FFS
That's all.
452 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Mar 2011
Well it is popular with the media, and that's what matters. Not to by any mean try to defend the fucks that perpetrate these crimes; I'm constantly told by every primetime show to not go into the carpark by myself, don't go out for "just for a walk or jog" at sundown etc. Unfortunately we all live with uncertainty of running across a nut. No amount of regs and laws will make the probability zero.
..if not equipped with a micro-usb connector. I just couldn't stand keeping track of each different proprietary charger (LG/Samsung/Sony were all guilty at some pt), so they got chucked. Seem to be fine with my SII on me and backup HTC in the car. That said, everyone I know has gone through at least 5 or more phones in the last 10yrs, the various stray batteries alone have got to be enough to wipe out a good number of pandas/whales etc...
If nothing else, the code link in this piece has inspired me to dust off my matlab skills. And about your facts, at least only influential character had this to say, “Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.” (Homer). Give me the weekend and I'll publish you some new facts, no prob.
If I ditched a carrier (or OS, company, brand, etc) each year because of technical problems or outages, the weight the trash would have long since collapsed into a world gobbling singularity. The only communications tech (email, fax, SMS, IM, fucking Canada post, etc) that has never failed me in all my life, is the plain old landline (about the only thing Bell Canada can do right).
I smoke around a carton (200) of cigarettes a month. I realize it's not for the good of me, but I wish my government (Ontario CAN) would fuck off and let me be. In about 1998 a pack of "premium" Canadian smokes was about $3 CAN, now it's north of $10. Fortunately I live 15 minutes drive from an Indian reserve where I can pick up my tax free smokes and booze on a regular basis ( about $10 for 200 smokes and $20 for 60oz whisky).
Everyone I know living within 100km of the reserves does this. If the western "we care about out citizens" 'govments really care, they should ban smokes alcohol, driving, +dogs etc, until I need a licence to make coffee in the morning (Ok not coffee please). I think the problem here in Canada is the provinces are as hooked on the tax revenue as much as I'm hooked on the product.
I worked in Dell tech support back in 2000 (just out of uni), and *gasp!* my paycheck was actually from Dell not some outsourced call centre. It was straight tech support, no BS "smiling though the phone shit" , no offering upgrades etc, just fixing stuff. Soon though, small things started changing, managers bitching about average call handle time etc..long story short, tech support is now just glorified "customer care". I guess for most companies it must be cheaper to just smile and replace their shit product with more shit than to pay someone to think.