This is just an end-run to get the consumer to pay more money. Any fees which the developer has to pay will be passed along to the customer. So, in the end, the customer is paying AT&T directly and then paying AT&T via the developer. The developer will simply pass along the added costs to the customer.
I see this as a means of targeting services which compete with AT&T such as streaming video and voice. AT&T does not want to just be a pipe, supplying raw bits as they make met of their money through premium services.
You can take AT&T from the above and change it to Verizon, Comcast, etc. as well because I know that they will follow suit if AT&T gets this in place. I am certain also that these companies are already working on resolving how best to deal with the loss of customers who are paying for premium services as these customers turn towards the internet for content and services.
What a bunch of BS! Using this logic, let's sue the car dealerships for selling cars which were used to conduct crimes. Let's sue the book stores for selling books and magazines which contained details which criminals could use to their advantage. Let's sell merchants who sell cell phones because they were used by criminals..
The various P2P networks and programs are used for more than just piracy. They are a legitimate means of distributing files.
So, what's the big deal with this? The only problem is the fact that it was left unencrypted. If anyone is upset that a company knows where they are due to their device which they carry, they should keep in mind that the cell phone carriers already know this information and keep it in a database. These databases are made readily available to law enforcement without any requirements for a subpoena or court order. They just log onto a portal, select what they want and pay a nominal fee to the telco. I would think that this is of greater concern than Apple's screwup in not encrypting the file.
"Can you imagine what's on Osama bin Laden's hard drive?"
I'm going to guess pirated copies of Different Strokes and The Cosby Show... Osama probably loved walking around his compound saying "what you talkin' 'bout Ahmed" while wearing some loud, multi-colored sweaters...
I've been using my iPhone app to pay for my Starbucks purchases for a few months now in Florida (so this is hardly new). It has been in the Target stores for a while and in many (but not all) standalone Starbucks stores. It works quite well and I prefer it to using my Starbucks card. I always have my iPhone with me and it's more convenient to use it. Also, it's great because I can reload my card from the same app (which I have done while waiting in line). I'm not concerned about someone stealing my phone and retrieving anything. My phoen is password protected, I can easily wipe the phone if it is stolen and can contact Starbucks to report the lost / stolen cards so that transactions are blocked. I had originally thought it to be a waste of time and pointless until I decided to try it out. It's actually quite nice.
I have to agree. I evaluated using AWS for some production systems and it's horrible (it felt like it was still in a beta test stage). I would have assumed that the most user requested feature would have been to offer up-to-date server images running on their EBS (non-ephemeral) storage or at least provide a supported method for migrating server images from the instance-based storage to the permanent storage.
Two factor authentication is the way to go. Sending a code to your phone is a great idea as cell phones / smart phones are very much a commonplace item in a user's inventory. Relying upon passwords alone is incredibly risky and should be augmented by a second form. This comes generally down to a physical special-use hardware token or we can use or better yet, use a cell phone and send the code to it instead. I know that this feature is available to World of Warcraft users (via the iPod / iPhone apps) and many banks have this as an option for online banking. The complaints revolving around losing one's cellphone are pointless. Yes, it compromises the second layer of authentication but the intruder would still need the initial password. The point is, it's a huge step forward in terms of security and should be adopted by anyone who is concerned about someone else capturing / guessing their password and accessing files etc.
the broadband provider now has a date in court next month, the second one since a June hearing over 'unlimited' voice and data plans that actually had usage caps."
Too bad companies in the US can't get hauled into court for their misleading claims of "unlimited" VoIP and data plans. Vonage for example has a limit of 5000 minutes of talk time. While this may seem like a lot, it isn't when you have two teenage daughters and one teenage son in the house during the summer when school's out. It's about 2.75 hours per day of phone use. When I exceeded this, Vonage sent me an email telling me to call them as I was going to be moved to their call center plan which is VERY expensive. They deem 5000 minutes per month to be the limit for acceptable and typical for household use. (So much for unlimited). Also, the various wireless data plans were always touted as "unlimited" but there was a 5 Gig / month limit to that... (So much for unlimited). I honestly can't understand how these companies can get away with such claims when it is quite blatantly false advertisement / claims.
Did they really need to put a man there? I feel the pain in my nuts already.
Hah! I was thinking the same thing. If I used one of these, I'd mod it by attaching a big dildo on the front (and attach a horn and rear-view mirror to it like I see people with walkers do) (or those fake testicles people like to hang off the back of their trucks).
You won't care for the looks when you're 70 and unable to walk with assistance.
Hah! Like any 70 year old cares about how they look! Come down to Boca Raton, Florida and watch the fashion show of old people wearing pants that go up to their armpits, white tube socks pulled up to their knees, baseball hats and big sunglasses (and that's just the old guys, the old women can be worse with all their huge jewelry). If this makes them move faster down the aisles at the local grocery store then I am all for it!
What's even more concerning in light of this issue is the fact that some governments are switching to Gmail. I can't recall which ones but I recall some local and possibly state governments making the switch to use Google's email infrastructure. With the obvious lax security in auditing access to data and the lack of data access controls, this causes significant concern.
I think they should hire that woman from Airplane... "I speak Jive" -----> Attendant: Can I get you something? Jiveman #2: S'mo fo butter layin' to the bone. Jackin' me up. Tightly. Attendant: I'm sorry I don't understand. Jiveman #1: Cutty say he cant hang. Woman : Oh stewardess, I speak jive. Attendant: Ohhhh, good. Woman : He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him. Attendant: Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine. Woman : Jus' hang loose blooood. She goonna catch up on the`rebound a de medcide. Jiveman #2: What it is big mamma, my mamma didn't raise no dummy, I dug her rap. Woman : Cut me som' slac' jak! Chump don wan no help, chump don git no help. Jive a$$ dude don got no brains anyhow.
I just ordered a 17" MacBook Pro with the glossy screen. My work was going to get me the matte finnish and I insisted on the glossy one. I have had both types in the past and I was completely blown away by how sharp and crisp the glossy screens look on the MacBook Pros. I didn't have issues with glare as I could adjust things slightly if the reflectivity became an issue.
I was at first hesitant when ordering my first glossy display but now I am huge fan.
I agree. The displays will become smudged with stuff from your fingers too. I have always believed that switching exclusively to a touch-based desktop display to be a bad idea. A better thing would be to include touchscreen computing on the desktop. So, you still use the familiar mouse and keyboard but you can also use touch. I think in the next few years, we will see an addition of the computer capturing gestures to interact with desktop content while still employing the keyboard and mouse. In fact, I suspect that this will be the path which ultimately will lead to using gestures as a primary way to quickly move things around on the screen and to access data (yes, go ahead and think of Minority Report, but not as gimmicky). There will not be a successful cutoff where a manufacturer can convince people to stop using one way of interacting with their systems and adapt a new way "cold-turkey".
Why? The point of Roku is that you can get netflix content. The BoxeeBox is not going to do that.
Umm, yes the Boxee Box WILL get NetFlix streaming content. It can connect into your NetFlix account and it displays all of the Streamable content presently in your queue. It will also let you browse other streamable content. I have used Boxee to access my NetFlix streamable content on my Mac connected to my TV. It is an amazing application!
Let us not forget that Symantec stands to gain revenue from people who use IE. Symantec is only too happy to offer Anti-Virus, repair utilities and firewall software to those who suffered a virus/worm as a result of using IE.
How well would Symantec do if we all used a much more secure platform such as Firefox?
From the Simpsons (with Fat Homer)
"The hand you have used to dial this number, is too fat. At the sound of the tone, please mash the keypad to receive a dialing wand in the mail..."
I just want to play that game that Peter was playing on Family Guy where he's driving a car and he's stuck behind a slow moving bus. I think it was called "Virtual Stuck Bhind a Bus". That would be a great break from reality...
You forgot one huge issue with sending people to Mars. The radiation which they would be subject to during the prolonged space flight. Being near the Earth has the advantage of being shielded from the majority of radiation due to the magnetic "shield" from the Earth. Once you move beyond this shield, you will be exposed to some nasty radiation. Even being in orbit around the Earth, astronauts are exposed to some radiation. It was interesting to read about how they experience this exposure. When some atomic particle passes through their eye and strikes the back of the eyeball, they perceive a small flash of light. It's particularly noticable when they are trying to sleep.
Hmmm.. Google Operating System.. GOOSe? So, installing the GOOSe on a computer would be giving it the GOOSe? Would there be an upgrade named after the Windows Millennium Edition? - GOOSe ME?
He speculates that Apple will use retinal scanners to project the image into the eye. This actually seems plausable. Leave it to Apple to do something so cool. It would be expensive but people would want one due in part to the coolness factor.. I'd consider getting one if it could be It's at the very end of the article... Here's a snippet.
"...but what about a higher resolution display, possibly a retinal scan display, for the Video iPod? It's the only way to extend Apple's "Year of HD" to its tiniest platform.
Nearly all of the retinal scan patents are held by Bothell, Washington-based MicroVision, a company I have written about in the past. And from the look of the SEC filings, a lot is happening up there in Bothell. As always I have no insider information at all, but it wouldn't surprise me if Apple introduced a super-high-capacity iPod and a separate retinal-scan display. It will be aimed at the very high end of the price scale, just like the Apple Cinema Display originally cost $4,000 for what now costs less than $1,000. The retinal scan display won't be cheap, but it will be cool, and it will be some permutation of HD, too."
TOGGLE SWITCHES?!? Pfft. Must have been nice to have such a luxury.. In my day all we had were drawings of toggle switches scribbled on the back of old napkins! And our father beat us if we couldn't make the machine go PING with these paper switches..
"HT is a joke. Anybody who's spent any time with a real SMP workstation would be disgusted by the whole hyperthreading thing."
I have to agree. HT in my opinion equates somewhat to MMX a while back. Lot's of hype, little to no improvements to performance. It's just another marketing tool to make people think they should buy Intel. (An average, uneducated user could think.. Hey! I am getting two processors for the price of one with Hyper-Threading)
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This is just an end-run to get the consumer to pay more money. Any fees which the developer has to pay will be passed along to the customer. So, in the end, the customer is paying AT&T directly and then paying AT&T via the developer. The developer will simply pass along the added costs to the customer.
I see this as a means of targeting services which compete with AT&T such as streaming video and voice. AT&T does not want to just be a pipe, supplying raw bits as they make met of their money through premium services.
You can take AT&T from the above and change it to Verizon, Comcast, etc. as well because I know that they will follow suit if AT&T gets this in place. I am certain also that these companies are already working on resolving how best to deal with the loss of customers who are paying for premium services as these customers turn towards the internet for content and services.
What a bunch of BS! Using this logic, let's sue the car dealerships for selling cars which were used to conduct crimes. Let's sue the book stores for selling books and magazines which contained details which criminals could use to their advantage. Let's sell merchants who sell cell phones because they were used by criminals..
The various P2P networks and programs are used for more than just piracy. They are a legitimate means of distributing files.
So, what's the big deal with this? The only problem is the fact that it was left unencrypted. If anyone is upset that a company knows where they are due to their device which they carry, they should keep in mind that the cell phone carriers already know this information and keep it in a database. These databases are made readily available to law enforcement without any requirements for a subpoena or court order. They just log onto a portal, select what they want and pay a nominal fee to the telco. I would think that this is of greater concern than Apple's screwup in not encrypting the file.
"Can you imagine what's on Osama bin Laden's hard drive?"
I'm going to guess pirated copies of Different Strokes and The Cosby Show... Osama probably loved walking around his compound saying "what you talkin' 'bout Ahmed" while wearing some loud, multi-colored sweaters...
I've been using my iPhone app to pay for my Starbucks purchases for a few months now in Florida (so this is hardly new). It has been in the Target stores for a while and in many (but not all) standalone Starbucks stores. It works quite well and I prefer it to using my Starbucks card. I always have my iPhone with me and it's more convenient to use it. Also, it's great because I can reload my card from the same app (which I have done while waiting in line). I'm not concerned about someone stealing my phone and retrieving anything. My phoen is password protected, I can easily wipe the phone if it is stolen and can contact Starbucks to report the lost / stolen cards so that transactions are blocked.
I had originally thought it to be a waste of time and pointless until I decided to try it out. It's actually quite nice.
I have to agree. I evaluated using AWS for some production systems and it's horrible (it felt like it was still in a beta test stage). I would have assumed that the most user requested feature would have been to offer up-to-date server images running on their EBS (non-ephemeral) storage or at least provide a supported method for migrating server images from the instance-based storage to the permanent storage.
Two factor authentication is the way to go. Sending a code to your phone is a great idea as cell phones / smart phones are very much a commonplace item in a user's inventory. Relying upon passwords alone is incredibly risky and should be augmented by a second form. This comes generally down to a physical special-use hardware token or we can use or better yet, use a cell phone and send the code to it instead. I know that this feature is available to World of Warcraft users (via the iPod / iPhone apps) and many banks have this as an option for online banking. The complaints revolving around losing one's cellphone are pointless. Yes, it compromises the second layer of authentication but the intruder would still need the initial password. The point is, it's a huge step forward in terms of security and should be adopted by anyone who is concerned about someone else capturing / guessing their password and accessing files etc.
the broadband provider now has a date in court next month, the second one since a June hearing over 'unlimited' voice and data plans that actually had usage caps."
Too bad companies in the US can't get hauled into court for their misleading claims of "unlimited" VoIP and data plans. Vonage for example has a limit of 5000 minutes of talk time. While this may seem like a lot, it isn't when you have two teenage daughters and one teenage son in the house during the summer when school's out. It's about 2.75 hours per day of phone use. When I exceeded this, Vonage sent me an email telling me to call them as I was going to be moved to their call center plan which is VERY expensive. They deem 5000 minutes per month to be the limit for acceptable and typical for household use. (So much for unlimited). Also, the various wireless data plans were always touted as "unlimited" but there was a 5 Gig / month limit to that... (So much for unlimited).
I honestly can't understand how these companies can get away with such claims when it is quite blatantly false advertisement / claims.
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Did they really need to put a man there? I feel the pain in my nuts already.
Hah! I was thinking the same thing. If I used one of these, I'd mod it by attaching a big dildo on the front (and attach a horn and rear-view mirror to it like I see people with walkers do) (or those fake testicles people like to hang off the back of their trucks).
You won't care for the looks when you're 70 and unable to walk with assistance.
Hah! Like any 70 year old cares about how they look! Come down to Boca Raton, Florida and watch the fashion show of old people wearing pants that go up to their armpits, white tube socks pulled up to their knees, baseball hats and big sunglasses (and that's just the old guys, the old women can be worse with all their huge jewelry).
If this makes them move faster down the aisles at the local grocery store then I am all for it!
What's even more concerning in light of this issue is the fact that some governments are switching to Gmail. I can't recall which ones but I recall some local and possibly state governments making the switch to use Google's email infrastructure. With the obvious lax security in auditing access to data and the lack of data access controls, this causes significant concern.
"I look forward to the bulletin warning parents about the dangers of children playing in Chocolate Rain."
I'd be more concerned with playing in golden showers than chocolate rain..
I think they should hire that woman from Airplane... "I speak Jive"
----->
Attendant: Can I get you something?
Jiveman #2: S'mo fo butter layin' to the bone. Jackin' me up. Tightly.
Attendant: I'm sorry I don't understand.
Jiveman #1: Cutty say he cant hang.
Woman : Oh stewardess, I speak jive.
Attendant: Ohhhh, good.
Woman : He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
Attendant: Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine.
Woman : Jus' hang loose blooood. She goonna catch up on the`rebound a de medcide.
Jiveman #2: What it is big mamma, my mamma didn't raise no dummy, I dug her rap.
Woman : Cut me som' slac' jak! Chump don wan no help, chump don git no help. Jive a$$ dude don got no brains anyhow.
I just ordered a 17" MacBook Pro with the glossy screen. My work was going to get me the matte finnish and I insisted on the glossy one. I have had both types in the past and I was completely blown away by how sharp and crisp the glossy screens look on the MacBook Pros. I didn't have issues with glare as I could adjust things slightly if the reflectivity became an issue. I was at first hesitant when ordering my first glossy display but now I am huge fan.
I agree. The displays will become smudged with stuff from your fingers too. I have always believed that switching exclusively to a touch-based desktop display to be a bad idea. A better thing would be to include touchscreen computing on the desktop. So, you still use the familiar mouse and keyboard but you can also use touch. I think in the next few years, we will see an addition of the computer capturing gestures to interact with desktop content while still employing the keyboard and mouse. In fact, I suspect that this will be the path which ultimately will lead to using gestures as a primary way to quickly move things around on the screen and to access data (yes, go ahead and think of Minority Report, but not as gimmicky). There will not be a successful cutoff where a manufacturer can convince people to stop using one way of interacting with their systems and adapt a new way "cold-turkey".
Why? The point of Roku is that you can get netflix content. The BoxeeBox is not going to do that.
Umm, yes the Boxee Box WILL get NetFlix streaming content. It can connect into your NetFlix account and it displays all of the Streamable content presently in your queue. It will also let you browse other streamable content. I have used Boxee to access my NetFlix streamable content on my Mac connected to my TV. It is an amazing application!
Sadly any gains for hairiness is lost due to the sweater effect on your chest, shoulders and back. (also referred to as the Wookie Effect).
Let us not forget that Symantec stands to gain revenue from people who use IE. Symantec is only too happy to offer Anti-Virus, repair utilities and firewall software to those who suffered a virus/worm as a result of using IE. How well would Symantec do if we all used a much more secure platform such as Firefox?
From the Simpsons (with Fat Homer) "The hand you have used to dial this number, is too fat. At the sound of the tone, please mash the keypad to receive a dialing wand in the mail..."
I just want to play that game that Peter was playing on Family Guy where he's driving a car and he's stuck behind a slow moving bus. I think it was called "Virtual Stuck Bhind a Bus". That would be a great break from reality...
You forgot one huge issue with sending people to Mars. The radiation which they would be subject to during the prolonged space flight. Being near the Earth has the advantage of being shielded from the majority of radiation due to the magnetic "shield" from the Earth. Once you move beyond this shield, you will be exposed to some nasty radiation. Even being in orbit around the Earth, astronauts are exposed to some radiation. It was interesting to read about how they experience this exposure. When some atomic particle passes through their eye and strikes the back of the eyeball, they perceive a small flash of light. It's particularly noticable when they are trying to sleep.
Hmmm.. Google Operating System.. GOOSe?
So, installing the GOOSe on a computer would be giving it the GOOSe? Would there be an upgrade named after the Windows Millennium Edition? - GOOSe ME?
I read an interesting bit on Cringely's page..
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http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050714
He speculates that Apple will use retinal scanners to project the image into the eye. This actually seems plausable. Leave it to Apple to do something so cool. It would be expensive but people would want one due in part to the coolness factor.. I'd consider getting one if it could be It's at the very end of the article... Here's a snippet.
"...but what about a higher resolution display, possibly a retinal scan display, for the Video iPod? It's the only way to extend Apple's "Year of HD" to its tiniest platform.
Nearly all of the retinal scan patents are held by Bothell, Washington-based MicroVision, a company I have written about in the past. And from the look of the SEC filings, a lot is happening up there in Bothell. As always I have no insider information at all, but it wouldn't surprise me if Apple introduced a super-high-capacity iPod and a separate retinal-scan display. It will be aimed at the very high end of the price scale, just like the Apple Cinema Display originally cost $4,000 for what now costs less than $1,000. The retinal scan display won't be cheap, but it will be cool, and it will be some permutation of HD, too."
TOGGLE SWITCHES?!? Pfft. Must have been nice to have such a luxury.. In my day all we had were drawings of toggle switches scribbled on the back of old napkins! And our father beat us if we couldn't make the machine go PING with these paper switches..
"HT is a joke. Anybody who's spent any time with a real SMP workstation would be disgusted by the whole hyperthreading thing."
I have to agree. HT in my opinion equates somewhat to MMX a while back. Lot's of hype, little to no improvements to performance. It's just another marketing tool to make people think they should buy Intel. (An average, uneducated user could think.. Hey! I am getting two processors for the price of one with Hyper-Threading)