I didn't say it was 6 months between backups. The laptop was older than our child. We were getting ready to make a backup of many new photos.
We turned on iCloud backups after that. It took WEEKS to upload all the photos/videos she had on the computer (our internet connection isn't the best, around 1 Mb/s upload) and gives practically no visibility into the process. You can't tell what has been uploaded, you can't tell if it's actually connected or if there is a server issue or what (the same progress shows even when disconnected) and the progress changed very rarely and all in huge jumps. She would some nights leave it on all night (sleep/suspend turned off) and wake up the next morning with the screen still on and the exact same progress displayed.
Similar situation on her phone. We haven't updated her iPhone in a while because when she takes pictures, the progress indicator just sticks for a long time with no indication of why or what the problem is, or if it's even connected to the servers. By the time those are done she's already taken more photos. There's no way it should take that long to upload a few photos over 1 Mb/s but for some reason it does.
Apple used to be known for "it just works". That has become less and less true over the past few years.
Actually workplace adoption appears to be going faster than from XP-to-7 for many. For example, the US Department of Defense is migrating nearly all its computers to Windows 10 by early 2017. (Compare that with the move off of XP, where US DoD paid for additional post-EOL XP support just last year.)
Sounds great, until your wife gets freaked out because the Macbook that's 6 months old has a logic board failure right before we were doing a backup and all our newborn's baby photos are on the drive that the Genius says "well, this is definitely not a hard drive issue but there's no guarantee you'll get your HD back if we send it in for warranty repair". WTF? And I would have had to buy a $100 adapter and possibly voided the warranty if I wanted to back it up myself before taking it in.
Good news is they did keep the HD. But the fact that they couldn't guarantee that I could keep the working components of my system, and that I've taken almost every Apple device I've owned in for repair at some point (some 2 or 3 times)... those things are unacceptable. My Apple store is 60 miles away, I'd much rather have a device that works to begin with than one that has good support. And my wife gets frustrated with the Photos app all the time, it has removed too much functionality, and I hate that Apple has screwed up VNC in El Capitan and the way it now blocks a Bootcamp tool and several other stupid changes they have made in OS "upgrades".
Our next computers will likely be Windows unless Apple improves what they have. I already run Windows 10 on my MBPro, and other than a couple of Apple driver issues it works great.
For that matter, they could form a new corporation that contracts labor to Apple. Any decision against Apple could not compel the contractor to do a particular thing that is outside of their contract terms (which don't include "hack this dude's phone"), so the FBI's only recourse would be to go after the contractor... which is a company that didn't even exist when all of this went down.
If the manufacturer can deliver OTA updates, so can hackers.
I'd prefer a secured physical update device at the dealership any day, even if it costs extra to get my car there. (And this should somewhat discourage using the masses as their beta testing platform... they'll get tired of constant updates costing them money.)
I'm concerned that this will turn out like software updates today: more alpha-quality releases with the world as your test bed, and a promise to fix things over time.
That sucks a little with games and apps. That could kill with automobiles.
Copyrighting an API is like copyrighting a wheel hub on a car, and then suing a wheel manufacturer that creates a wheel for that hub. Or, copyrighting the design of a seat and then suing anyone who makes custom covers.
I feel like this is so obvious and has been solved for a long time, but because it is "for a computer" then all rules go out the window and we have to start over and do it stupidly this time.
b) It will increase the life of the laptop before a new one is purchased
Not sure if I agree with this one. I get your point, but on the other hand it's a lot less expensive to upgrade from one integrated graphics laptop to another.
Yet only one accident, the one in the article, is the fault of the automated system. That seems to suggest that the cars are not yet as capable to help prevent humans from causing accidents, but then wouldn't that suggest that a road full of them would be safer?
Regardless, this tech is still in the pre-alpha phase. Dismissing something that is already showing very promising results, something that isn't even close to being on the market, doesn't seem productive.
It's hard to conclude that from a fender-bender in a situation in which humans make the same type of error all the time... and also considering that both parties shared some responsibility.
Talk to me when the number of injuries or fatalities approaches even 1/10 that of human drivers. Until then, I want to see how this plays out.
I certainly hope the "...moving computer operations off the screen and putting them into our world" you claim they are targeting are not terminal windows
I'm talking about three dimensional applications. Things like creating annotations on real-world objects, visualizing the internal parts of equipment, visual feedback from telepresence systems, architecting a house while standing "inside it" on the vacant lot, GPS navigation overlays in the real world... and, I suppose if you really wanted you could probably get it to bring up a terminal window (from what I understand, non-holographic universal Windows apps can be moved into the 3D AR space).
Keep in mind that HoloLens is not targeting VR gaming as its primary market segment. It is targeting AR applications, moving computer operations off the screen and putting them into our world. So the visual field and opacity may be meaningful design choices, to keep you grounded in reality.
Kasich (and Carson) need to get out of the race. Super Tuesday ballots should not have their names. As much as I don't like the side Cruz and Rubio take on this issue, one of them really really needs to beat Trump. I'm sure his ideals are probably worse... it's like he always takes the dumbest idea and goes with it. Kasich and Carson being in the running are causing too much of a split vote on the no-Trump side, that Trump could win the nomination even though most Republicans would prefer anyone else.
The only thing I am reading is how you want to change the subject. "Sweeping generalization" has nothing to do with "infinite", just like the phrase "people drink water" doesn't imply "people drink infinite water".
Please make a point or provide a relevant argument, or feel free to end this silly thread.
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I didn't say it was 6 months between backups. The laptop was older than our child. We were getting ready to make a backup of many new photos.
We turned on iCloud backups after that. It took WEEKS to upload all the photos/videos she had on the computer (our internet connection isn't the best, around 1 Mb/s upload) and gives practically no visibility into the process. You can't tell what has been uploaded, you can't tell if it's actually connected or if there is a server issue or what (the same progress shows even when disconnected) and the progress changed very rarely and all in huge jumps. She would some nights leave it on all night (sleep/suspend turned off) and wake up the next morning with the screen still on and the exact same progress displayed.
Similar situation on her phone. We haven't updated her iPhone in a while because when she takes pictures, the progress indicator just sticks for a long time with no indication of why or what the problem is, or if it's even connected to the servers. By the time those are done she's already taken more photos. There's no way it should take that long to upload a few photos over 1 Mb/s but for some reason it does.
Apple used to be known for "it just works". That has become less and less true over the past few years.
Well, YOU opened up the thread with "Mac", so that would be the actual topic.
And last time I checked, iPad is made by Apple. Some of those devices that I took for repair are iOS devices. Failure isn't limited to the Mac line.
Actually workplace adoption appears to be going faster than from XP-to-7 for many. For example, the US Department of Defense is migrating nearly all its computers to Windows 10 by early 2017. (Compare that with the move off of XP, where US DoD paid for additional post-EOL XP support just last year.)
Sounds great, until your wife gets freaked out because the Macbook that's 6 months old has a logic board failure right before we were doing a backup and all our newborn's baby photos are on the drive that the Genius says "well, this is definitely not a hard drive issue but there's no guarantee you'll get your HD back if we send it in for warranty repair". WTF? And I would have had to buy a $100 adapter and possibly voided the warranty if I wanted to back it up myself before taking it in.
Good news is they did keep the HD. But the fact that they couldn't guarantee that I could keep the working components of my system, and that I've taken almost every Apple device I've owned in for repair at some point (some 2 or 3 times)... those things are unacceptable. My Apple store is 60 miles away, I'd much rather have a device that works to begin with than one that has good support. And my wife gets frustrated with the Photos app all the time, it has removed too much functionality, and I hate that Apple has screwed up VNC in El Capitan and the way it now blocks a Bootcamp tool and several other stupid changes they have made in OS "upgrades".
Our next computers will likely be Windows unless Apple improves what they have. I already run Windows 10 on my MBPro, and other than a couple of Apple driver issues it works great.
For that matter, they could form a new corporation that contracts labor to Apple. Any decision against Apple could not compel the contractor to do a particular thing that is outside of their contract terms (which don't include "hack this dude's phone"), so the FBI's only recourse would be to go after the contractor... which is a company that didn't even exist when all of this went down.
If the manufacturer can deliver OTA updates, so can hackers.
I'd prefer a secured physical update device at the dealership any day, even if it costs extra to get my car there. (And this should somewhat discourage using the masses as their beta testing platform... they'll get tired of constant updates costing them money.)
I'm concerned that this will turn out like software updates today: more alpha-quality releases with the world as your test bed, and a promise to fix things over time.
That sucks a little with games and apps. That could kill with automobiles.
I think Gopher is more important than that stuff. The World Wide Web is just a fad and will never truly take off.
Copyrighting an API is like copyrighting a wheel hub on a car, and then suing a wheel manufacturer that creates a wheel for that hub. Or, copyrighting the design of a seat and then suing anyone who makes custom covers.
I feel like this is so obvious and has been solved for a long time, but because it is "for a computer" then all rules go out the window and we have to start over and do it stupidly this time.
Unified Windows Platform
Vigile, this is the second post in the past week where you used the wrong term for UWP. It is the Universal Windows Platform.
Team fail0verflow, the hacker group who made Sony PlayStation 4,
Highlighted for the accuracy of this summary.
b) It will increase the life of the laptop before a new one is purchased
Not sure if I agree with this one. I get your point, but on the other hand it's a lot less expensive to upgrade from one integrated graphics laptop to another.
It's almost like somebody, somewhere, might want to only buy one system. How absurd!
Agreed, I like range voting a bit better too. I would also consider the ranked voting methods. Just about anything over plurality.
Here is a direct link to the first video (6.5 minutes long):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I wish there was a database to consult for complaints about the U.S. primary system, too.
The problem with the primary system is that it matters so much. It wouldn't if there were more than 2 parties (and thus 2 candidates) that counted.
To fix this we need to fix the US election system. Here's why that matters.
Learners permits allow pre-alpha drivers on the road.
Yet only one accident, the one in the article, is the fault of the automated system. That seems to suggest that the cars are not yet as capable to help prevent humans from causing accidents, but then wouldn't that suggest that a road full of them would be safer?
Regardless, this tech is still in the pre-alpha phase. Dismissing something that is already showing very promising results, something that isn't even close to being on the market, doesn't seem productive.
It's hard to conclude that from a fender-bender in a situation in which humans make the same type of error all the time... and also considering that both parties shared some responsibility.
Talk to me when the number of injuries or fatalities approaches even 1/10 that of human drivers. Until then, I want to see how this plays out.
I certainly hope the "...moving computer operations off the screen and putting them into our world" you claim they are targeting are not terminal windows
I'm talking about three dimensional applications. Things like creating annotations on real-world objects, visualizing the internal parts of equipment, visual feedback from telepresence systems, architecting a house while standing "inside it" on the vacant lot, GPS navigation overlays in the real world... and, I suppose if you really wanted you could probably get it to bring up a terminal window (from what I understand, non-holographic universal Windows apps can be moved into the 3D AR space).
Apple devices aren't apples.
Amazon doesn't sell forests or rivers.
Home Depot doesn't sell homes.
Southwest Airlines flies outside of the southwest.
Facebook doesn't sell faces or books.
And Best Buy isn't best at anything.
Keep in mind that HoloLens is not targeting VR gaming as its primary market segment. It is targeting AR applications, moving computer operations off the screen and putting them into our world. So the visual field and opacity may be meaningful design choices, to keep you grounded in reality.
Kasich (and Carson) need to get out of the race. Super Tuesday ballots should not have their names. As much as I don't like the side Cruz and Rubio take on this issue, one of them really really needs to beat Trump. I'm sure his ideals are probably worse... it's like he always takes the dumbest idea and goes with it. Kasich and Carson being in the running are causing too much of a split vote on the no-Trump side, that Trump could win the nomination even though most Republicans would prefer anyone else.
The only thing I am reading is how you want to change the subject. "Sweeping generalization" has nothing to do with "infinite", just like the phrase "people drink water" doesn't imply "people drink infinite water".
Please make a point or provide a relevant argument, or feel free to end this silly thread.
Ok. Please point out where I implied it.