Apparently, any former celebrity who doesn't so desperately long for attention that they appear on Dancing With the Stars or jump at every chance for an interview or public appearance is so incomprehensible to most people that the only way to make sense of it is to label them a "recluse".
I don't think being a celebrity has anything to do with it. In today's over-marketed society anyone who likes to live a quiet life where they keep to themselves, and doesn't constantly spill out the details of their business via social networking (read as: anyone introverted) gets labeled as "strange" by the rest of town and feared as potential serial killer or terrorist-making-plans-in-their-basement.
Richard Stallman is full of crap if he is claiming that Windows is endemically, technically less secure. Anyone remember the Pwn2Own games? Anyone remember what OS fell first every time? Thats right, fully patched OSX (think that changed ~2012).
Yes, and OSX falling first had nothing to do with the participants specifically targeting it. I mean, they would have nothing to gain from focusing their efforts on a single operating system, like the bragging rights of hacking a supposedly "secure" platform, or taking Macintosh snobs down a notch, or winning a $2000 Mac laptop instead of a $500 Dell. No siree.
I suspect - and Apple would probably hate this - that to many people "iPhone" and "smartphone" mean exactly the same thing, in much the same way that all tissues are Kleenex.
No, some of them truly think they have one and not the other. I work in support and I have talked to multiple people who swear what they have is an iPad and they don't. This leads to some obvious confusion when they want me to give them directions on how to do something and the interfaces don't match. It usually isn't until I ask them if their tablet has Apple logo on the back they realize it's not an Apple iPad they are holding.
They sure seem to be in a hurry to iterate the version number.
Of course, they have a bunch of upset people who got suckered into buying machines with Windows 8. They can either release an update for Windows 8 that brings back the Start menu Microsoft knows they want, or make it part of Windows 9 so they have to pay for it as an OS upgrade.
You have to click buttons with titles to the effect of "create a new Microsoft account" followed by "continue using my local account" (or whatever; I don't have it in front of me).
Sounds like you're describing setting up a new 8.1 system. If we're talking about updating from 8 RTM to 8.1 I didn't even have to do that. My system was originally configured with a local account and I never use IE, Windows 8 Mail, or Skype. Went into the Store and there was a big tile to upgrade to 8.1. I wasn't logged into the Store at all (have never wanted to use it) and it didn't ask me for anything before downloading the installer.
Samsung and LG claim that the curve provides a cinema-like experience by offering a more balanced and uniform view so that the edges of the set don't appear further away than the middle.
The store analogy is not apt, however. They are not selling torrents, they arent hosting torrents, it's a straight search engine.
No, it's very apt. The fact they have some legal content doesn't excuse them from everything else. Also: why do we need a search engine for finding Linux torrents? And why does the Pirate Bay and KickAssTorrents need to track Linux torrents? Wouldn't the most legitimate place to get a Linux torrent be from the site of said distro?
I'm sure the kardashians have earned more money than she has.
Lots of stupid people are rich. It's mostly about finding someone even less intelligent to give them money (using marketing to sell products), or convincing someone above them professionally they are worth more than they are.
Or they can work harder at making them cheaper. This CEO is very short sighted.
Do you think in this cut throat world that a CEO isn't already exhausting every resource he can muster in order to cap the damages on a loss before saying don't give us your business?
Modern companies are also very risk adverse. They prefer to find ways to generate revenue that don't require actual research and development that may not pan out in a way that makes them money. It's easier to build market share by using marketing to deceive customers, and the legal system to eliminate competition (like patent lawsuits over things that are hardly special), rather than try and innovate and win customers by actually making better products than your competitors.
Seriously, this isn't going to turn out well. For one thing, they got JJ "Lensflare" Abrams to do it, and he'll probably have the protagonists all be teenagers.
Unlike the original series, where Luke and Leia were adults and Han Solo sported a walking stick with a hidden blaster.
It's unfortunate that there really isn't a threat of impending flooding and disaster...
But there is. If it's predicted that the sea level will rise this much by the end of the century, and given how log it's going to take to actually shut down and clear a nuclear power plant site to a level it's safe to let it flood, the time to start is now for those plants we believe to be effected by such a oceanic rise.
No action is being taken because the people responsible don't look out that far in the future. Like every other environmental issue that has appeared for the last half-century, the folk just don't care to do anything about it because it will be inconvenient and require money and manpower, but they will be dead before it really comes to pass. So it joins the list for "the next generation" to deal with.
Lots of the articles submitted to Slashdot are linking to blog posts or other news outlets that are themselves linking to the "real" article already. So this is nothing new.
iMessage is an Apple app/service and tied to iCloud. Why would I not assume I'd need to associate my iPhone with my iCloud account for it to work? But I agree that Apple's system should be smart enough to realize "this user is no longer connecting to our service, please stop handling SMS over iMessage".
Secondly, I wouldn't call making use of my iCloud address book backup being a "conditioned creature". Are you suggesting I sit there and reenter all my contacts and settings by hand when I can have them all restored for me in less than a minute by using an account I already have? I'm a bit baffled why the poster's wife hadn't already done it so she could get her apps on the new phone.
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Apparently, any former celebrity who doesn't so desperately long for attention that they appear on Dancing With the Stars or jump at every chance for an interview or public appearance is so incomprehensible to most people that the only way to make sense of it is to label them a "recluse".
I don't think being a celebrity has anything to do with it. In today's over-marketed society anyone who likes to live a quiet life where they keep to themselves, and doesn't constantly spill out the details of their business via social networking (read as: anyone introverted) gets labeled as "strange" by the rest of town and feared as potential serial killer or terrorist-making-plans-in-their-basement.
Richard Stallman is full of crap if he is claiming that Windows is endemically, technically less secure. Anyone remember the Pwn2Own games? Anyone remember what OS fell first every time? Thats right, fully patched OSX (think that changed ~2012).
Yes, and OSX falling first had nothing to do with the participants specifically targeting it. I mean, they would have nothing to gain from focusing their efforts on a single operating system, like the bragging rights of hacking a supposedly "secure" platform, or taking Macintosh snobs down a notch, or winning a $2000 Mac laptop instead of a $500 Dell. No siree.
Jenga?
I suspect - and Apple would probably hate this - that to many people "iPhone" and "smartphone" mean exactly the same thing, in much the same way that all tissues are Kleenex.
No, some of them truly think they have one and not the other. I work in support and I have talked to multiple people who swear what they have is an iPad and they don't. This leads to some obvious confusion when they want me to give them directions on how to do something and the interfaces don't match. It usually isn't until I ask them if their tablet has Apple logo on the back they realize it's not an Apple iPad they are holding.
Have had terrible experiences with Marvell. I know, anecdotal. YMMV.
That stands for "your Marvell may vary" in this case, right?
They sure seem to be in a hurry to iterate the version number.
Of course, they have a bunch of upset people who got suckered into buying machines with Windows 8. They can either release an update for Windows 8 that brings back the Start menu Microsoft knows they want, or make it part of Windows 9 so they have to pay for it as an OS upgrade.
Which do you think they'll choose?
You have to click buttons with titles to the effect of "create a new Microsoft account" followed by "continue using my local account" (or whatever; I don't have it in front of me).
Sounds like you're describing setting up a new 8.1 system. If we're talking about updating from 8 RTM to 8.1 I didn't even have to do that. My system was originally configured with a local account and I never use IE, Windows 8 Mail, or Skype. Went into the Store and there was a big tile to upgrade to 8.1. I wasn't logged into the Store at all (have never wanted to use it) and it didn't ask me for anything before downloading the installer.
Traditionally that just meant some other people hosted it for you and they did the hard work.
So... exactly how websites have been done for any company that doesn't have their own in-house web development team and servers.
What the hell does that mean? Where else would an Internet website be hosted but on the Internet?
I wasn't aware movie theater screens were curved.
Yo Dawg! I heard you like deniability...
The store analogy is not apt, however. They are not selling torrents, they arent hosting torrents, it's a straight search engine.
No, it's very apt. The fact they have some legal content doesn't excuse them from everything else.
Also: why do we need a search engine for finding Linux torrents? And why does the Pirate Bay and KickAssTorrents need to track Linux torrents? Wouldn't the most legitimate place to get a Linux torrent be from the site of said distro?
What is so illegal about changing 0 to 1 and 1 to 0?
You'd be "circumventing an authorization control" or some other BS legal interpretation so they could throw the DMCA at you.
I'm sure the kardashians have earned more money than she has.
Lots of stupid people are rich. It's mostly about finding someone even less intelligent to give them money (using marketing to sell products), or convincing someone above them professionally they are worth more than they are.
Or they can work harder at making them cheaper. This CEO is very short sighted.
Do you think in this cut throat world that a CEO isn't already exhausting every resource he can muster in order to cap the damages on a loss before saying don't give us your business?
Modern companies are also very risk adverse. They prefer to find ways to generate revenue that don't require actual research and development that may not pan out in a way that makes them money. It's easier to build market share by using marketing to deceive customers, and the legal system to eliminate competition (like patent lawsuits over things that are hardly special), rather than try and innovate and win customers by actually making better products than your competitors.
"New Chrome version with new features"
OMG! Who knew this version thingies meant they added features!?
Yeah, nobody changes the version number for bugfix-only releases.
Nice federal highway funding there you have there, California. Would be a shame if something were to happen to it.
Stick a fork in it, it's done.
Seriously, this isn't going to turn out well. For one thing, they got JJ "Lensflare" Abrams to do it, and he'll probably have the protagonists all be teenagers.
Unlike the original series, where Luke and Leia were adults and Han Solo sported a walking stick with a hidden blaster.
They are obviously heading for open source instead of being locked in to Microsoft.
You don't say...
It's unfortunate that there really isn't a threat of impending flooding and disaster...
But there is. If it's predicted that the sea level will rise this much by the end of the century, and given how log it's going to take to actually shut down and clear a nuclear power plant site to a level it's safe to let it flood, the time to start is now for those plants we believe to be effected by such a oceanic rise.
No action is being taken because the people responsible don't look out that far in the future. Like every other environmental issue that has appeared for the last half-century, the folk just don't care to do anything about it because it will be inconvenient and require money and manpower, but they will be dead before it really comes to pass. So it joins the list for "the next generation" to deal with.
If they need to be torn down and rebuilt elsewhere with new, safer, more efficient technology, we're all better off.
You say that like decommissioning a nuclear power plant and moving it wouldn't take the better half of a century.
Maybe it's now "rehash for nerds"?
Lots of the articles submitted to Slashdot are linking to blog posts or other news outlets that are themselves linking to the "real" article already. So this is nothing new.
If you're on Windows you can change to Pale Moon and put your tabs back on the bottom again.
It's only once the "$50 w/o contract" smartphone appears in first-world countries things start getting interesting.
iMessage is an Apple app/service and tied to iCloud. Why would I not assume I'd need to associate my iPhone with my iCloud account for it to work? But I agree that Apple's system should be smart enough to realize "this user is no longer connecting to our service, please stop handling SMS over iMessage".
Secondly, I wouldn't call making use of my iCloud address book backup being a "conditioned creature". Are you suggesting I sit there and reenter all my contacts and settings by hand when I can have them all restored for me in less than a minute by using an account I already have? I'm a bit baffled why the poster's wife hadn't already done it so she could get her apps on the new phone.