You're an idiot if you think the MMWA prohibits anything of this sort. A car manufacturer can void your warranty if you hang fuzzy dice off the mirror, as long as they make the terms clear. A cell phone manufacturer can void your warranty for using a case, if they want to. You've ignored the verbatim text which has already been quoted. You continue to demonstrate an ignorance of the English language.
We have property taxes, income taxes, social security taxes, now medical taxes. The plan to force everyone to participate in the dollar economy instead of being able to subsist on their own takes another step. We can't have anyone think they're responsible for themselves. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Verizon doesn't warrant the phones, the manufacturers do. Not every warranty includes terms denying coverage for unauthorized software installation (e.g. HTC, Samsung), but some do (Google owned Motorola).
HTC and Samsung don't cover damage caused by unauthorized modification (which would include installing another OS), but lacking anything which would point to that as the cause, there's no disclaimer. Google's Motorola, OTOH, specifically says they won't cover the product at all, damaged or not.
MOTOROLA STRONGLY RECOMMENDS AGAINST ALTERING A PRODUCT'S OPERATING SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER, ROOTING A DEVICE OR RUNNING ANY OPERATING SOFTWARE OTHER THAN THE APPROVED VERSIONS ISSUED BY MOTOROLA AND ITS PARTNERS. SUCH ALTERATIONS MAY PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR PRODUCT, CAUSE YOUR PRODUCT TO BE UNSAFE AND/OR CAUSE YOUR PRODUCT TO MALFUNCTION. IN SUCH CASES, NEITHER THE PRODUCT NOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM WILL BE COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY.
Welcome to the new world. It's not the attacker's fault, either. He was abused as a child and bullied in school. Society made him steal from that car, it wasn't free will.
Bullshit. Every time reality doesn't match their predictions, instead of admitting their hypothesis has been falsified, they change their models and expect a "do over."
They spent $150 million in a year on software development. Really, for a browser and not a whole lot else? That's certainly not "free, like beer." Someone is making money, without the results to show for it.
You mean their attempt at an unconscionable contract of adhesion? Meh. Whenever one of those things appears on my screen, I cover it with a post-it note saying basically "By clicking "accept," I agree to nothing. If you don't agree to that, don't accept my click."
LG is in felony violation of the CFAA. They're accessing a computer without authorization, and that computer is being used in interstate commerce (commercials are part of commerce), as would be, say, Netflix.
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You're an idiot if you think the MMWA prohibits anything of this sort. A car manufacturer can void your warranty if you hang fuzzy dice off the mirror, as long as they make the terms clear. A cell phone manufacturer can void your warranty for using a case, if they want to. You've ignored the verbatim text which has already been quoted. You continue to demonstrate an ignorance of the English language.
Meh. You're not worth any more of my time.
Sorry, you'll have to learn to read first.
Whoosh!
Glory! (and by that I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!")
We have property taxes, income taxes, social security taxes, now medical taxes. The plan to force everyone to participate in the dollar economy instead of being able to subsist on their own takes another step. We can't have anyone think they're responsible for themselves. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The usurers and overlords are pleased.
"don't complain when Slashdot editors don't edit"
You must be new. It's Timothy, wo you have to look at the positive - he spelled all those big words correctly.
*meh*
Really, if you can't read and parse English, you shouldn't be trying to interpret it.
Nope.
"In such cases" refers to "RUNNING ANY OPERATING SOFTWARE OTHER THAN THE APPROVED VERSIONS."
An you've obviously never read the MMWA. It doesn't say what you think it says.
HTC and Samsung don't cover damage caused by unauthorized modification (which would include installing another OS), but lacking anything which would point to that as the cause, there's no disclaimer. Google's Motorola, OTOH, specifically says they won't cover the product at all, damaged or not.
Welcome to the new world. It's not the attacker's fault, either. He was abused as a child and bullied in school. Society made him steal from that car, it wasn't free will.
s/null/random/ Doh.
dd if=/dev/null of=./wlinsurance-20130815-C.aes256 bs=1M count=349000
Decrypt that, NSA!
But then the world would be turtles dancing on a human's back.
Bullshit. Every time reality doesn't match their predictions, instead of admitting their hypothesis has been falsified, they change their models and expect a "do over."
Beyond which, if the cops found it, how can it be a "secret" compartment?
"Science makes falsifiable, testable predictions."
Try telling that to the "climate scientists."
Well, we do know that the Walrus was Paul.
If you have a problem navigating at a cycling pace, you have more serious issues.
They spent $150 million in a year on software development. Really, for a browser and not a whole lot else? That's certainly not "free, like beer." Someone is making money, without the results to show for it.
Their problem isn't revenue, it's expenses.
You mean their attempt at an unconscionable contract of adhesion? Meh. Whenever one of those things appears on my screen, I cover it with a post-it note saying basically "By clicking "accept," I agree to nothing. If you don't agree to that, don't accept my click."
LG is in felony violation of the CFAA. They're accessing a computer without authorization, and that computer is being used in interstate commerce (commercials are part of commerce), as would be, say, Netflix.
The opposite of gravity is comedy. That's why there's so much black humor.
To ask what its name was. Now we know it was named "Ming." Science marches onward.
Sears generally owns the properties, it doesn't lease them.
ITYM "Mechanical Turk."