it seems that "customer service" reps are trained now to intentionally make a caller angry in order to give them justification to cut off the caller for "verbal abuse". it's happened to me more than once.
since the poster wants to divert a "trusted" number to the handset, I assume he/she is there to answer the phone. therefore, reading the display on the phone, or your TV, or your PC, depending on what you plug the phone line into, is a good choice.
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. I immediately ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!" "Why shouldn't I?" he said. I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!" "Like what?" "Well... are you religious or atheist?" "Religious." "Me too! Are you Christian or Jewish?" "Christian." "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?" "Protestant." "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?" "Baptist." "Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?" "Baptist Church of God." "Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?" "Reformed Baptist Church of God." "Wow! Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?" "Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!" To which I said, "Die, heretic scum!" and pushed him off.
I think that to achieve greatness the article would have needed more specifics about products and purchasers, rather than a drunk in a bar telling us to let the NSA do its job.
One good item was the Dutch cop's remark that "we're 3 or 4 years ahead of this stuff", which would imply that by the time products hit the trade show circuit all the real players already have them.
Surely real terrorists aren't using telephones to plan their activities? I know if I was a terrorist I wouldn't. I'd be making an "X" on my window with duct tape, or carrying a newspaper rolled up under my left arm (but not my RIGHT arm - that means I was followed), or touching my nose with my forefinger.
I have a feeling that we're only going to catch the really stupid terrorists this way - and they are probably the ones who don't do much damage to anyone but themselves. "Hey, Mohammed! Osama just called and said to blow up the Statue of Liberty. Call me back as soon as you get this message!"
When the Playstation 2 was released many people at least partially justified a purchase based on its inclusion of DVD playing capability. Even I did, and I think I've watched a total of 2 movies on it. If the public sees a PS3 as an opportunity to get a new Playstation AND a new DVD player, then the price isn't so bad.
Microsoft's add-on HD-DVD won't cut it, since history tells us that console peripherals NEVER catch on.
Me? I'll get the new Nintendo and wait for at least the first price drop on a PS3.
WIndows thin clients cost MORE than desktop PCs. Support is a nightmare for all but the most popular applications. No vertical software vendor supports running their stuff on Citrix.
Simply for the fact that in order for China to change they must be brought into the world arena. The more you are in the world arena, the harder it is to get away with this kind of behavior.
But they ARE in the world arena, and they ARE getting away with it. That 1.5 billion person marketplace has businesses and governments falling over each other to keep China happy.
Remember that it was not that many years ago that you would have heard ZERO about this kind of stuff. Will China change? Ultimately yes, and they will change when they realize that suppressing human rights will not ultimately serve them to make $$$
Why do you say that suppressing human rights isn't profitable? It sure looks like it is.
China has publicly and repeatedly stated their policy goals; they seek to encourage foreign investment to raise hard currency, and use that hard currency to enhance its military technology. They denounce US style democracy, continue to imprison and kill citizens who voice their dissent, and get welcomed to America by a smiling Bill Gates.
mounting a drive over the Internet (do we still capitalize that?) involves much OS overhead as well, and that is very slow. during my brief, free, usage of.Mac and its iDrive I was frustrated more than anything else. perhaps if the OS is modified to strip out some of what it does when you mount a drive they can speed it up, but for now FTP serves me better.
is that his actions are said to have caused $5000 of damage to each PC he connected to, which, coincidentally, is the threshold at which he can be sentenced to a year in prison, which, coincidentally, is the threshold at which he can be extradited.
The US government is gaming the system to get its hands on this guy. That's why it's news.
Funny thing is, I live a half mile from the base he is said to have "disabled" and this is the first I've heard of this story.
The problem is that Chinese society is NOT opening in any significant way, nor is the government adopting ANY liberalization policies. This idea that American dollars will buy freedom in China is absurd.
And just how many people in China do you think have ANY idea what "Back Dorm Boys" is?
The Chinese government KILLS citizens who dissent. Big difference between that and the Germans banning swastikas. I have chosen to avoid products from the PRC as much as possible, and I also choose to avoid companies who do business with that government.
Google wouldn't have to follow Chinese law if they weren't going into business with the Chinese government.
"We look at the rise of China, the investment and the smart people and we are in awe of what has occurred here," Schmidt said.
"And we salute the government, key leaders in the industry and all of you who have made the rise of the Internet in China such a tremendous accomplishment."
China has been saying one thing and doing another for as long as there has been another country to do it to. This most recent action allows foreign companies and countries to claim that China is moving in a positive direction, in this case against software piracy, making their investments in China more palatable to a gullible public.
and I own all three current (previoius?) gen consoles. it's almost as though the console itself is becoming more significant than the games, and for me that's a bad thing.
I still have a few (!) games left to finish from the last few years, so I'll be ok for a while.
I have priced it out and I could get a better plan cheaper than the combined ER and EE contributions to my work plan. A HUGE chunk of my premium is currently paying claims for people who chose the "platinum" out of network plan and live in Westchester county in NY. The loss ratio for that subgroup is twice that of my group and we help them pay for it.
Keep in mind that a great many employers self-fund their plans, even though they use carriers to pay the claims. In those cases the company may save money, but the employees don't.
the linkage of health insurance to employment is one of the great wrongs in US history. why SHOULD an employer be expected to subsidize health care? I would prefer to see employers pay wages that allowed employees to make their own health care decisions, rather than shop for the lowest cost health care plan they can get away with and channel their employees into substandard, assembly line managed care plans.
if my employer would just give me as salary the money they pay for my health insurance I could go out and get a more appropriate level of coverage for my family. since they don't do that, the only economically sound decision I can make is to use what they provide.
why we can't just put an "X" on a piece of paper, fold it, put it in a box, get our finger stained with purple ink, open the box at the end of the night in the presence of multiple witnesses, and count the "X"s for each candidate/question?
there are many things computers are good for, but voting doesn't seem to really demand computational power, internet access, etc.
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it seems that "customer service" reps are trained now to intentionally make a caller angry in order to give them justification to cut off the caller for "verbal abuse". it's happened to me more than once.
since the poster wants to divert a "trusted" number to the handset, I assume he/she is there to answer the phone. therefore, reading the display on the phone, or your TV, or your PC, depending on what you plug the phone line into, is a good choice.
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. I immediately ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!" ... are you religious or atheist?"
"Why shouldn't I?" he said.
I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what?"
"Well
"Religious."
"Me too! Are you Christian or Jewish?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
"Baptist."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
"Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!"
To which I said, "Die, heretic scum!" and pushed him off.
I think that to achieve greatness the article would have needed more specifics about products and purchasers, rather than a drunk in a bar telling us to let the NSA do its job.
One good item was the Dutch cop's remark that "we're 3 or 4 years ahead of this stuff", which would imply that by the time products hit the trade show circuit all the real players already have them.
Surely real terrorists aren't using telephones to plan their activities? I know if I was a terrorist I wouldn't. I'd be making an "X" on my window with duct tape, or carrying a newspaper rolled up under my left arm (but not my RIGHT arm - that means I was followed), or touching my nose with my forefinger.
I have a feeling that we're only going to catch the really stupid terrorists this way - and they are probably the ones who don't do much damage to anyone but themselves. "Hey, Mohammed! Osama just called and said to blow up the Statue of Liberty. Call me back as soon as you get this message!"
A Japanese mobile telecomm provider will use Microsoft's DRM on its phones.
Therefore all other DRM systems, portable music players, and Apple, will cease to exist?
Hell, I still can't find anyone who listens to music on their phone.
Are these the same screen shots that PC Mag published online this morning?
When the Playstation 2 was released many people at least partially justified a purchase based on its inclusion of DVD playing capability. Even I did, and I think I've watched a total of 2 movies on it. If the public sees a PS3 as an opportunity to get a new Playstation AND a new DVD player, then the price isn't so bad.
Microsoft's add-on HD-DVD won't cut it, since history tells us that console peripherals NEVER catch on.
Me? I'll get the new Nintendo and wait for at least the first price drop on a PS3.
WIndows thin clients cost MORE than desktop PCs. Support is a nightmare for all but the most popular applications. No vertical software vendor supports running their stuff on Citrix.
they created their own, in a style that was influenced by him.
imagine if Manet had been able to copyright French Impressionism, or Picasso cubism, or Renoir portraits.
So how would you handle it?
how about accept a slightly lower share price in return for not dancing with the devil?
Simply for the fact that in order for China to change they must be brought into the world arena. The more you are in the world arena, the harder it is to get away with this kind of behavior.
But they ARE in the world arena, and they ARE getting away with it. That 1.5 billion person marketplace has businesses and governments falling over each other to keep China happy.
Remember that it was not that many years ago that you would have heard ZERO about this kind of stuff. Will China change? Ultimately yes, and they will change when they realize that suppressing human rights will not ultimately serve them to make $$$
Why do you say that suppressing human rights isn't profitable? It sure looks like it is.
China has publicly and repeatedly stated their policy goals; they seek to encourage foreign investment to raise hard currency, and use that hard currency to enhance its military technology. They denounce US style democracy, continue to imprison and kill citizens who voice their dissent, and get welcomed to America by a smiling Bill Gates.
mounting a drive over the Internet (do we still capitalize that?) involves much OS overhead as well, and that is very slow. during my brief, free, usage of .Mac and its iDrive I was frustrated more than anything else. perhaps if the OS is modified to strip out some of what it does when you mount a drive they can speed it up, but for now FTP serves me better.
Yes, it is.
is that his actions are said to have caused $5000 of damage to each PC he connected to, which, coincidentally, is the threshold at which he can be sentenced to a year in prison, which, coincidentally, is the threshold at which he can be extradited.
The US government is gaming the system to get its hands on this guy. That's why it's news.
Funny thing is, I live a half mile from the base he is said to have "disabled" and this is the first I've heard of this story.
The problem is that Chinese society is NOT opening in any significant way, nor is the government adopting ANY liberalization policies. This idea that American dollars will buy freedom in China is absurd.
And just how many people in China do you think have ANY idea what "Back Dorm Boys" is?
The Chinese government KILLS citizens who dissent. Big difference between that and the Germans banning swastikas. I have chosen to avoid products from the PRC as much as possible, and I also choose to avoid companies who do business with that government.
Google wouldn't have to follow Chinese law if they weren't going into business with the Chinese government.
"And we salute the government, key leaders in the industry and all of you who have made the rise of the Internet in China such a tremendous accomplishment."
No more google for me.
China has been saying one thing and doing another for as long as there has been another country to do it to. This most recent action allows foreign companies and countries to claim that China is moving in a positive direction, in this case against software piracy, making their investments in China more palatable to a gullible public.
Keep in mind, in the past we didn't know about the abuses. At least now there are enough leaks to keep us informed.
and I own all three current (previoius?) gen consoles. it's almost as though the console itself is becoming more significant than the games, and for me that's a bad thing.
I still have a few (!) games left to finish from the last few years, so I'll be ok for a while.
I have priced it out and I could get a better plan cheaper than the combined ER and EE contributions to my work plan. A HUGE chunk of my premium is currently paying claims for people who chose the "platinum" out of network plan and live in Westchester county in NY. The loss ratio for that subgroup is twice that of my group and we help them pay for it.
Keep in mind that a great many employers self-fund their plans, even though they use carriers to pay the claims. In those cases the company may save money, but the employees don't.
the linkage of health insurance to employment is one of the great wrongs in US history. why SHOULD an employer be expected to subsidize health care? I would prefer to see employers pay wages that allowed employees to make their own health care decisions, rather than shop for the lowest cost health care plan they can get away with and channel their employees into substandard, assembly line managed care plans.
if my employer would just give me as salary the money they pay for my health insurance I could go out and get a more appropriate level of coverage for my family. since they don't do that, the only economically sound decision I can make is to use what they provide.
why we can't just put an "X" on a piece of paper, fold it, put it in a box, get our finger stained with purple ink, open the box at the end of the night in the presence of multiple witnesses, and count the "X"s for each candidate/question?
there are many things computers are good for, but voting doesn't seem to really demand computational power, internet access, etc.
"There is NO "DO NO EVIL" scharade... Their motto is "DON'T BE EVIL". Thats an important distinction when you consider the perspective."
So, one can do evil and not BE evil? That opens up a can of philosophical worms....