Forgive me if I'm missing something, but as far as I can gather, they didn't have the issue until the iPhone came on the scene. So there's most likely a flaw with the new device rather than the network that was fine with all the other devices using it.
Haha, that's exactly what I thought of! I didn't imagine that they'd bring this technology to Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha yet. After all, we're such primitive creatures.
Hehe, I wasn't trying to be accusing. I agree with you 100%...that's what the winking emoticon was for:)
Just trying to make the point that it's a lot harder to hide evidence these days and get away with breaking the law, and for these types of crimes you have to really know something about computers if you're going to avoid being incriminated for more than about a day.
Don't you just hate it when you're clicking on random boxes on your screen and deleting things because you don't have any idea what "autoexec.bat" and "winsock.dll" are, but they must be a virus because you didn't put it there...and then suddenly your computer decides it hates you and won't work anymore? Now introducing Windows Vista. You can't actually remove anything from this hard drive. You better REALLY want that on there before you click 'save'. But you'll never lose anything again!
Hey, it's the dad-blamed government and money-grubbing food corporations. If everyone wasn't so damned greedy with no actual regard for quality of life, we might could get something decent. Everything's so over-processed that nothing's actually good for you these days. I found some juice the other day http://www.simplyorangejuice.com/ without HFCS, just plain old sugar (gasp!). I bought one bottle of each kind they had, and tried them. You're right, there IS a difference in taste and it had been so long since I had something sweetened the right way that I'd not even noticed it up to this point. This juice is worth the extra money. Pity no sodas will go this route.
Silly...everybody knows slashdotters don't have girlfriends.
Pfft.
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That's the first thing that came to my mind--it's ridiculous for Sony to claim that they had no idea what it was going to do or that they actually thought nobody would care. Remember what Sony president Tony Hesse said about it back in late 2005?
...I'm thinking that a lot of people who bought the iPhone as soon as it came out might be angry if a cheaper version of it comes out that still does a lot of the same things.
I'm thinking (hoping) that they mean just to put songs in iTunes or whatever. I would -assume- that you could use the phone capabilities with just the cell service provider. But who buys an iPhone just to be a phone?
I agree and would also say that instead of each of these things being a disorder in and of themselves, an "addiction" to gambling, video games, sex, whatever could be lumped under one disorder--maybe something fancy containing the word "habituation".
I'm talking about the US right now, not China and India, and yes, I do believe that a lot of medicine these days is unnatural. And as far as fertility treatments--yes, people are absolutely going too far. Think about it. A couple cannot have children. Ever think maybe they just weren't meant to and they should focus their energies elsewhere, like maybe adopting a child in need of a home? Instead, insurance (read, the taxpayers money) pays for fertility treatments, and then the government also pays them money when they end up with 5 or 6 children because of the way the treatments can sometimes work. The point is that people are so selfish these days that they'll disregard what happens naturally and the burden on others for their own gain, and that's wrong.
Which wouldn't be as much of an issue if science would acknowledge the growing population problem and stop screwing around with nature in the form of fertility treatments and extended life-support. We're literally not going to have room to breathe before too long.
Or Google could just, you know, STOP with the stupid Street View thing.
Honestly, if I wanted to look at a street, I'd just go outside. Seems like a frivolous waste of resources. I can't wait to tell my kids about the amazing technology we had back in my day that gave us the ability to look at a street.
from the article...
"Until the 1970s most of the sugar we ate came from sucrose derived from sugar beets or sugar cane. Then sugar from corn--corn syrup, fructose, dextrose, dextrine and especially high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)--began to gain popularity as a sweetener because it was much less expensive to produce. High fructose corn syrup can be manipulated to contain equal amounts of fructose and glucose, or up to 80 percent fructose and 20 percent glucose.2 Thus, with almost twice the fructose, HFCS delivers a double danger compared to sugar."
and
"However, research on other hormonal factors suggests that fructose actually promotes disease more readily than glucose. Glucose is metabolized in every cell in the body but all fructose must be metabolized in the liver."
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And of course, despite what they claim, that is exactly what they want to happen.
Forgive me if I'm missing something, but as far as I can gather, they didn't have the issue until the iPhone came on the scene. So there's most likely a flaw with the new device rather than the network that was fine with all the other devices using it.
I just love that this post is, as of the moment, modded as Informative.
Haha, that's exactly what I thought of! I didn't imagine that they'd bring this technology to Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha yet. After all, we're such primitive creatures.
I'll go back to gazing at my digital watch now.
Hehe, I wasn't trying to be accusing. I agree with you 100%...that's what the winking emoticon was for :)
Just trying to make the point that it's a lot harder to hide evidence these days and get away with breaking the law, and for these types of crimes you have to really know something about computers if you're going to avoid being incriminated for more than about a day.
Don't you just hate it when you're clicking on random boxes on your screen and deleting things because you don't have any idea what "autoexec.bat" and "winsock.dll" are, but they must be a virus because you didn't put it there...and then suddenly your computer decides it hates you and won't work anymore? Now introducing Windows Vista. You can't actually remove anything from this hard drive. You better REALLY want that on there before you click 'save'. But you'll never lose anything again!
Good thing you threw that last line on there, you were starting to look awfully guilty
These days, you have to be a good nerd to be a good criminal.
No, it seems quite intentional and exactly what I'd expect from Microsoft.
Hey, it's the dad-blamed government and money-grubbing food corporations. If everyone wasn't so damned greedy with no actual regard for quality of life, we might could get something decent. Everything's so over-processed that nothing's actually good for you these days. I found some juice the other day http://www.simplyorangejuice.com/ without HFCS, just plain old sugar (gasp!). I bought one bottle of each kind they had, and tried them. You're right, there IS a difference in taste and it had been so long since I had something sweetened the right way that I'd not even noticed it up to this point. This juice is worth the extra money. Pity no sodas will go this route.
Right, right. I apologize. Far be it from me to stifle creativity :)
Silly...everybody knows slashdotters don't have girlfriends.
Pfft.
That's the first thing that came to my mind--it's ridiculous for Sony to claim that they had no idea what it was going to do or that they actually thought nobody would care. Remember what Sony president Tony Hesse said about it back in late 2005?
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sony_President_Ro
Suuuuuure, Tony. That kind of flip attitude about it will not be exactly convincing.
Or maybe, just maybe, he actually hired someone with a decent idea in his head.
It could happen.
...I'm thinking that a lot of people who bought the iPhone as soon as it came out might be angry if a cheaper version of it comes out that still does a lot of the same things.
For the moment...
And for the "Computer description", the default is "BillG pwnz j00."
I'm thinking (hoping) that they mean just to put songs in iTunes or whatever. I would -assume- that you could use the phone capabilities with just the cell service provider. But who buys an iPhone just to be a phone?
I agree and would also say that instead of each of these things being a disorder in and of themselves, an "addiction" to gambling, video games, sex, whatever could be lumped under one disorder--maybe something fancy containing the word "habituation".
I'm talking about the US right now, not China and India, and yes, I do believe that a lot of medicine these days is unnatural. And as far as fertility treatments--yes, people are absolutely going too far. Think about it. A couple cannot have children. Ever think maybe they just weren't meant to and they should focus their energies elsewhere, like maybe adopting a child in need of a home? Instead, insurance (read, the taxpayers money) pays for fertility treatments, and then the government also pays them money when they end up with 5 or 6 children because of the way the treatments can sometimes work.
The point is that people are so selfish these days that they'll disregard what happens naturally and the burden on others for their own gain, and that's wrong.
Which wouldn't be as much of an issue if science would acknowledge the growing population problem and stop screwing around with nature in the form of fertility treatments and extended life-support. We're literally not going to have room to breathe before too long.
Or Google could just, you know, STOP with the stupid Street View thing.
Honestly, if I wanted to look at a street, I'd just go outside. Seems like a frivolous waste of resources. I can't wait to tell my kids about the amazing technology we had back in my day that gave us the ability to look at a street.
Not just sugar, but high fructose corn syrup. Plain old sugar actually wouldn't be nearly as bad for you.
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http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructo
from the article...
"Until the 1970s most of the sugar we ate came from sucrose derived from sugar beets or sugar cane. Then sugar from corn--corn syrup, fructose, dextrose, dextrine and especially high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)--began to gain popularity as a sweetener because it was much less expensive to produce. High fructose corn syrup can be manipulated to contain equal amounts of fructose and glucose, or up to 80 percent fructose and 20 percent glucose.2 Thus, with almost twice the fructose, HFCS delivers a double danger compared to sugar."
and
"However, research on other hormonal factors suggests that fructose actually promotes disease more readily than glucose. Glucose is metabolized in every cell in the body but all fructose must be metabolized in the liver."
Plus, you know...it's fun.
Aww, yeah, I know. Ignore my jaded sarcasm ;D
So evolution could eventually make the need for males obsolete...