- only web search engine would be Bing and only available on Metro - your cell phone would only work with skype - web pages would only work with IE - Internet would run NetBIOS, not TCP/IP - all web servers would need to have a Xenix license - web sites would be programmed in Visual Basic - all crops would be grown with Monsanto seeds
I can remember a day when Boy Scouts of America would have been approving of something like hackerscouts.org because they would have shared a central theme; curiosity, experimentation, education, science -- all good things to interest young people. It's disappointing to see the BSA stooping to such douchenozzly levels. The have apparently lost enough positive virutue I would not want to be associated with them today.
I don't know why anyone is upset about this. It shouldn't be a surprise. Tech history is littered with the remains of corporate entities who once partnered with Microsoft. What part of "Embrace, Extend and Extinguish" did Nokia think did not apply to them?
Stop feeding the machine. Stop being in debt. Stop relying on credit and build a savings instead.
That's a great way to keep from getting digitally bum rolled, but society will never go back to 1970 now that so much business is done over the internet.
Many people pay off their CC debt every month and the ones who have a problem are the same people who cannot balance a checkbook or go an entire payday without blowing the whole thing in on frivolous purchases. Self control and good money management skills do not come easy for everyone and the problem with credit for those people is simply an extension of an existing dysfunction.
Seems like the only way to combat identity theft now is just "loose" your credit card every few months and get a new number. I don't see any other way to mitigate identity theft as long as places like Heartland Payment Systems and LexisNexis are going to just give away the keys to the kingdom through gross negligence, apathy or ignorance.
I find it fascinating that a group of people would actually consider removing this entire piece of functionality the better option in lieu of simply making it a configuration item.
You don't get it. How is being distracted, staring down at a screen, fiddling with a text message, any different than staring down at a screen, fiddling with a GPS route?
The point is, 800 idiots got busted for not using common sense; something sorely lacking in todays culture.
I've been wanting to stop dual booting for nearly two decades. The purists complain that locking you out of the OS (DRM) components is vehemently prohibited in the spirit of Open Source and basically creates the very problem OSS was designed to get away from.
On the other hand, software companies complain they need to lock you out in order to combat piracy and protect their digital assets. Without doing so, they have no way to protect their revenue stream.
I have never found a good solution to this problem. It's been a good 20 years, and nobody else has either so those of us who straddle the fence between purity and utility still dual boot.
I do not like the idea of SteamOS. I would really like the entire computer industry to be based on open formats, source and standards but that is a crack dream that will never happen. Something needs to give. Maybe this is it. I prefer to believe I trust Valve more than anyone else with something like this.
I'll stick with no-script and private browsing mode. I'm sorry if you are making a living on advertising revenue but your revenue stream has basically come down to invasive douchenozzeling and I haven't any use for that. Go put up a billboard, maybe I'll drive by it.
Will be seated at a table for 6 at Chilis, sucking up margaritas while lamenting how badly the BB CEOs screwed up their awesome market position by not even being able to beat Microsoft to market with a smartphone.
I find the new interface enough of a change that it will alienate a lot of people used to the "old way". People don't like change and there's enough different in ios 7 that I can see people leaving in droves. It will be interesting to see what happens. Eye candy has always ruled userspace and Apple has effectively killed off most of it's candy in lieu of something resembling a monochromatic cousin of Metro.
AOKP[1] is based on the CM tree. I wonder if they will still have access to the code. I'm really not in the mood for more corporate interest BS on my device.
Why not? If they can get the cost down to compete with other feature/smart phones, then it's way better for the consumer. The worst case scenario is what we have now; tiers based on price rather than merit. When the cost becomes irrelevant due to a shared cost horizon, products are left to compete based on innovative features rather than slanted idealism.
Yes, the planet has gone through many, many periods of extreme warming and cooling over the millenniums however there is no previous warming trend spanning 110 years like we have since the 1900's. Data suggests the start of the industrialized age has contributed heavily heavily to the climate change issue. We've never seen warming before over 20 year periods like we see since 1900 [1] and the only best guess at this point is industrialization and anthropogenic activity impact the climate negatively.
So, depending who is making what claim, it's very easy to misrepresent the facts or misinterpret the data and the public quickly becomes confused or frustrated by it and declares "Nobody knows what's going on and I'm not letting you waste my time anymore". If you're an oil or energy magnate, this is precisely what you want as it keeps anyone from talking about curbing emissions or looking at alternative energy sources.
They were the cutting edge for a long time and were making smartphones long before Android/Iphone were just wet dreams. The N95 had a 5MP camera, GPS and Acceleromter way before anyone else. Everyone wanted it. They got in bed with MS and got owned just like everyone else who has ever done business with microsoft. Nokia will never be what they were and they have nobody to blame for it but themselves. Another notch in the M$ bedpost.
I can hear the legal coffers clinking as lawyers prepare to amass and file class action lawsuits over an infrequent incident blown out of proportion by newscasts seething with "Think of the children" and "Helicopters kill people" campaigns.
CEO: We need to act quickly. With Balmer gone, and Elop a flop, the shareholders are getting nervous. Marketing Droid: Any way we can spin some spin on something to spin it? Manager: There isn't much left to spin. CEO: We need a new feature (silence) Marketing droid: How about a kickstand!? CEO: That might just work!
I know the space they have to jam the electronics into is really tight but I really don't want a zippo lighter strapped to my wrist. I'm sure these things will slim down over time.
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- only web search engine would be Bing and only available on Metro
- your cell phone would only work with skype
- web pages would only work with IE
- Internet would run NetBIOS, not TCP/IP
- all web servers would need to have a Xenix license
- web sites would be programmed in Visual Basic
- all crops would be grown with Monsanto seeds
I can remember a day when Boy Scouts of America would have been approving of something like hackerscouts.org because they would have shared a central theme; curiosity, experimentation, education, science -- all good things to interest young people. It's disappointing to see the BSA stooping to such douchenozzly levels. The have apparently lost enough positive virutue I would not want to be associated with them today.
I don't know why anyone is upset about this. It shouldn't be a surprise. Tech history is littered with the remains of corporate entities who once partnered with Microsoft. What part of "Embrace, Extend and Extinguish" did Nokia think did not apply to them?
I'm wondering what a system would look like with
Sounds like your describing OSX
Wow. Ten years. And here I am still dealing with 64 bit incompatability issues
10 years? Some of us are still waiting to reap the benefits of MMX extensions. Ha..
Stop feeding the machine. Stop being in debt. Stop relying on credit and build a savings instead.
That's a great way to keep from getting digitally bum rolled, but society will never go back to 1970 now that so much business is done over the internet.
Many people pay off their CC debt every month and the ones who have a problem are the same people who cannot balance a checkbook or go an entire payday without blowing the whole thing in on frivolous purchases. Self control and good money management skills do not come easy for everyone and the problem with credit for those people is simply an extension of an existing dysfunction.
Seems like the only way to combat identity theft now is just "loose" your credit card every few months and get a new number. I don't see any other way to mitigate identity theft as long as places like Heartland Payment Systems and LexisNexis are going to just give away the keys to the kingdom through gross negligence, apathy or ignorance.
I find it fascinating that a group of people would actually consider removing this entire piece of functionality the better option in lieu of simply making it a configuration item.
Citing for using the GPS is fucking stupid.
You don't get it. How is being distracted, staring down at a screen, fiddling with a text message, any different than staring down at a screen, fiddling with a GPS route?
The point is, 800 idiots got busted for not using common sense; something sorely lacking in todays culture.
I've been wanting to stop dual booting for nearly two decades. The purists complain that locking you out of the OS (DRM) components is vehemently prohibited in the spirit of Open Source and basically creates the very problem OSS was designed to get away from.
On the other hand, software companies complain they need to lock you out in order to combat piracy and protect their digital assets. Without doing so, they have no way to protect their revenue stream.
I have never found a good solution to this problem. It's been a good 20 years, and nobody else has either so those of us who straddle the fence between purity and utility still dual boot.
I do not like the idea of SteamOS. I would really like the entire computer industry to be based on open formats, source and standards but that is a crack dream that will never happen. Something needs to give. Maybe this is it. I prefer to believe I trust Valve more than anyone else with something like this.
I'll stick with no-script and private browsing mode. I'm sorry if you are making a living on advertising revenue but your revenue stream has basically come down to invasive douchenozzeling and I haven't any use for that. Go put up a billboard, maybe I'll drive by it.
young men are last on the list when shelters are overcrowded.
As a single young man I can say that single young men are last on the list for just about everything.
Will be seated at a table for 6 at Chilis, sucking up margaritas while lamenting how badly the BB CEOs screwed up their awesome market position by not even being able to beat Microsoft to market with a smartphone.
I find the new interface enough of a change that it will alienate a lot of people used to the "old way". People don't like change and there's enough different in ios 7 that I can see people leaving in droves. It will be interesting to see what happens. Eye candy has always ruled userspace and Apple has effectively killed off most of it's candy in lieu of something resembling a monochromatic cousin of Metro.
AOKP[1] is based on the CM tree. I wonder if they will still have access to the code. I'm really not in the mood for more corporate interest BS on my device.
[1] http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/05/cyanogenmod-vs-aokp/
Apple isn't even British.
What's next, sell iPhones at Walmart??
Why not? If they can get the cost down to compete with other feature/smart phones, then it's way better for the consumer. The worst case scenario is what we have now; tiers based on price rather than merit. When the cost becomes irrelevant due to a shared cost horizon, products are left to compete based on innovative features rather than slanted idealism.
Only reasons I see to examine everyone's electronic devices are:
A) keep privatized prison populations growing
B) revenue from confiscated electronics
C) revenue from war on drugs
I guess that's believable
WTF does that even mean?
You have to translate while looking down your nose. It basically means if you don't have the 5S they won't let you in the tree house.
Yes, the planet has gone through many, many periods of extreme warming and cooling over the millenniums however there is no previous warming trend spanning 110 years like we have since the 1900's. Data suggests the start of the industrialized age has contributed heavily heavily to the climate change issue. We've never seen warming before over 20 year periods like we see since 1900 [1] and the only best guess at this point is industrialization and anthropogenic activity impact the climate negatively.
So, depending who is making what claim, it's very easy to misrepresent the facts or misinterpret the data and the public quickly becomes confused or frustrated by it and declares "Nobody knows what's going on and I'm not letting you waste my time anymore". If you're an oil or energy magnate, this is precisely what you want as it keeps anyone from talking about curbing emissions or looking at alternative energy sources.
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/climate_change/describing_climatic_trends_rev1.shtml
They were the cutting edge for a long time and were making smartphones long before Android/Iphone were just wet dreams. The N95 had a 5MP camera, GPS and Acceleromter way before anyone else. Everyone wanted it. They got in bed with MS and got owned just like everyone else who has ever done business with microsoft. Nokia will never be what they were and they have nobody to blame for it but themselves. Another notch in the M$ bedpost.
I can hear the legal coffers clinking as lawyers prepare to amass and file class action lawsuits over an infrequent incident blown out of proportion by newscasts seething with "Think of the children" and "Helicopters kill people" campaigns.
(10:00am meeting somewhere in Redmond)
CEO: We need to act quickly. With Balmer gone, and Elop a flop, the shareholders are getting nervous.
Marketing Droid: Any way we can spin some spin on something to spin it?
Manager: There isn't much left to spin.
CEO: We need a new feature
(silence)
Marketing droid: How about a kickstand!?
CEO: That might just work!
I know the space they have to jam the electronics into is really tight but I really don't want a zippo lighter strapped to my wrist. I'm sure these things will slim down over time.
The direction the axis points has a lot more to do with comfort than magnetism.