I guarantee you there will be "delays" and it will be a bear getting anybody to help you if your app on Roku for comcast does not work right.
That wouldn't be much of a change for Rokus in general in my experience. Their support staff like to blame any issue with the box connecting on your DNS settings for your Internet connection, which coincidentally cant be set on the device itself, so they refer your to your ISP for them to change your router settings to OpenDNS's, they insist this is the problem regardless of if you are having any issues on other devices (including other Rokus).
Honestly, I don't think the consumer is too interested in getting rid of the set top boxes
I can see you've never worked in customer support for a cableco.
Not having to deal with all the issues of that craptacular equipment would result in service that worked far more reliably for the consumer. As a bonus, people would have more control over what they use. The elderly could use a device that gives more simplified controls, for example. Mr Technofetish can have his voice-recognition Guide, the high-volume watcher can have his 4TB DVR, the traveling professional can just use mobile devices, etc.
If the current situation is boxes that are rented, and that can be updated remotely. Couldn't they do all that now anyway?
Yes, and that's one of the bullshit fees cable companies charges that needs to go away. Back in the cable-ready-tv analog cable days, you paid for the service and it covered your whole house. The excuse for adding these fees was the cost and upkeep of the equipment -- but it was really just a money grab. There's no reason you should have to pay per-TV for service with software apps. There might be an argument for per USER fees, but if I live alone and have two TVs (one in the bedroom and one in the living room), should I have to pay extra even though I can only watch one TV at a time?
Do you pay for each phone you have in your house anymore? Does the water company charge for each bathroom in your home?
Frankly, telling people where photos are taken has some major risks.
Oh look, that guy posted a pic of his 16 year old daughter in their pool!
While I can see your angle this feels -- highly paranoid? People that worried about that their families need to get over themselves. If they think their family is that juicy a target they need to stop partaking in social media at all. Do these same people make their daughters wear burqas when they go out in public as well? Not for religious reasons, but a great way to hide that they have a teenage girl?
You could very easily make an OS that uses a whitelist of CPUID responses and PCI probe responses and refuses to install/boot on anything else.... I'm not saying any mainstream OS does this...
Actually OSX does do this I believe. That's why you never see Hackintoshes running better CPUs than you can find in actual shipping Apple Macintosh hardware -- even when they are available.
T-Mobile is either done or nearly done with killing off 2G.
I believe you're mistaken (and thinking of AT&T). They're the ones getting ready to turn off 2G service. T-Mobile plans to keep it around a little longer. I'm using a 2G phone now with no issues. They should be hounding me to upgrade my handset if they are so interested in killing it off.
If there's one thing I hate it's having to go to another site to watch some stupid photo slide show for each award when I can scan though a black and white text list in less than 30 seconds.
Neither are people who join the army -- but they understands the chances of getting maimed or killed in action are there. People taking commercial air travel are sold the trip on the idea they definitely will come back in one piece and the airline is a lot more invested to make sure they do.
in 1986 Sutter also served on the team investigating the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. "Appalled that NASA's safety standards were lower than those in his commercial airplane world...
Not to be a pessimist here, but I imagine NASA astronauts sign onto the program with a possibility of death being part of contract. They are dealing with some of the outer limits of our current science and technology in the name of exploration. It's a slightly different thing than a family climbing onto a jumbo jet for a cross-country trip to visit grandma. There a lot more angry surviving family with lawyers in the latter.
This patented Antibacterial Snake Oil Goat Weed will repel Tigers & Bears, with the added benefits of making you attractive to the opposite sex and give you rock-hard erections.
No, I don't think that accurately describes the scent of Axe products.
It's not. I suspect the real reason is to remove the less-desireable m-branding from the products and trick some unwitting people into buying lower-performing hardware.
Windows Phone doesn't have any apps, and will be dead in a year or two.
That's why it doesn't "feel like a toy" to the AC. It's feels like a serious phone because you can't do much on it other than make phone calls and use the prepackaged apps it comes with. It's kinda like the Nokia Asha phones in that way, but those get much better battery life.
For me, the problem was that I have no interest in 'phablets.' Unfortunately, there isn't a single Android manufacturer that offers a smaller cell phone that's not also totally stripped of performance and features.
You're gonna have to explain how moving to iOS solves that. The iPhone is a 4.7" and above device, with the 4" iPhone SE being an concession to people holding onto older handset. It's not a "regular iPhone model" so who knows if it will ever get upgraded again.
Meanwhile, there are many Android phones available in 4.7" size, including higher end models like the new Xperia X Compact, and manufactures like BLU making devices as small as 3.5".
Another website claims that phones burst into flames *while charging*. So its the phone trying to feed in too much juice rather than the battery otherwise spontaneously combusting during normal operation.
Isn't the circuitry that regulates charging actually part of the battery on some devices? The issue could be with the battery and not be the cells themselves.
Extra plastic? A non-removable battery is still covered by the phone case. There's no extra layer of hard plastic, just the small tabs or whatever mechanism keeps the cover attached.
My Nokia 6030 agrees with this 100%. The battery cover is so thin it would be called "flimsy" except it doesn't have to do anything except stay attached to the phone.
Not too long ago, people would replace their phone every 18 months.
Again, who are these people? I've never met them. When phones were tied to mobile plan subsidies, most (all?) were tied to 2-year plans. I've never heard of subsidized replacements on a regular 18-month schedule. The hardcore gadget folks paying full price would upgrade more on 12-month rotations. If you've waited 18 months, you might as well wait 6 more and get it subsidized when you renew your contract.
I suspect this figure is an average of some statistics. Take the two groups of people you describe (12-mo gadget freaks and 2-year contract renewal treadmill) -- now put them together.
At best, it's a co-pilot. And that would be a better name for it.
Aren't co-pilots also fully licensed aircraft pilots, able to completely control and land the plane should the "real pilot" be incapacitated? That doesn't sound any better.
Well the summary talks about people trying to get "multiple licenses", so I wouldn't assume car crashes was involved here. Sounds like people trying to get IDs under false identities being caught at the DMV. It's a time they would be required to make their face fully exposed for a government camera with good lighting and view of their features.
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I guarantee you there will be "delays" and it will be a bear getting anybody to help you if your app on Roku for comcast does not work right.
That wouldn't be much of a change for Rokus in general in my experience. Their support staff like to blame any issue with the box connecting on your DNS settings for your Internet connection, which coincidentally cant be set on the device itself, so they refer your to your ISP for them to change your router settings to OpenDNS's, they insist this is the problem regardless of if you are having any issues on other devices (including other Rokus).
A cable box might be worth owning if what went into the box for viewing were of high quality. I'd guess 90% or more of it is junk.
I'm getting flashbacks of the government subsidized ATSC tuner boxes.
Honestly, I don't think the consumer is too interested in getting rid of the set top boxes
I can see you've never worked in customer support for a cableco.
Not having to deal with all the issues of that craptacular equipment would result in service that worked far more reliably for the consumer. As a bonus, people would have more control over what they use. The elderly could use a device that gives more simplified controls, for example. Mr Technofetish can have his voice-recognition Guide, the high-volume watcher can have his 4TB DVR, the traveling professional can just use mobile devices, etc.
If the current situation is boxes that are rented, and that can be updated remotely. Couldn't they do all that now anyway?
Yes, and that's one of the bullshit fees cable companies charges that needs to go away.
Back in the cable-ready-tv analog cable days, you paid for the service and it covered your whole house.
The excuse for adding these fees was the cost and upkeep of the equipment -- but it was really just a money grab.
There's no reason you should have to pay per-TV for service with software apps.
There might be an argument for per USER fees, but if I live alone and have two TVs (one in the bedroom and one in the living room), should I have to pay extra even though I can only watch one TV at a time?
Do you pay for each phone you have in your house anymore?
Does the water company charge for each bathroom in your home?
Frankly, telling people where photos are taken has some major risks.
Oh look, that guy posted a pic of his 16 year old daughter in their pool!
While I can see your angle this feels -- highly paranoid? People that worried about that their families need to get over themselves. If they think their family is that juicy a target they need to stop partaking in social media at all. Do these same people make their daughters wear burqas when they go out in public as well? Not for religious reasons, but a great way to hide that they have a teenage girl?
What are grizzly bears doing in Africa?
Those are lions. The females are the ones that do the hunting for the pride -- so they don't have manes in that cartoon.
You could very easily make an OS that uses a whitelist of CPUID responses and PCI probe responses and refuses to install/boot on anything else.... I'm not saying any mainstream OS does this...
Actually OSX does do this I believe. That's why you never see Hackintoshes running better CPUs than you can find in actual shipping Apple Macintosh hardware -- even when they are available.
T-Mobile is either done or nearly done with killing off 2G.
I believe you're mistaken (and thinking of AT&T). They're the ones getting ready to turn off 2G service. T-Mobile plans to keep it around a little longer. I'm using a 2G phone now with no issues. They should be hounding me to upgrade my handset if they are so interested in killing it off.
The beekeepers are saying they were never given any warning of this, so there will certainly be lawsuits in the pipeline and the spraying will stop.
If there's one thing I hate it's having to go to another site to watch some stupid photo slide show for each award when I can scan though a black and white text list in less than 30 seconds.
The ability to do exactly what the TSA does, only faster and cheaper, seems to be the major draw.
I'm sure it's easy to hire people to harass travelers and waste their time for less than the government pays.
Astronauts are not suicidal.
Neither are people who join the army -- but they understands the chances of getting maimed or killed in action are there. People taking commercial air travel are sold the trip on the idea they definitely will come back in one piece and the airline is a lot more invested to make sure they do.
in 1986 Sutter also served on the team investigating the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. "Appalled that NASA's safety standards were lower than those in his commercial airplane world...
Not to be a pessimist here, but I imagine NASA astronauts sign onto the program with a possibility of death being part of contract. They are dealing with some of the outer limits of our current science and technology in the name of exploration. It's a slightly different thing than a family climbing onto a jumbo jet for a cross-country trip to visit grandma. There a lot more angry surviving family with lawyers in the latter.
Yes, 36 years -- what speed! Thankfully, maybe our grandchildren will be able to grow up in a world without triclosan.
This patented Antibacterial Snake Oil Goat Weed will repel Tigers & Bears, with the added benefits of making you attractive to the opposite sex and give you rock-hard erections.
No, I don't think that accurately describes the scent of Axe products.
How in the world is that less confusing?
It's not. I suspect the real reason is to remove the less-desireable m-branding from the products and trick some unwitting people into buying lower-performing hardware.
Windows Phone doesn't have any apps, and will be dead in a year or two.
That's why it doesn't "feel like a toy" to the AC. It's feels like a serious phone because you can't do much on it other than make phone calls and use the prepackaged apps it comes with. It's kinda like the Nokia Asha phones in that way, but those get much better battery life.
For me, the problem was that I have no interest in 'phablets.' Unfortunately, there isn't a single Android manufacturer that offers a smaller cell phone that's not also totally stripped of performance and features.
You're gonna have to explain how moving to iOS solves that. The iPhone is a 4.7" and above device, with the 4" iPhone SE being an concession to people holding onto older handset. It's not a "regular iPhone model" so who knows if it will ever get upgraded again.
Meanwhile, there are many Android phones available in 4.7" size, including higher end models like the new Xperia X Compact, and manufactures like BLU making devices as small as 3.5".
Another website claims that phones burst into flames *while charging*.
So its the phone trying to feed in too much juice rather than the battery otherwise spontaneously combusting during normal operation.
Isn't the circuitry that regulates charging actually part of the battery on some devices? The issue could be with the battery and not be the cells themselves.
Extra plastic? A non-removable battery is still covered by the phone case. There's no extra layer of hard plastic, just the small tabs or whatever mechanism keeps the cover attached.
My Nokia 6030 agrees with this 100%. The battery cover is so thin it would be called "flimsy" except it doesn't have to do anything except stay attached to the phone.
Not too long ago, people would replace their phone every 18 months.
Again, who are these people? I've never met them. When phones were tied to mobile plan subsidies, most (all?) were tied to 2-year plans. I've never heard of subsidized replacements on a regular 18-month schedule. The hardcore gadget folks paying full price would upgrade more on 12-month rotations. If you've waited 18 months, you might as well wait 6 more and get it subsidized when you renew your contract.
I suspect this figure is an average of some statistics. Take the two groups of people you describe (12-mo gadget freaks and 2-year contract renewal treadmill) -- now put them together.
Do you guys even read before you submit read before you submit?
Clearly you don't.
You're the director. Can't you thrown them off the set?
At best, it's a co-pilot. And that would be a better name for it.
Aren't co-pilots also fully licensed aircraft pilots, able to completely control and land the plane should the "real pilot" be incapacitated? That doesn't sound any better.
Well the summary talks about people trying to get "multiple licenses", so I wouldn't assume car crashes was involved here. Sounds like people trying to get IDs under false identities being caught at the DMV. It's a time they would be required to make their face fully exposed for a government camera with good lighting and view of their features.