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Yes I agree. I don't however buy I new phone every year. I have never been able to work out why I should. Jobs was a genius for sure but his message always seemed meant for someone else.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I was still using a Sony Ericsson "feature phone" years after smartphones came around (interestingly, it -- like many other feature phones -- had back and front cameras, years before apple invented that groundbreaking feature).
When the mic on that crapped out, I bought a Samsung mini 2, which was about the same size.
As an owner of an ipad3, I was absolutely blown away at how useful the Android OS was, compared to ios, and started doing all manner of things with it, which kinda left me with no option but to buy one with a bigger screen and more memory.
I'm back to normal, now, as in I'll wait until this one breaks.
What's cool is that the old one is now used as a remote control for just about everything, and as a numeric keypad for my laptop.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Besides the people drinking iKoolaid and GiantBlockOfCololorKoolaid making fun of the fandroids stuck with obsolete crap you mean?
Security bugs in OS level components like the kernel are unpatched, leading to foreverday bugs in relatively new devices that anyone on the contract treadmill can't replace without shelling out a lot of $$$.
A recent example.[^] 60% of android phones currently in use have foreverday bugs in every app that embeds html5.  You can avoid it when surfing the web directly using Chrome; but if running an app that's a browser control stuffed with HTML5 for easy cross platform development you're pw3d.
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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This rises an important question : what the elephant happened in 10/2014 ?
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, upgrading your OS." -- Bilbo
Upgrading is to be avoided, especially for an Operating System. Best to junk it or wipe it and start fresh.
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Not necessarily. I've never had an issue upgrading the OS on my iPhone (note: a few people have had issues with some updates, but those were generally fixed within a day or two by Apple). *I am not trolling - just reporting my own experience.*
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
modified 13-Feb-15 11:07am.
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Nor have I had trouble when my Droid has upgraded itself. I was speaking in a more general sense, including desktop and server systems.
modified 13-Feb-15 11:11am.
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I'm about to apply the IE Security update. Is it crippling systems? Is it eating hard drives?
Is it melting monitors? Is this the worst Microsoft patch so far? 
Is it ok? Give me some support here. I can't go this alone.
Seriously, has any ran this update? Is it copacetic?
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I tried, but it didn't work too well on Chrome...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: it didn't work too well on Chrome.
This was my exact fear. I'm getting very good with this technowkledgy type stuff and all the electronics that are associated with it.
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well if you use such old software what do you expect 
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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OriginalGriff wrote: it didn't work too well on Chrome...
Does anything?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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newton.saber wrote: has any ran this update?
No, why would I? I don't use IE. 
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: No, why would I? I don't use IE.
Do you not remember the DOJ case?
Microsoft said, and I do (not) quote, "Our operating systems is crap without IE extensions and if people don't update to the newest IE then the entire OS will crash and burn and explode and melt down."
So unless you aren't running windows, you've updated our IE. Oh, you have! 
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I have just installed it as well, and so far I did not noti
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Have you found Nagy's secret stash of Gin? I have the feeling you drank it all... 
Geek code v 3.12
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--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Trust me, Nagy stash of Gin isn't any secret... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have installed the latest IE11 patches on Windows 7 Home Premium, and so far have had no problems with them.
My trust in MS is limited. I did perform a complete system backup before doing so.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Thanks for your reply. I was just curious if this was one of those that BSOD'd the system like recent MS updates.
Also, great Churchill quote.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: My trust in MS is limited. I did perform a complete system backup before
doing so.
It's more fun being surprised. I like waking up in the morning to find my computers have automagically rebooted.
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GenJerDan wrote: I like waking up in the morning to find my computers have automagically rebootedcrashed.
FTFY 
I have had some bad experiences with MS updates. Once sorry, twice warned!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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This latest Tues. update had me reboot 3 times before it finally got everything. WTF???
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Tues. update had me reboot 3 times before it finally got everything
That's the type of thing I was wondering about too. Thanks for the input.
I finally ran the update and it seems okay so far.
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