Um, MANY cell phone repairs can be done with nothing more than a replacement part, the right screwdrivers, and a spudger. Add in a soldering iron and you can do even more. Admittedly, they're not repairs of the rework-station-needed type, but once you hit that point it's probably cheaper to just replace the damned phone.
It doesn't take all that much brain power to watch an ifixit teardown and replace a cracked screen/digitizer, or replace a battery.
As for "This will result in a bunch of idiots suing Apple, Samsung, HTC, etc. for a DECADE to try and force them to publish Service Manuals and provide "Spare Parts" for the (still unrepairable for most people, no matter what the law says) smartphones and other asininely-complicated embedded products, and to no real eventual outcome other than making some lawyers rich(er)." that will be Apple/Samsung/HTC etc's fault for not publishing the fucking manuals in the first place and instead trying to create monopolies on repair as well as planned obsolesence..
Ironically enough, considering what absolute trash they make, I had an old HP laptop that ran either Lubuntu or Xubuntu (this was a few years back, sorry I don't remember which) perfectly with no hardware incompatibility weirdness whatsoever. Even the switchable graphics worked well, and that's always finicky. The biggest problem it had was overheating, and *buntu actually helped alleviate it by not pigging out on resources like Windows did. It turns out the overheating was because HP can't design airflow/cooling for shit and it was a purely poor-hardware-design issue, not even firmware involved. Cutting some of the vents larger with a Dremel fixed it.
The POS eventually suffered a short on the motherboard for no obvious reason, and I'll never buy HP again, but credit where it's due, Linux installed and ran perfectly on that one.
No, man. It's a turtle, AND 4-5 elephants in between. The elephants are what allow the disc to spin, otherwise the friction with the turtle would be too high.
I have Cyanogen on two devices, and I will ALWAYS have a custom ROM just to eliminate all the damn bloatware. If there are programs on a new device that I can't uninstall without rooting (and there always are) it's time for a reflashing.
So you're telling us that in the under three hours since he became president, he has accepted money, presents, offices, or titles from a foreign leader?
In regards to her perception as a warmonger, the behavior towards Russia in the tail in of the election certainly helps convince me that she is one. Trying to start shit with an ICBM and submarine possessing nuclear power does not strike me as the actions of a rational actor, but the temper tantrum of a spoiled little shit who'd rather ruin things for everyone than not get her way. And on an international stage, the amount of people for whom shit can get ruined, and the degree to which it can get ruined, is too horrifying to allow her a chance to do so. She threatened military responses to hacking https://www.techdirt.com/artic...
Biden had the MPAA/RIAA dong so far up his rear people thought it was his tongue when he talked. He was far from harmless....God, that word "was" feels pretty great.
8) The press kept reporting on nothing but trump. How about a rational discussion of the issues in the other 23 hours a day?
Funny, I voted against Hillary because of the issues. No matter how bad Trump might end up, at least we stopped the fuckin TPP.
Man, I get tired of this "neo-nazi" boogeyman. Every time you flap your yap to smear folks as being Nazis, you are doing an incredible disservice to each and every victim of the actual Nazis. Show some damn respect, for yourself, if not for anyone else.
It's less solipsism than cynicism. Truth is truth, and reality exists, but that doesn't mean that trusting confirmed liars at face value is the best way to discover said truth. Accounting for the motivations of the people delivering the news allows for a more accurate picture of reality.
"You want to get five messages every day from the brain of your dyehard leader"?
Yes, I do. As the fake news purveyors have been so stridently crowing, fake news is a problem. Getting messages direct from the Trumpa Lumpa would be preferable to getting them filtered through the corporate media spin machine. Trump messages would be just one more direct government propaganda outlet, similar to RT, Xinhua, or the BBC, and therefore more trustworthy than the corporate media.
Now, stick with me here, because I know you just gasped through your ball gag of wadded up manties at someone trusting the government more than the media in this country. Government mouthpieces are MORE trustworthy sources of news, because you know from the get go that they are preaching a party line, and trying to influence your views. Non government sources of news are doing the exact same thing, but then lying to your face with a veneer of impartiality and "just reporting the facts". Since a government outlet is doing the same thing, but with one less whopper, it is therefore more trustworthy.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go read about the latest adventures of Dear Leader in Rodong Sinmun
http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/
There's a lot more to it than just the MPAA/RIAA's bullshit, which included everything from absurd criminal sentences for copyright infringement, to DRM circumvention banning, to expanding copyright terms yet again. There's also the pharmaceutical industry protectionism via patents and psuedopatents, the "investor state dispute settlements" aka corporate sovereignty, the worker importing and job outsourcing, the privatization of public services, the defanging of the GPL, the banning of publishing trade secrets, etc.
Back when the first full text got leaked, I read through the entire damned thing, and while there were plenty of sections that were not fucking wretched, there was not a single one that began to make up for the many sections that were fucking wretched.
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We need a mod option for nostalgia tripping.
Really? I'd say it's more likely that it was some well done trolling. I mean, you fell for it.
Um, MANY cell phone repairs can be done with nothing more than a replacement part, the right screwdrivers, and a spudger. Add in a soldering iron and you can do even more. Admittedly, they're not repairs of the rework-station-needed type, but once you hit that point it's probably cheaper to just replace the damned phone.
It doesn't take all that much brain power to watch an ifixit teardown and replace a cracked screen/digitizer, or replace a battery.
As for "This will result in a bunch of idiots suing Apple, Samsung, HTC, etc. for a DECADE to try and force them to publish Service Manuals and provide "Spare Parts" for the (still unrepairable for most people, no matter what the law says) smartphones and other asininely-complicated embedded products, and to no real eventual outcome other than making some lawyers rich(er)." that will be Apple/Samsung/HTC etc's fault for not publishing the fucking manuals in the first place and instead trying to create monopolies on repair as well as planned obsolesence..
Ironically enough, considering what absolute trash they make, I had an old HP laptop that ran either Lubuntu or Xubuntu (this was a few years back, sorry I don't remember which) perfectly with no hardware incompatibility weirdness whatsoever. Even the switchable graphics worked well, and that's always finicky. The biggest problem it had was overheating, and *buntu actually helped alleviate it by not pigging out on resources like Windows did. It turns out the overheating was because HP can't design airflow/cooling for shit and it was a purely poor-hardware-design issue, not even firmware involved. Cutting some of the vents larger with a Dremel fixed it.
The POS eventually suffered a short on the motherboard for no obvious reason, and I'll never buy HP again, but credit where it's due, Linux installed and ran perfectly on that one.
No, man. It's a turtle, AND 4-5 elephants in between. The elephants are what allow the disc to spin, otherwise the friction with the turtle would be too high.
Ooooh, Civ 4 Complete. No more booting into Windows for Fall From Heaven 2!
I have Cyanogen on two devices, and I will ALWAYS have a custom ROM just to eliminate all the damn bloatware. If there are programs on a new device that I can't uninstall without rooting (and there always are) it's time for a reflashing.
So you're telling us that in the under three hours since he became president, he has accepted money, presents, offices, or titles from a foreign leader?
In regards to her perception as a warmonger, the behavior towards Russia in the tail in of the election certainly helps convince me that she is one. Trying to start shit with an ICBM and submarine possessing nuclear power does not strike me as the actions of a rational actor, but the temper tantrum of a spoiled little shit who'd rather ruin things for everyone than not get her way. And on an international stage, the amount of people for whom shit can get ruined, and the degree to which it can get ruined, is too horrifying to allow her a chance to do so. She threatened military responses to hacking https://www.techdirt.com/artic...
yeah!
Biden had the MPAA/RIAA dong so far up his rear people thought it was his tongue when he talked. He was far from harmless. ...God, that word "was" feels pretty great.
Now everyone else will hear it too, you monster. Gonna crush some puppies next? Kidnap children for organ harvesting?
8) The press kept reporting on nothing but trump. How about a rational discussion of the issues in the other 23 hours a day? Funny, I voted against Hillary because of the issues. No matter how bad Trump might end up, at least we stopped the fuckin TPP.
Seriously? God I'm glad I avoided Windows extra-shitty edition.
Man, I get tired of this "neo-nazi" boogeyman. Every time you flap your yap to smear folks as being Nazis, you are doing an incredible disservice to each and every victim of the actual Nazis. Show some damn respect, for yourself, if not for anyone else.
It's less solipsism than cynicism. Truth is truth, and reality exists, but that doesn't mean that trusting confirmed liars at face value is the best way to discover said truth. Accounting for the motivations of the people delivering the news allows for a more accurate picture of reality.
"You want to get five messages every day from the brain of your dyehard leader"? Yes, I do. As the fake news purveyors have been so stridently crowing, fake news is a problem. Getting messages direct from the Trumpa Lumpa would be preferable to getting them filtered through the corporate media spin machine. Trump messages would be just one more direct government propaganda outlet, similar to RT, Xinhua, or the BBC, and therefore more trustworthy than the corporate media.
Now, stick with me here, because I know you just gasped through your ball gag of wadded up manties at someone trusting the government more than the media in this country. Government mouthpieces are MORE trustworthy sources of news, because you know from the get go that they are preaching a party line, and trying to influence your views. Non government sources of news are doing the exact same thing, but then lying to your face with a veneer of impartiality and "just reporting the facts". Since a government outlet is doing the same thing, but with one less whopper, it is therefore more trustworthy.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go read about the latest adventures of Dear Leader in Rodong Sinmun http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/
1AM?! Dear god I'm sorry. I haven't even been to a bar in years, but I can still REMEMBER my twenties and bars that stayed open past 4.
There's still the english language version of Rodong Sinmun (The state newspaper) for when you need your Best Korea jollies.
Yep. All the toys in the world aren't worth shit compared to actually spending your time with your kids
And also if you do. http://www.sacbee.com/news/bus...
"how do you explain Trump rallies?"
With the fact that there are perfectly reasonable reasons to support the giant Oompa Loompa over Hillary?
There's a lot more to it than just the MPAA/RIAA's bullshit, which included everything from absurd criminal sentences for copyright infringement, to DRM circumvention banning, to expanding copyright terms yet again. There's also the pharmaceutical industry protectionism via patents and psuedopatents, the "investor state dispute settlements" aka corporate sovereignty, the worker importing and job outsourcing, the privatization of public services, the defanging of the GPL, the banning of publishing trade secrets, etc.
Back when the first full text got leaked, I read through the entire damned thing, and while there were plenty of sections that were not fucking wretched, there was not a single one that began to make up for the many sections that were fucking wretched.
He also had more whistleblower prosecutions than all previous presidents COMBINED, all during "the most transparent administration in history".