My hater is my CEO, who, because I didn't install the proper version of the Sony software for his particular camera - that wasn't on site at the time and the model was quoted to me from memory - thinks I'm completely incompetent.
Hublot's own working replica of the Antikythera mechanism, scaled down from shoebox size to wristwatch size, and with a built in clock circuit so it can tell the time as well as make its astronomical predictions.
When you get a new machine from Dell it has a factory installed drive image. When you turn it on for the first time you're presented with a welcome wizard to create your user account and various other settings (dhcp vs static ip, I think, etc).
TFA says that the user account was already created and extra software had been installed.
I don't see anything ridiculous about calling it not new, these two situations are completely different.
I'd take it back and tell them it isn't new, then demand a heavy discount or an unopened/unstickered laptop. Better yet, I'd go somewhere else.
While you're at it, take some time to wonder why you're buying a client's computer at Best Buy. Are you really doing your client a favour by getting them a machine with a return-to-depot-and-you-probably-won't-get-your-data-back warranty?
Your phone may be fragmented, but my phone only has a bit of a dead spot in the upper left corner of the screen because I dropped it about 45 minutes ago. Nothing's fallen off it yet though.
But seriously, you're either grossly uninformed, a rabid fanboy parroting talking points, have never used an Android device for more than a few minutes, or just a weak troll. Fragmentation is largely irrelevant when you have a developer community like the folks at XDA working on pretty much any android device they can get their hands on. I count 94 devices being actively supported in that forum, many with tens of thousands of posts.
Even if you can come up with a dozen real-world, legitimate reasons that "fragmentation" ought to matter to me (I've heard exactly zero so far), I'd still choose it over your iPhone's walled garden any day.
I thought so too. Here's a blog post by a "semi-regular" cbc reporter who was there and says they were broadcasting it over loudspeakers in both English and French.
"The riot police then start blasting a message over a loudspeaker in French and then English. I am watching the cameraperson’s back and realize I am being read the riot act."
What's the point of posting if you're going to post a deliberately misleading link? Here's the full paragraph from Wikipedia without your omission:
During the Apollo manned lunar exploration program, NASA astronauts trained in Sudbury to become familiar with shatter cones, a rare rock formation connected with meteorite impacts. However, the popular misconception that they were visiting Sudbury because it purportedly resembled the lifeless surface of the moon dogged the city for years—as recently as 2009, a CBC Radio journalist repeated the moonscape myth in a report aired on The Current,[21] although the show subsequently corrected the error by interviewing NASA astronaut Fred Haise, who confirmed that he had been in Sudbury to study rock formations.[22]
Here in Ontario the Superintendents are almost always former principals, or at least educators. One can only assume this is because they have school administration experience. Are they appointed where you are or are they elected? Either way it still sounds like a bad idea.
Really? Check out the XDA Developer's Forum for the Milestone - this is only one Moto phone and there are over 28.5K posts in this forum. Even if that IS only 0.5% of their installed base outside of the USA (because the original Droid has an unlocked bootloader in the US, but was called the Milestone and locked tight everywhere else) that's still not a small amount of interest in non-standard ROMs.
If Motorola wants to keep everything locked down like an iphone they're of course welcome to do so. I really think that they'd do well to just offer an option to unlock the bootloader to whatever percentage of their userbase asks for it, along with voiding their warranty of course. It's not going to hurt anything if they do and they'll only reap goodwill and more fans because of it. We may be a minority but we're a vocal minority, and currently we'll all buy a non-moto phone when it comes time for our next purchase.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me to push customers away, but then again I'm not a huge hardware company so there are probably many more factors involved in the decision. I'm only speaking as a disgruntled customer who will do my best to prevent anyone I know from getting a Motorola product from here on in. It's a safe bet that I'm not alone.
This is where your users will go when their current contracts expire or when they just get fed up with all of the great options on everyone else's phones other than yours.
...If this is a free nation, I'll do it however I want....
Looks like that conditional of yours might not be as sturdy as it used to be. You might not want to lean on that too hard these days, at least that's how it looks from us nosy neighbours up North.
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I see the ATLAS experiment but where's the room-sized Lego tunnel?
My hater is my CEO, who, because I didn't install the proper version of the Sony software for his particular camera - that wasn't on site at the time and the model was quoted to me from memory - thinks I'm completely incompetent.
He's a real treat to work for.
That's FUNNY, not Overrated. Stupid mod dropdown! Posting to undo.
Actually, yes it does...
From TFA:
Hublot's own working replica of the Antikythera mechanism, scaled down from shoebox size to wristwatch size, and with a built in clock circuit so it can tell the time as well as make its astronomical predictions.
intitle:”jboss management console” “application server” version inurl:”web-console”
intitle:”JBoss Management Console – Server Information” “application server” inurl:”web-console” OR inurl:”jmx-console”
As I said above, this isn't new.
But I can't resist.
...In Soviet Russia, remote hands are YOURS!
Does this open the door to put XBMC back on the XBox?
Ween pretty much did it already
When you get a new machine from Dell it has a factory installed drive image. When you turn it on for the first time you're presented with a welcome wizard to create your user account and various other settings (dhcp vs static ip, I think, etc).
TFA says that the user account was already created and extra software had been installed.
I don't see anything ridiculous about calling it not new, these two situations are completely different.
I'd take it back and tell them it isn't new, then demand a heavy discount or an unopened/unstickered laptop. Better yet, I'd go somewhere else.
While you're at it, take some time to wonder why you're buying a client's computer at Best Buy. Are you really doing your client a favour by getting them a machine with a return-to-depot-and-you-probably-won't-get-your-data-back warranty?
Thank you to Dennis Miller from his glory days on Weekend Update, c. 1986.
What is Tat? Where do I get it and how do I exchange it for the other one?
everyone is going to die.
Yep.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you
Your phone may be fragmented, but my phone only has a bit of a dead spot in the upper left corner of the screen because I dropped it about 45 minutes ago. Nothing's fallen off it yet though.
But seriously, you're either grossly uninformed, a rabid fanboy parroting talking points, have never used an Android device for more than a few minutes, or just a weak troll. Fragmentation is largely irrelevant when you have a developer community like the folks at XDA working on pretty much any android device they can get their hands on. I count 94 devices being actively supported in that forum, many with tens of thousands of posts.
Even if you can come up with a dozen real-world, legitimate reasons that "fragmentation" ought to matter to me (I've heard exactly zero so far), I'd still choose it over your iPhone's walled garden any day.
Still not funny.
Texting is actually more expensive if you don't have a plan than uploading data to the moon via satellite link.
Including the costs of the receiver, and of getting it up there.
I thought so too. Here's a blog post by a "semi-regular" cbc reporter who was there and says they were broadcasting it over loudspeakers in both English and French.
"The riot police then start blasting a message over a loudspeaker in French and then English. I am watching the cameraperson’s back and realize I am being read the riot act."
They did read the riot act!
Maybe you shouldn't have had children if you weren't prepared for a "harder life".
Did you really think it was going to be EASY to have children?
What's the point of posting if you're going to post a deliberately misleading link? Here's the full paragraph from Wikipedia without your omission:
During the Apollo manned lunar exploration program, NASA astronauts trained in Sudbury to become familiar with shatter cones, a rare rock formation connected with meteorite impacts. However, the popular misconception that they were visiting Sudbury because it purportedly resembled the lifeless surface of the moon dogged the city for years—as recently as 2009, a CBC Radio journalist repeated the moonscape myth in a report aired on The Current,[21] although the show subsequently corrected the error by interviewing NASA astronaut Fred Haise, who confirmed that he had been in Sudbury to study rock formations.[22]
Here in Ontario the Superintendents are almost always former principals, or at least educators. One can only assume this is because they have school administration experience. Are they appointed where you are or are they elected? Either way it still sounds like a bad idea.
Really? Check out the XDA Developer's Forum for the Milestone - this is only one Moto phone and there are over 28.5K posts in this forum. Even if that IS only 0.5% of their installed base outside of the USA (because the original Droid has an unlocked bootloader in the US, but was called the Milestone and locked tight everywhere else) that's still not a small amount of interest in non-standard ROMs.
If Motorola wants to keep everything locked down like an iphone they're of course welcome to do so. I really think that they'd do well to just offer an option to unlock the bootloader to whatever percentage of their userbase asks for it, along with voiding their warranty of course. It's not going to hurt anything if they do and they'll only reap goodwill and more fans because of it. We may be a minority but we're a vocal minority, and currently we'll all buy a non-moto phone when it comes time for our next purchase.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me to push customers away, but then again I'm not a huge hardware company so there are probably many more factors involved in the decision. I'm only speaking as a disgruntled customer who will do my best to prevent anyone I know from getting a Motorola product from here on in. It's a safe bet that I'm not alone.
Motorola? Are you watching?
This is where your users will go when their current contracts expire or when they just get fed up with all of the great options on everyone else's phones other than yours.
Make sure you head over here once you get it home.
Buying a Nook was the best $250 I've spent in a long time.
...If this is a free nation, I'll do it however I want. ...
Looks like that conditional of yours might not be as sturdy as it used to be.
You might not want to lean on that too hard these days, at least that's how it looks from us nosy neighbours up North.