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Comment Complete nonsense (Score 1) 239

Replacing Windows with Linux would completely screw over large enterprises whoâ(TM)ve invested years in Windows infrastructure. Enterprises move so slow thereâ(TM)s still a large subset running 2008 R2. You canâ(TM)t even convince some of them to upgrade past Windows 7. And if they are on Windows 10, itâ(TM)s not even the latest build. Donâ(TM)t even get me started on end usersâ(TM) having to give up years of Windows knowledge. The amount of productivity lost would be ridiculous. This is laughable.

Comment Re: just now? (Score 1) 398

My car is a Nissan Maxima and the problem with this is that I've accidentally left the key in the car in the console under the radio and the car locked because the key fob lost contact with the car for a few seconds. So even though it wasn't supposed to be possible to lock yourself out of the car, it has happened to me twice. I just use the real key now. The wireless keys are solving a problem I never had and causing more problems for me.

Comment Reminds me of a funny story (Score 5, Interesting) 175

PayPal once froze my account. I didn't realize how much they take those comments seriously and several years ago I sent some money to my wife with PayPal and put "For Sexual Favors" in the memo box, just kidding around, the way people would do on checks back in the day. Well, apparently PayPal thought I was actually paying for sex with PayPal and froze the funds. After I called them and explained the situation though, they quickly released the funds.

Comment Verizon pushed me to an iPhone (Score 0) 207

A few months ago, I was switching from AT&T to Verizon. As an iPhone user of many years, I wanted to try Android. I told this to the Verizon salespeople and they told me to stick with iPhone because I wouldn't be happy. I didn't listen because relying on salespeople for technology advice is not a good practice. I went with the Thunderbolt. The 4G was incredibly fast, but so was the speed at which my battery drained. I gave Android a serious shot for about a week, then I had to go back to iPhone. I went in and they refunded everything and swapped me out for an iPhone with no hassle. The salespeople were right, but just this once.

Comment I can't believe that no one pointed this out yet. (Score 1) 391

Cash doesn't require batteries! You can have all the money in the world sitting on a website, but when the phone goes dead, guess what, so do you chances of paying with Paypal mobile app. At least your debit card can't go dead. I don't want to be standing on the side of the road somewhere, trying to beg people for a charge so I can pay the tow truck company. No thanks. You are pretty much SOL at that point.

Comment You can stop wi-fi, but you can't stop 3G (Score 5, Insightful) 312

Cutting off wireless access is pretty pointless. The better solution is to give 2 free hours and then give a code when you buy something else that gives you another 2. That at least keeps the freeloaders at bay. Caribou does something similar to this already. You aren't going to keep people from sitting there and surfing the internet though just by cutting off wi-fi. I like to take my iPad to coffee shops and read the news and it's tethered to my phone so I still have free internet regardless. I think had you done this in the early 2000s yeah, you would have stopped people from turning your coffee shop into an internet cafe, but in 2010, it's a little late.

Comment Misleading summary (Score 5, Insightful) 156

This is a linux computer in a car that has very specific hardware and limited functionality. Wake me up when you can get a true desktop machine to boot in 1 second and then we can talk. This is like saying, "My toaster runs linux and it can boot instantly!" Big freaking deal.

Comment Stupid Lawsuit (Score 1, Flamebait) 203

So this lady was suing because of what? Being slightly inconvenienced? And Vista wasn't bad at all. Especially with a new machine that had the proper drivers. All you had to do was turn off UAC and set it to classic theme and you couldn't tell the difference between it and XP. Windows 7 rocks. This lady was just trying to make a quick buck off a frivolous lawsuit.

Comment Re:Dear FSF (Score 1) 1634

Nope. Try again. I've owned 3 all generations of iPhone. Jailbroke every single one. Never bricked the device ever. You can't brick it jailbreaking. Maybe if you drop it and break the device, but jailbreaking nope. And you are only banned from Push if you don't use AT&T in the US. You can't unlock and goto T-Mobile and have Push work, but Push works fine on Jailbreak. Read up buddy. You are severely misinformed.

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