HTC doesn't just lock phones that go to Verizon; they lock all of the phones they sell. You are buying a phone from HTC that HTC locks. Verizon can't tell you what you can or can't put on that phone, but by buying into HTC's walled garden, HTC can tell you what you will or won't put on that phone.
I RTFA. You made a false statement. You're now saying that Verizon couldn't tell them to do something because it's against the law. Good call. Verizon couldn't possibly tell another company to break the law, because it breaks the law. In fact, nobody can break the law. I bet you've never gone above the speed limit, because it's against the law. There was no price collusion in the memory market for years, because it was against the law. Intel didn't shit on AMD at OEM's, because it was agains the law.
You made an incorrect statement, I gave you proof otherwise that MFG's have long since demanded phone manufacturers make phones to their specification. Claiming they can't because it's on the C-block is humorous at best. They can do whatever they want right up until the point they get caught. Which is what this article is about, had you RTFA.
Attempt at a troll? You said carriers don't dictate what manufacturers do with their phones. That's patently false, with evidence provided. If you think it doesn't extend to the US, you have your head in the sand. They tell the manufacturers yay or nay on every feature on the phone, and if the handset manufacturers don't comply, the phone doesn't get sold. Just like they dictate when phone updates are pushed, and what updates they get.
It is locked by HTC at Verizon's request. It is also denied warranty by HTC at Verizon's request. So yes, technically it is "HTC", but only insofar as they were told "do this or we won't take the phone at all".
Multitouch on the trackpad makes it pretty darn easy to right click. If you want a physical mouse, buy one? It's not like you're forced to use a single-button Apple designed mouse.
What I find particularly amusing is you suggesting we hold teachers responsible for shitty parenting. That's obviously the solution to the problem. Wait, wait, good teachers magically make shitty parents good parents! Your logic is only matched by your understanding of the education system.
I didn't say that teachers were the source of education (though they are an obvious source of education). I say teachers were held responsible by society. That's a statement of fact.
You may personally hold them responsible, but you don't speak for everyone. I dont' know a competent parent who holds teachers responsible for their child's education. That responsibility is held entirely by the parents. A teacher is simply there to assist them.
Yes, you idiot. That is exactly what I'm saying (Aside from the "suddenly" part). There's this thing called "communication" that people do. Maybe Jimmy's mom will keep hitting the pipe, but maybe the fact that Jimmy's future hinges on whether or not she quits smoking crack (or whether she hands Jimmy off to a relative who can take care of him) will make the difference. Most decisions don't start from scratch and most people aren't firmly decided on being destructive parents.
As to the "suddenly be involved", most teachers see their students for nine or so months at a time. That's a bit of time in which to help a student become more effective or parent become more supportive.
I can tell you've sat through a lot of parent-teacher conferences. You know, the ones that uncaring parents don't show up to. What exactly is this mode of communication from teacher to parent again? If you call them and they don't want to talk to you, it's called harassment. There is no repercussion for a parent who doesn't want to be involved in their child's education. You can't force them to be involved. A teacher also has no real ability to invoke discipline on a student who has not been taught any respect for authority. Which in turn means they have no way to communicate with a student who doesn't want to hear it. But you know, outside of that, your theory is fucking excellent!
There are two things to remember here. Teachers are the ones typically held responsible by society for the education of their students, not the students nor the students' parents. Given that, it makes sense to hold teachers accountable for the outcome.
Teachers are only being held responsibly by individuals who wish to have society raise their children. No competent parent thinks teachers are the source of their childs education. They're absolutely there to HELP and GUIDE, but it is a parents responsibility to be involved in every aspect of their education.
Second, a good teacher or a good school can encourage students and their parents to be more receptive and responsive with respect to education. A bad teacher or school would IMHO be far less likely to.
That may very well be the most ridiculous statement I've seen on this site to date. A good teacher can encourage bad students and their bad parents to suddenly be involved? Mr. Jones is going to convince Jimmy's mom to stop smoking crack so she can read to her son every night? You're out of touch with reality.
I still can't believe this guy didn't sell out to google. I hope he's managed to put every penny he's gotten so far into the bank, because he lost his only shot at ever being a billionaire. Just as an anecdotal sidenote: two years ago every time my wife talked about getting some sort of deal it was groupon this, groupon that. Now her and her friends have 5-10 different sites they peruse for group deals. These guys have already lost the magic: they are no longer the "facebook" of group deals, and as such they will continue to see their revenue fall. Google way over-bid, and this guy was a fool not to run with it.
Seriously, if you don't know anything about linux, and don't want to be bothered with securing and updating it, just go with a hosted solution like Dreamhost who has a GUI panel for most of your administrative needs. Getting something "simple" is a recipe for you getting hacked.
Wealth accumulating at the top does ruin the economy. The only thing that makes this economy thrive is spending. One person having a billion dollars in the bank isn't going to make Target's quarterly numbers, no matter how much real-estate or stock said rich person invests in. Unless that money finds its way to the lower and middle class to be spent again, our economy will continue to stagnate. So yes, rich people continuing to accumulate a larger share of the wealth in this country every year are the problem. Fixing corporate tax loopholes will not increase demand for goods from the middle and lower classes.
You can launch windows8 into a desktop, just like all previous versions via group policy. You can also disable aero and make it look just like server 2008 looks today if you really have some innate hate of pretty desktops.
Most people get Windows "for free" with their new computer purchase. They don't even think of upgrading on the current hardware. Reality is their cost out the door is not anywhere near 3 digits for Windows, and they likely pay as little or less than SA subscribers.
Longhorn (one word as in Texas Longhorn cattle) was the development codename for Vista. It didn't get put on the back-burner, that WAS Vista. I downloaded early beta's that were labeled from Microsoft "Longhorn beta". They simply cut features out to release it after it was way beyond the planned release schedule (3 years after XP). And OP never said Vista was hurried, he said Windows7 was hurried. At least read the post if you're going to respond.
Rushed? Vista was extremely late because they tried to do too much (WinFS anyone?). They were on a 3 year cadence for just about every release prior to that. They're now back on their normal cadence. I get the impression your first experience with Windows was XP if you think this is "rushed" for Microsoft.
Ahhh, typical denier. So it's Obama's fault that the economy is in the shitter now, but previous democratic presidents who presided over outstanding economies had no say in the matter, it was all their predecessors doing, or "magic" that the economy was booming and the debt went down. Pathetic, but expected response. In summary: it's always a Democratic presidents fault if the economy is down, it's always their republican predecessors doing if it's good. No matter how long they were president, either the economy was magically strong on its own, or whoever the last republican you can find to take credit for the economy gets it. At some point I would think even the most dense among our population would figure out how idiotic that type of belief is.
Defaulting on our nations debt: what a threat. Have you looked at our debt chart since Reagan? Notice every Democratic president that hasn't been handed the next great depression has made significant gains in reducing it.
They could also settle before it ever gets to court (which most pundits appear to believe is the real goal here). The government just wants their pound of flesh.
Ignoring the fact that breaking the internet on purpose is short-sighted at best, what exactly do you think would prevent them from renting servers and IP space from any number of other countries to continue doing whatever they feel like doing? Not to mention simply bouncing off proxies created from botnets.
That sounds like the storage you're pushing to is broken. I routinely upload and download to/from my NAS device (opensolaris zfs box) from win7 and max out a gigE link.
It is. Hopefully that's the first thing google fixes. I still have no idea why they lock down the boot loader. They should at least give people the ability to disable it with a physical switch of some sort if they're worried about remote exploits.
No, it isn't. Concealed or not, I'm not aware of any state that will allow you to carry a handgun in public without a permit unless it's secured and unloaded. Texas goes so far as to let you carry in your vehicle with it loaded and stowed. If you get out of your car with it, or if it's out in the open, you're going to jail.
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HTC doesn't just lock phones that go to Verizon; they lock all of the phones they sell. You are buying a phone from HTC that HTC locks. Verizon can't tell you what you can or can't put on that phone, but by buying into HTC's walled garden, HTC can tell you what you will or won't put on that phone.
I RTFA. You made a false statement. You're now saying that Verizon couldn't tell them to do something because it's against the law. Good call. Verizon couldn't possibly tell another company to break the law, because it breaks the law. In fact, nobody can break the law. I bet you've never gone above the speed limit, because it's against the law. There was no price collusion in the memory market for years, because it was against the law. Intel didn't shit on AMD at OEM's, because it was agains the law.
You made an incorrect statement, I gave you proof otherwise that MFG's have long since demanded phone manufacturers make phones to their specification. Claiming they can't because it's on the C-block is humorous at best. They can do whatever they want right up until the point they get caught. Which is what this article is about, had you RTFA.
Attempt at a troll? You said carriers don't dictate what manufacturers do with their phones. That's patently false, with evidence provided. If you think it doesn't extend to the US, you have your head in the sand. They tell the manufacturers yay or nay on every feature on the phone, and if the handset manufacturers don't comply, the phone doesn't get sold. Just like they dictate when phone updates are pushed, and what updates they get.
Absolute rubbish. Apple tried to do away with removable SIM's entirely and the carriers said no. I suggest reading this interview:
http://allthingsd.com/20110523/exclusive-france-telecom-ceo-on-apple-android-and-how-you-can-kiss-your-unlimited-plan-goodbye/
It is locked by HTC at Verizon's request. It is also denied warranty by HTC at Verizon's request. So yes, technically it is "HTC", but only insofar as they were told "do this or we won't take the phone at all".
Multitouch on the trackpad makes it pretty darn easy to right click. If you want a physical mouse, buy one? It's not like you're forced to use a single-button Apple designed mouse.
What I find particularly amusing is you suggesting we hold teachers responsible for shitty parenting. That's obviously the solution to the problem. Wait, wait, good teachers magically make shitty parents good parents! Your logic is only matched by your understanding of the education system.
I didn't say that teachers were the source of education (though they are an obvious source of education). I say teachers were held responsible by society. That's a statement of fact.
You may personally hold them responsible, but you don't speak for everyone. I dont' know a competent parent who holds teachers responsible for their child's education. That responsibility is held entirely by the parents. A teacher is simply there to assist them.
Yes, you idiot. That is exactly what I'm saying (Aside from the "suddenly" part). There's this thing called "communication" that people do. Maybe Jimmy's mom will keep hitting the pipe, but maybe the fact that Jimmy's future hinges on whether or not she quits smoking crack (or whether she hands Jimmy off to a relative who can take care of him) will make the difference. Most decisions don't start from scratch and most people aren't firmly decided on being destructive parents.
As to the "suddenly be involved", most teachers see their students for nine or so months at a time. That's a bit of time in which to help a student become more effective or parent become more supportive.
I can tell you've sat through a lot of parent-teacher conferences. You know, the ones that uncaring parents don't show up to. What exactly is this mode of communication from teacher to parent again? If you call them and they don't want to talk to you, it's called harassment. There is no repercussion for a parent who doesn't want to be involved in their child's education. You can't force them to be involved. A teacher also has no real ability to invoke discipline on a student who has not been taught any respect for authority. Which in turn means they have no way to communicate with a student who doesn't want to hear it. But you know, outside of that, your theory is fucking excellent!
There are two things to remember here. Teachers are the ones typically held responsible by society for the education of their students, not the students nor the students' parents. Given that, it makes sense to hold teachers accountable for the outcome.
Teachers are only being held responsibly by individuals who wish to have society raise their children. No competent parent thinks teachers are the source of their childs education. They're absolutely there to HELP and GUIDE, but it is a parents responsibility to be involved in every aspect of their education.
Second, a good teacher or a good school can encourage students and their parents to be more receptive and responsive with respect to education. A bad teacher or school would IMHO be far less likely to.
That may very well be the most ridiculous statement I've seen on this site to date. A good teacher can encourage bad students and their bad parents to suddenly be involved? Mr. Jones is going to convince Jimmy's mom to stop smoking crack so she can read to her son every night? You're out of touch with reality.
I still can't believe this guy didn't sell out to google. I hope he's managed to put every penny he's gotten so far into the bank, because he lost his only shot at ever being a billionaire. Just as an anecdotal sidenote: two years ago every time my wife talked about getting some sort of deal it was groupon this, groupon that. Now her and her friends have 5-10 different sites they peruse for group deals. These guys have already lost the magic: they are no longer the "facebook" of group deals, and as such they will continue to see their revenue fall. Google way over-bid, and this guy was a fool not to run with it.
If you aren't taking backups, or at the very least using RAID, expect to lose data. "A few blocks" if they're the wrong blocks is everything.
Seriously, if you don't know anything about linux, and don't want to be bothered with securing and updating it, just go with a hosted solution like Dreamhost who has a GUI panel for most of your administrative needs. Getting something "simple" is a recipe for you getting hacked.
Wealth accumulating at the top does ruin the economy. The only thing that makes this economy thrive is spending. One person having a billion dollars in the bank isn't going to make Target's quarterly numbers, no matter how much real-estate or stock said rich person invests in. Unless that money finds its way to the lower and middle class to be spent again, our economy will continue to stagnate. So yes, rich people continuing to accumulate a larger share of the wealth in this country every year are the problem. Fixing corporate tax loopholes will not increase demand for goods from the middle and lower classes.
You can launch windows8 into a desktop, just like all previous versions via group policy. You can also disable aero and make it look just like server 2008 looks today if you really have some innate hate of pretty desktops.
Most people get Windows "for free" with their new computer purchase. They don't even think of upgrading on the current hardware. Reality is their cost out the door is not anywhere near 3 digits for Windows, and they likely pay as little or less than SA subscribers.
Longhorn (one word as in Texas Longhorn cattle) was the development codename for Vista. It didn't get put on the back-burner, that WAS Vista. I downloaded early beta's that were labeled from Microsoft "Longhorn beta". They simply cut features out to release it after it was way beyond the planned release schedule (3 years after XP). And OP never said Vista was hurried, he said Windows7 was hurried. At least read the post if you're going to respond.
Rushed? Vista was extremely late because they tried to do too much (WinFS anyone?). They were on a 3 year cadence for just about every release prior to that. They're now back on their normal cadence. I get the impression your first experience with Windows was XP if you think this is "rushed" for Microsoft.
Ahhh, typical denier. So it's Obama's fault that the economy is in the shitter now, but previous democratic presidents who presided over outstanding economies had no say in the matter, it was all their predecessors doing, or "magic" that the economy was booming and the debt went down. Pathetic, but expected response. In summary: it's always a Democratic presidents fault if the economy is down, it's always their republican predecessors doing if it's good. No matter how long they were president, either the economy was magically strong on its own, or whoever the last republican you can find to take credit for the economy gets it. At some point I would think even the most dense among our population would figure out how idiotic that type of belief is.
Defaulting on our nations debt: what a threat. Have you looked at our debt chart since Reagan? Notice every Democratic president that hasn't been handed the next great depression has made significant gains in reducing it.
They could also settle before it ever gets to court (which most pundits appear to believe is the real goal here). The government just wants their pound of flesh.
Ignoring the fact that breaking the internet on purpose is short-sighted at best, what exactly do you think would prevent them from renting servers and IP space from any number of other countries to continue doing whatever they feel like doing? Not to mention simply bouncing off proxies created from botnets.
That sounds like the storage you're pushing to is broken. I routinely upload and download to/from my NAS device (opensolaris zfs box) from win7 and max out a gigE link.
Minnesota is basically the same thing as Canada, just 10 degrees warmer.
It is. Hopefully that's the first thing google fixes. I still have no idea why they lock down the boot loader. They should at least give people the ability to disable it with a physical switch of some sort if they're worried about remote exploits.
No, it isn't. Concealed or not, I'm not aware of any state that will allow you to carry a handgun in public without a permit unless it's secured and unloaded. Texas goes so far as to let you carry in your vehicle with it loaded and stowed. If you get out of your car with it, or if it's out in the open, you're going to jail.
Interestingly, you didn't list the state.
The truth is, I'm going to feed a retarded troll. Every state that has a carry permit requires you to take a class: "training". You're an idiot.