is the same as a store giving employees 40% off if they buy and wear the store's goods
In fact, it could be worse -- MS is paying for the equipment. Most clothing retailers require employees to wear the company's clothes while at work and to purchase said clothing with their own money (discounted, of course).
Data usage limits when using 3G/4G Mobile broadband devices
If you have a mobile broadband device such as a tablet, netbook, notebook, USB card, connection card or Mobile Hotspot device, effective beginning with your next bill following notification, your on-network monthly data allowance will no longer include unlimited 4G.
I don't have 9/10 of a penny either, but that hasn't stopped any gas stations from using prices like "$3.49 9/10" and then charging me the rounded amount.
Funny, when AT&T first offered GSM service (around 1999 or 2000), they gave me so many free perks (minutes, upgrades, etc.) for staying with them through their growing pains that it was impossible for me to imagine leaving. I ended up leaving them because somewhere during the AT&T->Cingular->AT&T shenanigans, they'd essentially done a 180 with regard to how they treat their customers. Now I'm with Sprint and have few, if any complaints.
Yes and no. Well written code tells fellow developers on the project how something works and shouldn't require a lot (if any documentation). However, if I'm using someone else's code I don't always want to have to read through it to figure out what it does. Documentation (like Javadoc) should be used to explain what the code does (without getting into the details of how). In some cases, a few real world examples may be enough.
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This is my problem with many open source projects. Usually the only way to use it in your own project is to open up their source code and start reading through it. And if there is any documentation, it's frequently woefully lacking and/or out of date. And tweaking their sample code doing "trial and error development" sucks.
</rant>
I agree that thinking about letter shapes is not what I want to do while typing -- maybe that works for people that write all the time, but not me. I'd prefer the letters be grouped by sound. Not sure how, but certainly all of the vowels would be on 1 "schwa" key.
I have an expectation of privacy in my backyard. I have a 7 foot high privacy fence and trees which prevent/block views from my neighbors' 2nd floor windows. A drone flying above my house can easily look into my private backyard. So could a manned vehicle, I realize, but unless the FBI, local cops, etc. are using a U2 or something similar, I assume I'd know they're there visually or audibly. Drones can be much smaller, quieter, and even look like a bird.
I disagree. Usually "nothing" would have been better. The compromise rarely, if ever, fixes the original issue and just creates new loopholes, issues, etc. that need to be patched. One of the reasons we're in the mess we're in is not because Congress cannot agree on legislation it's that they agree too often on bad legislation.
Sprint customers can use the Verizon network. So, why use Verizon?
I confirmed this the hard way while trying to activate my iPhone with Sprint w/o WiFi. I had 3+ bars and couldn't get the damn thing to activate until I accidentally wandered into the 1 cubic foot of space where I could get Sprint's signal.
Meh, they'd prefer to overpay Northrop or Lockheed (or similar) to build it. In turn, they will end up subcontracting it out to Huawei. All the expense of doing it ourselves with the value add of the complete insecurity of having had China do it.
A $10 prize was too small; according to the judge it "created a hostile work environment by suggesting its employees turn on each other for a minimal monetary prize."
1. Provide technical infrastructure for users to express their prefs.
2. Provide advertisers the tools to see those prefs, how to handle them, etc.
3. A few ethical advertisers implement those tools and demonstrate that it's feasible.
4. Make it illegal to ignore the prefs.
5. FTC grants waivers to ISPs and others (e.g. Google/Bing) under pressure from lobbyists and law enforcement under "protect the children" acts
6. Profit: ISPs and waived entities sell their legally obtained tracking data
Not to mention, the US government has little incentive to curb tracking. They'll give waivers to ISPs and Google, etc. for "protect the children" and "stop terrorism" reasons. They're already trying to force them to KEEP that data for longer and make it easier for law enforcement to get.
I'd prefer a technological solution to a legislative one. Legislative solutions will always lag and enforcement will be yet another waste my tax dollars. Not to mention how will US legislation, for example, help people being tracked by non-US based tracking companies.
Wow, a voluntary do not track program -- that'll catch on. The only reason the Do Not Call List worked out ok was because there were penalties for not using it and even then there was abuse and numerous work arounds and loopholes.
True, but magnets don't seem like a good solution either -- slightest pressure and the jack will come out. I do like _0xd0ad's idea of putting a flexible membrane on the exposed side. That would not only help keep it in and maintain good contact, but also insulate the jack and prevent the humming an exposed jack would certainly create.
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And even though your last backup is from August, this will still constrain the number of files you potentially have to eyeball.
is the same as a store giving employees 40% off if they buy and wear the store's goods
In fact, it could be worse -- MS is paying for the equipment. Most clothing retailers require employees to wear the company's clothes while at work and to purchase said clothing with their own money (discounted, of course).
I didn't read about that, but I know I won't like the result of googling "Anonymous Child Porn."
Perhaps GP was referring to this cap Sprint instituted around October or November of 2011 on tablets, hot spots, and tethered mobile phones. Still unlimited data for untethered phones (I think).
From the announcement on Sprint's website:
Data usage limits when using 3G/4G Mobile broadband devices
If you have a mobile broadband device such as a tablet, netbook, notebook, USB card, connection card or Mobile Hotspot device, effective beginning with your next bill following notification, your on-network monthly data allowance will no longer include unlimited 4G.
Let's make a week 10 days- a much more logical number.
We could call it the metric week, and every country but the US could switch to it. Sweet.
I don't have 9/10 of a penny either, but that hasn't stopped any gas stations from using prices like "$3.49 9/10" and then charging me the rounded amount.
Funny, when AT&T first offered GSM service (around 1999 or 2000), they gave me so many free perks (minutes, upgrades, etc.) for staying with them through their growing pains that it was impossible for me to imagine leaving. I ended up leaving them because somewhere during the AT&T->Cingular->AT&T shenanigans, they'd essentially done a 180 with regard to how they treat their customers. Now I'm with Sprint and have few, if any complaints.
And robots never run amok.
Yes and no. Well written code tells fellow developers on the project how something works and shouldn't require a lot (if any documentation). However, if I'm using someone else's code I don't always want to have to read through it to figure out what it does. Documentation (like Javadoc) should be used to explain what the code does (without getting into the details of how). In some cases, a few real world examples may be enough.
<rant>
This is my problem with many open source projects. Usually the only way to use it in your own project is to open up their source code and start reading through it. And if there is any documentation, it's frequently woefully lacking and/or out of date. And tweaking their sample code doing "trial and error development" sucks.
</rant>
I agree that thinking about letter shapes is not what I want to do while typing -- maybe that works for people that write all the time, but not me. I'd prefer the letters be grouped by sound. Not sure how, but certainly all of the vowels would be on 1 "schwa" key.
I have an expectation of privacy in my backyard. I have a 7 foot high privacy fence and trees which prevent/block views from my neighbors' 2nd floor windows. A drone flying above my house can easily look into my private backyard. So could a manned vehicle, I realize, but unless the FBI, local cops, etc. are using a U2 or something similar, I assume I'd know they're there visually or audibly. Drones can be much smaller, quieter, and even look like a bird.
but is better than nothing
I disagree. Usually "nothing" would have been better. The compromise rarely, if ever, fixes the original issue and just creates new loopholes, issues, etc. that need to be patched. One of the reasons we're in the mess we're in is not because Congress cannot agree on legislation it's that they agree too often on bad legislation.
Sprint customers can use the Verizon network. So, why use Verizon?
I confirmed this the hard way while trying to activate my iPhone with Sprint w/o WiFi. I had 3+ bars and couldn't get the damn thing to activate until I accidentally wandered into the 1 cubic foot of space where I could get Sprint's signal.
Meh, they'd prefer to overpay Northrop or Lockheed (or similar) to build it. In turn, they will end up subcontracting it out to Huawei. All the expense of doing it ourselves with the value add of the complete insecurity of having had China do it.
I guess he should have offered more money.
1. Provide technical infrastructure for users to express their prefs.
2. Provide advertisers the tools to see those prefs, how to handle them, etc.
3. A few ethical advertisers implement those tools and demonstrate that it's feasible.
4. Make it illegal to ignore the prefs.
5. FTC grants waivers to ISPs and others (e.g. Google/Bing) under pressure from lobbyists and law enforcement under "protect the children" acts
6. Profit: ISPs and waived entities sell their legally obtained tracking data
Not to mention, the US government has little incentive to curb tracking. They'll give waivers to ISPs and Google, etc. for "protect the children" and "stop terrorism" reasons. They're already trying to force them to KEEP that data for longer and make it easier for law enforcement to get.
I'd prefer a technological solution to a legislative one. Legislative solutions will always lag and enforcement will be yet another waste my tax dollars. Not to mention how will US legislation, for example, help people being tracked by non-US based tracking companies.
Wow, a voluntary do not track program -- that'll catch on. The only reason the Do Not Call List worked out ok was because there were penalties for not using it and even then there was abuse and numerous work arounds and loopholes.
True, but magnets don't seem like a good solution either -- slightest pressure and the jack will come out. I do like _0xd0ad's idea of putting a flexible membrane on the exposed side. That would not only help keep it in and maintain good contact, but also insulate the jack and prevent the humming an exposed jack would certainly create.
Why not cut a little less than 1/2 and then the port could still hold an old jack w/o magnets?
Why don't they just outlaw the use of cash already. It will have the same effect, but much more broadly and be future-proof.