value.
You cannot accept the fact my 6 year old Android cost me 10x less and has more storage and 5x battery capacity of a top of a line iPhone XS ripoff device without throwing little fanboy tantrums blurting out "normal people" this "crank" that... quite sad.
I can accept whatever about your phone. I like my phone better though. I get the features I want. You get to feel good about saving some money. No problem with either one of those.
Normal people transfer files the way they are given, because they don't know any better.
Also because it works. Then they go on with their lives instead of worrying about ethereal threats.
Normal people are also subject to identity theft, targeting marketing, and all the other risks that come with sharing potentially sensitive data with third parties unnecessarily.
That's a good reason to use iCloud.
It is baffling to me that you seem to equate the common behaviour with good behaviour. Why on earth would anyone do that?
Because it was about transferring files to an iPhone, not about passing a purity test on forensic data handling.
...your whole approach goes against the generally good principle...
The complaint was about inability to transfer files, not about failure to optimize upon such a principle. You want files protected optimally, don't transfer them at all. You want easy transfer of files, then there are easy ways.
You want some in-between thing that's partly optimized for one thing and partly optimized for an entirely contrary thing, then no one can guess which amount of optimization you want for which side of the balance, so no one can offer a suggestion for that. Too bad.
Kickstarter is a third party service. Is there a way I can direct-transfer funds to MakerPhone?
I have silver coins right here in an oiled leather pouch waiting for them. How do I get them to the MakerPhone people? (No third parties can be involved in the transaction because... that would be bad somehow.)
Using Someone Else's Server(tm) is a shitty kludge. Direct transfer or go home.
You are correct. If you want to transfer files with a cable, in a ritualistic homage to historic data handling methods, then an iPhone is a poor choice.
If it's too private for your email, then keep it on an isolated computer that's not connected to the Internet. Don't walk around with those files on your phone.
You're afraid of every 3rd-party service. About 98% of everyone else isn't. I will admit I don't intuitively understand fringe sensibilities.
It's a very easy workaround. But there's also Dropbox, etc.
Regular people who don't have hangups about WTF-ever can use one of the dozen simple ways to get files onto their iPhone. Only people like you have trouble.
Anything someone doesn’t like for any reason is called trolling now. It's easier to name-call than to spend 10 seconds thinking about what's the actual objection.
It's actually extremely easy to copy files to an iPhone. You drag them to iCloud storage on your computer and then they show up under the iPhone "files" app.
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Most likely explanation for all of it: they're lying and they submitted samples from others.
Not accusing them, just stating the simple answer that is more likely than 5 separate labs messing up tests. Maybe one or two labs could be fraudulent or incompetent, but all 5? That's not the most believable answer.
Because if that data is available from carriers, Google won't be able to monetize it exclusively themselves. They don't want any competition.
FCC is shut down to prevent border security measures from being built.
Regardless of any of that, spending money other people earned isn't the answer. Nor is wallowing in hatred.
Come on, editors. You're better than this.
They're actually not.
What kind of person looks at cancer deaths being significantly down and thinks:
This is a bad sign because we want cancer to kill different people than it does. We wish there was a way to weaponize cancer in the fight against our fellow countrymen.
There’s a sort-of manic desperation to spend money other people earned. It turns otherwise good people into haters. They should give it up. They'd have the chance to experience positivity again. Maybe even be happy once in a while.
AT&T should either have laid these people off long ago and finally clued in to the shareholder money they've been wasting all this while, or they're pulling a stunt. I know where I'd put my money.
Companies don't lay off 1000s of people to "pull a stunt".
"Regulatory favors" don't make people subscribe to DirecTV. "Tax breaks" don't make people choose a mediocre mobile phone provider. They also don't create the need for redundant G&A staff after merging with Time Warner.
I don't like AT&T, but unneeded staff get laid off regardless of whatever grudge anyone has with a company. Consider being more of a grownup when you write these.
That you consider yourself a "non-crank" after the above, and everything else you've ever whined/lied about here, lol.
I'm not the least bit cranky.
What's wrong with anything posted in this discussion? These guys are trying to say it's a big problem copying data to an iPhone when it's actually very easy. Kids and old people can do it, but these Slashdot readers (of all people) have trouble.
And they're trying to claim that's because everyone else is doing it wrong...? That's hard to relate to. You'd think some self-awareness would eventually be realized. Doesn't seem to be happening though.
The point is that it's easy. I admit I don't understand fringe sensibilities that keep otherwise capable people from using the simplest, most straightforward, most widely-used ways to do ordinary things like transfer files.
Celebrities should use 2-factor.
So you require support for Microsoft's FAT32 filesystem in your phone.
Hurray for Internet crank phone!
We non-cranks like our phones too.
Sad to see jealous fanboys making fun of common sense feature sets and pricing that offer real value.
You cannot accept the fact my 6 year old Android cost me 10x less and has more storage and 5x battery capacity of a top of a line iPhone XS ripoff device without throwing little fanboy tantrums blurting out "normal people" this "crank" that... quite sad.
I can accept whatever about your phone. I like my phone better though. I get the features I want. You get to feel good about saving some money. No problem with either one of those.
IPhone doesn't support uucp or rsync over stunnel or whatever other scheme you have in mind.
Normal people transfer files the way they are given, because they don't know any better.
Also because it works. Then they go on with their lives instead of worrying about ethereal threats.
Normal people are also subject to identity theft, targeting marketing, and all the other risks that come with sharing potentially sensitive data with third parties unnecessarily.
That's a good reason to use iCloud.
It is baffling to me that you seem to equate the common behaviour with good behaviour. Why on earth would anyone do that?
Because it was about transferring files to an iPhone, not about passing a purity test on forensic data handling.
...your whole approach goes against the generally good principle...
The complaint was about inability to transfer files, not about failure to optimize upon such a principle. You want files protected optimally, don't transfer them at all. You want easy transfer of files, then there are easy ways.
You want some in-between thing that's partly optimized for one thing and partly optimized for an entirely contrary thing, then no one can guess which amount of optimization you want for which side of the balance, so no one can offer a suggestion for that. Too bad.
That's how normal people transfer files. So yeah.
Kickstarter is a third party service. Is there a way I can direct-transfer funds to MakerPhone?
I have silver coins right here in an oiled leather pouch waiting for them. How do I get them to the MakerPhone people? (No third parties can be involved in the transaction because ... that would be bad somehow.)
Using Someone Else's Server(tm) is a shitty kludge. Direct transfer or go home.
You are correct. If you want to transfer files with a cable, in a ritualistic homage to historic data handling methods, then an iPhone is a poor choice.
If it's too private for your email, then keep it on an isolated computer that's not connected to the Internet. Don't walk around with those files on your phone.
You're afraid of every 3rd-party service. About 98% of everyone else isn't. I will admit I don't intuitively understand fringe sensibilities.
It's a very easy workaround. But there's also Dropbox, etc.
Regular people who don't have hangups about WTF-ever can use one of the dozen simple ways to get files onto their iPhone. Only people like you have trouble.
Hurray for Internet crank phone!
We non-cranks like our phones too.
Similarly easy: email the files to yourself and open them on your phone. Or use an app that supports Box/Dropbox/OneDrive/etc.
It's very, very easy for anyone without a long string of hangups or other random complaints about anything and everything.
You should make your own phone then. It will be exactly what you want.
Anything someone doesn’t like for any reason is called trolling now. It's easier to name-call than to spend 10 seconds thinking about what's the actual objection.
It's actually extremely easy to copy files to an iPhone. You drag them to iCloud storage on your computer and then they show up under the iPhone "files" app.