You didn't say apps, I didn't say apps - you said "That includes OS level updates" - that is patently false. They do not push OS updates, and they do not require mfg's to allow OS updates to be included in the Android ecosystem.

That is completely and utterly false. There is absolutely no requirement that a phone has to allow Android updates via the play store to be called Android. I've had 3 Android phones. Not a single one ever got an update through the play store, they all come from the carriers - which is why they're generally bloated, slow, and sometimes non-existent. Hell, even the Galaxy Nexus had to get it's updates from Verizon who held back the updates to the point of idiocy. They were well over 6 months behind every other network.

Of all the things to chastise them about - software updates isn't one of them. There's frequently and consistently BRAND NEW Android phones that don't support software that's been out for months before before the phone is even announced.

The only way I'd even consider dumping DVD's to purchase electronic copies is if I actually own the content. The whole premise of streaming services are that you're leasing your content, you no longer own anything, and they can take it away anytime they choose for any reason they choose.

PSHHHH. Obviously the first question we should ask them is if they've met our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Scientists need not apply.

Ahh yes, 768k DSL because Centurylink hasn't upgraded the lines since the 80's. That's absolutely a legitimate alternative to 50mbit cable. Why not just go for AOL dial-up? Other than the fact I can't actually USE a connection that slow for anything beyond email and text based websites... good suggestion. Work from home and hop on a webex? Nope. VOIP softphone while doing ANYTHING online? Nope. And if you really just suggested that 3g cellular based internet that's capped at ridiculously low levels is a legitimate alternative to a wired connection, you're either an industry shill, or borderline insane.

Ya, you're forgetting the part where he who controls the eyeballs has all the power. Comcast, AT&T, and VZW all have long-haul networks of their own. This is simply their way of trying to either force companies like Netflix to dump Level3 and buy transit from them, or force Level3 to pay them for the transit someone like Netflix would as a direct customer. THIS is the problem with allowing ISPs to have monopolies. What is Level3 going to do? Consumers like myself who literally have no choice of ISP can't just up and pick a new one if Level3 were to "turn off the internet" tomorrow. Sure, I could call and complain, bitch to my local senator, but then what? The big ISPs have bought and paid for all our political representatives, so they don't have to worry about legislative repercussions. I can't switch ISPs, so they don't have to worry about losing me as a customer. Why would they ever change what they're doing?

It's basically impossible to pay your employees what they're worth while still retaining exorbitant executive compensation (and still turn a profit). I'll let you do the math on who's going to get the short end of that stick.

It's funny you think I didn't look at what the incentive was to skip the 0% interest and take the cash. You can keep talking until you're blue in the face, unless you've got shitty credit or are absolutely retarded investing your money you'll never come out ahead paying cash for a car. Keep trying though AC, keep trying.

Really? The last car I purchased had an interest rate of 0%. It was pretty easy finding a risk free investment with a higher return. Unless of course you're factoring in "the entire collapse of the US financial sector" as a legitimate "risk". I can get a used car loan at any point in time for under 2% from my local credit union, and bonds return a higher yield that that around here all day long. So yes, ALWAYS.

Says the guy whose advice is for everyone to buy cars in cash, posting as AC. It *ALWAYS* makes sense. RETURN ON INVESTMENT implicitly accounts for risk of the investment. Stick to reddit.

It ALWAYS makes sense to take financing if the interest rate is lower than your return on investment putting the money elsewhere.

So people without insurance who currently pay nothing to go to the ER would instead go to an urgent care facility because it's less expensive? Outside of the fact that urgent care facilities already exist and have had exactly 0 impact on the ER problem, the basis of your logic is nonexistent. You can't make something cheaper than free - there's no incentive for someone to go to an urgent care facility in place of an ER.

What directory server on Linux will save an admin who only knows Windows a lot of time and effort over AD? Same on the mailserver front, and the integration of the two.

It's shocking really. This is the first time I've heard of someone in the 18-26 age group putting something off until the last possible moment.