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Comment Re:This is really stupid ... (Score 1) 314

Yes, the US can afford to buy cheap stuff from China, if the only alternative is to buy lower-quality, more expensive items from American billionaires who will just hoard the money and not let a single cent trickle down. Either way the money is spent, right? At least with China products, the money is spent more frugally.

Submission + - SPAM: Apple Planning Switch To Randomized Serial Numbers Starting This Year

An anonymous reader writes: Apple will soon be making a significant change to its serial number format for future products that will see some key information stripped out. In an internal AppleCare email this week, obtained by MacRumors, Apple said the new serial number format will consist of a randomized alphanumeric string of 8-14 characters that will no longer include manufacturing information or a configuration code. Apple said the serial number format transition is scheduled for "early 2021," and confirmed that IMEI numbers will not be affected by this change.

Any currently shipping Apple products will continue to use the current serial number format, while future products will use the new format, according to Apple. The new serial numbers will initially be 10 characters, the company indicated. Apple's current serial number format has long allowed both customers and service providers to determine the date and location that a product was manufactured, with the first three characters representing the manufacturing location and the following two indicating the year and week of manufacture. The last four characters currently serve as a "configuration code," revealing a device's model, color, and storage capacity. Apple initially planned to transition to the new serial number format in late 2020, but delayed.

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Comment Call me when there is 5.1 (or better) surround mix (Score 1) 71

At this point higher bitrates don't interest me as much as truly immersive sound. Dolby digital or DTS would be a nice addition I might consider paying more for. Pushing more ones and zeros for simple stereo sound and expecting people to pay more doesn't make sense to me when bandwidth is very cheap. If you can get your hands on some 5.1 mixes of Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd or Queen for example, the experience is mind blowing. It seems like these 5.1 mixes had great promise and died out when SACD format fizzled. Bring it back, Spotify!

Comment Re:Here's a simple solution (Score 1) 39

iOS 14.5 should remind you every day to go get vaccinated and when you upload your vaccination record card to your wallet, it stops reminding you and tells you that you can now stop wearing a mask.

Except getting vaccinated just helps your body avoid getting sick if you get infected, not from getting infected at all. Vaccinated people can still be carriers and infect other people, especially if they haven't had their second dose yet, or waited for the second dose to become fully activated (which could take a number of weeks).

Comment No more Torchwood Miracle Day on Starz Live? (Score 1) 314

I ALMOST cancelled my Netflix account when the price for disc & streaming went up. Then I found Starz had a live stream of their network channel on Netflix. I really started to get into Torchwood Miracle Day and decided not to cancel Netflix. Now I'm pretty sure I will be closing my account, and go to a "friend" to get the show for me online for free.

Comment Re:NMI button (Score 1) 204

I also remember a program called GOMF (Get Out'a My Face) that let an Amiga user abort a program after the dreaded Guru Meditation Error threatened to crash the entire system. Ah, good times!

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