IOW, other companies don't give a shit about abusive labor practices from their suppliers. They might pay lip service but no one's really doing any audits to actually check. Apple, OTOH, is going out there and digging around to make sure their suppliers are in compliance with labor and environmental standards.
New low? This is leadership in defining a more responsible way to do business.
See, and that's the new low - that's just Apple marketing to make the others look bad.
I cannot for a minute believe that the 'histrionic control freaks' at Apple can not come up with separate Adult and Education sections (Dumb and Dumber?) for the iPad. Or even an iPad only part of the store.
Of course they could - which many (including you?) would complain loudly about because of the "censorship".
The FSF says to Google that it "can end the web's dependence on patent-encumbered video formats and proprietary software (Flash)". [...] The foundation says "Apple has had the mettle to ditch Flash on the iPhone and the iPad -- albeit for suspect reasons and using abhorrent methods (DRM)". This, they claim, has pushed web developers to create Flash-free alternatives of their pages.
So apart from their usual paranoia (on wich they had to backpedal in the past), the FSF thinks Apple is right on the issue.
A particular danger to electronic items, regardless of the stated operating humidity range, is condensation. When an electronic item is moved from a cold place (eg garage, car, shed, an air conditioned space in the tropics) to a warm humid place (house, outside tropics), condensation may coat circuit boards and other insulators, leading to short circuit inside the equipment. Such short circuits may cause substantial permanent damage if the equipment is powered on before the condensation has evaporated. A similar condensation effect can often be observed when a person wearing glasses comes in from the cold. It is advisable to allow electronic equipment to acclimatise for several hours, after being brought in from the cold, before powering on. The inverse is also true.
There is nothing about spills and submersions in the warranty or the Apple Care Terms either. Nor about smashing your phone with a sledgehammer BTW. It does mention "damage caused by accident, abuse, misuse, flood, fire, earthquake or other
external causes; (e) [to] damage caused by operating the product outside the permitted or intended uses described by Apple".
Didn't you mean "A portable phone isn't fit for its purpose if you can't leave it outside in the freezing cold for an hour, then take it into a warm room"?
you think the iphone is the only device with a liquid sensor? there's one in MOST electronic devices (mobile ones anyway).. the reason is there is because the warranty does not cover water damage (dropping in in the sink/toilet)..
this study seems a little lacking. what was the ambient humidity? how much is required to trip the sensor and how does this compare with other devices? did they take a BBerry and subject it to the same conditions and it passed? what about the location of the one they tested - metal heats/cools faster, so there could be more condensation near the metal parts (headphone jack) how did the one at the other end (near the mic) fare? did all the sensors get triggered?
does a tripped sensor automatically mean you'll get denied a replacement if something goes wonky?
Good points - also: did they check for condensated water inside the iPhone?
Next they'll say you can't operate the phone near a kitchen or bathroom since they contain water. And public restrooms, completely out of the question.
Gee, what do they teach the kids these days? Can't even tell the difference between "shouldn't be used in humid air where water can condensate" and "shouldn't be used in humid air"...
the problem is that the LCI will trip even if the device is turned off
The problem with condensation is that it gets water into your device even when the device isn't turned on. Actually, condensation is more likely if the device isn't turned on.
Therefore it's entirely reasonable to ask for a discount for a delivery mechanism which costs next to nothing, so long as they're still selling advertising space.
Funny you should say that on Slashdot, where every article on a browser gets a +5 post asking if there's an Adblock for it.
Yeah, I'm sure they don't have a whitelist of MAC addresses from their own infrastructure that gets dropped very early in the scripts.
Hence the "or whoever else" part of what I wrote.
Did I forget they also don't have a tool that detects duplicate MAC addresses, doesn't tell them that they keep appearing on one port of the switch, no way of knowing where the computer hooked-up to the port may be and certainly don't have a LART at hand nor anyone who's able to take it to the computer in question and operate it on the guy who is changing his MAC address every 5 minutes?
These scripts output a list of bad MACs, that we then just dropped into a block list in the core switches.
And there you have it. The culprits fingered and booted off the network. Of course, they then just changed their MAC addresses, in which case they were then re-identified as soon as their utilisation crept up, and the new MAC was banned.
This approach will work fine until one of the culprits decides to spoof the MAC address of your DNS servers (or whoever else they want to f*ck with) and gets them "booted off the network".
Yeah, I'm sure they don't have a whitelist of MAC addresses from their own infrastructure that gets dropped very early in the scripts. Or an ACL on the switch that blocks them on every port they shouldn't be on.
There hasn't been statistically significant cooling nor staying-the-same either. In other words there was no statistically significant climate at all. Not until you go back to 1994 or so. Guess what...
Regardless if Global Warming is real or not, there is a definitive political agenda for pushing that it is real.
You mean apart from the obvious that Global Warming would have a a big impact on living conditions for the next generations, not to mention the cost of dealing with the effects.
"There has been an uptrend that is not significant" is more properly interpretable as "there has been no warming" than anything else.
Ahh, since you are so well versed in statistics, what does "The positive trend is quite close to the significance level." mean ("quite close" as opposed to "not"), and what does "Achieving statistical significance in scientific terms is much more likely for longer periods, and much less likely for shorter periods." mean, and most importantly: why did a "skeptic" ask a question he knew the answer to, instead of asking a question of significance, that is one where the trend would be significant in either way?
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IOW, other companies don't give a shit about abusive labor practices from their suppliers. They might pay lip service but no one's really doing any audits to actually check. Apple, OTOH, is going out there and digging around to make sure their suppliers are in compliance with labor and environmental standards.
New low? This is leadership in defining a more responsible way to do business.
See, and that's the new low - that's just Apple marketing to make the others look bad.
You do know that "unobtainium" was a nod to geeks and nerds everywhere right?
And the use in The Core was a wedgie to all geeks and nerds everywhere. At least they didn't use it in Armageddon.
So? http://www.itunes.com/app/MyVibe (or http://www.mypleasure.com/myvibe.asp if the first doesn't work.)
I cannot for a minute believe that the 'histrionic control freaks' at Apple can not come up with separate Adult and Education sections (Dumb and Dumber?) for the iPad. Or even an iPad only part of the store.
Of course they could - which many (including you?) would complain loudly about because of the "censorship".
The FSF says to Google that it "can end the web's dependence on patent-encumbered video formats and proprietary software (Flash)". [...] The foundation says "Apple has had the mettle to ditch Flash on the iPhone and the iPad -- albeit for suspect reasons and using abhorrent methods (DRM)". This, they claim, has pushed web developers to create Flash-free alternatives of their pages.
So apart from their usual paranoia (on wich they had to backpedal in the past), the FSF thinks Apple is right on the issue.
I don't care what you think you posted (which actually was a link to this discussion) - I checked the actual Warranty at Apple.com.
A particular danger to electronic items, regardless of the stated operating humidity range, is condensation. When an electronic item is moved from a cold place (eg garage, car, shed, an air conditioned space in the tropics) to a warm humid place (house, outside tropics), condensation may coat circuit boards and other insulators, leading to short circuit inside the equipment. Such short circuits may cause substantial permanent damage if the equipment is powered on before the condensation has evaporated. A similar condensation effect can often be observed when a person wearing glasses comes in from the cold. It is advisable to allow electronic equipment to acclimatise for several hours, after being brought in from the cold, before powering on. The inverse is also true.
incidentally what other computer has a humidity limit?
Just about any? Want examples? http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins700m/en/OM/G74722LRs.pdf Relative humidity (maximum): Operating 10% to 90% (noncondensing) Storage 5% to 95% (noncondensing). http://docs.hp.com/en/A5191-96018/apbs06.html Operating Humidity 15 to 80% Relative humidity (Non-condensing) at 35oC (95oF) 40 to 60% Relative humidity (Non-condensing) 30% Per hour Relative humidity (Non-condensing) 90% Relative humidity (Non-condensing) at 65oC (149oF)
Note that they keep repeating Non-condensing so everybody gets it.
There is nothing about spills and submersions in the warranty or the Apple Care Terms either. Nor about smashing your phone with a sledgehammer BTW. It does mention "damage caused by accident, abuse, misuse, flood, fire, earthquake or other external causes; (e) [to] damage caused by operating the product outside the permitted or intended uses described by Apple".
Didn't you mean "A portable phone isn't fit for its purpose if you can't leave it outside in the freezing cold for an hour, then take it into a warm room"?
The sensor trips, even if the phone is not being operated (e.g. it's powered off) when these conditions are encountered.
So? Does the water magically not condensate when the phone is off?
Yeah mod that up. The liquid sensors don't protect the devices in any way,
Yeah, I also blame Apple that they aren't hooked up to a teleporting device that transports them to a safe place when they fall in the toilet.
you think the iphone is the only device with a liquid sensor? there's one in MOST electronic devices (mobile ones anyway).. the reason is there is because the warranty does not cover water damage (dropping in in the sink/toilet)..
this study seems a little lacking. what was the ambient humidity? how much is required to trip the sensor and how does this compare with other devices? did they take a BBerry and subject it to the same conditions and it passed? what about the location of the one they tested - metal heats/cools faster, so there could be more condensation near the metal parts (headphone jack) how did the one at the other end (near the mic) fare? did all the sensors get triggered?
does a tripped sensor automatically mean you'll get denied a replacement if something goes wonky?
Good points - also: did they check for condensated water inside the iPhone?
the phone shouldn't be used in humid air where water can condensate
So I guess both the Pacific Northwest and the UK are screwed.
And the previous article on Slashdot - http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/16/2146227/A-Warming-Planet-Can-Mean-More-Snow
Means even more humidity.
Next they'll say you can't operate the phone near a kitchen or bathroom since they contain water. And public restrooms, completely out of the question.
Gee, what do they teach the kids these days? Can't even tell the difference between "shouldn't be used in humid air where water can condensate" and "shouldn't be used in humid air" ...
the problem is that the LCI will trip even if the device is turned off
The problem with condensation is that it gets water into your device even when the device isn't turned on. Actually, condensation is more likely if the device isn't turned on.
Therefore it's entirely reasonable to ask for a discount for a delivery mechanism which costs next to nothing, so long as they're still selling advertising space.
Funny you should say that on Slashdot, where every article on a browser gets a +5 post asking if there's an Adblock for it.
Yeah, I'm sure they don't have a whitelist of MAC addresses from their own infrastructure that gets dropped very early in the scripts.
Hence the "or whoever else" part of what I wrote.
Did I forget they also don't have a tool that detects duplicate MAC addresses, doesn't tell them that they keep appearing on one port of the switch, no way of knowing where the computer hooked-up to the port may be and certainly don't have a LART at hand nor anyone who's able to take it to the computer in question and operate it on the guy who is changing his MAC address every 5 minutes?
These scripts output a list of bad MACs, that we then just dropped into a block list in the core switches.
And there you have it. The culprits fingered and booted off the network. Of course, they then just changed their MAC addresses, in which case they were then re-identified as soon as their utilisation crept up, and the new MAC was banned.
This approach will work fine until one of the culprits decides to spoof the MAC address of your DNS servers (or whoever else they want to f*ck with) and gets them "booted off the network".
Yeah, I'm sure they don't have a whitelist of MAC addresses from their own infrastructure that gets dropped very early in the scripts. Or an ACL on the switch that blocks them on every port they shouldn't be on.
Suggestions please for equivalent at Apple & Linux events?
Force install of Win ME.
So in other words, they accuse the climate change scientists of of acting in their own financial interests by being alarmists
Being alarmist gets you book sales. Being alarmist gets you photo ops. And yes, being alarmist gets you a re-up on your grants.
Being a denialist gets you all that and money from big oil.
There hasn't been statistically significant cooling nor staying-the-same either. In other words there was no statistically significant climate at all. Not until you go back to 1994 or so. Guess what...
Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995
At least now we know why they were illegally denying FOI requests for their data.
UN climate body admits 'mistake' on Himalayan glaciers
How many more "mistakes", falsifications, and fabrications need to be exposed before this scam goes buh-bye?
So you are saying "skepticism" will finally whither away.
Regardless if Global Warming is real or not, there is a definitive political agenda for pushing that it is real.
You mean apart from the obvious that Global Warming would have a a big impact on living conditions for the next generations, not to mention the cost of dealing with the effects.
"There has been an uptrend that is not significant" is more properly interpretable as "there has been no warming" than anything else.
Ahh, since you are so well versed in statistics, what does "The positive trend is quite close to the significance level." mean ("quite close" as opposed to "not"), and what does "Achieving statistical significance in scientific terms is much more likely for longer periods, and much less likely for shorter periods." mean, and most importantly: why did a "skeptic" ask a question he knew the answer to, instead of asking a question of significance, that is one where the trend would be significant in either way?
Hey, they predicted the disastrous Atlantic hurricane seasons of 2006 and 2007!
Oh, wait, didn't happen. Never mind.
Never mind what? That the prediction came from the NOAA CPC, spearheaded by William M. Gray, who just happens to be a known skeptic on AGW?