My smart phone replaced my cellphone, my GPS, and my PDA. My PDA replaced my calculator, acted as my MP3 player and schedule (sync'd with Exchange/Outlook) replaced a shit load of reference books (now in PDAs, spreadsheets, RTFs, and text files and fully searchable!), provided a secure place for all my passwords and gave me pocket CAS. I also use it for some basic network tasks, SMTP, ping, tracert, etc., and remote desktop access. Internet access eliminated the yellow pages directory and lots of other reference materials. My biggest concern was in putting all my eggs in one basket would I be SOL when my battery died, the phone died or was misplaced? Well it hasn't happened yet and I like being able to ask my phone to find a drugstore when I'm traveling and get an up-to-date listing as well as from the navigation program's built-in POIs. For me having all this in my shirt pocket is very convenient. The downside is that the OS is no longer available and I will have switch phones someday and do without a few of the conveniences to which I have grown accustomed, and pay for new apps to replace existing ones. Do I need a smartphone? No, but it simplifies my life greatly.
To quote you from an earlier post: "Not everyone deserves to state their views because frankly, they are just too stupid or uneducated for that privilege. You are a good example of one." Handguns do not need to have a "good" use, if an individual has the right to own/use one that is sufficient. Just as you are wrong about one's right to free speech, you are wrong about the right to keep and bear arms.
You had to use a car analogy right off the bat? Seriously? If you had only used a "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" analogy you would have left a lot of people thinking about which side of the argument they would take.
iPads don't hold very much information. IT departments like that they are thin clients with the calculations and data on a central server for most of what they do. If they can take the PC off your desk and replace it with a thin client they will be delighted to do so. I see the iPad as being the tip of the wedge that makes thin clients a reality for most office workers. And really, don't you think that management would love to get solitaire off of everyone's computer? The things you cite in the last sentence are why they will succeed.
MS and also Apple think their trollish patent practices will strengthen them, but it is already apparent this whole patent bullying of late is turning into one big PR nightmare.
No, it is not a nightmare. If it were, the press would not be using the language it does to describe the situation. MS, Apple, HTC, Samsung, and a host of others have experienced no measurable consumer backlash as a result of these squabbles. The average citizen is blissfully unaware, and few technophiles give more than a fleeting thought about it when they buy their next bit of hardware.
For example lots of former Apple drones and die-hard fans are now turning away from the once idolized company.
That's an easy claim to make, but you do not provide any evidence, and I am sure that none exists.
Open and friendly competition is gaining traction (the green robot stamped devices come to mind) because of this bad behavior.
Competition that actually fuels this sort of behavior. MS gets royaltes from all Android manufacturers save one. So this bad behavior is being rewarded by Andriod, not punished.
You accumulate patents to prevent Texan patent troll to abuse you...
1) Few of the patent trolls are Texans, they simply file in East Texas.
2) That tactic has never been used, because patent trolls do not have a product to which a cross license may be applied.
But YOU know it won't work, I know it won't work, and any developer stupid enough to fall for such an obvious ploy is too dumb to write any code worth having anyway. They've thrown billions at the consumer market trying to be the iShiny and its been a MASSIVE fail, just as even after buying all of Yahoo's search they'll never get better than a distance second against Google.
Unfortunately, just because code isn't worth having does not prevent it from being successful, even wildly successful. And good code, even great code is no guarantee of success.
As to MS's efforts at iShiny, brown is not the color to choose and I am deeply troubled that my Macbook has not flagged "iShiny" as a misspelling.
You did not need to state that you are in accounting, the jargon and condescending and self-serving nature of your comments made that clear. In my experience with numerous product introductions, accounting is told what warranty will be applied to a product and they estimate the impact on the selling price/margins of the product. Accounting has necessary input, but they do not make the decision in a well run company. Allowing accounting to make such marketing decisions would be very poor practice indeed, since it would relieve the other departments of accountability. In the case of Seagate, any idiot would know that reducing warranty period is good from an accounting standpoint and their input would not be needed for such a decision, so to color it otherwise as accounting having input is laughable - yes marketing made that decision.
Unless we choose to suffer through a second term in which case we can expect it to happen by mid 2013 - assuming AT&T's check clears. You are attempting to imply a distinction between the two parties that simply does not exist.
Well, anecdotes may be poor evidence, but at the four manufacturing companies I have worked, marketing and sales made those decisions, and clearly also at Seagate, since aligning with the competition is a marketing move.
COPPA does not teach anything. People who feel entitled to things to which they are not teach such lessons. Those people invariably teach their children and those they influence to feel likewise entitled. If you don't like the rules, get them changed instead of teaching children to lie to others and to you when it becomes convenient.
Zenbook, yes - on specs and price. Series 9 not even close, even though it lists for more. The Sony is a good match performance-wise that would have been great with the addition of a decent graphics processor, which it should have included given its premium price - it isn't that extreme except in price. Apple has a distinct edge because it is setting the price points and the competition is in the unenviable position of matching specs or bettering them - at this point only one competitor is seriously challenging Apple.
No, the Department of Homeland Security needs the TSA. It operates the TSA as a distraction for the American people so they can quietly erode our liberties without being bothered. Do you think its an accident that they pick on a 84 year old lady in adult diapers? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Nothing to see here, please move along. Look! Shiny!
Judges are generally rubber stamps in most SEC cases with a notable recent exception. I was responding to the statement, "In the US, judges determine everything," and that is simply not true. We could use more judges like U.S. District Judge Rakoff, who seems to believe that there should be more accountability on both sides of the regulatory equation.
In the US, Regulatory agencies determine far more than judges. When a Wall Street company steals a billion dollars, the securities and exchange commission fines them a few million, with no admission of wrongdoing, and no individuals being prosecuted and those who were screwed get nothing.
Artlcle 3 says so, but that is not how it works in practice.
Freedom of the press is not a freedom granted to journalists as a profession, it is an individual freedom. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states it more clearly: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers."
Our education system has indoctrinated our citizenry for several generations with false information about our Constitutional rights. You may have heard that the Constitution is a "living breathing document", it is not. It is a contract that uses specific language to limit the powers our government are to exert on the people.
Therefore, many of the interpretations that have arisen, such as the confidentiality of sources, is not based on sound Constitutional interpretation since this doctrine is applied only to bona fide "journalists" and established news sources.
"Theft" is the word used throughout the article, robbery was never mentioned by the interviewee, it was an off-topic and obviously clueless suggestion of the reporter in the last paragraph. I suspect the author gets punched because he is an asshole and people take his phone with the intention of shoving it up his ass rather than stealing it.
Let's examine the potential impact on violence: You mug someone. Do you let them keep their cellphone so they can dial 911, 000, 999 or whatever the local emergency response number is? No? Then there won't be fewer robberies (violent acts).
The difference in the value of the "transaction" is the fence value of the phone which is typically under $20 since there aren't many items one would receive from the victim that are more traceable than a cellphone. That is a very small disincentive to the robber who is also taking a wallet, watch and ring. The thief will leave the iPhone sitting on the bar - perhaps Apple should do their testing in Australia!
Nope! "T-Mobile utilizes the Carrier IQ diagnostic tool to troubleshoot device and network performance with the goal of enhancing network reliability and our customers' experience. T-Mobile does not use this diagnostic tool to obtain the content of text, email or voice messages, or the specific destinations of a customers' Internet activity, nor is the tool used for marketing purposes."
Verizon, C Spire, MetroPCS, and US Cellular are the only US carriers currently denying Carrier IQ is used on their systems.
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My smart phone replaced my cellphone, my GPS, and my PDA. My PDA replaced my calculator, acted as my MP3 player and schedule (sync'd with Exchange/Outlook) replaced a shit load of reference books (now in PDAs, spreadsheets, RTFs, and text files and fully searchable!), provided a secure place for all my passwords and gave me pocket CAS. I also use it for some basic network tasks, SMTP, ping, tracert, etc., and remote desktop access. Internet access eliminated the yellow pages directory and lots of other reference materials. My biggest concern was in putting all my eggs in one basket would I be SOL when my battery died, the phone died or was misplaced? Well it hasn't happened yet and I like being able to ask my phone to find a drugstore when I'm traveling and get an up-to-date listing as well as from the navigation program's built-in POIs. For me having all this in my shirt pocket is very convenient. The downside is that the OS is no longer available and I will have switch phones someday and do without a few of the conveniences to which I have grown accustomed, and pay for new apps to replace existing ones. Do I need a smartphone? No, but it simplifies my life greatly.
It's the great homicidal maniac who comes after you with a load of loganberries that you have to watch out for.
To quote you from an earlier post: "Not everyone deserves to state their views because frankly, they are just too stupid or uneducated for that privilege. You are a good example of one." Handguns do not need to have a "good" use, if an individual has the right to own/use one that is sufficient. Just as you are wrong about one's right to free speech, you are wrong about the right to keep and bear arms.
You had to use a car analogy right off the bat? Seriously? If you had only used a "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" analogy you would have left a lot of people thinking about which side of the argument they would take.
iPads don't hold very much information. IT departments like that they are thin clients with the calculations and data on a central server for most of what they do. If they can take the PC off your desk and replace it with a thin client they will be delighted to do so. I see the iPad as being the tip of the wedge that makes thin clients a reality for most office workers. And really, don't you think that management would love to get solitaire off of everyone's computer? The things you cite in the last sentence are why they will succeed.
OhSoFAT, Sumo? That would never sell to the PC crowd.
It's not irony, and it's true of every nation.
MS and also Apple think their trollish patent practices will strengthen them, but it is already apparent this whole patent bullying of late is turning into one big PR nightmare.
No, it is not a nightmare. If it were, the press would not be using the language it does to describe the situation. MS, Apple, HTC, Samsung, and a host of others have experienced no measurable consumer backlash as a result of these squabbles. The average citizen is blissfully unaware, and few technophiles give more than a fleeting thought about it when they buy their next bit of hardware.
For example lots of former Apple drones and die-hard fans are now turning away from the once idolized company.
That's an easy claim to make, but you do not provide any evidence, and I am sure that none exists.
Open and friendly competition is gaining traction (the green robot stamped devices come to mind) because of this bad behavior.
Competition that actually fuels this sort of behavior. MS gets royaltes from all Android manufacturers save one. So this bad behavior is being rewarded by Andriod, not punished.
You accumulate patents to prevent Texan patent troll to abuse you... 1) Few of the patent trolls are Texans, they simply file in East Texas. 2) That tactic has never been used, because patent trolls do not have a product to which a cross license may be applied.
But YOU know it won't work, I know it won't work, and any developer stupid enough to fall for such an obvious ploy is too dumb to write any code worth having anyway. They've thrown billions at the consumer market trying to be the iShiny and its been a MASSIVE fail, just as even after buying all of Yahoo's search they'll never get better than a distance second against Google.
Unfortunately, just because code isn't worth having does not prevent it from being successful, even wildly successful. And good code, even great code is no guarantee of success.
As to MS's efforts at iShiny, brown is not the color to choose and I am deeply troubled that my Macbook has not flagged "iShiny" as a misspelling.
You did not need to state that you are in accounting, the jargon and condescending and self-serving nature of your comments made that clear. In my experience with numerous product introductions, accounting is told what warranty will be applied to a product and they estimate the impact on the selling price/margins of the product. Accounting has necessary input, but they do not make the decision in a well run company. Allowing accounting to make such marketing decisions would be very poor practice indeed, since it would relieve the other departments of accountability. In the case of Seagate, any idiot would know that reducing warranty period is good from an accounting standpoint and their input would not be needed for such a decision, so to color it otherwise as accounting having input is laughable - yes marketing made that decision.
Unless we choose to suffer through a second term in which case we can expect it to happen by mid 2013 - assuming AT&T's check clears. You are attempting to imply a distinction between the two parties that simply does not exist.
if Sprint becomes evil someday
Didn't you get the memo?
Well, anecdotes may be poor evidence, but at the four manufacturing companies I have worked, marketing and sales made those decisions, and clearly also at Seagate, since aligning with the competition is a marketing move.
COPPA does not teach anything. People who feel entitled to things to which they are not teach such lessons. Those people invariably teach their children and those they influence to feel likewise entitled. If you don't like the rules, get them changed instead of teaching children to lie to others and to you when it becomes convenient.
Zenbook, yes - on specs and price. Series 9 not even close, even though it lists for more. The Sony is a good match performance-wise that would have been great with the addition of a decent graphics processor, which it should have included given its premium price - it isn't that extreme except in price. Apple has a distinct edge because it is setting the price points and the competition is in the unenviable position of matching specs or bettering them - at this point only one competitor is seriously challenging Apple.
No, the Department of Homeland Security needs the TSA. It operates the TSA as a distraction for the American people so they can quietly erode our liberties without being bothered. Do you think its an accident that they pick on a 84 year old lady in adult diapers? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Nothing to see here, please move along. Look! Shiny!
US politicians generally take amoral stands.
Judges are generally rubber stamps in most SEC cases with a notable recent exception. I was responding to the statement, "In the US, judges determine everything," and that is simply not true. We could use more judges like U.S. District Judge Rakoff, who seems to believe that there should be more accountability on both sides of the regulatory equation.
I take it that you do not subscribe to the principle of "equal protection under the law" as I do.
In the US, Regulatory agencies determine far more than judges. When a Wall Street company steals a billion dollars, the securities and exchange commission fines them a few million, with no admission of wrongdoing, and no individuals being prosecuted and those who were screwed get nothing.
Artlcle 3 says so, but that is not how it works in practice.
"Federal judges are appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress." So does that mean he doesn't need to know the law?
Most are rubber stamped, but they do vet some to make sure they do not.
Freedom of the press is not a freedom granted to journalists as a profession, it is an individual freedom. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states it more clearly: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers."
Our education system has indoctrinated our citizenry for several generations with false information about our Constitutional rights. You may have heard that the Constitution is a "living breathing document", it is not. It is a contract that uses specific language to limit the powers our government are to exert on the people.
Therefore, many of the interpretations that have arisen, such as the confidentiality of sources, is not based on sound Constitutional interpretation since this doctrine is applied only to bona fide "journalists" and established news sources.
"Theft" is the word used throughout the article, robbery was never mentioned by the interviewee, it was an off-topic and obviously clueless suggestion of the reporter in the last paragraph. I suspect the author gets punched because he is an asshole and people take his phone with the intention of shoving it up his ass rather than stealing it.
Let's examine the potential impact on violence: You mug someone. Do you let them keep their cellphone so they can dial 911, 000, 999 or whatever the local emergency response number is? No? Then there won't be fewer robberies (violent acts).
The difference in the value of the "transaction" is the fence value of the phone which is typically under $20 since there aren't many items one would receive from the victim that are more traceable than a cellphone. That is a very small disincentive to the robber who is also taking a wallet, watch and ring. The thief will leave the iPhone sitting on the bar - perhaps Apple should do their testing in Australia!
Nope! "T-Mobile utilizes the Carrier IQ diagnostic tool to troubleshoot device and network performance with the goal of enhancing network reliability and our customers' experience. T-Mobile does not use this diagnostic tool to obtain the content of text, email or voice messages, or the specific destinations of a customers' Internet activity, nor is the tool used for marketing purposes."
Verizon, C Spire, MetroPCS, and US Cellular are the only US carriers currently denying Carrier IQ is used on their systems.
The Executive Department offers an alternative that reduces the number of palms that must greased in order to achieve one's ends.