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Comment Re:Why do you think.. (Score 1) 364

I must have missed that legislative ruling. I didn't realize there was a fixed life of a phone... other than the carrier's upgrade cycle.

Anyway, my point is, no one updates device software forever - but most people here on macdot.org are making that assertion. Saying, "Apple updates the old devices... but, that device is too old" is not the same thing as "Apple updates all the old devices continually."

It would seem that many people aren't keeping a phone even two years now. I've known quite a few people to upgrade their phone as often as possible, (including iPhone 4 to 4s) so this all may be irrelevant. I'm 100% sure that Apple, Samsung, Motorola, and friends wouldn't mind selling a new phone once a year.

Comment Re:Great idea! (Score 1) 938

My first two cars were standard transmission. You can use your other hand to shift and keep one hand on the wheel. The catch is that a manual transmission car will work fine if you don't leave your hand sitting on the shifter all the time, but a cell phone requires you to hold it to your hand.
I can't believe there are so many people on slashdot who actually believe keeping one hand continuously pressed against ones face is perfectly fine when driving. Sure, you can use the hand holding the cell to do things, but I never really see drivers doing that.
It's definitely not as safe to take a hard turn with one hand... one slip and you'll lose control - especially if you're holding a big cell phone in your hand. You can do it, but you can't say that it's just as safe as using 2 hands. But, it is slashdot, where people make a point assuming their viewpoint is always correct. It's cool - like junior high.

Comment Re:Easy to do (Score 1) 302

I wonder - are these scheduled visits? Pretty much every company will dress up things for visiting clients (you can't completely cover up problems, but you can present things as being better than they are normally.) If the Apple employees visited randomly, it might be interesting. Then again, it might actually be difficult to do truly unannounced visits... if Foxconn (or whomever) could look out for certain foreign visitors... perhaps with a little help from the government.

Comment Re:Great idea! (Score 2) 938

You've never honked at someone who's veering off into your lane? I'm not talking about a sudden shift... just a gradual motion.

I find it hilarious that no one here understands the problem with the conclusion, "there is no difference between using a hands free device and continuously holding a cell phone to your head." Sure, you can drop the phone and then your hand will be free, but I really doubt everyone would do that.

I forget, though - this is slashdot; everyone has to argue everything from the perspective of "I never have that problem - I don't know what you are talking about. No one else's argument is worth thinking about." Oh well, at least it's not another article about something Apple related.

Comment Re:Great idea! (Score 2) 938

If you've got one hand on the wheel and one hand is holding a cell phone, are you going to be using turn signals? They're not optional, as much as some drivers seem to think.
What if you need to honk at someone who's moving into your lane? Sure, you can drop your cell phone or use your hand with the cell phone in it, but I doubt most people do that.

Comment Re:Since when... (Score 1) 487

This is the "Ubuntu" vs "Mac" site. If you're not running one of the approved religions - I mean OSes, you need not comment. Sure, there are "protestants" here who run Debian, Fedora, or some other linux, but they're still running linux. There used to be Windows people, too, but they were eventually purged. Not too too long ago, there was a large group of slashdot ubuntists who converted and became die hard Macolytes. The great irony is that several people here are complaining that FreeBSD users are too "religious." Apparently, if you're not running linux or OS X, you're a religious zealot.

Comment Re:Well duh (Score 2) 391

Not necessarily the state you were born in, but, rather, the state where the SSN application was sent from, at least from 1972 on. More here. Notable:

Since 1972, when SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application for the original Social Security card. The applicant's mailing address does not have to be the same as their place of residence. Thus, the Area Number does not necessarily represent the State of residence of the applicant, either prior to 1972 or since.

They even say (you can choose to believe them or not):

Note: One should not make too much of the "geographical code." It is not meant to be any kind of useable geographical information. The numbering scheme was designed in 1936 (before computers) to make it easier for SSA to store the applications in our files in Baltimore since the files were organized by regions as well as alphabetically. It was really just a bookkeeping device for our own internal use and was never intended to be anything more than that.

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