...I worked in the mobile industry for years, for many cellular manufacturers, programming mobile devices, and testing them for on-boarding with the carriers. The one thing that seemed to be a standard across the board with most Chinese manufacturers, I won't name names due to non-disclosure agreements, is that location services was turned on in the EPROM whether it was off in the UI or not. So, Chinese devices failed location services tests almost every time, and the carrier would send the device back. The "bug" would be fixed, tested with QXDM or other diagnostic tools, and then submitted as fixed. Then when the next version of software was put out the "bug" would be back, and it would have to be fixed again. This was never the case with Japanese, Korean, or American manufacturers...only the Chinese manufacturers. For this reason I won't buy cellular devices manufactured in China. If I turn my location services off I want them off period!
If they are doing that with LBS think what they are probably doing with the rest of the data on your device. Credit Card info, Banking info, personal data, etc. nothing is safe...or as safe as it can be in this world.
...because phones, like cars, come out with new models every year. It really depends on the person, and how in tune with the cutting edge of technology one is.
Me too! As an avid boater I don't appreciate the possibility of being put in danger because some prankster caused the development of a system like this. If I am stuck on the water, in danger, I want the coast guard to come to my rescue. I definitely don't want them wasting time trying to determine if I am an actual boater in distress or a prankster. When a boat is sinking or on fire time is of the essence!!
The article is addressing Ringback tones specifically not songs someone put on an answering machine. Ringback tones were a feature that was offered by carriers in the late 90's and early 2000's You paid $1 - $3 for the song of your choice to play on the caller's end when someone called you instead of the standard sound.
That my friend is the difference between you, and I (the peons) and the CEOs of the world. The driven continue to be driven, not just by money, but by their desire to create, innovate, and sometimes destroy. While the rest of us are only motivated by money. Not to compare Rock stars to CEOs, but there is the same sort of creative, and innovative spirit involved. Look at David Bowie, he was on his death bed, ridden with cancer, but instead of sulking in self pity he finished his final album only days before dying. That is the difference between us, and the innovators of the world that are motivated by sheer willpower, and creativity, not just money.
Waaaa, we can't come up with anything new so we keep regurgitating the same crap over and over again, or spit out remake after remake! What do you expect to happen Hollywood? Eventually consumers are going to get tired of watching Pirates of the Caribbean XVI, or the latest remake of some classic movie! Oh, and don't get me started on Transformers XXXI or whatever number this next stupid Michael Bay flop is.
Of the last three movies I watched, two were from Marvel Studio, and the third was a Quentin Tarantino movie (Hateful Eight which I saw in 70mm the way it was intended!) The sad part is eventually The Last Movie Frontier (Comics) will run out, and then Hollywood will run dry. You can't pick Stan Lee's brain forever...I mean eventually the poor bloke is going to die!
Long story short my advice to you Hollywood is: Hire some new fucking writers who's ideas don't involve remaking cult classics or making another squeal, and if you can't do that then PISS OFF! We can find other ways to entertain ourselves...books perhaps...love the smell of a good, leather-bound, book!
...who studied music theory, and programming. A few years ago he wrote an A.I. program that composes music. He mainly taught it to compose Jazz, but I am sure that it could be taught to compose any kind of music. It's a pretty cool concept.
...it really depends on so many variables that there is no accurate answer. For example I am currently a T-Mobile customer, and have been for several years. Their service, for me, was very good until about four years ago. Then about four years ago my usage, and coverage area changed. I used to use my service mainly in major metropolitan areas, and T-Mobile is great in those types of areas. However, the minute you are anywhere out of the ordinary T-Mobile's service goes down the toilet. Four years ago a couple of things changed for me: My parents retired, and became part owners of a resort. I also bought a boat around the same time. These details are important because whenever I am on my boat or at the resort I have no service. This brings me to my next point which is anytime I see someone using their phone at the resort or on the water I ask them what carrier they use. The answer is almost always Verizon, and if it is not it's AT&T. Not a single person has ever answered that question with T-Mobile or Sprint. Nor has anyone ever said Cricket, Boost, Freedom Pop, etc. Just my opinion whatever that's worth.
It's not that people didn't want them it's that idiots thought that they were more of an invasion of privacy than security cameras, cellphones, etc that are already everywhere. You are already living in 1985 what the f does it matter if someone wears a camera on their head? MORONS!
I beg to differ. I have many Beta and VHS tapes of the first days of Cable TV, and there are no commercials, at least not things other than shows, on any of the tapes. There were advertisements for other shows on MTV, but there aren't any ads for things like Food, Electronics, etc. They had what were called shorts, and these were clever little cartoons in-between shows, but not actual advertisements.
...the Terminator movies become a reality then my job is safe at this point in innovation history. As of right now I don't know any way to automate the coding of automation. Believe me if there were a way I would write the code to do it so at least I could be rich before the Terminators take over and kill everyone...LOL!
Thanks, I've been working a crap-ton of overtime, and didn't recognize the sarcasm till it was too late. My comments were true to how I feel either way.
No, but I work in an Acoustics lab so I have access to sound isolations rooms and such. Here is a link to a picture of part of the one I am working in today.
https://goo.gl/photos/WWQwTLB4...
Not at all. For audiophiles such as myself a headphone jack is a requirement for purchasing any device. Until bluetooth headphones/headsets can provide the same quality as my corded headphones this will not change.
I agree. The sole reason why I don't own a 3D TV is that you have to have special glasses. You can't just use any 3D glasses like you can in the theater. Even better would be if they could pull of 3D without glasses then it would really take off.
"even the slightest smell of Linux" huh? Well where is the link for the *.iso download? I wanna be the judge of that. It sure looks like a Linux based OS to me. All it's missing is the little Penguin in the middle of the KasperskyOS logo. WHATEVER
...use one's eyes to know that climate change is real. When I was a kid, in the 80's, I normally had my coat, and gloves out by this time in November. Shoot we had at least 1 to 3 inches of snowfall by this time in November. Don't believe me then look here:
https://www.currentresults.com...
Then fast forward to 2016: there is no snow in sight, and it is 72 degrees currently in Overland Park, KS where I am. Don't tell me climate change doesn't exist.
If you don't believe your senses then look at the great barrier reef that is slowly dying due to the water being too warm
http://news.nationalgeographic...
Climate change is real, but IMO there is nothing that we can do about it now. Humanity hasn't invested enough time in developing clean energy, clean transportation, etc. to turn things around. A few people like Elon Musk are trying, but the price point for Teslas are still beyond most peoples reach. Very few people that are in that price point are also Earth conscious / green.
Spoilers: as the above comment said don't read if you want to see the movie.
Very true. The plot could have been much better. I mean the current whole movie could have been summed up in the first five minutes. The Army pulls in a world renowned linguist to communicate with aliens that have landed. After some dialogue with the aliens they give her their language as a gift in return for help in the future. She finds that the Alien language allows her to see the future. This is where the plot could open up, and do just about anything, but obviously the writers failed us. She could have then used the power she gained from this alien language to change the world, stop a war, end world hunger, save mankind from a hostile invasion that the first aliens were there to warn us about (the help that they asked for in return for giving her the language), travel the universe, save mankind by finding a new planet after inventing interstellar travel. I mean the sky is the limit when you can see the future. Anything she wanted to do would always be funded because all she would have to do is fill out a lottery ticket and the next day she would have money. This movie could have went so many ways, but instead she chose to live out her normal mundane life, have a child that she knew was going to die of cancer (because she could see the future) and write a book even though all of that would cause her to get divorced. Who in their right mind would choose this existence!?!
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...I worked in the mobile industry for years, for many cellular manufacturers, programming mobile devices, and testing them for on-boarding with the carriers. The one thing that seemed to be a standard across the board with most Chinese manufacturers, I won't name names due to non-disclosure agreements, is that location services was turned on in the EPROM whether it was off in the UI or not. So, Chinese devices failed location services tests almost every time, and the carrier would send the device back. The "bug" would be fixed, tested with QXDM or other diagnostic tools, and then submitted as fixed. Then when the next version of software was put out the "bug" would be back, and it would have to be fixed again. This was never the case with Japanese, Korean, or American manufacturers...only the Chinese manufacturers. For this reason I won't buy cellular devices manufactured in China. If I turn my location services off I want them off period! If they are doing that with LBS think what they are probably doing with the rest of the data on your device. Credit Card info, Banking info, personal data, etc. nothing is safe...or as safe as it can be in this world.
Only if you want built in Malware, and other pestilences.
...because phones, like cars, come out with new models every year. It really depends on the person, and how in tune with the cutting edge of technology one is.
See the comment's subject. No further comment needed.
Me too! As an avid boater I don't appreciate the possibility of being put in danger because some prankster caused the development of a system like this. If I am stuck on the water, in danger, I want the coast guard to come to my rescue. I definitely don't want them wasting time trying to determine if I am an actual boater in distress or a prankster. When a boat is sinking or on fire time is of the essence!!
...why would you want to?
Someone mod this up; I'm out of mod points.
The article is addressing Ringback tones specifically not songs someone put on an answering machine. Ringback tones were a feature that was offered by carriers in the late 90's and early 2000's You paid $1 - $3 for the song of your choice to play on the caller's end when someone called you instead of the standard sound.
Exactly, me too! Tim Cook is only worried about not being able to hire as many H1-B workers as he needs. Jump off a bridge Cook!
That my friend is the difference between you, and I (the peons) and the CEOs of the world. The driven continue to be driven, not just by money, but by their desire to create, innovate, and sometimes destroy. While the rest of us are only motivated by money. Not to compare Rock stars to CEOs, but there is the same sort of creative, and innovative spirit involved. Look at David Bowie, he was on his death bed, ridden with cancer, but instead of sulking in self pity he finished his final album only days before dying. That is the difference between us, and the innovators of the world that are motivated by sheer willpower, and creativity, not just money.
Waaaa, we can't come up with anything new so we keep regurgitating the same crap over and over again, or spit out remake after remake! What do you expect to happen Hollywood? Eventually consumers are going to get tired of watching Pirates of the Caribbean XVI, or the latest remake of some classic movie! Oh, and don't get me started on Transformers XXXI or whatever number this next stupid Michael Bay flop is. Of the last three movies I watched, two were from Marvel Studio, and the third was a Quentin Tarantino movie (Hateful Eight which I saw in 70mm the way it was intended!) The sad part is eventually The Last Movie Frontier (Comics) will run out, and then Hollywood will run dry. You can't pick Stan Lee's brain forever...I mean eventually the poor bloke is going to die! Long story short my advice to you Hollywood is: Hire some new fucking writers who's ideas don't involve remaking cult classics or making another squeal, and if you can't do that then PISS OFF! We can find other ways to entertain ourselves...books perhaps...love the smell of a good, leather-bound, book!
...who studied music theory, and programming. A few years ago he wrote an A.I. program that composes music. He mainly taught it to compose Jazz, but I am sure that it could be taught to compose any kind of music. It's a pretty cool concept.
Exactly!
...it really depends on so many variables that there is no accurate answer. For example I am currently a T-Mobile customer, and have been for several years. Their service, for me, was very good until about four years ago. Then about four years ago my usage, and coverage area changed. I used to use my service mainly in major metropolitan areas, and T-Mobile is great in those types of areas. However, the minute you are anywhere out of the ordinary T-Mobile's service goes down the toilet. Four years ago a couple of things changed for me: My parents retired, and became part owners of a resort. I also bought a boat around the same time. These details are important because whenever I am on my boat or at the resort I have no service. This brings me to my next point which is anytime I see someone using their phone at the resort or on the water I ask them what carrier they use. The answer is almost always Verizon, and if it is not it's AT&T. Not a single person has ever answered that question with T-Mobile or Sprint. Nor has anyone ever said Cricket, Boost, Freedom Pop, etc. Just my opinion whatever that's worth.
It's not that people didn't want them it's that idiots thought that they were more of an invasion of privacy than security cameras, cellphones, etc that are already everywhere. You are already living in 1985 what the f does it matter if someone wears a camera on their head? MORONS!
I beg to differ. I have many Beta and VHS tapes of the first days of Cable TV, and there are no commercials, at least not things other than shows, on any of the tapes. There were advertisements for other shows on MTV, but there aren't any ads for things like Food, Electronics, etc. They had what were called shorts, and these were clever little cartoons in-between shows, but not actual advertisements.
...the Terminator movies become a reality then my job is safe at this point in innovation history. As of right now I don't know any way to automate the coding of automation. Believe me if there were a way I would write the code to do it so at least I could be rich before the Terminators take over and kill everyone...LOL!
Thanks, I've been working a crap-ton of overtime, and didn't recognize the sarcasm till it was too late. My comments were true to how I feel either way.
No, but I work in an Acoustics lab so I have access to sound isolations rooms and such. Here is a link to a picture of part of the one I am working in today. https://goo.gl/photos/WWQwTLB4...
Not at all. For audiophiles such as myself a headphone jack is a requirement for purchasing any device. Until bluetooth headphones/headsets can provide the same quality as my corded headphones this will not change.
I agree. The sole reason why I don't own a 3D TV is that you have to have special glasses. You can't just use any 3D glasses like you can in the theater. Even better would be if they could pull of 3D without glasses then it would really take off.
...STUPID!
"even the slightest smell of Linux" huh? Well where is the link for the *.iso download? I wanna be the judge of that. It sure looks like a Linux based OS to me. All it's missing is the little Penguin in the middle of the KasperskyOS logo. WHATEVER
...use one's eyes to know that climate change is real. When I was a kid, in the 80's, I normally had my coat, and gloves out by this time in November. Shoot we had at least 1 to 3 inches of snowfall by this time in November. Don't believe me then look here: https://www.currentresults.com... Then fast forward to 2016: there is no snow in sight, and it is 72 degrees currently in Overland Park, KS where I am. Don't tell me climate change doesn't exist. If you don't believe your senses then look at the great barrier reef that is slowly dying due to the water being too warm http://news.nationalgeographic... Climate change is real, but IMO there is nothing that we can do about it now. Humanity hasn't invested enough time in developing clean energy, clean transportation, etc. to turn things around. A few people like Elon Musk are trying, but the price point for Teslas are still beyond most peoples reach. Very few people that are in that price point are also Earth conscious / green.
Spoilers: as the above comment said don't read if you want to see the movie. Very true. The plot could have been much better. I mean the current whole movie could have been summed up in the first five minutes. The Army pulls in a world renowned linguist to communicate with aliens that have landed. After some dialogue with the aliens they give her their language as a gift in return for help in the future. She finds that the Alien language allows her to see the future. This is where the plot could open up, and do just about anything, but obviously the writers failed us. She could have then used the power she gained from this alien language to change the world, stop a war, end world hunger, save mankind from a hostile invasion that the first aliens were there to warn us about (the help that they asked for in return for giving her the language), travel the universe, save mankind by finding a new planet after inventing interstellar travel. I mean the sky is the limit when you can see the future. Anything she wanted to do would always be funded because all she would have to do is fill out a lottery ticket and the next day she would have money. This movie could have went so many ways, but instead she chose to live out her normal mundane life, have a child that she knew was going to die of cancer (because she could see the future) and write a book even though all of that would cause her to get divorced. Who in their right mind would choose this existence!?!