I don't think there is an irony there, since AGW does not mean that there was no warming happening before humans arrived. It merely means that humans are accelerating it.
I am amazed at this point too! They charge me a fee to provide service, then when the service is bad, they want to charge me another fee for me to provide the service myself! To top it off: the phone has WiFi ability in it already, if you are going to use my internet for service, just use the WiFi router I already have.
Verizon claims they can use this for targeted mobile advertising. How would they deliver that advertising? The only ads I see on my phone are on web pages. Is Verizon going to modify web pages to deliver different targeted ads? Perhaps now I see why they didn't want network neutrality to apply to wireless networks...
How information will be used: To make mobile ads you see more relevant.
Description: When you use your wireless device, you often see ads on websites and apps. Using certain Consumer Information (such as your Demographics, device type, and language preference) and the postal address we have for you, we will determine whether you fit within an audience an advertiser is trying to reach. This means ads you see may be more relevant to you. We will not share any information that identifies you personally. A local restaurant may want to advertise only to people who live within 10 miles, and we might help deliver that ad on a website without sharing information that identifies you personally.
I have Verizon now because AT&T had no service at my home or at my work (but it was *great* everywhere in between). A few times I decided to go into a store and tell them where I had no service. They didn't even ask me where it was, instead they tried to sell me a microcell. So I gave them my home address and asked if there was a coverage map they could look at. They reluctantly did so, then told me I should have service there. They asked about what my home was made from, even after telling them I had no service outside the house either. They didn't prompt me to give them my work address, and I figured the result would be the same so I gave up. I tried this at a few AT&T stores and always got the same result.
It makes me wonder: if that employee's GPS told them to drive over a bridge, but they saw no actual bridge there, would they try it anyway because that is what the computer says?
I'll feed them if they come to my house and my work. Test my area please!
We had a technician install Verizon FiOS at our house last week, and he called me at work to ask me where we wanted the wireless router. Unfortunately, we couldn't hear each other because we both have Verizon wireless and my home has terrible coverage. If they can't install their own services because their own infrastructure doesn't work, then they should report that feedback too.
You know what I see in common with all of these stories of unhelpful police? They are all civil offenses. Perhaps the solution is to call a lawyer not a cop. I wonder if the perpetrator had assaulted someone if the police response would be different, since that is a criminal offense.
I just had my Verizon FiOS installed today and normally the technician activated the modem using a blackberry. But today he had to call-in and wait about an hour on hold for them to activate the modem remotely. People are comparing Blackberries to iPhones, but Apple iPhones aren't relying on a dedicated network and I don't think there are many businesses that rely on them.
You forgot that Lotus Notes still exists. I understand why - I blotted it out of my mind 10 years ago when I had to use it, until I encountered it again. It has a search that only searches to: cc: and subject:. Not body. No tagging. No search summary. Just a next button. It makes Outlook look wonderful.
Apparently the filers are using their inbox as a to-do list rather than wanting to categorize information to find it more easily.
That isn't what the article says. Actually, that is the converse of what it says. It says that those who use their inbox as a todo list become filers. Not that those who are filers use thier inbox as a todo list. Further, the article suggest that people should categorize information to find it more easily. It says that doesn't work.
The article says that those who use their inbox as a todo list often turn to filing things in folders when they get too much email to fit on the screen. The research says that this doesn't help - they spend too much time putting things into folders. Instead, it recommends keeping a threaded view to minimize screen real estate.
Many people use the inbox as a ‘todo’ list, a function which is compromised by a high incoming message volume, causing them to folder.
Using your inbox as a todo list is a valid strategy only if you keep up with your email as it arrives. If you can't do that, then you need a separate todo list. But it should be a single folder - or a separate app. I use my inbox as a todo list, but the only 2 folders are inbox (todo) and trash (done).
Suppose you had infinite non-volatile RAM, so you could open as many documents as you want and never have to close or save them.
You would still want your documents in some sort of organized, searchable, (hierarchical?) format for organizational purposes. By analogy, imagine a desk with infinite surface area. You would still put documents into a filing cabinet because they are easier to find. You would also need this standard storage medium so that other people and other software could get to the document, or so that 2 things could access the file simultaneously.
You would also need to serialize the data in a standard format for upgrades. Ex: V1 of the software might keep the file in a different in-memory structure than V2. So to upgrade, you would need to write the documents to a standard format and location so that it could reload them.
You still would have physical storage limitations - suppose they could give you 1TB of memory for $100. That's fine, until you find you have 10TB of video. You still need the ability to copy the data out of memory.
You also need backups, and a backup using the in-memory format might not work so well.
Cell phones, laptops, flash drives, disks, and tapes are not "containers" because you cannot put any physical object into them. This is clearly what they 4th amendment means by "papers." I can't imagine what a police officer would search for in your cell phone if you are stopped for a traffic violation. Why would they even *want* to look?
Just a reminder here:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Can someone explain to me what an officer can search your without a warrant, based on the text of the 4th amendment? The officer did not have a warrant, made no oath or affirmation, and did not describe the place to be search or the things to be seized. My instincts tell me that the authors of this text did not expect that a government employee could demand to search their horse or coach without a warrant. Am I mistaken here?
I agree entirely. I think the shift started before touch screens though. I think as applications started to usurp the desktop metaphor people lost a lot of functionality. It seems more and more often I get questions about how to attach a file to an email, or how to move a file onto a flash drive, or how to make a folder. These were basics that desktop users knew from day 1 - copying, renaming, moving files. The new interfaces are simple, but too much is being lost.
The problem I find is that this interface doesn't scale. Using pictures as an example: Many of these interfaces don't make it easy to put things in folders, or move them around, make copies so you can edit them, etc. There is a cost to the simplicity. Part of the reason Windows 8 is getting bashed is because it is hard to see how that kind of interface works when you are a photographer with 1.5 million pictures on your computer. Or when you are a business with thousands of spreadsheets or official documents. It works great if you want to see the last 3 letters you wrote though.
The start menu was a nice one-click or one-key access to all your programs. But a combination of Microsoft watering it down + installers misusing the start menu have damaged its usefulness:
HOW TO USE THE START MENU 1. Don't use the start menu for branding. Example: Start\Symantec Applications\Norton Antivirus\Norton Antivirus.lnk should be Start\Norton Antivirus.lnk (*) This is usually committed with Sin #2 below
2. Don't make a group for one icon. Start\Super Editor\Super Editor.lnk should be Start\Super Editor.lnk
3. Don't place icons in 3 places - Quick launch - Desktop - Start menu
Put them in the start menu, and let the user decide what applications are important enough to put on their desktop.
4. Don't put multiple icons where 1 will do Start\VideoLan\Documentation.lnk Start\VideoLan\VLC Media Player.lnk Start\VideoLan\VLC Media Player Skinned.lnk Start\VideoLan\Readme.lnk Start\VideoLan\Configure VLC Media Player.lnk
Documentation is part of the application. Skinned/non-skinned is an option within the application. Configuration is part of the application.
5. Don't put control panel icons on the start menu. Ex: Start\ATI Catalyst Control Center.lnk should be Start\Control Panel\ATI Catalyst Control Center.lnk
6. Don't modify the start menu when I run your app or update it. Ex: I move Quicktime under "Junk" but it reappears whenever it updates. Another one is FinePrint which re-adds itself when the driver starts.
7. Microsoft: Don't limit the size of the menu menu then add a scroll bar. Windows Vista and 7 limit it to 1/2 the screen then add a scroll bar, even if everything would have fit just fine had it resized.
8. Microsoft: The icons need to be clickable size. A 16x16 icon at 1600x1200 is inappropriate when the app provided a 128x128 icon.
9. Don't forget keyboard support! This has gone down hill since Windows '9x.
10. Don't place icons under Start - Programs. Everything is a program. Just place them under "Start"
11. Don't place applications in the registry startup - place them in the start menu's startup group so that the user can remove it easily if necessary.
No, the GPL3 was created for the exact *opposite* purpose of what you state.
Particularly GPL3 which was explicitly created to prevent released software from being run on non-compliant hardware
The GPL3 was explicitly created to permit released software to be run on non-compliant hardware. Companies were releasing the source code to comply with GPL2, but then they modified the hardware to refuse to run that software. GPL3 prevents them from doing that. To clarify this point even further -- this is the reason Apple has stopped using GPL3 software in OS X.
that the vast (and I do mean vast) majority of users don't care how much RAM their tablet (or phone) has.
I think that is a misunderstanding. They certainly care: just give them something with 16MB of RAM and a 100Mhz processor and they will know that it sucks. They may not be able to quote the numbers, but they most certainly care. But since this is a technical discussion, and we are comparing tablets to the iPad, it makes perfect sense to quote the specific figures.
That's good to know. I wonder what features will be disabled if there is no secure boot? Given recent history, I bet that it will refuse to play video over a certain resolution, or will refuse to run DRMd games, or something like that.
They chose that route because taxes are politically bad, especially given the recession. I think they believed this would be more palatable. I think they guessed wrong.
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I would love to find a site that does that and change my user-agent string to Googlebot. Would they actually let me check-out at the lower price?
I don't think there is an irony there, since AGW does not mean that there was no warming happening before humans arrived. It merely means that humans are accelerating it.
But beasts can be killed and eaten. And thus the circle of life is complete. mmmmm, yummy beastflesh.
I am amazed at this point too! They charge me a fee to provide service, then when the service is bad, they want to charge me another fee for me to provide the service myself! To top it off: the phone has WiFi ability in it already, if you are going to use my internet for service, just use the WiFi router I already have.
I came back to post the same thing after doing some reading. Thanks for clarifying.
Verizon claims they can use this for targeted mobile advertising. How would they deliver that advertising? The only ads I see on my phone are on web pages. Is Verizon going to modify web pages to deliver different targeted ads? Perhaps now I see why they didn't want network neutrality to apply to wireless networks...
How information will be used:
To make mobile ads you see more relevant.
Description:
When you use your wireless device, you often see ads on websites and apps. Using certain Consumer Information
(such as your Demographics, device type, and language preference) and the postal address we have for you, we will determine whether you fit within an audience an advertiser is trying to reach. This means ads you see may be more relevant to you. We will not share any information that identifies you personally. A local restaurant may want to advertise only to people who live within 10 miles, and we might help deliver that ad on a website without sharing information that identifies you personally.
(emphasis mine)
I have Verizon now because AT&T had no service at my home or at my work (but it was *great* everywhere in between). A few times I decided to go into a store and tell them where I had no service. They didn't even ask me where it was, instead they tried to sell me a microcell. So I gave them my home address and asked if there was a coverage map they could look at. They reluctantly did so, then told me I should have service there. They asked about what my home was made from, even after telling them I had no service outside the house either. They didn't prompt me to give them my work address, and I figured the result would be the same so I gave up. I tried this at a few AT&T stores and always got the same result.
It makes me wonder: if that employee's GPS told them to drive over a bridge, but they saw no actual bridge there, would they try it anyway because that is what the computer says?
It isn't? I just assumed it was because it was a crime against another person's property. But IANAL so what do I know?
Not quite sure why you bring up the need of a dedicated network as a plus.
I didn't.
I'll feed them if they come to my house and my work. Test my area please!
We had a technician install Verizon FiOS at our house last week, and he called me at work to ask me where we wanted the wireless router. Unfortunately, we couldn't hear each other because we both have Verizon wireless and my home has terrible coverage. If they can't install their own services because their own infrastructure doesn't work, then they should report that feedback too.
You know what I see in common with all of these stories of unhelpful police? They are all civil offenses. Perhaps the solution is to call a lawyer not a cop. I wonder if the perpetrator had assaulted someone if the police response would be different, since that is a criminal offense.
It works for the sun.
I just had my Verizon FiOS installed today and normally the technician activated the modem using a blackberry. But today he had to call-in and wait about an hour on hold for them to activate the modem remotely. People are comparing Blackberries to iPhones, but Apple iPhones aren't relying on a dedicated network and I don't think there are many businesses that rely on them.
That article is more than 3 years old. It does nothing to dispel the rumor, which is grounded in what has happened since that time.
You forgot that Lotus Notes still exists. I understand why - I blotted it out of my mind 10 years ago when I had to use it, until I encountered it again. It has a search that only searches to: cc: and subject:. Not body. No tagging. No search summary. Just a next button. It makes Outlook look wonderful.
Apparently the filers are using their inbox as a to-do list rather than wanting to categorize information to find it more easily.
That isn't what the article says. Actually, that is the converse of what it says. It says that those who use their inbox as a todo list become filers. Not that those who are filers use thier inbox as a todo list. Further, the article suggest that people should categorize information to find it more easily. It says that doesn't work.
The article says that those who use their inbox as a todo list often turn to filing things in folders when they get too much email to fit on the screen. The research says that this doesn't help - they spend too much time putting things into folders. Instead, it recommends keeping a threaded view to minimize screen real estate.
Many people use the inbox as a ‘todo’ list, a function which is compromised by a high incoming message volume, causing them to folder.
Using your inbox as a todo list is a valid strategy only if you keep up with your email as it arrives. If you can't do that, then you need a separate todo list. But it should be a single folder - or a separate app. I use my inbox as a todo list, but the only 2 folders are inbox (todo) and trash (done).
Suppose you had infinite non-volatile RAM, so you could open as many documents as you want and never have to close or save them.
You would still want your documents in some sort of organized, searchable, (hierarchical?) format for organizational purposes. By analogy, imagine a desk with infinite surface area. You would still put documents into a filing cabinet because they are easier to find. You would also need this standard storage medium so that other people and other software could get to the document, or so that 2 things could access the file simultaneously.
You would also need to serialize the data in a standard format for upgrades. Ex: V1 of the software might keep the file in a different in-memory structure than V2. So to upgrade, you would need to write the documents to a standard format and location so that it could reload them.
You still would have physical storage limitations - suppose they could give you 1TB of memory for $100. That's fine, until you find you have 10TB of video. You still need the ability to copy the data out of memory.
You also need backups, and a backup using the in-memory format might not work so well.
Cell phones, laptops, flash drives, disks, and tapes are not "containers" because you cannot put any physical object into them. This is clearly what they 4th amendment means by "papers." I can't imagine what a police officer would search for in your cell phone if you are stopped for a traffic violation. Why would they even *want* to look?
Just a reminder here:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Can someone explain to me what an officer can search your without a warrant, based on the text of the 4th amendment? The officer did not have a warrant, made no oath or affirmation, and did not describe the place to be search or the things to be seized. My instincts tell me that the authors of this text did not expect that a government employee could demand to search their horse or coach without a warrant. Am I mistaken here?
I agree entirely. I think the shift started before touch screens though. I think as applications started to usurp the desktop metaphor people lost a lot of functionality. It seems more and more often I get questions about how to attach a file to an email, or how to move a file onto a flash drive, or how to make a folder. These were basics that desktop users knew from day 1 - copying, renaming, moving files. The new interfaces are simple, but too much is being lost.
The problem I find is that this interface doesn't scale. Using pictures as an example: Many of these interfaces don't make it easy to put things in folders, or move them around, make copies so you can edit them, etc. There is a cost to the simplicity. Part of the reason Windows 8 is getting bashed is because it is hard to see how that kind of interface works when you are a photographer with 1.5 million pictures on your computer. Or when you are a business with thousands of spreadsheets or official documents. It works great if you want to see the last 3 letters you wrote though.
The start menu was a nice one-click or one-key access to all your programs. But a combination of Microsoft watering it down + installers misusing the start menu have damaged its usefulness:
HOW TO USE THE START MENU
1. Don't use the start menu for branding. Example:
Start\Symantec Applications\Norton Antivirus\Norton Antivirus.lnk
should be
Start\Norton Antivirus.lnk
(*) This is usually committed with Sin #2 below
2. Don't make a group for one icon.
Start\Super Editor\Super Editor.lnk
should be
Start\Super Editor.lnk
3. Don't place icons in 3 places
- Quick launch
- Desktop
- Start menu
Put them in the start menu, and let the user decide what applications are important enough to put on their desktop.
4. Don't put multiple icons where 1 will do
Start\VideoLan\Documentation.lnk
Start\VideoLan\VLC Media Player.lnk
Start\VideoLan\VLC Media Player Skinned.lnk
Start\VideoLan\Readme.lnk
Start\VideoLan\Configure VLC Media Player.lnk
Documentation is part of the application. Skinned/non-skinned is an option within the application. Configuration is part of the application.
5. Don't put control panel icons on the start menu.
Ex: Start\ATI Catalyst Control Center.lnk
should be
Start\Control Panel\ATI Catalyst Control Center.lnk
6. Don't modify the start menu when I run your app or update it. Ex: I move Quicktime under "Junk" but it reappears whenever it updates. Another one is FinePrint which re-adds itself when the driver starts.
7. Microsoft: Don't limit the size of the menu menu then add a scroll bar. Windows Vista and 7 limit it to 1/2 the screen then add a scroll bar, even if everything would have fit just fine had it resized.
8. Microsoft: The icons need to be clickable size. A 16x16 icon at 1600x1200 is inappropriate when the app provided a 128x128 icon.
9. Don't forget keyboard support! This has gone down hill since Windows '9x.
10. Don't place icons under Start - Programs. Everything is a program. Just place them under "Start"
11. Don't place applications in the registry startup - place them in the start menu's startup group so that the user can remove it easily if necessary.
No, the GPL3 was created for the exact *opposite* purpose of what you state.
Particularly GPL3 which was explicitly created to prevent released software from being run on non-compliant hardware
The GPL3 was explicitly created to permit released software to be run on non-compliant hardware. Companies were releasing the source code to comply with GPL2, but then they modified the hardware to refuse to run that software. GPL3 prevents them from doing that. To clarify this point even further -- this is the reason Apple has stopped using GPL3 software in OS X.
that the vast (and I do mean vast) majority of users don't care how much RAM their tablet (or phone) has.
I think that is a misunderstanding. They certainly care: just give them something with 16MB of RAM and a 100Mhz processor and they will know that it sucks. They may not be able to quote the numbers, but they most certainly care. But since this is a technical discussion, and we are comparing tablets to the iPad, it makes perfect sense to quote the specific figures.
That's good to know. I wonder what features will be disabled if there is no secure boot? Given recent history, I bet that it will refuse to play video over a certain resolution, or will refuse to run DRMd games, or something like that.
What would keep them from simply raising rates to compensate?
They chose that route because taxes are politically bad, especially given the recession. I think they believed this would be more palatable. I think they guessed wrong.