- What kind of upload rates do you get? - What side of the country are you on? - Are you getting just the internet or are you getting their other services like TV?
Sure it's underhanded. But when you bought your PS3, you owned it at that time, with all its features. However, in order to get the latest features and play the latest games you have to update. If you choose not to update you can do whatever the hell you want with your PS3, but by agreeing to update you agree to whatever they put in the firmware update. That's the way I see it at least.
He was agreeing to the idea that new features would come along, improving his PS3, as time went by. It was a fair assumption they wouldn't remove the OS support.
The way you see it wouldn't hold up if you were actually faced with it.
I find it odd that the article mentions absolutely NOTHING about the implications of this discovery as it pertains to life on other planets.
That's because there are no practical implications about the discovery of life on other planets. Life on a very diverse world found time to comfortably evolve into a hostile environment. That doesn't at all mean that, for example, the moon could have life.
Frankly, until we actually discover some life elsewhere, the possibilities of what we'll find are wide open. Invent a creature and it could exist somewhere simply because we don't know otherwise. We may even find that nine times out of ten a species won't reach the age of space travel without being nearly identical to a human in shape. Maybe 4-armed aliens always go to war and wipe each other out before they get into space. We don't know so what we find here doesn't help us that much when trying to work out a percentage of habitable planets in our galaxy.
Isn't it ironic that Ham Radio is meant to be a communications system for amateurs?
Not really, no. Your Ham Radio license is granted with the understanding that you will not conduct business on it. You cannot, for example, get on 2 meters and say "anybody wanna buy my telescope? $50!"
I just noticed the "correlationisnotcausation" tag. Is that just a knee-jerk reaction to studies now?
Slashdot is the biggest Pavlovian experiment I have ever seen. For example: There was a story yesterday about iPhone contact syncing support for Ubuntu. In the middle of the summary it clearly stated that Android support is coming. Despite this, two people posted asking for Android support.
That's just one example. Knee-jerk is what people do to earn +3 Insighful tags on this site.
Are you asking about the market finding it acceptable or about it being socially acceptable? Your post isn't very, and maybe it's because, and in some cases, and in some places, this is acceptable, your comma use is, and I mean no offense, confusing, clear.
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If a product doesn't suit your needs then well, it must be intentionally not aiming for you. Its not the products fault it doesn't suite you , its your fault for not being the target!
Only on Slashdot would this... creative... interpretation of the pros/cons of a product be considered '+5 Insightful'.
I know it's fashionable to hate Apple and all, but this site has modded up the phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" to infinity. We all understand the concept that there are products that focus more energy on solving one need at the expense of another. Your bow and arrow, for example, was intended to work better for people with two arms and not just one. We don't need to bastardize that understanding just because a few noisy people have annoyed us.
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Build one and show us the results!
If you don't mind me asking:
- What kind of upload rates do you get?
- What side of the country are you on?
- Are you getting just the internet or are you getting their other services like TV?
I wrote that post under the misunderstanding that he was talking about FIOS users. Please mod it down!
What's funny is just a day or two ago I was complaining about how Slashdot encourages knee-jerk reactions. I'm a hypocrite! :D
You are right, I knee-jerked. I missed the bit about the smartphones and zeroed in on 'camp on the network'.
I apologize.
Well, I was gonna get FIOS.
Sure it's underhanded. But when you bought your PS3, you owned it at that time, with all its features. However, in order to get the latest features and play the latest games you have to update. If you choose not to update you can do whatever the hell you want with your PS3, but by agreeing to update you agree to whatever they put in the firmware update. That's the way I see it at least.
He was agreeing to the idea that new features would come along, improving his PS3, as time went by. It was a fair assumption they wouldn't remove the OS support.
The way you see it wouldn't hold up if you were actually faced with it.
Release an upgrade that crashes the machine. Then count the few dozen people who complain. Multiply by ten. Just as valid as the 12,000,000 number.
What do you mean 'just as valid'? That's the same math we used to work out the XBOX defect rate!
"Man-made" as in "artificial'.
Are you one of the guys that maintains those machines?
Does the app store allow you to redownload items you've paid for or would you have to buy them again when your phone dies?
The apps I purchased for my iPhone can also be installed to my iPod Touch without having to pay extra. Actually I was surprised by this.
my Dell mini9 running Ubuntu 10.04 serves me very well, thank you and at a fraction of the price of an iPad :)
According to Amazon that fraction is 6/5.
I find it odd that the article mentions absolutely NOTHING about the implications of this discovery as it pertains to life on other planets.
That's because there are no practical implications about the discovery of life on other planets. Life on a very diverse world found time to comfortably evolve into a hostile environment. That doesn't at all mean that, for example, the moon could have life.
Frankly, until we actually discover some life elsewhere, the possibilities of what we'll find are wide open. Invent a creature and it could exist somewhere simply because we don't know otherwise. We may even find that nine times out of ten a species won't reach the age of space travel without being nearly identical to a human in shape. Maybe 4-armed aliens always go to war and wipe each other out before they get into space. We don't know so what we find here doesn't help us that much when trying to work out a percentage of habitable planets in our galaxy.
Okie doke.
My bad, I shoulda stipulated that I haven't been licensed for like 20 years.
Pure weapons grade Balonium.
Me say you full of cesium salami!
Did the rules change since the late 80's?
Isn't it ironic that Ham Radio is meant to be a communications system for amateurs?
Not really, no. Your Ham Radio license is granted with the understanding that you will not conduct business on it. You cannot, for example, get on 2 meters and say "anybody wanna buy my telescope? $50!"
I just noticed the "correlationisnotcausation" tag. Is that just a knee-jerk reaction to studies now?
Slashdot is the biggest Pavlovian experiment I have ever seen. For example: There was a story yesterday about iPhone contact syncing support for Ubuntu. In the middle of the summary it clearly stated that Android support is coming. Despite this, two people posted asking for Android support.
That's just one example. Knee-jerk is what people do to earn +3 Insighful tags on this site.
Your post would be funnier if they hadn't done an experiment and taken readings to assess that conclusion.
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Step #3: Point webcam at Linux user
Step #4: Only need to call in sick for hangovers.
Nope, still won't work.
What has worked, though, is 1-star reviews on Amazon. Go look up what happened to Spore.
Has anyone ever tried to cross match Geomagnetic storms with Earthquake activity on the Earth ? Seems like a plausible connection ?
Nobody wants to try it because as soon as the connection is made, we'll lose the GoldenGate Bridge!
How can anybody assume that i would willingly upload all my contacts?
Wait.. was this custom written for you?!
GNN NEWS FLASH:
Geomagnetic Storm in Progress in the Sol System
No ships may enter hyperspace during this turn.
Are you asking about the market finding it acceptable or about it being socially acceptable? Your post isn't very, and maybe it's because, and in some cases, and in some places, this is acceptable, your comma use is, and I mean no offense, confusing, clear.
If a product doesn't suit your needs then well, it must be intentionally not aiming for you. Its not the products fault it doesn't suite you , its your fault for not being the target!
Only on Slashdot would this ... creative ... interpretation of the pros/cons of a product be considered '+5 Insightful'.
I know it's fashionable to hate Apple and all, but this site has modded up the phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" to infinity. We all understand the concept that there are products that focus more energy on solving one need at the expense of another. Your bow and arrow, for example, was intended to work better for people with two arms and not just one. We don't need to bastardize that understanding just because a few noisy people have annoyed us.