Posts by Nameless Faceless Computer User

Isn't it obvious?

For years, people marveled at Google Maps when it displays traffic information. We all watch the morning news and traffic report which lights up all the problem areas in red. Google Maps will give you traffic information even on small side streets.

So, nobody is wondering where all this traffic data comes from? It comes from spying on your cell phone location with this software. duh!

Google Wallet is bad news

I was using Google Wallet until I had a problem. I went to Google's website to contact a human being (ha ha ha). There is no phone number. There is no email. There is a heavy java form submission which will pass on your concern directly to the merchant. There is no way to contact Google about a problem with my credit card. All of Google's emails come from noreply. Email to support is bounced back as no such user. Yet, I was giving them all my banking information.

I deleted all my banking information from Google Wallet. I hope they go belly-up. This is what Verizon means when they say they want to provide a good customer experience.

Google - if you want to play with my money, you have to provide a phone number to call when I have problems. I am weary of talking to a machine.

There's a fine line...

There's a fine line between art and "stupid." This is stupid.

I'm missing something

If he took day 666 off as a personal day he could have returned on day 667? No?

self regulating

If you're dumb enough to open an .exe attachment you earn what you have received.

Here's an idea

Why not wait until next year after they work the bugs out of them?

And we believe this?

We are talking about a company who pays people to wait in line to make it appear that their phones are in high demand. It's all smoke and mirrors.

Incomprehensible

I have never heard any good things about Bank of America. People I know tell me nothing but horror stories. Why do people still bank there?

When is an OS not an OS?

An operating system should not be creeping into my BIOS. The real reason they're doing this is to further Microsoft's vision - to turn the PC into an entertainment system. Downloadable music and video must not be copied. They tried and failed encrypting the hard drive and the introduction of Vista. So, they've finally gotten into the BIOS.

This is not about squashing virus. This is about control. I don't want or need a PC to be a home entertainment system. I need a PC to be a PC.

I switched to Mac. Yes, it's better; much better.

Difficult to believe

What? No weight loss app?

Couldn't see this coming?

Given Apple's past OS release vs bug squashing it's quite surprising that people actually went out of their way to upgrade to Lion as soon as it was released.

Wake me up when Lion reaches 10.7.7.

Darwin Award

Who in their right mind upgrades to an operating system which has been been out in the wild for less than a year? If you really, really want to help Apple debug their software that's not newsworthy.

Don't do it

Do not upgrade to Lion this week else you will be flushing out bugs from their operating system for months. Here are some gems from past 10.x.0 releases:

Plugging in an external hard drive tends to wipe out all the data on it.

External drives tend to disconnect themselves causing data corruption.

Firewire 400 hardware failing completely after upgrading.

It seems that every year Apple tends to let more horrors slip past their "quality testing." Don't be a statistic. Wait a few months and set a Google Alert for "10.7 problems"

iphone

This is why iPhone doesn't do flash.

Too many cats

I wouldn't touch it until it reaches 10.7.5. I have no desire to debug Apple's operating system again. Past blunders included external drives which ejected on their own and wiped out all data on them. Or, firewire 400 drivers which were never tested or working.

Who knows what horror awaits?

This is The End

As the great prophet Jim Morrison once spoke, "The future's uncertain and the end is always near."

Smoke and mirrors

Your location information is being broadcast to traffic data collection agencies, like Google, along with how fast you are driving. When you click on "show traffic" on Google Maps where exactly do you think all that data comes from?

Y3K?

Y3K?

Non issue

Commercial pilots do not use GPS for navigation. They use a series of land-based beacons such as VOR's. Some private pilots flying light aircraft may use GPS since it's easier, but only during VFR (Visual Flight Rules). On this occasion, private pilots will simply switch over to the older system.

Wait what?

I have never, nor ever will, connect my refrigerator to the Internet.

Where's the express lane?

This doesn't make sense unless the TSA wants to put in an express lane for people willing to fly naked.

Wait what?

A company in China is suing for trademark infringement? Too funny.

Happy user here

I just grabbed an old copy of iPhoto9. It appears that my new free copy of iPhoto11 will remain in a box until it's ready for prime time.

Close call

You think that's bad? I almost worked for these guys!

You missed one important fact...

Pintas, the man who was roasted, is a Chicago lawyer who owns a condo at the Vdara. Fill in the blanks.

Red Herrings

The whole hate speech issue is a red herring. Rackspace, I'm guessing, expected millions of hits to a tiny website over a short period of time. This would have brought down the servers and the network and disrupt service to its customers. It's a matter of bandwidth, as literally everyone in the world tunes in to see the book burning.

Outrageous

It's a blatant violation of the United States Constitution for the government to censor free speech.

Neat concept - bad idea

Inductive charging is slow, uses more energy, and radiates heat and EMI radiation. It's nothing new. Years ago, they tried using inductive radiation on a stove top. It didn't catch on then either.

That's sick

Someone hasn't been doing their homework. High energy microwaves cause health problems and damage to internal organs. They can cause brain damage and vision loss.

I've seen this show

Are you sure this isn't a re-run of Reno 9-1-1?

I blame television

This incident coincides with the new season of True Blood airing on HBO. This is an especially exciting season where the vampires and werewolves are at odds. There are some, as many as twenty-four percent of the country who believe that vampires are real.

what?

Settle a case? Tone it down? Why aren't people going to JAIL! Throw them all into JAIL.

Public Broadcasting

If you are broadcasting your SSID publicly you should expect that someone, somewhere will write it down. There is a checkbox in your router security settings to turn broadcasting off. Why is this a problem?

Catch-22

Craig's List needs to charge money for their Red Light District to hire lawyers to defend against the lawsuits over operating their Red Light District.

How do you define Cybercrime?

There are only two types of Cybercrime which the U.S. is interested in squashing: Music sharing and porn websites.