Given the whole tube-amp faction and their "superior" "warm" tone, wouldn't a better joke have been to post about a really expensive analog CRT? (make sure to get that wooden power button!)
Those "services" are being offered by companies of their own free will under the unwritten social contract that you will look at their ads in return for getting their content.
Experience has taught me that unwritten contract isn't worth the paper it's... oh, wait.
...a lot of ad supported websites (LIKE SLASHDOT) offer heaps of valuable content that, frankly, I don't want to have to pay for.
I'm having trouble wrapping my head around information that you don't feel is worth paying for, yet claim has value.
I don't encourage people to block ads. I support your freedom to do it, but just don't complain when more sites start shutting down or moving to subscription services or figure out new was to shove even more invasive ads down your throats as a result of promoting adblocking.
A site that tries to get revenue by being more invasive and annoying then they were when they started? That sounds like a winning idea... If more trashy sites shut down due to the lack of ad revenue, I couldn't be happier. Just trims some of the fat from the web for me. I look forward to a day when more of the search results I pull up in Google are relevant, informative sites instead of marketing drivel simply because there are fewer worthless sites in the catalog to list.
Why is that a story? Just because it's an 'Apple's App Store' thing?
Release a crappy color matching puzzle game onto the web at large, and they'll probably do worse.
Probably exactly their thought. The game will do better because its on the App Store. Apple's closed garden is for security but it also has the effect of cutting people off from downloading and installing a (better) puzzle game from the web. Less competition for the crappy puzzle game producer.
They need to get someone with a backbone to say one is definitely better than the other, so that I can tell them that they are wrong.
I know you're joking, but were you seriously expecting a solid statement anyway?
I can't remember the last time I saw a scathing review of... pretty much anything. Companies have reviewers so scared of lawsuits for libel and their publishers have become such milksops, afraid they might alienate an advertiser, that nobody will say anything is bad anymore. There are only varying degrees of "good" now.
I tried something like that once when I was young on a demo computer at a local Wal-Mart (an associate had left the admin unlocked on it). The result was a machine that booted into a command line. I can't remember if DOS was able to fully load or it had a bunch of errors as well (this was back in Windows 95 days).
"There are fears that leaks regarding the features and early bugs in the software could mar the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 which the company hopes will give it the edge over the iPhone and the new Google Android operating system.
Ah, so Microsoft thinks it has some new features that will put it above the competition...
The new product includes support for touch-screen technology similar to that found on the Apple iPhone. Among the features offered in the new service unveiled by Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, on Tuesday, is a version of Windows Marketplace for Mobiles, which is set to compete with the popular Apple's App Store and provide easy ways to download music and products to mobiles. "
Sounds like everything the competition already has. Yes, Windows Mobile 6.5 will have an edge over the competition by copying all their features and then adding that special Microsoft touch of "quality" and "ease of use".
That practice is called Tied Selling and it is illegal in many states.
You mean like being forced to subscribe to analog cable to get digital service from your cableco? Sometimes you have to get both to be able to get HD services.
So are you just not ever going to install anything on your computer? Or did you not bother to read the part that said:
"The user is greeted with an uninformative message that does not really explain what is about to happen"
Yes, and what happens next? The user clicks "agree" and Google Earth proceeds. Why are people agreeing to a message they don't understand? Would you sign a contract you are having difficulty reading?
And while it appears that Mullor did the wrong thing, some pundits are asking: 'If you believed that your patent had been infringed, wouldn't you be tempted to do the same thing?'"
Who cares what a bunch of pundits say? Wake me when they become judges or congressmen and can actually make their notions count for something?
Did these pundits question whether the patent should have been issued to start with?
I would assume from the acromyn and context it means "Digital Audio Broadcasting" and Wikipedia says I'm right.
At least we have good phone service.
The fact analog service was still working until recently doesn't mean we didn't have digital cellular service.:rolleyes: Analog service had remained active, but it's been years since a person has been able to get a wireless provider to activate an analog phone. Only people who had older phones still running with it were able to continue using it. Digital service began appearing in 1995 and all providers have been using it for some time now.
Hawaii changed over on January 15th. It would be nice if someone who lives there could share their experiences and tell us if reception really did improve a lot after the cut off.
Nevertheless, they're once again under scrutiny from the FCC, this time for the way their system interacts with VOIP traffic. By ignoring specific protocols, the occasional bandwidth limits on high-usage customers interferes with those customers' VOIP, yet Comcast's own Digital Voice is unaffected.
Not sure exactly what kind of "VoIP" service Comcast offers here. Is this VoIP phone like Vonage but branded and sold by Comcast? Or is this digital phone. The company I work for sells both. The digital phone hooks up to the telco wiring outside the customer's home and other than that its just like a PSTN phone. They also sell VoIP. You have to have internet service to get it, and you hook up the phone to the modem inside your house. But the bandwidth is separate from the regular HSD service. So if Comcast's service is unaffected by traffic shaping policies, this may be the kind of VoIP service they're offering. And that makes sense.
If Comcast's traffic shaping is affecting third party VoIP, it's because third-party VoIP is running on the high-speed internet service. This isn't Comcast's problem except from a business standpoint. They aren't selling VoIP data connections, they're selling HSD service meant to be used for Internet browsing first and foremost. If they're service isn't up to snuff for VoIP (or VPN, online gaming, ect) they only have to decide if they are going to lose enough business from it to justify fixing the problem.
There is a gap between what can be done with Internet access from a provider and what they actually support. VoIP is one of those items and always has been, which is why I think people are crazy for making a VoIP line their only phone service. It's a area where you have two distinct services that must work together when the companies that provide the parts are not proactively working together and in some cases are competitors. You have a situation where no one is ultimately responsible for getting it working and you're left holding the bag.
The FCC doesn't even recognize VoIP as a real phone service. You know there are legal requirements for uptime on phone services? Like if it goes down the provider has to restore dial tone within 2 days? That simply doesn't exist with VoIP (even dedicated VoIP from your cableco). But no one is putting any handle on VoIP companies in their marketing, so they continue to act like it's exactly the same as a regular phone and people don't find out the truth till it goes down and they get quoted a week+ repair time frame.
Maybe the person with the junker will buy a used car that costs them about how much they're being reimbursed by the government for, and then the person who just sold their car will buy a slightly newer used car, then that person will buy a new car?
If you'd RTFA (I know, that's asking a lot around here), you'd see there are stipulations for the vouchers. Particularly:
The voucher needs to be used towards the purchase of a vehicle that has value of less than $45,000, is model year 2004 or later, and meets or exceeds federal emissions standards;
If you can find me a 2004 model car for less than $4500, I'll give you a big kiss.
Nobody's forcing you to use the iTMS, go back to Amazon if you don't like it.
Tell you what, I'll pay in canadian dollars rather than US. It's currency and it's called "dollar" so it's a high quality legal tender. Just not worth as much as the US dollar (currently).
Um, Canadian Dollars are not legal tender in the U.S., just as U.S. dollars are not legal tender in Australia.
Was there a point to that? Or where you just throwing a tantrum with your keyboard?
A big part of the problem is that you are not getting the product you ordered. You are getting a product that has been altered in a significant way.
What you ordered was a music file at higher quality than Apple's standard fare without any DRM, paying a premium for it. That's exactly what Apple gave you. Having you name on the file does not degrade the quality or prevent it from playing on your Zune or HTPC.
By the way, I'm pretty sure this name tagging is covered somewhere in the iTMS terms of usage. So yeah, when you clicked "I Agree", you did give them permission.
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Dell and Apple both offer financing. Yes, they may give you a high interest rate, but it is possible to not pay it all at once is the point.
Given the whole tube-amp faction and their "superior" "warm" tone, wouldn't a better joke have been to post about a really expensive analog CRT? (make sure to get that wooden power button!)
Sadly, I also read it as "Romulans". But I just finished watching a random Star Trek TNG clip on YouTube, so I have an excuse.
Experience has taught me that unwritten contract isn't worth the paper it's... oh, wait.
I'm having trouble wrapping my head around information that you don't feel is worth paying for, yet claim has value.
A site that tries to get revenue by being more invasive and annoying then they were when they started? That sounds like a winning idea... If more trashy sites shut down due to the lack of ad revenue, I couldn't be happier. Just trims some of the fat from the web for me. I look forward to a day when more of the search results I pull up in Google are relevant, informative sites instead of marketing drivel simply because there are fewer worthless sites in the catalog to list.
Probably exactly their thought. The game will do better because its on the App Store. Apple's closed garden is for security but it also has the effect of cutting people off from downloading and installing a (better) puzzle game from the web. Less competition for the crappy puzzle game producer.
I know you're joking, but were you seriously expecting a solid statement anyway?
I can't remember the last time I saw a scathing review of... pretty much anything. Companies have reviewers so scared of lawsuits for libel and their publishers have become such milksops, afraid they might alienate an advertiser, that nobody will say anything is bad anymore. There are only varying degrees of "good" now.
I tried something like that once when I was young on a demo computer at a local Wal-Mart (an associate had left the admin unlocked on it). The result was a machine that booted into a command line. I can't remember if DOS was able to fully load or it had a bunch of errors as well (this was back in Windows 95 days).
Ah, so Microsoft thinks it has some new features that will put it above the competition...
Sounds like everything the competition already has. Yes, Windows Mobile 6.5 will have an edge over the competition by copying all their features and then adding that special Microsoft touch of "quality" and "ease of use".
Is your boat 15 meters tall? You get a higher view, which has many uses.
You mean like being forced to subscribe to analog cable to get digital service from your cableco? Sometimes you have to get both to be able to get HD services.
How many Linux users don't already know about Star Trek? /ducks
I didn't think it through very well. Sorry.
Yes, and what happens next? The user clicks "agree" and Google Earth proceeds. Why are people agreeing to a message they don't understand? Would you sign a contract you are having difficulty reading?
Not really. They only used three different locks and they left the keys lying around everywhere.
Who cares what a bunch of pundits say? Wake me when they become judges or congressmen and can actually make their notions count for something?
Did these pundits question whether the patent should have been issued to start with?
The biggest security hole in Windows 7's UAC is the user.
I would assume from the acromyn and context it means "Digital Audio Broadcasting" and Wikipedia says I'm right.
The fact analog service was still working until recently doesn't mean we didn't have digital cellular service. :rolleyes: Analog service had remained active, but it's been years since a person has been able to get a wireless provider to activate an analog phone. Only people who had older phones still running with it were able to continue using it. Digital service began appearing in 1995 and all providers have been using it for some time now.
When I saw "surface" in the title I was thinking of the playing field.
"Blue Sod Of Defeat?
Hawaii changed over on January 15th. It would be nice if someone who lives there could share their experiences and tell us if reception really did improve a lot after the cut off.
Not sure exactly what kind of "VoIP" service Comcast offers here. Is this VoIP phone like Vonage but branded and sold by Comcast? Or is this digital phone. The company I work for sells both. The digital phone hooks up to the telco wiring outside the customer's home and other than that its just like a PSTN phone. They also sell VoIP. You have to have internet service to get it, and you hook up the phone to the modem inside your house. But the bandwidth is separate from the regular HSD service. So if Comcast's service is unaffected by traffic shaping policies, this may be the kind of VoIP service they're offering. And that makes sense.
If Comcast's traffic shaping is affecting third party VoIP, it's because third-party VoIP is running on the high-speed internet service. This isn't Comcast's problem except from a business standpoint. They aren't selling VoIP data connections, they're selling HSD service meant to be used for Internet browsing first and foremost. If they're service isn't up to snuff for VoIP (or VPN, online gaming, ect) they only have to decide if they are going to lose enough business from it to justify fixing the problem.
There is a gap between what can be done with Internet access from a provider and what they actually support. VoIP is one of those items and always has been, which is why I think people are crazy for making a VoIP line their only phone service. It's a area where you have two distinct services that must work together when the companies that provide the parts are not proactively working together and in some cases are competitors. You have a situation where no one is ultimately responsible for getting it working and you're left holding the bag.
The FCC doesn't even recognize VoIP as a real phone service. You know there are legal requirements for uptime on phone services? Like if it goes down the provider has to restore dial tone within 2 days? That simply doesn't exist with VoIP (even dedicated VoIP from your cableco). But no one is putting any handle on VoIP companies in their marketing, so they continue to act like it's exactly the same as a regular phone and people don't find out the truth till it goes down and they get quoted a week+ repair time frame.
If you can afford to buy/pay the electricity to operate many TV sets, you can afford to buy a box without a coupon.
If you'd RTFA (I know, that's asking a lot around here), you'd see there are stipulations for the vouchers. Particularly:
The voucher needs to be used towards the purchase of a vehicle that has value of less than $45,000, is model year 2004 or later, and meets or exceeds federal emissions standards;
If you can find me a 2004 model car for less than $4500, I'll give you a big kiss.
Is it that hard for your company to simply limit the number of people who can be on vacation at any one time?
Nobody's forcing you to use the iTMS, go back to Amazon if you don't like it.
Um, Canadian Dollars are not legal tender in the U.S., just as U.S. dollars are not legal tender in Australia.
Was there a point to that? Or where you just throwing a tantrum with your keyboard?
What you ordered was a music file at higher quality than Apple's standard fare without any DRM, paying a premium for it. That's exactly what Apple gave you. Having you name on the file does not degrade the quality or prevent it from playing on your Zune or HTPC.
By the way, I'm pretty sure this name tagging is covered somewhere in the iTMS terms of usage. So yeah, when you clicked "I Agree", you did give them permission.