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  1. Re:And? on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    Technically, you can apply at T-Mobile without using your SSN and you may get approved for more than flexpay (their fancy prepaid option), but I work in the activations/credit department, and I've never seen it get anything other than that. However, we can often find your SSN in the credit bureau system using all the other info, and then use that.

  2. Re:Using the data for good purposes on Hackers Claim To Hit T-Mobile Hard · · Score: 1

    1. Most carriers will allow you to sign a 1 year contract, some will even let you sign up with no contract if you buy the phone outright. 2. A well taken care of phone will not break within 1-2 years. 3. Why should a phone be reasonable/cheap/free? If you don't like the costs, buy the phone outright and sign up with prepaid/pay as you go/flexpay/no contract service.

  3. Re:Using the data for good purposes on Hackers Claim To Hit T-Mobile Hard · · Score: 1

    Compared to what? And if that covers 10,000 messages, it's pretty darn cheap per message, isn't it?

  4. Re:Not murder on Verizon Tells Cops "Your Money Or Your Life" · · Score: 1

    Seriously. They'd let a man die for $20?! Read it again until you realize what society is becoming.

    Why the hell didn't the cops cough up $20 out of petty cash? Cleary the guy's life wasn't worth much to them either.

  5. Re:Plausible Denial? on Forensics Tool Finds Headerless Encrypted Files · · Score: 1

    I think an analogous situation would be whether they could charge you for refusing to open the safe.

    This seems analogous, but really isn't from the court's point of view. Cracking a safe is trivial - locksmith with torch and tools can open it in a day - the security of a safe is even given that way - time with torch+tools. And it's generally in hours. Cracking well encrypted drives, however...little bit different.

  6. Re:Not to be an apologist... on iPhone App Refund Policies Could Cost Devs · · Score: 1

    Which large retailers, exactly? I've worked for Home Depot and Walmart, two of the biggest in the world, and the most they get back on a RTV is the full cost of an item - and usually not even that.

  7. Re:Meh on Libel Suits OK Even If Libel Is Truthful · · Score: 1

    Staples easily has thousands of employees. I would consider that public.

  8. Re:evil? on Google To Monitor Surfing Habits For Ad-Serving · · Score: 1

    Can't you "opt out" by deleting cookies? Or am I missing something?

  9. Re:Should be interesting... on Obama Keeps His Blackberry (And Gets a Sectera) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The government doesn't control RIM

    No, they don't...but if they get a call from the new president saying "gosh, I'd love to use a Blackberry, giving you rocking publicity, if only it could be nice and secure..." I have a feeling they'll work closely with the secret service on getting it right,

  10. Re:There once was... on Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer · · Score: 4, Informative

    The town's name is "Limerick". Most common limerick? You guessed it, man from Nantucket. It wasn't all that funny, but that's the joke.

  11. Re:Only the paranoid survive (not) on Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Depending on your country and university, tuition/fees only cover a portion of the actual costs of your education - often with taxpayers footing a decent chunk of the bill. In that case, as a taypayer, I would argue that anything developed should be public domain - as it was paid for with public money.

  12. Re:Can Oscar's be given posthumously? on Batman Discussion · · Score: 1

    Locations of Dent and Rachel were lies. Well...he switched them. So Batman saved the wrong person.

  13. Re:I prefer this idea: on Free Games As a Solution To Game Piracy · · Score: 1

    It does half the time. You just can't tell until you open it.