Pin or security code access really, only instead of remembering the number in his head, he has it written on something in the form of a barcode. Imagine if everyone walked around with their security system codes written down... sorta defeats the purpose. I wonder if, as a backup, he has a normal pin pad to key in the digits manually.
Ahh, so then your already to the point that you aren't the target market - and so commenting on something that doesn't apply to you. Your reply serves to reinforce that this is the reality today already.. why single Verizon out amongst all the others now? If you aren't swayed by advertising or care.. they art the wolves that keep thy herd healthy.
And how is that bad? Your going to see advertising and product promos for stuff you are interested in, rather than seeing tonnes of ads and junk for shit you would bever be interested in. I wish TV companies would do that same so that I don't have to watch ads for tampons and diapers which are not marketable to me. You seem to think that this is going to replace your brain or something... Imagine that, saving money on the calls to your family in Ohio? what a bunch of bastards they are! And the data they are selling is very generealized.. "this demeographic likes to make calls at this time - so at this time, play the hold music this demographics likes, and during this time, play an ad for something this demographic wants to purchase." - you no doubt already get small flyers or ads with your utility bills.. which likely get thrown away and never looked at because they are for something you don't want.. imagine if they could put something useful to you in there instead.. how does that hurt you? You will still have your small brain to make your own decisions yourself, they aren't forcing anything on you. Evolve, this will be the future of business and already exists in many industries now... This peasant argument of yours should have been brought forth to the lords about 20 years ago.
When i said 'you' i mean they don't care about you specifically, only where you sit within broader demographics. Every website login sign up form, every magazine subscription, every purchase you make, every vote you cast - they are all doing the same thing... frankly, i'm glad someone is paying attention to my wants and needs - hopefully they will deliver me a better product as a result - it's like my voice is being heard without having to make an effort - gotta love it.
Your taking it out of context, a more realistic likening would be google ranking pages based on the number of clickthroughs on their own search results. This ranking helps you and I locate useful information rapidly, it doesn't tell anyone about your personal web activity.
That's great but that's not what they are doing, and second, it does cost alot to run the POTS network - it's my job to know just how much it costs. The average "truck roll" you get to have a line installed or repaired might only cost you $100, but it costs the company over $300 for labour, truck, administration etc.
They own 24%. And if you think that TELUS doesn't track statistics on call data you are delusional. EVERY Company in the entire world collects statistics on the prodcuts and services they sell, it's called business. Your personal call statistics are as important to them as what you ate for breakfast. And if they wanted those statistics they could probably go to the major grocery retialers. It's all just data, data, data.. useless data, until you apply it in some useful way.. like molding your products and services around it.. to the benefit of all.
In any state where you must be a verizon customer to get local service, there is no "right to choose a different phone company".
Let me give you some perspective here. In a state where Verizon is the Incumbent telco, they are regulated very heavily and have to provide telephone service to everyone in that state at the same cost. Joe blow living out in the boonies get's his phone line for the same price anyone does in that state even if getting that line out to him cost Verizon thousands of dollars. This is a tiny example of how regulatory bodies weigh on telcos. Thank your phone company for getting phone service to you, because really, who's taking the bigger shaft?
And they aren't reselling data that has anything to do with you specifically.. Why are conspiracy freaks always so self important? Let me give a you a clue here, no one in the world gives a fuck about who you call and how often you do. Your individual call patterns are one of millions that form general statistics and usage patterns.
Here's a likening to your argument:
30% of people in the world have Blue eyes.
you: OH MY GOD WHO THE HELL GAVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO CHECK WHAT COLOUR MY EYES WERE.. AHH CONSPIRACY.. AHHHHH BIG BROTHER.. HOLY FUCK THEY KNOW MY EYE COLOUR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE IN HELL!!
This has nothing to do with tapping calls or listening to conversations. This is merely statistics in usage and duration. All telephone companies do this to enhance their services and tailor them to the needs of their customers instead of wasting money on stuff that is clearly identified as non revenue generating or otherwise useless. This is a way for us to vote on how services evolve, based on the way we use them now. Sharing(selling) that data to other companies allows them to also tailor their products and services, and be able to better compete. One would argue this is open sourcing the advantage incumbent telco have above smaller competitive operators. Apply this same logic to ANY other corporation that produces a product or service for the general public and you have the REALITY of what is happening EVERYWHERE today. It's time to drop the conspiracy freak attitude when it's starts to replace your own logic.
Interesting, I'd go check that out right now had I not burnt all bibles I ever came across...
Seriously though, don't they also teach that yee shall be wary of false prophets? and they themselves have predicted the end of life on earth like 14 times or something and been wrong each time..?
Easy.. it's funny as hell.. I just gave your email address to the jehovahs witness freaks that were at my door two minutes ago, enjoy the "awake" emails my friend.
The country owns the land, the roads & the space you use - for that reason they can tax you. The country does not own the internet, and therefore cannot tax you for using it. That said, businesses will still be paying the tax on their income but the country/govt did not facilitate your purchasing the product, and therefore cannot tax you for the purchase.
I try to lead my life as paper free as possible, all my personal info (bills, letters etc.) are scanned and stored on my home server that can be accessed from the internet anywhere, any time. You can imagine how much space this takes (27 g's - not including porn) the same box controls my home theatre and stores all types of media that regularly keep 150GB chocked full.
Of course.. I scan all the documents in 300dpi in case I need to.. 'adjust' them later...
Hard Drive Manufacturers pour alot of money into researching how much more life they can get out of their existing manufacturing equipment and processess. Too bad that money wasn't spent on doing things in an entirely different, better way.
Magnetic medium.. these guys are still using 8-track technology.. c'mon. Change is good.. let's see some of that lazeropticalneuro shit happenin..
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Because next gen sucks.. let's get some voyager or enterprise movies happening..
have never attacked usenet.. can you imagine them ruling 'usenet' can be sued.. where you going to point your finger buddy?
I think we all need to capaitialize on the resource that is usenet, or make something similar with no fingers to point..
Pin or security code access really, only instead of remembering the number in his head, he has it written on something in the form of a barcode. Imagine if everyone walked around with their security system codes written down... sorta defeats the purpose. I wonder if, as a backup, he has a normal pin pad to key in the digits manually.
Ahh, so then your already to the point that you aren't the target market - and so commenting on something that doesn't apply to you. Your reply serves to reinforce that this is the reality today already.. why single Verizon out amongst all the others now? If you aren't swayed by advertising or care.. they art the wolves that keep thy herd healthy.
Hmm, well, you could read the article and try not to twist what they're saying so that you have something to talk about with all your peasant friends.
And how is that bad? Your going to see advertising and product promos for stuff you are interested in, rather than seeing tonnes of ads and junk for shit you would bever be interested in. I wish TV companies would do that same so that I don't have to watch ads for tampons and diapers which are not marketable to me. You seem to think that this is going to replace your brain or something... Imagine that, saving money on the calls to your family in Ohio? what a bunch of bastards they are! And the data they are selling is very generealized.. "this demeographic likes to make calls at this time - so at this time, play the hold music this demographics likes, and during this time, play an ad for something this demographic wants to purchase." - you no doubt already get small flyers or ads with your utility bills.. which likely get thrown away and never looked at because they are for something you don't want.. imagine if they could put something useful to you in there instead.. how does that hurt you? You will still have your small brain to make your own decisions yourself, they aren't forcing anything on you. Evolve, this will be the future of business and already exists in many industries now... This peasant argument of yours should have been brought forth to the lords about 20 years ago.
When i said 'you' i mean they don't care about you specifically, only where you sit within broader demographics. Every website login sign up form, every magazine subscription, every purchase you make, every vote you cast - they are all doing the same thing... frankly, i'm glad someone is paying attention to my wants and needs - hopefully they will deliver me a better product as a result - it's like my voice is being heard without having to make an effort - gotta love it.
Your taking it out of context, a more realistic likening would be google ranking pages based on the number of clickthroughs on their own search results. This ranking helps you and I locate useful information rapidly, it doesn't tell anyone about your personal web activity.
That's great but that's not what they are doing, and second, it does cost alot to run the POTS network - it's my job to know just how much it costs. The average "truck roll" you get to have a line installed or repaired might only cost you $100, but it costs the company over $300 for labour, truck, administration etc.
They own 24%. And if you think that TELUS doesn't track statistics on call data you are delusional. EVERY Company in the entire world collects statistics on the prodcuts and services they sell, it's called business. Your personal call statistics are as important to them as what you ate for breakfast. And if they wanted those statistics they could probably go to the major grocery retialers. It's all just data, data, data.. useless data, until you apply it in some useful way.. like molding your products and services around it.. to the benefit of all.
In any state where you must be a verizon customer to get local service, there is no "right to choose a different phone company".
Let me give you some perspective here. In a state where Verizon is the Incumbent telco, they are regulated very heavily and have to provide telephone service to everyone in that state at the same cost. Joe blow living out in the boonies get's his phone line for the same price anyone does in that state even if getting that line out to him cost Verizon thousands of dollars. This is a tiny example of how regulatory bodies weigh on telcos. Thank your phone company for getting phone service to you, because really, who's taking the bigger shaft?
And they aren't reselling data that has anything to do with you specifically.. Why are conspiracy freaks always so self important? Let me give a you a clue here, no one in the world gives a fuck about who you call and how often you do. Your individual call patterns are one of millions that form general statistics and usage patterns.
Here's a likening to your argument:
30% of people in the world have Blue eyes.
you: OH MY GOD WHO THE HELL GAVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO CHECK WHAT COLOUR MY EYES WERE.. AHH CONSPIRACY.. AHHHHH BIG BROTHER.. HOLY FUCK THEY KNOW MY EYE COLOUR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE IN HELL!!
This has nothing to do with tapping calls or listening to conversations. This is merely statistics in usage and duration. All telephone companies do this to enhance their services and tailor them to the needs of their customers instead of wasting money on stuff that is clearly identified as non revenue generating or otherwise useless. This is a way for us to vote on how services evolve, based on the way we use them now. Sharing(selling) that data to other companies allows them to also tailor their products and services, and be able to better compete. One would argue this is open sourcing the advantage incumbent telco have above smaller competitive operators. Apply this same logic to ANY other corporation that produces a product or service for the general public and you have the REALITY of what is happening EVERYWHERE today. It's time to drop the conspiracy freak attitude when it's starts to replace your own logic.
Interesting, I'd go check that out right now had I not burnt all bibles I ever came across...
Seriously though, don't they also teach that yee shall be wary of false prophets? and they themselves have predicted the end of life on earth like 14 times or something and been wrong each time..?
man, if that's all it took to stop them, we'd have been rid of them long ago... once they have your address YOUR #$%$@$%@!! :)
Easy.. it's funny as hell.. I just gave your email address to the jehovahs witness freaks that were at my door two minutes ago, enjoy the "awake" emails my friend.
Worse - How in the hell did they find out about my childhood family orgies?!?
Taxes can be doled out in just about anyway the govt wants
It's that very thinking that has caused this situation.
The truth is, as long as we elect people who want to tax the internet, they can.
Okay, so problem identified.. now how do we fix it?
So then they've facilitated delivery.. which the business pays their taxes for..
Yes, and the phone company pays for that land and it's associated taxes. Is it right to collect taxes on something twice?
The country owns the land, the roads & the space you use - for that reason they can tax you. The country does not own the internet, and therefore cannot tax you for using it. That said, businesses will still be paying the tax on their income but the country/govt did not facilitate your purchasing the product, and therefore cannot tax you for the purchase.
Them west coast Canadians have been been doing this for a while now...
I try to lead my life as paper free as possible, all my personal info (bills, letters etc.) are scanned and stored on my home server that can be accessed from the internet anywhere, any time. You can imagine how much space this takes (27 g's - not including porn) the same box controls my home theatre and stores all types of media that regularly keep 150GB chocked full.
Of course.. I scan all the documents in 300dpi in case I need to.. 'adjust' them later...
Not bitching at all.. I thought it was a healthy bit of encouragement for all of those reading at IBM.
That said though, if they want to front the bucks for it, I'd gladly lead an R&D team for this purpose.
IBM: Email me for Resume, and salary expectations. Um yeah, buh bye.
Hard Drive Manufacturers pour alot of money into researching how much more life they can get out of their existing manufacturing equipment and processess. Too bad that money wasn't spent on doing things in an entirely different, better way.
Magnetic medium.. these guys are still using 8-track technology.. c'mon. Change is good.. let's see some of that lazeropticalneuro shit happenin..
Jeez.. i dunno whats's worse.. a paid whore or a free one.