****Disclaimer*** i work for at&t
Sometimes the public amazes me. 3G has been rolling out in the US for about 2 years now. The same length of time as the longest at&t contract. Every customer who has upgraded in that time has had the opportunity to upgrade to a 3g handset but some chose not to. It is the nature of technology to progress and leave old standards by the wayside. How many of you still use 5 inch floppies or 14k modems? The reality of the situation is that there is only so much spectrum depth to be had in each market. The efficient use of that spectrum to promote better services is exactly what the FCC expects from companies. at&t uses 850 and 1900 Mhz in the US. 850 gives better in building penetration and a larger footprint for the tower that 1900. 1900 gives more capacity for users but at the cost of coverage area and building penetration. It's a tradeoff. Does a company keep investing the bulk of it's capital in an older technology, or does it give the customer what they are asking for, in this case 3G speed for data. The 3G handsets that are being sold today are backwards compatible for 2G. All things considered, a 3g handset is a smarter purchase if you are an at&t customer in the US.
Truecrypt or equilivent or Seagate FDE and perhaps a security dongle.
Problem solved in most cases. Nah. Just put a shape charge on the hard drive or solid state drive of your laptop and rig it so that if the password isn't entered correctly after say 10 tries the charge detonates. Not only does the thief never have to worry about buying shoes ever again, but your data is probable safe.
...she could easily have used Grab to do a screen capture on the remote end if she already had a video connection going. It seems like a part of the story is missing. Not so much. Remember, we're talking about a sales person from an Apple store who is not necessarily a geek. She would have been trained on how to show customers both the Photobooth and the Back To My Mac features. She gets points for figuring out how to use that knowledge to take the picture even though the less conspicuous method would have been a screen capture. When has a screen capture been a selling point for a Mac? She used the tools that she knew to accomplish her goal, even if it wasn't the best way to do it.
The person seems to be extremely lucky. I never saw anyone get it to work outside Apple Store Not lucky. She works in an Apple store, so she probably had some training on the "bells and whistles" as the article puts it.
Deterrent. The Platypus is Mother Nature's way of keeping us in line. She's saying "look at what I made from all the left over bits...and it will still f*ck you up."
Your RAZR uses p2k03. Have you tried using p2k05 on it? It would "brick" your phone. We're not talking about installing a java game on the iPhone. We're talking about installing a beta OS. Also the reason that beta firmware has an expiration date is to prevent developers from reporting old bugs that have been corrected in newer releases of the beta.
First, the article is talking about beta testing iPhone OS 2.0. When you work with beta versions of software it's a given that there are going to be issues.
Second, if you look at the forum page linked to at the end of the submission, it shows that the beta 3 firmware was made available today (before this submission was even posted judging by the time stamps) and that installing that corrected the issue. It looks like the expiration date in beta 2 of the firmware was set to 04/08/2008 at 12:00 am, when it should have been set at 04/08/2008 11:59 pm or some such.
I've met a few geeks like that as well. The three that I work with are misogynistic slobs. I actually had to send one guy home to bathe because he reeked. But those three are far from the rule. These guys never look happy. It makes me sad for them. I think the misogyny is a "sour grapes" situation.
Troll? WTF!? So now if someone quotes and paraphrases a comment (which is scored 2 at the time of this post BTW) they're a Troll? Bad moderator, no bawls for you.
I dont understand- is this entry a joke? This is about as ground-breaking as "a local McDonald's increases $1 menu to $1.05 menu!" In other news, inflation was 8% last year! Wow. I want to live in your world. The magical land where an inflation rate of 8% translates into a 5% increase in the price of goods and services.
I was raised Catholic, so I understand the desire to say that we just adjusted our feast days to better assimilate the pagan religions, but it's just not so. If I told you that there is a faith that believed in a deity born of a virgin, who later died to redeem us and his birth was celebrated on the winter solstice, would you know that I was speaking of Mithra? The same Mithra who had temples consecrated to him in 200 BCE in Iran?
I'm not saying that Jesus of Nazareth wasn't an actual person nor am I saying that his teachings have no value. I am saying that it is naive to think that all modern religions are not heavily influenced by prior religions that are now out of favor.
OK I watched your videos. I can't speak for anyone else here but I don't doubt for a second the news agencies in every part of the world are spinning the coverage of the events in Tibet for their own goals (Chinese media as well as "Western" media). That's the reason I turned off my tv 2 years ago. That's not what we are discussing. As for the other video, every protest is going to turn violent with sufficiently large numbers of participants. but all of this is beside the point.
The Chinese government is systematically dismantling the culture of the Tibetan people. Has the US done this? Of course we have. I live in southwest Louisiana. I am a Cajun. My grandparent's first language is Cajun French, not English. My grandparents were beaten in school if they spoke French. My government nearly destroyed my heritage so I am not just blowing smoke out my ass when I speak about this topic.
Now my children are taught to speak Cajun French in school. The preservation of my cultural heritage is being financed by the US government and the state of Louisiana. There are festivals celebrating our Acadian heritage such as Festivals Acadiens and Festival International de Lousiane
Can China claim the same thing about the cultural heritage of the Tibetan people? If there is no state religion in China then what the hell are they doing getting involved in the finding of tulkus?
Why are Buddhist temples still being destroyed in Tibet?
So munitions makers could have a huge market? Some ultra-greens might like it too; reduce the human population. A civil war in China scares the living shit out of me for the same reason that a civil war in the former USSR would have scared the living shit out of me.
Come off it. The Chinese army certainly raped Tibetan civilians in '59. Just like every other occupying force in the history of warfare. That is what happens when a government dehumanizes the enemy so their soldiers don't realize that they are killing their fellow man and go stark raving mad during combat.
It happened with the U.S. in Viet Nam and in Iraq.
I could keep going but it's just more of the same. If you still don't believe the Chinese army is capable of blatant human rights violations because these articles are just words, how about a video?WARNING THE PRECEDING LINK IS HARD TO WATCH!
A spokesman said (and I'm forced to agree, though I don't quite like it) that if one were to call for a boycott on the grounds of China violating human rights, one should consider that there have been thousands of the usual executions and imprisonments since the games were awarded to China, and no one called for a boycott then. So, doing it now would put the human rights of the Tibetans above those of native Chinese...
I urge you to reconsider your position on this. If I fail to speak against one atrocity, does that absolve me of my moral obligation to speak out against other atrocities? There is no room for growth and becoming a better person in the type of sentiment expressed in the position of the spokesman you reference.
In my opinion the best thing to do would be to boycott the Olympics and cite the atrocities perpetrated on the Tibetan AND Chinese peoples by the Chinese government.
You are correct. A precedent does not prejudice future litigation against a particular party. My argument is that the same circumstance of law would apply to other suits of the same ilk against similar organizations, which is why I also mentioned the MPAA. If the ratio was 1:10,000 do you really think they would be that worried?
Writing checks EVERY time they screw up would be helped by a precedent right? The next litigant wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel so to speak. They could use the conclusions drawn in the judge's published decisions to argue why the RIAA is guilty of what they are accusing them of by showing that the same methods were used in the suit against them. okay, I'm going to sleep now. I cant even remember to put the damned slash in the end tag
You are correct. A precedent does not prejudice future litigation against a particular party. My argument is that the same circumstance of law would apply to other suits of the same ilk against similar organizations, which is why I also mentioned the MPAA. If the ratio was 1:10,000 do you really think they would be that worried?
Writing checks EVERY time they screw up would be helped by a precedent right? The next litigant wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel so to speak. They could use the conclusions drawn in the judge's published decisions to argue why the RIAA is guilty of what they are accusing them of by showing that the same methods were used in the suit against them.
Why bother? If they have to cough up a wad of cash every time they are wrong, would that not be more effective? No, it wouldn't. It would let them buy their way out of a judgment against them that establishes a precedent. Having a precedent cited in future lawsuits would be far more expensive for the RIAA and the MPAA even if the settlement amount in this case were vastly more than what a judge would award to the plaintiff in this particular case. Not to mention the skeletons that would be dragged out of closets during discovery.
I could care less that I hear them talking, that's not the point. The point is that they should not be subjecting the person on the other end of the line to hearing what is going on in the bathroom.
When people call me and they are in a bathroom, I hang up on them.
Are you kidding me? I've done this at work. There are signs up everywhere that you're not to use you phone in the bathroom. When someone complained about me doing this because that where on an important call, Management asked them "Why were you using your phone in the bathroom?" and that was the end of that. If you're worried about NSFW language just leave out the cussing. It's just as effective.
Just do what I do. "Oh GOD! My A**HOLE IS TEARING!!!(grunt loudly)...." You get the idea. I figure if they don't want the person they are talking to hear that kind of thing, then they shouldn't use their phone in the bathroom.
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****Disclaimer*** i work for at&t Sometimes the public amazes me. 3G has been rolling out in the US for about 2 years now. The same length of time as the longest at&t contract. Every customer who has upgraded in that time has had the opportunity to upgrade to a 3g handset but some chose not to. It is the nature of technology to progress and leave old standards by the wayside. How many of you still use 5 inch floppies or 14k modems? The reality of the situation is that there is only so much spectrum depth to be had in each market. The efficient use of that spectrum to promote better services is exactly what the FCC expects from companies. at&t uses 850 and 1900 Mhz in the US. 850 gives better in building penetration and a larger footprint for the tower that 1900. 1900 gives more capacity for users but at the cost of coverage area and building penetration. It's a tradeoff. Does a company keep investing the bulk of it's capital in an older technology, or does it give the customer what they are asking for, in this case 3G speed for data. The 3G handsets that are being sold today are backwards compatible for 2G. All things considered, a 3g handset is a smarter purchase if you are an at&t customer in the US.
...she could easily have used Grab to do a screen capture on the remote end if she already had a video connection going. It seems like a part of the story is missing. Not so much. Remember, we're talking about a sales person from an Apple store who is not necessarily a geek. She would have been trained on how to show customers both the Photobooth and the Back To My Mac features. She gets points for figuring out how to use that knowledge to take the picture even though the less conspicuous method would have been a screen capture. When has a screen capture been a selling point for a Mac? She used the tools that she knew to accomplish her goal, even if it wasn't the best way to do it.Deterrent. The Platypus is Mother Nature's way of keeping us in line. She's saying "look at what I made from all the left over bits...and it will still f*ck you up."
Your RAZR uses p2k03. Have you tried using p2k05 on it? It would "brick" your phone. We're not talking about installing a java game on the iPhone. We're talking about installing a beta OS. Also the reason that beta firmware has an expiration date is to prevent developers from reporting old bugs that have been corrected in newer releases of the beta.
Two things.
First, the article is talking about beta testing iPhone OS 2.0. When you work with beta versions of software it's a given that there are going to be issues.
Second, if you look at the forum page linked to at the end of the submission, it shows that the beta 3 firmware was made available today (before this submission was even posted judging by the time stamps) and that installing that corrected the issue. It looks like the expiration date in beta 2 of the firmware was set to 04/08/2008 at 12:00 am, when it should have been set at 04/08/2008 11:59 pm or some such.
I've met a few geeks like that as well. The three that I work with are misogynistic slobs. I actually had to send one guy home to bathe because he reeked. But those three are far from the rule. These guys never look happy. It makes me sad for them. I think the misogyny is a "sour grapes" situation.
Troll? WTF!? So now if someone quotes and paraphrases a comment (which is scored 2 at the time of this post BTW) they're a Troll? Bad moderator, no bawls for you.
Sound card, shmound card. If you want really good sound go with a vacuum tube;-P
I was raised Catholic, so I understand the desire to say that we just adjusted our feast days to better assimilate the pagan religions, but it's just not so. If I told you that there is a faith that believed in a deity born of a virgin, who later died to redeem us and his birth was celebrated on the winter solstice, would you know that I was speaking of Mithra? The same Mithra who had temples consecrated to him in 200 BCE in Iran?
I'm not saying that Jesus of Nazareth wasn't an actual person nor am I saying that his teachings have no value. I am saying that it is naive to think that all modern religions are not heavily influenced by prior religions that are now out of favor.
OK I watched your videos. I can't speak for anyone else here but I don't doubt for a second the news agencies in every part of the world are spinning the coverage of the events in Tibet for their own goals (Chinese media as well as "Western" media). That's the reason I turned off my tv 2 years ago. That's not what we are discussing. As for the other video, every protest is going to turn violent with sufficiently large numbers of participants. but all of this is beside the point.
The Chinese government is systematically dismantling the culture of the Tibetan people. Has the US done this? Of course we have. I live in southwest Louisiana. I am a Cajun. My grandparent's first language is Cajun French, not English. My grandparents were beaten in school if they spoke French. My government nearly destroyed my heritage so I am not just blowing smoke out my ass when I speak about this topic.
Now my children are taught to speak Cajun French in school. The preservation of my cultural heritage is being financed by the US government and the state of Louisiana. There are festivals celebrating our Acadian heritage such as Festivals Acadiens and Festival International de Lousiane
Can China claim the same thing about the cultural heritage of the Tibetan people? If there is no state religion in China then what the hell are they doing getting involved in the finding of tulkus?
Why are Buddhist temples still being destroyed in Tibet?
Nuclear Fucking Weapons.
Come off it. The Chinese army certainly raped Tibetan civilians in '59. Just like every other occupying force in the history of warfare. That is what happens when a government dehumanizes the enemy so their soldiers don't realize that they are killing their fellow man and go stark raving mad during combat.
It happened with the U.S. in Viet Nam and in Iraq.
It happened with the British in Dol Dol.
It happened with the Japaneses in China
I could keep going but it's just more of the same. If you still don't believe the Chinese army is capable of blatant human rights violations because these articles are just words, how about a video? WARNING THE PRECEDING LINK IS HARD TO WATCH!
I urge you to reconsider your position on this. If I fail to speak against one atrocity, does that absolve me of my moral obligation to speak out against other atrocities? There is no room for growth and becoming a better person in the type of sentiment expressed in the position of the spokesman you reference.
In my opinion the best thing to do would be to boycott the Olympics and cite the atrocities perpetrated on the Tibetan AND Chinese peoples by the Chinese government.
Writing checks EVERY time they screw up would be helped by a precedent right? The next litigant wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel so to speak. They could use the conclusions drawn in the judge's published decisions to argue why the RIAA is guilty of what they are accusing them of by showing that the same methods were used in the suit against them. okay, I'm going to sleep now. I cant even remember to put the damned slash in the end tag
You are correct. A precedent does not prejudice future litigation against a particular party. My argument is that the same circumstance of law would apply to other suits of the same ilk against similar organizations, which is why I also mentioned the MPAA. If the ratio was 1:10,000 do you really think they would be that worried?
Writing checks EVERY time they screw up would be helped by a precedent right? The next litigant wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel so to speak. They could use the conclusions drawn in the judge's published decisions to argue why the RIAA is guilty of what they are accusing them of by showing that the same methods were used in the suit against them.
Better yet, t-shirts with the caption "I like beer" under a picture of Allah.
Just about any phone can browse youtube. Go to m.youtube.com in your phone's browser.
I could care less that I hear them talking, that's not the point. The point is that they should not be subjecting the person on the other end of the line to hearing what is going on in the bathroom.
When people call me and they are in a bathroom, I hang up on them.
Are you kidding me? I've done this at work. There are signs up everywhere that you're not to use you phone in the bathroom. When someone complained about me doing this because that where on an important call, Management asked them "Why were you using your phone in the bathroom?" and that was the end of that. If you're worried about NSFW language just leave out the cussing. It's just as effective.
Just do what I do. "Oh GOD! My A**HOLE IS TEARING!!!(grunt loudly)...." You get the idea. I figure if they don't want the person they are talking to hear that kind of thing, then they shouldn't use their phone in the bathroom.