It's none of Verizon's business to enforce usage policies of individual sites. Especially since they don't KNOW the usage policies of individual sites.
If this is limited to Verizon's own support forums, fine.
1) You won't need a hazmat team to clean up when one breaks
Can we stop with this already? Unless you start licking the floor where you dropped the bulb, it's not a problem. And if you DO start licking the floor when dropping a bulb, you deserve whatever happens to you (which, in all likelihood, is just going to be a lot of glass shards in your tongue)
Over a hundred thousand people die every year in car crashes in America alone. In spite of the fact that bad driving is massively more identifiable and preventable than deep psychological issues.
I'm not claiming that shootings aren't unfortunate - they are - but of all the senseless ways I could die in any given moment, being shot by a nutjob that finally lost it ranks somewhere on my list of concerns between being struck by lightning and being attacked by a snapping turtle that escaped from the zoo.
"1 in 4 children are sexually abused by the internet."
Is that physically possible? And remember, getting your dick stuck in the CD drive because someone on the internet said it was a good idea doesn't count.
Even if that read "1 in 4 children have suffered sexual abuse directly or indirectly from the internet being used as a means of communication" that sounds absurdly high. The internet being involved in 25% of the cases of child sexual abuse, sure, but that's not what it said. And obviously to deal with the other 75%, we need to ban being in the same room as a minor, since the rest of sexual abuse cases involve someone being in the same room.
Obviously the problem here is the children. We need to ban them, that way they can't be abused. And in time, we'll eventually run out of people that can become retarded politicians.
Wait, so when little Johnny has some some random guy talking about his genitals in an IM window, we should then transfer him over to an IM window with some random guy wearing a blue shirt?
If you're going to have kids, then you need to be a fucking parent. If you want cops to be parents, then go make a donation to the local fertility clinic and request that your deposit goes to a cop.
When did he proclaim himself Libertarian? At least during the 08 race, he opted to not run on the Libertarian ticket after losing the Republican race. If he switched, a) it must have been recently, and b) citation please. He's liked by many Libertarians to say the least, but as far as I'm aware he still has an (R) next to his name.
I'd think that at least 90% of movie reviews (as well as music, video games, and other entertainment) are focused on the content and story, not A/V quality. Unless there's something defective in the shipping products to the point where there might be a recall, very few people are going to comment about the slightly overcompressed video. Most of them are going to be listening through the crappy built-in speakers on their TV, and more than a few are going to have the player hooked up wrong or non-optimally.
Local businesses (generally) have knowledgeable and helpful employees. If all you're buying is napkins then that doesn't make much of a difference, but for products where you should be making some sort of vaguely informed purchase, having a helpful employee can result in you ending up much happier because you didn't buy the wrong thing for your needs.
If you consider that ripping people off, fine. I'm willing to pay a reasonable premium for good customer service, even if typical Wal-Mart penny-pinchers aren't. And I consistently end up with better products anyways, since I don't end up with looks-the-same-but-made-by-cutting-more-corners products that last half as long. Even the Q-tips -- something I didn't know it was possible to screw up -- I once bought from Wal-Mart were inferior to ones I bought at the local grocery store.
The idea is to make it possible to *change* the layout! Unless you have single-pixel buttons that are electronically raisable, you can’t do that with buttons.
Well, that's probably what it'll need to become before it's really practical. With the fixed mask in this demo product, it means that you're limited to one or two configurations (maybe a raised virtual keyboard, sunken phone dial pad). Which is a nice start, but it doesn't really add much compared to a physical keyboard. I'd think that with sufficient miniaturization, you could get it down to a per-pixel level (or close enough to be as useful, maybe 2x2 or 3x3 px), at which point you're maintaining the advantages of a touchscreen - being completely dynamic - while getting the tactical feedback of a traditional keyboard across ALL interfaces.
As a straight atheist, should I then be entitled to a CU option instead of marriage as I don't want to have anything to do with religion?
Genuinely curious - I'm of the opinion that marriage these days has very little to do with religion (despite often being done in a church). Two (or more!) people can love each other without getting married, yet certain rights and benefits are awarded to married couples that aren't available to two people that love each other and live together. One of my mother's friends only just got married to the man she's been together with for probably 30+ years, and it was entirely to do with legal nonsense that you can't sign over to a non-spouse (living will, estate, things of that nature I think; I'm not overly familiar with what happened)
SDK is free. To publish to a device, you need to pay the $100 fee whether you intend to publish the app to the app store or not (otherwise all you can do is use the simulator).
Though I'd assume that with a jailbroken phone, you can get around that. Can't say for sure, as I'm not an iPhone developer and my phone hasn't been jailbroken since the app store went official.
As end-users, that's perfectly true. But as developers, the slashdot crowd can and will do more than your average joe to shape the future of these cellular platforms. It was the basement-dwelling nerds of the planet that helped bring the iPhone to where it is today, and if they all drop it because of Apple's policies and flock to Android, that WILL make a difference. We were the ones bitching and moaning to get apps on there in the first place, and Apple allowing us to do so - despite the limitations of the app store - have propelled the phone to where it is today (I don't believe for a second that wasn't part of Apple's plan from day one, though I do think they underestimated its importance). There's absolutely no reason that can't or won't happen with another mobile platform.
Now I'm not switching off the iPhone anytime soon. I disagree with Apple's review policies, but not nearly as much as I disagree with dealing with Verizon in any way whatsoever (hardware aside, no other carrier around here is remotely practical). And in any case, there's no compelling reason for me to do so at this time.
Honestly, I'd rather see more enhancement in mobile web browsers. Partly because my expertise resides in that area, but more because it's (relatively) platform-agnostic. Why develop for one smartphone when I can develop for ALL smartphones?
I can't speak for everyone, but my two uses are IE testing and mucking around with virtualized servers (including Ubuntu, Debian, and OS X). I'd consider it for gaming, but it's generally not fast enough and I don't really play games anymore anyways. Other than IE6 and IE7 for testing purposes (IE8 never seems to have problems, unless you count not supporting CSS3 stuff like text-shadow and border-radius - though I test in it anyways), I really have no use for Windows whatsoever.
Some companies continue to have Windows-only software, generally that which compliments their hardware. Garmin comes to mind. But I plan accordingly when buying gadgets, though my iPhone has pretty much replaced all of them anyways.
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Covering court fees isn't the same thing as being fined for disagreeing with the judge, as far as I'm aware.
If they want to stay a common carrier and don't want to become responsible for what their users do, then yes it is.
Okay, not *exactly* the same. But close enough that they should know better than to interfere.
It's none of Verizon's business to enforce usage policies of individual sites. Especially since they don't KNOW the usage policies of individual sites.
If this is limited to Verizon's own support forums, fine.
Wait - they're trying to ban porn?
Good luck with that, guys.
1) You won't need a hazmat team to clean up when one breaks
Can we stop with this already? Unless you start licking the floor where you dropped the bulb, it's not a problem. And if you DO start licking the floor when dropping a bulb, you deserve whatever happens to you (which, in all likelihood, is just going to be a lot of glass shards in your tongue)
Damn, always wanted to hit +5, Troll. Oh well.
Given that it's named after becoming profitable for the year, I think "Jew Friday" would make more sense. Well, aside from the whole Christmas thing.
*ducks*
Now that's an idea my behind can get behind.
I think hedgehogs would make a better choice. They could dig out the PSAs from the old Sonic animated series.
Over a hundred thousand people die every year in car crashes in America alone. In spite of the fact that bad driving is massively more identifiable and preventable than deep psychological issues.
I'm not claiming that shootings aren't unfortunate - they are - but of all the senseless ways I could die in any given moment, being shot by a nutjob that finally lost it ranks somewhere on my list of concerns between being struck by lightning and being attacked by a snapping turtle that escaped from the zoo.
"1 in 4 children are sexually abused by the internet."
Is that physically possible? And remember, getting your dick stuck in the CD drive because someone on the internet said it was a good idea doesn't count.
Even if that read "1 in 4 children have suffered sexual abuse directly or indirectly from the internet being used as a means of communication" that sounds absurdly high. The internet being involved in 25% of the cases of child sexual abuse, sure, but that's not what it said. And obviously to deal with the other 75%, we need to ban being in the same room as a minor, since the rest of sexual abuse cases involve someone being in the same room.
Obviously the problem here is the children. We need to ban them, that way they can't be abused. And in time, we'll eventually run out of people that can become retarded politicians.
Wait, so when little Johnny has some some random guy talking about his genitals in an IM window, we should then transfer him over to an IM window with some random guy wearing a blue shirt?
If you're going to have kids, then you need to be a fucking parent. If you want cops to be parents, then go make a donation to the local fertility clinic and request that your deposit goes to a cop.
Did you just inadvertently congratulate America for not using the Metric system? Shame on you! It makes 10 weather so uncomfortable!
When did he proclaim himself Libertarian? At least during the 08 race, he opted to not run on the Libertarian ticket after losing the Republican race. If he switched, a) it must have been recently, and b) citation please. He's liked by many Libertarians to say the least, but as far as I'm aware he still has an (R) next to his name.
Our current plethora of unconstitutional laws and policies would suggest that's not the case.
Senators Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, and Bernard Sanders, a Vermont Independent, argue in the letter.
I mean, even I RTFS.
I'd think that at least 90% of movie reviews (as well as music, video games, and other entertainment) are focused on the content and story, not A/V quality. Unless there's something defective in the shipping products to the point where there might be a recall, very few people are going to comment about the slightly overcompressed video. Most of them are going to be listening through the crappy built-in speakers on their TV, and more than a few are going to have the player hooked up wrong or non-optimally.
Local businesses (generally) have knowledgeable and helpful employees. If all you're buying is napkins then that doesn't make much of a difference, but for products where you should be making some sort of vaguely informed purchase, having a helpful employee can result in you ending up much happier because you didn't buy the wrong thing for your needs.
If you consider that ripping people off, fine. I'm willing to pay a reasonable premium for good customer service, even if typical Wal-Mart penny-pinchers aren't. And I consistently end up with better products anyways, since I don't end up with looks-the-same-but-made-by-cutting-more-corners products that last half as long. Even the Q-tips -- something I didn't know it was possible to screw up -- I once bought from Wal-Mart were inferior to ones I bought at the local grocery store.
The idea is to make it possible to *change* the layout! Unless you have single-pixel buttons that are electronically raisable, you can’t do that with buttons.
Well, that's probably what it'll need to become before it's really practical. With the fixed mask in this demo product, it means that you're limited to one or two configurations (maybe a raised virtual keyboard, sunken phone dial pad). Which is a nice start, but it doesn't really add much compared to a physical keyboard. I'd think that with sufficient miniaturization, you could get it down to a per-pixel level (or close enough to be as useful, maybe 2x2 or 3x3 px), at which point you're maintaining the advantages of a touchscreen - being completely dynamic - while getting the tactical feedback of a traditional keyboard across ALL interfaces.
Sounds kind of like the Optimus Keyboard
As a straight atheist, should I then be entitled to a CU option instead of marriage as I don't want to have anything to do with religion?
Genuinely curious - I'm of the opinion that marriage these days has very little to do with religion (despite often being done in a church). Two (or more!) people can love each other without getting married, yet certain rights and benefits are awarded to married couples that aren't available to two people that love each other and live together. One of my mother's friends only just got married to the man she's been together with for probably 30+ years, and it was entirely to do with legal nonsense that you can't sign over to a non-spouse (living will, estate, things of that nature I think; I'm not overly familiar with what happened)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoScript#AdBlock_Plus
And yes.
SDK is free. To publish to a device, you need to pay the $100 fee whether you intend to publish the app to the app store or not (otherwise all you can do is use the simulator).
Though I'd assume that with a jailbroken phone, you can get around that. Can't say for sure, as I'm not an iPhone developer and my phone hasn't been jailbroken since the app store went official.
As end-users, that's perfectly true. But as developers, the slashdot crowd can and will do more than your average joe to shape the future of these cellular platforms. It was the basement-dwelling nerds of the planet that helped bring the iPhone to where it is today, and if they all drop it because of Apple's policies and flock to Android, that WILL make a difference. We were the ones bitching and moaning to get apps on there in the first place, and Apple allowing us to do so - despite the limitations of the app store - have propelled the phone to where it is today (I don't believe for a second that wasn't part of Apple's plan from day one, though I do think they underestimated its importance). There's absolutely no reason that can't or won't happen with another mobile platform.
Now I'm not switching off the iPhone anytime soon. I disagree with Apple's review policies, but not nearly as much as I disagree with dealing with Verizon in any way whatsoever (hardware aside, no other carrier around here is remotely practical). And in any case, there's no compelling reason for me to do so at this time.
Honestly, I'd rather see more enhancement in mobile web browsers. Partly because my expertise resides in that area, but more because it's (relatively) platform-agnostic. Why develop for one smartphone when I can develop for ALL smartphones?
I can't speak for everyone, but my two uses are IE testing and mucking around with virtualized servers (including Ubuntu, Debian, and OS X). I'd consider it for gaming, but it's generally not fast enough and I don't really play games anymore anyways. Other than IE6 and IE7 for testing purposes (IE8 never seems to have problems, unless you count not supporting CSS3 stuff like text-shadow and border-radius - though I test in it anyways), I really have no use for Windows whatsoever.
Some companies continue to have Windows-only software, generally that which compliments their hardware. Garmin comes to mind. But I plan accordingly when buying gadgets, though my iPhone has pretty much replaced all of them anyways.