I have seen several games which I really wanted to play on Android, but have wanted the ability to send texts or make phone calls. I came up with a really innovative solution to this, and I have to say (not bragging or anything) that it so far has a 100% success rate:
I really wanted to like this game, and to be fair, the first third or so, I really did enjoy, but the catacomb level was such a change of pace that I remember being really bored with it and losing interest.
I guess I was always more of a Medal of Honour guy.
I agree about 3, I actually used my Desire HD as my primary internet connection for about 4 months last year and they never so much as batted an eyelid.
Then again, maybe my contract allows this and the OP's doesn't?
What is the exact wording of the Google and Facebook exemption?
I ask this because our main concern is use of Google Analytics. If there is an exemption for cookies from Google, then Analytics is in the clear, given that our website does not host the code for analytics, Google hosts it from their servers and so it is a Google signed cookie, hence qualifies for the google exemption?
"If you did fool an honest man, he tended to complain to the Watch..... Fooling dishonest men was a lot safer and, somehow, more sporting. And, of course, there were so many more of them. You hardly had to aim."
They need to be careful they dont get sued again...
Because this looks like a move right out of Apples marketing playbook:
"Quick! There's not many available!! Buy it now whilst you still can!!! In fact, queue round the block for it!!!! Camp out for 3 days even!!!!! But you need this phone now and potentially you wont be able to get it!!1!!!one!!"
What is the benefit to any of the competing companies that people use THEIR web browser?
I sort of get Google wanting Chrome to be a success; if I ran a company reliant on know exactly how people get around the internet, then I'd want my browser everywhere too, and I'd make sure it captured that data. But why does Microsoft want everyone to use IE? I don't see how they make money off it, I just don't see any actual benefit which would cause MS and others to get in such a tizzy over getting people to use their browser.
Am I the only person here thinking that the investigators have been intentionally rubbish here? They seem to have spent more time trying to ruin his character than investigating who killed him.
Maybe they already know?
Maybe the investigators have been categorically told that they wont find out who killed him, if you take my meaning?
Sod beating about the bush: maybe, for reasons as yet unknown, MI6 had him killed?
I have to admit I've not studied Jo Brands breasts very closely, or have ever felt the need to. I'll have to concede to your clearly superior knowledge of saggy old lady boobs.
How has no-one mentioned this yet? Like the 1984 room of the same denomination, Prison 101 sees you locked away with your all time worst fear. When the prisoner gets desensitised to it, move on to their second worst, until they are a gibbering shell of human wreckage.
With this in mind, I should like to take the opportunity to publicly and candidly announce that I am terrified of naked, large-breasted women. Terrified.
You actually hold out hope that the price will drop??
Definitely this. Anyone who thinks this will lead to a price drop is very, very naive indeed. If anything, this will encourage prices upwards AND keep them higher for longer. I mean, why would they want to drop prices when there is no other way of getting the product? Take away the second hand market, you take away the directly competing products with the lower prices, you take away any incentive the publisher has to bring their prices down.
In the long run, this will benefit no-one, not even the publishers, see my previous point about getting in to a gaming series on the cheap and paying full price for later episodes.
Sorry, I should say this is in relation to the second site in the article. The first one is better, just very short on anything like information or anything else useful.
Looking at the websites for these initiatives, I'd say MLF needs to take some of her own advice and get some decent IT skills in, rather than a bunch of unimaginative, lazy feckers who rip off the last website they looked at.
There is nothing engaging, original or (in my opinion anyway) graphically pleasing about any of it. And the cookie control feature, whilst required by EU law and supported by the ICO, has been taken wholesale from somewhere else. I know this because I found the original last week and discounted it as ugly and overly intrusive.
So this is what all these companies are donating money towards, is it? They should rename the campaign to "Lets make every website on the internet look the same!" Sure, the usability goes through the roof, but lets face it, it will be boring as hell.
Whether they have tested this or not is unclear, although one would think that this far along the process of developing any new hardware, this would have been tested. All the article says is that we have not been told.
...which is why the PFY was surprised to find he had his passport in his pocket, when he awoke on the 747 bound for America. What he was less amused by was the worryingly new looking stamps for Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Syria contained therein. And it would be a full 4 hours before he found out the soles of his shoes had been stuffed with suspicious-looking plasticine"
My Desire HD does it too, all of which are Android devices. it would be a shocking move to say the least if Google decided to start suing the people who make phones using its operating system for using the features of its operating system.
Anyway, from using this on the Desire HD, I have to say it is a very useful system which I now wouldn't be without
I already stated that Motorola have behaved less than perfectly, having said that, if they wish to withdraw licences from 3rd parties, (whilst not something I necessarily agree with) that's between them and the 3rd parties.
This raises the situation where Apple are required to licence things they previously didn't have to. Unfortunately, there is no specific calculation for FRAND, it being based on things such as degrees of importance and other such fuzzy issues, meaning that there is not a specific price noted.
Apple don't like it because they feel Motorola are trying to charge too much, and have appealed to the court for exemption.
Regardless of what else is in the document, as I said before, Apple are still bound to come to an agreement with Motorola over the use of their technology, and to say that it doesn't matter because that's the only claim upheld, or bemoan the fact it was upheld on a technicality is entirely wrong. It is in fact, as far as this discussion goes anyway, the ONLY part of the document which matters.
So yes, for my argument, I would say it entirely matches my claims.
@ Steve Todd - did you bother actually reading my initial post?
So what exactly did I say in my initial post that was so incorrect? Apple are whining that FRAND agreements shouldn't apply, and while Motorola may have behaved less than perfectly, THE FRAND AGREEMENT AS OF RIGHT NOW STILL APPLIES TO APPLE.
Jeez, I've seen Plankton which catch on quicker than Apple fans.
Mr Anonymous Coward, did you actually read that link you posted? Did you even bother to read the order? Because that is about Motorola applying to have Apples calls for exemption from FRAND dismissed (Dkt #33 in the document) and that application being upheld (page 38) since Apple don't have a valid claim for waiver. The document even states categorically "Plaintiff’s (Apple) claim of waiver is DISMISSED for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted"
Apple are coming over as their own worst enemy at the moment. Suing everyone in sight, whilst simultaneously whining that FRAND licencing agreements (which countless others have happily agreed to) shouldn't apply to them is making the entire company look like the spoiled brat in the supermarket screaming at the top of their voice because Mummy wont let them have a trolley load of sweets.
The worst part is that I really no longer care if Apples claims are valid. You simply cant go round complaining that the law shouldn't apply to you, whilst suing everyone else for the slightest thing.
And before everyone downvotes, please note that I've not said their claims aren't valid, just that I don't care. If you want to downvote on that basis, feel free.
The problem for me as far as HTC are concerned is that none of their new phones are enough of an upgrade for me to want to replace my Desire HD. I love this phone, but since my contract is up soon, I am keeping an eye out for potential upgrades, and nothing HTC have released has really made me want it. Whilst the Sensation range is generally better, not one of them is better enough for me to go through the hassle.
I am hoping that the rumoured HTC Edge will change this, because if the specs floating around the internet are correct, it will be awesome.
I appreciate what you are saying, but in this instance, I'm sorry, I just don't buy it. This would be worthy of study, if it was general practice to make people work in large cardboard boxes, and, at least in the offices I've seen anyway, it is not.
If the aim is to prove the creativity-limiting factor of cube-farms, then test these people in proper office cubes, not cardboard boxes.
It's like trying to determine if it is depressing to live in the desert, and test people in a room with sand thrown on the floor and a tanning bulb.
"Bradley Manning, the junior US soldier who allegedly supplied the bulk of the interesting classifed material released by WikiLeaks and Assange, has been charged with a raft of "
Whilst I agree with the principal of the original point, I feel that the proper process here should be that the Trust takes the fine, and subsequently sues the subcontractor for breach of contract, plus whatever else is applicable and recover the cost of the fine.
As I see it, the trust is responsible for the data, as it was the organisation the data was given to, and the subcontractor is responsible for keeping to their agreed contract. Therefore the Trust has to take the hit for the data breach and should recover losses from the subcontractor for the contract breach.
I've been saying for years that the best way to improve traffic flow around the M25 would be to erect a 6-foot tall wall all along the central reservation.
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Re: @Tom 38
I have seen several games which I really wanted to play on Android, but have wanted the ability to send texts or make phone calls. I came up with a really innovative solution to this, and I have to say (not bragging or anything) that it so far has a 100% success rate:
I DIDN'T INSTALL THE FUCKING THINGS
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Re: One more time -
Exactly this. On Android, it's made as clear as possible by headlining the section in the requested permissions list as "Things Which Cost You Money".
Seriously, I cannot see how this could be clearer.
I remember being somewhat disappointed
I really wanted to like this game, and to be fair, the first third or so, I really did enjoy, but the catacomb level was such a change of pace that I remember being really bored with it and losing interest.
I guess I was always more of a Medal of Honour guy.
@Gordon 10
I agree about 3, I actually used my Desire HD as my primary internet connection for about 4 months last year and they never so much as batted an eyelid.
Then again, maybe my contract allows this and the OP's doesn't?
Late to the discussion, but...
What is the exact wording of the Google and Facebook exemption?
I ask this because our main concern is use of Google Analytics. If there is an exemption for cookies from Google, then Analytics is in the clear, given that our website does not host the code for analytics, Google hosts it from their servers and so it is a Google signed cookie, hence qualifies for the google exemption?
Re: As the old adage goes.....
To quote Terry Pratchett:
"If you did fool an honest man, he tended to complain to the Watch..... Fooling dishonest men was a lot safer and, somehow, more sporting. And, of course, there were so many more of them. You hardly had to aim."
Words to live by, I feel.
Re: Overly complicated
I thought this too, looks really, really complicated.
But then I don't do rocket science for a day job.
They need to be careful they dont get sued again...
Because this looks like a move right out of Apples marketing playbook:
"Quick! There's not many available!! Buy it now whilst you still can!!! In fact, queue round the block for it!!!! Camp out for 3 days even!!!!! But you need this phone now and potentially you wont be able to get it!!1!!!one!!"
Serious Question
What is the benefit to any of the competing companies that people use THEIR web browser?
I sort of get Google wanting Chrome to be a success; if I ran a company reliant on know exactly how people get around the internet, then I'd want my browser everywhere too, and I'd make sure it captured that data. But why does Microsoft want everyone to use IE? I don't see how they make money off it, I just don't see any actual benefit which would cause MS and others to get in such a tizzy over getting people to use their browser.
Re: International waters?
"HEY YOU LIMEY..."
You've not spent much time in a British Secondary school recently, have you?
Pipe, because, well...
Intentionally useless
Am I the only person here thinking that the investigators have been intentionally rubbish here? They seem to have spent more time trying to ruin his character than investigating who killed him.
Maybe they already know?
Maybe the investigators have been categorically told that they wont find out who killed him, if you take my meaning?
Sod beating about the bush: maybe, for reasons as yet unknown, MI6 had him killed?
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Re: Meh.
This article here says different.
I'd go with what some commentard wrote above, he clearly can't make up his mind.
I would guess that which phone is his favourite has something to do with what day it is, or possibly what shirt he has on.
Re: thats my buying power minimised then @Citizen Kaned
Fair enough, I retract Sony from my previous statement. The point is still valid for Xbox Live Gold though.
Re: Prison 101
I have to admit I've not studied Jo Brands breasts very closely, or have ever felt the need to. I'll have to concede to your clearly superior knowledge of saggy old lady boobs.
Prison 101
How has no-one mentioned this yet? Like the 1984 room of the same denomination, Prison 101 sees you locked away with your all time worst fear. When the prisoner gets desensitised to it, move on to their second worst, until they are a gibbering shell of human wreckage.
With this in mind, I should like to take the opportunity to publicly and candidly announce that I am terrified of naked, large-breasted women. Terrified.
Re: Re: I'm on their side *ducks*
You actually hold out hope that the price will drop??
Definitely this. Anyone who thinks this will lead to a price drop is very, very naive indeed. If anything, this will encourage prices upwards AND keep them higher for longer. I mean, why would they want to drop prices when there is no other way of getting the product? Take away the second hand market, you take away the directly competing products with the lower prices, you take away any incentive the publisher has to bring their prices down.
In the long run, this will benefit no-one, not even the publishers, see my previous point about getting in to a gaming series on the cheap and paying full price for later episodes.
Re: thats my buying power minimised then @Citizen Kaned
why should they buy the game then pay to play it too?
You mean like paying for XBox live Gold membership? And I believe Sony charge for online play as well don't they?
Short sighted, very short sighted
I bought Mass Effect 1 second hand for £2.00.
I bought Mass Effect 2 new but discounted for £15.00.
I pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 for £35.00.
Good old gaming industry, that £50 they wouldn't have gotten from me. Nice one chaps, well done.
Re: Optional
Sorry, I should say this is in relation to the second site in the article. The first one is better, just very short on anything like information or anything else useful.
Optional
Looking at the websites for these initiatives, I'd say MLF needs to take some of her own advice and get some decent IT skills in, rather than a bunch of unimaginative, lazy feckers who rip off the last website they looked at.
There is nothing engaging, original or (in my opinion anyway) graphically pleasing about any of it. And the cookie control feature, whilst required by EU law and supported by the ICO, has been taken wholesale from somewhere else. I know this because I found the original last week and discounted it as ugly and overly intrusive.
So this is what all these companies are donating money towards, is it? They should rename the campaign to "Lets make every website on the internet look the same!" Sure, the usability goes through the roof, but lets face it, it will be boring as hell.
Re: Analyst
And how! I mean, what the actual fuck does "the design win momentum" mean?!?
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Re: Left the phone off the hook?
I can see that actually. It says they only posted an extract of the conversation, so is it so unlikely that the conversation went something like:
Voice 1: "Why has that phone been left off the hook?"
Voice 2: "We have been subjected to a barrage of calls from a group called Team Poison, we have had about 700 calls over the last couple of nights."
Re: Optional
I apologise Lurch, for I only have one upvote to give.
Re: Whaaa?
Whether they have tested this or not is unclear, although one would think that this far along the process of developing any new hardware, this would have been tested. All the article says is that we have not been told.
Now, I am not one to hold a grudge...
...which is why the PFY was surprised to find he had his passport in his pocket, when he awoke on the 747 bound for America. What he was less amused by was the worryingly new looking stamps for Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Syria contained therein. And it would be a full 4 hours before he found out the soles of his shoes had been stuffed with suspicious-looking plasticine"
Re: Prior-ish art
My Desire HD does it too, all of which are Android devices. it would be a shocking move to say the least if Google decided to start suing the people who make phones using its operating system for using the features of its operating system.
Anyway, from using this on the Desire HD, I have to say it is a very useful system which I now wouldn't be without
@Steve Todd - Matching claims
I already stated that Motorola have behaved less than perfectly, having said that, if they wish to withdraw licences from 3rd parties, (whilst not something I necessarily agree with) that's between them and the 3rd parties.
This raises the situation where Apple are required to licence things they previously didn't have to. Unfortunately, there is no specific calculation for FRAND, it being based on things such as degrees of importance and other such fuzzy issues, meaning that there is not a specific price noted.
Apple don't like it because they feel Motorola are trying to charge too much, and have appealed to the court for exemption.
Regardless of what else is in the document, as I said before, Apple are still bound to come to an agreement with Motorola over the use of their technology, and to say that it doesn't matter because that's the only claim upheld, or bemoan the fact it was upheld on a technicality is entirely wrong. It is in fact, as far as this discussion goes anyway, the ONLY part of the document which matters.
So yes, for my argument, I would say it entirely matches my claims.
@ Steve Todd - did you bother actually reading my initial post?
So what exactly did I say in my initial post that was so incorrect? Apple are whining that FRAND agreements shouldn't apply, and while Motorola may have behaved less than perfectly, THE FRAND AGREEMENT AS OF RIGHT NOW STILL APPLIES TO APPLE.
Jeez, I've seen Plankton which catch on quicker than Apple fans.
Mr Anonymous Coward, did you actually read that link you posted? Did you even bother to read the order? Because that is about Motorola applying to have Apples calls for exemption from FRAND dismissed (Dkt #33 in the document) and that application being upheld (page 38) since Apple don't have a valid claim for waiver. The document even states categorically "Plaintiff’s (Apple) claim of waiver is DISMISSED for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted"
Care to post something less wrong?
Can I point out that...
Apple are coming over as their own worst enemy at the moment. Suing everyone in sight, whilst simultaneously whining that FRAND licencing agreements (which countless others have happily agreed to) shouldn't apply to them is making the entire company look like the spoiled brat in the supermarket screaming at the top of their voice because Mummy wont let them have a trolley load of sweets.
The worst part is that I really no longer care if Apples claims are valid. You simply cant go round complaining that the law shouldn't apply to you, whilst suing everyone else for the slightest thing.
And before everyone downvotes, please note that I've not said their claims aren't valid, just that I don't care. If you want to downvote on that basis, feel free.
Stand out products
The problem for me as far as HTC are concerned is that none of their new phones are enough of an upgrade for me to want to replace my Desire HD. I love this phone, but since my contract is up soon, I am keeping an eye out for potential upgrades, and nothing HTC have released has really made me want it. Whilst the Sensation range is generally better, not one of them is better enough for me to go through the hassle.
I am hoping that the rumoured HTC Edge will change this, because if the specs floating around the internet are correct, it will be awesome.
Investment options are available
I have a company that broke even last year, can I have lots of money please? Financial breakdown follows:
Revenue - £0.00
Costs - £0.00
Will take serious offers in this (apparently) fantastic opportunity!!!
@Charles 9
"Ask yourself: when was the last time you recall anyone managing to shoot one bullet with one other bullet?"
Gunmen of the Apocalypse, Danny John-Jules, October 1993
@Simon Round and The Fuzzy Whatnot
"I'll have what she's having"
That's all well and good but...
...is Lookout going to notify users or not?
What, really?
Classic pricing strategy there, Microsoft:
"Hey guys, I have a great idea! Lets charge 79p for a 15 year old game which was given away free with phones back then!"
@jason
I appreciate what you are saying, but in this instance, I'm sorry, I just don't buy it. This would be worthy of study, if it was general practice to make people work in large cardboard boxes, and, at least in the offices I've seen anyway, it is not.
If the aim is to prove the creativity-limiting factor of cube-farms, then test these people in proper office cubes, not cardboard boxes.
It's like trying to determine if it is depressing to live in the desert, and test people in a room with sand thrown on the floor and a tanning bulb.
What no-one seems to have mentioned yet is that....
...people got paid for this bollocks!!!!!
TM
"Bradley Manning, the junior US soldier who allegedly supplied the bulk of the interesting classifed material released by WikiLeaks and Assange, has been charged with a raft of "
You missed one.
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Thats a very good point, my car gets hot enough during the summer, without the cabin being built like a green house.
"terminal anus"
Brilliant term. I can think of a few people I'd describe as such, too.
Yeah, that
I can't wait to see one of these at airport security.
"Is that a shoe-bomb?!?"
"No, it's my iPod!"
"Yeah, right! Watch out boys, we got a real live terrorist here!"
And so on.
Anyone that "depends" on Wikipedia as a source of information deserves all they get.
Whilst I agree with the principal of the original point, I feel that the proper process here should be that the Trust takes the fine, and subsequently sues the subcontractor for breach of contract, plus whatever else is applicable and recover the cost of the fine.
As I see it, the trust is responsible for the data, as it was the organisation the data was given to, and the subcontractor is responsible for keeping to their agreed contract. Therefore the Trust has to take the hit for the data breach and should recover losses from the subcontractor for the contract breach.
However, IANAL.
@kain preacher RE: EMT's
I'm sure we could put doors or something in the wall every so often, we have the technology!
I've been saying for years that the best way to improve traffic flow around the M25 would be to erect a 6-foot tall wall all along the central reservation.
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