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So, because people want 100% control over a device they own(sorry, but Apple product-owners do own the devices and copies of software under their control), these people are "trolls"? Sure, the mobile line of Apple products(iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc) have a lot of good features and they all have decent "flexibility", but it does not give a company the right to artificially limit the control their customers have over the devices they(the customers) own. You need to remember that things only change when people demand for change to occur, then fight for it(it is how the United States came into existence).
You say that you were not interested in "drinking the kool-aid", but your comment sounds like one of the "magical" commercials that Apple likes to run for its products. To me, it seems like you are still drinking the kool-aid and you are just calling it something else.
He announced the death sentence being carried out on a murderer. The guy deserved to be killed by the state in the same way that he afforded his victims, but that never happens. If anything, the murderer's body should be put on display with a sign(and internet "tweets") showing the upcoming generations that the same fate shall befall you, should you choose to be a murderer. Where are the bleeding hearts for this asshole's victims and their families?
I am happy for you(I am being sincere, not condescending) that you live in a place where you a near a WiFi hotspot most of the time, but where I live, I am not so lucky. I might have one hotspot in a 750 square mile radius, but it gets better the closer I travel to the Metro-Atlanta area. I wish I had the luxury that you enjoy by having hotspots all around me, or even access to proper broadband internet(Verizon Wireless is the only broadband option, and even that sucks with the 5G cap and spotty service).
Living in a rural area, we are extremely light on hotspots and broadband access. I will not sell my house(which I built just five years ago) and all my land(around twenty acres) just to spend ten times the price for 1/8th the square footage(my home is 2200 square feet, plus full, finish basement...Georgia does not count basements in square footage for tax purposes...back on topic...) and zero land, plus a HOA(Home Owners Association) just to get surrounded by WiFi hotspots.
The fact of the matter is that these company's wireless divisions are wanting to offer phones that offer the "latest HD, 3D, [insert new marketing flashing shit word]" content on new phones, which eats more and more data, yet they want to cut the amount of data available and keep the prices(essentially) the same. AT&T is the most glaring by cutting the data throughput by more than half(the industry already limits "unlimited" plans to 5GB, which is wrong), yet they want to cut the price by $5 dollars. This is just a huge "FUCK YOU" with a few offensive gestures by AT&T.
Verizon Wireless is about to go down the same road, but people continue to blindly use the product. If I had a choice(which I do not, as I have to be able to access the internet for work), I would dump Verizon tomorrow and and go with a company that is willing to provide me with the service I pay for. As soon as said company exist in my area, then all the major corporations, that are screwing me on service, will be gone.
I wish it were this easy to renew CCW/FLs in the U.S. I so hate having to go to the courthouse and wait forever to see a judge, then get fingerprinted, then wait until the renewal comes in. Once I get the first license, then it needs to have a more automated process. If I get a felony on my record, then it would be easy to spot this and revoke my license, or refuse a renewal.
I will be passing this to the my associates in law enforcement and we will stop and arrest any people operating vehicles within this State for violations of our communications laws. It is one thing to take pictures from a public street(which is problematic in and of itself around here, for Google), but it is another to intercept or otherwise illegally obtain data that you do not have legal authority to possess.
We might seem like backwards people to most, in the rest of the U.S. and the World, but we do not stand back while anyone violates our laws. Google has just started a very big problem for themselves. If Google attempts to destroy the information they illegally obtained, then they will be charged for the destruction of evidence, in addition to all of the other charges.
It seriously sucks to be a driver of one of those cars right now.
I am going to patent both planet-forming and planets in general. It will be about as easy as patenting "Social Networking System" and then I am going to boot all these asinine patent trolls of this planet. I will stipulate that Jupiter is "prior art", but that all the other planets are not, as I could not submit my patent within the proper time frame.
I do not know what backwards state or country(if outside of the United States) you live in, but there is no longer a "waiting period" to purchase a firearm. Also, many states(including the one I live in, Georgia) does not require, or even allow the registration of firearms.
You see, there are many states that respect its citizens and do not attempt to monitor how I exercise my Constitutional rights.
Yes, it does. This is why I am able to rock it down my street in my M1 Abrams tank, fully loaded, with my Predator B watching my back, in the sky. When I get bored of driving, I just walk down the street with my M4A1 with a M203 launcher, an ACOG sight, and front grip, along with my Sig Sauer P229(.40 caliber, of course), and a few other various small arms.
When all else fails, I will just whip out my new "light saber" and blind you while I set you on fire.
It's time to MELT FACES!!!!111 rawr!
In all seriousness though, kids these days have it so nice. When I was a kid, all we had to cause serious injury and/or burns were wood-burning kits and lawn darts. Kids now have all sorts of awesome shit to end up in the hospital, the morgue, and/or a chance at a Darwin Award.
So, your position is that customers are "[ruining] it for everybody" because said customers are actually using what they are paying for? Do you realize how utterly stupid your position is? If someone purchases a home and uses every room, instead of only a percentage of room that the realtor believes is reasonable, then that customer is trying to "[ruin] it for everybody"?
The fact of the matter is that these companies advertised their product as "unlimited", then committed a violation of the law by falsely advertising to customer what "unlimited" means. The fact of the matter is that these companies are bringing in record profits, but refuse to spend some of those profits to build a network to support the product they are selling. These corporations believe they can do whatever they wish and then impose restrictions, after a contract is signed, because they believe that most customers do not have the financial means to fight for their rights.
I say fuck these corporations and fuck the pieces of shit that play us(the customers). I will use the service I pay for, to the fullest extent possible. If they(the corporations) do not like it, then I will see them in court.
The "gauge" system(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge) is easy: The smaller the number, the bigger the size. That does not only exist with guns, it existing in other areas, too. The other areas that use similar "gauging" systems are not exactly like the American Wire Gauge system, but it is similar and it is easy to keep straight.
As to you comments on gun, just shut. Guns are a respect aspect of the U.S.'s past and are [responsibly] enjoyed by millions of people. Just because you enjoy injecting your ideological views into unrelated topics, it does not mean that other are interested in reading it. If you dislike guns that much, then there are more than enough European countries, along with Canada, Mexico, Australia, and others that will be happen to give you a place to live.
While this will, ostensibly, get me modded down, I think someone should say what others are thinking.
This is an attempt by professors at a "prestigious" university to attempt to make the rest of United States citizens look like a group of brain-dead monkeys. The fact of the matter is that the second one does save more gas. How much you improve a car means shit; the important number(if there really is one in this discussion, as "green" is total horseshit) is the end result, not by what percentage you increase gas mileage. I know that this group is talking about actual gas saved, not the difference between the two in percentages, but the whole idea is messed up.
No matter what uptight idiots that are highly educated want people to do, people will continue to consume. In order to help save people money, it simply makes sense to go to the highest mpg-rated vehicle possible. I am against the whole "green movement", as it endangers people's way of life and causes too many people to lose jobs. That is, not to mention to detrimental effect on people's wallets in the name of a bullshit idea and junk science.
If people were looking to be saver(which a majority of ALL citizens, not just United States citizens, fail at doing), then they would follow the amount of fuel they are using and limit it only to what they can afford to budget. Since this is not the case, then it is dumb to rely on sticking people with 20 mpg cars when the market is able to reliably offer 50 mpg cars. Yeah, people will travel more, but at least they will be able to afford it more. To me, it sounds like the oil industry just gave Duke a large infusion of money.
Just as an aside, miles per gallon(MPG) IS the measure of consumption of a vehicle(though it is lacking some measurements). What else are these lace-curtain homos wanting? Do they want to measure how many Greenpeace assholes a car pisses off? Perhaps they want to measure how many "My Little Ponies" a vehicle eats in order to travel over a given distance? Perhaps(in all seriousness) car manufacturers could measure consumption by [volume]/minute, but that will leave off information too. What if you drive for four minutes, eight seconds? Going 30 MPH will consume less per minute than going 50 MPH, or 70 MPH. Sure, the calculations will vary, but US citizens are too dumb to take that into account(sarcasm, for the dumb), right?
The fact is that mpg is the best calculations(to date, of course) that a vehicle manufacturer can provide. The manufacturers could give estimates on how much it will cost, on average, to sit at the average length of a traffic control light(i.e., "red lights"), but that will not really help. What about traffic jams or other times that you sit in a car while it idles(traffic stops for citizens and/or law enforcement)? The fact is that they do not provide answers, they(the school) want to see itself in the news.
How about this school use that brainpower to find answers to more important problems. That would include almost everything else that exist, including how Lindsey Lohan might be able scam her SCRAM braclet and how to plug the whole in Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratts marriage(and maybe one of Heidi's breast implants).
No private entity in the world has that much in holdings. Only governments are in possession of such amounts(I am talking liquid holdings). Let us not forget that there are major labels that have been found to be ripping off Canadian artist for billions, and probably up to trillions(as we probably are not aware of how far their "criminal" activities go), in stolen music for CDs made for sale in the United States(http://boingboing.net/2009/12/07/major-record-labels.html).
If I were looking at a case against me, especially at this level, I would bring this up in court. It is time that organizations, like the RIAA, be put out of business for tactics like this.
Well, you share in the ignorance. Land-line companies are not heavily regulated by the government anymore, as you are attempting to suggest(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996). Wireless companies are regulated pretty much at the same level as land-lines providers(which most of the big wireless carriers are run by..wait for it...wait for it...land-line companies), as the wireless companies use public airwaves to do business(if you are not aware, "The People", not corporation, own the airwaves). You have to also remember that those wireless towers are fed by wire-line companies(which are not always the same company that owns the antenna), so that line running up to the cell tower is regulated by the current laws for wire, not wireless.
AT&T Wireless and AT&T Wireline are the exact same company, they are just run in differing way. My girlfriend, who works at AT&T Wireless, get extremely cheap wireless accounts, free long distance on her home phone, and free DSL. This is because AT&T covers all AT&T brands(though AT&T is not really AT&T anymore, it is SBC under a different name, but with the same bad management).
AT&T made well over $12 billion USD last year, in profit, and in that is AT&T Wireless's profit.
Did you work at AT&T when "Ma Bell" and the "Baby Bells" existed? I am not asking to make fun of you, I am asking in all seriousness. I can understand your stance if this is the case, but if it is not, then you probably were not trained properly when you working at AT&T(which is a big problem at that company).
Seeing how electricity and data happens to be headed under two completely different markets, Mr. Denere does not know what he is talking about. The price of, say, Coca-Cola is not dependent on the price of fuel. Sure, the latter can affect the former in a slight way, but the price of one is not tied, directly, to the other.
It is obvious that Mr. Denere is attempt to be an apologist for AT&T or is trying to further AT&T's propaganda campaign. I am sorry, but the data plan switch is, in no way, a good idea. AT&T is attempt to continue to rape their customers for sub-par service.
Was the idea that software is owner by the buyer not already decided in the Autodesk decision? Regardless, Blizzard does not have to provide access to their servers for those that violate the ToU/ToS/EULA. Bilzzard is wrong in that the customer does not own the software they are purchasing, but they might be sort of right in that we do not own their servers.
The fact of the matter is that this bot make no difference to the game. No one gives a shit about leveling content; it is all about the "end game" content. Blizzard seems to understand this with the increase in speed of leveling(less experience to reach certain levels and in-game clothing that increases experience given for killing and questing). Even with all of this, at some point, leveling from level one will push possible customers away from this game.
The closer the maximum level reaches 100, less new customers will start playing and more current customers will shy away from starting new customers and that will reduce some customers longevity. I am guessing Blizzard will do something to combat this, but it is time to stop it with the immediate account removal(well, immediate bannings) for people that use bots. Blizzard claims that will do anything "up to" permanent account suspension, but Blizzard always gives out their harshest punishment for actions like this by their customers.
I would like to add that it is not the place of any company to punish their customers. If a customer breaks the law, then government is there to step in and provide corrective action. For the minors out there, parents are there, unless they commit a serious crime, then it is up to government. When a non-government entity provides corrective action, there is no oversight as there is with government. Gaming companies "punishing" customers is sort of a small issue, but where does it end?
Do car companies get to come in and take away cars when customers are caught breaking speed limits? Do gun manufacturers get to take away guns from civilians and law enforcement when said guns are "misused" in their eyes? Will pharmaceutical companies take away medication if some patients take more pills than they were supposed to, even one time?
Due to Blizzard's arrogance, in believing that they can dictate what software people can create and sell, I hope they lose big. Blizzard's attorneys have played "fast and loose" with the law and they need to pay.
Oh, snap. I better destroy all my equipment before the Federal Government catches on to my mission to the weaknesses in security in and around Washington DC and New York city...namely Bill Clinton's bedrooms.
No one should be required to show identification(ID) to purchase anything. I have no problem with business asking to see an ID when people use credit/debt cards, as it is a means of account holder security and that information is not kept on file. If I purchase something in cash, then I will never show my ID, except in cases where I purchase a firearm.
Felons, and other barred from owning a firearm, are the reason for showing an ID and the point of purchase. Of course, in a private sell I do not have to show ID. I do not agree with showing an ID in this case(as I believe we should "scarlet letter" felons and spouse/child abusers), but whatever.
Regardless, this is a fools dream and will only impact the people who abide by the law. Those that want a phone and to stay anonymous will continue to do so, if and when this bill become laws. I am just tired of the various government working to mass-grab our private information in the name of "security".
How about the U.S. Government just work on completely and utterly wiping our enemy off the map?
The PTC has been trying to make themselves relevant for some time now. They are more worried about making headline, rather than doing some good in the world. It is not like CBS is actually implying that people should engage in sexual intercourse/sodomy with their own fathers.
My girlfriend is approaching deaf and we watch TV and movie with Closed Caption enabled. When certain words on certain channels, such as "shit, fuck, damn, ass, asshole, goddamn", etc are used by the actors, we usually see "s---, f---, d---, a--, a------, g------", etc. Where is this crazy group's feigned outrage on that?
Safe from danger? We are talking about emergency services, not your personal nanny. These agencies are a reactive service, not a proactive service. Sure, some violent acts might be discovered in-progress or just prior, but that does not occur very often.
People do need to learn that there are employers that monitor Facebook and will terminate people for statements and/or pictures that they deem "offending". Regardless, this firing is beyond ridiculous. This is similar to me telling an off-hand joke, in my private time, that my employer doing continual investigations until they find something to hang termination on.
The time I spend in my private life is off-limits to any employer I work for, as well as anyone else that I do not wish to read my posts or listen to my discussions. Yes, it is dumb to open your Facebook page(or any other social networking page) for everyone to see and it is even dumber to post dumb shit on your page, for the world to see. Still, people should not feel like they are constantly under surveillance.
So, carjackers can now just hangout at traffic control light and have little to no resistance when taking someone's car. What about undercover law enforcement that is involved in a chase of a criminal? They sure as hell do not use Crown Victorias, or other "standard" law enforcement vehicles. There are also civilians that might need to run through a red light.
The fact is, no one and nothing(other than the driver) should ever have, or will ever have, control over a vehicle. There are just too many problems that arise and I can foresee this as becoming illegal(in the U.S., at least), if it were ever patented and marketed.
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So, because people want 100% control over a device they own(sorry, but Apple product-owners do own the devices and copies of software under their control), these people are "trolls"? Sure, the mobile line of Apple products(iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc) have a lot of good features and they all have decent "flexibility", but it does not give a company the right to artificially limit the control their customers have over the devices they(the customers) own. You need to remember that things only change when people demand for change to occur, then fight for it(it is how the United States came into existence).
You say that you were not interested in "drinking the kool-aid", but your comment sounds like one of the "magical" commercials that Apple likes to run for its products. To me, it seems like you are still drinking the kool-aid and you are just calling it something else.
He announced the death sentence being carried out on a murderer. The guy deserved to be killed by the state in the same way that he afforded his victims, but that never happens. If anything, the murderer's body should be put on display with a sign(and internet "tweets") showing the upcoming generations that the same fate shall befall you, should you choose to be a murderer. Where are the bleeding hearts for this asshole's victims and their families?
I am happy for you(I am being sincere, not condescending) that you live in a place where you a near a WiFi hotspot most of the time, but where I live, I am not so lucky. I might have one hotspot in a 750 square mile radius, but it gets better the closer I travel to the Metro-Atlanta area. I wish I had the luxury that you enjoy by having hotspots all around me, or even access to proper broadband internet(Verizon Wireless is the only broadband option, and even that sucks with the 5G cap and spotty service).
Living in a rural area, we are extremely light on hotspots and broadband access. I will not sell my house(which I built just five years ago) and all my land(around twenty acres) just to spend ten times the price for 1/8th the square footage(my home is 2200 square feet, plus full, finish basement...Georgia does not count basements in square footage for tax purposes...back on topic...) and zero land, plus a HOA(Home Owners Association) just to get surrounded by WiFi hotspots.
The fact of the matter is that these company's wireless divisions are wanting to offer phones that offer the "latest HD, 3D, [insert new marketing flashing shit word]" content on new phones, which eats more and more data, yet they want to cut the amount of data available and keep the prices(essentially) the same. AT&T is the most glaring by cutting the data throughput by more than half(the industry already limits "unlimited" plans to 5GB, which is wrong), yet they want to cut the price by $5 dollars. This is just a huge "FUCK YOU" with a few offensive gestures by AT&T.
Verizon Wireless is about to go down the same road, but people continue to blindly use the product. If I had a choice(which I do not, as I have to be able to access the internet for work), I would dump Verizon tomorrow and and go with a company that is willing to provide me with the service I pay for. As soon as said company exist in my area, then all the major corporations, that are screwing me on service, will be gone.
I wish it were this easy to renew CCW/FLs in the U.S. I so hate having to go to the courthouse and wait forever to see a judge, then get fingerprinted, then wait until the renewal comes in. Once I get the first license, then it needs to have a more automated process. If I get a felony on my record, then it would be easy to spot this and revoke my license, or refuse a renewal.
Of course, then app's icon needs to be a target.
You, sir, are awesome. I must meet you so that I can buy you a beer or 30.
I will be passing this to the my associates in law enforcement and we will stop and arrest any people operating vehicles within this State for violations of our communications laws. It is one thing to take pictures from a public street(which is problematic in and of itself around here, for Google), but it is another to intercept or otherwise illegally obtain data that you do not have legal authority to possess.
We might seem like backwards people to most, in the rest of the U.S. and the World, but we do not stand back while anyone violates our laws. Google has just started a very big problem for themselves. If Google attempts to destroy the information they illegally obtained, then they will be charged for the destruction of evidence, in addition to all of the other charges.
It seriously sucks to be a driver of one of those cars right now.
I am going to patent both planet-forming and planets in general. It will be about as easy as patenting "Social Networking System" and then I am going to boot all these asinine patent trolls of this planet. I will stipulate that Jupiter is "prior art", but that all the other planets are not, as I could not submit my patent within the proper time frame.
Are you secretly communicating with the politicians in Washington DC? Those words sum up those assholes pretty well.
I do not know what backwards state or country(if outside of the United States) you live in, but there is no longer a "waiting period" to purchase a firearm. Also, many states(including the one I live in, Georgia) does not require, or even allow the registration of firearms.
You see, there are many states that respect its citizens and do not attempt to monitor how I exercise my Constitutional rights.
Sorry, but the store was out of sharks. We do have some very ill-tempered, mutilated Sea Bass. I will give you a discount for purchasing over 20.
Yes, it does. This is why I am able to rock it down my street in my M1 Abrams tank, fully loaded, with my Predator B watching my back, in the sky. When I get bored of driving, I just walk down the street with my M4A1 with a M203 launcher, an ACOG sight, and front grip, along with my Sig Sauer P229(.40 caliber, of course), and a few other various small arms.
When all else fails, I will just whip out my new "light saber" and blind you while I set you on fire.
It's time to MELT FACES!!!!111 rawr!
In all seriousness though, kids these days have it so nice. When I was a kid, all we had to cause serious injury and/or burns were wood-burning kits and lawn darts. Kids now have all sorts of awesome shit to end up in the hospital, the morgue, and/or a chance at a Darwin Award.
So, your position is that customers are "[ruining] it for everybody" because said customers are actually using what they are paying for? Do you realize how utterly stupid your position is? If someone purchases a home and uses every room, instead of only a percentage of room that the realtor believes is reasonable, then that customer is trying to "[ruin] it for everybody"?
The fact of the matter is that these companies advertised their product as "unlimited", then committed a violation of the law by falsely advertising to customer what "unlimited" means. The fact of the matter is that these companies are bringing in record profits, but refuse to spend some of those profits to build a network to support the product they are selling. These corporations believe they can do whatever they wish and then impose restrictions, after a contract is signed, because they believe that most customers do not have the financial means to fight for their rights.
I say fuck these corporations and fuck the pieces of shit that play us(the customers). I will use the service I pay for, to the fullest extent possible. If they(the corporations) do not like it, then I will see them in court.
The "gauge" system(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge) is easy: The smaller the number, the bigger the size. That does not only exist with guns, it existing in other areas, too. The other areas that use similar "gauging" systems are not exactly like the American Wire Gauge system, but it is similar and it is easy to keep straight.
As to you comments on gun, just shut. Guns are a respect aspect of the U.S.'s past and are [responsibly] enjoyed by millions of people. Just because you enjoy injecting your ideological views into unrelated topics, it does not mean that other are interested in reading it. If you dislike guns that much, then there are more than enough European countries, along with Canada, Mexico, Australia, and others that will be happen to give you a place to live.
While this will, ostensibly, get me modded down, I think someone should say what others are thinking.
This is an attempt by professors at a "prestigious" university to attempt to make the rest of United States citizens look like a group of brain-dead monkeys. The fact of the matter is that the second one does save more gas. How much you improve a car means shit; the important number(if there really is one in this discussion, as "green" is total horseshit) is the end result, not by what percentage you increase gas mileage. I know that this group is talking about actual gas saved, not the difference between the two in percentages, but the whole idea is messed up.
No matter what uptight idiots that are highly educated want people to do, people will continue to consume. In order to help save people money, it simply makes sense to go to the highest mpg-rated vehicle possible. I am against the whole "green movement", as it endangers people's way of life and causes too many people to lose jobs. That is, not to mention to detrimental effect on people's wallets in the name of a bullshit idea and junk science.
If people were looking to be saver(which a majority of ALL citizens, not just United States citizens, fail at doing), then they would follow the amount of fuel they are using and limit it only to what they can afford to budget. Since this is not the case, then it is dumb to rely on sticking people with 20 mpg cars when the market is able to reliably offer 50 mpg cars. Yeah, people will travel more, but at least they will be able to afford it more. To me, it sounds like the oil industry just gave Duke a large infusion of money.
Just as an aside, miles per gallon(MPG) IS the measure of consumption of a vehicle(though it is lacking some measurements). What else are these lace-curtain homos wanting? Do they want to measure how many Greenpeace assholes a car pisses off? Perhaps they want to measure how many "My Little Ponies" a vehicle eats in order to travel over a given distance? Perhaps(in all seriousness) car manufacturers could measure consumption by [volume]/minute, but that will leave off information too. What if you drive for four minutes, eight seconds? Going 30 MPH will consume less per minute than going 50 MPH, or 70 MPH. Sure, the calculations will vary, but US citizens are too dumb to take that into account(sarcasm, for the dumb), right?
The fact is that mpg is the best calculations(to date, of course) that a vehicle manufacturer can provide. The manufacturers could give estimates on how much it will cost, on average, to sit at the average length of a traffic control light(i.e., "red lights"), but that will not really help. What about traffic jams or other times that you sit in a car while it idles(traffic stops for citizens and/or law enforcement)? The fact is that they do not provide answers, they(the school) want to see itself in the news.
How about this school use that brainpower to find answers to more important problems. That would include almost everything else that exist, including how Lindsey Lohan might be able scam her SCRAM braclet and how to plug the whole in Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratts marriage(and maybe one of Heidi's breast implants).
No private entity in the world has that much in holdings. Only governments are in possession of such amounts(I am talking liquid holdings). Let us not forget that there are major labels that have been found to be ripping off Canadian artist for billions, and probably up to trillions(as we probably are not aware of how far their "criminal" activities go), in stolen music for CDs made for sale in the United States(http://boingboing.net/2009/12/07/major-record-labels.html).
If I were looking at a case against me, especially at this level, I would bring this up in court. It is time that organizations, like the RIAA, be put out of business for tactics like this.
Well, you share in the ignorance. Land-line companies are not heavily regulated by the government anymore, as you are attempting to suggest(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996). Wireless companies are regulated pretty much at the same level as land-lines providers(which most of the big wireless carriers are run by..wait for it...wait for it...land-line companies), as the wireless companies use public airwaves to do business(if you are not aware, "The People", not corporation, own the airwaves). You have to also remember that those wireless towers are fed by wire-line companies(which are not always the same company that owns the antenna), so that line running up to the cell tower is regulated by the current laws for wire, not wireless.
AT&T Wireless and AT&T Wireline are the exact same company, they are just run in differing way. My girlfriend, who works at AT&T Wireless, get extremely cheap wireless accounts, free long distance on her home phone, and free DSL. This is because AT&T covers all AT&T brands(though AT&T is not really AT&T anymore, it is SBC under a different name, but with the same bad management).
AT&T made well over $12 billion USD last year, in profit, and in that is AT&T Wireless's profit.
Did you work at AT&T when "Ma Bell" and the "Baby Bells" existed? I am not asking to make fun of you, I am asking in all seriousness. I can understand your stance if this is the case, but if it is not, then you probably were not trained properly when you working at AT&T(which is a big problem at that company).
Seeing how electricity and data happens to be headed under two completely different markets, Mr. Denere does not know what he is talking about. The price of, say, Coca-Cola is not dependent on the price of fuel. Sure, the latter can affect the former in a slight way, but the price of one is not tied, directly, to the other.
It is obvious that Mr. Denere is attempt to be an apologist for AT&T or is trying to further AT&T's propaganda campaign. I am sorry, but the data plan switch is, in no way, a good idea. AT&T is attempt to continue to rape their customers for sub-par service.
Was the idea that software is owner by the buyer not already decided in the Autodesk decision? Regardless, Blizzard does not have to provide access to their servers for those that violate the ToU/ToS/EULA. Bilzzard is wrong in that the customer does not own the software they are purchasing, but they might be sort of right in that we do not own their servers.
The fact of the matter is that this bot make no difference to the game. No one gives a shit about leveling content; it is all about the "end game" content. Blizzard seems to understand this with the increase in speed of leveling(less experience to reach certain levels and in-game clothing that increases experience given for killing and questing). Even with all of this, at some point, leveling from level one will push possible customers away from this game.
The closer the maximum level reaches 100, less new customers will start playing and more current customers will shy away from starting new customers and that will reduce some customers longevity. I am guessing Blizzard will do something to combat this, but it is time to stop it with the immediate account removal(well, immediate bannings) for people that use bots. Blizzard claims that will do anything "up to" permanent account suspension, but Blizzard always gives out their harshest punishment for actions like this by their customers.
I would like to add that it is not the place of any company to punish their customers. If a customer breaks the law, then government is there to step in and provide corrective action. For the minors out there, parents are there, unless they commit a serious crime, then it is up to government. When a non-government entity provides corrective action, there is no oversight as there is with government. Gaming companies "punishing" customers is sort of a small issue, but where does it end?
Do car companies get to come in and take away cars when customers are caught breaking speed limits? Do gun manufacturers get to take away guns from civilians and law enforcement when said guns are "misused" in their eyes? Will pharmaceutical companies take away medication if some patients take more pills than they were supposed to, even one time?
Due to Blizzard's arrogance, in believing that they can dictate what software people can create and sell, I hope they lose big. Blizzard's attorneys have played "fast and loose" with the law and they need to pay.
Oh, snap. I better destroy all my equipment before the Federal Government catches on to my mission to the weaknesses in security in and around Washington DC and New York city...namely Bill Clinton's bedrooms.
Why does the FTC want Google to hold on to that data?
No one should be required to show identification(ID) to purchase anything. I have no problem with business asking to see an ID when people use credit/debt cards, as it is a means of account holder security and that information is not kept on file. If I purchase something in cash, then I will never show my ID, except in cases where I purchase a firearm.
Felons, and other barred from owning a firearm, are the reason for showing an ID and the point of purchase. Of course, in a private sell I do not have to show ID. I do not agree with showing an ID in this case(as I believe we should "scarlet letter" felons and spouse/child abusers), but whatever.
Regardless, this is a fools dream and will only impact the people who abide by the law. Those that want a phone and to stay anonymous will continue to do so, if and when this bill become laws. I am just tired of the various government working to mass-grab our private information in the name of "security".
How about the U.S. Government just work on completely and utterly wiping our enemy off the map?
The PTC has been trying to make themselves relevant for some time now. They are more worried about making headline, rather than doing some good in the world. It is not like CBS is actually implying that people should engage in sexual intercourse/sodomy with their own fathers.
My girlfriend is approaching deaf and we watch TV and movie with Closed Caption enabled. When certain words on certain channels, such as "shit, fuck, damn, ass, asshole, goddamn", etc are used by the actors, we usually see "s---, f---, d---, a--, a------, g------", etc. Where is this crazy group's feigned outrage on that?
Safe from danger? We are talking about emergency services, not your personal nanny. These agencies are a reactive service, not a proactive service. Sure, some violent acts might be discovered in-progress or just prior, but that does not occur very often.
Each person is responsible for their own safety.
People do need to learn that there are employers that monitor Facebook and will terminate people for statements and/or pictures that they deem "offending". Regardless, this firing is beyond ridiculous. This is similar to me telling an off-hand joke, in my private time, that my employer doing continual investigations until they find something to hang termination on.
The time I spend in my private life is off-limits to any employer I work for, as well as anyone else that I do not wish to read my posts or listen to my discussions. Yes, it is dumb to open your Facebook page(or any other social networking page) for everyone to see and it is even dumber to post dumb shit on your page, for the world to see. Still, people should not feel like they are constantly under surveillance.
So, carjackers can now just hangout at traffic control light and have little to no resistance when taking someone's car. What about undercover law enforcement that is involved in a chase of a criminal? They sure as hell do not use Crown Victorias, or other "standard" law enforcement vehicles. There are also civilians that might need to run through a red light.
The fact is, no one and nothing(other than the driver) should ever have, or will ever have, control over a vehicle. There are just too many problems that arise and I can foresee this as becoming illegal(in the U.S., at least), if it were ever patented and marketed.