In fact many mobile network operators (not just MVNOs like Boost Mobile) do not own/operate their own towers. Even for those who do, they most likely lease coverage in rural areas where they don't have a presence. Furthermore, many MNOs have roaming agreements in place with their competitors.
In Sprint's case, they don't own any towers any longer. They sold their towers back in 2008, and they contracted Ericsson to take over network operations in 2009.
Schools such as RFK were built with funds from a bond measure passed by voters in the LA county area. The terms of this bond measure requires that funds be spent on construction, and forbade any other use. There was a very good piece on this issue that I've linked to:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/socal_connected_online/video/blackboard-bungle.html
..."(yes, including all the menu-based alt+x+y+z ones)."
That insn't strictly true, and I'll give you an example. In Outlook 2007, the "Menu Shortcut" changed from ALT-I,S,ENTER to ALT-N,G,ENTER. I won't harp on how unintuitive this change is, since the original method could not be called intuitive. That said, why oh why can't MS give us customizable keyboard shortcuts as they do in Word & Excel? Shove the UI, give me the keyboard shortcuts I want!
Engadget posted a link to a Reuters "story" back in September which indicated that Samsung would offer a combo unit. The link can be found here. I'd post the link to the reuters article, but that has expired.
Coward, troll, or not; your presence won't be missed! Thank you for your commitment to not add to our population of individuals whom use isolated cases as the basis for broad generalizations! If however I am mistaken about your citizenry, perhaps the scale has finally tipped in favor of your departure?:)
Sec. 109.21. HOME PRODUCTION OF WINE, ALE, MALT LIQUOR, OR BEER. (a) The head of a family or an unmarried adult may produce for the use of his family or himself not more than 200 gallons of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer, per year. No license or permit is required.
(b) The commission may prohibit the use of any ingredient it finds detrimental to health or
susceptible of use to evade this code. Only wine made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juices of dandelions or grapes, raisins, or other fruits may be produced under this section. Only ale, malt liquor, or beer made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of malted barley with hops, or their products, and with or without other malted or unmalted cereals, may be produced under this section. The possession of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer produced under this section is not an offense if the person making it complies with all provisions of this section and the wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer is not
distilled, fortified, or otherwise altered to increase its alcohol content.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 106.04. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR. (a) A minor commits an offense if he consumes an alcoholic beverage. (b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the alcoholic beverage was consumed in the visible presence of the minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse.
For the record, I could not find any provision that defines what the minimum age for the "Head of Household." I lack the patience to look for it elsewhere.
For instance, as ubiquitous as Creative Labs hardware is, Apple can't support it because it's really low quality compared to Apple's on board audio (designed by Bang Olufsen)
I won't get into the debate about the quality (or lack therof) of Creative's products, except to say that there is a thriving market for aftermarket audio products for the Mac platform (M-Audio being one such vendor).
My point of contention with your post is your assertation that Apple employs the aid of Bang and Olufsen for its built-in audio. While searching on Google reveals others using superlatives that compare Apple's design to the afformentioned company's products, there is no evidence of collaboration. There are aftermarket products made for lines such as the iPod, but that's as close as it gets.
A few more little known facts: Apple uses all Bose speakers even down to the smallest speakers in their systems. And Bose designs the case section where the speaker will be housed in order to provide high quality, room filling sound no matter what system you have.
Furthermore, Bose has only had a limited relationship with Apple, starting and ending with the PowerMac 6400 family. And for the record, the logevity of this particular piece of design has been lacking. Apple has collaborated with other companies on their speaker design, such as utilizing Harman Kardon enclosures/speakers starting with the iMac DV.
Your references to startup tones are tangential, more a matter of taste and style than metrics. Apple succeeds in the the fields of arts primarily because of their decent first-party applications, and additionally because of their ISVs and aftermarket hardware. Many creative types still call the Mac home, and I don't think it's because of trendy start-up tones or hardware companies.
As to Apple's success and appeal, I wholly agree it is due in large part to the bottom-to-top control they have of the platform. I may have made mistakes in calling you out on some of these facts you are presenting. I have spent nearly 10 years working in and around Apple's various offerings, and have admired their industrial design (with a number of exceptions). That said, I would like to think that whatever zeal that I may have for them is grounded in reality. If you can find reference to any of your above claims, I would appreciate that they be presented for sake of perusal.
While it's been my experience that using tech support is typically a last resort, it would be foolish to say that we don't rely on the expertise of others to advance our own knowledge. We do this through newsgroups, how-to's, and other means. I've worn a few hats in this industry, and I can say that I appreciate knowing there's a tech there. The linux world may use different methods, but the purpose and result are the same.
I think our community has something great in the sense that there's just so much support out there online, and it's great knowing that we're just a search-engine away from an answer, instead of being on hold for the next 15 or so minutes.
Puffing up ones chest and saying "tech support, we don't need no steenkin tech support" drips with a little too much pride for me. It's a necessary evil, every now and then. In the case of games, I can't say I've needed to call, but as someone who used to work in a service center (you try figuring out those Packard Bells on your own!), I can say that I've appreciated having someone on the other end of a phone. The great part is, like most geeks, I walked away, knowing more than I did, and grew slightly less dependant on someone else for help.
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I was wondering where you had went, Ernestine! Should Comcast lack the vision and foresight to keep you on, we've got a spot for you.
Irving P. Freely,
SVP of Customer Relations, AT&T
In fact many mobile network operators (not just MVNOs like Boost Mobile) do not own/operate their own towers. Even for those who do, they most likely lease coverage in rural areas where they don't have a presence. Furthermore, many MNOs have roaming agreements in place with their competitors.
In Sprint's case, they don't own any towers any longer. They sold their towers back in 2008, and they contracted Ericsson to take over network operations in 2009.
Sprint to sell wireless towers for $670 million
Ericsson to manage Sprint network in $4.5-$5bln deal
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Schools such as RFK were built with funds from a bond measure passed by voters in the LA county area. The terms of this bond measure requires that funds be spent on construction, and forbade any other use. There was a very good piece on this issue that I've linked to: http://www.kcet.org/socal/socal_connected_online/video/blackboard-bungle.html
..."(yes, including all the menu-based alt+x+y+z ones)."
That insn't strictly true, and I'll give you an example. In Outlook 2007, the "Menu Shortcut" changed from ALT-I,S,ENTER to ALT-N,G,ENTER. I won't harp on how unintuitive this change is, since the original method could not be called intuitive. That said, why oh why can't MS give us customizable keyboard shortcuts as they do in Word & Excel? Shove the UI, give me the keyboard shortcuts I want!
Isn't it obvious? If the developers would embrace the hacker community and use an aimbot, we wouldn't be having this discussion!
The verdict is still out on whether the OSULUG perpetrators had any form of intelligence, let alone a life ;-)
For the record, I'm posting this via Bon Echo. I think I've just incriminated myself.
Engadget posted a link to a Reuters "story" back in September which indicated that Samsung would offer a combo unit. The link can be found here. I'd post the link to the reuters article, but that has expired.
Coward, troll, or not; your presence won't be missed! Thank you for your commitment to not add to our population of individuals whom use isolated cases as the basis for broad generalizations! If however I am mistaken about your citizenry, perhaps the scale has finally tipped in favor of your departure? :)
Sec. 109.21. HOME PRODUCTION OF WINE, ALE, MALT LIQUOR, OR BEER.
(a) The head of a family or an unmarried adult may produce for the use of his family or himself not more than 200 gallons of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer, per year. No license or permit is required.
(b) The commission may prohibit the use of any ingredient it finds detrimental to health or susceptible of use to evade this code. Only wine made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juices of dandelions or grapes, raisins, or other fruits may be produced under this section. Only ale, malt liquor, or beer made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of malted barley with hops, or their products, and with or without other malted or unmalted cereals, may be produced under this section. The possession of wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer produced under this section is not an offense if the person making it complies with all provisions of this section and the wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer is not distilled, fortified, or otherwise altered to increase its alcohol content.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 106.04. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR.
(a) A minor commits an offense if he consumes an alcoholic beverage.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the alcoholic beverage was consumed in the visible presence of the minor's adult parent, guardian, or spouse.
For the record, I could not find any provision that defines what the minimum age for the "Head of Household." I lack the patience to look for it elsewhere.
For instance, as ubiquitous as Creative Labs hardware is, Apple can't support it because it's really low quality compared to Apple's on board audio (designed by Bang Olufsen)
I won't get into the debate about the quality (or lack therof) of Creative's products, except to say that there is a thriving market for aftermarket audio products for the Mac platform (M-Audio being one such vendor).
My point of contention with your post is your assertation that Apple employs the aid of Bang and Olufsen for its built-in audio. While searching on Google reveals others using superlatives that compare Apple's design to the afformentioned company's products, there is no evidence of collaboration. There are aftermarket products made for lines such as the iPod, but that's as close as it gets.
A few more little known facts: Apple uses all Bose speakers even down to the smallest speakers in their systems. And Bose designs the case section where the speaker will be housed in order to provide high quality, room filling sound no matter what system you have.
Furthermore, Bose has only had a limited relationship with Apple, starting and ending with the PowerMac 6400 family. And for the record, the logevity of this particular piece of design has been lacking. Apple has collaborated with other companies on their speaker design, such as utilizing Harman Kardon enclosures/speakers starting with the iMac DV.
Your references to startup tones are tangential, more a matter of taste and style than metrics. Apple succeeds in the the fields of arts primarily because of their decent first-party applications, and additionally because of their ISVs and aftermarket hardware. Many creative types still call the Mac home, and I don't think it's because of trendy start-up tones or hardware companies.
As to Apple's success and appeal, I wholly agree it is due in large part to the bottom-to-top control they have of the platform. I may have made mistakes in calling you out on some of these facts you are presenting. I have spent nearly 10 years working in and around Apple's various offerings, and have admired their industrial design (with a number of exceptions). That said, I would like to think that whatever zeal that I may have for them is grounded in reality. If you can find reference to any of your above claims, I would appreciate that they be presented for sake of perusal.
Intel has led the desktop market in shipments of graphics chipsets for over a year now.
m ain+stable/2100-1006_3-5205102.html
http://news.com.com/Intel%2C+AMD+market+shares+re
Dadaism at its finest!
While it's been my experience that using tech support is typically a last resort, it would be foolish to say that we don't rely on the expertise of others to advance our own knowledge. We do this through newsgroups, how-to's, and other means. I've worn a few hats in this industry, and I can say that I appreciate knowing there's a tech there. The linux world may use different methods, but the purpose and result are the same.
I think our community has something great in the sense that there's just so much support out there online, and it's great knowing that we're just a search-engine away from an answer, instead of being on hold for the next 15 or so minutes.
Puffing up ones chest and saying "tech support, we don't need no steenkin tech support" drips with a little too much pride for me. It's a necessary evil, every now and then. In the case of games, I can't say I've needed to call, but as someone who used to work in a service center (you try figuring out those Packard Bells on your own!), I can say that I've appreciated having someone on the other end of a phone. The great part is, like most geeks, I walked away, knowing more than I did, and grew slightly less dependant on someone else for help.