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The company is partnering with Box to let users store Google Docs in another cloud service What next? Letting you install it on your own machine (and run offline)?
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What kind of stupid idea would it be? It would never work!
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Also new is the long-rumored dual camera system, stereo speakers, and a darker black color scheme. Wow. I'm shocked. Who knew this was coming?
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No headphone jack is a no-go for me. I don't like bluetooth devices, and I like to hear through both ears, especially when on a mobile phone where the other end is in a conference room on a bad speakerphone, and you can barely make out the conversation with two ears!
Marc
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The phone will come with Lightning port wired EarPods and a Lightning to 3.5mm head phone jack adapter (for folks who just can't leave behind "tech" from 1878). 
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
modified 7-Sep-16 15:52pm.
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I take that you do not use knives in kitchen - they are "tech" from, I don't know, 4000 BC or earlier?
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I take it that you're somehow using a an old 4 bit computer with punch tape storage to access the internet?
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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No, because it does not answer my needs satisfiably. But I still use cars with internal combustion engines (1900 technology), firearms with metallic cartridges (1860's), wired phonesets (late 1800?) because they solve the problem they were created for, in a reasonable cost effectiveness.
So do current headphones - they transduct electrical signals to soundwaves in a cheap way with adequate quality and low space occupation. They can fail only in a limited number of ways, are of easy repair and maintenance and have an extremely long usage life. The standard is, well, standard so any stereo 3.5mm jack is suitable for any headphone set with a 3.5mm jack independently from maker and age - with digital protocols that is not the case as they change way too fast (and pointlessly).
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: They can fail only in a limited number of ways, are of easy repair and maintenance and have an extremely long usage life.
I disagree. The old 1/4" jacks were robust and lasted forever but 3.5mm jacks have always been flaky. After a few hundred insertions and removals they can become loose. Soon you're missing a channel.
I say good riddance...
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Mike Mullikin wrote: I say good riddance...
I'd rather be phishing!
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Mike Mullikin wrote: I disagree. The old 1/4" jacks were robust and lasted forever but 3.5mm jacks have always been flaky. After a few hundred insertions and removals they can become loose. Soon you're missing a channel.
It really depends on the quality and treatment. I mistreat mine a lot, carry them in a bag full of heavy or sharp stuff and insert/extricate them a lot. Once I learned the proper way to store them (just unplug them before storing away the device) I never had any problem. The pair I'm using is 6 years old and with both channels - mind that they costed 10$ so I'm not talking about crazy expensive models.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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So... in a year or two when all the other smart phone manufacturers follow Apple's lead (as they almost always do) and drop the 3.5 mm jack - what will you do?
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Considering that I rarely use headphones on my smartphone since I use proper MP3 players to listen to the music I would give two flocks about it. I'd have a headphone set shipped with the phone which I will forget at home until changing phone and dumping both in the trashbin - as it happened with the latest phone with BEATS headphones (4 contacts instead of 3).
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: Considering that I rarely use headphones on my smartphone since I use proper MP3 players to listen to the music I would give two flocks about it.
Then why post in this thread at all? 
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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It would cost me an alternative - now if my MP3 player has its battery down I can at least plug the earphones in the phone and use my meager music collection stored there (or watch some YouTube stuff).
Also I wouldn't take on the habit of thinking only to what concerns me directly as it would make me a much poorer person.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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It's a non issue as the phone comes with a adapter; not a perfect work-around, but good enough and "free".
I'd rather be phishing!
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Microsoft removed dBase support with Access 2013, but based on an overwhelming amount of feedback from Access UserVoice, it’s back. We're gonna party like it's 1992
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Kent Sharkey wrote: based on an overwhelming amount of feedback from Access UserVoice
What - all five Access users complained?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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We'd probably laugh or cry (or both) if we found out how many critical applications in Fortune 500 companies live in shared Access databases.
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Good to see MS putting effort into something really useful 
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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flips binary decision maker
Quote: Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
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Ah don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
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The Google Search Console will now show tailored recommendations for dealing with security issues detected by Safe Browsing Assuming they bother to look, of course
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Connecting with family and friends, and having them comment on Facebook posts, can be as uplifting as getting married or having kids, according to a new study. Divorce rates run about 40-50% these days
Yeah, that's lifetime (and US #s).
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Kent Sharkey wrote: can be
The conditional is a sign of a bullshit article.
Plus, from the article:
"CMU researchers noted that there's a golden number. They found that 60 comments from close friends in a single month..."
I keep hitting 59; no wonder I feel so damn depressed.
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