Yes but when the new service comes on line they will offer less data than before then slowly increase it to keep you sucked into their service. The Checkout in 2013 (Australian consumer show) highlighted this when they looked at the new 4G data plans when they first came out noting the data caps were lower than with 2007's 3G plans. I was in the USA recently and one of my associates had over 50Gb a month of data for the same price of a mid range 3Gb plan in Australia. Australian data plan caps are total rubbish and we are getting royally ripped off.
The last time Telstra introduced a new service ie 4G they lowered the average monthly data cap for anyone using the service. So going by past marketing from Telstra the new services average monthly data cap will be about 500mb. I'm not kidding, Australia is the only country with monthly data caps on mobiles going down with each new service not up. Right now if you have a 4G data service you are getting monthly caps that were the norm on 3G in 2007.
I have had two Samsung phones, they are well made but are full of bloatware and firmware updates are rare to say the least. I now have a Nexus 6p and love the phone, no more bloat, easy root access and monthly not once every 8-12 months updates like my last Samsung handset.
Top of the line hardware with bottom of the barrel firmware updates. Im betting you will be lucky to get 1 update for the two years they expect you to own this phone and zero updates after 2 years. Meanwhile your Google nexus phone has monthly updates for a good 4 years.
SysV and the flusterfuck dyslexic script hackery behind SysV was a constant nightmare with a mountain hardware complaints leading back to it. Sorry kids SysV like the cart and buggy has had its day and we need to move on. Yes things will break but just like when the car replaced the horse and buggy that scared children with its noise and smoke we will realise the streets are no longer filled with horse shit.
I used to love posting to comments on Engadget years ago because your up votes got added to your overall community score. This enticed me to be more involved with the community thus more screen views. Engadget changed ownership and they removed this feature and ever since I have lost interest. So what I am suggesting is every time someone gets +5 votes irrespective of the final tally of up or down votes ie controversial comments you get a [STAR ICON] 1 score next to your name. The reward part of this is accumulating points by interacting with the slashdot community more thus getting a higher and higher score. This would also entice people to port more relevant comments and even controversial ones.
with the newer releases of android you can use your SD storage "as ram". To implement this feature in a consumer market a removable SD card would be considered a negative (people bricking their phones when they removed the sd card). Also with services like google driver/dropbox one has little if any reason to remove an SD card any more (I haven't removed mine in well over a year). Also I carry a wireless 480mb portable hardisk (basically large 2.5" SD hardisk with a wifi router in the same case) for those times I want a large data cache on the move.
you do realise the security through obscurity theory doesn't work either, there have been cases were there have been black hat hacks for i-devices for months and Apple didn't find out until it became a very public issue.
This is also why I only have a Nexus, most of these security issues are with third party android handsets with most never getting timely updates (Google really needs to fix this issue). I buy a Nexus for the same reason you get an iphone, up_to_date_security_patches. Yes many of you will say "but, but you can use xyz third party android roms and they don't have this issue". The issue with that is android is now mainstream so 98% of android device owners do not have the ability or the knowledge to change the firmware. The fix is simple, Google needs to start enforcing better security policies on companies who want too use the Google android(tm) brand. People are just going to get sick of not having updates and move to GASP! Windows or Apple.
The issue politicians forget is when you add back doors to devices you are also adding a back door for criminals and other foreign entities. The reality is government departments are rubbish at securing information for an extended period and once the information is out every criminal and foreign government now has a free pass to all your citizens private information. Also just saying there is a back door alerts criminals and they will start looking for that back door.
when anyone mentions MBA's it reminds me of the ABC Australia Background Briefing podcast about how an MBA has no real relationship to good management. So much so many large innovative companies now view an MBA as a bit of a joke.
I read an article lately where they tested a whole pile of games against different CPU's. The results showed beyond your average 2-3 year old 4 core i5 there is little if any advantage for gamers for spending more money on a CPU. Your average gamer would be better of buying a better graphics card (or two), SSD or motherboard than buying an expensive/new cpu.
I find it amusing that if I had a camera with CNN sticker on it while filming a car being pulled out of the river with bodies in it that's fine. But if I'm a citizen journalist filming the same event on my mobile then posting it on the net now I am immoral for some reason. Even more mental gymnastics in understanding morality in this for me is that big media post video/images on the net as fast as any citizen journalist these days.
I'm surprised how this is actually news, every government keeps dossiers on foreign government officials in a database. There have been reports of nefarious web crawling data collecting networks for years, many tracked back to government owned networks. Do you think the personal data the FBI gets from prosecuting hackers is actually thrown away, no they add it to their database.
The reality is as soon as you add apps and a network connection you need a login. As soon as you have a login you have a huge security problem. Imagine some mechanic saving all the login details for cars he has on a system then hackers break into the poorly secured computer and before you know it they can now break into a few hundred cars network interface. So unless you have some complex multi layered security setup securing a car connected to a public network is pure fantasy. At the end of the day the best security is no connection at all with no local or remote login allowed. So if the hackers want to break into the car they will have to physically connect to the cars management system.
Well with more and more companies worried about security breaches and the inability to audit deployed code for back doors I dare say Microsoft has a logical and very marketable reason for supporting OpenSSH and the OpenBSD foundation. The marketing guys can sell openssh as an open and proven secure feature although supported by Microsoft is developed as a separate entity. Think about it, you can't even buy a CISCO router now without worrying about the thing having NSA/Chinese/Unknown Spook Organisation having back door in the thing any more. There are now small companies building switches from scratch and offering the customers the option to install their own code or even compile it themselves then install it (usually some BSD or Linux toolset) as it is the only way of knowing your routers have not been compromised.
Knowingly assisting a person or persons in any way to commit a criminal act is illegal, his software has no legal function so he can't even plea his case when caught.
I often hear of government agencies blaming cars but when you actually look at the sources of the pollution post these so called events a majority of the time it has nothing to do with cars.
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still have plenty of black holes just not around urban areas.
Yes but when the new service comes on line they will offer less data than before then slowly increase it to keep you sucked into their service. The Checkout in 2013 (Australian consumer show) highlighted this when they looked at the new 4G data plans when they first came out noting the data caps were lower than with 2007's 3G plans. I was in the USA recently and one of my associates had over 50Gb a month of data for the same price of a mid range 3Gb plan in Australia. Australian data plan caps are total rubbish and we are getting royally ripped off.
The last time Telstra introduced a new service ie 4G they lowered the average monthly data cap for anyone using the service. So going by past marketing from Telstra the new services average monthly data cap will be about 500mb. I'm not kidding, Australia is the only country with monthly data caps on mobiles going down with each new service not up. Right now if you have a 4G data service you are getting monthly caps that were the norm on 3G in 2007.
I have had two Samsung phones, they are well made but are full of bloatware and firmware updates are rare to say the least. I now have a Nexus 6p and love the phone, no more bloat, easy root access and monthly not once every 8-12 months updates like my last Samsung handset.
Top of the line hardware with bottom of the barrel firmware updates. Im betting you will be lucky to get 1 update for the two years they expect you to own this phone and zero updates after 2 years. Meanwhile your Google nexus phone has monthly updates for a good 4 years.
Really all false copyright claims should fall under defamation as the company is inferring a person/s is a criminal without any valid proof.
SysV and the flusterfuck dyslexic script hackery behind SysV was a constant nightmare with a mountain hardware complaints leading back to it. Sorry kids SysV like the cart and buggy has had its day and we need to move on. Yes things will break but just like when the car replaced the horse and buggy that scared children with its noise and smoke we will realise the streets are no longer filled with horse shit.
you obviously haven't been married, it should be he/she will push it to the limit.
port = post oops, also add an edit comment feature that works for 5 min after the initial post.
I used to love posting to comments on Engadget years ago because your up votes got added to your overall community score. This enticed me to be more involved with the community thus more screen views. Engadget changed ownership and they removed this feature and ever since I have lost interest. So what I am suggesting is every time someone gets +5 votes irrespective of the final tally of up or down votes ie controversial comments you get a [STAR ICON] 1 score next to your name. The reward part of this is accumulating points by interacting with the slashdot community more thus getting a higher and higher score. This would also entice people to port more relevant comments and even controversial ones.
with the newer releases of android you can use your SD storage "as ram". To implement this feature in a consumer market a removable SD card would be considered a negative (people bricking their phones when they removed the sd card). Also with services like google driver/dropbox one has little if any reason to remove an SD card any more (I haven't removed mine in well over a year). Also I carry a wireless 480mb portable hardisk (basically large 2.5" SD hardisk with a wifi router in the same case) for those times I want a large data cache on the move.
a blackhole is very similar to a backdoor just there is more gravity to fix it.
you do realise the security through obscurity theory doesn't work either, there have been cases were there have been black hat hacks for i-devices for months and Apple didn't find out until it became a very public issue.
This is also why I only have a Nexus, most of these security issues are with third party android handsets with most never getting timely updates (Google really needs to fix this issue). I buy a Nexus for the same reason you get an iphone, up_to_date_security_patches. Yes many of you will say "but, but you can use xyz third party android roms and they don't have this issue". The issue with that is android is now mainstream so 98% of android device owners do not have the ability or the knowledge to change the firmware. The fix is simple, Google needs to start enforcing better security policies on companies who want too use the Google android(tm) brand. People are just going to get sick of not having updates and move to GASP! Windows or Apple.
I wonder if they will be blocking goat porn
http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/...
The issue politicians forget is when you add back doors to devices you are also adding a back door for criminals and other foreign entities. The reality is government departments are rubbish at securing information for an extended period and once the information is out every criminal and foreign government now has a free pass to all your citizens private information. Also just saying there is a back door alerts criminals and they will start looking for that back door.
when anyone mentions MBA's it reminds me of the ABC Australia Background Briefing podcast about how an MBA has no real relationship to good management. So much so many large innovative companies now view an MBA as a bit of a joke.
Podcast
http://canadapodcasts.ca/podca...
Transcript
http://www.abc.net.au/radionat...
I read an article lately where they tested a whole pile of games against different CPU's. The results showed beyond your average 2-3 year old 4 core i5 there is little if any advantage for gamers for spending more money on a CPU. Your average gamer would be better of buying a better graphics card (or two), SSD or motherboard than buying an expensive/new cpu.
I find it amusing that if I had a camera with CNN sticker on it while filming a car being pulled out of the river with bodies in it that's fine. But if I'm a citizen journalist filming the same event on my mobile then posting it on the net now I am immoral for some reason. Even more mental gymnastics in understanding morality in this for me is that big media post video/images on the net as fast as any citizen journalist these days.
when I saw Star Wars make-up for sale in the mall last weekend. Next up will be star wars themed ford cars, sigh.
I'm surprised how this is actually news, every government keeps dossiers on foreign government officials in a database. There have been reports of nefarious web crawling data collecting networks for years, many tracked back to government owned networks. Do you think the personal data the FBI gets from prosecuting hackers is actually thrown away, no they add it to their database.
The reality is as soon as you add apps and a network connection you need a login. As soon as you have a login you have a huge security problem. Imagine some mechanic saving all the login details for cars he has on a system then hackers break into the poorly secured computer and before you know it they can now break into a few hundred cars network interface. So unless you have some complex multi layered security setup securing a car connected to a public network is pure fantasy. At the end of the day the best security is no connection at all with no local or remote login allowed. So if the hackers want to break into the car they will have to physically connect to the cars management system.
Well with more and more companies worried about security breaches and the inability to audit deployed code for back doors I dare say Microsoft has a logical and very marketable reason for supporting OpenSSH and the OpenBSD foundation. The marketing guys can sell openssh as an open and proven secure feature although supported by Microsoft is developed as a separate entity. Think about it, you can't even buy a CISCO router now without worrying about the thing having NSA/Chinese/Unknown Spook Organisation having back door in the thing any more. There are now small companies building switches from scratch and offering the customers the option to install their own code or even compile it themselves then install it (usually some BSD or Linux toolset) as it is the only way of knowing your routers have not been compromised.
Knowingly assisting a person or persons in any way to commit a criminal act is illegal, his software has no legal function so he can't even plea his case when caught.
I often hear of government agencies blaming cars but when you actually look at the sources of the pollution post these so called events a majority of the time it has nothing to do with cars.