Seriously? Do you know any 13 year olds? Remember being one? How many times as a kid/teenager did you do something horrible and later think "I was just a dumb kid, I didn't know any better"?
My mother-in-law has a fridge magnet that says something along the lines of: "Before I had kids, I had 6 theories about how to raise them. Now I have 6 kids and no theories".
It's very easy to look forward and say "When I have kids, this is what I'll do. I won't be like those stupid shitty parents who do this or that or the other, because I know better. I'll be a good one." Then you have kids, and you realize what it's like to live with them, to be responsible for them, to know how their little minds work.
I'm not saying you'll definitely change your mind, but having kids changes you, and not just in perspective. Suddenly you really have to be responsible. Suddenly you have a little buddy who pretty much worships the ground you walk on. You have an insatiable urge to impress them, to teach them, to make them laugh, and to keep them safe. Also, the more kids you have, the more you bend your life around them. Not everything's about doing what you want to do, or doing it how you want to.
Also, if you're still leaving "toys" out when your kids are teenagers, they'll start to hate you when they want to have their friends over. Even when they're younger, if they want to have friends over for play dates, you'd best be cleaning up and getting dressed before their friends' moms come over to drop them off.
Well, RIM is doing something, but they've been way too slow about it. The PlayBook was the first step, but it should have been followed much more quickly with BBOS10 phones. And this may have changed, but the last thing I heard was that for the first little while at least, the BBOS10 phones won't be compatible with BES (the server software that ties your BB to your corporate email/calendar). When it is compatible, it will be thanks to a newer version of BES, which means that corporate IT will have to upgrade their stuff, and you know how eager they'll be to do that.
The only feature RIM has to offer over anyone else is their email/calendar support. Everything else is just RIM trying to catch up. They will never beat iOS or Android in terms of apps, features, or interface. It's been 5 years now since the announcement of the first iPhone, and RIM still won't sell a phone that fits the general public's idea of a 2007-era "smartphone" for at least another 6 months. At this point, they've lost so much momentum that the only possible way to keep a real foothold is BES, but as I described above, that's a slippery foothold at best. In the meantime, even the corporate types have mostly moved on, even if their new phones aren't as tightly integrated to the company network as a BB would be.
My college library had these audio tape tours back in the day, and you were required to take them as part of the entry-level English class. One of the first stops was the newly-built Periodicals section. The tape instructed you to walk into the section, but didn't warn you to take off the headphones before walking through the magnetic gates.
Also, note that the appointment was made by the President, who had hated Hitler (the feeling was mutual) and resisted appointing him as chancellor for years. He was old and getting senile, and had a lot of pressure from close advisors, including his own son, to make the appointment.
January is a little optimistic. Samsung said Q1, which could mean anytime between January and March, but there are often delays with releases, so it could be later than March.
Still, Samsung is one of the fastest with their expected releases for ICS on existing phones. The other big problem is that no matter when Samsung has their own version of ICS available for any given phone, the carriers (in the US, at least) will take their own sweet time to add their crapware and test it before they will give it their blessing. Especially with the Galaxy S II, where there's one version available internationally, and each of the 3 carriers in the US has an entirely separate version, and AT&T has not one, but 2 separate (and fairly different, internally) versions of it. There are also other GSII versions in different international markets.
So unfortunately, even the mighty Galaxy S II has its work cut out for it, but the one thing it has going for it is Samsung's announced timeframe. If you have one US version, don't be surprised if you don't get ICS until months after the international version gets it, or after the other US carriers get it. If you're cool with Cyanogenmod (I have CM7.1 running on my AT&T GSII -- not the Skyrocket), you'll probably have CM9 with ICS weeks (at least) ahead of the official Samsung/Carrier release.
For us, it's worth the extra $$ to keep both the DVD and streaming services. When they made that change, we decided to dump Comcast cable, not NetFlix. So much more value for the money, even if it costs twice as much as it used to.
T-Mobile also uses SIMs. Although they are being bought by AT&T, they haven't been yet, and the buyout has a lot of challengers.
For now, if you're on AT&T, you can switch to T-Mobile. People have been unlocking iPhones to run on T-Mobile for as long as the iPhone has been around.
Actually, scroll bars are already next to useless in Notes, because the contents of the window don't update as you're scrolling. You have to pick a spot to scroll to and hope that you're roughly in the right neighborhood.
I especially find it funny because the Search function in Notes sucks, so I rarely search or use folders. Back in the day, we used Outlook and work and I had the Xobni plugin installed. Now that was useful.
Funny that they would have some big study about it, when Gmail pretty much proved this same point years ago.
Reminds me of when Greenpeace was actively giving Apple grief (maybe they still are), even after Apple made a big deal about how much better they had made their products for the environment, just because Apple is such a well-known company.
I've got a feeling that even if Steve Jobs himself condemned the same things they do, they'd find something to complain about, since he is such a well-known figure.
When I know the full name of the.exe file, I do use Win+R, but other times the Start Menu search works great.
I just tried your example, hitting the Win key, typing "cmd", and immediately hitting Enter... It took a few seconds to find it, but when it did it launched it right away, I didn't have to wait until it found it to press Enter. This could be bad in situations where some programs might have the same (or similar) names, but if you're reasonably certain that what you're typing is unique to that one program (even if you're only typing the first 3 or 4 letters), it's pretty reliable.
I actually use the Start Menu quite a bit, but only for the search function. Browsing the the actual menu is worse on Vista/7 than it ever was in any previous version, but overall I still like it more, precisely because I don't have to browse any more. I just hit the Windows key, start typing the first few letters of what I want and hit Enter.
It somewhat replaces utilities like SlickRun and Launchy (but not completely), making programs very easy to find, because I don't have to look for them.
It was cool how you could send a link from your Pre to a TouchPad just by touching the two.
It would have been cool, but as I recall, you had to have a Pre3 for that, and those were released in the UK only, the day before HP announced it was killing off all WebOS devices. I wonder if anyone actually got a Pre3 and a TouchPad in a room together at the same time.
Well, "shut up" is a bad phrase for parents to use with their kids for a number of reasons, but I wouldn't say any of those promptly snuff the flame of curiosity, especially not when they're used sparingly.
You do have to be sensitive to children's feelings, but there are also some times when you can't always answer every question. Sometimes those moments are during a long car ride when you've already answered a dozen other questions.
I do really admire the questions kids come up with, though. One of my favorite questions from my then 4 or 5 year old daughter was "Why do we have outside?"
Then, my brother-in-law explained to me how he ended up with three new laptops on Best Buy's dime when they kept breaking after the current model went out of stock.
It's still a bad deal... Yeah he may have gotten 3 new laptops, but always at the expense of the previous one breaking, plus all the hassle to try to return it and actually get them to give you a replacement. Also, that's 3 new laptops to set up from scratch and get just the way you like it, only to have it break soon afterwards. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I'd rather have a reliable computer that lasts a long time and doesn't make me fight with it than always have shiny new toys that are going to fall apart soon.
I find it ironic that people use the word "Lemmings" to talk about others who just follow the crowd, seeing as how the idea that actual lemmings commit mass suicide is not true. So by using the word in this way, you're just following what a bunch of people have told you, without verifying it for yourself.
Of course, for the ultimate irony, I'm just writing all this based on what I've seen other people post on random comment threads, and on what I've read on wikipedia.
the iPods were never as good as the competition failing to support the same DRM that everybody else supported
It's hilarious that you think that's an argument. Here's a few reasons why:
A) iTunes sold a ton of music during their DRM'ed music days. The other stores would have loved to have their numbers.
B) Nobody sells individually DRM'ed tracks anymore, so this hasn't been a big issue for a little while.
C) If they would have gone with PlaysForSure instead of their own DRM, Microsoft would have had a total monopoly on music DRM.
D) Microsoft themselves abandoned PlaysForSure with the Zune. Hell, they didn't even support Windows Media Player with the Zune. They came up with a whole new ecosystem of software and DRM. Clearly, Microsoft was trying as hard as they could to emulate Apple's success.
E) How much music that's been "protected" by PlaysForSure is still playable? Take a look at the PlaysForSure wikipedia page, specifically the sections for "Content providers that offer PlaysForSure-certified audio" and "Content providers that formerly offered PlaysForSure". If you bought music from any of those former stores, but you need to move it to a new computer, your only option is to burn it to a CD, then re-rip it.
I'd say they didn't fail to support the same DRM, they succeeded in not supporting the same DRM.
Also, the battery in my 5th gen iPod started to get pretty weak. I replaced it, and it was easy and inexpensive. Anyone who doesn't want to replace the battery themselves can easily sell it on eBay and buy a new one. It is pretty lame that they are so quickly consumed, but it's honestly not a huge drawback.
The Netflix streaming library is great for browsing. You can always find great shows just by looking through the catalog.
It really sucks for finding shows that you already know you want to watch.
When I first heard about the change in pricing, my first thought was to keep the streaming and hit up Redbox for DVDs. My wife's first thought was to get rid of streaming and just keep the disc plan. I think what we're eventually going to do (when the new pricing actually kicks in) is to get rid of cable and keep the streaming and disc plans (and maybe bump up to 2 discs).
As difficult as it is to find specific movies you want in the streaming catalog, TV shows are another story. They almost always have up through the previous season, and they have all the Disney/Nick shows my kids like, which is how we spend most of our time with cable. Hopefully with the pricing change, the TV catalog will get even stronger.
My power company offered me service like this 6 years ago (when I bought my first home... I don't know how long it was around before that).
You should probably pay attention to the comments above from people who are actually in the power industry who actually know what they're talking about on this subject. It's not about cutting down on the use of electricity, it's about cutting down on the wastes of transmission. Hence, the smart grid, not the smart meter.
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What idiotic 13 year olds are these?
Seriously? Do you know any 13 year olds? Remember being one? How many times as a kid/teenager did you do something horrible and later think "I was just a dumb kid, I didn't know any better"?
My mother-in-law has a fridge magnet that says something along the lines of: "Before I had kids, I had 6 theories about how to raise them. Now I have 6 kids and no theories".
It's very easy to look forward and say "When I have kids, this is what I'll do. I won't be like those stupid shitty parents who do this or that or the other, because I know better. I'll be a good one." Then you have kids, and you realize what it's like to live with them, to be responsible for them, to know how their little minds work.
I'm not saying you'll definitely change your mind, but having kids changes you, and not just in perspective. Suddenly you really have to be responsible. Suddenly you have a little buddy who pretty much worships the ground you walk on. You have an insatiable urge to impress them, to teach them, to make them laugh, and to keep them safe. Also, the more kids you have, the more you bend your life around them. Not everything's about doing what you want to do, or doing it how you want to.
Also, if you're still leaving "toys" out when your kids are teenagers, they'll start to hate you when they want to have their friends over. Even when they're younger, if they want to have friends over for play dates, you'd best be cleaning up and getting dressed before their friends' moms come over to drop them off.
Well, RIM is doing something, but they've been way too slow about it. The PlayBook was the first step, but it should have been followed much more quickly with BBOS10 phones. And this may have changed, but the last thing I heard was that for the first little while at least, the BBOS10 phones won't be compatible with BES (the server software that ties your BB to your corporate email/calendar). When it is compatible, it will be thanks to a newer version of BES, which means that corporate IT will have to upgrade their stuff, and you know how eager they'll be to do that.
The only feature RIM has to offer over anyone else is their email/calendar support. Everything else is just RIM trying to catch up. They will never beat iOS or Android in terms of apps, features, or interface. It's been 5 years now since the announcement of the first iPhone, and RIM still won't sell a phone that fits the general public's idea of a 2007-era "smartphone" for at least another 6 months. At this point, they've lost so much momentum that the only possible way to keep a real foothold is BES, but as I described above, that's a slippery foothold at best. In the meantime, even the corporate types have mostly moved on, even if their new phones aren't as tightly integrated to the company network as a BB would be.
My college library had these audio tape tours back in the day, and you were required to take them as part of the entry-level English class. One of the first stops was the newly-built Periodicals section. The tape instructed you to walk into the section, but didn't warn you to take off the headphones before walking through the magnetic gates.
Ouch.
Also, note that the appointment was made by the President, who had hated Hitler (the feeling was mutual) and resisted appointing him as chancellor for years. He was old and getting senile, and had a lot of pressure from close advisors, including his own son, to make the appointment.
January is a little optimistic. Samsung said Q1, which could mean anytime between January and March, but there are often delays with releases, so it could be later than March.
Still, Samsung is one of the fastest with their expected releases for ICS on existing phones. The other big problem is that no matter when Samsung has their own version of ICS available for any given phone, the carriers (in the US, at least) will take their own sweet time to add their crapware and test it before they will give it their blessing. Especially with the Galaxy S II, where there's one version available internationally, and each of the 3 carriers in the US has an entirely separate version, and AT&T has not one, but 2 separate (and fairly different, internally) versions of it. There are also other GSII versions in different international markets.
So unfortunately, even the mighty Galaxy S II has its work cut out for it, but the one thing it has going for it is Samsung's announced timeframe. If you have one US version, don't be surprised if you don't get ICS until months after the international version gets it, or after the other US carriers get it. If you're cool with Cyanogenmod (I have CM7.1 running on my AT&T GSII -- not the Skyrocket), you'll probably have CM9 with ICS weeks (at least) ahead of the official Samsung/Carrier release.
For us, it's worth the extra $$ to keep both the DVD and streaming services. When they made that change, we decided to dump Comcast cable, not NetFlix. So much more value for the money, even if it costs twice as much as it used to.
which lets users to translate chats
Who translated this article?
T-Mobile also uses SIMs. Although they are being bought by AT&T, they haven't been yet, and the buyout has a lot of challengers.
For now, if you're on AT&T, you can switch to T-Mobile. People have been unlocking iPhones to run on T-Mobile for as long as the iPhone has been around.
Also, to further point out Notes' ineptness as an e-mail program, its own built-in spell checker doesn't recognize the word "e-mail" by default.
Although to be fair, I just realized this morning that Google Chrome's own spell checker doesn't recognize the word "Gmail", either.
Actually, scroll bars are already next to useless in Notes, because the contents of the window don't update as you're scrolling. You have to pick a spot to scroll to and hope that you're roughly in the right neighborhood.
I thought the same thing when I read the summary.
I especially find it funny because the Search function in Notes sucks, so I rarely search or use folders. Back in the day, we used Outlook and work and I had the Xobni plugin installed. Now that was useful.
Funny that they would have some big study about it, when Gmail pretty much proved this same point years ago.
Reminds me of when Greenpeace was actively giving Apple grief (maybe they still are), even after Apple made a big deal about how much better they had made their products for the environment, just because Apple is such a well-known company.
I've got a feeling that even if Steve Jobs himself condemned the same things they do, they'd find something to complain about, since he is such a well-known figure.
When I know the full name of the .exe file, I do use Win+R, but other times the Start Menu search works great.
I just tried your example, hitting the Win key, typing "cmd", and immediately hitting Enter... It took a few seconds to find it, but when it did it launched it right away, I didn't have to wait until it found it to press Enter. This could be bad in situations where some programs might have the same (or similar) names, but if you're reasonably certain that what you're typing is unique to that one program (even if you're only typing the first 3 or 4 letters), it's pretty reliable.
It somewhat replaces utilities like SlickRun and Launchy (but not completely), making programs very easy to find, because I don't have to look for them.
It was cool how you could send a link from your Pre to a TouchPad just by touching the two.
It would have been cool, but as I recall, you had to have a Pre3 for that, and those were released in the UK only, the day before HP announced it was killing off all WebOS devices. I wonder if anyone actually got a Pre3 and a TouchPad in a room together at the same time.
Well, "shut up" is a bad phrase for parents to use with their kids for a number of reasons, but I wouldn't say any of those promptly snuff the flame of curiosity, especially not when they're used sparingly.
You do have to be sensitive to children's feelings, but there are also some times when you can't always answer every question. Sometimes those moments are during a long car ride when you've already answered a dozen other questions.
I do really admire the questions kids come up with, though. One of my favorite questions from my then 4 or 5 year old daughter was "Why do we have outside?"
Then, my brother-in-law explained to me how he ended up with three new laptops on Best Buy's dime when they kept breaking after the current model went out of stock.
It's still a bad deal... Yeah he may have gotten 3 new laptops, but always at the expense of the previous one breaking, plus all the hassle to try to return it and actually get them to give you a replacement. Also, that's 3 new laptops to set up from scratch and get just the way you like it, only to have it break soon afterwards. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I'd rather have a reliable computer that lasts a long time and doesn't make me fight with it than always have shiny new toys that are going to fall apart soon.
When they came out with that "Elevation" song, they were talking about their own superiority to bloons?
I find it ironic that people use the word "Lemmings" to talk about others who just follow the crowd, seeing as how the idea that actual lemmings commit mass suicide is not true. So by using the word in this way, you're just following what a bunch of people have told you, without verifying it for yourself.
Of course, for the ultimate irony, I'm just writing all this based on what I've seen other people post on random comment threads, and on what I've read on wikipedia.
the iPods were never as good as the competition failing to support the same DRM that everybody else supported
It's hilarious that you think that's an argument. Here's a few reasons why:
A) iTunes sold a ton of music during their DRM'ed music days. The other stores would have loved to have their numbers.
B) Nobody sells individually DRM'ed tracks anymore, so this hasn't been a big issue for a little while.
C) If they would have gone with PlaysForSure instead of their own DRM, Microsoft would have had a total monopoly on music DRM.
D) Microsoft themselves abandoned PlaysForSure with the Zune. Hell, they didn't even support Windows Media Player with the Zune. They came up with a whole new ecosystem of software and DRM. Clearly, Microsoft was trying as hard as they could to emulate Apple's success.
E) How much music that's been "protected" by PlaysForSure is still playable? Take a look at the PlaysForSure wikipedia page, specifically the sections for "Content providers that offer PlaysForSure-certified audio" and "Content providers that formerly offered PlaysForSure". If you bought music from any of those former stores, but you need to move it to a new computer, your only option is to burn it to a CD, then re-rip it.
I'd say they didn't fail to support the same DRM, they succeeded in not supporting the same DRM.
Also, the battery in my 5th gen iPod started to get pretty weak. I replaced it, and it was easy and inexpensive. Anyone who doesn't want to replace the battery themselves can easily sell it on eBay and buy a new one. It is pretty lame that they are so quickly consumed, but it's honestly not a huge drawback.
The Netflix streaming library is great for browsing. You can always find great shows just by looking through the catalog.
It really sucks for finding shows that you already know you want to watch.
When I first heard about the change in pricing, my first thought was to keep the streaming and hit up Redbox for DVDs. My wife's first thought was to get rid of streaming and just keep the disc plan. I think what we're eventually going to do (when the new pricing actually kicks in) is to get rid of cable and keep the streaming and disc plans (and maybe bump up to 2 discs).
As difficult as it is to find specific movies you want in the streaming catalog, TV shows are another story. They almost always have up through the previous season, and they have all the Disney/Nick shows my kids like, which is how we spend most of our time with cable. Hopefully with the pricing change, the TV catalog will get even stronger.
I liked "...in a digital devise of each of channel node".
A) I think there is a standard and the marketing departments just ignore it
B) Every new phone has "4G" in its name, and none of them are actually 4G, either.
C) I thought the iPhone 4 was better than 4G, because the low-end version starts at 16G(B)
My power company offered me service like this 6 years ago (when I bought my first home... I don't know how long it was around before that).
You should probably pay attention to the comments above from people who are actually in the power industry who actually know what they're talking about on this subject. It's not about cutting down on the use of electricity, it's about cutting down on the wastes of transmission. Hence, the smart grid, not the smart meter.