Nokia recently announced that they've sold 100 million S60 phones. OK, I don't *know* they can all play mp3s, but I'll bet a huge proportion of them can.
I prefer they just don't collect the information in the first place, though I'm not sure how we can be sure that they don't. They can still put up adverts, if they want.
In any case, I don't see any option for me to pay for a google service without adverts.
> Besides which, it reads "To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before". What happened to the infinitive-splitting "boldly"?- your average nerd *will* complain about such things.
Well, Ann Summers is English, so it's no wonder they corrected it.
> That Ann Summers site is cheesier than a Swiss cheese factory, too.
Again, Ann Summers is English, so Cheddar would be more appropriate, since that is English also.
...so now you can predict events in the past. What a strange concept....or perhaps it was before the predicted date when they made the prediction. It's only now, after the alleged event, that it sounds a little odd, if only to me.
In any case, I think 'estimate' would work better.
I'm not. I think the vast majority of people don't need a routable IP address. I think ISPs should make non-routable IP address available at a reduced cost, and only give out routable ones to those people/geeks who want them.
There are some ISPs here in China that give out static non-routable IP addresses to their customers (bluewave is one of them) and it works just fine for the majority. The problem is if there is no choice - we could always use DSL, so it was OK. IMO, it would have been better for bluewave to have two subnets, one routable and one non-routable.
I hear that some functions of the 2008 Olympic games will use IPv6. It'll be interesting to see how it works out...
> Apple is a bad example, they could actually use those IPs if they shared them with google or something.. > > companies that totally don't need them would be companies like: > > Ford > Boeing > GE
In which case, they're also bad examples (along with any other company) since they could also share theirs 'with google or something..'.
"predicted"?? Does that mean they think it's going to happen sometime in the future, or that some time in the past they thought it was going to happen now (ok, day before yesterday)?
> A router is a piece of inanimate hardware, it can no more grant legal authority than can an equally inanimate doorknob....but a piece of paper is inanimate hardware, and people can use that to grant legal authority. Why not a router too?
Heck, people use sound (ie speech) to grant legal authority too, so why not EM radiation?
> Hey, China pirated 9 out of 10 movies, music, and software products for the last 15 years. > THOSE are the facts.
Pulled out of thin air, I presume...
> They'd have their restore disks had they bought legitimate copies.
What makes you equate restore disks with legitimate copies?
In any case, IMO, the people who don't pay for MS Windows don't pay for their AV s/w either, and so don't use Symantec. No problem for most people. In fact, it's only the people who *did* pay (for both) that have the problem.
Try an S60 3rd device. They have a great web browser. If it isn't already installed (some of the older devices come with a crappy wap browser), you can download and install it.
I hope you can do similarly with an iPhone when it comes out...
IMO, most of your points are valid, though probably arguably. I'd especially question that the touchscreen has yet to prove itself viable since I and many others prefer keys especially when using single handedly on the move.
However, IMO, this one isn't valid :
> The promise of web browsing in your hand that sctually renders real web pages correctly.
While it does promise what you say, S60 has had this for a while. It even uses the same engine as Apple's Safari, IINM. It's compatible on most(?) of it's 3rd edition phones. I downloaded it from Nokia's Europe web site and installed it on my 3250 - works like a dream and much better than the shipped WAP browser (which is probably similar to the ones you're complaining about).
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Nokia recently announced that they've sold 100 million S60 phones. OK, I don't *know* they can all play mp3s, but I'll bet a huge proportion of them can.
> *mostly* always
LOL.
However, I have to say that I've never seen it anti-clockwise in China (yet). Seen clockwise ones all over the place, of course.
Trouble is, we don't really know what Google does with this.
It's more like going to a steak restaurant only to find that they serve BSE.
Why should we trust google?
I prefer they just don't collect the information in the first place, though I'm not sure how we can be sure that they don't. They can still put up adverts, if they want.
In any case, I don't see any option for me to pay for a google service without adverts.
IMO, it's not at all obvious that the act of searching for something gives up an private data.
Well, it must be like a big truck in some respects...
I mean, they're both...er...
I'm struggling, help me out here...
ah, thanks - they both have the letters 'i' and 't' in them.
So, the internet is like a big truck after all.
Well, if I were a US citizen, I would have paid more attention...
Not so long ago, I heard about one candidate that wouldn't accept campaign contributions from companies.
I don't know what his policies were/are, but there's someone I'd seriously listen to.
I wouldn't vote for anyone who takes such contributions.
> By "day before yesterday", you obviously mean "two weeks ago".
;)
Well, yes, obviously.
> You must be new here...
Why no. Art thou?
> Stinkier than stilton?
:D
Ah, good one. No such thing exists that is stinkier than stilton, so, yes, that would be more appropriate
> Besides which, it reads "To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before". What happened to the infinitive-splitting "boldly"?- your average nerd *will* complain about such things.
Well, Ann Summers is English, so it's no wonder they corrected it.
> That Ann Summers site is cheesier than a Swiss cheese factory, too.
Again, Ann Summers is English, so Cheddar would be more appropriate, since that is English also.
I didn't know I had a list. Interesting.
Thanks.
...so now you can predict events in the past. What a strange concept. ...or perhaps it was before the predicted date when they made the prediction. It's only now, after the alleged event, that it sounds a little odd, if only to me.
In any case, I think 'estimate' would work better.
Shame it doesn't have a wired connection. I have it mind for someone who is a little dubious about the EM radiation of Wifi.
Is there one with an RJ45?
Max.
I'm not. I think the vast majority of people don't need a routable IP address.
I think ISPs should make non-routable IP address available at a reduced cost, and only give out routable ones to those people/geeks who want them.
There are some ISPs here in China that give out static non-routable IP addresses to their customers (bluewave is one of them) and it works just fine for the majority. The problem is if there is no choice - we could always use DSL, so it was OK. IMO, it would have been better for bluewave to have two subnets, one routable and one non-routable.
I hear that some functions of the 2008 Olympic games will use IPv6. It'll be interesting to see how it works out...
> Apple is a bad example, they could actually use those IPs if they shared them with google or something..
>
> companies that totally don't need them would be companies like:
>
> Ford
> Boeing
> GE
In which case, they're also bad examples (along with any other company) since they could also share theirs 'with google or something..'.
> ...a predicted global urban population of...
"predicted"?? Does that mean they think it's going to happen sometime in the future, or that some time in the past they thought it was going to happen now (ok, day before yesterday)?
> A router is a piece of inanimate hardware, it can no more grant legal authority than can an equally inanimate doorknob. ...but a piece of paper is inanimate hardware, and people can use that to grant legal authority. Why not a router too?
Heck, people use sound (ie speech) to grant legal authority too, so why not EM radiation?
Yes, I was acklowledging that with my statement 'Not far off ... I suppose'.
> 50 cents
Last I looked it was 5rmb for MS Windows XP, same for MS Office XP. Not far off 50 cents (if you're using USD) I suppose.
> Home users will just shrug and reinstall.
Na. Home users won't be buying Symantec s/w...they'll not bother at all or use some free version. I think I saw a Chinese AV app somewhere.
> Hey, China pirated 9 out of 10 movies, music, and software products for the last 15 years.
> THOSE are the facts.
Pulled out of thin air, I presume...
> They'd have their restore disks had they bought legitimate copies.
What makes you equate restore disks with legitimate copies?
In any case, IMO, the people who don't pay for MS Windows don't pay for their AV s/w either, and so don't use Symantec. No problem for most people. In fact, it's only the people who *did* pay (for both) that have the problem.
Isn't there any demand for phones that can roam?
> Windows Mobile already lets you do this.
As does S60 which, IINM, has a larger market share.
Try an S60 3rd device. They have a great web browser. If it isn't already installed (some of the older devices come with a crappy wap browser), you can download and install it.
I hope you can do similarly with an iPhone when it comes out...
IMO, most of your points are valid, though probably arguably. I'd especially question that the touchscreen has yet to prove itself viable since I and many others prefer keys especially when using single handedly on the move.
However, IMO, this one isn't valid :
> The promise of web browsing in your hand that sctually renders real web pages correctly.
While it does promise what you say, S60 has had this for a while. It even uses the same engine as Apple's Safari, IINM. It's compatible on most(?) of it's 3rd edition phones. I downloaded it from Nokia's Europe web site and installed it on my 3250 - works like a dream and much better than the shipped WAP browser (which is probably similar to the ones you're complaining about).