... You never know when they might randomly stop supporting your device...
How is this different than your carrier and handset manufacturer?
They can't support things forever but they should at least tell you up front what they are going to support. For example:
* Up front they should state OS upgrades only for x amount of time (I think a year or none is fine). * Security and bugfixes for as long as they sell their phones plus the length of their longest contract.
Their business model is all about limited lifetime hardware and longer contracts.
I usually don't click on external links on sites like FB. I tend to copy/paste links into another tab so I can see the URL. Just an odd habit of mine after seeing the many ways to goatse/rickroll people.
How is this different than have your data stored in any single location?
* Stand alone system w/o backups: lose the system, lose the data. * Stand alone system w/ backups in the same facility. lose the facility, lose the data.
Anyone that puts all of their eggs in a single basket without understanding the scope of the decision probably shouldn't be making those decisions. A proper risk analysis will weigh the risks, the costs, and the benefits.
You are correct. Newspaper articles generally do not. However, short online hack/copy jobs can probably be done easily in less than 6 minutes. We aren't talking about the NYT or WSJ here.
Plagiarism? Arguable Copyright violation? Not at all Crappy journalism? You bet.
The paper making snide comments reminds me of when Jon Stewart was on Crossfire and they tried accuse Jon's show of being part of the problem. Of course he pointed out the name of the channel his show is on and that his lead in was a show where puppets make prank phone calls. So now we have a supposedly legitimate newspaper publisher commenting about the guy's personal blog. They should have simply provided a link to his site as one of their sources which his web logs prove they went to his site before publishing the article. Big deal it isn't like he was going to get famous from being source linked in that paper's article. Now if he could someone get some real exposure by getting his blog linked to on a big tech site like Slashdot..... errr, nevermind.
Either that or it is yet another stealth marketing campaign for a yet to be determined product/service.
I'm afraid that if you let the ISPs go down this path of charging on both ends we will see something more like the current cable/satt TV providers. I am pretty sure most US consumers are not happy with their current cable/satt situation.
The interesting thing about the second graph on that page is that more than 1/2 of the Apple devices were iPads. Take away the iPads and the Android growth rate is higher.
Teacher/student thinks using a laptop in class for note taking is a logical evolution of how things should come to be. However paper and pen/pencil have worked fine for the countless people who were educated before them. Using laptops for class notes is more likely to cause or be a distraction then to be an improvement (no citation needed for common sense). To those that will argue that "we are the customer" and we pay to be here so we should pretty much do whatever we want. Get a grip. Students are not customers like in the true business sense. Yes you are paying to be taught, not only subject material but also that you don't know how to learn, how to organize, how to work in groups, how to work solo, etc etc.
Of course I am speaking in generalities. Those of you that feel the need to counter my post are the exceptions to the general rules, truly special, and should be allowed to do whatever they want.;-)
People often trivialize the amount of work that needs to be done by others. From things like "I just need a programmer" to "Honey can you move the entertainment center to the other wall". Quite often the level of effort is inversely proportionate to how simple they think something can be done.
In addition to using NAT to conserve IPv4 space it is still being sold as a more secure setup. NAT provides obscurity but not really security. A decent firewall is only going to allow what you configure it to allow. The only benefit I can think of is it may reduce the scope of subnet scans your network is subjected to. Then again, the bots/scripts are scanning em all anyway.
This might have been avoided if MS had a something like the App store for Windows. They could have taken their time before allowing this to be released.... just to be really really sure there something like this wouldn't happen.
First: Burglers can assume you aren't home during office hours but they may be wrong. Some folks work nights so smart ones would do some reconn work. Second: There is an option to share your location with Everyone. Third: There is an option that lets your friends tell others your location.
Pretty much what we would expect from any company in Apple's shoes. Damage control at minimum cost.
Apple's numbers are suspicious. Everyone I know with an iPhone 4 has the issue(s) but NONE of them have called AppleCare or gone to the Apple store to complain. They have all been patiently waiting for Apple to take care of them.
See my other comment. I think most folks realize the real world doesn't always work like Economics class. That whole "All other things being equal" think is a real bitch.
Economic class is all fine and dandy but A penny per gallon here and there adds up for BP. Minor increases don't chase away enough customers to matter. I know in my town there are 2-3 stations that are ALWAYS higher priced than all of the others yet there are customers. How can that be? Many people are creatures of habit and lazy.
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... You never know when they might randomly stop supporting your device...
How is this different than your carrier and handset manufacturer?
They can't support things forever but they should at least tell you up front what they are going to support. For example:
* Up front they should state OS upgrades only for x amount of time (I think a year or none is fine).
* Security and bugfixes for as long as they sell their phones plus the length of their longest contract.
Their business model is all about limited lifetime hardware and longer contracts.
I usually don't click on external links on sites like FB. I tend to copy/paste links into another tab so I can see the URL. Just an odd habit of mine after seeing the many ways to goatse/rickroll people.
How is this different than have your data stored in any single location?
* Stand alone system w/o backups: lose the system, lose the data.
* Stand alone system w/ backups in the same facility. lose the facility, lose the data.
Anyone that puts all of their eggs in a single basket without understanding the scope of the decision probably shouldn't be making those decisions. A proper risk analysis will weigh the risks, the costs, and the benefits.
You are correct. Newspaper articles generally do not. However, short online hack/copy jobs can probably be done easily in less than 6 minutes. We aren't talking about the NYT or WSJ here.
Plagiarism? Arguable
Copyright violation? Not at all
Crappy journalism? You bet.
The paper making snide comments reminds me of when Jon Stewart was on Crossfire and they tried accuse Jon's show of being part of the problem. Of course he pointed out the name of the channel his show is on and that his lead in was a show where puppets make prank phone calls. So now we have a supposedly legitimate newspaper publisher commenting about the guy's personal blog. They should have simply provided a link to his site as one of their sources which his web logs prove they went to his site before publishing the article. Big deal it isn't like he was going to get famous from being source linked in that paper's article. Now if he could someone get some real exposure by getting his blog linked to on a big tech site like Slashdot ..... errr, nevermind.
Either that or it is yet another stealth marketing campaign for a yet to be determined product/service.
Talk about stubborn. They sure waited long enough to ask for help.
They don't enforce the intended purposes of most of the other domains so what is the point besides another way to generate money?
I say yes but the market may say otherwise.
I don't like how some (iPads) are offered as Wifi only or for 100 more you get 3G. I was under the impression you need to sign up for a plan.
I want both WiFi and cell data for later short-term use like a vacation. Price the one model in the middle of the two and be done with it.
I'm afraid that if you let the ISPs go down this path of charging on both ends we will see something more like the current cable/satt TV providers. I am pretty sure most US consumers are not happy with their current cable/satt situation.
Agreed. The content is too sparse compared to the white space.
The interesting thing about the second graph on that page is that more than 1/2 of the Apple devices were iPads. Take away the iPads and the Android growth rate is higher.
A fool and his password ...
Teacher/student thinks using a laptop in class for note taking is a logical evolution of how things should come to be. However paper and pen/pencil have worked fine for the countless people who were educated before them. Using laptops for class notes is more likely to cause or be a distraction then to be an improvement (no citation needed for common sense). To those that will argue that "we are the customer" and we pay to be here so we should pretty much do whatever we want. Get a grip. Students are not customers like in the true business sense. Yes you are paying to be taught, not only subject material but also that you don't know how to learn, how to organize, how to work in groups, how to work solo, etc etc.
Of course I am speaking in generalities. Those of you that feel the need to counter my post are the exceptions to the general rules, truly special, and should be allowed to do whatever they want. ;-)
Good point. We might even take more points from him for his flawed argument than for another's slow typing. :-)
I like delicious and the FF toolbar to manage all of my bookmarks. Can we have some replacement suggestions?
People often trivialize the amount of work that needs to be done by others. From things like "I just need a programmer" to "Honey can you move the entertainment center to the other wall". Quite often the level of effort is inversely proportionate to how simple they think something can be done.
How long until a class action lawsuit is filed on behalf of the Sprint customers that bought Evo and Epic phones?
In addition to using NAT to conserve IPv4 space it is still being sold as a more secure setup. NAT provides obscurity but not really security. A decent firewall is only going to allow what you configure it to allow. The only benefit I can think of is it may reduce the scope of subnet scans your network is subjected to. Then again, the bots/scripts are scanning em all anyway.
If you have to go to great lengths to work around customers doing things like deleting cookies then you are doing something wrong or evil.
This might have been avoided if MS had a something like the App store for Windows. They could have taken their time before allowing this to be released .... just to be really really sure there something like this wouldn't happen.
I keeed, I keeed .... sorta. :-)
First: Burglers can assume you aren't home during office hours but they may be wrong. Some folks work nights so smart ones would do some reconn work.
Second: There is an option to share your location with Everyone.
Third: There is an option that lets your friends tell others your location.
The iPhone does that or an app like Shazam? Shazam is on both platforms.
Pretty much what we would expect from any company in Apple's shoes. Damage control at minimum cost.
Apple's numbers are suspicious. Everyone I know with an iPhone 4 has the issue(s) but NONE of them have called AppleCare or gone to the Apple store to complain. They have all been patiently waiting for Apple to take care of them.
See my other comment. I think most folks realize the real world doesn't always work like Economics class. That whole "All other things being equal" think is a real bitch.
Economic class is all fine and dandy but A penny per gallon here and there adds up for BP. Minor increases don't chase away enough customers to matter. I know in my town there are 2-3 stations that are ALWAYS higher priced than all of the others yet there are customers. How can that be? Many people are creatures of habit and lazy.