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Quote: Originally Posted by Swift Since I live back from the street about 75 feet, there is a horrendous problem with reception, which was only cured by getting a microcell or whatever they call them. So for the last three or four years, I've be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dtidmore In the user terms of service, it states that a user must be on a mobile share plan with unlimited talk and text in order to participate in the beta test. I suspect these terms will apply once it goes GA. I…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sandor inevitably, increases in efficiency are met with resistance, and statements of how it will "never work", and the naysayers tend to be proven wrong over time. consumption does not equal performance. They st…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone You can't really use an electric heat pump for multi-story high density housing like we have in Southern California. Yes you can. In fact, they're already required by code for large buildings, because you…
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Quote: Originally Posted by coffeetime Why aren't building codes updated to mandate either tankless water heaters in all new construction or insulated hot-water-loops? All of the water that is wasted down the drain while waiting for it to wa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nagromme And for steadiest pics: - WORST: tap the screen hard and jerk the device (if anyone does this, thank goodness for the image stabilization!) - MIDDLE : click a volume button and jerk the device (feels…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mavis It's kind of annoying though, because it hides the signal strength indicators - both wifi and LTE. If you open a Safari link from another app, it shows the "Back to ____" text indefinitely, so if things are taki…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Brakken So even if software is written for iOS, it would still need to be changed significantly to work on Linux hardware systems? Thanks for helping me understand. Yes, unless somebody reimplemented Apple's l…
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It's weird that they deleted the blue-green wave wallpaper when it was used in all of their demos and publicity shots of iOS 9. I suspect something got messed up with the wallpapers in this build.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Nope! Explain then. How does Apple Pay avoid fraud over EMV? Protip: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204274 Quote: Payments made using Apple Pay within apps are card not present transactions.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY :sigh: That's is some grade-A horse shit 1) You claimed the MC is "doing Apple's work" and you said that work is forcing all EU retailers to install terminals with NFC. Then you claim that even with…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I'm very lost. Apple is getting merchants signing on to officially support Apple Pay, but they also don't have to because it's just an NFC-based payment so unless they artificially stop supporting NFC-bas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by foad This will change closer to the end of the year when the liability shift happens. Most banks are still in the middle of issuing chip based cards and most large retailers are still transitioning to newer terminal…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Apple Pay has been nothing but big wins since it was first introduced. In a few years you'll be surprised if a retailer doesn't accept NFC-based payments. MasterCard has a mandate for all new EU hardwar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PScooter63 When I gave my iPad 3 to my wife, I performed a "reset to factory settings" first, and she proceeded to set it up with her own data and apps. No messaging problems or data artifacts whatsoever. We have …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Here's what it says: "Founded in 2001 as a joint venture between Virgin Group, Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Sprint Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA commenced operations in June, 2002 as a mo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I don't normally cite Wikipedia, except when it is too obvious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mobile Did you even notice that I specifically called it "Virgin Mobile USA"? https://en.wiki…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Getting into the MVNO business would have been ill-advised. It's a low margin, zero-growth, dog of a business best left to useless companies like Virgin and no-name start-ups. Virgin Mobile USA and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Phone-UI-Guy It sounds like my sudo change to require a password every time may help block part of this. Nope. The sudoers man page says Quote: When multiple entries match for a user, they are applied in order.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GQB Ah, good 'ol knee jerk Libertarianism at work... Couldn't be that LACK of government action (in the form of preventing telecom monopolies) is the real problem, and that they should be instead regulated as utilit…