That's very odd to hear him talk about "self-sustaining" in Silicon Valley. I didn't think that *any* businesses started in that neck of the woods were "self-sustaining". I got the impression that everybody starts a company with somebody else's money and then sells it before they burn through all of the cash. Are there are Silicon Valley startups that have been self-sustaining in the past few decades (other than traditional businesses, of course, that actually have to ear a profit to stay alive).
The tile interface is the main reason I use the Windows Phone. The interface on Android and Apple look like my grandfather's Windows 95 desktop. Tons of unrelated icons on a grid? Really? You think that's really better than the customizable tiles?
MS never said they were abandoning their mobile platform. You must be confused by the never ending train of articles on/. by self-appointed "experts" who say Windows Phone is dead. MS never announced any such thing.
That's funny. I'm on my third Windows Phone. My first two were at Sprint. Then, when I needed a new one, Sprint told me that it would be 6 months before they had even a single Windows Phone available to sell me. I switched to Verizon and got my newest Windows Phone there.
I agree that it seems like a honeypot, but for the reason that Bitcoin is incredibly UN-anonymous, and perfectly traceable. I think that some government anti-crime agency set it up to catch stupid criminals.
We let any Tom, Dick, or Harry walk around with a high speed killing machine strapped to his hip. In terms of safety, drones aren't even remotely on my list of concerns.
This is going to keep happening, because the Internet was never, every designed for something like this. Security is near impossible, because it was designed to be an OPEN system, not a closed one, with security everywhere. Like it or not, the Internet is going to continue to break in bigger and bigger ways.
At least in the US, most people are very hostile towards public anything, these days. The industries will purchase their politicians like always and make sure that the American people will continue to pay through the nose.
People seeing ads for businesses in the towns where they live is more effective than people seeing ads for businesses in places where they don't live. It's pretty simple. That's why a business in Maine doesn't take out advertisements in a newspaper in California.
It's laughable that any advertiser on a website thinks those ads are driving sales in brick and mortar shops.
It's laughable that you say it's laughable. Facebook ads do a fine job of driving people to brick and mortar. Arguably, it's one of the best ways to get customers in the door, especially since Facebook is the modern version of "word of mouth".
Building solar panels doesn't create anywhere NEAR the pollution as coal and oil do. We should be subsidizing renewables, and not subsidizing fossil fuels.
El Capitan was released in 2015. So so far, it's been supported for 9 months. That's certainly "not as good as you can expect". Microsoft supported windows XP for more than 12 years.
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Sure, you can just put this into a .REG file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx] "DisableGwx"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx] "DisableGwx"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:00000001
Although granted, one shouldn't have to do this...
That's very odd to hear him talk about "self-sustaining" in Silicon Valley. I didn't think that *any* businesses started in that neck of the woods were "self-sustaining". I got the impression that everybody starts a company with somebody else's money and then sells it before they burn through all of the cash. Are there are Silicon Valley startups that have been self-sustaining in the past few decades (other than traditional businesses, of course, that actually have to ear a profit to stay alive).
The tile interface is the main reason I use the Windows Phone. The interface on Android and Apple look like my grandfather's Windows 95 desktop. Tons of unrelated icons on a grid? Really? You think that's really better than the customizable tiles?
MS never said they were abandoning their mobile platform. You must be confused by the never ending train of articles on /. by self-appointed "experts" who say Windows Phone is dead. MS never announced any such thing.
That's funny. I'm on my third Windows Phone. My first two were at Sprint. Then, when I needed a new one, Sprint told me that it would be 6 months before they had even a single Windows Phone available to sell me. I switched to Verizon and got my newest Windows Phone there.
I agree that it seems like a honeypot, but for the reason that Bitcoin is incredibly UN-anonymous, and perfectly traceable. I think that some government anti-crime agency set it up to catch stupid criminals.
Cable TV and movie theaters prove your statement to be wrong. People frequently pay for a service AND see commercials.
Thanks!
We let any Tom, Dick, or Harry walk around with a high speed killing machine strapped to his hip. In terms of safety, drones aren't even remotely on my list of concerns.
Messenger apps backdoor you!
My plain ol' server sitting in my closet. Buy a CD. Rip it. Sync to devices.
This is going to keep happening, because the Internet was never, every designed for something like this. Security is near impossible, because it was designed to be an OPEN system, not a closed one, with security everywhere. Like it or not, the Internet is going to continue to break in bigger and bigger ways.
At least in the US, most people are very hostile towards public anything, these days. The industries will purchase their politicians like always and make sure that the American people will continue to pay through the nose.
I think it's much more surprising that so many people spend so much money on unprofitable companies.
You should try the Windows Phone, then. You can selectively disable all of that stuff per application.
No, you've got it wrong.
"This guy likes books. He lives here. Let's show him ads for bookstores around here."
You don't understand why local businesses would want to show ads to people who live near those businesses? Really?
People seeing ads for businesses in the towns where they live is more effective than people seeing ads for businesses in places where they don't live. It's pretty simple. That's why a business in Maine doesn't take out advertisements in a newspaper in California.
People find new stores to go into because of Facebook.
Well, in that case, they can use these neat little things. To find *exactly* where you are.
It's quite profitable, actually, yes. Facebook is an absurdly inexpensive way to reach customers.
It's laughable that any advertiser on a website thinks those ads are driving sales in brick and mortar shops.
It's laughable that you say it's laughable. Facebook ads do a fine job of driving people to brick and mortar. Arguably, it's one of the best ways to get customers in the door, especially since Facebook is the modern version of "word of mouth".
Building solar panels doesn't create anywhere NEAR the pollution as coal and oil do. We should be subsidizing renewables, and not subsidizing fossil fuels.
El Capitan was released in 2015. So so far, it's been supported for 9 months. That's certainly "not as good as you can expect". Microsoft supported windows XP for more than 12 years.