If we can just keep them busy and stifle progress in the middle east for another 50-100 years worldwide oil demand will fall so low the entire region will collapse and not be of any strategic concern anymore.
It's 2016, there's Google sheets is all 99% of people need. Most people aren't "gamers". Less than 1% of people actually use Photoshop. You're dismissing the average user, which makes up the VAST majority of users.
Wow, 86% of people favor universal background checks with a centralized database. Much higher than I expected. When can you get 86% of people to agree on anything? That seems so overwhelmingly high, how has it already not been passed? Makes you wonder how accurate these polls are. I mean, NRA is powerful and all, but 90% of people want a centralized database?
That would't make business sense. I think this move is a strategically great move of Microsoft.
The price of operating systems is steadily approaching zero. macOS updates are free and the OS comes with the hardware. ChromeOS is free. Microsoft already provides the license for free for smaller devices. PC sales are slowing and that's what moves OS licenses. People have fewer reasons to upgrade. What Microsoft realized is that hardware and services are the future, not operating system licenses. And to capitalize on that, they need their software to run everywhere. That means Visual Studio for Mac and SQL Server for Linux.
So no, I really don't believe helping the WINE project is a bad move for Microsoft at this point. Anything that increases adoption of Microsoft software and services is what matters now.
I think that type of work (developing network transport algorithms) is done by a vanishingly small amount of programmers, who would definitely need to have strong math skills. But the reality is, for the vast majority of programming that's done (ie business web apps) you need only pretty basic math skills. I think high school algebra would suffice for most of it.
That was the 6 Plus and the whole thing was debunked by consumer reports. Turns out all phones bend, some easier than the iPhone, some harder. Shocking, I know.
I never understood why having an unlocked phone in the US mattered. We have two networks worth a shit, AT&T (barely) and Verizon. Most devices don't have radios compatible with both networks. So what will having an unlocked phone get you? Moving from GSM AT&T to T-Mobile? No thanks.
The simple solution is this: anytime you get these unsolicited emails with no way to globally opt-out from Amazon, just go give the product a 1 star review and say: "I will continue to issue 1 star reviews until Amazon allows me to opt-out".
I've been doing this for a while, sometimes Amazon will come and delete your review and say it's not allowed because it's not about the transaction. That's totally fine. The goal is to make this so burdensome for Amazon that eventually they will allow us to opt-out of these emails. If they receive a few thousand of these reviews a day, eventually policing them will be so expensive in man hours that they will be forced to allow us to opt-out globally and preemptively from these messages.
Got a source for that figure? There are a lot of financial considerations around moving to the cloud. Like moving from capital to operational expenses and the flexibility to scale up/down with M&A or divestitures. Sometimes the flexibility provided by PaaS can deliver much better value to an organization.
You're not really the target customer. For a single VM there are probably cheaper options. When you want a few hundred or thousand (reserved) instances and negotiated pricing, AWS becomes very competitive.
What kind of idiot would code without fixed width fonts? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. Is that a real thing? Is someone actually that stupid?
I think you need to be more specific than "the law". Our lawyers frequently use Microsoft Word for redlining contracts, works great. Sharepoint Document Libraries actually work really well for storing these. There are certainly lots of other systems that work as well, or better (ie Enterprise File Sync and Share Applications like Box, Syncplicity, etc).
VB was hugely popular for years and allowed organizations to hire developers at much lower costs. I wouldn't call a technology a failure because it was displaced after a decade of heavy use.
The amount of Anonymous Cowards that are astroturfing and spreading FUD for Comcast in this thread is seriously concerning.
In what world is $70 a month "2x the cost" of cable Internet service? Your cable service is $35/mo? Including your modem rental? Because that's free with Google. And many people do download multiple gigabytes per day, they're called families. One kid watching youtube all day, parents watching netflix, add in some web browsing and video gaming (and your kids video game downloads for your xbox or steam) and you're easily into the multiple gigabytes per day. Netflix alone uses 1GB per hour according to Netflix!
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If we can just keep them busy and stifle progress in the middle east for another 50-100 years worldwide oil demand will fall so low the entire region will collapse and not be of any strategic concern anymore.
So I think I'm just going to go to the darknet markets and sell all my personal info directly. At least then I get a cut.
It's 2016, there's Google sheets is all 99% of people need. Most people aren't "gamers". Less than 1% of people actually use Photoshop. You're dismissing the average user, which makes up the VAST majority of users.
I think the goal is to make flying so frustrating the terrorists will give up.
Wow, 86% of people favor universal background checks with a centralized database. Much higher than I expected. When can you get 86% of people to agree on anything? That seems so overwhelmingly high, how has it already not been passed? Makes you wonder how accurate these polls are. I mean, NRA is powerful and all, but 90% of people want a centralized database?
That would't make business sense. I think this move is a strategically great move of Microsoft.
The price of operating systems is steadily approaching zero. macOS updates are free and the OS comes with the hardware. ChromeOS is free. Microsoft already provides the license for free for smaller devices. PC sales are slowing and that's what moves OS licenses. People have fewer reasons to upgrade. What Microsoft realized is that hardware and services are the future, not operating system licenses. And to capitalize on that, they need their software to run everywhere. That means Visual Studio for Mac and SQL Server for Linux.
So no, I really don't believe helping the WINE project is a bad move for Microsoft at this point. Anything that increases adoption of Microsoft software and services is what matters now.
Has anyone seen a good analysis of the actual impact? Here in the southeast US we didn't even notice it. Everything was working fine.
More like 5 seconds .
I think that type of work (developing network transport algorithms) is done by a vanishingly small amount of programmers, who would definitely need to have strong math skills. But the reality is, for the vast majority of programming that's done (ie business web apps) you need only pretty basic math skills. I think high school algebra would suffice for most of it.
What roaming? I travel all over the east half of the US, never had an issue with roaming.
That was the 6 Plus and the whole thing was debunked by consumer reports. Turns out all phones bend, some easier than the iPhone, some harder. Shocking, I know.
I never understood why having an unlocked phone in the US mattered. We have two networks worth a shit, AT&T (barely) and Verizon. Most devices don't have radios compatible with both networks. So what will having an unlocked phone get you? Moving from GSM AT&T to T-Mobile? No thanks.
The simple solution is this: anytime you get these unsolicited emails with no way to globally opt-out from Amazon, just go give the product a 1 star review and say: "I will continue to issue 1 star reviews until Amazon allows me to opt-out".
I've been doing this for a while, sometimes Amazon will come and delete your review and say it's not allowed because it's not about the transaction. That's totally fine. The goal is to make this so burdensome for Amazon that eventually they will allow us to opt-out of these emails. If they receive a few thousand of these reviews a day, eventually policing them will be so expensive in man hours that they will be forced to allow us to opt-out globally and preemptively from these messages.
I don't believe anyone could claim a single number would be applicable to all environments. I don't buy that at all, to be honest.
Got a source for that figure? There are a lot of financial considerations around moving to the cloud. Like moving from capital to operational expenses and the flexibility to scale up/down with M&A or divestitures. Sometimes the flexibility provided by PaaS can deliver much better value to an organization.
You're not really the target customer. For a single VM there are probably cheaper options. When you want a few hundred or thousand (reserved) instances and negotiated pricing, AWS becomes very competitive.
What kind of idiot would code without fixed width fonts? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. Is that a real thing? Is someone actually that stupid?
Office doesn't annotate well enough for law.
I think you need to be more specific than "the law". Our lawyers frequently use Microsoft Word for redlining contracts, works great. Sharepoint Document Libraries actually work really well for storing these. There are certainly lots of other systems that work as well, or better (ie Enterprise File Sync and Share Applications like Box, Syncplicity, etc).
VB was hugely popular for years and allowed organizations to hire developers at much lower costs. I wouldn't call a technology a failure because it was displaced after a decade of heavy use.
Find a friend, buy him a 2TB HDD, install and configure syncthing. Offer to do the same for him. Seriously, it's very good.
Because RAID 1 replicates everything. Including file system corruption, viruses and accidental deletions.
The amount of Anonymous Cowards that are astroturfing and spreading FUD for Comcast in this thread is seriously concerning.
In what world is $70 a month "2x the cost" of cable Internet service? Your cable service is $35/mo? Including your modem rental? Because that's free with Google. And many people do download multiple gigabytes per day, they're called families. One kid watching youtube all day, parents watching netflix, add in some web browsing and video gaming (and your kids video game downloads for your xbox or steam) and you're easily into the multiple gigabytes per day. Netflix alone uses 1GB per hour according to Netflix!
Welcome to 2016.
Where? I can't find any mention of a $300 setup fee. I see a $100 setup fee that's waived (in Kansas)
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You can get off your high horse, we donate all our old phones to a local women's shelter.