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It seems that Microsoft never learns not to mess with people’s computer. In this case, we’re talking about Windows 11 upgrade.
There are reasons why certain users are staying on Windows 10. That’s because certain applications are not working, properly or at all, in Windows 11.
Must we tell Windows not to upgrade to Windows 11 every month?
I recently was bombarded with SMS and call containing TikTok verification code.
Obviously I still am annoyed by this, because:
I am unsure if it is a simple typo or someone is trying to use my phone number.
Now, that is some serious time travel, to have the song “Creeping Death” as a part of “Kill ‘Em All” record.
I’ve seen tons of gaffe on “Ozzy’s Boneyard”, a channel on SiriusXM. This one really make me want to meow loudly.
All well-read cats know that “Creeping Death” is one of the songs in Metallica’s sophomore album “Ride The Lightning”, which follows “Kill ‘Em All”.
Yet another sign that there will be no World Peace tonight. Some people are so inconsiderate and selfish.
Why would you left those gloves in random places? Please throw them in the trash bin.
This situation with COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus do bring the worst out of some people.
File this one on the “Stupidity Knows No Bound” file.
Cult of Mac (cached version, no direct link.)
7 things Steve Jobs would have hated about Apple today
Luke Dormehl (5:00 am PDT, Jan 7th)
Unless Cult of Mac’s Luke Dormehl performed a seance and spoke to the ghost of Steve Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011, only then this post would make any sense whatsoever.
No surprise from a “publication” that hires Mike Elgan.
Apparently this is still a thing for an application to add/change search provider. Java installer/updater is asking user to install search app by Ask.com.
This has to stop.
Doesn’t Oracle have enough money already? Why are they doing this?
Adobe used to do similar thing. Now Adobe offers Photoshop Lightroom when user downloads Flash Player. It goes something like this: “Your Flash Player is out of date, please update it and have a trial of Photoshop Lightroom to go with it.”
This seems to be the norm now, even with “reputable” publications.
Daisuke Wakabayashi, reporting for the WSJ on August 14, 2014 (paywall alert!):
Apple is considering using sapphire screens in more expensive models of the two new, larger iPhones it plans to debut this fall, if it can get enough of the material, people familiar with the matter say. Some analysts expect Apple to charge more for the phones than previous new models, because of increased component costs.
John Gruber, responding to the WSJ article on August 15, 2014:
First, I don’t understand how a report on August 14 could plausibly imply that Apple still doesn’t know what material they’re going to use for the displays on the new iPhones they plan to introduce on September 9, and which (if the schedule is like last year) they probably plan to ship to customers on September 19. I would think that people who are truly “familiar with the matter” already know, today, whether the new iPhones are going to use sapphire displays.
Logic and common sense are on the side of Gruber.
Daisuke Wakabayashi, reporting for the WSJ on October 7, 2014 (paywall alert!):
In the end, Apple decided to scrap the sapphire screens for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and stick with Corning Inc. GLW -2.50% ’s heavy-duty Gorilla Glass.
The Wall Street Journal reported in August that Apple was considering using sapphire screens for some iPhones.
Based on the article, it sounds like the plan was scrapped in the last minute.
Daniel Eran Dilger, responding to WSJ article on October 7, 2014:
WSJ prints speculation, blames Apple when wrong
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Wakabayashi was so confident in the rumor that the Wall Street Journal headlined his story, “New iPhone, A Sapphire Screen and a Higher Cost,” although it also hedged the report with a minor subhead: “Apple considers using harder material in pricier models.”
The report appears to have been based almost entirely upon the speculation of Eric Virey, “a senior analyst at French research firm Yole Développement,” who had been promoting the idea that Apple had partnered in GT Advanced specifically with iPhone screens in mind.
Unsubstantiated rumors can cause harm, but sadly those who reported them often go unpunished.