This. This is what it is. I run into this all the time with older relatives, my parents, and colleagues (even ones my own age - 27). They don't know so they don't try because they think they might break it. I try to tell them to simply use curiosity, logic, and poke around a bit. If they genuinely can't figure it out after trying they can call me.
I've got a Nook Color running CyanogenMod 7.0.3 and it's wonderful. The tablet tweaks the devs came out with for CM-supported tablets mirror some features from Honeycomb to make them usable as an actual tablet as opposed to an over-sized Android phone. It runs great and I couldn't ask for more out of a tablet device.
To be fair, Skype hasn't really done much to improve the Linux client in years. It exists but it really isn't that good compared to the Mac and Windows versions.
The Call of Duty franchise is the Madden of the FPS world. The games aren't good but you have all these dumbasses that just buy them up every year including all the bullshit DLC. I bought Bad Company 2 thinking it would be a good game. Campaign lasted about 4-5 hours, if that, and ended on a cliffhanger. Did they release a DLC for the campaign mode? Nope, just map packs for online multiplayer and an unrelated expansion pack. Screw these companies that are pumping out what can barely be called a game and relying on the online multiplayer to sell the titles.
I have both a Kindle and a Nook Color. Reading on the NC is a pain in the ass since it's backlit, I can't read for more than an hour before my eyes start yelling at me. The original Nook had too much going on with it. I do, however, love using the NC as a greatly priced Android tablet. Its hardware is top notch, easily rooted, and you can load CyanogenMod 7 on it fairly easily once rooted (ROM Manager). It's easily the best spec'd, priced, and build quality Android tablets in the sub-$300 range and can compete with higher priced devices. Frankly, it's a tablet device and not an e-reader.
My Kindle is used for reading. The e-ink display allows me to read for hours on end with as little eye strain as possible and without having to charge the battery. The original Nook has an e-ink display too. Between the Kindle and the Nook comes personal preference and price, really. I don't often go to the library to worry about the lack of ePub support. I download books online in the Mobi format or convert from ePub to Mobi using Calibre (great book management program, btw). Very simple process and pretty much a non-issue.
The biggest problem with the PSN store is that there's no price deprecation for PSP titles (PSX and mini-games have their own pricing scheme). You will pay full price for a 5 year old title and, frankly, that's a bit ridiculous. If the titles were rare titles, sure it'd be worth it than hunting it down on eBay at a premium but for yearly schlock like Madden and shit? Screw that!
Not so much better to justify an additional expense of the bluray player, possibly an HDTV, and cables. Most people are dumb enough to buy cables that cost >$10. My 22" Vizio can output 1080p and cost $220 but there's barely a noticeable difference between Netflix HD content at 720p or 1080p and normal high quality content upscaled to those resolutions. Netflix-enabled devices are becoming vastly more accessible from both a long-term and short-term cost perspective - $100 for a new AppleTV that's a tiny little box or their Xbox 360/Wii/PS3 that they use or their kids use plus a paltry $8/mo for all the content they could ask for and more. Consider that the noticeable difference between DVD, Netflix HD/upscaled, and BluRay just ain't there for most people and they don't have to shell $20-40 for titles. To 99% of the consuming population, BluRay is just another useless medium put out by Sony. Streaming and DVD content is good enough and it is much more accessible.
Really, using a desktop OS on a tablet is cumbersome at best. Using Anroid or iOS or some kind of OS designed to use a touch-screen interface as well as accept bluetooth HID input would be the best bet for a tablet. Include in the packaging ( on the tablet itself) a kickstand or stand of some kind would be good, as well. Using a Tegra chipset and Android Honeycomb would probably be the easiest and cheapest entry into the tablet games, preferably with full Market access in a WiFi-only model. The design of the Wii clasic controller would be the best form factor for a small bluetooth controller. Hell, under CM7 and using an app from the Market, you can already do that. I do it on my rooted Nook Color on CM7 w/ tablet tweaks.
Two wrongs don't make a right, so repeal the legislation granting corporations the same legal protections as individual citizens or make them responsible and accountable as an individual citizen is. Turn the wrong into a right.
Ideally (very ideally), there would be no need for spies in a world where the governments of all the peoples of the world were completely transparent. Most wars are started by secrets and lies (or politics and religion, same thing). There also probably wouldn't be anything like the media we have right now. It'd be closer to C-SPAN but with, presumably, better looking anchors.
Isn't wanting to be prorated for a single day of outage just a little on the absurd side?
Personally, I'd choose Sprint over Verizon. Verizon loves to nickel and dime you for everything. You can take the monicker of "there's an app for that" and change it to "there's a fee for that" for any feature you'd want on your phone plan. Want GPS? Fee. Want Exchange ActiveSync/"Enterprise Mail"? Fee. Want plain ol' data? Fee. Plus their family plans are atrocious and don't really have competitive pricing. The only thing they seem to lump into single plans is voice, text, and MMS whereas everything else is a separate add-on. Between Sprint and Verizon you'll easily be paying $15-30 more a month on Verizon than you would Sprint for the same features (not including discounts on either carrier). Sprint just lumps everything (literally everything) into a single price and their service & support have gotten oodles better in the last couple years (they've even gotten awards for it). Their phone selection has gotten leaps and bounds better since I've been with them as well. Some of the best Android phones in the market are on Sprint. Just don't ever buy a Samsung (unless it's the Nexus S, which hits Sprint soon).
Been a happy customer on Sprint since 2006. Before Sprint I was on Cingular right before they were bought by AT&T. Would not go back or even switch to Big Red.
Not that I don't agree with your sentiments, but many cops will press the probable cause to search once you refuse their initial attempt to search. In the eyes of a cop, why would a law abiding citizen refuse a police search if they have nothing to hide? If they refuse then they must be hiding something and it's up to Mr. Policeman to expose it and arrest the criminal.
Actually, you're wrong. The Blues (Blizzard forum CMs) have stated in many instances that so long as there is user interaction to perform an action using an input device, that input can go to one or more game clients. That's why they allow multi-boxing, among several other reasons. The key factor is the user interaction. Any automated actions lacking any kind of user input are deemed as botting. Programmable keyboards and mice only count as botting in the instance of "use A if available, otherwise use B" simply because there was only user interaction for one of the actions. As long as there is a button press for each action, it's okay even across multiple game clients on a single or several PCs. You can also check to see if an ability is available to use using the !Spell syntax (must be the exact name of the spell including spaces). For activated/proc'd abilities like Rune Strike or Hammer of Wrath, it will use those spells if they are available along with anything else in the macro, GCDs willing. You can also reset a macro in a certain amount of time measured in seconds (reset=x) followed by the contents of the macro. The Lua language that addons and macros use is fairly robust for in-game actions.
Simple solution is for ISPs and telecoms to become public utilities with uncapped services but with a pricing model reflecting today's internet services - pay a little, get a little (as in $10/mo = 3MB line, no bandwidth cap) and pay a lot, get a lot and others in the middle. It would be beneficial for everyone but the greedy, self-serving, monopolistic ISP and telecom companies and I wouldn't feel too bad for them.
Then clearly you are not part of Netflix's target demographic. Either start watching more TV shows via Netflix that you haven't seen and are no longer aired (like Arrested Development) and start thinning out your DVD collection or stop commenting on Netflix since it has zero usage for you.
The mine in Mountain Pass won't be back up to full capacity for another year and a half or so but its projected production will be able to match China's output if not outpace it. It also has a projected 37+ years worth of ore deposits. It's raised A LOT of capitol for the restart project and it's going to be around for a while. They should also be able to outprice China since China has recently been locking how much it's going to be exporting.
Well, it wants access to:
Read/write contact data because it will sync your Skype contacts to your existing contacts.
Location (network-based) so they can see if you're on 3G or WiFi
Full internet access is a duh
Account authenticator so that is can use its own services to authenticate your username/password and actually log you into Skype
Modify/delete logs, if any, stored on SD or save file transfers to SD
Change audio settings and record should be a duh - if you can't raise/lower the volume what's the point of a VoIP app?
Read phone state should be another duh - you don't want to get a Skype call interrupting your current phone call, right?
The system access all seems pretty duh to me as well
It all makes sense to me, based on the type of application that Skype is and probably will be.
I think you mean conservatives. Most liberals (that I know) are anti-union and realize them for the glorified extortion agencies that they are. Unions have a place, don't get me wrong. But the larger ones, like SAG, are over-stepping their capacities as a union. Conservatives love the ideas of unions.
So, paying $200 for a 2GB RAM upgrade -isn't- an incredibly annoying thing for you? Or $1,000 for a 27" monitor? Or $100 for a Dual-link DVI adapter? C'mon man. They just make exploiting their customers' stupidity look good.
Anecdotal post is anecdotal. Go check the Sprint community forums. Go check SDX. Go check the other carriers' community forums that have Galaxy S line phones. You will see posts about the very issues he laid out. Also, good luck on seeing any of those issues resolved. I'd urge all you Epic owners to go trade in for an Evo while you're still in your 30 days (if Evos are in stock). Samsung fixed none, NONE of the glaring issues in their recent smartphone offerings (Moment and Instinct). Software issues that could easily be fixed but never were. You probably won't be seeing your Froyo update until closer to November. Samsung is the worst at support and updates for their devices. HTC is godly compared to them, especially when coupled with XDA.
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This. This is what it is. I run into this all the time with older relatives, my parents, and colleagues (even ones my own age - 27). They don't know so they don't try because they think they might break it. I try to tell them to simply use curiosity, logic, and poke around a bit. If they genuinely can't figure it out after trying they can call me.
I've got a Nook Color running CyanogenMod 7.0.3 and it's wonderful. The tablet tweaks the devs came out with for CM-supported tablets mirror some features from Honeycomb to make them usable as an actual tablet as opposed to an over-sized Android phone. It runs great and I couldn't ask for more out of a tablet device.
To be fair, Skype hasn't really done much to improve the Linux client in years. It exists but it really isn't that good compared to the Mac and Windows versions.
The Call of Duty franchise is the Madden of the FPS world. The games aren't good but you have all these dumbasses that just buy them up every year including all the bullshit DLC. I bought Bad Company 2 thinking it would be a good game. Campaign lasted about 4-5 hours, if that, and ended on a cliffhanger. Did they release a DLC for the campaign mode? Nope, just map packs for online multiplayer and an unrelated expansion pack. Screw these companies that are pumping out what can barely be called a game and relying on the online multiplayer to sell the titles.
I have both a Kindle and a Nook Color. Reading on the NC is a pain in the ass since it's backlit, I can't read for more than an hour before my eyes start yelling at me. The original Nook had too much going on with it. I do, however, love using the NC as a greatly priced Android tablet. Its hardware is top notch, easily rooted, and you can load CyanogenMod 7 on it fairly easily once rooted (ROM Manager). It's easily the best spec'd, priced, and build quality Android tablets in the sub-$300 range and can compete with higher priced devices. Frankly, it's a tablet device and not an e-reader.
My Kindle is used for reading. The e-ink display allows me to read for hours on end with as little eye strain as possible and without having to charge the battery. The original Nook has an e-ink display too. Between the Kindle and the Nook comes personal preference and price, really. I don't often go to the library to worry about the lack of ePub support. I download books online in the Mobi format or convert from ePub to Mobi using Calibre (great book management program, btw). Very simple process and pretty much a non-issue.
The biggest problem with the PSN store is that there's no price deprecation for PSP titles (PSX and mini-games have their own pricing scheme). You will pay full price for a 5 year old title and, frankly, that's a bit ridiculous. If the titles were rare titles, sure it'd be worth it than hunting it down on eBay at a premium but for yearly schlock like Madden and shit? Screw that!
XSeed can be given some credit here, too. They're re-releasing older, good RPGs with some graphical updates - Ys 1-3, 6-7, Lunar and others.
Not so much better to justify an additional expense of the bluray player, possibly an HDTV, and cables. Most people are dumb enough to buy cables that cost >$10. My 22" Vizio can output 1080p and cost $220 but there's barely a noticeable difference between Netflix HD content at 720p or 1080p and normal high quality content upscaled to those resolutions. Netflix-enabled devices are becoming vastly more accessible from both a long-term and short-term cost perspective - $100 for a new AppleTV that's a tiny little box or their Xbox 360/Wii/PS3 that they use or their kids use plus a paltry $8/mo for all the content they could ask for and more. Consider that the noticeable difference between DVD, Netflix HD/upscaled, and BluRay just ain't there for most people and they don't have to shell $20-40 for titles. To 99% of the consuming population, BluRay is just another useless medium put out by Sony. Streaming and DVD content is good enough and it is much more accessible.
Implied consent can be used in a multitude of cases beyond what is given as example.
Really, using a desktop OS on a tablet is cumbersome at best. Using Anroid or iOS or some kind of OS designed to use a touch-screen interface as well as accept bluetooth HID input would be the best bet for a tablet. Include in the packaging ( on the tablet itself) a kickstand or stand of some kind would be good, as well. Using a Tegra chipset and Android Honeycomb would probably be the easiest and cheapest entry into the tablet games, preferably with full Market access in a WiFi-only model. The design of the Wii clasic controller would be the best form factor for a small bluetooth controller. Hell, under CM7 and using an app from the Market, you can already do that. I do it on my rooted Nook Color on CM7 w/ tablet tweaks.
Two wrongs don't make a right, so repeal the legislation granting corporations the same legal protections as individual citizens or make them responsible and accountable as an individual citizen is. Turn the wrong into a right.
Ideally (very ideally), there would be no need for spies in a world where the governments of all the peoples of the world were completely transparent. Most wars are started by secrets and lies (or politics and religion, same thing). There also probably wouldn't be anything like the media we have right now. It'd be closer to C-SPAN but with, presumably, better looking anchors.
Besides that I thought we called those misguided, stuck-in-adolescence people "anarchists".
Isn't wanting to be prorated for a single day of outage just a little on the absurd side?
Personally, I'd choose Sprint over Verizon. Verizon loves to nickel and dime you for everything. You can take the monicker of "there's an app for that" and change it to "there's a fee for that" for any feature you'd want on your phone plan. Want GPS? Fee. Want Exchange ActiveSync/"Enterprise Mail"? Fee. Want plain ol' data? Fee. Plus their family plans are atrocious and don't really have competitive pricing. The only thing they seem to lump into single plans is voice, text, and MMS whereas everything else is a separate add-on. Between Sprint and Verizon you'll easily be paying $15-30 more a month on Verizon than you would Sprint for the same features (not including discounts on either carrier). Sprint just lumps everything (literally everything) into a single price and their service & support have gotten oodles better in the last couple years (they've even gotten awards for it). Their phone selection has gotten leaps and bounds better since I've been with them as well. Some of the best Android phones in the market are on Sprint. Just don't ever buy a Samsung (unless it's the Nexus S, which hits Sprint soon).
Been a happy customer on Sprint since 2006. Before Sprint I was on Cingular right before they were bought by AT&T. Would not go back or even switch to Big Red.
Not that I don't agree with your sentiments, but many cops will press the probable cause to search once you refuse their initial attempt to search. In the eyes of a cop, why would a law abiding citizen refuse a police search if they have nothing to hide? If they refuse then they must be hiding something and it's up to Mr. Policeman to expose it and arrest the criminal.
9 out of 10 people enjoy gang bangs.
Sure, you can buy a Nokia in the US. But it isn't going to be a near comparable phone to an Android or iOS device.
Actually, you're wrong. The Blues (Blizzard forum CMs) have stated in many instances that so long as there is user interaction to perform an action using an input device, that input can go to one or more game clients. That's why they allow multi-boxing, among several other reasons. The key factor is the user interaction. Any automated actions lacking any kind of user input are deemed as botting. Programmable keyboards and mice only count as botting in the instance of "use A if available, otherwise use B" simply because there was only user interaction for one of the actions. As long as there is a button press for each action, it's okay even across multiple game clients on a single or several PCs. You can also check to see if an ability is available to use using the !Spell syntax (must be the exact name of the spell including spaces). For activated/proc'd abilities like Rune Strike or Hammer of Wrath, it will use those spells if they are available along with anything else in the macro, GCDs willing. You can also reset a macro in a certain amount of time measured in seconds (reset=x) followed by the contents of the macro. The Lua language that addons and macros use is fairly robust for in-game actions.
Simple solution is for ISPs and telecoms to become public utilities with uncapped services but with a pricing model reflecting today's internet services - pay a little, get a little (as in $10/mo = 3MB line, no bandwidth cap) and pay a lot, get a lot and others in the middle. It would be beneficial for everyone but the greedy, self-serving, monopolistic ISP and telecom companies and I wouldn't feel too bad for them.
Then clearly you are not part of Netflix's target demographic. Either start watching more TV shows via Netflix that you haven't seen and are no longer aired (like Arrested Development) and start thinning out your DVD collection or stop commenting on Netflix since it has zero usage for you.
The mine in Mountain Pass won't be back up to full capacity for another year and a half or so but its projected production will be able to match China's output if not outpace it. It also has a projected 37+ years worth of ore deposits. It's raised A LOT of capitol for the restart project and it's going to be around for a while. They should also be able to outprice China since China has recently been locking how much it's going to be exporting.
Well, it wants access to: Read/write contact data because it will sync your Skype contacts to your existing contacts. Location (network-based) so they can see if you're on 3G or WiFi Full internet access is a duh Account authenticator so that is can use its own services to authenticate your username/password and actually log you into Skype Modify/delete logs, if any, stored on SD or save file transfers to SD Change audio settings and record should be a duh - if you can't raise/lower the volume what's the point of a VoIP app? Read phone state should be another duh - you don't want to get a Skype call interrupting your current phone call, right? The system access all seems pretty duh to me as well It all makes sense to me, based on the type of application that Skype is and probably will be.
I think you mean conservatives. Most liberals (that I know) are anti-union and realize them for the glorified extortion agencies that they are. Unions have a place, don't get me wrong. But the larger ones, like SAG, are over-stepping their capacities as a union. Conservatives love the ideas of unions.
So, paying $200 for a 2GB RAM upgrade -isn't- an incredibly annoying thing for you? Or $1,000 for a 27" monitor? Or $100 for a Dual-link DVI adapter? C'mon man. They just make exploiting their customers' stupidity look good.
Anecdotal post is anecdotal. Go check the Sprint community forums. Go check SDX. Go check the other carriers' community forums that have Galaxy S line phones. You will see posts about the very issues he laid out. Also, good luck on seeing any of those issues resolved. I'd urge all you Epic owners to go trade in for an Evo while you're still in your 30 days (if Evos are in stock). Samsung fixed none, NONE of the glaring issues in their recent smartphone offerings (Moment and Instinct). Software issues that could easily be fixed but never were. You probably won't be seeing your Froyo update until closer to November. Samsung is the worst at support and updates for their devices. HTC is godly compared to them, especially when coupled with XDA.