However, over the past few weeks I've given myself permission to get a smart phone, eventhough I do not have a use for one.
My problem is price.
Maybe a slashdotter can help me out.
I resisted getting a "dumb phone" for years as well until the pricing fit my needs. I keep it switched off in the glove compartment of car unless I need to meet someone somewhere. I use a prepaid service called pagepluscelluar.com. All I have to do is buy $10 worth of minutes every 3 months. Almost nothing is wasted.
Is there a company offering similar pricing for a *data plan* for an android phone?
If not, what is the cheapest prepaid or pay-as-you-go plan --- for the most modern android phones?
I am, a proud independent, liberal, atheist, Ubuntu user who agrees with your post and would mod it up to five if I could.
Attacking Gingrich in the primaries is counter productive for Democrats.
All of the GOP primary candidates are extreme. If elected, they will all come at America with a sledge hammer and a wrecking ball. There is no difference in that regard, which one of them wins the primaries.
However, the big difference among them is electability.
Gingrich will be a lot easier to fight in the general election so Democrats should lay off of him.
welcome Newt Gingrich's popularity in the GOP primaries.
It will make it a whole lot easier to reelect President Obama. The only down side is that it will make his campaign staff fat and lazy, as they will not have to work to find baggage to pull up on Gingrich.
I've seen this tactic used by other groups. I'm not being rhetorical. Does it accomplish anything? It seems to me to be nothing more than expensive thumb nosing.
Often times, I think Google is way too engineering-driven and quite simply doesn't get humans.
What other kind of people other than AS plagued geeks would think implementing Buzz without warning or permission would go over well?
I agree with your point and would add that Googles big public decisions are either driven by socially clueless engineers or nasty corporate types like their CEO who see users as things to exploit and rape ( ie the G+ real name policy ).
The clueless engineers are an annoying nuisance and the corporate exploiters types are a nasty turnoff.
Google needs to learn lesson on how to relate to *customers*, not users.
It seems like other countries are always advancing technologically and socially ahead of the U.S. because conservatives and corporate America hare holding us behind.
Animals aren't people. Animal testing doesn't work. Ask any medical researcher about Phase 1 trials, the first human trials for a new treatment after animal testing.
Moving toward computer modeling is progress for both people and animals.
Since breeding and experimenting on lab animals is big business, the U.S. as with many things will hold onto this outdated practice last.
That question may be about a moot point. Ask any honest medical researcher and they will tell you that Phase 1 Human trials are dangerous. Those are first human trials.
Animals aren't people, testing on animals doesn't tell you what will happen when you try the treatment on people.
You don't have the right to call anyone shills. Even if you only monitored the mainstream news casually you would have heard that not all information was released and not all information given was truthful.
I wonder what the cancer rates will be like years from now.
However, but then nukeish fanboys like you will be long gone while other people suffer.
AFAIK Google is only 1 notch more trustworthy than Facebook. I can't see anyone in their right mind, who isn't rationalizing to accept a convenience, willingly turning over their financial information to either organization.
Trouble is, places where power is used are in population centers like New York. One criticism of wind power is having to build infrastructure between where the wind is and where the users are.
Distance isn't much protection from fallout. Winds and tides carried a bit of the Japanese accident all of the way to California.
I actually thought it made Google look innovative while making "Microsoft" ( Bill Gates ) look like a champion of "the man" by going after dirty, backward solutions that people don't want.
I understand where you are coming from though. Nuclear power is here, it will likely be a needed piece of the energy puzzle for a while and it there is enough nuclear fuel for a few centuries.
However, it is dirty and will always be a hazard due to human nature.
Solar has progressed FAST and with only a fraction of the resources and big org will that nukes have gotten.
I think it is premature to say solar in combination with other alternatives energy......and the vast untapped potential of efficiency & conservation can't do the job.
Serious efforts haven't been made and are worth the making.
Gates isn't a nuclear engineer, nor does his company have related expertise. China has plenty of money of its own, they don't need him to put up funds.
Tell people in Japan their emotions are irrational after living in the aftermath of a nuclear accident from a power plant knowingly built in a natural disaster zone, with a design that Rand McNally deemed as flawed before the plant was built.
If the Japanese can be that irresponsible, imagine what American corporations could do.
I didn't mean tech newbies ( though they should be welcome ) I meant newbies to the site. The site doesn't have help/about links that explains who they are, what their purpose is and how do use it.
People on Usenet are famous for being misanthropes who wait for opportunities to slam people and then act high-n-mighty about it. One of their bad attitudes is being anti-newbie, claiming that they ruin a forum by asking dull, elementry questions. So, that is why I MISTAKENLY thought you were anti-newb because "whats wrong with making it difficult for newbies" is a question someone on Usenet would ask.
I only ran into one snotty incident on StackOverflow. I asked a question where I specified that due to constraints at work I couldn't use solution X. Some dude answered my question with solution X, someone voted his answer down, he replied back "well that is the standard way, tough luck" and someone else voted him back up.
Haven't had troubles with the moderators yet.
I think the interface is innovative......much more so than Slashdot/AskSlashot and I've never had a problem getting help.
Their weakness is in making it quick/easy for newbs to figure out who/what they are and how to use the sites. I discovered them by Googling on tech questions I had.
I've been reading slashdot for over a decade. I haven't once gotten a post published. I've posted good and relevant stories only to see them reject without an explanation ( hint to admins: this really pisses people off and makes it harder to get volunteers ).
I'm skeptical of how useful "ask slashdot" is for that reason. I never bothered to try it out. Why should I take the time to type out a worthy technical question if I don't even know if it will be published?
The interface takes some getting used to, but I have found the current best place for technical questions is stackoverlow.com.
It is like Usenet, but without the cranky people with no lives looking to slam people.
People have been saying scientists are 5 years away from cloning a Mammoth for at least 20 years. Wake me up when it happens.
Hopefully before they do someone will have the ethics debate about bring an extinct animal back to life in a world where their environment is now gone.
because I don't trust Google. They pulled that stunt with Buzz. Their CEO came right out and announced that their real name policy on Google+ was about making the information of users more valuable to sell. Then there is that incident about censoring information about what really happened in Tianammen Square from the Chinese version of Google.
Using the Chrome browser would make me feel like I was using a smartphone equipped with Carrier IQ.
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I'm of the same mindset as the author.
However, over the past few weeks I've given myself permission to get a smart phone, eventhough I do not have a use for one.
My problem is price.
Maybe a slashdotter can help me out.
I resisted getting a "dumb phone" for years as well until the pricing fit my needs. I keep it switched off in the glove compartment of car unless I need to meet someone somewhere. I use a prepaid service called pagepluscelluar.com. All I have to do is buy $10 worth of minutes every 3 months. Almost nothing is wasted.
Is there a company offering similar pricing for a *data plan* for an android phone?
If not, what is the cheapest prepaid or pay-as-you-go plan --- for the most modern android phones?
I am, a proud independent, liberal, atheist, Ubuntu user who agrees with your post and would mod it up to five if I could.
Attacking Gingrich in the primaries is counter productive for Democrats.
All of the GOP primary candidates are extreme. If elected, they will all come at America with a sledge hammer and a wrecking ball. There is no difference in that regard, which one of them wins the primaries.
However, the big difference among them is electability.
Gingrich will be a lot easier to fight in the general election so Democrats should lay off of him.
welcome Newt Gingrich's popularity in the GOP primaries.
It will make it a whole lot easier to reelect President Obama. The only down side is that it will make his campaign staff fat and lazy, as they will not have to work to find baggage to pull up on Gingrich.
I'm a proud liberal atheist ubuntu firefox users.
I've seen this tactic used by other groups. I'm not being rhetorical. Does it accomplish anything? It seems to me to be nothing more than expensive thumb nosing.
Often times, I think Google is way too engineering-driven and quite simply doesn't get humans.
What other kind of people other than AS plagued geeks would think implementing Buzz without warning or permission would go over well?
I agree with your point and would add that Googles big public decisions are either driven by socially clueless engineers or nasty corporate types like their CEO who see users as things to exploit and rape ( ie the G+ real name policy ).
The clueless engineers are an annoying nuisance and the corporate exploiters types are a nasty turnoff.
Google needs to learn lesson on how to relate to *customers*, not users.
It seems like other countries are always advancing technologically and socially ahead of the U.S. because conservatives and corporate America hare holding us behind.
Animals aren't people. Animal testing doesn't work. Ask any medical researcher about Phase 1 trials, the first human trials for a new treatment after animal testing.
Moving toward computer modeling is progress for both people and animals.
Since breeding and experimenting on lab animals is big business, the U.S. as with many things will hold onto this outdated practice last.
That question may be about a moot point. Ask any honest medical researcher and they will tell you that Phase 1 Human trials are dangerous. Those are first human trials.
Animals aren't people, testing on animals doesn't tell you what will happen when you try the treatment on people.
You don't have the right to call anyone shills. Even if you only monitored the mainstream news casually you would have heard that not all information was released and not all information given was truthful.
I wonder what the cancer rates will be like years from now.
However, but then nukeish fanboys like you will be long gone while other people suffer.
AFAIK Google is only 1 notch more trustworthy than Facebook. I can't see anyone in their right mind, who isn't rationalizing to accept a convenience, willingly turning over their financial information to either organization.
Well, that is one way for Iran to prove they actually have the drone and not a mockup they made to embarrass the U.S..
I'm guessing those things would have an autodestruct built into them.
Trouble is, places where power is used are in population centers like New York. One criticism of wind power is having to build infrastructure between where the wind is and where the users are.
Distance isn't much protection from fallout. Winds and tides carried a bit of the Japanese accident all of the way to California.
I actually thought it made Google look innovative while making "Microsoft" ( Bill Gates ) look like a champion of "the man" by going after dirty, backward solutions that people don't want.
I understand where you are coming from though. Nuclear power is here, it will likely be a needed piece of the energy puzzle for a while and it there is enough nuclear fuel for a few centuries.
However, it is dirty and will always be a hazard due to human nature.
Solar has progressed FAST and with only a fraction of the resources and big org will that nukes have gotten.
I think it is premature to say solar in combination with other alternatives energy......and the vast untapped potential of efficiency & conservation can't do the job.
Serious efforts haven't been made and are worth the making.
Bill Gates invests in more nuclear power. Google invests in solar power plants.
Why Bill?
Gates isn't a nuclear engineer, nor does his company have related expertise. China has plenty of money of its own, they don't need him to put up funds.
Tell people in Japan their emotions are irrational after living in the aftermath of a nuclear accident from a power plant knowingly built in a natural disaster zone, with a design that Rand McNally deemed as flawed before the plant was built.
If the Japanese can be that irresponsible, imagine what American corporations could do.
Better designs are not enough with nuclear power.
I didn't mean tech newbies ( though they should be welcome ) I meant newbies to the site. The site doesn't have help/about links that explains who they are, what their purpose is and how do use it.
People on Usenet are famous for being misanthropes who wait for opportunities to slam people and then act high-n-mighty about it. One of their bad attitudes is being anti-newbie, claiming that they ruin a forum by asking dull, elementry questions. So, that is why I MISTAKENLY thought you were anti-newb because "whats wrong with making it difficult for newbies" is a question someone on Usenet would ask.
Interesting.
I only ran into one snotty incident on StackOverflow. I asked a question where I specified that due to constraints at work I couldn't use solution X. Some dude answered my question with solution X, someone voted his answer down, he replied back "well that is the standard way, tough luck" and someone else voted him back up.
Haven't had troubles with the moderators yet.
I think the interface is innovative......much more so than Slashdot/AskSlashot and I've never had a problem getting help.
I don't know you, so accept my apologies if I have this wrong, but people who usually ask that kind of question belong on Usenet.
Their weakness is in making it quick/easy for newbs to figure out who/what they are and how to use the sites. I discovered them by Googling on tech questions I had.
I didn't know all of those things.
Thanks for much for the information.
Exactly !!
or seeing something completely off topic and frivolous get posted when something completely on topic and interesting of yours gets rejected.
It wouldn't be so bad if you got a one line explanation. I wouldn't get so mad if I knew why.
BTW http://meta.superuser.com/ has a similar interface to stackoverflow and is very helpful too.
I've been reading slashdot for over a decade. I haven't once gotten a post published. I've posted good and relevant stories only to see them reject without an explanation ( hint to admins: this really pisses people off and makes it harder to get volunteers ).
I'm skeptical of how useful "ask slashdot" is for that reason. I never bothered to try it out. Why should I take the time to type out a worthy technical question if I don't even know if it will be published?
The interface takes some getting used to, but I have found the current best place for technical questions is stackoverlow.com.
It is like Usenet, but without the cranky people with no lives looking to slam people.
I've learned a lot there.
People have been saying scientists are 5 years away from cloning a Mammoth for at least 20 years. Wake me up when it happens.
Hopefully before they do someone will have the ethics debate about bring an extinct animal back to life in a world where their environment is now gone.
As a matter of fact I don't have any of those things and I get by very well.
because I don't trust Google. They pulled that stunt with Buzz. Their CEO came right out and announced that their real name policy on Google+ was about making the information of users more valuable to sell. Then there is that incident about censoring information about what really happened in Tianammen Square from the Chinese version of Google.
Using the Chrome browser would make me feel like I was using a smartphone equipped with Carrier IQ.