Why does tech insist on updated stuff that ends up frustrating and annoying users to get an overall UI improvement of %0.01? Come on, guys, go work on something useful or make the bits behind the UI better.
That's TiVo's big problem. They've been adjusting the UI lately, and with each iteration it looks like they are introducing more bugs than they remove. TiVo's quality control level has been dropping drastically.
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Version updates:
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Security and other interim updates:
... Increasingly mobile consumer electronics are just vehicles for ads, analytics, and giving up my privacy
So I'm not the only person who thinks that apps on mobile devices are written more for the purpose of user data harvesting than anything else.
It's been almost three months since the Apple Watch launched, and the tiny device hasn't taken people's wrists by storm. That's not to say it's a failure
Whether it is a failure or not depends upon Apple's expectations for the device.
If Apple Watch is selling at a rate of only one-tenth of what Apple expected, then it is indeed a failure.
and which OS platform doesn't have a list of exploits and vulnerabilities as long as an elephants trunk over the last decade?
The current thread is about Windows, and that is why I mentioned Windows. You can call it "born for prejudice or ignorance". I prefer to call it "staying on topic".
The paranoia is amazing
Considering the exploit record of Microsoft Windows, I'd say his paranoia is quite justified.
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Indeed, if only Microsoft were as paranoid about people exploiting vulnerability vectors into Windows.......
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I have to wonder if this decision to monetize customer data is an indication that Apple sees its profit growth slowing down, and Apple is now looking for new revenue streams to make up the difference?
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But Microsoft is not one to give up. Once Microsoft has the masses auto-upgrading their copies of Windows, the next step in the plan is probably to start charging a monthly fee for the honor of continuing to have Windows activated each month.
Where else will Microsoft get enough revenue to support the bloated Redmond bureaucracy, now that there won't be any more big versions of Windows to sell?
...from a practical standpoint, this just makes sense....
My concern is not about the updates occurring automatically.
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My concern is about the low quality of recent updates from Microsoft.
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There have been far too many Windows Update problems lately, with serious ramifications for those experiencing those problems.
The last thing I want to happen to my PC is for it to be bricked by a Windows Update that occurred "without any additional notice".
...We'll take all this as a signal that we're starting to compare favorably with human drivers....
When the self-driving cars can navigate the snow and obstacles of a Northeast winter, then I'll be impressed. Until then, the self-driving cars are little more than an expensive toy.
...And the biggest earthquake in the US wasn't
It is not about "was", it is about "will be".
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What is the likelihood of another quake of that magnitude occurring in Tennessee in the next 100 years? 500 years?
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On the other hand, you are effectively donating all your data to some third party knowing that they will be mining it for information to sell, and with little more than a piece of paper to assure you can get it back.
8 Catfish = 1 Octo-puss
