Ok, they borrow your identity, trash it and return it. If they did that to your car, they would have stolen it.
I know trying to clarify the definition of theft is usefull when trying to argue you aren't stealing songs when you infringe a copyright, but this is another matter. In that case there is physical data being copied, and many copies can be made.
Identity is an even more abstract term. There is one of you, and therefore should be one identity. It is definately diluted when someone else uses it, so it is theft.
This has happened many times. Proxim sued Cisco and other for patent infringement on 802.11b in its earlier days (almost immediately after Cisco's aquisition of Aironet). They included Wayport in the suit for using Cisco's allegedly infringing equipment.
Well, you aren't ever going to want to turn the key all the way off, as that could engage the steering wheel lock. If your brakes don't stop you in time, you won't be changing directions no matter if you had power steering or not.
Some cars have the seq. of Accessory, Lock, on, start. Those would be very hard to turn off safely.
My old 1974 BMW 2002 broke an engine mount. The left side of the engine lifted, causing the throtle to open.
I imediately thought stuck throtle, hit the clutch, and the revs dropped. I was quite confused until I figured out that it was the engine mount and the torque of the engine was lifting it.
Of course no ECU and rev limiter would have protected my engine had it been a stuck throtle, but better a blown engine than crunching the car and myself.
This sounds rediculous for most parrents, but I have a friend whos daughter would would stop breathing do to some condition.
They had to sleep in shifts to monitor her. It was a regular occurance and a slap on the back would allow her to start breathing.
This wouldn't allow them to stop sleeping in shifts, but it would have provided a little comfort. (would probably want something a little better than consumer grade though).
I had a borrowed 57" HD TV for about 6 months while a friend was out of town. I upgraded my cable box to HD (It was no additional cost) and kept my series 1 tivo.
I never watched HD, the Tivo was the only way to watch things. I later got the HD DVR my cable company offered for $10/mo (same as SD, just had to tell them you had an HD TV), but it sucked in comparison. I was willing to make the trade (HD Tivo wasn't out yet), but the wife wasn't.
I have since moved back to SD, but I got an DirecTivo for $79 and dumped cable.
If I had the money, I would by the HD TiVo in a heartbeat.
When the activation fails, select to use the telephone. If it is a true retail copy, all you have to do is tell them that you completely wiped the old machine and disposed of it. Or you could tell them you used Linux.
They might interrogate you, but they have to let you transfer it if it is the retail copy.
I have run debian stable system accross large deployments, and even stayed on an old release when a new stable came out.
It is easy, you build your own packages when necessary. Debian makes it very easy. If we needed to fix a security issue, we would backport from testing. This way we kept the core system stable, but had a newer easier to maintain ssh and bind.
When I selected Progressive, they wanted $3600/yr , Geico wanted $9000. This is for two vehicles, full coverage, far more than minimum liability. My wife had blemishes on her record that shouldn't hae been there (She was rear ended and pushed into another vehicle, they ticketed her and recorded it as at fault. This 2.5 years old at the time. There was also a weather related accident on her record as at fault and I had a single speeding ticket).
All those problems have expired, I haven't had any ticket that I had dismissed or not in 3 years. I did get rear ended by a drunk driver, and my wifes nephew wrecked 3 vehicles in 6 months while living with us and on our policy. We excluded him after that (and he stopped driving our vehicles) and they didn't raise our rates.
I now pay $2080/yr for 2 vehicles, full coverage, $350k in liability (Texas only requires $50k).
It is really a great phone, and I can use the transflash card to do what I want, but I had really hoped for full support.
I doubt it will do any good, but I just sent this to them:
I am very disapointed in Verizon's stated decision not to support OBEX file transferes via bluetooth on the Motorola V710 saying it doesn't fit your business model.
I would like to use OBEX to transfer mp3 and video files on and off of the phone's transflash card for its built in player. It is nice being able to take a TV show I recorded earlier in the week, but it is a hassle when I have to pull the transflash card out of my phone everytime I want to change the content, which is daily. It should be noted the manual says not to do this, but you give me no choice.
If my transflash slot or card fails, it will be Verizon's fault.
This is the best phone that has been availible in a long time, but you are getting very bad press because of this terrible decision. It WILL IMPACT your sales, it will cause returns, even if the phone otherwise meets many peoples needs. Given the lack of a better option, I won't be returning my phone, but I will be constantly reminded of Verizon's terrible customer service everytime I pull a file on or off of my transflash card.
Most corporate VoIP systems are equiped for call centers, hence "Your call may be monitored or recorded". Most large scale VoIP systems are designed to allow sales to these users as well, so the tech should already be there waiting for a software option to be turned on.
I run asterisk and it would be trivial.
This wouldn't stop the VoIP provider from offering encryption for the IP leg, because it would already be unecrypted on their systems.
I don't want my communications monitored, but this isn't about giving the govt more rights, it is about them keeping the rights and capability they have with POTS as we move on to the next generation of technology. Now if these capabilities are abused in the name of fighting terrorism that is another debate.
You just need to hang out with camera designers. I am the systems administrator at a company designing cameras in a different sector of the industry, and what this guy is saying is completely true.
Here is one way to look at it. Sure, Large format is better than 35mm, and 35mm is better than Advantix (which was just designed to be easy).
You can look at these as coresponding to resolutions as well as sensor size (although for the sake of arguement, just resolutions). A good Advantix camera by Cannon or such is going to have far better quality than a cheasy point and shoot 35mm, even though the 35mm has a much higher raw resolution.
The Gross Revenue on SCO Source licensing was listed in the artle at $8,250,000. This doesn't take into account the costs of running the business or anything else, but the posting made it seem to me like they had only been paid $11k.
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But note the article is about rest stops, the government owned toilets on the side of the road every 100 or so miles. This is seperate from truck stops, which are far more common and a for profit company.
That actually brings up a point. If there are enough truck stops, that provide far more service, why do we need our tax dollars paying for rest stops? The RFO (request for order) the TxDOT released indicates the govt won't be paying so I am not talking about the WiFi part.
I am sure there are some like this, but running water and phones seem the norm to me. As well as vending machines installed behind metal barriers.
In case anyone is wondering, I am refering to Texas rest stops.
Now what I don't get are all the Texas Picnic areas. They never get used, as they are just a parking lane and a picnic table. About half the time there is a cover over the table.
RTFA, and then the RFO issued by TxDOT. They aren't providing the service, but contracting with private companies to install the network.
Actually, reading the RFO makes me wonder if they will get many bids. They are expecting these companies to cover their own operating costs from a kiosk for those without wireless equipment. They insist that TxDOT get wireless internet service for free for their own use, and imply that wireless users shouldn't be charged for the service. I don't see a Kiosk getting enough use to cover a broadband connection into the middle of nowhere (the RFO expects that they companies will use a satelite connection, but doesn't require it), the hardware for the kiosk, and the inevitable losses from vandelism.
All of those articles are about comercial space applications, satelite launch, etc..
Insuring commerical cargo is one thing. None of those involved insuring a launch vehicle. That also doesn't involve insuring a research vehicle that has been paid for with public funds.
Many public institutions are self insured. This means they find it cheaper to asorb losses than to pay a set ammount of insurance, a fixed loss that won't ever go away.
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Ok, they borrow your identity, trash it and return it. If they did that to your car, they would have stolen it.
I know trying to clarify the definition of theft is usefull when trying to argue you aren't stealing songs when you infringe a copyright, but this is another matter. In that case there is physical data being copied, and many copies can be made.
Identity is an even more abstract term. There is one of you, and therefore should be one identity. It is definately diluted when someone else uses it, so it is theft.
This has happened many times. Proxim sued Cisco and other for patent infringement on 802.11b in its earlier days (almost immediately after Cisco's aquisition of Aironet). They included Wayport in the suit for using Cisco's allegedly infringing equipment.
Well, you aren't ever going to want to turn the key all the way off, as that could engage the steering wheel lock. If your brakes don't stop you in time, you won't be changing directions no matter if you had power steering or not.
Some cars have the seq. of Accessory, Lock, on, start. Those would be very hard to turn off safely.
My old 1974 BMW 2002 broke an engine mount. The left side of the engine lifted, causing the throtle to open.
I imediately thought stuck throtle, hit the clutch, and the revs dropped. I was quite confused until I figured out that it was the engine mount and the torque of the engine was lifting it.
Of course no ECU and rev limiter would have protected my engine had it been a stuck throtle, but better a blown engine than crunching the car and myself.
It may have reved the engine _really_ high, but it won't have been pushing the car. I would choose blowing my engine over death any day.
This sounds rediculous for most parrents, but I have a friend whos daughter would would stop breathing do to some condition.
They had to sleep in shifts to monitor her. It was a regular occurance and a slap on the back would allow her to start breathing.
This wouldn't allow them to stop sleeping in shifts, but it would have provided a little comfort. (would probably want something a little better than consumer grade though).
Many disc locks with cylendrical keys are vunerable as well.
I had a borrowed 57" HD TV for about 6 months while a friend was out of town. I upgraded my cable box to HD (It was no additional cost) and kept my series 1 tivo.
I never watched HD, the Tivo was the only way to watch things. I later got the HD DVR my cable company offered for $10/mo (same as SD, just had to tell them you had an HD TV), but it sucked in comparison. I was willing to make the trade (HD Tivo wasn't out yet), but the wife wasn't.
I have since moved back to SD, but I got an DirecTivo for $79 and dumped cable.
If I had the money, I would by the HD TiVo in a heartbeat.
You can hack them to allow USB 2.0 support, install your own apps cross compiled for MIPS, etc.
And, if you are carefull about it, you could still use it as a TiVo.
When the activation fails, select to use the telephone. If it is a true retail copy, all you have to do is tell them that you completely wiped the old machine and disposed of it. Or you could tell them you used Linux.
They might interrogate you, but they have to let you transfer it if it is the retail copy.
I have run debian stable system accross large deployments, and even stayed on an old release when a new stable came out.
It is easy, you build your own packages when necessary. Debian makes it very easy. If we needed to fix a security issue, we would backport from testing. This way we kept the core system stable, but had a newer easier to maintain ssh and bind.
When I selected Progressive, they wanted $3600/yr , Geico wanted $9000. This is for two vehicles, full coverage, far more than minimum liability. My wife had blemishes on her record that shouldn't hae been there (She was rear ended and pushed into another vehicle, they ticketed her and recorded it as at fault. This 2.5 years old at the time. There was also a weather related accident on her record as at fault and I had a single speeding ticket).
All those problems have expired, I haven't had any ticket that I had dismissed or not in 3 years. I did get rear ended by a drunk driver, and my wifes nephew wrecked 3 vehicles in 6 months while living with us and on our policy. We excluded him after that (and he stopped driving our vehicles) and they didn't raise our rates.
I now pay $2080/yr for 2 vehicles, full coverage, $350k in liability (Texas only requires $50k).
I used the customer service form online. I have had good results with it in the past when they were PrimeCo.
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It is really a great phone, and I can use the transflash card to do what I want, but I had really hoped for full support.
I doubt it will do any good, but I just sent this to them:
I am very disapointed in Verizon's stated decision not to support OBEX file transferes via bluetooth on the Motorola V710 saying it doesn't fit your business model.
I would like to use OBEX to transfer mp3 and video files on and off of the phone's transflash card for its built in player. It is nice being able to take a TV show I recorded earlier in the week, but it is a hassle when I have to pull the transflash card out of my phone everytime I want to change the content, which is daily. It should be noted the manual says not to do this, but you give me no choice.
If my transflash slot or card fails, it will be Verizon's fault.
This is the best phone that has been availible in a long time, but you are getting very bad press because of this terrible decision. It WILL IMPACT your sales, it will cause returns, even if the phone otherwise meets many peoples needs. Given the lack of a better option, I won't be returning my phone, but I will be constantly reminded of Verizon's terrible customer service everytime I pull a file on or off of my transflash card.
Most corporate VoIP systems are equiped for call centers, hence "Your call may be monitored or recorded". Most large scale VoIP systems are designed to allow sales to these users as well, so the tech should already be there waiting for a software option to be turned on.
I run asterisk and it would be trivial.
This wouldn't stop the VoIP provider from offering encryption for the IP leg, because it would already be unecrypted on their systems.
I don't want my communications monitored, but this isn't about giving the govt more rights, it is about them keeping the rights and capability they have with POTS as we move on to the next generation of technology. Now if these capabilities are abused in the name of fighting terrorism that is another debate.
I was reading the contract terms, it there is an out if you send the equipment back.
They aren't as bad as the cell phone carriers.
You just need to hang out with camera designers. I am the systems administrator at a company designing cameras in a different sector of the industry, and what this guy is saying is completely true.
Here is one way to look at it. Sure, Large format is better than 35mm, and 35mm is better than Advantix (which was just designed to be easy).
You can look at these as coresponding to resolutions as well as sensor size (although for the sake of arguement, just resolutions). A good Advantix camera by Cannon or such is going to have far better quality than a cheasy point and shoot 35mm, even though the 35mm has a much higher raw resolution.
The only way I detected the earthlink one was the number of reasons they said it could fail. The link seemed good, etc..
Unfortunately I missed one because I wasn't paying attention and my touchpad caused me to change an option just before I hit submit!
Your lucky, many people with TiVo's haven't had that kind of success...
I just use a broadband connection with my TiVo, but it is a heavily modified series 1 and I haven't experimented with the newer units.
Thanks. I am glad to see they aren't making any significant amount of money off of the Linux community's work.
The Gross Revenue on SCO Source licensing was listed in the artle at $8,250,000. This doesn't take into account the costs of running the business or anything else, but the posting made it seem to me like they had only been paid $11k.
But note the article is about rest stops, the government owned toilets on the side of the road every 100 or so miles. This is seperate from truck stops, which are far more common and a for profit company.
That actually brings up a point. If there are enough truck stops, that provide far more service, why do we need our tax dollars paying for rest stops? The RFO (request for order) the TxDOT released indicates the govt won't be paying so I am not talking about the WiFi part.
I am sure there are some like this, but running water and phones seem the norm to me. As well as vending machines installed behind metal barriers.
In case anyone is wondering, I am refering to Texas rest stops.
Now what I don't get are all the Texas Picnic areas. They never get used, as they are just a parking lane and a picnic table. About half the time there is a cover over the table.
RTFA, and then the RFO issued by TxDOT. They aren't providing the service, but contracting with private companies to install the network.
Actually, reading the RFO makes me wonder if they will get many bids. They are expecting these companies to cover their own operating costs from a kiosk for those without wireless equipment. They insist that TxDOT get wireless internet service for free for their own use, and imply that wireless users shouldn't be charged for the service. I don't see a Kiosk getting enough use to cover a broadband connection into the middle of nowhere (the RFO expects that they companies will use a satelite connection, but doesn't require it), the hardware for the kiosk, and the inevitable losses from vandelism.
All of those articles are about comercial space applications, satelite launch, etc..
Insuring commerical cargo is one thing. None of those involved insuring a launch vehicle. That also doesn't involve insuring a research vehicle that has been paid for with public funds.
Many public institutions are self insured. This means they find it cheaper to asorb losses than to pay a set ammount of insurance, a fixed loss that won't ever go away.