Re: It all sounds
Leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
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The waffy strategy that is presented with the products they produce. They are a tech device company presenting a lifestyle façade. This is one of the reasons they have money measured in GDPs, not just for tax reasons, because they don't know where to go with this. So they start focusing on the minutiae of cutting a few mm here, a curve here, a current usable port here. They are in serious crisis and TC daren't forge his own path, oh know. The legacy SJ left behind is powerful and it seems to me they are stalling and fairly scared to actually break out really forge something that isn't rooted in advertising or prophetic profits.
Basically it is an opinion piece based on observed waffy strategy by Apple.
Apple seriously seems to have an existential crisis. It was/is(?) a tech device company that seems to hate the fact it is a tech device company.
Itunes and Apple TV are good examples of this, as well as the ever decreasing usabiliy of their offerings - hint: Removing features does not automatically = progress. And who gives a crap if it is as thin as a Piece of A4 (US Legal).
It has clout and the resourses to be leader in the computing field, but that is obviously far too crass and won't distinguish it from, say, Lenovo.
But this article is comparing its offerings to the likes of Google. This is comparing Apples to Oranges - and partly Apples fault for presenting an uncertain image to the world.
They have Google-envy.
IMHO anyway. But what do I know. I am not a consultant.
I get it. A lot of people don't like cyclists. We can hold you up on twisty roads, especially if there is an incline. There are cyclists who don't pay attention and can cause you stress, granted. A driver who doesn't pay attention, however, is more likely to cause serious injury.
However, the attitude I encounter on the road is, quite frankly, crazy, but from a very, very few drivers. Deliberately buzzed, get beeped at. An idiot cyclist, for the most part, will cause a scratch on your car. An idiot car driver can easily cause serious injury and death.
We all are allowed by law to use the roads. They are all of ours, paid for out of general taxation. This attitude that the road is for motored vehicles only is false. The only place where that is true are motorways or other roads that are specifically designated so.
If you get held up a few minutes, so what? This general us vs them has no place on the road regardless of what you are in or on. If you think like that then you need to examine yourself. We are all trying to get somewhere. It is up to all of us to ensure we help each other to get there safely. If you don't like that, then hand your license in.
Your attitude is dangerous.
To comment on a few points:
It was 08:20 in the morning. I would get 05:00, or even 07:00.
Self service is great for a few items. But when you have a trolly full, and every other item struggles, or unexpected item in the baggage area, then have to wait for the member of staff to correct it...
Also, for those that state staff costs etc...really? Service is just about that. If ASDA are losing money that they don't have someone on the Tills at sensible times then ASDA have got a bigger problem than staff costs.
FTR - their choice is crap, and the quality is rather lacking. I went to a Tesco in Ruthin the other day and was blown over at how much better this smaller Store was in this relatively smaller populated area than the 'superstore' I normally go to and wear out a pair of shoes walking around to do a normal shop.
Oh and another thing, I find it amusing that this particular thread went on for so long...:) cheers for participating. It causes me to feel less, well, 'special'.
Seriously - who started this hyperbolic ride into mediacracy? (SWIDT)
Until they perfect robotic Checkout assistants, I will continue to laugh at the predictions falling within the next 20 years.
Oh and BTW Asda - I dont' give a monkeys. If you are open at a sensible time in the morning, which you are, and let me shop, which you do, and want to take my money, which you certainly do, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TROLLYFULL OF SHOPPING THROUGH SELF SERVICE.
And the assistant stating that they don't start the tills till 9 - that an ASDA policy? You wonder why you are losing to Aldi and Lidl.
I'm not an angry man. Really, I am not. *sob*
I am telling you - Amazon is the company that will own the world. Not Google, not (hahahahhahahha) Microsoft.
Once they start buying up business leases on properties and letting Amazon stores use them, utilising the existing logistics, and getting taxes for local governing bodies, it will become the Lucky Dragon of the real world.
"That's so complicated, I just read the list and memorize it. No need for silly gimmicks"
In your case, yes. Funnily enough I am crap at lists but I was struck by how well that worked for me.
No need for silly put downs.
"Why not just take the list with you?"
Can't decide if you are being funny or being flippant. I'll go with flippant since you posted AC. :)
Interesting side note regarding level of alcohol in wines...
I recently started drinking varying bottles of Chateauneuf Du Pape rather than the usual Wolfblass/Jacobs poison.
Despite the fact it is around 13.5-14, I feel less affected in the morning than if I had drank from the hallowed prison isle usual suspects.
There is something in this more expensive wine makarky. I thoroughly recommend it.
Obviously I am not IR35 fodder as we would be talking Chateau Margaux and I would expect to wake up the next day in the arms of Venus as a result.
This upsets people I see.
I suggest you never go into testing as 'works on my machine' is a banned term around here.
As is sending a spreadsheet, correctly formatted, from Open/Libre office to a client, who then opens it in excel and complains the hell about the way they can't use the numbers. This is after copying and pasting the numbers to compound the issue.
But hey. I should get a grip because, well you know, Excel is just a simple spreadsheet program, right?
"Only if you don't know how spreadsheets actually work, and know the difference between what's stored and what's displayed.
Living hell. For god's sake get a grip old boy, there are Americans watching."
Yes. You would think it was that simple, wouldn't you? And indeed, assuming that I must be ignorant of how spreadsheets work because something this simple MUST be down to user error. Obviously Excel users area a class above LibreOffice users because LO never caused a fuss with my ignorance.
"I am a user of libreoffice, and was a user of openoffice. I am still a user of Microsoft Office.
The quality difference is huge, sadly.. and I DO contribute with money to libreoffice."
Maybe. But if you ever have to deal with telephone numbers in a spreadsheet, you can be rest assured Excel will make your life a living hell...
"The defence is made out if the defendant proves that the photograph in question was sent to him without any prior request by him or on his behalf and that he did not keep it for an unreasonable time. By analogy, the burden is a legal one (R v Collier [2005] 1 Cr. App. R. 9).
Right - key words here: " the defendant proves that the photograph in question was sent to him without any prior request by him"
You have to prove something that doesn't exist. I think the hysterical interpretation is possibly justified in this case. The people usually enforcing the law are not about being justice driven, but results driven. It isn't there fault, it is the way the system is stacked and badly written and amateur (I hope, otherwise conspiracy) lawmaking.
"So isn't Uber aiding and abetting a criminal/interfering with a police investigation?"
As much as I think that Uber are the epitome of amorality and greed and a perfect example of how not to run a company, I disagree with that statement. I don't think that because something is really handy to law enforcement to arrest someone that not being able to rely on that means they are actively being interfered with. It isn't like they have said "Hey, this is the law, give us unfettered access to your systems or else taser!". More like their job is not as easy.*
*Although, it seems that this is now becoming an offence...at least where it wasn't before.
So...where do parents fit in all this? Because they bloody well should do parenting.
So, pensions screwed, people working till they are in their 80s, elderly care screwed, nhs on its knees, cuts everywhere, energy costs rising, divided nation, lack of workers rights, subsidised wages because somehow a decent wage is an affront to ukplc.
"But hey - lets tackle something else that we know we can't actually fix and lets fail at this too."
UK Gov - take a step back. Get out of your collective arses and do some actual proper governing as opposed to silly policies that you think will get you public opinion, but will end up just costing taxpayer more for less.
But they *did* insure the car when it had 3.3.3.5 installed. So why would that version, all of a sudden, not be insurable?
So what this means is that some kind of body will have to state: We accept this version as insurable.
That same body will also have to state: This version has X bug, so is no longer insurable after X date.
Now since you can't really allow the manufacturers police their own releases, due to conflict of interests, (Hi Tesla!), this means that there needs to be a very high quality, and comprehensive testing policy that determines that something is suitable.The insureres will have to ratify that they will trust this body. I suppose this is similar to determining thata vehicle is roadworthy. This will need to be paid for, and paid for it will be by the manufacturers, and therefore by the consumers.
As it ever was, thus.
DVSA (nee VOSA) could be onto a winner, here..
It isn't so much the phone designs that are problematic, it is the UX implementations imho.
Regular android updates, especially relating to security, and android itself missing a few tricks like the horrendous UI design choices. White background, really? Even silly things like a notification light not being present (or present on some but not used for notifications - Moto X) or even the ability to set the entire screen to work in shades of red - night mode anyone? There is wealth of users who would find such small features invaluable.
I like the voice feature on the Moto X. I can dial a call without touching it at all, except that call then isn't in speaker mode - huh?
An complete lack of joined up thinking marrs the devices.
Battery shelf life we are already aware of - because we no longer keep phones longer than 2 years we don't complain about it so much so we don't shout so much about replacable. But you know what? We would if they were updated longer and more regularly. Screw it - I would even subscribe to get updates if after X months it wasn't going to get more updates.
So - I DO want to see the Mercury. Qwerty with touchiness is always good. I am excited about this, the passport was one of the best phone experiences I have ever had aside from a few choice apps which i couldn't get from the horrible implementation into the Amazon store. I would like to see a new 3310 that still allowed decent email client, and wifi, and the traditional Nokia voice quality, but lots of 'Reg units' of battery life. I would take this with me places.
I am fairly fed up of 'Here go - all shiney' followed by 'Yeah - no longer shiney' within months and no support to follow, or worse, broken promises of support. This is what blackberry are tackling; I think they will do well.
"alohanumeric" ?
This mean only letters found in Hawaii?
Anyway - try creating passwords on their Super Router 3, or whatever it is. Have to choose over 8 long, must have special characters, Capitals, Numbers, emoji, grandmother's maiden name, the second letter of the day of your birth, last 6 digits of your entire DNA sequence, IQ divided by BMI * blood alcohol level taken at midnight on new years day 6 years ago.