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I'm opposed to products with user replaceable batteries because of all the imbeciles who toss the old battery in the trash instead of properly disposing of it. At least, we can be fairly certain that if Apple replaces your iPod battery, they aren't tossing the old one in the trash. |
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07-04-2010, 11:29 AM | #32 | |
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07-04-2010, 11:43 AM | #33 | |
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07-04-2010, 12:01 PM | #34 | |
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The BBC News site is a commercial venture outside the UK - people see paid advertising on it. It's only commercial-free here in the UK. I see that the App is going to be made available in other countries over time.
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07-04-2010, 12:10 PM | #36 | |
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07-04-2010, 02:09 PM | #37 | |
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@HarryT; Donnageddon; MovieBird
you exactly got my point. I just wanted to additionally remark, that we even don't need to get as far back as a whole century: As I know from my parents, in the time they got her drivers licenses there was:
(as a matter of fact the dificulties of the latter have been adressed by the EU demanding from the car-makers not to overcomplicate such simpliest maintenances like fuse ore light replacements, so this got better again in the last car models sold) @ Maggie Leung The fact is, that the builders general attitude towards a user of (you name it) moves more and more from "responsible user of a complex device" to "button pushing monkey" they want the clueless users kept so and the knowing ones powerless. If you don't believe it just compare a *DOS 5.0 manual (a book, thick about 1 inch no screenshots text only) with a present win manual, and ask yourself if the difference is because windows is less complex than DOS ever has been. It's very kind of you to call the savvy ones "tinkers", since it shows acknowledgment and respect to knowledge and craftmanship. I've heard a bunch of less friendly names for that (references to bomb makers included). As a "tinker" I'm among the lesser ones: I know very Little about programming, and am lousy enough with the soldering irom, to try more than to build myself a custom cable when needed. And yet altough my personal "activity radius" is very limited I could name you several cases, for both, successfull attempts to help myself and/or others out of troubles or enhancing devices fumctionality, as well as failing to do both due to lack of information or physical access needed. IMHO it is frightening, when somebody as small as I am in these matters already can reach out high enough, to feel the cage he is put inside... |
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I do respect people who have those kind of abilities. My Dad was a tinker in younger days. He repaired electronics, often for money, and made me and my brother watch, so we'd know how, too. I can solder, do basic plumbing and and wiring, thanks to him, though I don't want to do any of them nowadays. One possibility you might consider: You could teach kids basics. My husband, for instance, mentored a boy through work. Instead of just playing games and doing homework with him, he would bring electronics kits and show him basic programming. Last edited by Maggie Leung; 07-04-2010 at 04:00 PM. |
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Wow. Consumer electronics keeping people in a cage. Seriously?
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I'll go accord with you, that nowdays peoople don't want to be confronted with the complexity of the stuff they use. I'm ok with that. what nags me is, that it is made needlessly difficult to do so if someone wants to. I'm fine with everyone telling me he never wants to open the equivalent of the engine hood of his gadget. what pisses me on is to find said hood better secured than crash-in trapdoors of a pharaohs tomb. I can understand having it done with devices containing dangerous parts for the unsavvy, or even everyone without a detailed plan of the inertia, such as old CRTs/TVs, which had and have quite powerful condensators inside. one wrong move/touch and you re history. OK this 'd be a special case But this doesn't justify sealing every device... Quote:
Imagine you have something already out of warranty so you d'have to pay shipping in both directions + "repair". Trough a vent openiong you see, the only problem, isa small cable that got loose... trivial, but nevertheless unreachable. if you think its funny - well our sense of humour clearly differs. @Donnageddon: Cars - maybe, dunno. Computers and similar certainly not - not more reliable and longer lasting. |
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