A bunch of empty racks. Whenever a tour comes through, someone can run in and yell "We've been cleaned out. They stole all the machines! The database, payroll, everything. They're all gone!"
The tour guide can then point to a lonely machine in the corner and say they were all replaced with that one. Maybe have a memo handy.
Every single "feature" that the baby bells charge extra for. Verizon was charging me $6.50/month for CallerID (w/names would cost $7.50).
I can check voicemail online. I can take my "home" phone with me on travel (including overseas).
I was paying Verizon $30/month for a phone with nothing but Caller ID. I also had to pay Verizon extra every month to keep my number unlisted. Apparently, it costs a few bucks every month to not print my phone number.
They *had* long-distance/regional calling at a flat rate with no monthly fees, but then they started charging me every month for that as well. I have a cell phone with enough minutes that I never needed the landline for long-distance. They wanted to charge me (one-time) $20 to change from their long-distance to "no" long-distance ($10 for no long-distance plus $10 for no "regional").
I was slammed twice by MCI and spent a great deal of time calling Verizon to have my long-distance switched back (which they would then charge me for, and I'd have to call back again and fix that).
After the first time this happened, they said they could put a lock on my account. I thought that meant that it couldn't happen again, but it did. They time they said they could put a password on the lock. They never explained what the purpose of the passwordless lock was, but I agreed and chose the password "Verizon Sucks". They said it could only be 10 letters. I told the V-E-R-I-Z-O-N-S-U-X. After consulting a supervisor, they agreed. (I'm only giving out my password now that I've ditched them completely).
This was the only enjoyment I ever had with Verizon. Whenever they would screw up my bill (which happened at least once a year), I could call them and they'd ask me my password and I'd tell them they sucked.
For $15/month, Vonage gives me 500 minutes a month anywhere in the US (I never use half that much). QoS is fine. The power here does go out from time to time, but I have my cell (and my wife has hers).
They're working on true E911 service and not just forwarding to a call center. But I also have a cell. True, they're not tightly regulated, but that regulation costs a lot of money and doesn't get me what the free market does. I see "under regulated" as another VoIP selling point.
I recall when hurricane Isabel hit here lots of co-workers told me they had to scramble to find a phone that didn't require power to work. I only have one such phone (it actually does need power, but uses batteries). Most household phones nowadays are feature laden and require external power (especially true of cordless phones).
So during a critical emergency, how many people have time to go digging through their basement to find an old telephone?
On the other hand, look at DMSO. The patent has long since expired. Many people believe DMSO can cure arthritis, but it has never been approved for such a use. No company will spend the billions of dollars to get FDA approval on this drug because they won't own the patent.
The same is true of just about any herbal remedy. Despite all the hype about medical marijiuana, even if the drug itself were declared legal the FDA wouldn't approve it for treating glaucoma or anything else unless someone spent billions proving it safe (only to be left holding the bill and no guarantee of a return on the investment).
Thus the patent system distorts the ideal outcome. Natural and effective drugs are eschewed for artificial ones which, despite 10 years of tests, are still riddled with side effects. Even aspirin, once believed to be the only drug with no side effects, is now known to cause Reyes Syndrome.
I recently went to my local courthouse to check on some land records. After going through the metal detector, they said I had to check my phone because it had a camera.
I didn't bother to tell them that my Zire 71 also has a camera.
Or just print out that page and anonymously leave copies in common areas. After all, if you like your job, you don't want the company shut down or even disrupted.
Is it immoral if I don't block the ads but simply ignore them? Is it immoral if I browse with links? Is it immoral if I go to the bathroom during a commercial?
I bought a Mac Mini and use a LinXcel USB KVM. My keyboard is a Logitech Media keyboard. If I install the Logitech Control Center, switching the KVM to the Linux machine will crash the mac about 75% of the time. I uninstalled the Logitech Control Center, which means I can't use any of the media keys under OSX. They work fine on Linux.
At least if Congress passes this, we can tell people that their congressman voted to make it illegal for them to tape Desperate Housewives. With the FCC's unilateral move, congress critters would have just blamed the bureacrats...
First of all, why aren't you posting this to the pilot-unix mailing list?
Anyways... the only real trick is that you have to start the hotsync on the pilot before you start the hotsync on the desktop (the desktop won't see the USB device until the hotsync has started).
Devices: /dev/pilot: symbolic link to ttyUSB1 /dev/ttyUSB1: character special (188/1)
Not to mention that if you considered waiting a while before making the purchase, you would have to come back to the store. When I'm out shopping, I almost feel like I've lost if I spend a day and come back empty handed. But buy nothign online and it just feels like you've been surfing. Even if you *do* buy something, you still won't have anything for a few days or more.
This is why the courts make and recognize the distinction between "theft" and "copyright violation". The RIAA and MPAA would like you to believe they are one in the same because it leads to the conclusions you suggest, but "copyright violation" is not "theft" and the courts have told the RIAA this explicitly.
Well, car rental companies kept writing into their service agreements the right to track you via GPS and fine you for speeding, but courts have repeatedly ruled against the rental companies. You can't enforce an unconscionable contract.
Dish Network and DirecTV both offer free installs and free 4 room systems (with a 1-year contract, of course). There's no need for you to climb onto the roof.
If you're a sports freak, DirecTV has the better packages. If you want international programming, Dish has the edge. I prefer neither and have had both. I like DirecTV, but mainly because the Actisys IR 2000 (and infrared dongle that I use it to control the remote for MythTV) only works with DirecTV.
And, of course, Speakeasy is great. It's more than just an open servers policy. They absolutely don't have any bandwidth cap (hidden or otherwise). They always answer their phones and the tech people, who are NOT in India, actually know what they're doing. I have multiple static IPs. I just signed up for their VoIP system (haven't received the hardware yet), and if I'm happy with that, I'll switch to OneLink and say goodbye to Verizon forever. Oh, and they say the preferred browser for accessing their VoIP control center is Firefox.
I don't tell everyone I know to use Speakeasy because it's really not for everyone. It's not necessarily the cheapest, and if you just want an always-on broadband to browse the web, it's probably a lot more than you need. But if your a geek and you know what you're doing, I don't know any other ISP that is better.
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A bunch of empty racks. Whenever a tour comes through, someone can run in and yell "We've been cleaned out. They stole all the machines! The database, payroll, everything. They're all gone!"
The tour guide can then point to a lonely machine in the corner and say they were all replaced with that one. Maybe have a memo handy.
Yeah, what do you people think betas are for? You got comments, wait until the final release is out!
> With VoIP you get:
Every single "feature" that the baby bells charge extra for. Verizon was charging me $6.50/month for CallerID (w/names would cost $7.50).
I can check voicemail online. I can take my "home" phone with me on travel (including overseas).
I was paying Verizon $30/month for a phone with nothing but Caller ID. I also had to pay Verizon extra every month to keep my number unlisted. Apparently, it costs a few bucks every month to not print my phone number.
They *had* long-distance/regional calling at a flat rate with no monthly fees, but then they started charging me every month for that as well. I have a cell phone with enough minutes that I never needed the landline for long-distance. They wanted to charge me (one-time) $20 to change from their long-distance to "no" long-distance ($10 for no long-distance plus $10 for no "regional").
I was slammed twice by MCI and spent a great deal of time calling Verizon to have my long-distance switched back (which they would then charge me for, and I'd have to call back again and fix that).
After the first time this happened, they said they could put a lock on my account. I thought that meant that it couldn't happen again, but it did. They time they said they could put a password on the lock. They never explained what the purpose of the passwordless lock was, but I agreed and chose the password "Verizon Sucks". They said it could only be 10 letters. I told the V-E-R-I-Z-O-N-S-U-X. After consulting a supervisor, they agreed. (I'm only giving out my password now that I've ditched them completely).
This was the only enjoyment I ever had with Verizon. Whenever they would screw up my bill (which happened at least once a year), I could call them and they'd ask me my password and I'd tell them they sucked.
For $15/month, Vonage gives me 500 minutes a month anywhere in the US (I never use half that much). QoS is fine. The power here does go out from time to time, but I have my cell (and my wife has hers).
They're working on true E911 service and not just forwarding to a call center. But I also have a cell. True, they're not tightly regulated, but that regulation costs a lot of money and doesn't get me what the free market does. I see "under regulated" as another VoIP selling point.
I recall when hurricane Isabel hit here lots of co-workers told me they had to scramble to find a phone that didn't require power to work. I only have one such phone (it actually does need power, but uses batteries). Most household phones nowadays are feature laden and require external power (especially true of cordless phones).
So during a critical emergency, how many people have time to go digging through their basement to find an old telephone?
On the other hand, look at DMSO. The patent has long since expired. Many people believe DMSO can cure arthritis, but it has never been approved for such a use. No company will spend the billions of dollars to get FDA approval on this drug because they won't own the patent.
The same is true of just about any herbal remedy. Despite all the hype about medical marijiuana, even if the drug itself were declared legal the FDA wouldn't approve it for treating glaucoma or anything else unless someone spent billions proving it safe (only to be left holding the bill and no guarantee of a return on the investment).
Thus the patent system distorts the ideal outcome. Natural and effective drugs are eschewed for artificial ones which, despite 10 years of tests, are still riddled with side effects. Even aspirin, once believed to be the only drug with no side effects, is now known to cause Reyes Syndrome.
> ...but unless you get another ethernet card they DO have your MAC address.
Or you just reconfigure it:
ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01
ifconfig eth0 up
If only they knew a way to melt Ice-9...
I recently went to my local courthouse to check on some land records. After going through the metal detector, they said I had to check my phone because it had a camera.
I didn't bother to tell them that my Zire 71 also has a camera.
Or just print out that page and anonymously leave copies in common areas. After all, if you like your job, you don't want the company shut down or even disrupted.
Is it immoral if I don't block the ads but simply ignore them? Is it immoral if I browse with links? Is it immoral if I go to the bathroom during a commercial?
I bought a Mac Mini and use a LinXcel USB KVM. My keyboard is a Logitech Media keyboard. If I install the Logitech Control Center, switching the KVM to the Linux machine will crash the mac about 75% of the time. I uninstalled the Logitech Control Center, which means I can't use any of the media keys under OSX. They work fine on Linux.
It aint free, but the over-clocking application "Lightspeed" can fix the screen whine.
No, actually I think it's the opposite. I've met him and he told me every time one of his rants (trolls?) appears on /., sales go up.
Um... has Congress handled it?
> or it ends up on a site like Slashdot
Yeah, but how often does *that* happen?
Yup, google bootlicking and a dupe all rolled into one. Time to join the jihad.
At least if Congress passes this, we can tell people that their congressman voted to make it illegal for them to tape Desperate Housewives. With the FCC's unilateral move, congress critters would have just blamed the bureacrats...
Anyways... the only real trick is that you have to start the hotsync on the pilot before you start the hotsync on the desktop (the desktop won't see the USB device until the hotsync has started).
Devices:
/dev/pilot: symbolic link to ttyUSB1
/dev/ttyUSB1: character special (188/1)
Modules required:
visor (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR=m)
usbserial (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m)
Not to mention that if you considered waiting a while before making the purchase, you would have to come back to the store. When I'm out shopping, I almost feel like I've lost if I spend a day and come back empty handed. But buy nothign online and it just feels like you've been surfing. Even if you *do* buy something, you still won't have anything for a few days or more.
This is why the courts make and recognize the distinction between "theft" and "copyright violation". The RIAA and MPAA would like you to believe they are one in the same because it leads to the conclusions you suggest, but "copyright violation" is not "theft" and the courts have told the RIAA this explicitly.
Well, car rental companies kept writing into their service agreements the right to track you via GPS and fine you for speeding, but courts have repeatedly ruled against the rental companies. You can't enforce an unconscionable contract.
Dish Network and DirecTV both offer free installs and free 4 room systems (with a 1-year contract, of course). There's no need for you to climb onto the roof.
If you're a sports freak, DirecTV has the better packages. If you want international programming, Dish has the edge. I prefer neither and have had both. I like DirecTV, but mainly because the Actisys IR 2000 (and infrared dongle that I use it to control the remote for MythTV) only works with DirecTV.
And, of course, Speakeasy is great. It's more than just an open servers policy. They absolutely don't have any bandwidth cap (hidden or otherwise). They always answer their phones and the tech people, who are NOT in India, actually know what they're doing. I have multiple static IPs. I just signed up for their VoIP system (haven't received the hardware yet), and if I'm happy with that, I'll switch to OneLink and say goodbye to Verizon forever. Oh, and they say the preferred browser for accessing their VoIP control center is Firefox.
I don't tell everyone I know to use Speakeasy because it's really not for everyone. It's not necessarily the cheapest, and if you just want an always-on broadband to browse the web, it's probably a lot more than you need. But if your a geek and you know what you're doing, I don't know any other ISP that is better.
Shameless referral plug:
http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/164714
Laptops are not so easy to build-your-own, so you really don't have much choice but to order one from a manufacturer.
And the funny part is that the Palestinians intentionally change their clocks on a different date to show their independence from Israel.