Yes, why didn't the groupon get priced at a point that is break even? Isn't the point of groupon to generate a ton(not metric ton, but a high volume) of customer traffic?
Or spend too many nights web browsing, i think it was reseaching something in college because it involved a lot of "googling" unknown stuff. Then later in the real world, thinking it would be nice to stick my arm up to the right to "google" something. (up to the right because that's where the search box is in the browser I was using at the time). Of course I was not in front of a PC at all.
I guess I'm old since now most people would reach for their smart phone, and that wouldn't be as crazy as what I wanted to do. Though to my defense, too many all night study/cram sessions and the results are counter productive.
Usually the first app I loaded on a new blackberry. Basically just worked, not sure why so many here are negative about the app. Now if only google maps would return to showing traffic correctly.
I guess i'm a little confused as to why a basically completed app would be discontinued. Anyone with Google insight care to share the actual thought process behind the decision?
My hope is that the native BB mail app connects to mail the same as the Gmail app, meaning shows read emails correctly and has the contact's working the same.
This is something the original post didn't really address. However it's critical. The two situations for this I see are as follows:
1) Uptime is minimal, only when Playing...then get the cheapest hardware that you can, old whatever. 2) Uptime is Always. I don't see a list of computing power needed. But a laptop with dual core, maxed out on ram, with Vmware will have about the lowest Amp draw around. Of course you'll be limited to a handful of VM's up at a time, but if you only need 1 or 2 up ALL the time, the the rest are once and a while...this might work OK for you. Also, your host OS could be used for something like a webserver that your not playing with and breaking all the time, but want running all the time. c) Need lots of computing power which none off the above address...sorry
(no time for spelling or grammar.....sorry) (oh and 1,2,c it's a joke laugh)
OK, not sure how serious you where with putting the disk inside the PC. But I can't say how happy I was the day I found the original drivers/software/manuals for some hardware inside a PC case.
I'd also suggest putting the biz name on the CD, since the guy that finds it won't know where it's from. But you might get some business from it! I know I would consider buying from somebody like that. (or more likely suggesting that the customer continue to purchase from you)
Side note, must be getting old as that was a 486 and doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago....
And while your at it, desktop docks with real screens and full keyboards and mice, for your phone. (though touch screen full size screens might come in handy since that's what we'll all be used to when not docked.
This is the future, it just depends on how long it take for a manufacture to come out with everything packaged correctly to be perfectly usable. Asus transformer is a nice attempt, though reviews indicate it still has to many rough edges for mainstream acceptance.(never used one though)
Think about it, one device, take with you everywhere. All your software and documents with you anytime. We're basically getting there with hardware with mobile CPU's with 2+ cores, and 1+ Ghz. 32gb storage easy, and 64 or 128 not being far off.
About the only thing I'm not super excited about is the OS shift, though I've begun to accept the fact that to accomplish this unified personal computing platform, we'll need a new OS.
Im not sure what you mean by no consumer stuff.but netgear has started offering small biz gear.including wifi setups supporting up to 150 APs. So not sure how big you thing big is, but they are one of the few mid size deployment shops. While my prior opinion of netgear was low they seem to be trying to break into the enterprise markets. Of course if you need mor APs than that, they are still too small.
From the summary, MS has not been trying to code for good battery life. Apparently every person working at MS uses a desktop so the point of having good battery life is non-existent. Now with Win 8 for Arm, they will start looking at good mobile battery life.
Arguments about coding x86 apps to run on Arm, sure those I can understand. But x86 not being coded for battery life is an argument that basically admits they've been screwing mobile users for years. Note that they said "those applications aren't written to be really great in the face of limited battery constraints" He didn't say that translating x86 to Arm would hurt battery life.
OK, without checking he likely is a marketing guy that doesn't even understand what he's saying.
Your analogy, while not perfect has a valid point. However, remember that they now have a new horse in that barn. (all the customers that have since the data loss) What would you say about the farmer that lost his horse, got a new one, and still leaves the door open?
Perhaps the lesson here should be to all the IT people (does anyone in IT still read slashdot?) take this type of preventive action BEFORE you have data stolen. (yes, i know it's really up to the C-something-O to fund and order such an operation)
Long Distance isn't bogus, at least there was a time when it had a purpose, what's bogus is a fee NOT to have long distance. That's right, there is a charge NOT to be able to use your phone. This happened to me a few years back, I think it was SBC, now re-branded to ATT. I ordered a 2nd line for modem line, didn't have a need to be able to make a long distance call on that line, I'd be happy with "this call can't be completed" for anything non-local. They told me the charge was 3$ a month, NOT to be able to make a call. Despite my pressing for a while, and talking to a "supervisor" still had to pay. The response was, the FCC permits us to charge you this. Huh, really, give me a break. Of course they couldn't provide the FCC regulation number or rule that permitted the charge, so I call them liars. If by some chance the FCC does permit that, sounds like the Telecoms purchased some FCC regulations.
My solution was to sign up for an alternative long distance provider, one that didn't have the greatest $/min rate, BUT had zero monthly fee. In my case, zero use = zero bill from them. Worked great for the few years I wanted that line.
Parent asked if blackberry offers granular permission access, which it does. It looks to be a few layers more detailed than android, or maybe it just looks like that since it shows all security options wi something like permit/deny, which I like more than androids permit list.
I also like the blackberry since II can have an app and give it less permissions than it calls for, and just loose that function. I know of no way to to that in android and, to put words in the parents mouth, that is what you are looking for. A way to have an app and not give it requested permissions.
But that 1cm cable would Only go to the CO or Node of one company.
If they shared the bunldle you'd have what there is today, one company owned the last mile pipe and resells it through few other companies. Where I live both cable and dsl are resold through other companies, but I think there is little difference in the service or price. (haven't checked all the details, but the ones I did looked the same)
While your right about a 1cm bundle holding enough fiber to your house, the rest would not work in the current world. I guess maybe if they all ran to a gov run building, like a publicly owned CO. But in that case why not just have one fiber to each house and patch it correctly in the shared CO?
Please clarify. You state that a place that stores books/etc is a store, ok I agree with that. But amazon does store books and stuff(etc) They just don't let you walk in there. So are they a store? I have my opinion, but what are you saying?
At least where I live to be called to court someone has to HAND deliver the letter to you. Most people filing a claim against someone they don't care for will pay a few bucks to have the sheriffs department deliver the notice.(I don't remember the price to have the cops deliver it for you but I thought it was very cheap. Doubly so if you don't like the person and have the deliver it to the persons work) But there isn't anything like sending a letter to an address you lived at at one point in your life and claiming you were notified.
If that's the way the courts work where you live you need to get that changed, it's wrong.
Parent is correct. If all i'm purchasing is a license, then give me the content on ALL my devices for no more cost other than physical media. OK that's aimed more at music/movies but applies to games in the damaged/lost disk situation.
I'm all for content providers/creators getting their share. But this excess of squeezing the crap out of consumers, that only encourages piracy, and I for one am sick of it.
And for parent, you can remove the word "almost" from the statement of 'I can almost guarantee they'll demand you buy another copy"
Where exactly is the profit here? I'm seeing so much more of that trash, there must be a last step of profit. Can anyone explain how they profit from hosting websites of trash?
I thought the dye just indicated it was NOT taxed for road use. Meaning if a truck on the road HAS the dye, the get in trouble. However if you use that fuel off road(on water count as off road?) You don't get in trouble for paying a tax that you didn't need to.
I guess my question is who is out there checking for fuel that was taxed, in a situation where the tax was not required?
In addition to that, my understanding of that dye, is that it tends to stay in the tank, even after re-filling with non-dye fuel. So even if you fueled up a few times with out the dye, they could still see it and know at some point you used off-road fuel.
However IANADFE (I Am Not A Diesel Fuel Expert) so perhaps someone can explain?
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Yes, why didn't the groupon get priced at a point that is break even? Isn't the point of groupon to generate a ton(not metric ton, but a high volume) of customer traffic?
Or spend too many nights web browsing, i think it was reseaching something in college because it involved a lot of "googling" unknown stuff. Then later in the real world, thinking it would be nice to stick my arm up to the right to "google" something. (up to the right because that's where the search box is in the browser I was using at the time). Of course I was not in front of a PC at all.
I guess I'm old since now most people would reach for their smart phone, and that wouldn't be as crazy as what I wanted to do. Though to my defense, too many all night study/cram sessions and the results are counter productive.
For Super rating on the post, i'll just copy the good HAD comments here, all in one post!
"It’s like a high-powered Segway and a unicycle got it on"
"Looks amazing.
But what a “face plant” under heavy braking."
"20 mph top speed with a 30 mile range?
try a bicycle."
"Monocycle perhaps?"
"It’s a darn good thing the Ryno comes with a Windshield so you can use it in the rain! "
http://hackaday.com/2010/08/20/electric-motorcycle-rocks-one-wheel/
Putty is like the free sample of CLI crack, then you get hooked and need the expensive stuff like SecureCRT.
Usually the first app I loaded on a new blackberry. Basically just worked, not sure why so many here are negative about the app. Now if only google maps would return to showing traffic correctly.
I guess i'm a little confused as to why a basically completed app would be discontinued. Anyone with Google insight care to share the actual thought process behind the decision?
My hope is that the native BB mail app connects to mail the same as the Gmail app, meaning shows read emails correctly and has the contact's working the same.
This is something the original post didn't really address. However it's critical. The two situations for this I see are as follows:
1) Uptime is minimal, only when Playing...then get the cheapest hardware that you can, old whatever.
2) Uptime is Always. I don't see a list of computing power needed. But a laptop with dual core, maxed out on ram, with Vmware will have about the lowest Amp draw around. Of course you'll be limited to a handful of VM's up at a time, but if you only need 1 or 2 up ALL the time, the the rest are once and a while...this might work OK for you. Also, your host OS could be used for something like a webserver that your not playing with and breaking all the time, but want running all the time.
c) Need lots of computing power which none off the above address...sorry
(no time for spelling or grammar.....sorry) (oh and 1,2,c it's a joke laugh)
OK, not sure how serious you where with putting the disk inside the PC. But I can't say how happy I was the day I found the original drivers/software/manuals for some hardware inside a PC case.
I'd also suggest putting the biz name on the CD, since the guy that finds it won't know where it's from. But you might get some business from it! I know I would consider buying from somebody like that. (or more likely suggesting that the customer continue to purchase from you)
Side note, must be getting old as that was a 486 and doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago....
And while your at it, desktop docks with real screens and full keyboards and mice, for your phone. (though touch screen full size screens might come in handy since that's what we'll all be used to when not docked.
This is the future, it just depends on how long it take for a manufacture to come out with everything packaged correctly to be perfectly usable.
Asus transformer is a nice attempt, though reviews indicate it still has to many rough edges for mainstream acceptance.(never used one though)
Think about it, one device, take with you everywhere. All your software and documents with you anytime. We're basically getting there with hardware with mobile CPU's with 2+ cores, and 1+ Ghz. 32gb storage easy, and 64 or 128 not being far off.
About the only thing I'm not super excited about is the OS shift, though I've begun to accept the fact that to accomplish this unified personal computing platform, we'll need a new OS.
Im not sure what you mean by no consumer stuff.but netgear has started offering small biz gear.including wifi setups supporting up to 150 APs. So not sure how big you thing big is, but they are one of the few mid size deployment shops. While my prior opinion of netgear was low they seem to be trying to break into the enterprise markets. Of course if you need mor APs than that, they are still too small.
From the summary, MS has not been trying to code for good battery life. Apparently every person working at MS uses a desktop so the point of having good battery life is non-existent. Now with Win 8 for Arm, they will start looking at good mobile battery life.
Arguments about coding x86 apps to run on Arm, sure those I can understand. But x86 not being coded for battery life is an argument that basically admits they've been screwing mobile users for years. Note that they said "those applications aren't written to be really great in the face of limited battery constraints" He didn't say that translating x86 to Arm would hurt battery life.
OK, without checking he likely is a marketing guy that doesn't even understand what he's saying.
And posting it to /. was T-Mobile's method of taking the service down. Quick,cheap,effective.
Your analogy, while not perfect has a valid point. However, remember that they now have a new horse in that barn. (all the customers that have since the data loss) What would you say about the farmer that lost his horse, got a new one, and still leaves the door open?
Perhaps the lesson here should be to all the IT people (does anyone in IT still read slashdot?) take this type of preventive action BEFORE you have data stolen. (yes, i know it's really up to the C-something-O to fund and order such an operation)
Long Distance isn't bogus, at least there was a time when it had a purpose, what's bogus is a fee NOT to have long distance. That's right, there is a charge NOT to be able to use your phone. This happened to me a few years back, I think it was SBC, now re-branded to ATT. I ordered a 2nd line for modem line, didn't have a need to be able to make a long distance call on that line, I'd be happy with "this call can't be completed" for anything non-local. They told me the charge was 3$ a month, NOT to be able to make a call. Despite my pressing for a while, and talking to a "supervisor" still had to pay. The response was, the FCC permits us to charge you this. Huh, really, give me a break. Of course they couldn't provide the FCC regulation number or rule that permitted the charge, so I call them liars. If by some chance the FCC does permit that, sounds like the Telecoms purchased some FCC regulations.
My solution was to sign up for an alternative long distance provider, one that didn't have the greatest $/min rate, BUT had zero monthly fee. In my case, zero use = zero bill from them. Worked great for the few years I wanted that line.
Parent asked if blackberry offers granular permission access, which it does. It looks to be a few layers more detailed than android, or maybe it just looks like that since it shows all security options wi something like permit/deny, which I like more than androids permit list.
I also like the blackberry since II can have an app and give it less permissions than it calls for, and just loose that function. I know of no way to to that in android and, to put words in the parents mouth, that is what you are looking for. A way to have an app and not give it requested permissions.
Our blackberry enterprise server does a device wipe if you have the wrong password 10 times. Doesn't happen very often, least not on accident ;)
But that 1cm cable would Only go to the CO or Node of one company.
If they shared the bunldle you'd have what there is today, one company owned the last mile pipe and resells it through few other companies. Where I live both cable and dsl are resold through other companies, but I think there is little difference in the service or price. (haven't checked all the details, but the ones I did looked the same)
While your right about a 1cm bundle holding enough fiber to your house, the rest would not work in the current world. I guess maybe if they all ran to a gov run building, like a publicly owned CO. But in that case why not just have one fiber to each house and patch it correctly in the shared CO?
that's why your console session should be configured to time out, so you have to login again. Physical security aside, it's just a Good Idea
Please clarify. You state that a place that stores books/etc is a store, ok I agree with that. But amazon does store books and stuff(etc) They just don't let you walk in there. So are they a store? I have my opinion, but what are you saying?
Seems there is an abundance of posts indicate that is actually the case in some states/counties.
Clearly blincoln statement was true or at least very possible. I guess it seems so unfair that I didn't want to believe it!
Guess i'm going to call you a liar.
At least where I live to be called to court someone has to HAND deliver the letter to you. Most people filing a claim against someone they don't care for will pay a few bucks to have the sheriffs department deliver the notice.(I don't remember the price to have the cops deliver it for you but I thought it was very cheap. Doubly so if you don't like the person and have the deliver it to the persons work) But there isn't anything like sending a letter to an address you lived at at one point in your life and claiming you were notified.
If that's the way the courts work where you live you need to get that changed, it's wrong.
Parent is correct. If all i'm purchasing is a license, then give me the content on ALL my devices for no more cost other than physical media. OK that's aimed more at music/movies but applies to games in the damaged/lost disk situation.
I'm all for content providers/creators getting their share. But this excess of squeezing the crap out of consumers, that only encourages piracy, and I for one am sick of it.
And for parent, you can remove the word "almost" from the statement of 'I can almost guarantee they'll demand you buy another copy"
I also see the same.
Where exactly is the profit here? I'm seeing so much more of that trash, there must be a last step of profit. Can anyone explain how they profit from hosting websites of trash?
Please tell me where in the Comcast footprint there is FIOS 25/25 for 5$ month? And who provides that service.
Or is that 5$ more than you were paying? In which case, what is the FIOS price?
I thought the dye just indicated it was NOT taxed for road use. Meaning if a truck on the road HAS the dye, the get in trouble. However if you use that fuel off road(on water count as off road?) You don't get in trouble for paying a tax that you didn't need to.
I guess my question is who is out there checking for fuel that was taxed, in a situation where the tax was not required?
In addition to that, my understanding of that dye, is that it tends to stay in the tank, even after re-filling with non-dye fuel. So even if you fueled up a few times with out the dye, they could still see it and know at some point you used off-road fuel.
However IANADFE (I Am Not A Diesel Fuel Expert) so perhaps someone can explain?
but how do you tell if somebody is watching the channel or there TV is off and the box is left on that channel?