It's news because it's illegal to remove features from a product AFTER the owner has purchased it. Not in the US of course, but other places:
dailytech article
Doubt it, I've lived in Quebec (Quebec City, Montreal and Sept Iles) and I don't think I could have gotten a job as a delivery man, much less as a "senior IT consultant" without being fluent in French. Just a heads up.
Btw I am fluent and I did enjoy being a part of the Quebecois workforce. It's a great place.
With any luck it will be Ron Paul or someone similar. And I think you're running out of luck buddy because Ron Paul is SADLY not gaining a lot of traction with the corporate media. Without support from the neo-con backed corporate media he is doomed to failure. Personally I'm just trying to figure out when democracy in America died and was replaced by the media.
I ignore TV and only watch what my friends watch (sometimes) but I can't help but thinking that (based on my reading and understanding of the Iranian threat) the hit TV series "24" might have done America a favour in showing them how the next domestic terrorist attack will happen? They were theorizing as am I, but Iran sure sure scares me a lot more that Kim Jong Il. At least Iran has people to carry the bomb who wouldn't defect as soon as they got out of their country.
I'm going back to freshman level science classes here but since most comets never come near the sun, but stay way out in never-never land, we have nothing to be afraid of her, right? Also, when comets DO come in for a pass at the sun (which is in theory possible for this guy) they condense and their centres form masses of ice and other solids. So this thing would shrink significantly if it ever did come in for a visit. Very cool piece of trivia though. I'm going to try using it this weekend
I am not sure if the newer diesel vehicles have any microprocessors or electronics in their fuel injection systems or not. The old ones at least were purely mechanical.
The new ones are VERY dependent upon electronics for the injection systems. That's why you can "mod" them by plugging in or "stacking" injection control modules onto the fuel pump. The GM Duramax, all the newer (2nd Generation and newer) Cummins 5.9 engines, and all the powerstroke engines fall into this category. Even the older 6.5L GM diesel engines had electronic injection. Unless you're aware of such things and you buy a '93 6.5L. Like I did. So I theory, if a gigantic EMP went off and all the diesel trucks in my neighborhood (yes I know, the thoughts of my over-active imagination), then I would be the only one left with a functional diesel. If it wasn't running at the time, I MAY need to push-start it though, even thought the starting system on those older trucks is refreshingly simple. Yes, I practice push-starting my truck. No, I don't have a tinfoil hat.
BTW, diesels are the wave of the future and you heard it here. Unfortunately the simple mechanically injected pumps such as the one of my truck have gone the way of the dodo bird. But me being angry about that happening would be like mourning the death of BeOS. And while I'm talking, a toast to Rudolf Diesel, who was a fricking genius.
You know, I'm getting old. I belong to a generation which, when someone gave us cool hardware, we grabbed and built cool software on top of it. Now, if it isn't all pretty and polished right out of the box, it gets condemned as rubbish.
My problem with the Neo1973 (I have one) is not the fact that it's not polished out of the box. It's the fact that it doesn't work with any GSM service in my area. Even though I was mislead to believe that it would work with the GSM services in my area. So now I'm wondering, is it worth my time to develop shiny software for this phone when I can't use it because the hardware is non-functional (and I can't make it functional). Further, there is no word, whisper or mention of if it will EVER work with GSM850. Which is sad.
FIC should at least start some kind of rumor that the Neo1973 MIGHT just MAYBE work with GSM one day. And that the cell phone will actually work as a cell phone for those of us with no recourse but GSM850. Apple is great at starting such rumors. Why can't they?
As someone who was homeschooled for a while and actually have better maths skills as a result, I can personally recommend Saxon Math as being a great curriculum. Not only are they the best math coursebooks around, but they are also written with adults in mind. The amount of forsight and diligence that these authors have put into the materials make them great for children and adults.
Disclaimer: I'm not related in any way to the publishers other than the fact that for a period on my life my mother would hand me one of their books every year.
Why is this moderated flamebait? The US dollar has been the closest thing to a gold standard the world has had in recent years. Now that it's leaving that role (much like the roman Denarii abdicated its role with the upteenth sacking of Rome) everyone is going to clamor for a unified currency.
On a side note I make income in both countries in both currency and these changes DO affect which side of the border I put my effort.
Great good to meet a future (fellow) GTA02 user. I don't see the point in lambasting me for having $450 more in disposable income than you do. (BTW that was just me chirping, don't let it offend you). I read everything before I ordered. I'm not disappointed with the product, I just don't see any reason why the quad-band receiver would have one of those 4 bands disabled on purpose. That's the kind of genius I'm familiar with, only from Palm and Apple.
I'm sure we can agree that we both hope the future versions of the phone will not have features magically and forcefully disabled by the company for no explainable reason (maybe it is explainable but FIC has chosen not to reply to any questions regarding this). As long as I continue to have that hope I can assure you I'll be forking over $450 for ever single reiteration of this phone they produce, just like I did to Palm and Apple and other companies for so many years until I totally lost hope in them.
I read the site thanks. I'm a developer and I'm fully capable of using, flashing and otherwise hacking my Neo1973. I'm also capable of developing software. That still doesn't make this piece of hardware any more than an expensive PDA. Whether I'm a developer or a lowly "user" in your mind, this thing doesn't work as a cell phone, doesn't work as advertised and shouldn't make claims to quad-band functionality. If M$ did such a thing, you would be suing them for false advertising.
Oh and for the record, since everyone seems to want to malign me for "FUD", maybe I should clarify that I fully intend to buy the next release of the Neo1973, regardless of how broken or functional the GSM, GPS or WIFI receivers are. One can only throw their weight behind such a company and I will continue to give them all the financial support I can, in the hopes that one day they will produce a GSM850 compatible phone that I can use to develop software for. Still waiting.....
Feature complete version? I was completely aware of which features it did not yet have: WIFI for instance. I am a developer but unfortunately I only make applications, and I'm NOT a hardware/cell developer. This platform didn't allow me any functionality to test any applications. The claims of the Neo193 wiki are unsubstantiated and further, if you're an expert in such things and are aware of how to enable GSM850, why don't you come on over to the mailing list (I'm a regular participant) and inform all us OpenMoko developers? We're ALL awaiting your input.
I mean that the wiki may say that but if you can prove the wiki correct I'd love to hear how you did it. I have not yet been able to connect with GSM850.
I bought a FIC Neo1973 for 450$, I'm not here to complain about the phone, I think I got what I paid for. But until they fix its brokenness (GSM850 doesn't work. That's broken) it's going to be a barely useful PDA sitting on my desk. It's not my fault I live in a state where I'd have to drive 4+ hours to get anything other than GSM850. Right now I can see the cell tower from my desk. Unfortunately I have to use my free prepaid phone to talk with anyone. FIC is a great company with great ideas but they are selling a broken product and they don't warn the buyer sufficiently about exactly WHAT is broken and WHAT isn't.
5. Buy a non-broken phone, such as OpenMoko's Neo1973, and then use it with any carrier (AT&T included!)
That's what I did and now I'm using a CellOne (soon to be AT&T) SIM card in my Neo1973, great phone, nothing is broken on purpose, I have full control over the phone and I in addition to having full access to all the hardware on the phone (nothing is disabled) I can in ease issue AT commands over my local network to the phone. That's what I call convenient!
The problem is not really with the firefox password manager, because
1. Even if you only automatically entered a password with a push mechanism (right-click to fill in password information) then people would still do that on the "bad" scripts. The problem, like most things, is a problem of social hacking. Education is what is needed... maybe make firefox educational as it's logging into various login pages?
2. Remember the problem boils down to using your fileserver password for your myspace account: that's what this is talking about. It's not like an attacker can read your whole password manager, it can only get the password for a certain site that they have ALREADY compromised (myspace and facebook are sites that are compromised by design). If you use one password for all those inherently insecure sites, and another one for your email, and another one for your banking then this attack, even if successful, will not hurt you as much as you think it would Oh no! Some script kiddy finally managed to get my facebook password! He might upload pictures... and people would think I have a life.
And like 80% of the geniuses you meet in the street would agree with the modern train of though: religion = BAD, very BAD. Of course, the greatest tyranny of the modern age has all been perpetrated by those who embrace anti-religion. *sigh*
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Why is this even news?
It's news because it's illegal to remove features from a product AFTER the owner has purchased it. Not in the US of course, but other places: dailytech article
He has to pay for the crew that went and disposed of all the chemicals. Most of which are not cheap! I just spent 400$ on KOH.
Doubt it, I've lived in Quebec (Quebec City, Montreal and Sept Iles) and I don't think I could have gotten a job as a delivery man, much less as a "senior IT consultant" without being fluent in French. Just a heads up.
Btw I am fluent and I did enjoy being a part of the Quebecois workforce. It's a great place.
If history has taught us anything, it's that peaceful protest is also pretty much futile in the current system.
With any luck it will be Ron Paul or someone similar. And I think you're running out of luck buddy because Ron Paul is SADLY not gaining a lot of traction with the corporate media. Without support from the neo-con backed corporate media he is doomed to failure. Personally I'm just trying to figure out when democracy in America died and was replaced by the media.
You work for a very geeky company? Why is there "an official "Windows desktops" policy set by HR"?
BTW I'm a linux guy in a leopard world. My boss encourages the use of both/either. Maybe we're a geeky company?
I ignore TV and only watch what my friends watch (sometimes) but I can't help but thinking that (based on my reading and understanding of the Iranian threat) the hit TV series "24" might have done America a favour in showing them how the next domestic terrorist attack will happen? They were theorizing as am I, but Iran sure sure scares me a lot more that Kim Jong Il. At least Iran has people to carry the bomb who wouldn't defect as soon as they got out of their country.
I'm going back to freshman level science classes here but since most comets never come near the sun, but stay way out in never-never land, we have nothing to be afraid of her, right? Also, when comets DO come in for a pass at the sun (which is in theory possible for this guy) they condense and their centres form masses of ice and other solids. So this thing would shrink significantly if it ever did come in for a visit. Very cool piece of trivia though. I'm going to try using it this weekend
The new ones are VERY dependent upon electronics for the injection systems. That's why you can "mod" them by plugging in or "stacking" injection control modules onto the fuel pump. The GM Duramax, all the newer (2nd Generation and newer) Cummins 5.9 engines, and all the powerstroke engines fall into this category. Even the older 6.5L GM diesel engines had electronic injection. Unless you're aware of such things and you buy a '93 6.5L. Like I did. So I theory, if a gigantic EMP went off and all the diesel trucks in my neighborhood (yes I know, the thoughts of my over-active imagination), then I would be the only one left with a functional diesel. If it wasn't running at the time, I MAY need to push-start it though, even thought the starting system on those older trucks is refreshingly simple. Yes, I practice push-starting my truck. No, I don't have a tinfoil hat.
BTW, diesels are the wave of the future and you heard it here. Unfortunately the simple mechanically injected pumps such as the one of my truck have gone the way of the dodo bird. But me being angry about that happening would be like mourning the death of BeOS. And while I'm talking, a toast to Rudolf Diesel, who was a fricking genius.
My problem with the Neo1973 (I have one) is not the fact that it's not polished out of the box. It's the fact that it doesn't work with any GSM service in my area. Even though I was mislead to believe that it would work with the GSM services in my area. So now I'm wondering, is it worth my time to develop shiny software for this phone when I can't use it because the hardware is non-functional (and I can't make it functional). Further, there is no word, whisper or mention of if it will EVER work with GSM850. Which is sad.
FIC should at least start some kind of rumor that the Neo1973 MIGHT just MAYBE work with GSM one day. And that the cell phone will actually work as a cell phone for those of us with no recourse but GSM850. Apple is great at starting such rumors. Why can't they?
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As someone who was homeschooled for a while and actually have better maths skills as a result, I can personally recommend Saxon Math as being a great curriculum. Not only are they the best math coursebooks around, but they are also written with adults in mind. The amount of forsight and diligence that these authors have put into the materials make them great for children and adults.
Disclaimer: I'm not related in any way to the publishers other than the fact that for a period on my life my mother would hand me one of their books every year.
Why is this moderated flamebait? The US dollar has been the closest thing to a gold standard the world has had in recent years. Now that it's leaving that role (much like the roman Denarii abdicated its role with the upteenth sacking of Rome) everyone is going to clamor for a unified currency.
On a side note I make income in both countries in both currency and these changes DO affect which side of the border I put my effort.
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I used this a little while back to do basically what you're trying to do.
Great good to meet a future (fellow) GTA02 user. I don't see the point in lambasting me for having $450 more in disposable income than you do. (BTW that was just me chirping, don't let it offend you). I read everything before I ordered. I'm not disappointed with the product, I just don't see any reason why the quad-band receiver would have one of those 4 bands disabled on purpose. That's the kind of genius I'm familiar with, only from Palm and Apple.
I'm sure we can agree that we both hope the future versions of the phone will not have features magically and forcefully disabled by the company for no explainable reason (maybe it is explainable but FIC has chosen not to reply to any questions regarding this). As long as I continue to have that hope I can assure you I'll be forking over $450 for ever single reiteration of this phone they produce, just like I did to Palm and Apple and other companies for so many years until I totally lost hope in them.
I read the site thanks. I'm a developer and I'm fully capable of using, flashing and otherwise hacking my Neo1973. I'm also capable of developing software. That still doesn't make this piece of hardware any more than an expensive PDA. Whether I'm a developer or a lowly "user" in your mind, this thing doesn't work as a cell phone, doesn't work as advertised and shouldn't make claims to quad-band functionality. If M$ did such a thing, you would be suing them for false advertising.
Oh and for the record, since everyone seems to want to malign me for "FUD", maybe I should clarify that I fully intend to buy the next release of the Neo1973, regardless of how broken or functional the GSM, GPS or WIFI receivers are. One can only throw their weight behind such a company and I will continue to give them all the financial support I can, in the hopes that one day they will produce a GSM850 compatible phone that I can use to develop software for. Still waiting.....
Feature complete version? I was completely aware of which features it did not yet have: WIFI for instance. I am a developer but unfortunately I only make applications, and I'm NOT a hardware/cell developer. This platform didn't allow me any functionality to test any applications. The claims of the Neo193 wiki are unsubstantiated and further, if you're an expert in such things and are aware of how to enable GSM850, why don't you come on over to the mailing list (I'm a regular participant) and inform all us OpenMoko developers? We're ALL awaiting your input.
I mean that the wiki may say that but if you can prove the wiki correct I'd love to hear how you did it. I have not yet been able to connect with GSM850.
Anyone want to buy a doorstop from me? Low price of $450
I bought a FIC Neo1973 for 450$, I'm not here to complain about the phone, I think I got what I paid for. But until they fix its brokenness (GSM850 doesn't work. That's broken) it's going to be a barely useful PDA sitting on my desk. It's not my fault I live in a state where I'd have to drive 4+ hours to get anything other than GSM850. Right now I can see the cell tower from my desk. Unfortunately I have to use my free prepaid phone to talk with anyone. FIC is a great company with great ideas but they are selling a broken product and they don't warn the buyer sufficiently about exactly WHAT is broken and WHAT isn't.
Gah! Well whoever wrote this article is more of a computer scientist and less of a writer, because he/she obviously is good at using REDUNDANCY :(
Hi, you forgot option #5:
- 5. Buy a non-broken phone, such as OpenMoko's Neo1973, and then use it with any carrier (AT&T included!)
That's what I did and now I'm using a CellOne (soon to be AT&T) SIM card in my Neo1973, great phone, nothing is broken on purpose, I have full control over the phone and I in addition to having full access to all the hardware on the phone (nothing is disabled) I can in ease issue AT commands over my local network to the phone. That's what I call convenient!Fanboy here. You're right. Got that outta the way
The problem is not really with the firefox password manager, because
1. Even if you only automatically entered a password with a push mechanism (right-click to fill in password information) then people would still do that on the "bad" scripts. The problem, like most things, is a problem of social hacking. Education is what is needed... maybe make firefox educational as it's logging into various login pages?
2. Remember the problem boils down to using your fileserver password for your myspace account: that's what this is talking about. It's not like an attacker can read your whole password manager, it can only get the password for a certain site that they have ALREADY compromised (myspace and facebook are sites that are compromised by design). If you use one password for all those inherently insecure sites, and another one for your email, and another one for your banking then this attack, even if successful, will not hurt you as much as you think it would Oh no! Some script kiddy finally managed to get my facebook password! He might upload pictures... and people would think I have a life.
Like me, I listen to an audio bible and a huge set of free informative podcasts.
And like 80% of the geniuses you meet in the street would agree with the modern train of though: religion = BAD, very BAD. Of course, the greatest tyranny of the modern age has all been perpetrated by those who embrace anti-religion. *sigh*