Android is facing a new (or is in a continuation of a) lawsuit over Java patent violations.
Manufacturers have to pay Microsoft fees for violating their patents" and earns more from Android than Windows phones.
For most users on most handsets there isn't a supported upgrade path to newer versions of Android. They have to deal with bugs and security issues with their old version.
Depending on the study, between 85 and 99% of all mobile malware is targeted to Android. (Although most of that is outside of Google's own store)
I tell my friends, "buy one if you want to...but everything else is safer". iOS, Windows, Blackberry, Symbian (the least safe and least supported of these), Tizen, etc.
*** I do not have an iPhone or an Android phone. I have a "semi smart" feature phone. ***
Whenever I hear this I think to myself... What about our ancestors sleeping around a fire? Didn't that put out light? Without artificial lights from our cities today, star light and moon light is actually very bright. Did that affect our ancestors?
Amazon sells some books for less than cost and offsets that loss with other higher margin items from their massive selection. It that better than publishers making money selling books at Apple or elsewhere?
If a book is priced at 9.99 at Amazon and 12.99 everywhere else, how long will the "everywhere else" be in the business of selling books (When they don't have the higher margin items that Amazon does)?
Have have a cell plan (non prepaid) with four phones. Three are feature phones along with one older non touch screen smart phone working as a feature phone (of sorts)
All four phones together are less than $60 per month (talk, text and some data). That is $15 per month per phone. Hard to beat. $180 per year per phone. I know people who pay more than that in a single month with ~one~ smart phone...
Call me paranoid, but I always keep a blank plug in the mic jack, effectively disabling the mic input. When I ~want~ to use the mic, I will remove the plug. (I also have a cover over the camera....)
My sister and her husband will. They drive an old car, live in a "starter" house, shop for sales and only get what they need (not want and think they need, but actually need). Together they probably earn 80 or 90k per year. They have almost two million dollars invested and plan on retiring in about two years, when she is 50 and he is 51. They will have over 2 million by then and think they can enjoy many years of retirement.
He did slip on ice, he did spent nine days in intensive care.
He was an obese 71 year old with cardiomyopathy. Somebody dying from complications from a head injury does not mean he didn't have heart issues, only that he did not die from it.
Actually, your stool will firm up on a carb restricted diet. People who do that, and are sensitive to digestive issues, have to make sure they get enough fiber to keep everything moving.
Stop thinking diet book and start thinking biology class. It is impossible to gain weight eating (nothing but) protein. Digestion and absorption do not work like that. You might deal with protein poisoning (look up "Rabbit Starvation"), but you won't get fat.
Your body needs protein, it needs fats and it needs ~SOME~ carbs.
In simple terms: In biology class we learned that the body releases insulin to do what? Reduce blood sugar... When you eat something with sugar in it (candy, soda, white rice, bread, pasta, etc) it raises your blood sugar level. Your body releases insulin to store that in your fat cells. You get fat.
If you eat 1,000 calories in a candy bar, you will get fatter.
If you eat 1,000 calories in white rice, you will get fatter.
If you eat 1,000 calories of salmon, prime rib, chicken, etc you will not gain weight. Your body has nothing to store in your fat cells.
Just eat a balanced mix of foods without (or with limited) simple carbs and you will never have to diet again.
A shootout of a 24MP APS-C sensor on a Pentax K-3 against a 24MP full frame Nikon D600.
"We figured the Pentax would do a good job, but we never imagined the results would be so outstanding. Our testing shows that the Pentax K-3 swept the Nikon D600 in almost every image we took. Even at high ISOs the Pentax held its own against the full frame sensor!"
"This test clearly shows the full frame Nikon D600 does not have image quality that is nearly as appealing or accurate as the cropped sensor Pentax K-3. Plus, the Pentax K-3 is currently $500 less expensive than the Nikon D600."
I am sure a lot of it is... don't they make about $10.00 per Android device license? (I think they make more there than they do with Windows phone/mobile services...)
Yeah, cause Mt Hood, Mt Baker, Mt St. Helens or other area volanoes won't affect it. Neither will radiation leaks from the Hanford Nuclear Resveration upstream on the Columbia. No forest fires, or mudslides in the West hills, etc.
Still, it is a great place. Now its time to go to Voodoo Doughnuts...
"Is this how sons-in-law say 'F- You' these days?"
"Must be!"
"Don't call him ever again."
Quite the opposite. My father in law uses it more than the mother in law, she likes her iPad.
I solved his system crash issues, malware issues and his um.... need to tinker with the system. He uses Firefox and Thunderbird most of the time. He likes Picassa for his photos. Libre Office works for his word processor needs. His Brother MFC printer is fully supported. Etc...
He is happy with his computer just working, and I am happy not fixing it.
The downstairs bathroom at my house gets no Verizon reception, zero bars. The rest of the house does, just not that room. Other providers work fine, go figure...
"We all know — because we are being constantly reminded — that we are getting fat. Americans are at the forefront of the trend, but it is a transnational one."
Vocational Training is being ignored is most parts of the U.S.
Not all kids are suitable for college, or even want to go. Most schools place kids on the college track.
A kid who can graduate from high school with an ASE certification is immediately employable as a mechanic. A kid who completes an apprenticeship can work as an electrician/plumber/HVAC/framer/flagger/heavy equipment operator, etc., anywhere. Most of those earn good money. I have friends who are an electrician, plumber and diesel mechanic and have friends who are a psychiatrist, chiropractor, ER nurse, teacher, etc. Guess who is is in debt and who is not... Heck, one of the guys with a 'vocation' has a side business buying yachts from the east coast and selling them on the west coast. 100K a year from that alone.
At my old high school the metal shops and auto shops (from 25 years ago) are no longer used by those departments. The programs have been cancelled (with many others). What is in their place? Day care for children of the students. That is a SHAME!
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Android is facing a new (or is in a continuation of a) lawsuit over Java patent violations.
Manufacturers have to pay Microsoft fees for violating their patents" and earns more from Android than Windows phones.
For most users on most handsets there isn't a supported upgrade path to newer versions of Android. They have to deal with bugs and security issues with their old version.
Depending on the study, between 85 and 99% of all mobile malware is targeted to Android. (Although most of that is outside of Google's own store)
I tell my friends, "buy one if you want to...but everything else is safer". iOS, Windows, Blackberry, Symbian (the least safe and least supported of these), Tizen, etc.
*** I do not have an iPhone or an Android phone. I have a "semi smart" feature phone. ***
Whenever I hear this I think to myself...
What about our ancestors sleeping around a fire? Didn't that put out light?
Without artificial lights from our cities today, star light and moon light is actually very bright. Did that affect our ancestors?
Amazon sells some books for less than cost and offsets that loss with other higher margin items from their massive selection. It that better than publishers making money selling books at Apple or elsewhere?
If a book is priced at 9.99 at Amazon and 12.99 everywhere else, how long will the "everywhere else" be in the business of selling books (When they don't have the higher margin items that Amazon does)?
Have have a cell plan (non prepaid) with four phones. Three are feature phones along with one older non touch screen smart phone working as a feature phone (of sorts)
All four phones together are less than $60 per month (talk, text and some data). That is $15 per month per phone. Hard to beat. $180 per year per phone. I know people who pay more than that in a single month with ~one~ smart phone...
Do you mean AAAAAAArrrsseeennnniioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Haaaalllllll?
Call me paranoid, but I always keep a blank plug in the mic jack, effectively disabling the mic input. When I ~want~ to use the mic, I will remove the plug. (I also have a cover over the camera....)
My sister and her husband will. They drive an old car, live in a "starter" house, shop for sales and only get what they need (not want and think they need, but actually need). Together they probably earn 80 or 90k per year. They have almost two million dollars invested and plan on retiring in about two years, when she is 50 and he is 51. They will have over 2 million by then and think they can enjoy many years of retirement.
He did slip on ice, he did spent nine days in intensive care.
He was an obese 71 year old with cardiomyopathy. Somebody dying from complications from a head injury does not mean he didn't have heart issues, only that he did not die from it.
Actually, your stool will firm up on a carb restricted diet. People who do that, and are sensitive to digestive issues, have to make sure they get enough fiber to keep everything moving.
Stop thinking diet book and start thinking biology class. It is impossible to gain weight eating (nothing but) protein. Digestion and absorption do not work like that. You might deal with protein poisoning (look up "Rabbit Starvation"), but you won't get fat.
Your body needs protein, it needs fats and it needs ~SOME~ carbs.
In simple terms: In biology class we learned that the body releases insulin to do what? Reduce blood sugar... When you eat something with sugar in it (candy, soda, white rice, bread, pasta, etc) it raises your blood sugar level. Your body releases insulin to store that in your fat cells. You get fat.
If you eat 1,000 calories in a candy bar, you will get fatter.
If you eat 1,000 calories in white rice, you will get fatter.
If you eat 1,000 calories of salmon, prime rib, chicken, etc you will not gain weight. Your body has nothing to store in your fat cells.
Just eat a balanced mix of foods without (or with limited) simple carbs and you will never have to diet again.
I totally agree and feel the exact same way. I hated those large "REALISTIC" labels as much as I hate the dealer labels.
A shootout of a 24MP APS-C sensor on a Pentax K-3 against a 24MP full frame Nikon D600.
"We figured the Pentax would do a good job, but we never imagined the results would be so outstanding. Our testing shows that the Pentax K-3 swept the Nikon D600 in almost every image we took. Even at high ISOs the Pentax held its own against the full frame sensor!"
http://www.digitalcamerareview...
"This test clearly shows the full frame Nikon D600 does not have image quality that is nearly as appealing or accurate as the cropped sensor Pentax K-3. Plus, the Pentax K-3 is currently $500 less expensive than the Nikon D600."
Maybe they need to keep updating the software.
And when buying Android you get to support Microsoft to the tune of 2 billion dollars per year.
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I had to look it up... http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft...
Yup, http://www.forbes.com/sites/er...
I am sure a lot of it is... don't they make about $10.00 per Android device license? (I think they make more there than they do with Windows phone/mobile services...)
Yeah, cause Mt Hood, Mt Baker, Mt St. Helens or other area volanoes won't affect it. Neither will radiation leaks from the Hanford Nuclear Resveration upstream on the Columbia. No forest fires, or mudslides in the West hills, etc.
Still, it is a great place. Now its time to go to Voodoo Doughnuts...
"Is this how sons-in-law say 'F- You' these days?" "Must be!" "Don't call him ever again."
Quite the opposite. My father in law uses it more than the mother in law, she likes her iPad.
I solved his system crash issues, malware issues and his um.... need to tinker with the system. He uses Firefox and Thunderbird most of the time. He likes Picassa for his photos. Libre Office works for his word processor needs. His Brother MFC printer is fully supported. Etc...
He is happy with his computer just working, and I am happy not fixing it.
My in-laws were having Windows XP issues, so I upgraded them to Mint. Zero support calls to me since then - and they like it...
The downstairs bathroom at my house gets no Verizon reception, zero bars. The rest of the house does, just not that room. Other providers work fine, go figure...
embrace extend extinguish
That is what they do.... and they do it well.
Wow. You really need to raid the recycle pile at the garbage dump and get a faster computer...or several of them.
...or stop spamming this OLD comment that has appeared all over the place.
"We all know — because we are being constantly reminded — that we are getting fat. Americans are at the forefront of the trend, but it is a transnational one."
Mexico is now the fattest country:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/mexico_weighs_in_first_place_as_H9SVnsADtIaVUjnLgwfTsL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/mexico-obesity_n_3567772.html
http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/11/mexico-overtakes-america-as-worlds-fattest-country-3879512/
Vocational Training is being ignored is most parts of the U.S.
Not all kids are suitable for college, or even want to go. Most schools place kids on the college track.
A kid who can graduate from high school with an ASE certification is immediately employable as a mechanic. A kid who completes an apprenticeship can work as an electrician/plumber/HVAC/framer/flagger/heavy equipment operator, etc., anywhere. Most of those earn good money. I have friends who are an electrician, plumber and diesel mechanic and have friends who are a psychiatrist, chiropractor, ER nurse, teacher, etc. Guess who is is in debt and who is not... Heck, one of the guys with a 'vocation' has a side business buying yachts from the east coast and selling them on the west coast. 100K a year from that alone.
At my old high school the metal shops and auto shops (from 25 years ago) are no longer used by those departments. The programs have been cancelled (with many others). What is in their place? Day care for children of the students. That is a SHAME!
News flash: Obama is black?
His mom is white, so he is 50% white.
His dad is (roughly) 75% Arabic and 25% black, so he is (roughly) 37.5% Arabic and 12.5% black.
So, at 50%, was he the next white president?
At 37.5%, was he the first Arabic president?
At 12.5%, was he the first black president?
We know what the media has made the public believe...