It doesn't know if you just haven't signed in recently or if you're gone forever.
here you go. send as a text if no imessage connection has been established for a day. re-send as text if message can't be delivered via imessage for a day.
this still sucks, because there will be a day where you don't get imessages, but at least they'd come eventually and would be fixed thereafter.
even if you have a mobile wallet, you'll still need your plastic CCs as well. and debit card. also, wallets have driver license, insurance cards, etc. and cash. so there's no way to replace your regular wallet with your phone. so what's the benefit to consumers?
have a offline wallet at home for you savings and carry you spending money in you mobile wallet problem solved.
people don't want to do this for the same reason they don't usually keep wads of cash hidden in their homes. that, and just because a computer is in your home doesn't mean it's unhackable right? or maybe you also keep that computer off the internet, always. at best, it's no less safe than keeping a wad of cash under my mattress.
BTC is useful if you need an untraceable, irreversible transaction. other than that it's just a curiosity.
why is paying by phone so much better than with plastic?
your phone is theoretically more secure because you can layer any sort of auth you can think of on it and also erase it if it's stolen.
also, it's a matter of redundancy. if i can pay w/ my phone, and i have my phone with me at all times anyway, i'd prefer to not carry something else that doesn't serve a purpose.
Right now, people with patience will make a minor fortune, provided that the market exists in the future.
that's simply not true. the BTC market is heavily manipulated by relatively few massive holders with algorithmized buys and sells. the average investors doesn't have a chance in hell.
all things being equal i suspect google would prefer to not be in the business of laying cable. why are they doing it? because the online service they provide depend on high speed internet. more people w/ high speed internet == more people using google music, movies, youtube, and so on. it's the same reason they set the bar with nexus smartphones. they don't want to make smartphones, but they want to ensure that everyone that wants a phone that's capable of delivering google services can get one.
it AT&T jumps in w/ fiber in stead, great, they still get what they want.
The problem with this is that you now are subject to somebody else's sole determination that you are/aren't "compatible"
and that's superior to letting every implementation decide if it is compatible? sort of like having the company that builds a bridge decide if the bridge meets all safety requirements?
it's of the definition of compatibility. there has to be some board, committee, test suite... some single point that decides compatibility. and yeah, java SE is a big complicated thing and i'd expect that getting accepted as compatible would be a big pain in the ass.
java was never about openness, it was about portability. the open flavors of the JDK came very late in the game. openness was never a core philosophy behind java.
Except that when you do this, you have the opportunity to effectively turn a hardware interpreter into a software compiler, reducing control logic (and its constant switching during code execution) and improving efficiency in the same way in which software compilers are better than software interpreters, even if the gap won't be nearly that wide. You can turn the same hardware interpreter into a hardware compiler, but then you have something like a trace cache and the logic has actually increased.
^^^^ that doesn't support this,
Would the SW solution decrease performance per thread? Quite likely. Would it improve performance per watt, which is what will really matter in the future? Well, what if it will?
Back then those in power and the people in general cared that the Russians could do something we could not. That is no longer the case when it comes to space. Most people don't understand why space is important at all outside of things like satellites that provides communications around the planet.
lifting cargo into space is not doing something we cannot. landing a 4-ton remote control dune buggy on mars that is packed with high-tech sensing equipment is something no one else can do.
NASA should focus it's limited budget on pushing the boundaries. like the new horizons mission which will come to fruition next year, and europa clipper. they shouldn't spend immeasurable dollars on "crowd pleasing" projects like putting a man on mars. put more robots on mars at 1/1000th the cost.
People are stupid, and seeing a $1 phone throws them into a frenzy even if you show them the math that shows that they're paying so much more for service that the phone will cost them $200-300 more over 2 years than a cheaper no-subsidy plan and buying a device outright.
false.
in general, you don't get a discount for BYOD. if you pay full price for your phone, then sign up for the same service at the same price as you would have anyway had you "bought" the subsidized phone, then your just lost $200-400 paying full price for the device.
sure there are scenarios where this isn't true, but the vast majority of us use AT&T or verizon and keep our smartphones for >2 years. if you also fit into the category, getting the subsidized phone is the best option.
Playing Starcraft competitively for five years could easily be described by saying you "competed professionally in strategy tournaments", and when accompanied by a short description of the primary skills you excelled in (resource management, risk mitigation, public relations), it becomes a very positive credential.
yes, and as long as the company of interest doesn't ask any further questions on the topic, then all's good.
no you don't, not in the US, not on verizon or AT&T. regardless of whether you bring your own phone or "buy" it on a 2-year contract, your monthly rate is the same. in that case, you just paid $600 for a off-contract phone when you could have paid $200. maybe you bought a cheaper phone, but you are still getting a huge discount when you "buy" it on contract.
now, i know someone is going to point out that on foo-foo blah blah wireless, you get a $300 discount for bringing your own device. whatever, what i stated above is true for most of us.
yes, the inevitable post that thinks it's going to shatter our perceptions of google. OMFG they aren't developing and hosting all those services out of the goodness of their kind hearts?
remember, we KNOW how they make money. we get it. some of us choose to continue to use them, some don't, but we all understand.
everything else being equal, being liable for your work is not a good thing. unless it came with some other benefit (like a large pay increase), no thanks.
2) You *must* get a nice floor mat, preferably a dense memory foam mat designed for standing cubes. Working in your socks (if your employer will let you) while standing on said mat almost feels like a foot massage.
yep, in the same way boxing is like getting a face massage.
while it's true that sitting all day isn't good for you, neither is it good to stand all day. what's important is not doing the same thing for prolonged periods. the best option is to have a desk where you can both sit and stand... such as a raised desk w/ a bar-style desk chair, or a desk that can be cranked up and down.
all things being equal, i'd rather have to sit all day than stand. i've had several jobs in my youth where i had to be on my feet for 8 hours, and it so no fun at all. forget about getting diabetes 10 years down the road, worry about the the fact that your feet kill you every single night after work.
was excited to see this. went and installed the dev channel chrome to make sure i got it. started it up and got a nice notification saying it was turned on. neat. then nothing. no notifications. nothing at all.
typical behavior from google now. the idea is so simple, but it never seems to work right for me despite having it turned on since inception and allowing google full access to my location. just *some* off the oddities,
1. despite never, ever going to the gym at any other time then between 7-8.30 in the morning on weekday, google now insists on giving me directions at all times of the day including saturdays.
2. despite regularly clicking on news articles and google now notifications about my local sports team, it failed to alert tell me there was a home game the other day resulting in me being jammed in downtown traffic (thanks!)
3. the weather notification is sometimes there, sometimes now. no clue about when it decides to show itself.
4. after swiping away sporting results, it re-inserts them multiple times
why is everyone so surprised and outraged? this is business doing what business does: maximizing profits. if there's no law saying they can't, they will. they are actually doing what they are supposed to be doing. if they weren't doing this, their board of directors should be fired. if you want to be mad at something, be mad at your representatives for not passing a law.
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It doesn't know if you just haven't signed in recently or if you're gone forever.
here you go. send as a text if no imessage connection has been established for a day. re-send as text if message can't be delivered via imessage for a day.
this still sucks, because there will be a day where you don't get imessages, but at least they'd come eventually and would be fixed thereafter.
yes, and that's why you don't see people paying for goods and services with stock notes.
even if you have a mobile wallet, you'll still need your plastic CCs as well. and debit card. also, wallets have driver license, insurance cards, etc. and cash. so there's no way to replace your regular wallet with your phone. so what's the benefit to consumers?
then you aren't an early adopter.
have a offline wallet at home for you savings and carry you spending money in you mobile wallet problem solved.
people don't want to do this for the same reason they don't usually keep wads of cash hidden in their homes. that, and just because a computer is in your home doesn't mean it's unhackable right? or maybe you also keep that computer off the internet, always. at best, it's no less safe than keeping a wad of cash under my mattress.
BTC is useful if you need an untraceable, irreversible transaction. other than that it's just a curiosity.
why is paying by phone so much better than with plastic?
your phone is theoretically more secure because you can layer any sort of auth you can think of on it and also erase it if it's stolen.
also, it's a matter of redundancy. if i can pay w/ my phone, and i have my phone with me at all times anyway, i'd prefer to not carry something else that doesn't serve a purpose.
Right now, people with patience will make a minor fortune, provided that the market exists in the future.
that's simply not true. the BTC market is heavily manipulated by relatively few massive holders with algorithmized buys and sells. the average investors doesn't have a chance in hell.
all things being equal i suspect google would prefer to not be in the business of laying cable. why are they doing it? because the online service they provide depend on high speed internet. more people w/ high speed internet == more people using google music, movies, youtube, and so on. it's the same reason they set the bar with nexus smartphones. they don't want to make smartphones, but they want to ensure that everyone that wants a phone that's capable of delivering google services can get one.
it AT&T jumps in w/ fiber in stead, great, they still get what they want.
The problem with this is that you now are subject to somebody else's sole determination that you are/aren't "compatible"
and that's superior to letting every implementation decide if it is compatible? sort of like having the company that builds a bridge decide if the bridge meets all safety requirements?
it's of the definition of compatibility. there has to be some board, committee, test suite ... some single point that decides compatibility. and yeah, java SE is a big complicated thing and i'd expect that getting accepted as compatible would be a big pain in the ass.
java was never about openness, it was about portability. the open flavors of the JDK came very late in the game. openness was never a core philosophy behind java.
Except that when you do this, you have the opportunity to effectively turn a hardware interpreter into a software compiler, reducing control logic (and its constant switching during code execution) and improving efficiency in the same way in which software compilers are better than software interpreters, even if the gap won't be nearly that wide. You can turn the same hardware interpreter into a hardware compiler, but then you have something like a trace cache and the logic has actually increased.
^^^^
that
doesn't support this,
Would the SW solution decrease performance per thread? Quite likely. Would it improve performance per watt, which is what will really matter in the future? Well, what if it will?
On Slashdot these things are contributed by people who don't get paid...
i think you meant "can't get paid".
subject says it all.
having an economy largely based on a digital currency that is (possibly) subject to corruption by terrorists. yes, that's a real threat.
Back then those in power and the people in general cared that the Russians could do something we could not. That is no longer the case when it comes to space. Most people don't understand why space is important at all outside of things like satellites that provides communications around the planet.
lifting cargo into space is not doing something we cannot.
landing a 4-ton remote control dune buggy on mars that is packed with high-tech sensing equipment is something no one else can do.
NASA should focus it's limited budget on pushing the boundaries. like the new horizons mission which will come to fruition next year, and europa clipper. they shouldn't spend immeasurable dollars on "crowd pleasing" projects like putting a man on mars. put more robots on mars at 1/1000th the cost.
boston "wicked" or regular?
People are stupid, and seeing a $1 phone throws them into a frenzy even if you show them the math that shows that they're paying so much more for service that the phone will cost them $200-300 more over 2 years than a cheaper no-subsidy plan and buying a device outright.
false.
in general, you don't get a discount for BYOD. if you pay full price for your phone, then sign up for the same service at the same price as you would have anyway had you "bought" the subsidized phone, then your just lost $200-400 paying full price for the device.
sure there are scenarios where this isn't true, but the vast majority of us use AT&T or verizon and keep our smartphones for >2 years. if you also fit into the category, getting the subsidized phone is the best option.
Playing Starcraft competitively for five years could easily be described by saying you "competed professionally in strategy tournaments", and when accompanied by a short description of the primary skills you excelled in (resource management, risk mitigation, public relations), it becomes a very positive credential.
yes, and as long as the company of interest doesn't ask any further questions on the topic, then all's good.
I save money
no you don't, not in the US, not on verizon or AT&T. regardless of whether you bring your own phone or "buy" it on a 2-year contract, your monthly rate is the same. in that case, you just paid $600 for a off-contract phone when you could have paid $200. maybe you bought a cheaper phone, but you are still getting a huge discount when you "buy" it on contract.
now, i know someone is going to point out that on foo-foo blah blah wireless, you get a $300 discount for bringing your own device. whatever, what i stated above is true for most of us.
really dr. truth? tell me more.
yes, the inevitable post that thinks it's going to shatter our perceptions of google. OMFG they aren't developing and hosting all those services out of the goodness of their kind hearts?
remember, we KNOW how they make money. we get it. some of us choose to continue to use them, some don't, but we all understand.
everything else being equal, being liable for your work is not a good thing. unless it came with some other benefit (like a large pay increase), no thanks.
Do people still use Yahoo.com or Yahoo mail? Yahoo IM?
yes.
http://www.moosend.com/view/mo...
what's Yahoo's strategy?
make money from advertising? considering they still have a massive user base, seems like a pretty good plan.
2) You *must* get a nice floor mat, preferably a dense memory foam mat designed for standing cubes. Working in your socks (if your employer will let you) while standing on said mat almost feels like a foot massage.
yep, in the same way boxing is like getting a face massage.
while it's true that sitting all day isn't good for you, neither is it good to stand all day. what's important is not doing the same thing for prolonged periods. the best option is to have a desk where you can both sit and stand ... such as a raised desk w/ a bar-style desk chair, or a desk that can be cranked up and down.
all things being equal, i'd rather have to sit all day than stand. i've had several jobs in my youth where i had to be on my feet for 8 hours, and it so no fun at all. forget about getting diabetes 10 years down the road, worry about the the fact that your feet kill you every single night after work.
I'd rather pay $15 for the whole mess and be able to edit right away
really? you'd like to pay less?* that's surprising.
$60 / month for my cell plan? fuck that, i'd rather pay $150 up front. really i would.
* $6.99 / month, and of course you are going to keep it for >2 months.
was excited to see this. went and installed the dev channel chrome to make sure i got it. started it up and got a nice notification saying it was turned on. neat. then nothing. no notifications. nothing at all.
typical behavior from google now. the idea is so simple, but it never seems to work right for me despite having it turned on since inception and allowing google full access to my location. just *some* off the oddities,
1. despite never, ever going to the gym at any other time then between 7-8.30 in the morning on weekday, google now insists on giving me directions at all times of the day including saturdays.
2. despite regularly clicking on news articles and google now notifications about my local sports team, it failed to alert tell me there was a home game the other day resulting in me being jammed in downtown traffic (thanks!)
3. the weather notification is sometimes there, sometimes now. no clue about when it decides to show itself.
4. after swiping away sporting results, it re-inserts them multiple times
why is everyone so surprised and outraged? this is business doing what business does: maximizing profits. if there's no law saying they can't, they will. they are actually doing what they are supposed to be doing. if they weren't doing this, their board of directors should be fired. if you want to be mad at something, be mad at your representatives for not passing a law.