How was he able to cash checks made out to UPS?
I understand how the redirect happened but what bank let him deposit checks to his account made out to UPS?
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This sounds like it’s going to be as powerful as raspberry pie. Which I don’t consider an IOT devices And if you go much smaller and capability from a raspberry pie you’re probably better off in the real world with a real time operating system.
You say:
Siri is pretty widely recognized to be the weakest of the voice assistants - and by a very wide margin, being less capable of recognizing questions than any of the other main contenders and even less able to answer them.
While I agree that's what everyone says I have an Alexa speaker in my kitchen and she seems worse than Siri at following commands. Maybe I ask harder things of a speaker than a phone.
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And Apple are entering the market from way behind here, into a space where the opposition have much larger, well-developed app ecosystems - which is not one of their strengths. Apple are good at entering a market early and leveraging their marketing muscle and design chops to dominate early.
I'm not sure I agree with you. The iPhone wasn't the first smartphone and everyone expected Apple to fail. The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player, etc. etc. In general I'd say Apple waits to get a product right and enters markets where they feel the existing products can be outdone. I'm not a huge fan of my Alexa speaker so that might be the case although aside from general improvements in accuracy and capability/skills I cannot envision how much they can surpass the competition.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not sold on a $350 speaker and this could be Apple's next iPod Hi-Fi
Ok, I'm out of contract by now but I'll admit I have an ADT system. My two story house was built 11 years ago and (not a custom house but they give you a few options) I picked the option for an alarm prewire. Every door and window (even on 2nd floor) have hardwired magnetic sensors in the frames. All those wires go to a box in an upstairs closet. The prewired for 3 control pads... One by the front door, one by the door out to the garage and one in the upstairs master bedroom. The painfully loud siren is hidden in an air duct. The monitor system works over cellular (a more recent free upgrade without a new contract) so cutting (or not having) a landline isn't an issue. Separate batteries back up the alarm and cellular modem.
I don't think I'd consider a system that didn't integrate with my hard wired, no power source required, and non visible door and window sensors.
"That Google, with all its resources, can't do the same isn't very impressive and will only help the popularity of iOS"
It's much more tedious and time consuming (3 days seems normal but it has been two weeks in the past) to release an app to the Apple Store than Google Play. Google *could* keep things as secure as Apple but they've chosen to make it easier for developers to upload apps and gives a turnaround time sometimes less than an hour.
So it's not that it can't, it's that they've chosen not to.
I think the people missing the point of the article are probably working in smaller shops with newer shinier toys. I know some people today desperately patching Windows Server 2003 and XP machines. I found this to be a good article. Not for myself necessarily but I'll be sharing it with some people above me who *do* get to determine my budget.
I really thought the type of people that read and understand articles on The Register wouldn't use nicknames like Hilldog.
I don't expect everyone here to agree on politics but making up derogatory names for someone is juvenile and erodes your credibility. I question whether you were even able to read and understand this article.
I bought a 2014 Civic CNG new when I heard Honda was abandoning CNG as a fuel. The 2014 was the last CNG Civic they made. I got the last one available in Arizona, possibly the country. I had been driving a 2000 Civic GX (CNG) up to that point. That was also the point that I gave up on Honda having a meaningful vision. They moved away from CNG (a proven technology) to hydrogen and now an 80 mile electric. I am looking carefully at the Bolt and the Model 3. Things are only going to get cheaper and longer range and we are right on the tipping point. It's actually pretty exciting if you care about cars (or possibly oil or the environment.) My commute is 66 miles round trip. That's pretty close to 80 assuming I have to make a stop anywhere outside my normal route say to the cleaners or a grocery store. Then there are the summers here with regular highs of 115° F (47° C) and above. I have a feeling an electric car with an A/C set to fight off 115° F heat probably won't get it's maximum range.
I currently have Cisco's Jabber on my computer and it works with the Cisco IP phone on my desk in what Cisco calls Unified Communications.
The Jabber client on Windows (they have yet to get it working on my MacBook Pro) feels like an afterthought. It has a bulky UI that doesn't use space well and a fairly intrusive multi window interface including the toolbar for my phone that hovers around the screen. Except for the occasional enjoyment of knocking my handset on the floor I'm unsure why I have a desk phone at all when a soft phone on my computer would serve just as well.
It seems to me no one has put much effort into Unified Communications and that would be a great place for Microsoft to position Skype for Business. However, I'm not seeing them put a lot of effort to unseat Cisco's IP phone dominance.
Maybe it was because you were channeling "Captain Obvious"?
I think everyone knows eventually our phones will replace our laptops/desktops. What's more interesting will be when we walk into a cubicle farm and on every desk there will be a VR headset instead of a monitor. Hopefully sanitary wipes will be available between uses.
I'd like to see a breakdown of how they came at a "cost" for something that in general doesn't require licensing.
Sure support and integration and maybe a small amount of training can be more than the license for an OS *but* I'd like to know how the costs breakdown and what areas they identified as potential savings. Of course, they probably won't release those details.
Now maybe they are interested in using technologies that are not available for Linux (Skype is not very good on Linux and I'm not aware of other common video conferencing apps for Linux) and they are calling that a "cost" Or maybe they think Active Directory is easier to maintain than LDAP on Linux.
Still I'd like to see what areas they think they are going to save money in and what their pain points were.
Basically sad to see this grand experiment didn't work out.
So I decided to switch from AT&T to Verizon and to get an iPhone SE when doing so. The Verizon website informed me it would be over a month before they could ship me an iPhone SE so no, I didn't submit that web order.
I'd say they are in demand. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks phablets are not phantastic.
As for software updates I know two people who have had their Oppos replaced due to what may have been hardware or software issues.
Only the iPhone and the Google Nexus line (as far as I'm aware) offer decent software updates and avoid the crapware add ons like TouchWiz.
Well you're right about things being different in different regions. Here in Phoenix Arizona all we care about is cooling (air conditioning) and not heating. For heating most homes use a heat pump (a/c run in reverse) or for those who have gas in their neighborhood, then a gas furnace. And that gets turned on maybe 3 months out of the year.
When I was younger I sure bought into the write once run everywhere mantra. Since the realities of Java's security issues have become obvious I've whittled down my Java dependencies down to one app. For the rare occasion (once a year?) I purchase something on eBay I use JBidwatcher. Runs brilliantly in Java on my Mac.
I just need everyone to move to HD Voice like the G.722 codec. We have IP phones which compress everything using non-HD codecs, then our conference bridge is external which again compresses everyone using a non-HD codec. By the time I am hearing people from around the world with different accents and sometimes on mobiles with worse call quality/compression I cannot understand half of what is said. I can't believe we still have the same low (or lower) quality phone connections we've had for decades.
Andy Prough says:
Who are you talking to? Why would I care? Your comments aren't even responsive to anything I said in any perceptible way.
Whoa! Slow down there Nelly! Your original post said:
Seems like the only reason to do that is to make darn sure no one ever repairs one. Keep that upgrade purchase cycle alive and well.
The AC's post was addressing what you said. He explained if you needed something repaired you could get it done under warranty. That also explained how you wouldn't be contributing to the upgrade cycle. Not sure why you couldn't see how that directly addressed some of your concerns. Your response sounded downright spiteful.