bad thing is that if they are TOO generic, it would be easier to duplicate. Sure it wont get you past the key lock, but it would assist in social engineering if you get spotted in a hallway.
It may be the CIA that is getting this treatment, but in another 10 years i can see the average IT guy getting the same treatment, thanks to the homeland security department.
GPL has far too many strings attached for a lot of people. While it may be nice and fluffy in the Utopian world that RMS hangs out, in the real world where the rest of us live, it doesn't work so well.
It has nothing to do with America. This is a commercial entity offering a newly introduced product at a premium price ( accepted standard practice if you haven't noticed ).
They can charge whatever they want. You are free to either take it and pay the extra, or leave it and choose a competitor. No one is forcing you to buy it and bitching about it makes one a whiner.
For a brand new smart phone, its not that unreasonable. If don't like that price, wait a year or 2 and it will be 99. Then wait another and it might be free.
Don't like waiting? Then pony up the cost of admission for being first in line and deal with it. Stop acting like a baby.
That's why I think that the parent poster's implication that it's due to Firefox becoming "bloated" is basically hogwash. Browsers are more complex than they were in the mid-90s. That's what happens when you add 10+ years of new formats and technologies that must be supported for a browser to be considered "usable". Directing one's ire at Firefox is unwarranted, IMHO
It is sad that FF has to 'keep up' in the first place. Bloat of everything is way out of control. We need to simplify things. Badly.
These people wouldn't know what a real protest for a real reason was, even if it came up and bit them in the butt while they sit around and make a mess of the public park.
Some of the complaints i can see are valid in some situations, but others i think it was just people being cry babies.. But its their $, so they can cry as much as they want.
And no, i don't own one, i chose a nook tablet instead, and i still don't understand all the uproar.
( and ya, that 'steal me box' was the first thing i thought too when i saw one )
Id pass on the 'home office'. And I might be looking for a less intrusive/more trusting employer. If it was happening at the office, id pass on that employer totally.
They are assuming that moving upwards and 'out of the trenches' as you mature is a bad thing. Many people have that as their end goal. "high level management with control and salary to match"
Who wants to be beating their brains out on code ( or hardware, if you are a tech ) for 16 hours a day with little recognition or money for the rest of their life? Moving up and not being stagnant is a good thing.
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bad thing is that if they are TOO generic, it would be easier to duplicate. Sure it wont get you past the key lock, but it would assist in social engineering if you get spotted in a hallway.
It may be the CIA that is getting this treatment, but in another 10 years i can see the average IT guy getting the same treatment, thanks to the homeland security department.
GPL has far too many strings attached for a lot of people. While it may be nice and fluffy in the Utopian world that RMS hangs out, in the real world where the rest of us live, it doesn't work so well.
Not doing them all and using only a 'small' sample, leads more creditability to the explanation of them capturing the data to improve the system.
Its already been happening.
Free market = Their right to charge what the want and your choice to go elsewhere if you don't like it.
Restrict either, its no longer a free market.
I guess video cameras don't exist either.
It has nothing to do with America. This is a commercial entity offering a newly introduced product at a premium price ( accepted standard practice if you haven't noticed ).
They can charge whatever they want. You are free to either take it and pay the extra, or leave it and choose a competitor. No one is forcing you to buy it and bitching about it makes one a whiner.
For a brand new smart phone, its not that unreasonable. If don't like that price, wait a year or 2 and it will be 99. Then wait another and it might be free.
Don't like waiting? Then pony up the cost of admission for being first in line and deal with it. Stop acting like a baby.
That's why I think that the parent poster's implication that it's due to Firefox becoming "bloated" is basically hogwash. Browsers are more complex than they were in the mid-90s. That's what happens when you add 10+ years of new formats and technologies that must be supported for a browser to be considered "usable". Directing one's ire at Firefox is unwarranted, IMHO
It is sad that FF has to 'keep up' in the first place. Bloat of everything is way out of control. We need to simplify things. Badly.
A better term would be "Whiny Ass"
These people wouldn't know what a real protest for a real reason was, even if it came up and bit them in the butt while they sit around and make a mess of the public park.
No, it wasn't.
Some of the complaints i can see are valid in some situations, but others i think it was just people being cry babies.. But its their $, so they can cry as much as they want.
And no, i don't own one, i chose a nook tablet instead, and i still don't understand all the uproar.
( and ya, that 'steal me box' was the first thing i thought too when i saw one )
And hold still while i paint you a new color.
Id pass on the 'home office'. And I might be looking for a less intrusive/more trusting employer. If it was happening at the office, id pass on that employer totally.
For 99 bucks its a deal. Even if its a non product at this point it will still do what it does now for a while.
So were they compensated for the loss of a year of revenue and perhaps 'missing the boat' ?
i don't think Egypt actually killed phone service, but instead tried to block various types of access.
Killing the service does it all in one fell swoop, and its done at the carrier level so it would be impossible to get around it.
Amateur. When you get to 8+ gb then we can talk about 'large archive'. Until then, just stick it on a CD.. you don't even need a DVD for that.
And the average Slashdot reader thinks that what they want actually matters. They are not the market.. The manufacturer/developers/etc don't care.
"Walled gardens" wont kill the PC. Creating a more desirable product will "kill" the PC.
And if its more desirable by consumers, who actually pay the bills, is that a bad thing?
Just force their telecom companies to turn off the service..
( ya, i know wifi exists too, but in practical terms it would squelch them )
They are assuming that moving upwards and 'out of the trenches' as you mature is a bad thing. Many people have that as their end goal. "high level management with control and salary to match"
Who wants to be beating their brains out on code ( or hardware, if you are a tech ) for 16 hours a day with little recognition or money for the rest of their life? Moving up and not being stagnant is a good thing.
Just that their IT staff is incompetent..
Lack of resource forecasting/planning will get you every time. Its not like they didn't know how many would be deployed and on what schedule.. geesh
Since the 'victim' doesn't have use of the said domain any longer, id say it qualifies as theft.