Agreed. Using a feature does not imply liking the feature, especially when there is no alternative available. I could lock someone in a room and feed them bread coated with horse dung every day. After a while they would eat it, but that doesn't mean they would like it.
The person dealing with your account is obviously an idiot. Escalate to his/her boss. Keep going up until you get paid. That you are thinking of suing is not going to get you anywhere because, you know, they will win. Even if the judgement is in your favor, they will win. It's one thing to be paid to show up in court, make appeals, etc. It's another thing to go on your own time, angry, and putting up with their constant bullshit.
See? My point has been proven for me. The "schematic" is wrong, but the "real" phones are different. Didn't you know this? And if you manage to dissect a "real" phone that proves your point then of course you are guilty of tampering with it You did something to it to hide the evidence. In fact, you're one of THEM, aren't you?
Sorry for talking over you, symbolset, but I stopped speaking with the insane a while ago.
You think Russia and/or China are not going to RUN to support a revolution in the US? Of course they are. The won't be caught doing it, but they will. Just like the US supports its favorites around the world.
Not true. Iraq. Afghanistan. Libya. Syria. Or are you trying to tell me that a bunch of peasants in those countries are richer and more sophisticated than the average US citizen? Get it through your head. Tanks and planes only work against other armies that have tanks and planes. You cannot win a guerilla war with conventional weapons. But you sure can lose one.
Naw we'll only be fucked when Monsanto starts making GM marijuana seeds and suing people for growing their plants - even if they had no idea said plant was growing on their property...
I think a few thousand dollars invested in securing my data would be far, far better than trusting a 3rd party who can turn around and say "oh so sorry, TOS violation/we're shutting down this division/we gave your data to the FBI cos it was on the same server as.../etc". It's not a true savings especially if you can lose ownership or access to the very thing you were trying to protect. The whole trend flies into the face of what the computer industry has been trying to give us all these years, a small, powerful machine that can do your data processing/storage at home. The cloud is the road of dependence, centralization and "pay for service/MB/CPU cycle", a business model that died in the mid 80's and should never have been resurrected.
What I don't get is why there is a demand for the "cloud" anyway. Storage has never been cheaper, and internet access never more pervasive. If you can't store your data on your multi-gigabyte devices and move it to your other multi-gigabyte devices yourself through your internet provider, there's something wrong somewhere.
No see when I pay for something it's not yours anymore, it's mine. I realize that this is an archaic notion and every day the people who build things are trying to retain control of their cars/smart-phones/computer software/etc. But I'm an older person and not afraid to tell young whiper-snappers to get fucked. Don't worry, I'll be dead soon. By that time you'll realize what the next generation has cooked up just especially to screw you. We each get our turn.
Umm not really. Now it's a magnet for bullets. It's a lot harder to conceal. It can be easily spotted from the air. Yeah you can't kill it with a rock or a bottle, but even WW1 tanks were more heavily armored than this. Against real military equipment it will fail instantly.
Casualties cause more problems than fatalities. If they're dead you can leave them there for days. If your friend is screaming for help, you'll risk your life to save him and get him out of the line of fire. Then you'll need a good 2-3 guys to carry him to the equivalent of a field hospital. Said hospital needs to be staffed and protected. Etc. Logistically speaking dead soldiers are a lot easier to deal with than injured ones, so long as they're not dying faster than you can train them up.
As for the "armored car", I'm sure the bullet will have enough punch to kill you. Flesh and even bone are much, much "softer" than steel. If that thing has a 20mm or 30mm anti-aircraft gun pointed at it, everyone inside is dead.
"Our" technology? And which technology would that be? I mean, outside the marketing department. It's been a long time since America was a technology leader. You remember all those asian kids in your engineering classes? The ones that got straight A's and never went to parties? Exactly.
The guy spending the fees you mean. The collector doesn't need to be smart. In fact it's best if he's not, otherwise he can start to get creative - one for me, one for you, one for me....
I find I touch the screen of my Windows laptop, and get frustrated when I realized it isn't a touch screen. But that's NOT because a vertical touch screen is any good. It's because I'm so use to using tablets now that I EXPECT it to be there on Windows boxes.
If you see a picture of food on your monitor, do you try to eat it too? I mean after all, you've eaten food before so you'd expect... see where I am going? I think your problem is that you have to adjust your brightness.
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Market research for dozens of well known brands? Yeah because Office 2007 is completely incapable of running on anything other than Windows 8...
Agreed. Using a feature does not imply liking the feature, especially when there is no alternative available. I could lock someone in a room and feed them bread coated with horse dung every day. After a while they would eat it, but that doesn't mean they would like it.
And my wife's co (Fortune 500, top 100 even) is sticking with Windows XP.
The person dealing with your account is obviously an idiot. Escalate to his/her boss. Keep going up until you get paid. That you are thinking of suing is not going to get you anywhere because, you know, they will win. Even if the judgement is in your favor, they will win. It's one thing to be paid to show up in court, make appeals, etc. It's another thing to go on your own time, angry, and putting up with their constant bullshit.
Planted a flag on the moon too. Symbolism has nothing to do with reality.
See? My point has been proven for me. The "schematic" is wrong, but the "real" phones are different. Didn't you know this? And if you manage to dissect a "real" phone that proves your point then of course you are guilty of tampering with it You did something to it to hide the evidence. In fact, you're one of THEM, aren't you?
Sorry for talking over you, symbolset, but I stopped speaking with the insane a while ago.
You are arguing with a "conspiracy theorist". There is no sense in arguing with a lunatic, especially when your argument is based on "facts".
Where would the germs come from?
Yes another person who doesn't know what's currently living in his intestines. Let's not even get into the evil that's lurking in his nose.
You think Russia and/or China are not going to RUN to support a revolution in the US? Of course they are. The won't be caught doing it, but they will. Just like the US supports its favorites around the world.
Not true. Iraq. Afghanistan. Libya. Syria. Or are you trying to tell me that a bunch of peasants in those countries are richer and more sophisticated than the average US citizen? Get it through your head. Tanks and planes only work against other armies that have tanks and planes. You cannot win a guerilla war with conventional weapons. But you sure can lose one.
Naw we'll only be fucked when Monsanto starts making GM marijuana seeds and suing people for growing their plants - even if they had no idea said plant was growing on their property...
I think a few thousand dollars invested in securing my data would be far, far better than trusting a 3rd party who can turn around and say "oh so sorry, TOS violation/we're shutting down this division/we gave your data to the FBI cos it was on the same server as.../etc". It's not a true savings especially if you can lose ownership or access to the very thing you were trying to protect. The whole trend flies into the face of what the computer industry has been trying to give us all these years, a small, powerful machine that can do your data processing/storage at home. The cloud is the road of dependence, centralization and "pay for service/MB/CPU cycle", a business model that died in the mid 80's and should never have been resurrected.
What I don't get is why there is a demand for the "cloud" anyway. Storage has never been cheaper, and internet access never more pervasive. If you can't store your data on your multi-gigabyte devices and move it to your other multi-gigabyte devices yourself through your internet provider, there's something wrong somewhere.
We built it, it's ours.
No see when I pay for something it's not yours anymore, it's mine. I realize that this is an archaic notion and every day the people who build things are trying to retain control of their cars/smart-phones/computer software/etc. But I'm an older person and not afraid to tell young whiper-snappers to get fucked. Don't worry, I'll be dead soon. By that time you'll realize what the next generation has cooked up just especially to screw you. We each get our turn.
Smart people are always the first to be rounded up and shot. Tyranny despises smart people.
Yeah god forbid those iPhones made in China end up back in, er, China...
Umm not really. Now it's a magnet for bullets. It's a lot harder to conceal. It can be easily spotted from the air. Yeah you can't kill it with a rock or a bottle, but even WW1 tanks were more heavily armored than this. Against real military equipment it will fail instantly.
Casualties cause more problems than fatalities. If they're dead you can leave them there for days. If your friend is screaming for help, you'll risk your life to save him and get him out of the line of fire. Then you'll need a good 2-3 guys to carry him to the equivalent of a field hospital. Said hospital needs to be staffed and protected. Etc. Logistically speaking dead soldiers are a lot easier to deal with than injured ones, so long as they're not dying faster than you can train them up.
As for the "armored car", I'm sure the bullet will have enough punch to kill you. Flesh and even bone are much, much "softer" than steel. If that thing has a 20mm or 30mm anti-aircraft gun pointed at it, everyone inside is dead.
"Our" technology? And which technology would that be? I mean, outside the marketing department. It's been a long time since America was a technology leader. You remember all those asian kids in your engineering classes? The ones that got straight A's and never went to parties? Exactly.
Habitable zone != habitable. Go spend a weekend on Venus and then you'll understand.
And you wonder why you got blapped.
But it's further than we will ever go.
The guy spending the fees you mean. The collector doesn't need to be smart. In fact it's best if he's not, otherwise he can start to get creative - one for me, one for you, one for me....
"Just" 25 light years away! Hey that's virtually next door. Let's go for the week-end. Sigh.
I find I touch the screen of my Windows laptop, and get frustrated when I realized it isn't a touch screen. But that's NOT because a vertical touch screen is any good. It's because I'm so use to using tablets now that I EXPECT it to be there on Windows boxes.
If you see a picture of food on your monitor, do you try to eat it too? I mean after all, you've eaten food before so you'd expect... see where I am going? I think your problem is that you have to adjust your brightness.