If you haven't been shopping for a phone latelty, you may have noticed that most of their promotional items are for the phones laoded up on featuers. Cameras, 10 games, 32-bit color screens, PDA options.. It's sickening. If you want one of those plain jane phones it will cost you more than a phone with all the features I just mentioned above.
Anyways... I personally think this is stupid. As the age old/. battle continues, they need to work on making a better PHONE before working
on the features OF THE phone. And besides... Who wants to play PC-type games on a small, cell-phone screen anyways? I think the basic
2D games that pass the time while waiting for your girlfriend to finish getting ready is just fine. However, I thought the majority of gamers
want everything bigger and better?
The only good thing I found out of the article was that they are finding ways for it to use "less than a tenth of a watt for the power" of
these games. Ingenious... Make use of this same technology to make the battery life of the phone in general, increase.
"Here's a brilliant idea. Instead of making anti-virus software to secure holes in the OS, why don't they make the update mechanism more forced such that it patches itself using technology already in place instead of adding more code that does nothing?"
I couldn't imagine the backlash from people if Microsoft FORCED it's product updates.
The single biggest problem is that sometimes, their product updates cause problems with other software that's running. In a business environment, this causes downtime and lost revenues. That is why each product update from Windows needs to be throughly tested before being rolled out to every machine within the corporate network. A forced rollout would be nothing but a headache.
This might be one of the things that they SHOULD integrate!
Whew.. OK, I got that out. Mark me as flamebait or troll if you want, but this should be integrated with Windows. Of course, not everyone will agree, but hear me out first. First, let's put aside the comments that they should build more secure software and that they should be more focused on security than features. The problem is that it's already created and we have to deal with what we (and the 95% of others using Windows) have and not what should have been. The reason why it should be integrated is because if it's being developed by Microsoft, for their own OS, you would imagine that they might have a small niche into what these viruses are going to do and how they would affect the OS. They created the OS, they know the code behind it, and could possibly help prevent more of the "stupid" users who open the email with the "cute" bears. Let's also assume that the AV software was well built with a few minor security bugs that are easily fixable (I said ASSUME:)).
Since Windows has reached market saturation, we really do have to think about the people outside of/. that are not as informed as us. They don't know about certain viruses or worms unless it's on CNN and they are ones to infrequently update the OS (and AV definition files) because they don't see anything wrong with the way it's running now. Virus protection needs to be something that's seamless to these users because they just don't know any better.
Well.. I wish them success for their new console.. but really. who doesn't have a PS2 already? Any gamer that would be interested in a PSX, more than likely already owns a PS2. What's the point of 2 machines then, besides the obvious of course?
You bring up a good point in the fact that this same type of machine can be built for less, and be customized and tailored to fit their needs. I just fail to see it marketed towards normal teenagers, who when the PS2 first came out had trouble paying the $300 price tag. Now they want $900? I just don't see it happening and especially with all of the other devices that most already have in the US.
Blame the media for it. When Playstation first came out it was code named Playstation X. But when finally released, they dropped the X to just have the Playstation name. However, the media decided to keep the X moniker and made it PSX, PSX2, etc... Soo.. Blame the Media... oh.. and Canada j/k.
"Maybe if it was bundled with the PS3 it would be more attractive."
I just don't understand why they don't focus more (read: release) the PS3 instead of this intermediate step with the PSX. I just don't see something so expensive taking off when the same things can be had for pennies on the dollar. No.. a PS3.. A think there would be a lot of people able to fork over some dough for that beast.
I would choose RAID-1.. because RAID Level 1 provides redundancy by writing all data to two or more drives. The performance of a RAID-1 array tends to be faster on reads but slower on writes when compared to a single drive. However, if either drive fails, no data is lost. This is also a great entry-level starting point as you only need 2 dirves. The downside is the cost per MB is high in comparison to the other levels. This level is often referred to as disk mirroring.
I'm not sure that's enough time... But get someone far enough in it and it will be released no matter if theres a bounty or not. But time will tell I guess.
They sign contracts with new apartment complexes, new housing developers, even new business centers and offer them a package deal. The providers come out and install only their equipment, phone lines, cable (very cheaply, or even free I might add) and that is the ONLY service you can sign up for. Of course the developers and landlords will make a profit on the customers that sign up. Plus the customer sometimes does get a savings when compared to the cost of each package had you had a choice in the matter. Want COX Cable, but Qwest telephone? Sorry... But we only offer Qwest here. This is more prevalent in newer apartment complexes.
Breach of what contract? A privacy POLICY is not a contract. Therefore, they didn't breach anything. They merely broke a suggestion to the consumer.
The answer to why the lawsuit failed is right here: "Even if the privacy policy was sufficiently definite and Plaintiffs had alleged that they
read the policy before giving their information to Northwest, it is likely that Plaintiffs'
contract and warranty claims would fail as a matter of law. Defendants point out that Plaintiffs
have failed to allege any contractual damages arising out of the alleged breach. As Defendants
note, the damages Plaintiffs claim are damages arising out of the torts alleged in the Amended
Complaint, not damages arising out of the alleged contract. Damages are an essential element
of a breach of contract claim, and the failure to allege damages would be fatal to Plaintiffs'
contract claims. Sloggy v. Crescent Creamery Co., 75 N.W. 225, 226 (Minn. 1898)."
What the lawyers FAILED to present was damages. Dropping the fact that it wasn't a contract and the plaintiffs actually read the policy, they failed to show any damages as a result of the release of personal information.
You are correct in your statements that EULA's are non-binding. I guess it's basically an explanation of what we will do with the information at that time. I mean...sure... Right now they are a profitable business, but when they need an extra buck that information can be sold/given away instantly. As a customer of that business, what can you do? The EULA is non-binding so a lawsuit wont work.
I am confused a bit... While a majority of people do buy plane tickets online, there are some others that still use the telephone to make reservations through the provider. Did the release of personal information include any of those passengers still using the old way? Or was it only reservations made through their web site? How about those that made reservations through 3rd party sites such as Orbitz, Hotwire?
I am gathering that the only information they submitted was information gathered when tickets were purchased online and through their web site only.
You must be new here or have never even tried Mozilla. All you are basing your opinion off of is reviews, comments, and maybe a couple pretty pictures.
You also do not have to reinstall a browser. In fact, good luck uninstalling IE. The point is that you can use both. Hell, with the ZIP file Mozilla release, you don't even have to install the browser. You can run it right from the directory!
My overwhelming point is to try something before you make opinions on it. I can read reviews until my eyes bleed, but I usually like to try it out myself before making the final decision. The would encourage the same to you... ITS FREE!
Of that one Simpsons episode where Bart sells his soul. Without it his life sucked, but with it, it was all better. I mean all this talk of a browser having a soul, I would have to agree in some aspect of it. to me, Mozilla just seems like there was a lot more thought put forth into each release. Giving the user a choice of a theme, faster loading pages, and most importantly, a choice in browser software.
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If you haven't been shopping for a phone latelty, you may have noticed that most of their promotional items are for the phones laoded up on featuers. Cameras, 10 games, 32-bit color screens, PDA options.. It's sickening. If you want one of those plain jane phones it will cost you more than a phone with all the features I just mentioned above.
Anyways... I personally think this is stupid. As the age old /. battle continues, they need to work on making a better PHONE before working
on the features OF THE phone. And besides... Who wants to play PC-type games on a small, cell-phone screen anyways? I think the basic
2D games that pass the time while waiting for your girlfriend to finish getting ready is just fine. However, I thought the majority of gamers
want everything bigger and better?
The only good thing I found out of the article was that they are finding ways for it to use "less than a tenth of a watt for the power" of these games. Ingenious... Make use of this same technology to make the battery life of the phone in general, increase.
Man.. That puts weird thoughts into my head...
I couldn't imagine the backlash from people if Microsoft FORCED it's product updates.
The single biggest problem is that sometimes, their product updates cause problems with other software that's running. In a business environment, this causes downtime and lost revenues. That is why each product update from Windows needs to be throughly tested before being rolled out to every machine within the corporate network. A forced rollout would be nothing but a headache.
Whew.. OK, I got that out. Mark me as flamebait or troll if you want, but this should be integrated with Windows. Of course, not everyone will agree, but hear me out first. First, let's put aside the comments that they should build more secure software and that they should be more focused on security than features. The problem is that it's already created and we have to deal with what we (and the 95% of others using Windows) have and not what should have been. The reason why it should be integrated is because if it's being developed by Microsoft, for their own OS, you would imagine that they might have a small niche into what these viruses are going to do and how they would affect the OS. They created the OS, they know the code behind it, and could possibly help prevent more of the "stupid" users who open the email with the "cute" bears. Let's also assume that the AV software was well built with a few minor security bugs that are easily fixable (I said ASSUME :)).
Since Windows has reached market saturation, we really do have to think about the people outside of /. that are not as informed as us. They don't know about certain viruses or worms unless it's on CNN and they are ones to infrequently update the OS (and AV definition files) because they don't see anything wrong with the way it's running now. Virus protection needs to be something that's seamless to these users because they just don't know any better.
*Awaiting flame responses....*
You bring up a good point in the fact that this same type of machine can be built for less, and be customized and tailored to fit their needs. I just fail to see it marketed towards normal teenagers, who when the PS2 first came out had trouble paying the $300 price tag. Now they want $900? I just don't see it happening and especially with all of the other devices that most already have in the US.
Blame the media for it. When Playstation first came out it was code named Playstation X. But when finally released, they dropped the X to just have the Playstation name. However, the media decided to keep the X moniker and made it PSX, PSX2, etc... Soo.. Blame the Media... oh.. and Canada j/k.
I just don't understand why they don't focus more (read: release) the PS3 instead of this intermediate step with the PSX. I just don't see something so expensive taking off when the same things can be had for pennies on the dollar. No.. a PS3.. A think there would be a lot of people able to fork over some dough for that beast.
I would choose RAID-1.. because RAID Level 1 provides redundancy by writing all data to two or more drives. The performance of a RAID-1 array tends to be faster on reads but slower on writes when compared to a single drive. However, if either drive fails, no data is lost. This is also a great entry-level starting point as you only need 2 dirves. The downside is the cost per MB is high in comparison to the other levels. This level is often referred to as disk mirroring.
I'm not sure that's enough time... But get someone far enough in it and it will be released no matter if theres a bounty or not. But time will tell I guess.
They sign contracts with new apartment complexes, new housing developers, even new business centers and offer them a package deal. The providers come out and install only their equipment, phone lines, cable (very cheaply, or even free I might add) and that is the ONLY service you can sign up for. Of course the developers and landlords will make a profit on the customers that sign up. Plus the customer sometimes does get a savings when compared to the cost of each package had you had a choice in the matter. Want COX Cable, but Qwest telephone? Sorry... But we only offer Qwest here. This is more prevalent in newer apartment complexes.
1. Thundering Silence
2. Microsoft's legitimate patent listing
3. Military Intelligence
4. SCO's Product Line
You wouldn't have happened to interview with AutoZone did you? I can see why they would want to move to Linux.
The answer to why the lawsuit failed is right here:
"Even if the privacy policy was sufficiently definite and Plaintiffs had alleged that they read the policy before giving their information to Northwest, it is likely that Plaintiffs' contract and warranty claims would fail as a matter of law. Defendants point out that Plaintiffs have failed to allege any contractual damages arising out of the alleged breach. As Defendants note, the damages Plaintiffs claim are damages arising out of the torts alleged in the Amended Complaint, not damages arising out of the alleged contract. Damages are an essential element of a breach of contract claim, and the failure to allege damages would be fatal to Plaintiffs' contract claims. Sloggy v. Crescent Creamery Co., 75 N.W. 225, 226 (Minn. 1898)."
What the lawyers FAILED to present was damages. Dropping the fact that it wasn't a contract and the plaintiffs actually read the policy, they failed to show any damages as a result of the release of personal information.
No.. because EULAs and Privacy policies in general are non-binding. A contract for a car, loan, mortgages, etc ARE binding in court.
You are correct in your statements that EULA's are non-binding. I guess it's basically an explanation of what we will do with the information at that time. I mean...sure... Right now they are a profitable business, but when they need an extra buck that information can be sold/given away instantly. As a customer of that business, what can you do? The EULA is non-binding so a lawsuit wont work.
I am gathering that the only information they submitted was information gathered when tickets were purchased online and through their web site only.
You must be new here or have never even tried Mozilla. All you are basing your opinion off of is reviews, comments, and maybe a couple pretty pictures.
You also do not have to reinstall a browser. In fact, good luck uninstalling IE. The point is that you can use both. Hell, with the ZIP file Mozilla release, you don't even have to install the browser. You can run it right from the directory!
My overwhelming point is to try something before you make opinions on it. I can read reviews until my eyes bleed, but I usually like to try it out myself before making the final decision. The would encourage the same to you... ITS FREE!
... into casual sex. I mean, casual sex is fine and all, but you want it to be GOOD. If you are used to lackluster casual sex... well.. so be it.
Of that one Simpsons episode where Bart sells his soul. Without it his life sucked, but with it, it was all better. I mean all this talk of a browser having a soul, I would have to agree in some aspect of it. to me, Mozilla just seems like there was a lot more thought put forth into each release. Giving the user a choice of a theme, faster loading pages, and most importantly, a choice in browser software.
It's gotta be the links. There are a lot! If it's the shoes for Michael Jordan.. It's gotta be the links on /.
Nope... That posting is a review. This is the official release form what I have been following.
This duplicate story gets accepted and posted, while my story about Akamai claiming they got attacked gets rejected... sigh...
Since when do you get asked if you want to see an ad? I guess this whole convergence thing is shaping up to be very polite.