There is more complication in "All they needed" than you think.
Not if you do it right. For example: all they need is unicorn-powered backup cooling pumps, and a 50m sea wall all up and down the coast. And maybe some ice-nine. Or alien technology. But that's it.
How convenient that this happens only one month after T-Mobile's "free smartphone" promo.
let's be fair here: T-Mobile has offered free and $100 "smart phones" for some time now. Some of the promotions are exceptional, but if you just wanted any smart phone, they've had free ones before.
Where is it that you stand, Corporate Fantasy Island, or in the middle of AT&T's board room? Surely you are not a T-Mobile customer.
We have too many carriers, and I'd like to see US Cellular get absorbed next. Fewer carriers means more revenue for the remaining ones, and thus more money for upgrades. Also, fewer competing towers = less wasted infrastructure.
I don't know anything about US Cellular, except that their service is not available to me. Fewer carriers should indeed mean more money for AT&T and Verizon, but I don't see how that is a good thing for us (unless you work for them, maybe). Are you 18 years old and don't know about their respective track records? They are already huge, have ridiculously horrible customer service, have spotty coverage and sluggish data rates in many markets, and they have been slow to update infrastructure except in the largest markets.
Now what are my alternatives to Verizon's [lack of] customer service and AT&T's crumby network, not to mention the extortionist prices they both have? Sprint, and buying a new frickin phone, that's it. Or one of the small, no-frills companies that use someone else's network and tend to go out of business or get bought out every few years.
T-Mobile isn't perfect - still no 3G/4G where I live (same for AT&T), but they were my choice. And the ladies who answer their phones have been very nice AND (wait for it...) helpful when I've called them. Plus I can do what I want with my Android phone without them placing stupid little restriction on it for no reason. This sucks.
I recently switched to Comcast Business Class to avoid the bandwidth caps since my family and I use Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services quite often. I actually almost switched to U-Verse because they offered a better cable deal and unlimited bandwidth... Guess not any more!
I'd certainly consider doing that, but Comcast is not available here. Nor is U-Verse, despite this being an AT&T service area, and despite the fact that it has been available for some time in the next town over, 3-4 miles away. So they're going to cap me, and I'll have no way to "upgrade" around it? Beautiful! Too bad TimeWarner is my only alternative. Stuck between a rock and two horrible ISPs.
Also in NCIS, any time a file is deleted, it must be displayed on the screen in a sort of dissolving animation.
It seems that big, easy to read graphics and silly animations are required for any computer operation performed in Hollywood. Gotta make it ridiculously obvious that something important is happening.
There is virtually no desire for this. I'm guessing a buyer a senior buyer at HP found WebOS at rock-bottom liquidation prices so low he couldn't pass it up. This is despite the fact that HP have no use for it and their customers either haven't heard of it or don't give a crap about it, nor should they. Maybe they'll have to learn the hard way not to go into a dollar store with a full wallet - when you do, you're guaranteed to buy crap you don't need just because it appears to be cheap. Not such a great deal if it goes unused, is it?
...will also not have me. I've used Gnome exclusively for years now, but KDE has made great strides recently. Some of us like the old familiarity of Gnome. If it ain't broke, fix it twice? Tinkering with what works WILL cause some of us to jump ship. No loyalty for broken products when there are alternatives - maintaining a desktop is not a hobby.
I can declare that my land, in Ohio, is a free and sovereign country, apart from the USA, and all residents have unanimously elected me President. But that doesn't mean the government from which I am withdrawing doesn't have a right to put up a fight. Ask the Confederate States of America how easy the process is.
And I should add that a cease and desist letter from Google or Microsoft is probably worse than actually being sued by a small company, since you know defending against someone with their resources (cash) can bankrupt before a judgment is ever rendered. Those types of companies (Google, MS, IBM, Apple, Etc.) amass huge libraries of patents they have no intention of ever using in the hopes that they can license them out, which is no different than small-timers trolling.
Google and Microsoft say that there was prior art when the patent on...
And I'm SURE there was no prior art regarding any technology relating to the numerous patents that Google and Microsoft hold. Maybe they're right in the case (I don't know), but they must also be held to a fair standard.
Here is my new Tolkien novel, in its entirety. The title is Screw the Tolkiens:
There once was was a man named Tolkien. He was nuts, and I don't care about him or his stupid family of bullies who misuse and abuse DMCA take-down notices. The End.
The preceding was a work of fiction which sprung purely from my imagination. As such, any similarity to actual events or persons is strictly coincidental. Now give me $5 since your read my book and probably enjoyed it.
A Nokia executive once said that switching to Android would be like peeing your pants for warmth...I submit that going with WP7 is worse.
Yes, Nokia really shit the bed with this decision. I've owned 3 Nokia phones, though I don't have one currently. It is now safe to say that I will not own another one any time soon, unless someone gives me an N900 for free to play around with, or something.
As much as I love my Android smart phone, I have to agree that smaller is sometimes better. For example, last summer I went to a multi-day concert festival with camping, and had a blast. But charging my big smart phone and being careful to keep it safe was a bit of a pain. Next time I'm probably going to dust off my old Sony-Ericsson T616 and take it along. The Android device will be used for GPS, etc. on the way there, and when I really want to look up something on the web, and the T616 will accompany me most of the time while I'm taking in the festivities. It is more comfortable in a pocket, the battery lasts forever, and it is so old an outdated that I won't cry if it gets wet or lost.
A friend of mine lost a nice phone at a festival last year, and I now see the value of a throw-away. I may even purchase a cheapie pre-paid phone for such use, so if it does get lost I won't have to go through the hassle of getting a new SIM card.
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A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. It's a simple question of weight ratios!
...and it will probably not arrive on time, will not be of the flavor you expected, and it might kill you.
There is more complication in "All they needed" than you think.
Not if you do it right. For example: all they need is unicorn-powered backup cooling pumps, and a 50m sea wall all up and down the coast. And maybe some ice-nine. Or alien technology. But that's it.
I am a T-Mobile customer currently and look forward to perhaps finally dropping less than half of my calls in an average week.
Not true for me. Data is slow (no 3G at home) but I NEVER have dropped calls with T-Mobile, which was not the case with AT&T.
How convenient that this happens only one month after T-Mobile's "free smartphone" promo.
let's be fair here: T-Mobile has offered free and $100 "smart phones" for some time now. Some of the promotions are exceptional, but if you just wanted any smart phone, they've had free ones before.
Its worked well up here so far!
Since you took so much effort to really drive your point home, I'll do the same with my reply: no it hasn't!
Not bad from where I stand.
Where is it that you stand, Corporate Fantasy Island, or in the middle of AT&T's board room? Surely you are not a T-Mobile customer.
We have too many carriers, and I'd like to see US Cellular get absorbed next. Fewer carriers means more revenue for the remaining ones, and thus more money for upgrades. Also, fewer competing towers = less wasted infrastructure.
I don't know anything about US Cellular, except that their service is not available to me. Fewer carriers should indeed mean more money for AT&T and Verizon, but I don't see how that is a good thing for us (unless you work for them, maybe). Are you 18 years old and don't know about their respective track records? They are already huge, have ridiculously horrible customer service, have spotty coverage and sluggish data rates in many markets, and they have been slow to update infrastructure except in the largest markets.
Now what are my alternatives to Verizon's [lack of] customer service and AT&T's crumby network, not to mention the extortionist prices they both have? Sprint, and buying a new frickin phone, that's it. Or one of the small, no-frills companies that use someone else's network and tend to go out of business or get bought out every few years.
T-Mobile isn't perfect - still no 3G/4G where I live (same for AT&T), but they were my choice. And the ladies who answer their phones have been very nice AND (wait for it...) helpful when I've called them. Plus I can do what I want with my Android phone without them placing stupid little restriction on it for no reason. This sucks.
I recently switched to Comcast Business Class to avoid the bandwidth caps since my family and I use Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services quite often. I actually almost switched to U-Verse because they offered a better cable deal and unlimited bandwidth... Guess not any more!
I'd certainly consider doing that, but Comcast is not available here. Nor is U-Verse, despite this being an AT&T service area, and despite the fact that it has been available for some time in the next town over, 3-4 miles away. So they're going to cap me, and I'll have no way to "upgrade" around it? Beautiful! Too bad TimeWarner is my only alternative. Stuck between a rock and two horrible ISPs.
It's easy to come up with BAD examples, that's the default for movies. What's your vote for the BEST portrayal?
Too Easy. Everyone say it with me: War Games.
R2D2 spoke Astromech Droid....C-3PO understood it as well.
Well, of course, 3PO was fluent in over six million forms of communication.
Also in NCIS, any time a file is deleted, it must be displayed on the screen in a sort of dissolving animation.
It seems that big, easy to read graphics and silly animations are required for any computer operation performed in Hollywood. Gotta make it ridiculously obvious that something important is happening.
DON'T doubt THE GOLDBLUM
Was Independence Day a film?
Yes, it was a documentary shot in real time. Duh.
There is virtually no desire for this. I'm guessing a buyer a senior buyer at HP found WebOS at rock-bottom liquidation prices so low he couldn't pass it up. This is despite the fact that HP have no use for it and their customers either haven't heard of it or don't give a crap about it, nor should they. Maybe they'll have to learn the hard way not to go into a dollar store with a full wallet - when you do, you're guaranteed to buy crap you don't need just because it appears to be cheap. Not such a great deal if it goes unused, is it?
Without minimize, the GNOME 3 desktop...
...will also not have me. I've used Gnome exclusively for years now, but KDE has made great strides recently. Some of us like the old familiarity of Gnome. If it ain't broke, fix it twice? Tinkering with what works WILL cause some of us to jump ship. No loyalty for broken products when there are alternatives - maintaining a desktop is not a hobby.
I can declare that my land, in Ohio, is a free and sovereign country, apart from the USA, and all residents have unanimously elected me President. But that doesn't mean the government from which I am withdrawing doesn't have a right to put up a fight. Ask the Confederate States of America how easy the process is.
Makes me more and more glad I live in the UK.
...where cameras in London track every move, and you have to pay to drive on city streets.
And I should add that a cease and desist letter from Google or Microsoft is probably worse than actually being sued by a small company, since you know defending against someone with their resources (cash) can bankrupt before a judgment is ever rendered. Those types of companies (Google, MS, IBM, Apple, Etc.) amass huge libraries of patents they have no intention of ever using in the hopes that they can license them out, which is no different than small-timers trolling.
Google and Microsoft say that there was prior art when the patent on...
And I'm SURE there was no prior art regarding any technology relating to the numerous patents that Google and Microsoft hold. Maybe they're right in the case (I don't know), but they must also be held to a fair standard.
There once was was a man named Tolkien. He was nuts, and I don't care about him or his stupid family of bullies who misuse and abuse DMCA take-down notices. The End.
The preceding was a work of fiction which sprung purely from my imagination. As such, any similarity to actual events or persons is strictly coincidental. Now give me $5 since your read my book and probably enjoyed it.
He's just testing us. You know, like how fossils and Darwin were put here just to test our faith.
Every comedian is rolling in their grave... slowly.
You mean, like, slower than previously expected?
But how can we obtain the needed unobtainium?
Duh, time machine. Go get some from after when we've already gotten some. Too easy.
A Nokia executive once said that switching to Android would be like peeing your pants for warmth...I submit that going with WP7 is worse.
Yes, Nokia really shit the bed with this decision. I've owned 3 Nokia phones, though I don't have one currently. It is now safe to say that I will not own another one any time soon, unless someone gives me an N900 for free to play around with, or something.
As much as I love my Android smart phone, I have to agree that smaller is sometimes better. For example, last summer I went to a multi-day concert festival with camping, and had a blast. But charging my big smart phone and being careful to keep it safe was a bit of a pain. Next time I'm probably going to dust off my old Sony-Ericsson T616 and take it along. The Android device will be used for GPS, etc. on the way there, and when I really want to look up something on the web, and the T616 will accompany me most of the time while I'm taking in the festivities. It is more comfortable in a pocket, the battery lasts forever, and it is so old an outdated that I won't cry if it gets wet or lost. A friend of mine lost a nice phone at a festival last year, and I now see the value of a throw-away. I may even purchase a cheapie pre-paid phone for such use, so if it does get lost I won't have to go through the hassle of getting a new SIM card.