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iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long
PoliTech writes "iPhone bills are surprisingly large - 'Xbox Large', according to Ars technica: 'AT&T's iPhone bills are quite impressive in their own right. We're starting to get bills for the iPhone here at Ars, and while many of us have had smartphones for some time, we've never seen a bill like this. One of our bills is a whopping 52 pages long, and my own bill is 34 pages long. They're printed on both sides, too. What gives? The AT&T bill itemizes your data usage whenever you surf the Internet via EDGE, even if you're signed up for the unlimited data plan. AT&T also goes into an incredible amount of detail to tell you; well, almost nothing. For instance, I know that on July 27 at 3:21 p.m. I had some data use that, under the To/From heading, AT&T has helpfully listed as Data Transfer. The Type of file? Data. My total charge? $0.00. This mind-numbing detail goes on for 52 double-sided pages (for 104 printed pages!) with absolutely no variance except the size of the files.' You would think that a data company would have a more efficient billing process."
Have you tried using 'lynx'? - it is a text based web-browser (though it doesn't support frames). I sometimes use it to get files down quickly without the hassle of intro flash players, frames and all the other goop that gets in the way of actual information
Vintage computer adverts: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/computers-and-software-ads
Where did you get your signature?
My sig, for future reference when I change it, or for those who don't see them:
You can't drown a government in a bathtub without drowning a few people in a river. Or a whole city in a lake.
The very first thing I said in RL, when I heard about the bridge collapse was, despite not knowing anything about politics over there, was 'What do you want to bet it's because Republican over there have underfunded transportation to cut taxes?'. And damned if I wasn't right.
As for that specific line, I said it, at least the first sentence, on here somewhere. (Grover Norquist, of course, was the original guy that said he wanted to make the government so small he could drown it in a bathtub.) When I made it my sig, I added the second one. I thought it was clever at the time, but right now, when I googled to make sure I spelt 'Norquist' correctly, I see a lot of other people have made the same analogy. I guess it's a pretty obvious one.
Feel free to use it, I hereby public domain it.
If corporations are people, aren't stockholders guilty of slavery?
the world doesnt revolve in the way programmers, or any other profession/artist/intellectuals wish or think it should. the market, people dictate what goes forth and what stays based upon their choices. and history shows no group can force their thoughts on people for a long time.
"php iz lame","xxxyyyyzzzz language has much better syntax and oop support and blah blah" - oh well, these MIGHT be true, but the harsh, real truth is that the people will go with whatever they prefer, and final decision lies with them.
no im not a programmer alone. im also a businessman of some sorts to the extent that i am able to reckon what the market says, rules, regardless of anything anyone thinks.
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