Just so that I understand correctly, are you saying that if they give you extra services for free, they will knock 30-40 off your bill? Or are you saying that if you have, lets say a $100 internet bill, and they add phones for which is normally a $40 service to your account, that they will make your total bill $30-40 cheaper($60 total bill) or that with the bundled service, internet comes down to $60 and you pay $40 for the phone?
I doubt anyone is giving away *free* service and if you're paying more for a bundle, then you arent being forced into anything since you have a choice. They are discounting services on the line item but its still more because you are bundling. That doesnt mean that the internet service, which costs $100 normally is actually really only $60 and they are MAKING you get phone service as well for $40.
What Im trying to say is, nothing is bundled for free and they will never add additional services for free because you bundled. Youll always pay more for 2 services rather than one, even if they make it seem like a deal with each costing less separate but in a bundled pair. Im going to use $80 as the bundled internet option since thats more appropriate. $100(internet) + $0(no bundle) = $100 $80(internet) + $40(phone) = $120
Youre not paying less because its bundled, youre paying more because youre adding service on. Also, IF on the chance your bill goes down because of the bundle, who cares that you have TV, dont use it!
I think what hes saying is that someone could theoretically setup a wifi network with the same AP name, create a page that looks similar to the comcast login page and just steal customers credentials that try and connect thru it because they are familiar with the AP name.
Yes, I can confirm this. To use the "public wifi", you must first be a Comcast customer. When you connect to an AP, you are required to login with your comcast credentials to get connected to the net.
How are they forcing you to do anything when they dont get any additional money from the deal(if the numbers are correct)?
They are FORCED to get a free service if internet service is $65 and if they get TV added on its $0 a month extra? Im having a hard time following the logic of a forced bundle which increases the cost of this service.
You are never forced into a bundle at Comcast. I have taken tv and phone off my services list twice in the last 5 years. Currently in the OFF stage. I get calls every so often with promotions but you are not required to sign up.
What may be an option instead of the xbox is to get the Samsung smart tv, install skype and hook up a webcam(all supported btw). I have it installed on my tv but have yet to buy teh appropriate webcam.
I recently switched from using a jailbroken atv2 for media consumption to just the tv. Plex was the determining factor on this since atv2 doesnt support Plex(and dont tell me about Plexconnect, tried it and it just doesnt work the same) and having 2 Samsung tvs in my house has made the transition easy. I can pick up where i left off on a show i was watching in another room.
Either way, what im trying to say is that Smasung apps have been pretty spot on, its worth a look.
If every persons reaction to being spied on was "Oh My God, What The Fuck, Bar-B-Que" I might be ok with it. I could go for some ribs...or grilled hotdogs OR a Hamburger. Fuck it, give me it all! Mmmmm, BBQ
While i agree that Macs do allow you to get their "Office" equivalent bundle for free, I would like to state that nothing that comes with Macs out of the box for photo editing compares to Adobe CC(photoshop and Lightroom). Those are better than any iLife app out there and Apreture is laughable compared to Lightroom and Photoshop is in a whole nother game.
Yes, i am doing better. But i saw some other guy doing worse than me! Fuck you, give me more of your money. Not like you have any other choice anyway, so you may as well just bend over while i rape you with my increased prices.
Ha! If that wasnt a double negative I dont know what is.
That aside - Ive been using iPhones since 3g. Have had a 3g, 3Gs(after my 3G was stollen), 4S and now a 5S. I have never had any hardware issues with any phone, internal or external. Its not to say you couldnt have had any, but out of 4 iPhones I've owned(all upgraded because of want), theyve had a pretty good track record. Too bad you had a bum unit and didnt get a chance to really appreciate the device. Im sure it was frustrating.
I recently did the same thing. I added a line to my contract and picked up the Lumia 1020 for the camera. Thought I'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Come to find out that WP8(8.1) does not have great support for apps(I'm used to the iPhone selection of apps) and the camera was inconsistent unless shot in RAW(which was cool) but then I always had to copy the 45mn+ files back to my computer to edit.
Long story short, Im back on my iPhone 5S and will stay here and wait for the camera designer(808/1020) Apple snagged from Nokia a couple weeks ago makes a big improvement to the camera on the iPhone.
May I ask what you were trying to buy and in what country/region? I find this interesting and have not come across this, although my traveling abroad has been limited to Italy, Ireland and Mexico and whatever apps I may have bought were all big name.
Good question. If memory serves me right, it was still reserved for whatever Adobe product I was in. Lightroom usually only took up about 1-1.5gb, Photoshop when it opened large files was around 3-5gb, Aftereffects(thats where the GBs of temp files were), around 2gb. I would be done editing, shut down all of the programs and my memory usage would still allocate for those programs even tho they were shut down. This would cause other things to crawl, for example, games. Removing those items from memory would dramatically increase performance. Unfortunately that was a year ago and a little hazy on the details.
Please re-read my whole comment. I used 2 different versions of Linux. One that was almost 20 years old, and one that is a couple months. I only mentioned the older one as a means to show that I wasnt tied to Windows because of lack of interest in other OSes.
Thank you the tips. As the resident IT person in the family, I gave Macs a try to see what the hubub was about. Unforunately, no one in the family or circle of friends had the knowledge you do and thus I was on my own to learn.
As far as memory management went, I had 16gb in there so it shouldnt have been a problem but after using photoshop and working on files 3-4gb in size, it was a problem. After closing out of any program(especially Adobe products), it would hold onto 4-5gb of memory allocated specifically for that for hours at a time. Only way to free it up was to reboot or go into memory management and free it up. And just in case youre wondering, yes, i was closing it down properly, not just minimizing it and thinking ti was closed like so many people who i have come across that use macs think.
I really wish I was able to get the same resale value. This was an early 2013 model(upgraded screen but not retina) and sold 6 months later. If it wasnt retina, no one wanted it and thus value dropped to those extremely low numbers.
I may give it a go again at a later time but it just didnt work for me the way i wanted it to.
There are some people who actually prefer Windows(7, not 8) to everything else.
Tried Linux in early 90s, not the best experience.
Tried Mac in 2013 for 6 months, not an awesome experience. Never freed up large amounts of memory unless i did it manually, adobe products temp files took up 130gb and not intuitive to find and delete, little things like single clicking on a long file name to see the whole file from the desk top or even finder was impossible. That was important to me since my photo file names are usually pretty long(Latename - date - sequence). It didnt work for the way that "I" work so it wasnt an option. Plus, bought the MBP maxed out for 2500, couldnt sell if for more than 1300. Complete waste of money and time for me.
Tried Ubuntu on a side laptop 2 months ago and for the life of me couldnt do anything but look at the internet. To get Steam to work properly, i had to install a bunch of other libraries that werent intuitive to find. This is important for those of us that would like to use a system but out of the box, cant do it with out further additions just to get certain programs to work.
Guess where im back at? A freshly reformatted windows 7 box and no complaints from this user.
Sorry if this post seems like its directed towards you. It was mainly for the comment about people realizing they dont need microsoft specific tools and dumping them and wanted to point out that even tho I dont NEED microsoft, i still prefer them.
While this a joke(most likely....), a decent messenger service thats not a whole lot of cash for same day deliveries wouldnt be so bad. I would pay to have someone come pick up a package and deliver to the other person. Even go as far as to make it so that delivery is coordinated and the other person is wiating outside for the truck/car to come or receive notification that package is arriving via text so they know when to go downstairs/to the door.
There seem to be a lot of people that are questioning the legality of Uber which I understand but I have a question for Travis and also the people on this board.
What prompted you to conceive this service? Was it lack of offerings available, difficulty finding a reliable ride or something else?
For those of you questioning this service, what alternative do you suggest that offers the same ease of access to transportation? I am someone who uses Uber 2-10 times a week and I do not have anything as convenient as Uber. In my area, I can get Uberx(personally owned cars), taxi(big name guys) and black cars. Are the objections to this service valid in my area since all the regular players are involved or is this directed to just UberX?
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Just so that I understand correctly, are you saying that if they give you extra services for free, they will knock 30-40 off your bill? Or are you saying that if you have, lets say a $100 internet bill, and they add phones for which is normally a $40 service to your account, that they will make your total bill $30-40 cheaper($60 total bill) or that with the bundled service, internet comes down to $60 and you pay $40 for the phone?
I doubt anyone is giving away *free* service and if you're paying more for a bundle, then you arent being forced into anything since you have a choice. They are discounting services on the line item but its still more because you are bundling. That doesnt mean that the internet service, which costs $100 normally is actually really only $60 and they are MAKING you get phone service as well for $40.
What Im trying to say is, nothing is bundled for free and they will never add additional services for free because you bundled. Youll always pay more for 2 services rather than one, even if they make it seem like a deal with each costing less separate but in a bundled pair. Im going to use $80 as the bundled internet option since thats more appropriate.
$100(internet) + $0(no bundle) = $100
$80(internet) + $40(phone) = $120
Youre not paying less because its bundled, youre paying more because youre adding service on. Also, IF on the chance your bill goes down because of the bundle, who cares that you have TV, dont use it!
And at that point, their service calls become quite the hassle for the end users, especially mom and pops and those who arent as versed.
Oh, are you using our modem? NO? Sorry, cant help you with your internet problems.
I think what hes saying is that someone could theoretically setup a wifi network with the same AP name, create a page that looks similar to the comcast login page and just steal customers credentials that try and connect thru it because they are familiar with the AP name.
Yes, I can confirm this. To use the "public wifi", you must first be a Comcast customer. When you connect to an AP, you are required to login with your comcast credentials to get connected to the net.
How are they forcing you to do anything when they dont get any additional money from the deal(if the numbers are correct)?
They are FORCED to get a free service if internet service is $65 and if they get TV added on its $0 a month extra? Im having a hard time following the logic of a forced bundle which increases the cost of this service.
You are never forced into a bundle at Comcast. I have taken tv and phone off my services list twice in the last 5 years. Currently in the OFF stage. I get calls every so often with promotions but you are not required to sign up.
What may be an option instead of the xbox is to get the Samsung smart tv, install skype and hook up a webcam(all supported btw). I have it installed on my tv but have yet to buy teh appropriate webcam.
I recently switched from using a jailbroken atv2 for media consumption to just the tv. Plex was the determining factor on this since atv2 doesnt support Plex(and dont tell me about Plexconnect, tried it and it just doesnt work the same) and having 2 Samsung tvs in my house has made the transition easy. I can pick up where i left off on a show i was watching in another room.
Either way, what im trying to say is that Smasung apps have been pretty spot on, its worth a look.
Its time ManBearPig entered society as well.
If every persons reaction to being spied on was "Oh My God, What The Fuck, Bar-B-Que" I might be ok with it. I could go for some ribs...or grilled hotdogs OR a Hamburger. Fuck it, give me it all! Mmmmm, BBQ
While i agree that Macs do allow you to get their "Office" equivalent bundle for free, I would like to state that nothing that comes with Macs out of the box for photo editing compares to Adobe CC(photoshop and Lightroom). Those are better than any iLife app out there and Apreture is laughable compared to Lightroom and Photoshop is in a whole nother game.
I guess you could also look at this way.
Yes, i am doing better. But i saw some other guy doing worse than me! Fuck you, give me more of your money. Not like you have any other choice anyway, so you may as well just bend over while i rape you with my increased prices.
Ha! If that wasnt a double negative I dont know what is.
That aside - Ive been using iPhones since 3g. Have had a 3g, 3Gs(after my 3G was stollen), 4S and now a 5S. I have never had any hardware issues with any phone, internal or external. Its not to say you couldnt have had any, but out of 4 iPhones I've owned(all upgraded because of want), theyve had a pretty good track record. Too bad you had a bum unit and didnt get a chance to really appreciate the device. Im sure it was frustrating.
Not mention those people that ARE the geek friend, are usually annoyed with these questions. ;)
I recently did the same thing. I added a line to my contract and picked up the Lumia 1020 for the camera. Thought I'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Come to find out that WP8(8.1) does not have great support for apps(I'm used to the iPhone selection of apps) and the camera was inconsistent unless shot in RAW(which was cool) but then I always had to copy the 45mn+ files back to my computer to edit.
Long story short, Im back on my iPhone 5S and will stay here and wait for the camera designer(808/1020) Apple snagged from Nokia a couple weeks ago makes a big improvement to the camera on the iPhone.
May I ask what you were trying to buy and in what country/region? I find this interesting and have not come across this, although my traveling abroad has been limited to Italy, Ireland and Mexico and whatever apps I may have bought were all big name.
Will do! Thanks for the suggestion.
Still have a spare laptop laying around, I would be willing to give another distro a try. Do you have any suggestions for me?
Good question. If memory serves me right, it was still reserved for whatever Adobe product I was in. Lightroom usually only took up about 1-1.5gb, Photoshop when it opened large files was around 3-5gb, Aftereffects(thats where the GBs of temp files were), around 2gb. I would be done editing, shut down all of the programs and my memory usage would still allocate for those programs even tho they were shut down. This would cause other things to crawl, for example, games. Removing those items from memory would dramatically increase performance. Unfortunately that was a year ago and a little hazy on the details.
Please re-read my whole comment. I used 2 different versions of Linux. One that was almost 20 years old, and one that is a couple months. I only mentioned the older one as a means to show that I wasnt tied to Windows because of lack of interest in other OSes.
Just wanted to add that I also used a current build of Ubuntu a couple months ago as well in case you missed that part of it.
Thank you the tips. As the resident IT person in the family, I gave Macs a try to see what the hubub was about. Unforunately, no one in the family or circle of friends had the knowledge you do and thus I was on my own to learn.
As far as memory management went, I had 16gb in there so it shouldnt have been a problem but after using photoshop and working on files 3-4gb in size, it was a problem. After closing out of any program(especially Adobe products), it would hold onto 4-5gb of memory allocated specifically for that for hours at a time. Only way to free it up was to reboot or go into memory management and free it up. And just in case youre wondering, yes, i was closing it down properly, not just minimizing it and thinking ti was closed like so many people who i have come across that use macs think.
I really wish I was able to get the same resale value. This was an early 2013 model(upgraded screen but not retina) and sold 6 months later. If it wasnt retina, no one wanted it and thus value dropped to those extremely low numbers.
I may give it a go again at a later time but it just didnt work for me the way i wanted it to.
There are some people who actually prefer Windows(7, not 8) to everything else.
Tried Linux in early 90s, not the best experience.
Tried Mac in 2013 for 6 months, not an awesome experience. Never freed up large amounts of memory unless i did it manually, adobe products temp files took up 130gb and not intuitive to find and delete, little things like single clicking on a long file name to see the whole file from the desk top or even finder was impossible. That was important to me since my photo file names are usually pretty long(Latename - date - sequence). It didnt work for the way that "I" work so it wasnt an option. Plus, bought the MBP maxed out for 2500, couldnt sell if for more than 1300. Complete waste of money and time for me.
Tried Ubuntu on a side laptop 2 months ago and for the life of me couldnt do anything but look at the internet. To get Steam to work properly, i had to install a bunch of other libraries that werent intuitive to find. This is important for those of us that would like to use a system but out of the box, cant do it with out further additions just to get certain programs to work.
Guess where im back at? A freshly reformatted windows 7 box and no complaints from this user.
Sorry if this post seems like its directed towards you. It was mainly for the comment about people realizing they dont need microsoft specific tools and dumping them and wanted to point out that even tho I dont NEED microsoft, i still prefer them.
Ill have to wait for it to come to Chicago. Good to know its there.
Thanks for the link!
While this a joke(most likely....), a decent messenger service thats not a whole lot of cash for same day deliveries wouldnt be so bad. I would pay to have someone come pick up a package and deliver to the other person. Even go as far as to make it so that delivery is coordinated and the other person is wiating outside for the truck/car to come or receive notification that package is arriving via text so they know when to go downstairs/to the door.
Please note, messenger services are local only.
There seem to be a lot of people that are questioning the legality of Uber which I understand but I have a question for Travis and also the people on this board.
What prompted you to conceive this service? Was it lack of offerings available, difficulty finding a reliable ride or something else?
For those of you questioning this service, what alternative do you suggest that offers the same ease of access to transportation? I am someone who uses Uber 2-10 times a week and I do not have anything as convenient as Uber. In my area, I can get Uberx(personally owned cars), taxi(big name guys) and black cars. Are the objections to this service valid in my area since all the regular players are involved or is this directed to just UberX?