Except that Telus, Rogers and Bell all carry the iPhone currently. I assume this will remain true for iPhone 4 and have no reason to think otherwise. Also, you can get a Wind SIM card and pop it in your iPhone and go from there.
I'm not saying that the above companies are great, but it's very different than being stuck with only one option, AT&T.
I have been waiting for data plan prices to become more reasonable
Well then here you go! The plan is $5/month cheaper now over what it was! Don't you have WiFi in your home at all to avoid using only the data network? Have you ever looked at your ACTUAL monthly data usage on a smart phone? Mine is not even close to 2GB/month, even using tethering.
In fact if you do have WiFi and are mostly doing stuff around WiFi, you might well opt for the even CHEAPER DataPlus plan -just 200MB/month on the cell network, but it's also only $15 instead of $25 (and remember the current plan was $30). For those who mostly use WiFi, isn't it nice to have a choice? I mean, Slashdot in general seems to say they are about choice, but when an actual choice is presented they growl like a rabid ferret.
Speak for yourself. I regularly go over 6gigs/mo.
And by the way, I pay $15/mo for unlimited data WITH tethering. I don't consider any of these special iShit plans reasonable.
I am by no means an Apple fan boy. I own none of their products and likely never will. However, I do not understand why Apple is catching so much publicity for this.
From the economist*:
The toll (a dozen this year) is lower than the suicide rate among the general population in China. But the deaths have raised questions about working conditions in electronics manufacturing in general and in particular at Foxconn, which keeps its customers secret, rarely opens its plants to outsiders and routinely ignores press inquiries.
What is the suicide rate at other companies? I'm truly curious. I would like to understand why everyone is up in arms about this. And what about Dell and HP and any number of other companies that also use Foxconn?
Canada basically has only two wireless brands, owned by one company.
This is false. Bell, Rogers and Telus had very roughly a 1/3 of the market each (source). In major cities you have one or two more options (Dave and Wind).
...At that point, you don't replace the motherboard. You might as well replace everything else first...
Especially not if it "took somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes". Why the hell do I care what this guy says if it takes him 90 mins swap a mobo. I'm guessing the average slashdotter could do this in under 10 with great ease.
... Yeah, the Extreme costs $100 more than some random junk at Best Buy, but Time Machine worked instantly out-of-the-box, which was well worth the extra $100 I spent.
Next argument.
Wait, Apple almost beats the insanely good deals that can be found and Best Buy? I guess newegg and and ncix are gonna go bankrupt pretty soon.
I wish they wouldn't bundle piracy and counterfeiting together. There are some good measures that almost everyone could agree on and that should be taken against counterfeiting, which by the way, has been rising quickly since the global economic downturn.
Bundling it with a bunch of piracy crap just bring unnecessary controversy. They seem like two different things to me.
Where I live, in Canada, they cannot. They issue a search warrant 3 days before they are going to search. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but I'm wondering where it is that you live where this is acceptable.
It's not really a bullet proof car analogy. That would be akin to saying that Jim's Gym should sell 200 memberships when the maximum occupancy is only 150. In reality it's unlikely that even 50 people would be there at any one time.
My rule of thumb is anything that can be 'self insured' should be. For example, I don't insure my own truck (about $5000) if it's wrecked*. I know that if this happens I can buy a new one with my savings. Not ideal but that's how life goes. All the money I would be spending on insurance goes towards my savings/investments.
However, my house is insured. If it was burnt, I'd be in tough financial shape. I can't 'self insure' it.
*if I hit someone else, they are insured.
Thank you. That is exactly what I wanted to know. My account is on the highest level of lock down as well. I did want to know what I had lost since this change.
I'm still of the opinion that it's not that bad.
It would, however, be much nicer if people 'friend' list were actually friends, instead of 1000 acquaintances. I would be a lot more comfortable if the 'friends of friends' were truly friends of friends.
At least for me my friend list is limited to people I know well (less than 100).
Anyway, thank you for your response. It's much easier to understand than a lot of the frantic "OMG everyone can Facebook stalk me".
You can use a proxy (I use to use www.packetflip.com, fast and reliable but expensive). Have NoScript on Firefox and kill and the google crap. Don't run your email in the browser or IP address as your searches. I think that should work.
*I have no financial affiliation with packetflip other than using their service.
This is an honest question. I've seen numerous stories about how terrible Facebook's privacy setting are but I just don't understand what is wrong. I've made a dummy account with the same settings as my personal Facebook account. Tell me what you can find out about "Billy Slashdot Perkins". The answer is nothing as far as I can tell. Searching for him on Google or Facebook gives no results as far as I can tell.
As far as I can tell there are two options for privacy on Facebook
(1) Be 'searchable' which means some information about yourself should be included otherwise the search is useless
(2) Not be 'searchable'. Everything you have is private and between you and the friends you have
I have option (1) and I haven't had any problems with it yet.
Please tell me specifically what it is about Facebook that is violating your privacy?
Good post. Especially recognizing that companies are still hiring. I've been getting quite frustrated with the amount of people who think you just have to take whatever job you can get and be thankful for it. If the OP is experienced and moving up in the company then finding a new job shouldn't be a too much of a challenge.
The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power on Intel-based personal computers in its handling of operating system sales and web browser sales. The issue central to the case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its flagship Internet Explorer (IE) web browser software with its Microsoft Windows operating system
Not that I'm agreeing with him but, I assume he meant that debacle a while back where Microsoft was in court about packaging IE with their OS's and ruining Netscape's market share. Not quite sure though.
Slashdot Mirror
do the other browsers provide this advantage? not that i've heard...
I heard that the native BlackBerry browser does this.
I'm not saying that the above companies are great, but it's very different than being stuck with only one option, AT&T.
Worse than Blackberry AppWorld's 80%. But the startup cost is $220.
I have been waiting for data plan prices to become more reasonable
Well then here you go! The plan is $5/month cheaper now over what it was! Don't you have WiFi in your home at all to avoid using only the data network? Have you ever looked at your ACTUAL monthly data usage on a smart phone? Mine is not even close to 2GB/month, even using tethering.
In fact if you do have WiFi and are mostly doing stuff around WiFi, you might well opt for the even CHEAPER DataPlus plan -just 200MB/month on the cell network, but it's also only $15 instead of $25 (and remember the current plan was $30). For those who mostly use WiFi, isn't it nice to have a choice? I mean, Slashdot in general seems to say they are about choice, but when an actual choice is presented they growl like a rabid ferret.
Speak for yourself. I regularly go over 6gigs/mo.
And by the way, I pay $15/mo for unlimited data WITH tethering. I don't consider any of these special iShit plans reasonable.
From the economist*:
The toll (a dozen this year) is lower than the suicide rate among the general population in China. But the deaths have raised questions about working conditions in electronics manufacturing in general and in particular at Foxconn, which keeps its customers secret, rarely opens its plants to outsiders and routinely ignores press inquiries.
What is the suicide rate at other companies? I'm truly curious. I would like to understand why everyone is up in arms about this. And what about Dell and HP and any number of other companies that also use Foxconn?
source
Canada basically has only two wireless brands, owned by one company.
This is false. Bell, Rogers and Telus had very roughly a 1/3 of the market each (source). In major cities you have one or two more options (Dave and Wind).
Good post! Exactly where I stopped reading. It's amazing (-ly sad) but I think the average person would agree with the quoted statement.
...At that point, you don't replace the motherboard. You might as well replace everything else first...
Especially not if it "took somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes". Why the hell do I care what this guy says if it takes him 90 mins swap a mobo. I'm guessing the average slashdotter could do this in under 10 with great ease.
You could also learn to float gears (shift with no clutch). Simplifies things a bit.
... Yeah, the Extreme costs $100 more than some random junk at Best Buy, but Time Machine worked instantly out-of-the-box, which was well worth the extra $100 I spent.
Next argument.
Wait, Apple almost beats the insanely good deals that can be found and Best Buy? I guess newegg and and ncix are gonna go bankrupt pretty soon.
Why's that? I have a lot of respect for the math he did, but I really don't see him as heroic.
The derivative of sin() wrt ()?
Bundling it with a bunch of piracy crap just bring unnecessary controversy. They seem like two different things to me.
Where I live, in Canada, they cannot. They issue a search warrant 3 days before they are going to search. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but I'm wondering where it is that you live where this is acceptable.
It's not really a bullet proof car analogy. That would be akin to saying that Jim's Gym should sell 200 memberships when the maximum occupancy is only 150. In reality it's unlikely that even 50 people would be there at any one time.
That is...uhhh...um...truly a horrible spokesman.
I've never undermined by house with tunnels depite playing digdug
Wow. I just remember playing that on my 386. I'm gonna go dig up that gem. Also, great post.
However, my house is insured. If it was burnt, I'd be in tough financial shape. I can't 'self insure' it. *if I hit someone else, they are insured.
I'm still of the opinion that it's not that bad.
It would, however, be much nicer if people 'friend' list were actually friends, instead of 1000 acquaintances. I would be a lot more comfortable if the 'friends of friends' were truly friends of friends.
At least for me my friend list is limited to people I know well (less than 100).
Anyway, thank you for your response. It's much easier to understand than a lot of the frantic "OMG everyone can Facebook stalk me".
*I have no financial affiliation with packetflip other than using their service.
As far as I can tell there are two options for privacy on Facebook
(1) Be 'searchable' which means some information about yourself should be included otherwise the search is useless
(2) Not be 'searchable'. Everything you have is private and between you and the friends you have
I have option (1) and I haven't had any problems with it yet.
Please tell me specifically what it is about Facebook that is violating your privacy?
Good post. Especially recognizing that companies are still hiring. I've been getting quite frustrated with the amount of people who think you just have to take whatever job you can get and be thankful for it. If the OP is experienced and moving up in the company then finding a new job shouldn't be a too much of a challenge.
The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power on Intel-based personal computers in its handling of operating system sales and web browser sales. The issue central to the case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its flagship Internet Explorer (IE) web browser software with its Microsoft Windows operating system
Not that I'm agreeing with him but, I assume he meant that debacle a while back where Microsoft was in court about packaging IE with their OS's and ruining Netscape's market share. Not quite sure though.
Where I live (BC, Canada) a lot of drug dealers use them for privacy reasons.