Comment /. on Blackberry? Ha! (Score 2) 298
Overall, our iOS traffic (8.74%) is higher than our Android traffic (6.75%). Windows Phone and BlackBerry both clock in at about 0.2%.
One reason contributing to Blackberry's low numbers on
Overall, our iOS traffic (8.74%) is higher than our Android traffic (6.75%). Windows Phone and BlackBerry both clock in at about 0.2%.
One reason contributing to Blackberry's low numbers on
. . . [Y]ou might end up driving a car with a fancy in-dash computer system that's completely useless for much of the time you own it.
My first car had an AM radio, but I wanted FM, so I bought an FM converter for it. Car #3 had an AM/FM radio, but I wanted a cassette player, so I ended up buying and installing a radio with a cassette player in it. Car #4 didn't have a CD player, and I remedied that with a portable CD player and an adapter that slipped into the factory-installed cassette player. The current car has a radio with CD player and auxiliary input jack and Bluetooth, but I'm pretty sure it will be obsolete by the time I get rid of it.
Why would onboard computers be any different?
But it would be interesting to see what would happen if someone shot down a government-owned drone. Anyone want to bet on how that would go down?
You think it would be interesting to go to prison for destruction of government property? That's my bet for your future if you do that.
That would be interesting, too, but my intention in using "someone" wasn't an attempt to suggest that I might do such a thing. If I fired a gun on my property, I would be overrun by cops within three minutes.
I suppose you mean you came of age during that period, since any males born during that period were required to register. I'm of that age, too, and I felt the same way. Reagan's invasion of Grenada a few years later only strengthened the feeling that I wouldn't be so much defending our country as defending politicians' egos. I have tremendous respect for the people who have been willing to take that risk, but it wasn't for me.
Supposing a fellow starts in one of the blessed majors and ends up getting a philosophy degree at the end? Are they going to whack him for the difference in tuition, or will he have made an end run around it?
To its credit, the Slashdot poll does correctly use Democratic (unless
I believe the poll must have been edited since my comment. It's possible that my memory is faulty, but I wouldn't have made my comment unless it had read "Democrat". . . unless I misread it at the time. (Is my memory going down the tubes, or are these people messing with my mind?)
One key is remembering that you can learn something from anyone you meet. I particularly learned this in working with developmentally-disabled people and in retail before I got into IT. And, while it's taken the better part of 50 years, I've learned that it's best for me to just shut up and listen to what other people are saying. I've learned that plenty of people are smarter than I've given them credit for, and I've learned all kinds of interesting things that would have otherwise eluded me.
It may also be worth spending a little bit of time with a counselor to learn some interpersonal skills. S/he can likely recommend some books on the subject. I especially liked Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand. It's more about male/female conversational styles, but it's a good introduction to the out-of-band messaging that occurs in conversation.
The fact that you're aware you have personality traits that you find obnoxious in others is a good thing and will help you become a very likeable person -- which you probably are already.
Good question. I logged into my Verizon account and went to the privacy page. It offered a link to the privacy policy and a link to a page for Location-Based Services (LBS) Privacy Settings. I visited the settings page first, and it said there was nothing to set. What I skimmed said something about Verizon Navigator, which I don't use because it is a paid service, and Google Maps is so good. (Does this mean they take your money and spy on you at the same time? I know Google spies on me, but it doesn't cost me a nickel for the privilege.) Then I visited the privacy policy page and found this:
Information Shared Outside the Verizon Family of Companies:
Except as explained in this Privacy Policy, in privacy policies for specific services, or in agreements with our customers, Verizon does not sell, license or share information that individually identifies our customers, people using our networks, or website visitors with others outside the Verizon family of companies for non-Verizon purposes without the consent of the person whose information will be shared.
It sounds a little like breach of contract to me if they sell my information. But, of course, there is an arbitration clause, so the chances of a class action are pretty minimal.
OTOH, Declan McCullagh often cries wolf, and sometimes he stretches things out of proportion.
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