Acknowledged on the money thing. Yet, my question is: Why cannot Hulu, et al, also have the same deal simultaneously? Or, perhaps a different deal? How is it different that I should have the right to choose my ISP? I get that different ISPs offer different packages (i.e. speeds, etc...), yet it is still access to the internet and all the content there in it's multitude of forms. Seems to be a grey area here.
Because Netflix, etc wants exclusive deals. Remember that their goal is to have content that will drive membership. They make money by getting people to subscribe to their service. If you can get the same content elsewhere, then you have no reason to sign up for Netflix, thus vastly reducing its worth to Netflix.
Correct me if I'm wrong, yet is this not along the lines of a monopoly? What if I prefer Amazon Prime, or Hulu? Now I have to have Netflix , too?! How about if Disney just make their content available to ALL providers. Let the market compete for the content. It's the American way, isn't it?!
The market had the chance to compete for the content. Apparently Netflix offered Disney a better deal for the content than Hulu, et al. Disney doesn't make movies just to make us happy. They do it to make money. That is the American Way.
The kids might actually be talking to each other on their phones. If they talk out loud, they know you'd hear what they are saying. They can be talking about *anything* on their phones and you'd be none the wiser.
You can get a TIVO Mini as well and connect that to your network. It uses the tuner in the main TIVO box (of which there are 4 or 6), so you don't need to physically 'split' the antenna signal. It's like having two TiVOs, but they share the same hard drive.
The Roamio I have cost $300 with lifetime service and I have an antenna. The TIVO combines my Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, and Netflix down in to one interface.
If I want to see episodes of (say) Stargate SG-1, it'll show me what's available from my streaming sources. If an episode isn't available, it'll record it for me when it comes on the air. It's really a fantastic solution and keeps all of my services in one spot instead of having to bounce between them. The software on the TIVO is really the killer app.
Before that, I had a Mac Mini & HDHomeRun with EyeTV software. That handled all of my recording needs, but I still needed Safari for Netflix or Amazon Prime.
Once a person is on a plan, the "plan" cannot change without prior written consent of the customer.
Have fun with your class action lawsuit there Verizon., you're gonna end up giving all the grandfathered accounts free unlimited for life.
Does this still apply if the customers are on a month-by-month plan? There's no contract at that point, as the contracts only lasted two years and they have long since expired.
Every day I need to cancel the scheduled update to my phone. It pisses me off. I don't want it. But evey morning I need to stop it from happening or I'm going to get it anyway. And if I accidentally hit the wrong button in a waking up fog, I'm screwed.
what da phuk???scheduled phone update? Nah, just turn the bloody thing off... turn off 'allow automatic downloads' - that's the option in my Sony Xperia and it's unchecked by default...
That only works for applications, not for the OS itself.
The app creates a secure wireless connection directly between your new iPhone and your old Android phone. It then moves over your contacts, pictures, and videos. Any app that's on the Android phone that's free in the App Store will get downloaded to the iPhone. Any app that requires a payment will be put in your Wish List in iTunes.
My last several phones were flagship phones from Samsung and Motorola.
I don't want to turn this into an 'Android vs Apple' debate, but I'll list my current grievances with Android:
Updates. Updates suck and are always cause for panic. Sometimes they work well, sometimes they don't. And if they don't, it takes a long time for a fix to come out (if at all). I had this problem with my Galaxy S3. There was an update that killed the battery life. No fix for it ever. The S5 recently (February) had an update to 5.0 and it caused tons of issues. Most people are still dealing with those issues.
Anywhere in the Google/Manufacturer/Carrier chain updates can be blocked because someone doesn't want to support or test them, or because they just want you to upgrade to a newer phone. The Moto G may skip the carrier portion, I'm not sure.
Every day I need to cancel the scheduled update to my phone. It pisses me off. I don't want it. But evey morning I need to stop it from happening or I'm going to get it anyway. And if I accidentally hit the wrong button in a waking up fog, I'm screwed.
I don't like the way Notifications work in the newer Android OSs.
Google Play Services & other Google apps seem to start eating into my battery life.
Apple solves a lot of these problems:
Updates. Apple has gotten these wrong in the past, for sure. But at least they fix them and do it quickly. Tons of people bitch and it makes the news. Things get fixed.
Updates come right from Apple to the phone. They don't have to go through the carrier at all. Apple's current (and upcoming) iOS work on devices all the way back to the iPhone 4S (which dates back to 2011). That's product support. Hell, Verizon still sells iPhone 5Ss new and CPO iPhone 5s. That's not to say that I'd have an iPhone that long, but knowing it'll be supported is good and help resale value quite a bit.
I can choose when updates come in. I don't get bugged every day. If I deny an update, it doesn't ask me again and again.
Notifications/Silence/Vibrate works a lot better than on Android Lollipop. I know it's a feature that they originally stole from Android.
Decent music/album art/photo syncing with a computer.
It sucks that the latest crop of Android devices don't have removable batteries anymore. I really liked that feature.
Things I'd miss on Android phones:
The blinky light LED on the front. I really like the notification light. I like being able to glance at the phone and see what I've missed.
The goddamn 'Back' button on the hardware. There's no reason not to have it.
Removable external storage.
Install apps from anywhere. I hate Apple's 'walled garden' approach.
So the captcha requirement did not tell you that you were commenting as AC? Something tells me you are a perfect fit for IOS/snicker
I don't actually post enough on Slashdot to notice the difference. Also, I'm an American. I don't read before I click. Also, your signature line seems very apropos:
I pre-ordered an iPhone 6S and I'm moving over from years of being on Android phones. I'm very interested in this app. I took a look at the review on the Play Store (which are mostly one-star reviews), and they all seem to be from Android fan boys about how switching to an iPhone will be the worst decision one can make. Other reviews seem to criticize the apps design scheme.
These are phones, people. It's not a religion. These things aren't your children.
Damn it. For some reason Firefox had logged me out so I ended up posting this as an Anonymous Coward.
The new Toyota Corollas come standard with LED headlights. It's a $17k car. The new upcoming Miatas will have LED lights as standard as well. It's a $24k car.
The main idea behind getting Google Glass now is to help improve it. Develop apps for it that enhance the experience. If you're not going to do that, I'd consider the money poorly spent.
Since talking about the commercials has become almost as popular as the game itself, here's a place to do just that.
Exactly what the advertisers want.
Meh. Doing anything isn't usually in your interests exclusively. Increasing the value of your home helps the home centers (through sales), local governments (taxes), and neighbors (property values).
If I can't do something I want to do just because it might tangentially benefit someone else I wouldn't be able to do anything.
It's so typical. Someone offers a service/product for free. People use it and like it. They keep using it. Then the service/product gets changed/removed/etc and everyone yells at the owner about how they feel shafted instead of *thanking* the owner for providing such a useful service for free for so long.
Everyone feels entitled to get whatever they want for free.
The length of time spent doing something illegal shouldn't absolve guilt that it was illegal in the first place. In my mind it's the same as the mob mentality that overtakes people during riots. Just because everyone else was looting more expensive goods doesn't excuse stealing something cheap.
And he wasn't just sending some traffic to a website. He was participating in a DDoS attack and full well knew what he was doing and what the group was trying to accomplish.
If you're going to break the law to try to accomplish some 'noble'* goal, you have to be prepared for the repercussions of your own actions.
* I'm not saying that his goal was or wasn't noble, but everyone considers their own goals to be noble.
I've got some friends who work for the Fed and they loved the shutdown because they a) didn't have to go to work, b) weren't using up vacation days and c) were guaranteed backpay for the days the gov't was shutdown.
Nothing like a paid vacation.
I know a few federal employees and they hated the shutdown because they a) still had deadlines they have to meet regardless of the shutdown, b) didn't know when they were going back (couldn't travel or plan their furlough days), c) were not guaranteed back pay until the the whole deal was signed when the shutdown was ended.
Also, because of the unknown length of the shutdown, many applied for unemployment insurance because they were not allowed to look for work in their own fields.
So the shutdown was exactly like a paid vacation were you don't actually know if you'll get paid for it, you don't know how long you'll be off, and you're stressing if you'll be back to work before your next mortgage payment is due.
NASA does more than manned space flight. There's all kinds of satellites and other unmanned missions and projects that NASA is exceedingly good at. Missions like Hubble, COBE, TRMM, and even instruments like SWIFT/BAT or cheap Earth-centric projects that come out of Wallops. Lot of good, exciting work still goes on at NASA, but it doesn't get a lot of coverage in the media.
Hell, NASA is even launching a satellite going to the moon on Friday (LADEE), but no one even knows about it.
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Acknowledged on the money thing. Yet, my question is: Why cannot Hulu, et al, also have the same deal simultaneously? Or, perhaps a different deal? How is it different that I should have the right to choose my ISP? I get that different ISPs offer different packages (i.e. speeds, etc...), yet it is still access to the internet and all the content there in it's multitude of forms. Seems to be a grey area here.
Because Netflix, etc wants exclusive deals. Remember that their goal is to have content that will drive membership. They make money by getting people to subscribe to their service. If you can get the same content elsewhere, then you have no reason to sign up for Netflix, thus vastly reducing its worth to Netflix.
Correct me if I'm wrong, yet is this not along the lines of a monopoly? What if I prefer Amazon Prime, or Hulu? Now I have to have Netflix , too?! How about if Disney just make their content available to ALL providers. Let the market compete for the content. It's the American way, isn't it?!
The market had the chance to compete for the content. Apparently Netflix offered Disney a better deal for the content than Hulu, et al. Disney doesn't make movies just to make us happy. They do it to make money. That is the American Way.
The kids might actually be talking to each other on their phones. If they talk out loud, they know you'd hear what they are saying. They can be talking about *anything* on their phones and you'd be none the wiser.
You can get a TIVO Mini as well and connect that to your network. It uses the tuner in the main TIVO box (of which there are 4 or 6), so you don't need to physically 'split' the antenna signal. It's like having two TiVOs, but they share the same hard drive.
I didn't see TIVO mentioned, so 'TIVO'
The Roamio I have cost $300 with lifetime service and I have an antenna. The TIVO combines my Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, and Netflix down in to one interface.
If I want to see episodes of (say) Stargate SG-1, it'll show me what's available from my streaming sources. If an episode isn't available, it'll record it for me when it comes on the air. It's really a fantastic solution and keeps all of my services in one spot instead of having to bounce between them. The software on the TIVO is really the killer app.
Before that, I had a Mac Mini & HDHomeRun with EyeTV software. That handled all of my recording needs, but I still needed Safari for Netflix or Amazon Prime.
Kind of hard to tell them apart if you ask me.
No one dresses up like Verizon on Halloween?
Once a person is on a plan, the "plan" cannot change without prior written consent of the customer.
Have fun with your class action lawsuit there Verizon., you're gonna end up giving all the grandfathered accounts free unlimited for life.
Does this still apply if the customers are on a month-by-month plan? There's no contract at that point, as the contracts only lasted two years and they have long since expired.
In the past companies have reversed their decision based on public outcry; it's not unprecedented.
This is being reported all over. Here's a link from CNN Money.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/0...
what da phuk???scheduled phone update? Nah, just turn the bloody thing off... turn off 'allow automatic downloads' - that's the option in my Sony Xperia and it's unchecked by default...
That only works for applications, not for the OS itself.
The app creates a secure wireless connection directly between your new iPhone and your old Android phone. It then moves over your contacts, pictures, and videos. Any app that's on the Android phone that's free in the App Store will get downloaded to the iPhone. Any app that requires a payment will be put in your Wish List in iTunes.
My last several phones were flagship phones from Samsung and Motorola.
I don't want to turn this into an 'Android vs Apple' debate, but I'll list my current grievances with Android:
Updates. Updates suck and are always cause for panic. Sometimes they work well, sometimes they don't. And if they don't, it takes a long time for a fix to come out (if at all). I had this problem with my Galaxy S3. There was an update that killed the battery life. No fix for it ever. The S5 recently (February) had an update to 5.0 and it caused tons of issues. Most people are still dealing with those issues.
Anywhere in the Google/Manufacturer/Carrier chain updates can be blocked because someone doesn't want to support or test them, or because they just want you to upgrade to a newer phone. The Moto G may skip the carrier portion, I'm not sure.
Every day I need to cancel the scheduled update to my phone. It pisses me off. I don't want it. But evey morning I need to stop it from happening or I'm going to get it anyway. And if I accidentally hit the wrong button in a waking up fog, I'm screwed.
I don't like the way Notifications work in the newer Android OSs.
Google Play Services & other Google apps seem to start eating into my battery life.
Apple solves a lot of these problems:
Updates. Apple has gotten these wrong in the past, for sure. But at least they fix them and do it quickly. Tons of people bitch and it makes the news. Things get fixed.
Updates come right from Apple to the phone. They don't have to go through the carrier at all. Apple's current (and upcoming) iOS work on devices all the way back to the iPhone 4S (which dates back to 2011). That's product support. Hell, Verizon still sells iPhone 5Ss new and CPO iPhone 5s. That's not to say that I'd have an iPhone that long, but knowing it'll be supported is good and help resale value quite a bit.
I can choose when updates come in. I don't get bugged every day. If I deny an update, it doesn't ask me again and again.
Notifications/Silence/Vibrate works a lot better than on Android Lollipop. I know it's a feature that they originally stole from Android.
Decent music/album art/photo syncing with a computer.
It sucks that the latest crop of Android devices don't have removable batteries anymore. I really liked that feature.
Things I'd miss on Android phones:
The blinky light LED on the front. I really like the notification light. I like being able to glance at the phone and see what I've missed.
The goddamn 'Back' button on the hardware. There's no reason not to have it.
Removable external storage.
Install apps from anywhere. I hate Apple's 'walled garden' approach.
I was joking, not seriously making an argument, the /snicker should have given that away.
I was joking as well (hence the American joke), but your signature was too good to pass up. Beers.
So the captcha requirement did not tell you that you were commenting as AC? Something tells me you are a perfect fit for IOS /snicker
I don't actually post enough on Slashdot to notice the difference. Also, I'm an American. I don't read before I click. Also, your signature line seems very apropos:
When you cant win, ad hominem.
I pre-ordered an iPhone 6S and I'm moving over from years of being on Android phones. I'm very interested in this app. I took a look at the review on the Play Store (which are mostly one-star reviews), and they all seem to be from Android fan boys about how switching to an iPhone will be the worst decision one can make. Other reviews seem to criticize the apps design scheme.
These are phones, people. It's not a religion. These things aren't your children.
Damn it. For some reason Firefox had logged me out so I ended up posting this as an Anonymous Coward.
The new Toyota Corollas come standard with LED headlights. It's a $17k car. The new upcoming Miatas will have LED lights as standard as well. It's a $24k car.
The main idea behind getting Google Glass now is to help improve it. Develop apps for it that enhance the experience. If you're not going to do that, I'd consider the money poorly spent.
Since talking about the commercials has become almost as popular as the game itself, here's a place to do just that.
Exactly what the advertisers want.
Meh. Doing anything isn't usually in your interests exclusively. Increasing the value of your home helps the home centers (through sales), local governments (taxes), and neighbors (property values).
If I can't do something I want to do just because it might tangentially benefit someone else I wouldn't be able to do anything.
I use Teamviewer to help my mother with all her computer issues. It works very well and it's multiplatform.
It's so typical. Someone offers a service/product for free. People use it and like it. They keep using it. Then the service/product gets changed/removed/etc and everyone yells at the owner about how they feel shafted instead of *thanking* the owner for providing such a useful service for free for so long.
Everyone feels entitled to get whatever they want for free.
The length of time spent doing something illegal shouldn't absolve guilt that it was illegal in the first place. In my mind it's the same as the mob mentality that overtakes people during riots. Just because everyone else was looting more expensive goods doesn't excuse stealing something cheap.
And he wasn't just sending some traffic to a website. He was participating in a DDoS attack and full well knew what he was doing and what the group was trying to accomplish.
If you're going to break the law to try to accomplish some 'noble'* goal, you have to be prepared for the repercussions of your own actions.
* I'm not saying that his goal was or wasn't noble, but everyone considers their own goals to be noble.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
He admitted to doing something illegal? He got caught and sentenced.
"But officer! My knife was only in his kidney for one second!"
I've got some friends who work for the Fed and they loved the shutdown because they a) didn't have to go to work, b) weren't using up vacation days and c) were guaranteed backpay for the days the gov't was shutdown.
Nothing like a paid vacation.
I know a few federal employees and they hated the shutdown because they a) still had deadlines they have to meet regardless of the shutdown, b) didn't know when they were going back (couldn't travel or plan their furlough days), c) were not guaranteed back pay until the the whole deal was signed when the shutdown was ended.
Also, because of the unknown length of the shutdown, many applied for unemployment insurance because they were not allowed to look for work in their own fields.
So the shutdown was exactly like a paid vacation were you don't actually know if you'll get paid for it, you don't know how long you'll be off, and you're stressing if you'll be back to work before your next mortgage payment is due.
NASA does more than manned space flight. There's all kinds of satellites and other unmanned missions and projects that NASA is exceedingly good at. Missions like Hubble, COBE, TRMM, and even instruments like SWIFT/BAT or cheap Earth-centric projects that come out of Wallops. Lot of good, exciting work still goes on at NASA, but it doesn't get a lot of coverage in the media.
Hell, NASA is even launching a satellite going to the moon on Friday (LADEE), but no one even knows about it.
So these work like magnetic torquer bars?