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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich You just generally seem opposed to the idea that companies must make a profit. Sorry to break the news, but that's business. No profit = no business. Nope. I'm saying that AT&T is using a Public…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich I'm of the opinion that monopolies are created when government gets involved, not when they are uninvolved. Only by force of law can a market be completely owned by one company (great example: when cab…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinnie-bob I have personally had 2 Lacie power supplies fail on me in 2 drives, and I did have to replace them with $30 replacements from Lacie. That was several years ago, and I decided not to purchase from them aga…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ChristophB If I purchase MLB.TV subscription and during those162 games, MLB shows me targeted ads vs what is currently a bland screen during inning breaks and pitcher relief. Instead of splitting ad time with a loca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pigybank How is this a bad idea? Really you must ask? What this means is data will be pay to play. This is the opposite of net neutrality. It means if Youtube sponsors data because they have more money than Vimeo (or…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Competition among carriers and a proven track record of what customers are willing to pay renders your argument moot. If there were competitors willing to offer truly unlimited access per month the l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vaporland Broken clock is right twice a day? It's amazing he isn't an analyst for TV News. If you have a track record of less than 10% -- you are a shoe in as "TV Expert." They literally could not be worse (on a…
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"Equalized?" It's not that there aren't a lot of great apps, it's that you have to research anything you might "test out" on your phone. Android did not avoid the "million plus" dupes of the same fart button app that Apple tried to police. And eve…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ktappe I'm dismayed how many of you are falling for this. The "cost" of data is a manufactured one. It is not as if AT&T is paying someone else to carry data. They are the data carrier! They can make the data "…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 So we've been getting ripped off by the telecoms for the last 100 years or so? Freaking telecoms, how dare they make money with manufactured rates. The business model for AT&T is to charge forever f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by repentantfan Oh, easily. They are attempting to push their costs to the content providers. If the content providers fall for it by "sponsoring", the content providers will have to up the price of their service. The…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetCanadaV2 Whether there is a lack of women or not. They should be hired on merit only, not because they are a woman. I'd say that MOST boards have no way of concluding "merit." People who are connected and h…
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They also don't have any poor people on these boards. The whole point of a Board of Directors is 20% "insight" and 80% networking to provide relationships and deals to profit the company. Rich white guys are on the board because these are the peop…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich I wonder if there are any plans to merge the Phone, iChat, FaceTime and/or Messages apps in a future version of iOS and OSX? Would be handy to have everything in one app/location (speaking for myself). …
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Quote: Originally Posted by virtua FaceTime audio = oxymoron Not really. It likely means that any iDevice becomes a phone and can use whatever dataplan available. This seems to have implications for cell phone companies that may track minu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RichL And do you wish to share these numbers with the class? IN the past two years, Apple has sold ZERO 17" monitors! I'm fairly sure that Apple probably cut off this segment because it wasn't a LOT of money a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie $1,199 at OWC: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDPHWE2R960/ Still, these are cards, Apple simply installs the chips which should make it cheaper, albeit slightly. If were someone buying this n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Fact, actual sales numbers, reality… Again with the anecdotes. Guess they’d better get used to never buying a new computer ever again, then. Not sure how they plan to stay competitive. I'd lik…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Emes Anyone else remember that old "Buy a Mac" ads where they made fun of Vista for having so many configurations? Well, I guess now it's coming back to bite them in the ass. Apple does the same stuff as everyone e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley Not to excuse any copying or parent infringement, but I wonder what Steve Jobs expected to happen after the iPhone launched. That he got so angry about Android would seem to suggest that he thought the rest o…