I predict the usual Microsoft screwups with their initial roll-out of this. People's computers will blackout the screen during extended video playback, especially HTPC users sitting back away from their computers.
Hard to believe there was no way to fix the phones. I read somewhere it was an issue with the battery. Surely they could have just replaced all the batteries?
Possibly, except the batteries were likely not designed to be easily replaced to start with. They certainly weren't made to be user-replaceable. In new forced-obsolescence style, I'm sure their plan was for customers to just buy a new phone by the time the battery ran out. Replacing the batteries would mean collecting the handsets, keeping track of whose was whose, going through the labor of replacing the battery, and shipping them back to the consumer, all on Samsung's dime.
Just collecting all the phones in a big box and disposing them was probably a more palatable solution.
That's a completely unrelated issue to what I answered.
Yet, it's an issue Apple created by getting rid of the 3.5mm headphone jack, and not replacing it with a second Lightning port, which they could have easily done.
The market for overpriced dongles that allow charging and wired listening exists simply because Apple wanted to save a buck or two in parts from each device.
The Wall Street Journal notes: "Verizon officials have indicated all options remain possible, including renegotiating the terms of the deal or walking away."
You can def be bound by NDA when working with a Govt agency, I have be bound by several not to disclose technology or infrastructure while working with/for an agency.
You have it backwards. This is the government being bound by the NDA of the private company. You're talking about yourself being bound by an NDA enforced for the government's infrastructure.
Automakers are already experimenting with reducing glass thickness (where they can) to reduce weight so they can improve fuel economy without having to do any real engineering work, the result is a noisier drive because the thinner windows do not block the noise from the vehicle's surroundings as well.
Digging through their website last night after hearing the news, it seem they are going to continue to offer their plan with up-to-2 GB LTE data for $50/mo. Note that if you take T-Mobile One and get the $10 a month credit for using less than 2 GB of data you're actually spending more.
Also, its important to note this is only for post-paid plans. T-Mobile will continue of offer a range of plans in their pre-paid space.
I'm sure Trump will do just that -- an archive of all the tweets he makes after he takes office. None of the crazy bigoted stuff he said or campaign promises he made to get elected that he isn't going to follow through on.
Plot twist: Everyone reveals themselves as Coinbase clients with Berns as their counsel. The IRS either loses all their John Does and has nothing, or has to prove they weren't just fishing the whole time.
That occurred to me. I would suggest Berns should be able to represent them without having to make their identities known to the prosecution, as long as he can prove to the court they did agree to have him represent them. If the IRS is looking for "John Does" eventually they will have to request information on them. If the IRS can bring a case against people it cannot name to the court, why can't Berns defend them under the same level of anonymity?
Once the IRS reveals their list of people, Berns can come forward and say "I have this person, this person, this person..." etc as clients so he is acting as legal counsel for them.
"We're encouraged by the pro-growth policies of President Trump," Fields said when announcing the investment shift from Mexico to the Flat Rock facility.
While this is not quoted in the opening paragraph, this would seem to be a significant factor in the decision, and thus maybe worth at least a passing summary in the Slashdot blurb?
A significant factor, but seems fairly obvious, too. I wouldn't expect a company to cancel outsourcing plans normally, and the current political climate is going to be the best reason to.
Tl;DR: It didn't need to be stated this is because Trump got elected.
The IRS then essentially removed this lawyer from the conflict; because the lawyer no longer meets the requirements for participating in the matter, the IRS is asking his petition to the courts to be rejected.
Slick. And Stupid.
Nice try, IRS. But there's nothing to stop the John Does from contacting Berns and asking his firm to represent them, which he can agree to do pro bono. Once he's legally representing the others you can't shoo him away so easily.
"Many consumers" does not equal "Apple customers". That, right there, is the fundamental problem. Apple customers want thinness at all costs.
No they don't. Go on the MacRurmors forums and people there are actually clamoring for a thicker phone, because they hate the bump that the camera unit causes on the back of the device, not allowing it to sit flat on a surface. I personally don't see why that would be such an issue (since they're likely to have a case on the back that prevents the camera from touching the surface anyway). They also want more durability after the iPhone 6 "bendgate" and more battery, along with thinner bezels on the device.
The issue is Apple ignoring what their customers want, just like they did with the MacBook Pro, in pursuit of some pie-in-the-sky aesthetic.
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I predict the usual Microsoft screwups with their initial roll-out of this.
People's computers will blackout the screen during extended video playback, especially HTPC users sitting back away from their computers.
Hard to believe there was no way to fix the phones. I read somewhere it was an issue with the battery. Surely they could have just replaced all the batteries?
Possibly, except the batteries were likely not designed to be easily replaced to start with. They certainly weren't made to be user-replaceable. In new forced-obsolescence style, I'm sure their plan was for customers to just buy a new phone by the time the battery ran out. Replacing the batteries would mean collecting the handsets, keeping track of whose was whose, going through the labor of replacing the battery, and shipping them back to the consumer, all on Samsung's dime.
Just collecting all the phones in a big box and disposing them was probably a more palatable solution.
That's a completely unrelated issue to what I answered.
Yet, it's an issue Apple created by getting rid of the 3.5mm headphone jack, and not replacing it with a second Lightning port, which they could have easily done.
The market for overpriced dongles that allow charging and wired listening exists simply because Apple wanted to save a buck or two in parts from each device.
No, that was dropped today as the danger of Samsung Note 7s is now considered common knowledge, the FAA has decided.
Yes, please! Those banners have been getting more and more intrusive every month.
I actually think "iGlasses" would be cute. But nowadays Apple wants everything to be "Apple-this" and "Apple-that".
Except for that last line:
So it's not really final.
If it's buzzing, then it isn't silent.
True, but I think their point it it wont bee that noisy.
All the networks around me are secured.
What's the washer going to do, refuse to run if I don't give it my wi-fi password?
When you said "nerd watch", thought you meant something like a "nerd alert"...
Well, nothing sets off my Nerd Alert like spotting someone sorting a smartwatch from previous decades.
I'm sure they will start walking the beat immediately, searching at street level for the cause of pollution that is in the troposphere..
With metal on the sides and a rounded rectangular fingerprint scanner housed on the front, the Nokia 6 seems reminiscent of the Samsung Galaxy S7.
Sounds like half the smartphones that have ever been made.
You can def be bound by NDA when working with a Govt agency, I have be bound by several not to disclose technology or infrastructure while working with/for an agency.
You have it backwards. This is the government being bound by the NDA of the private company. You're talking about yourself being bound by an NDA enforced for the government's infrastructure.
Automakers are already experimenting with reducing glass thickness (where they can) to reduce weight so they can improve fuel economy without having to do any real engineering work, the result is a noisier drive because the thinner windows do not block the noise from the vehicle's surroundings as well.
Digging through their website last night after hearing the news, it seem they are going to continue to offer their plan with up-to-2 GB LTE data for $50/mo. Note that if you take T-Mobile One and get the $10 a month credit for using less than 2 GB of data you're actually spending more.
Also, its important to note this is only for post-paid plans. T-Mobile will continue of offer a range of plans in their pre-paid space.
Do you guys hear a whooshing noise? I wonder if we're close to an airport.
HP made their laptop 1.8mm thicker for a third more battery life in order to drive their 17" 4K monitor. Apple needs to do the same.
First Apple has to offer a laptop with a screen larger than 15" again.
I'm sure Trump will do just that -- an archive of all the tweets he makes after he takes office.
None of the crazy bigoted stuff he said or campaign promises he made to get elected that he isn't going to follow through on.
Plot twist: Everyone reveals themselves as Coinbase clients with Berns as their counsel.
The IRS either loses all their John Does and has nothing, or has to prove they weren't just fishing the whole time.
That occurred to me. I would suggest Berns should be able to represent them without having to make their identities known to the prosecution, as long as he can prove to the court they did agree to have him represent them. If the IRS is looking for "John Does" eventually they will have to request information on them. If the IRS can bring a case against people it cannot name to the court, why can't Berns defend them under the same level of anonymity?
Once the IRS reveals their list of people, Berns can come forward and say "I have this person, this person, this person..." etc as clients so he is acting as legal counsel for them.
How does it know if you really read the articles?
While this is not quoted in the opening paragraph, this would seem to be a significant factor in the decision, and thus maybe worth at least a passing summary in the Slashdot blurb?
A significant factor, but seems fairly obvious, too. I wouldn't expect a company to cancel outsourcing plans normally, and the current political climate is going to be the best reason to.
Tl;DR: It didn't need to be stated this is because Trump got elected.
The IRS then essentially removed this lawyer from the conflict; because the lawyer no longer meets the requirements for participating in the matter, the IRS is asking his petition to the courts to be rejected.
Slick. And Stupid.
Nice try, IRS. But there's nothing to stop the John Does from contacting Berns and asking his firm to represent them, which he can agree to do pro bono. Once he's legally representing the others you can't shoo him away so easily.
I can't be bothered to spend more than an hour trying to fix it.
Neither can Microsoft, since they let their QA department go. /rimshot
"Many consumers" does not equal "Apple customers". That, right there, is the fundamental problem. Apple customers want thinness at all costs.
No they don't. Go on the MacRurmors forums and people there are actually clamoring for a thicker phone, because they hate the bump that the camera unit causes on the back of the device, not allowing it to sit flat on a surface. I personally don't see why that would be such an issue (since they're likely to have a case on the back that prevents the camera from touching the surface anyway). They also want more durability after the iPhone 6 "bendgate" and more battery, along with thinner bezels on the device.
The issue is Apple ignoring what their customers want, just like they did with the MacBook Pro, in pursuit of some pie-in-the-sky aesthetic.