Posts by NoneSuch 2655 publicly visible posts • joined 25 May 2010
Apple consistently screws over their customer base for profit. Until their customer base wakes up and does basic comparisons between vendor hardware / storage offerings, or at least starts demanding accountability for their product lines, you'll see no change.
The majority of Apple users are convinced low quality crap electronics get better when you add an Apple logo. That's on them. Any additional money they spend is an idiot tax.
https://youtu.be/04P2u-QOMHA?t=217
Pilots are supposed to wash out of training if they cannot meet the standard. That's so multi-million dollar strike aircraft don't become smoking craters before an actual war starts. Seven years is an aboration, however and does not reflect well on the program (regardless of the excuses.)
With Denmark poo-poo'ing the sale of Greenland to the Great Pumpkin of the US, the UK may be next on the auction block with a successful no-plan BREXIT.
So the yanks will sort it out, in time. Unless of course, sanity comes back into fashion and this whole BREXIT BS is squashed forcibly.
"Nice to see Microsoft do something useful for a change too.."
MS are members of the Linux Foundation (among other major corperations, see link below) and have way too much say in Linux development IMO.
Let's hope the legal eagles check out the boilerplate carefully before the Ex-FAT code is amended or MS may very well be putting a poison pill into the OS.
I don't trust Microsoft and their "embrace, extend, and exterminate" motto.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/membership/members/
Samsung could lead the industry in hosting replaceable and MODIFYABLE phone parts. Would open up a world of possibilities for those who like to tinker, especially some of the artsy type iFanboi.
Just make it clear mods and non-sanctioned repairs void ye olde warranty and Bob is indeed your uncle.
Besides, reducing customer choice is TM Apple Inc.
Ban all PAC and Super PAC activity.
Allow no more than $1,000 per year, per person, donation to any political party, candidate or cause. This includes lobby groups like the NRA, tobacco, or any company association. Anyone contributing more than that should be charged with a felony.
Anyone who buys commercial air time for political purposes needs to be publicly identified as an individual and not "Citizens for Change" or some other euphemistic title to hide behind. Political party purchases of air time should be limited per year (whether there is an election or not).
Money does not make politics any better. It erodes whatever few scruples are left in a politician. Candidates are supposed to work for us not some nameless PAC.
"Wondering why "telemetry" has become synonymous with "surveillance"?
These are not at all the same thing."
Yes they effing are for the same reasons "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide" are used interchangeably. Calling an action by something more palatable does not undo the action itself.
Surveillance is defined as "close watch kept over someone or something." I call it data rape.
"The highest amount paid to any individual will be $4,720, according to this latest settlement. Wilson will receive an additional $7,000 as a reward for bringing and pursuing the case over five years. The lawyers bringing the case have agreed not to charge more than $1.65m for their services."
So the guy who raised the suit makes just under $11,720 and the lawyers trouser 1.65 Mil.
I chose the wrong career.
"with some help from best buddy Microsoft, Apple has put forward its strongest case yet that its machines are no longer so special that administrators need recoil in horror at managing them."
70% of our service tickets are for the 10% of the Macs marketing and sales insist on having. Their wireless tech is garbage, support is at best, hit or miss and spare parts cost a packet; if they even deign to sell you spares without you're delivering a broken part first, then forcing us to wait three weeks until they themselves can bring one in. The costs to buy and maintain are eye-watering.
$6K for a new iMac you can build (identically spec'd) for $1,200 yourself? Keep it. They are not "special" in the slightest. They are the Jordache jeans of laptops; you're just paying a premium for the logo.
No executive will admit to failing to sign off on the proper firewall because it's too expensive.
No manager will take responsibility for overtaxing the IT staff.
No accountant will acknowledge slashing the IT security budget as, "unnecessary."
No supervisor will admit they blew their entire IT training budget for them to go on a lark to Las Vegas.
The'll just blame Bill and Edna in IT for not stopping the sophisticated attack.
One of our security guards is called Horst. He's 6'7", broad as a house and an amateur MMA fighter on his days off. Be thankful he hadn't been on duty that day to see them assaulting the door. The outcome would have been much different. That man intimidates me and I'm authorized to be there.
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