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According to the first article you linked, the researcher found hidden data in PDFs, to so simply forcing emailed of PDFs versus docs doesn't necessarily fool proof you.
Isn't there some sort of limit to just patenting stuff and then holding it for years before you do anything? And isn't this a bit late for a lawsuit too, PS3 announced they would use the Cell processor a while before its release.
Usually the features of a smart phone, syncing email to some sort of mail server, storing and retrieving files, syncing contacts, syncing notes, adding additional programs, all require a computer, and smart phones usually come with a usb cable interface. I can't really imagine you are this clueless about smart phones, and are simply playing devil's advocate. There is a certain amount of research a customer should be expected to do on their own about a purchase to see if it fits their needs. You can't reasonably expect apple to have a list of every single OS ever made and list whether or not it would be compatable with the iPhone. If you have some particularly crazy setup / or do no research whatsoever, I place blame fully on yourself for not being more informed about a half a thousand plus dollar purchase. It's not like you can't simply ask a question to a sales person.
Re: the at&t contract, I'm pretty sure you can cancel most, if not all, cell contracts within a certain grace period without the ETF.
I did some digging cause I was curious, and its a bit outdated (if what I found was the most recent one). Looks like it has already been settled, and it was only for owners of Motorola V710, and from what I could tell they only got a 15 dollar credit. Some links for digestion:
Seeing as this is a smart phone, was advertised as a smart phone, and at point of purchase you were informed that your activation would take place over iTunes, how could you not expect it to require a computer?
It's also not that Stevens bungled a few internet terms, he showed a fundamental lack of knowledge in how the internet works, specifically with regard to methods of transferring data across multiple networks, when arguing about a net neutrality bill. And its part of his god damn job to know this shit, as the VICE CHAIRMAN on the committee that oversees the sub-committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Well, If your battery doesn't make it through year, thats covered under the warranty (or is it not a year warranty by default for the iPhone). If it does last for five years, good for you. Anywhere in between, that is where you run into the issue of gambling with the apple care protection plan. Whether it is "stupid" or not doesn't mean it is class action lawsuit material. The guy had plenty of options to rectify this problem, and is just spouting nonsense in most of his lawsuit.
Well, Verizon actually had a label on each of the phones I looked at when I bought mine saying if Bluetooth object exchange was supported. But I understand, and agree with your main point. If a potential customer had even bothered to pick up an iphone to play around with it (as I would imagine someone would want to do before a half a grand purchase) they should be able to tell you can't access the battery.
But it looks like he isn't suing the right company. Apple isn't Apple Computers Inc. anymore, just Apple Inc. Makes you wonder what sort of job the rest of the lawsuit is if he can't get his facts straight about the company he is trying to badger money out of.
Except the article you linked was about video-taping a police officer, versus someone sitting on their porch, snapping pics of peoples license plates and entering them into a database. Even if the porch watcher used a video camera, he could simply not record sound, and not be in "violation" of the wire-tapping law that was used in the article you linked.
But his statement still wrong, my motorola e810 is locked by verizon. If you buy the same phone from a carrier who doesn't lock their phone, it has all the features.
Placing the blame with either the manufacturer or the carrier doesn't change the fact the guy I was replying to is wrong. It's not the phone that Nokia or Motorola phones are crippled when they are manufactured, which is what he is saying. Carriers request that the phones intentionally be crippled, and the manufacturer complies.
It's not the phone manufacturer, its the carrier. Your comment is also kind of confusing, you imply that you bought a Razr V3, then say motorola phones are shit...
Except companies like VZW intentionally cripple your phone so you can't do things no it without paying them. My Motorola E810 or whatever it is, has full bluetooth capabilities....if you don't buy it from Verizon. If you do buy it from Verizon, you can only connect a bluetooth headset, can't move files via bluetooth, and can't move files to and from the transSD slot either. Thankfully I was able to load a custom firmware and re-enable those features support. This is kind of similar to the iPhone not being capable of using a mp3 as its ringtone. I'm sorry, but the capability is there, its a fucking iPod. I'm sure att has some plan in the future to roll out some sort of ringtone buying plan.
The fact that you have to go to third party websites to find out an easy way to use two very used keys is pretty ridiculous though. And one thing that is irritating about the people defending the iPhone (not saying the people attacking it are right) is most everyone defends some of the lacking features by saying Apple will fix them in an update, some of the basic features like mp3 ringtones (although this may be at&t), mms, multi-sms, etc. I can't imagine spending 500-600 bucks to have the pleasure of hoping apple is going to fix the problems I want fixed.
Except, you can transfer characters between accounts quite easily. In fact, Blizzard will happily take your 25 bucks to do it. Obviously most people aren't going to buy a seperate account for each kid in their house, but that still doesn't make it alright according to the ToS. Not that blizzard could really detect when one person is playing vs another inside a house, but my point still remains.
The reason the clause is there, is so they can sell more accounts. If you could play on your buddies account, and only played a couple hours a week, would you buy your own account? No.
"While many technology companies load their products up with buttons, Steve Jobs treats them as blemishes that add complexity and hinder their clean aesthetics. The iPhone is Steve Jobs's attempt to crack a juicy new market for Apple Inc. But it's also part of a decades-long campaign by Mr. Jobs against a much broader target: buttons. The new Apple cellphone famously does without the keypads that adorn its rivals. Instead, it offers a touch-sensing screen for making phone calls and tapping out emails. The resulting look is one of the sparest ever for Apple, a company known for minimalist gadgets. While many technology companies load their products up with buttons, Mr. Jobs treats them as blemishes that add complexity to electronics products and hinder their clean aesthetics."
Thanks for clearing that up, just in case I didn't hear it the first time...
The situation in which you describe is the ONLY way, according to the ToS, that an account can be shared by more than one person. Technically, within the wording of the ToS, your wife is not able to play your account. While I doubt you are entirely unique, I don't think the number of people sharing their account with someone who they are legally responsible for comes close to matching up with people with multiple accounts.
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yeah....thats what I said. And then I also said it could have been a really mean web admin.
if you go to http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath you get a 403, versus an actual webpage for http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade .... Who knows, maybe it is an asshole web admin at blizzard
I actually like the ribbons, specifically the ability to easily get to any command purely from the keyboard.
ironically, look at the post title of http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=258237&c id=20061089
According to the first article you linked, the researcher found hidden data in PDFs, to so simply forcing emailed of PDFs versus docs doesn't necessarily fool proof you.
It's just that people have something to comment on besides the same old "better graphics" stuff?
Isn't there some sort of limit to just patenting stuff and then holding it for years before you do anything? And isn't this a bit late for a lawsuit too, PS3 announced they would use the Cell processor a while before its release.
Re: the at&t contract, I'm pretty sure you can cancel most, if not all, cell contracts within a certain grace period without the ETF.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1751567,00.as p a wsuit-against-verizon-over-bluetooth-on-the/
http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/class-action-l
http://www.kirtlandpackard.com/v710/
Seeing as this is a smart phone, was advertised as a smart phone, and at point of purchase you were informed that your activation would take place over iTunes, how could you not expect it to require a computer?
It's also not that Stevens bungled a few internet terms, he showed a fundamental lack of knowledge in how the internet works, specifically with regard to methods of transferring data across multiple networks, when arguing about a net neutrality bill. And its part of his god damn job to know this shit, as the VICE CHAIRMAN on the committee that oversees the sub-committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Well, If your battery doesn't make it through year, thats covered under the warranty (or is it not a year warranty by default for the iPhone). If it does last for five years, good for you. Anywhere in between, that is where you run into the issue of gambling with the apple care protection plan. Whether it is "stupid" or not doesn't mean it is class action lawsuit material. The guy had plenty of options to rectify this problem, and is just spouting nonsense in most of his lawsuit.
Well, Verizon actually had a label on each of the phones I looked at when I bought mine saying if Bluetooth object exchange was supported. But I understand, and agree with your main point. If a potential customer had even bothered to pick up an iphone to play around with it (as I would imagine someone would want to do before a half a grand purchase) they should be able to tell you can't access the battery.
But it looks like he isn't suing the right company. Apple isn't Apple Computers Inc. anymore, just Apple Inc. Makes you wonder what sort of job the rest of the lawsuit is if he can't get his facts straight about the company he is trying to badger money out of.
Except the article you linked was about video-taping a police officer, versus someone sitting on their porch, snapping pics of peoples license plates and entering them into a database. Even if the porch watcher used a video camera, he could simply not record sound, and not be in "violation" of the wire-tapping law that was used in the article you linked.
But his statement still wrong, my motorola e810 is locked by verizon. If you buy the same phone from a carrier who doesn't lock their phone, it has all the features.
But its ok for it to erupt into one of the default ringtones apple has provided iPhone users with?
Placing the blame with either the manufacturer or the carrier doesn't change the fact the guy I was replying to is wrong. It's not the phone that Nokia or Motorola phones are crippled when they are manufactured, which is what he is saying. Carriers request that the phones intentionally be crippled, and the manufacturer complies.
Since when do you need windows sounds to work either? My computer runs fine muted..
It's not the phone manufacturer, its the carrier. Your comment is also kind of confusing, you imply that you bought a Razr V3, then say motorola phones are shit...
Except companies like VZW intentionally cripple your phone so you can't do things no it without paying them. My Motorola E810 or whatever it is, has full bluetooth capabilities....if you don't buy it from Verizon. If you do buy it from Verizon, you can only connect a bluetooth headset, can't move files via bluetooth, and can't move files to and from the transSD slot either. Thankfully I was able to load a custom firmware and re-enable those features support. This is kind of similar to the iPhone not being capable of using a mp3 as its ringtone. I'm sorry, but the capability is there, its a fucking iPod. I'm sure att has some plan in the future to roll out some sort of ringtone buying plan.
The fact that you have to go to third party websites to find out an easy way to use two very used keys is pretty ridiculous though. And one thing that is irritating about the people defending the iPhone (not saying the people attacking it are right) is most everyone defends some of the lacking features by saying Apple will fix them in an update, some of the basic features like mp3 ringtones (although this may be at&t), mms, multi-sms, etc. I can't imagine spending 500-600 bucks to have the pleasure of hoping apple is going to fix the problems I want fixed.
Except, you can transfer characters between accounts quite easily. In fact, Blizzard will happily take your 25 bucks to do it. Obviously most people aren't going to buy a seperate account for each kid in their house, but that still doesn't make it alright according to the ToS. Not that blizzard could really detect when one person is playing vs another inside a house, but my point still remains. The reason the clause is there, is so they can sell more accounts. If you could play on your buddies account, and only played a couple hours a week, would you buy your own account? No.
The situation in which you describe is the ONLY way, according to the ToS, that an account can be shared by more than one person. Technically, within the wording of the ToS, your wife is not able to play your account. While I doubt you are entirely unique, I don't think the number of people sharing their account with someone who they are legally responsible for comes close to matching up with people with multiple accounts.