There are serial hybrid vehicles in development, at the moment, in the US. One example would be an serial hybrid Humvee being developed for the US military. The same shop is also developing serial hybrids for UPS. The only roadblock they're currently experiencing is with battery technologies. Their first problem was they could not charge the batteries fast enough to keep up with their rate of depletion. That has been solved, but now some of the batteries tend to catch on fire under heavy loads, e.g., when they vehicles are moving at high rates of speed or going up steep inclines.
Note: My father used to work in the hybrid division of this company, but has since moved into the integrated systems division. I'm not entirely sure if the hybrid systems are still being developed or if they were scrapped.
This is a quote from a standard PDA messaging plan from AT&T:
"Message any way, to anyone in the U.S. Send and receive 1500 text, picture, video, and Instant Messaging (IM) messages. Additional messages are 5 cents each."
So, yes, MMS is included in AT&T's messaging plans. So, if they attempt to charge separately for MMS there will be quite a lashback. Alternatively, if they raise the price of the iPhone SMS package to encompass the new MMS ability, everyone affected will be able to drop their contract at with no ETF.
I understand charging for tethering, that's to be expected. I'm curious about how they're going to handle MMS. Will they just include it in the cost of the $15 I'm already paying for 1500 text messages? If I understand the contract correctly, if they raise that fee it means I can opt out of my contract with no penalty because there has been a material change in the fees being charged. I don't see AT&T opening themselves up to droves of users ditching their contract in that manner. Nor do I see them having a separate "MMS Plan" for iPhone users, as that would piss off *everyone*. So, with any luck, we'll only see a new fee for tethering.
I currently have Cablevision internet service and live in an urban apartment building in Brooklyn. The advertised speeds (30 Mb/s up and 5 Mb/s down) are what I get, consistently. In the three years I've had their service I have not had one outage, and I've never noticed a dramatic decrease in up or down speeds, no matter the time of day/week.
I upgraded from Intrepid to Jaunty during Alpha 6, which at the time was using 2.6.29. I upgraded this morning, and it appears they have reverted to 2.6.28. I'm not sure why.
I'm assuming you live in a house you built with your own two hands without a telephone, cable, satellite, electricity, running water or any of those other luxuries we have in these modern times? Since you're posting here, I doubt it. So, while we may not be forced into signing into these contracts, the case is more often starting to be that if you're lucky enough to have a choice of provider they force you to stick with them, regardless of whether they can provide you the service they promised through bullshit contracts.
It appears that you're completely missing the point in order to call people whiny bitches. Consider your opinion refuted.
That's a different animal altogether. Signing up to disconnect their paying customers is like cutting their own throat, and the big carriers have the money and lawyers to drive the *AA's into the ground. What happens when someone with a $40 net connection gets cut by his provider, who also happens to provide his phone and TV for an additional $90 or so. They'll cut that service, too, out of spite. There's no way the providers are going to open themselves up to that kind of thing, and I think they'll fight the *AA's every step of the way.
You think the ISPs are going to sign up to disconnect paying customers? I think the ISPs have a pretty good idea of how many of their customers download copyrighted material, and they will take into account how many of those users are paying customers. That is aside from what kind of cases could be brought against the ISP for disconnect users without any kind of real justification other than a letter from some non-government entity that says "We think this party took our stuff without paying for it." I don't really see the ISPs wanting to get involved in something like that.
A store posting a sign that says "we reserve the right to..." doesn't give them the right to do something, especially if that something is illegal. So, while they can post a sign that says that they can search your personal belongings, would it hold up in court? Merely walking into a store and buying a pack of gum, a DVD or a $5000 television does not give anyone the right to search through my wife's purse or to make me turn out my pockets unless they have some kind of evidence to suspect me of theft. And even if they do have evidence that might lead them to believe I stole something, I'm going to be damn sure there are police and a few witnesses present before I'm searched for anything.
I would rather take my chances with someone who *might* work to better our present situation than someone who I *know* will keep taking us down our current path.
It might be that he means our votes don't count in that no matter which way we vote, none of us are the ones filling the pockets of our politicians. To that end, our votes don't count because the politicians that get elected will do whatever it was they got paid to do by the corporations that paid them. So, while you may get a warm fuzzy when you stroll into the voting booth and pull the lever, you can be sure that the politician for whom you voted doesn't give a shit about what you want. Oh, you won't vote for him again if he turns out to not be what you'd hoped for? How did Bush get in office twice? And even if said politician doesn't get back in, he doesn't care...he's made his money and connections. He's set.
I downloaded the "free trial" installs for WoW and BC and burned them to DVD. Also, I have a full install on my portable hard drive that I can play on any Windows PC. For some reason running it from my portable drive using wine/linux is glitchy in that it loads, but graphics don't render at all. I haven't taken the time to figure it out, since I generally just use it to play WoW at work when it's quiet and we use XP.
Same here, regarding switching to Vista. I work for the City of NY, and not one agency in the city is making the switch.
I still think it's crap that MS would rather sell the giant pile of shit that is Vista to their end users. Now people are going to get Vista, see what a giant turd it is and look for an alterna--
You know what...SELL MORE VISTA! YAY VISTA! VIVA VISTA!
What if huge swathes of industry, government and education rely on your *new* technology to work well, or even properly? There are certain standards that need to be maintained, and this is one instance where a company (one that has admitted their new offering is lacking) should be forced to keep supplying something that "works".
I've been a tremendous fan of Pratchett's for over 10 years, now. I've yet to find anything remotely similar, and I like to laugh when I read. Though I've read Tolkien, I really can't stand to read books full of battles and the typical "Horse and Sword" type fantasy. I do enjoy Gaiman, Jim Butcher and Christopher Moore, if that gives you any idea of where my tastes (or lack thereof) are.
So, which is it? We get our hackles raised over non-geeks using a Linux-based OS, or we want it to be the year of Linux on the desktop/laptop/toaster/BOV? Let them use it. Let them tell their friends how amazing it is, and then their friends' friends. Imagine a legion of housewives telling everyone they know about this "New Windows" that is faster, cheaper to use and doesn't get that "blue screen thingy."
I love the obsession with body builders and BMI, even though it is probably less than 1-2% of the population. Apparently many people on Slashdot are bodybuilders?
And yes body builders do have a shorter lifespan. Being in shape is another story. So do the body builders have to pay higher insurance premiums? It's a valid question, since they may have more health problems. I wasn't talking about life insurance or vehicle insurance, I was talking about health insurance. I'm fat and I smoke. I pay the same for my health insurance as everyone else where I work.
I'm not sure I agree that really fat people or smokers should have to pay higher premiums for health insurance unless people who skydive, ride motorcycles, spend a lot of time in the sun, spend a lot of time in an area with heavy motor vehicle traffic, don't look both ways when they cross the street, etc. etc. etc. have to pay higher premiums, too. Life is full of risks, too numerous to name, and it's somehow fair to say these people should pay more? So what about the body builder that has a ridiculously high BMI. You say he will have health problems too, so shouldn't he have to pay more, even though he's not a fat smoker?
I didn't put a sign outside my house saying you could come in and *USE* my equipment. People broadcasting an SSID with an unsecured router are, essentially, inviting people to come use their connection. Ignorance shouldn't be an excuse. You bought the equipment, learn how to use it.
I guess was trying to relay that charging more for XP is just as much a dick thing to do as asking for a refund after you've opted for it? Yeah, that's the ticket.
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There are serial hybrid vehicles in development, at the moment, in the US. One example would be an serial hybrid Humvee being developed for the US military. The same shop is also developing serial hybrids for UPS. The only roadblock they're currently experiencing is with battery technologies. Their first problem was they could not charge the batteries fast enough to keep up with their rate of depletion. That has been solved, but now some of the batteries tend to catch on fire under heavy loads, e.g., when they vehicles are moving at high rates of speed or going up steep inclines.
Note: My father used to work in the hybrid division of this company, but has since moved into the integrated systems division. I'm not entirely sure if the hybrid systems are still being developed or if they were scrapped.
This is a quote from a standard PDA messaging plan from AT&T:
"Message any way, to anyone in the U.S. Send and receive 1500 text, picture, video, and Instant Messaging (IM) messages. Additional messages are 5 cents each."
So, yes, MMS is included in AT&T's messaging plans. So, if they attempt to charge separately for MMS there will be quite a lashback. Alternatively, if they raise the price of the iPhone SMS package to encompass the new MMS ability, everyone affected will be able to drop their contract at with no ETF.
I understand charging for tethering, that's to be expected. I'm curious about how they're going to handle MMS. Will they just include it in the cost of the $15 I'm already paying for 1500 text messages? If I understand the contract correctly, if they raise that fee it means I can opt out of my contract with no penalty because there has been a material change in the fees being charged. I don't see AT&T opening themselves up to droves of users ditching their contract in that manner. Nor do I see them having a separate "MMS Plan" for iPhone users, as that would piss off *everyone*. So, with any luck, we'll only see a new fee for tethering.
GAH! I meant 30 Mb/s down, 5 Mb/s up....
I currently have Cablevision internet service and live in an urban apartment building in Brooklyn. The advertised speeds (30 Mb/s up and 5 Mb/s down) are what I get, consistently. In the three years I've had their service I have not had one outage, and I've never noticed a dramatic decrease in up or down speeds, no matter the time of day/week.
I upgraded from Intrepid to Jaunty during Alpha 6, which at the time was using 2.6.29. I upgraded this morning, and it appears they have reverted to 2.6.28. I'm not sure why.
Cook it on the grill and it takes the gaminess right out.
I'm assuming you live in a house you built with your own two hands without a telephone, cable, satellite, electricity, running water or any of those other luxuries we have in these modern times? Since you're posting here, I doubt it. So, while we may not be forced into signing into these contracts, the case is more often starting to be that if you're lucky enough to have a choice of provider they force you to stick with them, regardless of whether they can provide you the service they promised through bullshit contracts.
It appears that you're completely missing the point in order to call people whiny bitches. Consider your opinion refuted.
That's a different animal altogether. Signing up to disconnect their paying customers is like cutting their own throat, and the big carriers have the money and lawyers to drive the *AA's into the ground. What happens when someone with a $40 net connection gets cut by his provider, who also happens to provide his phone and TV for an additional $90 or so. They'll cut that service, too, out of spite. There's no way the providers are going to open themselves up to that kind of thing, and I think they'll fight the *AA's every step of the way.
You think the ISPs are going to sign up to disconnect paying customers? I think the ISPs have a pretty good idea of how many of their customers download copyrighted material, and they will take into account how many of those users are paying customers. That is aside from what kind of cases could be brought against the ISP for disconnect users without any kind of real justification other than a letter from some non-government entity that says "We think this party took our stuff without paying for it." I don't really see the ISPs wanting to get involved in something like that.
Yabba-dabba-doo-acide.
A store posting a sign that says "we reserve the right to..." doesn't give them the right to do something, especially if that something is illegal. So, while they can post a sign that says that they can search your personal belongings, would it hold up in court? Merely walking into a store and buying a pack of gum, a DVD or a $5000 television does not give anyone the right to search through my wife's purse or to make me turn out my pockets unless they have some kind of evidence to suspect me of theft. And even if they do have evidence that might lead them to believe I stole something, I'm going to be damn sure there are police and a few witnesses present before I'm searched for anything.
I would rather take my chances with someone who *might* work to better our present situation than someone who I *know* will keep taking us down our current path.
It might be that he means our votes don't count in that no matter which way we vote, none of us are the ones filling the pockets of our politicians. To that end, our votes don't count because the politicians that get elected will do whatever it was they got paid to do by the corporations that paid them. So, while you may get a warm fuzzy when you stroll into the voting booth and pull the lever, you can be sure that the politician for whom you voted doesn't give a shit about what you want. Oh, you won't vote for him again if he turns out to not be what you'd hoped for? How did Bush get in office twice? And even if said politician doesn't get back in, he doesn't care...he's made his money and connections. He's set.
I downloaded the "free trial" installs for WoW and BC and burned them to DVD. Also, I have a full install on my portable hard drive that I can play on any Windows PC. For some reason running it from my portable drive using wine/linux is glitchy in that it loads, but graphics don't render at all. I haven't taken the time to figure it out, since I generally just use it to play WoW at work when it's quiet and we use XP.
So, you're saying he should have read what was *meant*, as opposed to what was *written*? I don't know why more people don't do that. /me rolls eyes
Same here, regarding switching to Vista. I work for the City of NY, and not one agency in the city is making the switch. I still think it's crap that MS would rather sell the giant pile of shit that is Vista to their end users. Now people are going to get Vista, see what a giant turd it is and look for an alterna-- You know what...SELL MORE VISTA! YAY VISTA! VIVA VISTA!
What if huge swathes of industry, government and education rely on your *new* technology to work well, or even properly? There are certain standards that need to be maintained, and this is one instance where a company (one that has admitted their new offering is lacking) should be forced to keep supplying something that "works".
I've been a tremendous fan of Pratchett's for over 10 years, now. I've yet to find anything remotely similar, and I like to laugh when I read. Though I've read Tolkien, I really can't stand to read books full of battles and the typical "Horse and Sword" type fantasy. I do enjoy Gaiman, Jim Butcher and Christopher Moore, if that gives you any idea of where my tastes (or lack thereof) are.
So, which is it? We get our hackles raised over non-geeks using a Linux-based OS, or we want it to be the year of Linux on the desktop/laptop/toaster/BOV? Let them use it. Let them tell their friends how amazing it is, and then their friends' friends. Imagine a legion of housewives telling everyone they know about this "New Windows" that is faster, cheaper to use and doesn't get that "blue screen thingy."
I'm not sure I agree that really fat people or smokers should have to pay higher premiums for health insurance unless people who skydive, ride motorcycles, spend a lot of time in the sun, spend a lot of time in an area with heavy motor vehicle traffic, don't look both ways when they cross the street, etc. etc. etc. have to pay higher premiums, too. Life is full of risks, too numerous to name, and it's somehow fair to say these people should pay more? So what about the body builder that has a ridiculously high BMI. You say he will have health problems too, so shouldn't he have to pay more, even though he's not a fat smoker?
I didn't put a sign outside my house saying you could come in and *USE* my equipment. People broadcasting an SSID with an unsecured router are, essentially, inviting people to come use their connection. Ignorance shouldn't be an excuse. You bought the equipment, learn how to use it.
I guess was trying to relay that charging more for XP is just as much a dick thing to do as asking for a refund after you've opted for it? Yeah, that's the ticket.
So, when I get the PC home do I get to not accept the EULA, and call for a rebate of the cost of Vista + the $20-$50 more I payed for my "downgrade?"