Thanks, I'll look again. I was concerned that the GPS receiver was left out of the specs. But then again, I did see mention that it would be compatable with everything in the Google Play store. And if it lacks an auto-focus feature for the camera (which has already been mentioned here) as well as NFC (also missing from the specs) then it certainly isn't going to run everything on Google Play. So rather than just assume that there is lots of hardware that they were just too modest to mention, I would like to see some reassurance as to what is really in the device.
Or, to put it another way, I wouldn't put it past these weasels to say "Sure, you can run Google Drive on it and look at the pretty maps". "Oh, you want it to tell you where you are? No, it can't do that. But you can run Google Drive and look at maps."
The lack of a SD memory slot on the Nexus 7 isn't about saving five cents on parts, or about the "you're too stupid to use a memory slot" claim that was made. It is about forcing Google customers to save their information "on the cloud". If you don't mind Google and the RIAA and MPAA snooping through all of your data that might be OK if you live within Google's fiber network area and never leave the house. But in a land of slow Internet and caps by major providers like AT&T even on land lines, it is a deal breaker. I would have bought the Nexus when it came out if not for that (even with the lack of the rear facing camera, which I would really miss).
The two cameras are welcome (yea, I already have a digital camera, but there are many uses for a camera on a tablet that a stand-alone camera will not address). And the expansion slot is very important to me (important enough that I was ready to buy the Nexus on day 1 but declined when I was told to just "use the cloud"). But if there is no GPS then this is really in the class of cheap sub $100 tablets. I would live without NFC (although it is a short sighted choice to cut out this low cost feature), but not GPS. Looks like another HP tablet failure.
Also, although less important to me than the GPS, there is no talk of graphic acceleration, at least in what I read. Even some low end tablets have decent graphic power. Makes me wonder if parts of HP want this to fail.
Where are you? And what year is it there? I remember in the olden days when you could go to a farmer's market and save money. But in recent years (and decades) here in N.C. the farmer's market tend to be a scam selling things for a lot more than I pay for them at the local grocery store. And a lot of what is sold was simply bought at the local wholesale produce yard and resold, including those locally grown pineapples and bananas. I just can't afford to get produce at farmer's markets around here.
The shot is only "9% effective" in the older segment of the population that they claim "needs" it the most. What they really don't want to admit is that a placebo is 21% effective. Might cause a little too much attention to that flu shot.
Boy, this is sure good news for visitors to North Korea. They should all be sure to take their private personal communication devices to North Korea. I'm sure that nothing will go wrong and the benevolent rulers of North Korea will respect the privacy of any data on the devices and the users communications and Internet access.
It is far worse than no more ACs. This would affect anyone posting here, even under a name that has been registered for more than a decade (like mine). It would say that Ira Silverstein wants you to post your actual name and contact information so that any crackpot that takes offense at what you say can track you down and inflict harm on you.
How gutless would/. have to be to let that happen? Far better would be to proactively cut off all Illinois users from/. and instead give a message crediting Ira Silverstein with plenty of contact information. Let the citizens of Illinois thank Silverstein for his protection if they feel that is appropriate, or have them let him know that they are not pleased. Do this before the bill is voted on, so that the Illinois users can have an impact on the way the bill goes.
Even if that were the case, putting the transmission into neutral would still be a logical option. No loss of power steering, and the car the car should soon coast to a stop. Sure the engine might red-line, but I suspect that he's going to be talking with the manufacturer about the car anyway if this really happened, and most people would rather risk damage to the engine than to themselves and anyone they hit.
He should have been able to turn the engine off. With a key there is a position for off that doesn't lock the steering wheel. Even with a modern RF "advanced key system" or "smart key" you can still kill the engine even while driving by pressing and holding the Start Button or pressing it several times. Neutral would work also, and even a modified car should have that if 1) you want to be able to start it, or 2) you want to be able to get to reverse. Given that the article ignores both of these, I don't believe it is very creditable.
Aside from having to pay for Windows 8 and then having to pay for Windows 7, you can't always count on being able to install an older operating system. Sometimes, if the hardware was built after Win8 was available to the manufacturer, they don't produce drivers that will work under older O.S.s. Saw this a lot after vista came out and you couldn't always get XP to run on the hardware.
And, of course you take a big chance with a refurb computer. There are often reasons why it was returned in the first place, such as dead pixels. And refurbs don't get fresh replacement batteries, so you may not get the battery life you expect.
When you have a bunch of chumps who financed your company for you, it is easy to get greedy and charge them high prices for the essential extras like the second controller. A decent user friendly design might have offered compatibility with one or even several existing console controllers, but I would not expect anyone who wants to get rich on the contributions of others to do that.
Next year at this time you'll be able to get the controllers cheap from many of the close-out sellers. However you will not want them.
I know if I saw anything unfavorable about kickstarter I'll get modded down no matter what merit it has, but I sure can't get excited about this. There are extremely hot Android tablets for $200 with their own high resolution screens. Take out the GPS, the NFC, the bluetooth, and other features and you can build a decent tablet for a hundred bucks complete with a screen and HDMI out. Why should I spend that amount for an Android device without a screen that can only be used for a limited subset of games when I should be able to buy a tablet that can do so much more?
It was a TV station that had done a story about credit scores and promoted this offer. I never got anything from the station, and would have noticed it if I did since it would have come in on the same address. I doubt very much if they paid to harvest email that they could sell for pennies to Chinese spammers, that likely just got a free offer from Equifax as part of doing the credit score story. And other reports of other people also having similar problems with Equifax when their relationship with them originated differently further discounts your speculation.
And you don't know what you're talking about. Spamgourmet allows you to create very long and unique email addresses. The address that was used contained all of the following: The Equifax name (actually equifx, which is even more unique, equifax would not have worked since it wasn't created when the watchword was valid) and a long "watchword" that I appended to the end of it. The watchword is one that I had only used a couple of time in one month two years before the spam started. Then a period and a number. While Spamgourmet allows any number between 1 and 20, the number used by the Chinese spammers matched the number that I had given Equifax. Then another period and a name. That name is one I have registered with Spamgourmet but is not the proper spelling of my name. Then an @ sign and a domain. Spamgourmet has an awful lot of domains that all go back to them, but the spammers used the same domain that I had given Equifax.
Randomly generated emails didn't just happen to match all of these things and coincide with an address that I had already created. This address somehow left Equifax and was given to spammers.
Perhaps you should consider that limitations of your "knowledge" before putting others in their place. That's only a suggestion, and I don't really expect that you'll have learned anything from this. No wonder you post as an A.C.
Wanted to mention something very relevant about Equifax. I took advantage of a "get your credit score" free offer several years ago that was posted on Slick Deals. It involved giving Equifax a little data on myself, including an email address that they sent the final credit score report to. I've long used the Spamgourmet forwarding service, so I created and used a unique email address for this purpose. Never gave it to anyone else. It even includes Equifax as part of the name, as well as a "watch word" that was only active for a month when the Equifax account was created. Later I started getting LOTS of spam from Chinese sources to that email address. I don't think it was intercepted, as Equifax hadn't sent me any more mail for quite a while. No one got into my system and none of my other accounts started getting spammed, only the Equifax account.
So, as I see it that leaves three possible causes: Equifax sold my email address to spammers, an employee at Equifax stole data and sold it, or Equifax is so insecure with this very important personal data that they were hacked by the spammers. None of these possibilities speaks well for Equifax.
As of today, 264 pieces of mail have been sent to that account, including the one or two legitimate ones. That particular account was quickly shut down without compromising my read email address, but I've always wondered what information the hackers got on me.
I agree completely. If a white couple were to name their child Trevon, Lakisha or Darnell, I would expect that child to grow up with a greater chance of earning a criminal record as well.
Wish I had mod points today to mod the above up. Yea, 60 per cent versus 48 per cent doesn't sound nearly enough considering the greater likely hood that Trevon, Darnell and even Lakisha might want the services of a bail bondsman more so than Brendan. Obviously the people running ads are going to try to maximize the return on their advertising dollar. That isn't racist. They might even be black themselves (which does not mean to imply that blacks can't be racist, even though the liberals may make that claim).
AT&T currently caps my wired land-line DSL connection, and charges outrageous overage fees if I go over their arbitrary limits. (And as past/. posting have indicated, their measurements are highly in dispute and they will not even say how they come up with your supposed usage.) The little old lady next door has already received shocking bills because she used to watch NetFlix on her AT&T DSL connection. So exactly how do I open my already expensive Internet connection without getting nasty bills in the mail from my information and communications monopoly?
You bought a program that you presumably knew included this DRM. You gave the company the permission to deny you access to what you paid good money for. They did that. It was certain that they would eventually, they just did it sooner than you may have expected. Have you learned anything in general about buying games encumbered with DRM (including Steam) or is your learning limited to EA and Sim City (which they already have your money for anyway)?
Thanks, by the way, for screwing things up for those of us considered the "lunatic fringe" who refuse to buy DRM encumbered games no matter how sweet the eye candy is. You have confirmed for EA that there will always be some people who buy the encumbered programs no matter how distasteful the DRM is.
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Thanks, I'll look again. I was concerned that the GPS receiver was left out of the specs. But then again, I did see mention that it would be compatable with everything in the Google Play store. And if it lacks an auto-focus feature for the camera (which has already been mentioned here) as well as NFC (also missing from the specs) then it certainly isn't going to run everything on Google Play. So rather than just assume that there is lots of hardware that they were just too modest to mention, I would like to see some reassurance as to what is really in the device.
Or, to put it another way, I wouldn't put it past these weasels to say "Sure, you can run Google Drive on it and look at the pretty maps". "Oh, you want it to tell you where you are? No, it can't do that. But you can run Google Drive and look at maps."
The lack of a SD memory slot on the Nexus 7 isn't about saving five cents on parts, or about the "you're too stupid to use a memory slot" claim that was made. It is about forcing Google customers to save their information "on the cloud". If you don't mind Google and the RIAA and MPAA snooping through all of your data that might be OK if you live within Google's fiber network area and never leave the house. But in a land of slow Internet and caps by major providers like AT&T even on land lines, it is a deal breaker. I would have bought the Nexus when it came out if not for that (even with the lack of the rear facing camera, which I would really miss).
The two cameras are welcome (yea, I already have a digital camera, but there are many uses for a camera on a tablet that a stand-alone camera will not address). And the expansion slot is very important to me (important enough that I was ready to buy the Nexus on day 1 but declined when I was told to just "use the cloud"). But if there is no GPS then this is really in the class of cheap sub $100 tablets. I would live without NFC (although it is a short sighted choice to cut out this low cost feature), but not GPS. Looks like another HP tablet failure.
Also, although less important to me than the GPS, there is no talk of graphic acceleration, at least in what I read. Even some low end tablets have decent graphic power. Makes me wonder if parts of HP want this to fail.
Where are you? And what year is it there? I remember in the olden days when you could go to a farmer's market and save money. But in recent years (and decades) here in N.C. the farmer's market tend to be a scam selling things for a lot more than I pay for them at the local grocery store. And a lot of what is sold was simply bought at the local wholesale produce yard and resold, including those locally grown pineapples and bananas. I just can't afford to get produce at farmer's markets around here.
The shot is only "9% effective" in the older segment of the population that they claim "needs" it the most. What they really don't want to admit is that a placebo is 21% effective. Might cause a little too much attention to that flu shot.
Boy, this is sure good news for visitors to North Korea. They should all be sure to take their private personal communication devices to North Korea. I'm sure that nothing will go wrong and the benevolent rulers of North Korea will respect the privacy of any data on the devices and the users communications and Internet access.
It is far worse than no more ACs. This would affect anyone posting here, even under a name that has been registered for more than a decade (like mine). It would say that Ira Silverstein wants you to post your actual name and contact information so that any crackpot that takes offense at what you say can track you down and inflict harm on you.
How gutless would /. have to be to let that happen? Far better would be to proactively cut off all Illinois users from /. and instead give a message crediting Ira Silverstein with plenty of contact information. Let the citizens of Illinois thank Silverstein for his protection if they feel that is appropriate, or have them let him know that they are not pleased. Do this before the bill is voted on, so that the Illinois users can have an impact on the way the bill goes.
Even if that were the case, putting the transmission into neutral would still be a logical option. No loss of power steering, and the car the car should soon coast to a stop. Sure the engine might red-line, but I suspect that he's going to be talking with the manufacturer about the car anyway if this really happened, and most people would rather risk damage to the engine than to themselves and anyone they hit.
He should have been able to turn the engine off. With a key there is a position for off that doesn't lock the steering wheel. Even with a modern RF "advanced key system" or "smart key" you can still kill the engine even while driving by pressing and holding the Start Button or pressing it several times. Neutral would work also, and even a modified car should have that if 1) you want to be able to start it, or 2) you want to be able to get to reverse. Given that the article ignores both of these, I don't believe it is very creditable.
First the undead rise from their graves. Then the establishment covers it up. And it's not a coincidence that there are shortages and limits on ammo.
One should be named "Tyson" in "honor" of the dwarf astronomer who was instrumental in getting Pluto kicked out of the Planet Club.
What great news, And there are competitions sponsored by China, Iran and North Korea to find bugs like this too.
A pen that vibrates when it thinks you have bad penmanship. Sure, that makes sense!
Aside from having to pay for Windows 8 and then having to pay for Windows 7, you can't always count on being able to install an older operating system. Sometimes, if the hardware was built after Win8 was available to the manufacturer, they don't produce drivers that will work under older O.S.s. Saw this a lot after vista came out and you couldn't always get XP to run on the hardware.
And, of course you take a big chance with a refurb computer. There are often reasons why it was returned in the first place, such as dead pixels. And refurbs don't get fresh replacement batteries, so you may not get the battery life you expect.
When you have a bunch of chumps who financed your company for you, it is easy to get greedy and charge them high prices for the essential extras like the second controller. A decent user friendly design might have offered compatibility with one or even several existing console controllers, but I would not expect anyone who wants to get rich on the contributions of others to do that.
Next year at this time you'll be able to get the controllers cheap from many of the close-out sellers. However you will not want them.
I know if I saw anything unfavorable about kickstarter I'll get modded down no matter what merit it has, but I sure can't get excited about this. There are extremely hot Android tablets for $200 with their own high resolution screens. Take out the GPS, the NFC, the bluetooth, and other features and you can build a decent tablet for a hundred bucks complete with a screen and HDMI out. Why should I spend that amount for an Android device without a screen that can only be used for a limited subset of games when I should be able to buy a tablet that can do so much more?
It was a TV station that had done a story about credit scores and promoted this offer. I never got anything from the station, and would have noticed it if I did since it would have come in on the same address. I doubt very much if they paid to harvest email that they could sell for pennies to Chinese spammers, that likely just got a free offer from Equifax as part of doing the credit score story. And other reports of other people also having similar problems with Equifax when their relationship with them originated differently further discounts your speculation.
Randomly generated emails didn't just happen to match all of these things and coincide with an address that I had already created. This address somehow left Equifax and was given to spammers.
Perhaps you should consider that limitations of your "knowledge" before putting others in their place. That's only a suggestion, and I don't really expect that you'll have learned anything from this. No wonder you post as an A.C.
Wanted to mention something very relevant about Equifax. I took advantage of a "get your credit score" free offer several years ago that was posted on Slick Deals. It involved giving Equifax a little data on myself, including an email address that they sent the final credit score report to. I've long used the Spamgourmet forwarding service, so I created and used a unique email address for this purpose. Never gave it to anyone else. It even includes Equifax as part of the name, as well as a "watch word" that was only active for a month when the Equifax account was created. Later I started getting LOTS of spam from Chinese sources to that email address. I don't think it was intercepted, as Equifax hadn't sent me any more mail for quite a while. No one got into my system and none of my other accounts started getting spammed, only the Equifax account.
So, as I see it that leaves three possible causes: Equifax sold my email address to spammers, an employee at Equifax stole data and sold it, or Equifax is so insecure with this very important personal data that they were hacked by the spammers. None of these possibilities speaks well for Equifax.
As of today, 264 pieces of mail have been sent to that account, including the one or two legitimate ones. That particular account was quickly shut down without compromising my read email address, but I've always wondered what information the hackers got on me.
I agree completely. If a white couple were to name their child Trevon, Lakisha or Darnell, I would expect that child to grow up with a greater chance of earning a criminal record as well.
Wish I had mod points today to mod the above up. Yea, 60 per cent versus 48 per cent doesn't sound nearly enough considering the greater likely hood that Trevon, Darnell and even Lakisha might want the services of a bail bondsman more so than Brendan. Obviously the people running ads are going to try to maximize the return on their advertising dollar. That isn't racist. They might even be black themselves (which does not mean to imply that blacks can't be racist, even though the liberals may make that claim).
Could Host a Baby Solar System
Could Host? Oh wow!
Sounds great.
AT&T currently caps my wired land-line DSL connection, and charges outrageous overage fees if I go over their arbitrary limits. (And as past /. posting have indicated, their measurements are highly in dispute and they will not even say how they come up with your supposed usage.) The little old lady next door has already received shocking bills because she used to watch NetFlix on her AT&T DSL connection. So exactly how do I open my already expensive Internet connection without getting nasty bills in the mail from my information and communications monopoly?
You bought a program that you presumably knew included this DRM. You gave the company the permission to deny you access to what you paid good money for. They did that. It was certain that they would eventually, they just did it sooner than you may have expected. Have you learned anything in general about buying games encumbered with DRM (including Steam) or is your learning limited to EA and Sim City (which they already have your money for anyway)?
Thanks, by the way, for screwing things up for those of us considered the "lunatic fringe" who refuse to buy DRM encumbered games no matter how sweet the eye candy is. You have confirmed for EA that there will always be some people who buy the encumbered programs no matter how distasteful the DRM is.