What is the point of unknown friend requests?

I don't get it. Why are unknown people asking to be accepted as friends on my Skype account? I reject anyone that I don't know, but I'm sure there's a reason why they are doing this. I just can't figure out what it would be.

I guess the point of the indented lists is to provide the user with some description of the topic’s contents. It's a standard convention in the table of contents of books. It might pay to break your course down into a number of courses if the list of topics is getting too unwieldy.

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What is the point in converting type to shapes rather than just flattening at required resolution?

Ok, this may sound like a stupid question. Lets say I'm designing a trifold in Photoshop. The printer requests that designs be done at a resolution of 300dpi.
What is the point in converting all type to shapes prior to saving or embedding fonts when I can just flatten my entire design at 300dpi? Isn't that what the print shop is going to do anyway...just flatten my design? Or do they print type at a higher resolution than the raster portions of the design? This has confused me for too long. I hope someone can clear this up. Thanks

The core of the bad advice is telling you to rasterize all your type. In light of this bad advice, the fact that they're saying 300ppi does make sense, because the last thing they want are images @ 2400ppi!
That been said, Photoshop is never the right tool for most text applications anyway, even though it does support vector output (to a point, and with some issues that are sometimes problematic to get around). If you have larger text that needs to be integrated into the image, or effected with Photoshop filters, etc. that's one thing, but if you're laying out paragraph text / body copy / lyrics and liner notes for a CD, etc. then you should be using Illustrator or InDesign -- an app that is designed to handle vector text and objects.
re: online printers: sorry, I haven't used any as of yet. I do have a couple of one-off book projects I'm going to send to Lulu, and a friend here in work uses Overnight Prints and seems pretty happy with them. But aside of that, I can't really offer any specific recommendations. Hopefully someone else can chime in here.

What's the point of warranty?

I am a student coming from Hong Kong to London for postgraduate study. Before I left Hong Kong, I decided to buy a netbook for my lecturers in the UK. Lenovo s10-2 was chosen because the version available in HK comes with 6 cell battery with international warranty and Lenovo Protection Service (against accidental damage).
This is the first Lenovo machine for me. All was well and I was starting to appreciate Lenovo. Suddenly, the LED screen started to flick with white lines moving across the it, just two weeks after I bought it from Hong Kong.
Yesterday, I called the UK support line who initially suggested replacement (because the purchase is last than 30-day old). However, when the agent found out that I bought the machine in Hong Kong, he said I could only get it repairs. Fair enough.
I packed the netbook this afternoon ready to ship it to the repair center. Being not sure about whether or not my proof of purchase was needed, I called the support line again. This time, the agent gave me a "friendly warning" or maybe a management of my expectations.
I was told that Lenovo believes that there is a 99.5% chance that these type of problems are due to “internal damages" caused by users! I was also advised that sending the machine in for repairs risk myself getting into paying 230 pounds (pretty much the purchase cost) to get the LED screen fixed because it is likely to be not covered by warranty. On top of that, I would have to pay 65 pounds even if I want my netbook back after inspection without getting fixed because again, 99.5% chance that "damages by users" would be concluded!
What's the point of warranty? Totally unacceptable. Any thoughts? Should I take the risk?
I only got the machine just over two weeks ago and used for less than 10 times!

seblee,
This bears a bit of looking into to provide you the best answer. Sometimes, the accidental damage policies are only valid in the home country, and I would like to check. If that were to be the case, you would have replacement or repair options in HK, but standard warranty terms would likely apply in UK.
Your situation sounds exceptional, and I'd like to look into this and see what can be done.
Can your send me a private message with your contact information and the serial number from the bottom of the unit?
Sorry that you are having this trouble. Will see how we can help.
Mark
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What's the point of movie creator?

What is the point of movie creator if I can't edit or create my own movie? All it does is select it's genre (weekly,monthly,yearly ect) and compose it's own movie. To me it's a useless app either that or I'm a simpleton and haven't explored it enough to figure it out properly.

@Antman87 I felt exactly the same after I got my Z3 Compact.... but soon after, in February, I made a trip to the beach with my wife, son and his godfather, and after I took many pictures and videos for the day (including pool pictures, timeshift videos, etc) the app created an incredible mix with awesome music and almost perfect selection of my media... I was shock, so I fiddled with the app a little bit more and replace a couple of pics with others better related and the results were simply great...
After that I realize that the app has encouraged me to share those moments with friends and family (I upload them to facebook) since it is extremely simple to use and at the same time the videos are short (around 30 secs) so you will not bore everyone with 5 minutes clips...
On the other hand I do wish it included better editing tools or at least integrated the ones found on the device (photo/movie editor from Album) so we could have more control of what and how it's being displayed...
Anyway I will not post publically my family videos, but I recently made one of me parasailing with my Z3 Compact tied to my wrist! and that one I uploaded to YouTube... Take a look... Parasailing with my Xperia Z3 Compact
Here are a couple of screenshots from the original video...
I love Movie Creator... hopefully it keeps getting better

What's the point of a contract when Verizon can cancel it any time?

I live in an apartment and have a two years contract with Verizon Fios which I signed back in Jan of this year. There is some issue in my apartment unit and my apartment management is transfering me to a ground floor unit in the same building. When I initiated the service transfer request with Verizon, they wanted me to drop my two year contract and sign a new two year contract with a significantly higher monthly fees. What's the point of two year contract that I signed back in January?

Technically you broke the contract by moving.

What's the point of keyword sets?

Hi all. My first post here, so watch out - Newbie Alert. I have scoured the forums but can't really find an answer.....
What's the point of keyword sets?
I'm a convert to Lightroom from ACDSee. I have been very pleased with Lightroom in general but I'm really struggling with Keywords and Keyword Sets.
Understand where I'm coming from. I'm not sending my photos to Stock Libraries etc but I want to tag/categorise my photos so that I can find what I want quickly.
How are people using Keywords and Keyword Sets?
A simple example - I have a "family" and some "friends".
So I created (via the contorted mechanism) a couple of keyword sets. The Family set containes the names of me, my wife and our three sons. Great - no problems. However it turns out that we have more than nine friends. Now I know geeks are often short on real world friends but this seems to be a bit of a limitation.
On the other hand It might be that I have misunderstood what sets are all about.
I have found that it is possible to nest keywords. Perhaps that is a better mechanism?
I have not found a really good tutorial on this - any pointers?
In comparison to the rest of Lightroom the keyword and keyword set manipulation side seems to be a little clunky. Yes/No?
Roy

It's for applying keywords which are frequently applied as alternatives, and makes use of the keyboard to make the assignment faster - hold down Alt/Opt and hit the number.
So your family set would be an ideal set. You could set up alternative sets for certain groups of keywords you often assign to a shoot. So for example, I have a weddings one, with groom, bride, etc.
John

What is the point of having a smartphone if nothing ever works?

Before my GS3 updated to kitkat my apps would crash all the time. My phone updated last week and now the apps work but in what used to be areas with strong steady 4g coverage I have no data. So annoyed. I can turn my data on and without touching it I'll have 4g for a minute and then none before coming back for 5 seconds only to go out again. What am I paying for? My office doesn't have wifi and I have a large data allowance but what is the point if I can never use it? I do a lot of travelling and use my phone as a GPS but as I have no no longer have reliable service anywhere even in Philadelphia where it was a constant 4g. Not to mention the GPS is unreliable as well. Waze is an amazing GPS but to have a phone that doesn't work half the time is frustrating. I should just go back to my old flip phone that lasted me 2 days on a single charge. My phone is due for an upgrade in a few months. Maybe I'll save some money and get something that isn't a smartphone and I won't have to worry about paying for the data and everything else that comes with having a smartphone.

I can understand that Verizon did not make the phone. My satellite provider did not make the dish nor the receiver I use either, but if they malfunction and make it to where I cannot receive their service (the satellite signal) then the satellite provider assists in getting equipment that works. If it is a software issue, they have more sway with the provider of said software, as the representative and mass user of the software, than individual customers do. So if Verizon is receiving multiple complaints from their customers, complaints that their customers are unable to use the service that they are being paid to provide, then they can go to manufacturer to request the fix. Who do you think Google or Samsung is going to listen to more, an individual who received a phone from a 3rd party (Verizon) or the entire company who purchases those items (phones and software) en-masse and thus can more affect their bottom line? As another example... when you purchase a car and the seatbelt malfunctions, do you go to the seatbelt manufacturer or back to the car maker? Should each person who has a seatbelt malfunction go to the seatbelt maker or should the car maker issue a recall on all affected vehicles and offer a fix, provided from the seatbelt maker? When I go back to Samsung or Google, and IF they listen to me and initiate a fix, what priority is Verizon going to make it to get it out to their customers? Or is Verizon relying upon each disgruntled user to go find their own fix without it affecting them (Verizon) at all? Other service providers have already started issuing fixes according to my research... and if Verizon delayed pushing this update out for so long (as I've seen complaints that it was), why did they push it with these known issues and not insist before they pushed it out that Google or Samsung fix it first so as not to get these complaints? Sorry, but Verizon is at least partially responsible for my inability to use their service, as the provider of the equipment and software that I need to be able to utilize their services. I didn't go out on the black market and purchase this phone, I bought it at a Verizon store. I have not rooted the phone or in any way done anything other than add about 6 apps to the phone from the way it was provided to me by the store, and their required update - pushed across their cellular and data service - is what has resulted in my phone no longer being functioning. So yes, while Verizon may not manufacture the phone or the software, they are in fact the provider of said items to me and thus are responsible, and should be pushing back to Google or Samsung to get a fix for their customers. I was hoping to hear that Verizon was doing just that, but it does not appear to be the case.... Yes, other providers may be having the same issue, but I've seen them working with their customers to get a solution, providing CUSTOMER SERVICE to their customers, and that is all that I and others like me, have been looking for from Verizon in this kitkat fiasco and which they have been failing at.

Capture Conv: rev/reverse - what's the point?

Take this example from http://www.langer.camelot.de/GenericsFAQ/FAQSections/TechnicalDetails.html
public static List<?> reverse(List<?> list) { return rev(list); }
private static <T> List<T> rev(List<T> list) {
     List<T> tmp = new ArrayList<T>(list);
     for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
          list.set(i, tmp.get(list.size() - i - 1);
     return tmp;
}Now, I've read the JLS, the Generics tutorial, the JOT.fm article and the langer.camelot.de FAQ, but I can't for the life of me figure out one thing:
What's the point!? The wildcard version of reverse returns List<?> whereas the naive alternative (public static <T> List<T> reverse(List<T> list)) returns whatever you pass in. That seems much more useful! You pass in a List<String> and you get back a List<String> The JLS says that the templatized version "is undesirable, as it exposes implementation information to the caller."
My question is this: is that the real reason? It's not, right? What implementation information is exposed? The type parameter? How is that bad? Is it bad enough to reduce the functionality of the method?
I have a hunch that "exposing implementation information" is low on the tradeoff scale - and that the real reason for the wildcard version is backward compatibility. If you only had the templatized version, old code that tries to pass in a plain-old List to reverse would now generate unchecked warnings because of the conversion from raw List to the formal parameter's type List<T>. The preferred wildcard version doesn't generate unchecked warnings because the conversion from raw List to List<?> is 'safe'.
Isn't that right? The reason that "public static <T> List<T> reverse(List<T> list)" is bad is not because it exposes implementation details, but because it causes old code to generate unchecked warnings, non?
If I'm right, then my follow up question would be: who cares? Who cares if old code generates unchecked warnings? Isn't that fair? - a sort of gentle pseudo-deprecation of raw types?
And furthermore, if you'll allow me to smush several questions together, why the preoccupation with eliminating unchecked conversions all over the place? Doesn't the bytecode that comes out look the same either way? What benefit does an unchecked-conversion-free program or CompilationUnit have over one with such conversions? Does provability make possible some future JVM optimizations where some casts or instanceofs can be eliminated? I don't really see how, unless we're talking about some wacky static compiler. Why go to so much trouble to avoid unchecked conversions?

Angelika, you caught me. I was writing about the 'void reverse(List<?>)' example from the JLS when I went back to your page and realized that your example had a return type. It confused the matter slightly, but not enough to detract from my main point, I thought. In fact, it seemed to prove my point - to provide a good counter-example to the JLS reasoning! But let me start from the beginning:
In the draft JLS, it mentions that<T> void reverse(List<T> list) {} is preferable to void reverse(List<?> list) {} which is "undesirable" because "it exposes implementation information to the caller."
What implementation information? The only difference between the two is that the 'unknown element type' has a different name. '?' as opposed to 'T'. In both cases, it means the same thing! A List with some unknown element type.
Whether it's called 'T' or '?' is inconsequential, it seemed to me. Perhaps one could argue that one is 'prettier' than the other but I didn't see how any implementation detail was exposed.
I didn't see any real reason to prefer the wildcard version over the other, except the reason I gave: the wildcard version avoids unchecked warnings for legacy code.
I now see that there is one other important difference - the type parameter T is actually part of the method signature. That could have important implications for overriding. In that sense, the 'List<T>' version does 'expose' and impose an unnecessary implementation constraint. I haven't thought through how that could be a problem, but I certainly can imagine that it might.
However, neither the 'avoid-unchecked-warnings-on-legacy-code' reason nor the 'typeparameter-is-part-of-method-signature' reason is mentioned in the JLS example. Without those two pieces of information, the preference just seems arbitrary.
So that was my initial question: "am I incorrect? The dont-expose-implementation-information reason seems much less important than the avoid-legacy-warnings reason - shouldn't the JLS mention *that* instead?"
THEN, to add to my feeling, I noticed that the similar-looking example on your page involved a return type of List<T>. It seemed to follow the JLS recommendation to its detriment! The preference in the JLS example seemed arbitrary yet harmless, but here it seemed actually wrong! In trying to avoid the hand-wavy concept of 'exposing implementation information to the caller', the usefulness and semantics were ruined! That seemed like alot to give up, just to spare legacy people some unchecked warnings. I thought this just drove home my original point about the JLS example - but instead it just made my question a confusing mixture of two different issues. I should have realized that and left the FAQ version out of the discussion.
Given all of that, consider now only the JLS's 'void reverse(List<?> list)' case and let me ask this refined question:
I think the JLS should say that '<T> void reverse(List<T> list)' is undesirable not because of the vaguely unconvincing reason that "it exposes implementation information" but rather because of these two explicit reasons:
. the type parameter is part of the method signature (which can cause strange 'gotchas' with overriding) and because
. it causes previously acceptable code to now unnecessarily generate unchecked warnings.
Does anyone else think differently?
POSTSCRIPT:
Of course, the thing I didn't realize was that that code snippet in the FAQ is crazy. ie. 'List<?> reverse(List<?> list)' is absurd! You would probably never do that. What kind of reverse method would return a List of a different parameterization than it gets? That would be a really weird reverse method, I think.
Given that, it seems to me that you should modify the 'reverse' snippets in the FAQ, under sections "What is the capture of a wildcard?" and "What is a wildcard capture assignment-compatible to?". I think you should do one of three things:
1. Make rev/reverse return 'void'. Then your example code becomes the same as the JLS, the wildcard version makes sense, and preferring it makes sense too.
2. Remove one of the two methods and only have 'public <T> List<T> reverse(List<T>)' which gives the correct implication.
3. Keep the example but give the methods a different name and purpose than 'reverse', like
'List<?> examineListAndMaybeReturnOneWithDifferentElementTypes(List<?> list)'. :)

What's the point when most browsers are NOT Safari ?

I’m using a Mac of course (since 1996) but also have other browsers installed like Firefox, SeaMonkey & Camino (formerly Mozilla).
Spending MANY hours redesigning my old site, formatting and creating really nice FX that render perfectly on Safari, FAIL to render properly on the aforementioned browsers.
Since most people on the planet are not using Macs or Safari, what is the point of using iWeb08 if the rest of the word cannot see your site as intended? I used to use Mozilla Composer for the last couple of years and I never had any issues with my pages rendering incorrectly...
Try for yourself, visit www.dpkmusic.com on Safari to see what it’s supposed to look like. Then visit it on any other browser. You’ll see what I’m talking about. Unless I’m horribly mistaken and I’m doing something terribly wrong...
I’d appreciate it if some one can let me know if this really is the case. Thanks.
(And yes, I did use the Apple Feedback link already about this matter.)
dpk

Out of curiosity, did you shadow the text IN the text box, or the text box itself??? I couldn't figure out why my shadows were too dark and others not when I found that you can do it either (or both) ways. I don't remember now whey I decided the text was better because clearly clicking the box is easier.
Anyway, text shadows & reflections are one thing that do work ok on my web page (my first). I think Georgia which is what I used for body text because I wanted to use something different than Times New Roman for a change but still be 'web friendly' looks weird on the PC/Firefox, kind of moth eaten, although it looks just fine on my Mac/Firefox, might be a resolution issue, I dunno, and the least of my problems right now.
I am also a refugee of the upgrade problem. I just found the solutions here yesterday and plan to work on it today. In my case as a newbie, using a program for newbies, I never encountered the domain.site file while building my entire site so I thought I was backing up when I kept publishing to successive folders to mark my progress. No, I didn't read the Read Me file to back it up when I upgraded, I usually do....
One new thing to mention, I was just checking my fonts to answer your question and clicked on our About Us page (the site is for my lab) and the pics were completely rearranged!!! I moved to another page and back and then they were in correct/matching order. Anybody have this happen???
Best of luck to all, and thanks for all who have done so much problem solving so far.

I am extremely upset. I purchased my iPad in SA and I am traveling in Greece. When I want to make use of the free apps, I get a message that the app is not available in the SA store. What is the point of having an iPad if you cannot use it worldwide?

I am extremely upset. I purchased my iPad in SA and now I am in Greece. I cannot download free apps as I get a message that the apps are not available in the SA store and only in US stores. When I change to the US store the same thing happens. What is the point of having an iPad if I cannot use it worldwide??? I feel that I wasted my money purchasing it as I specifically purchased it to use when I travel. How can I get access to all the available apps and why are they restricted.

You can use your iPad worldwide. However, each AppleID is tied to
a specific country's store. To use the AppStore in any country, you
must be in that country and have a credit/debit card issued by a financial
institution in that country with a verified billing address in that country.
It is the developer's choice which AppStores he makes his app available
from, and some countries prohibit certain apps.
To make a purchase from the US store (including downloading a free app
available in the US store), you must be in the US and have card issued
in the US with verified billing address in the US.
You can use your purchases from the SA store worldwide, but you
cannot make purchases in other than the SA store unless you meet
the aforesaid conditions.

What is the point of the download window if you use stacks?

Greetings,
One of the most annoying things about the download window was the fact that the window always hung around after completing dowloads in Tiger when using safari. To me, that was just a time waster of always pressing Apple+W to close that window.
When Leopard was released, I was excited to realize that one function of the download stack was to recevie downloads from safari after completed. However, after completion, the download window still sticks around and I still have to close it... then navigate to my stack of downloads to mount the image. What is the point of the download window is I use stacks now? Why can't the window disappear after completion?
//Cheers

Aaargh!! Me too - it's so annoying! Firefox has a downloads window as well - I just don't see the point of it. I didn't like it in Tiger either.
As a way to see the progress of downloads, it's fine, but it should at least close when all the downloads are finished, and completed downloads should not display.
Ideally it should look & work exactly like the Copy window in Finder - the one that comes up when you are copying or moving a large file or number of files from one folder to another.
Is there a hack that will make it work like that?

My wifes iphone was too full to record a video so I upgraded her cloud storage to 20g and did mine at same time. Cloud is showing 15g free storage butshe still cannot take any mor photos as "not enough memory" What is the point of paying for the extr

My wifes iphone was too full to record a video so I upgraded her cloud storage to 20g and did mine at same time. Cloud is showing 15g free storage butshe still cannot take any mor photos as "not enough memory" What is the point of paying for the extr

Hello Pushtheriver,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice concerning iCloud storage issues:
Get help using iCloud storage
This may also help:
Understanding iOS device capacity
You can sync and download many different types of content on your device. Some types of content (such as music and videos) typically take more space than others (such as notes and books). The amount of space taken by an app depends on the app's purpose; complex or graphically intense apps usually take more space than simpler apps.
If your device is near its capacity, you can remove some of the less used content to make room for more.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

What is the point of Precision and Scale in Number Type?

Version :11.2
What is the point in having PRECISION and SCALE in number type? If you create the column with just NUMBER ie.without
specifying precision or scale , you can enter numbers with any precision and scale.
SQL> select * From v$version where rownum < 2;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> create table t1 (col1 number);
Table created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (223.9939394);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (88.228384);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (9.34);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (000.00);
1 row created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> select * from t1;
      COL1
223.993939
88.228384
      9.34
         0Did you ever have a business scenario where a Numerical column should store values only with a fixed precision and scale ?

Omega3 wrote:
Version :11.2
What is the point in having PRECISION and SCALE in number type? If you create the column with just NUMBER ie.without
specifying precision or scale , you can enter numbers with any precision and scale.
SQL> select * From v$version where rownum < 2;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> create table t1 (col1 number);
Table created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (223.9939394);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (88.228384);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (9.34);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (000.00);
1 row created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> select * from t1;
COL1
223.993939
88.228384
9.34
0Did you ever have a business scenario where a Numerical column should store values only with a fixed precision and scale ?Lots of business requirements for specific precisions and scales.
A persons Age may required to be stored as whole numbers of no more than 3 digits.
A sum of money may required to be stored with no more than 2 decimal places of accuracy e.g. GB Pounds and Pence or US Dollars and Cents
A unit of length may required to be stored in metres with 2 decimal places for centimetres
A shoe size may be required to be stored with one decimal place for half sizes
etc.
etc.
Yes, you may just create all of them as generic NUMBER datatype, but creating them with precision and scale can provide additional information about the limitations expected for the values stored, especially for things like reporting tools that may use the specified precision and scale to determine how to display the values automatically (by default).
If you start questioning "what's the point?" then you may as well say what's the point in having a NUMBER datatype when we can store numbers in a VARCHAR2 datatype? or what's the point in having a DATE datatype when we can stored dates as VARCHAR2 datatype? etc.
No point in asking such a question because there's almost always a point to these things (and if there isn't they get deprecated in later versions).

What is the point of having indented levels in course outlines?

What is the point of having indented levels in course outlines? It's not possible to add any materials or posts to this. I want to avoid having simply a long list of topics that are difficult to manage. When I create a topic in the outline, I can indent it, but then I can't add any posts to it as it doesn't even show up as a heading in course manager.
I've been trying to have some kind of logical organisation of materials, but the only thing you seem to be able to do is have a long list of topics.
Which makes me wonder why the possibility of indenting levels is there at all - it seems to be a completely worthless item.

I guess the point of the indented lists is to provide the user with some description of the topic’s contents. It's a standard convention in the table of contents of books. It might pay to break your course down into a number of courses if the list of topics is getting too unwieldy.

HT5287 If DVD Movies, Audio CD's and even burning CD and DVD's are not supported, what is the point of DVD & CD Sharing then? Wouldn't it just be better to remote in or use a thumb drive if it's only able to be used for data transfer?

If DVD Movies, Audio CD's and even burning CD and DVD's are not supported, what is the point of DVD & CD Sharing then? Wouldn't it just be better to remote in or use a thumb drive if it's only able to be used for data transfer?
Or am I missing the bigger picture?

As long as you have a Superdrive or an external burner/drive, burning, watching, installing, etc. from CD or DVD will work just fine. And so will sharing.

What is the point of unknown friend requests?

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