Most industries have the concept of a product being complete. Why the urge to update software for no reason?

If enough people wanted changes, there would be changes in progress.

They should just be done away with. The people that deserve the payout get nothing while lawyers get everything.

There is no use to being in a class action. You're far better off just suing them yourself.

I barely comment here now and I've been here with one username or another since almost the beginning.

I only occasionally bother reading the comments because most threads are so heavily loaded with right wing (hopefully) trolls that I feel like I'm reading Fox News.

The stories are still pretty good, but the conversation is shit.

Combine that with the lack of voting ability and there's really nothing left here to draw you into the comments section.

Isn't that the real issue?

If I mount a filesystem, I don't expect it to start executing random files on it at all.

Maybe instead of pushing the boundaries of battery size, they should make a phone that can fit a good sized battery safely with current battery technology.

While they are at it, they could make the screens and case thick enough to resist day to day use.

I'm not just complaining about Apple here either.

I haven't commented in years because of various issues, mostly related to feeling that I don't get to contribute.

When I did get moderation, there was little I could do.

Most good comments were already +5, most bad were whatever the negative equivalent was.

If I did mod, then I couldn't comment.

I do not think it means what you think it means.

QT is really a cross platform development library that also includes GUI. For example, it handles threading in a cross platform way so that you don't need ifdefs or roll your own replacements all over the map.

There are a lot of pieces outside the core that while not necessities, are sometimes very useful and for the most part it's modular enough to trim down to just what you need.

I can see occasionally wanting cross platform archiving, so that seems perfect for an optional plugin.

My fear is that QT will become almost dependent on KDE.

I like KDE well enough, but if I wanted KDE, I'd develop with it directly.

Having features overlap isn't good, but neither is using KDE plugins as an excuse for development that should really be in QT itself. Not that the current examples should be core QT, but in the future that may not be the case.

Did you see where 190 degrees is on that graph?

That's just stupidly hot, especially for something you're handing out a window and into a car after approximately 700 previous burn complaints.

Telling McDonalds to bring the coffee down to reasonable temperatures is more like telling steak houses to stop throwing steak knives to customers from the kitchen.

From the linked article:
"Moreover, the Shriner’s Burn Institute in Cincinnati had published warnings to the franchise food industry that its members were unnecessarily causing serious scald burns by serving beverages above 130 degrees Fahrenheit."

I understand what you're saying, I'm simply tired of this case being used as an example of frivolous lawsuits when it's a perfect example of why these type of lawsuits exist.

McDonalds was clearly guilty of serving dangerously hot coffee but the media spun it as frivolous.

McDonalds specified coffee to be 180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hot enough to cause third degree burns and require skin grafts.

Read some of the details or watch the documentary. The burns were horrifying and yet the poor lady gets crucified in the media.
http://www.hotcoffeethemovie.com/default.asp?pg=mcdonalds_case

We've had very good results from Walgreens, but I'm sure it varies by location.

So what if they are no better than a $200 printer, you'll spend another $200 on ink in no time printing photos.

We only have a b/w laser printer at home and do all color photos at Walgreens. It's saving us so much money that I doubt we'll ever buy a color printer again.

Of course rich women who want to keep their figure will want to go this route.

If they want to have children without stretchmarks and weight gain, this is perfect, cost be damned.

It will be the new status symbol.

The broadcasters are probably terrified because their marketing data is mostly speculation. They also have to attempt to control the end location of content they have licensed or else other broadcasters will sue them for stepping on their market area.

Aereo can tell what channels are being streamed at what times and could easily ask for demographics for targeted marketing. They can also send to mobile devices and offices where broadcast TV has very little uptake. Who carries a mobile receiver?

Streaming is potentially a huge improvement for the television market but rather than change or add to their current business model, broadcasters as a group attempt to litigate themselves into relevance.