I think my wife knows someone who got busted by this. Well, she knows his fiance.
The apartment is in both names, but the internet connection is in her name alone. They showed up with a warrant with only his name on. She kept pointing that out: they had no idea who she was, but came for him. This leads me to suspect that it is a little more than a script that turns your IP into a search warrant for the person who pays the bill.
Under the RICO act, the government can seize your assets before proving that you are engaged in illegal activity. You could conceivably get it back, if you weren't facing a prosecutor like Spitzer.
Illegal was the wrong term for domestic travel. I am sorry.
The case started because he withdrew over $4,000 in cash to pay for the "service". Banks are required to report that kind of activity to the IRS, and maybe other departments (DEA seems likely) because it can indicate money laundering, tax fraud or other underground economic activity. It is also illegal to travel with large amounts of cash on you (I forget the amount, but don't sell your car for cash in another state).
What is remarkable is that the former Attorney General for the state of New York never thought that he might get caught.
The reason there is no 3g support is battery life.
I am not aware of all of the technical details, but I spoke with some people at AT&T about it and they said that Apple's chief concern was the poor battery life with 3G.
If you're talking about the event in Atlanta, you've missed a few details. They had a warrant, it was just obtained with false information from information provided by an informant who was know to be not credible. The grandmother? She shot at the cops after they broke into her house. The cops were returning fire.
Yeah, the people that falsified information to get the warrant should be put under the jail. But don't lump all cops in with a few genuine baddies. Generally, they have a shitty job that pays poorly, and are doing their best to protect you and me.
Same problem. I did a clean install of everything and restored my docs from backup, and the problem seems to be corrected.
I went to Leopard a little early; but with 10.5.2, it is a lot better. There was a graphics update at the same time that probably did the actual fixing.
I had Cingular for wireless broadband, and it worked great. For about a month. Then, connections would be dropped after five minutes. And the speed dropped, by a lot. And the phone company's support group: worthless. I spent two days on and off with them, replaced the hardware and spoke with people all the way up to the infrastructure guys. At the end of it all, they decided that, because they couldn't keep it working, it was unsupported.
We were using bluetooth to connect through a phone from a Mac. You may say that this was less than an optimal situation, but it worked great initially. I was seeing very close to DSL speed (I live near a tower), it worked with my Linux boxes when we travelled, and worked great from the local tavern. Then, AT&T took over, and it just went south quick.
If the debit card has a Visa or MasterCard logo, you should be protected past $50 (I think). Getting your money back is going to be a major pain, but you are protected.
That said, you should find a better option than your primary checking account for online purchases.
It has been a while since I working in banking, but the nice people at the major credit card companies have a lot of sway over the practices of the people using their networks.
I got a dish. We had Charter, who put in a box that was labeled "BAD" on the back in big black Sharpie. That was the ONLY time of the six scheduled appointments where someone showed up. Or called.
The box freaked out after about a day, turning to the heavy metal station, and killing the display. The support department was worthless, the managers I spoke to were combative, and I had enough. 30 MPH wind: yeah, I lose TV intermittently, but with Charter, I had no TV on a sunny day.
I don't care how good your product is, if your customer service experience is worse than botched dental surgery, I will happily pay more for less from one of your competitors.
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I think my wife knows someone who got busted by this. Well, she knows his fiance.
The apartment is in both names, but the internet connection is in her name alone. They showed up with a warrant with only his name on. She kept pointing that out: they had no idea who she was, but came for him. This leads me to suspect that it is a little more than a script that turns your IP into a search warrant for the person who pays the bill.
I hope.
Under the RICO act, the government can seize your assets before proving that you are engaged in illegal activity. You could conceivably get it back, if you weren't facing a prosecutor like Spitzer.
Illegal was the wrong term for domestic travel. I am sorry.
The case started because he withdrew over $4,000 in cash to pay for the "service". Banks are required to report that kind of activity to the IRS, and maybe other departments (DEA seems likely) because it can indicate money laundering, tax fraud or other underground economic activity. It is also illegal to travel with large amounts of cash on you (I forget the amount, but don't sell your car for cash in another state).
What is remarkable is that the former Attorney General for the state of New York never thought that he might get caught.
The reason there is no 3g support is battery life.
I am not aware of all of the technical details, but I spoke with some people at AT&T about it and they said that Apple's chief concern was the poor battery life with 3G.
If you're talking about the event in Atlanta, you've missed a few details.
They had a warrant, it was just obtained with false information from information provided by an informant who was know to be not credible.
The grandmother? She shot at the cops after they broke into her house. The cops were returning fire.
Yeah, the people that falsified information to get the warrant should be put under the jail. But don't lump all cops in with a few genuine baddies. Generally, they have a shitty job that pays poorly, and are doing their best to protect you and me.
Same problem. I did a clean install of everything and restored my docs from backup, and the problem seems to be corrected.
I went to Leopard a little early; but with 10.5.2, it is a lot better. There was a graphics update at the same time that probably did the actual fixing.
I had Cingular for wireless broadband, and it worked great. For about a month. Then, connections would be dropped after five minutes. And the speed dropped, by a lot. And the phone company's support group: worthless. I spent two days on and off with them, replaced the hardware and spoke with people all the way up to the infrastructure guys. At the end of it all, they decided that, because they couldn't keep it working, it was unsupported.
We were using bluetooth to connect through a phone from a Mac. You may say that this was less than an optimal situation, but it worked great initially. I was seeing very close to DSL speed (I live near a tower), it worked with my Linux boxes when we travelled, and worked great from the local tavern. Then, AT&T took over, and it just went south quick.
If the debit card has a Visa or MasterCard logo, you should be protected past $50 (I think). Getting your money back is going to be a major pain, but you are protected.
That said, you should find a better option than your primary checking account for online purchases.
It has been a while since I working in banking, but the nice people at the major credit card companies have a lot of sway over the practices of the people using their networks.
I got a dish. We had Charter, who put in a box that was labeled "BAD" on the back in big black Sharpie. That was the ONLY time of the six scheduled appointments where someone showed up. Or called.
The box freaked out after about a day, turning to the heavy metal station, and killing the display. The support department was worthless, the managers I spoke to were combative, and I had enough. 30 MPH wind: yeah, I lose TV intermittently, but with Charter, I had no TV on a sunny day.
I don't care how good your product is, if your customer service experience is worse than botched dental surgery, I will happily pay more for less from one of your competitors.