Nowhere shows the real phones on the stands because they're so prone to being nicked
You think that's bad? Kids around here keep nicking the dummy phones from my shop. I mean, what do they think they can do with it? It's an empty phone shell with a bolt through it!
People buying macs certainly isn't a bad thing, I would have one myself if I could afford it. The problem is that it would hurt the PC manufacturers. I can't see IBM, HP or Dell being very happy about losing 90% of their sales. OF course they might start pushing Linux a lot harder which would be a good thing, but they would still lose sales and then fire half their workforce.
Modern Linux distributions are NOT hard. Mandrake, SuSE, Fedora, Xandros, Lindash, etc. All easy. Please mod the parent down. He has obviously not tried a distro with KDE 3.2 on it.
You are an idiot. Did I say Linux was hard? No. I said people wouldn't use it. I think Linux is fantastic. I use it everyday at home. That doesn't change the fact the normal, everyday people WILL NOT USE IT! They are wrong, but they are still scared of it.
...how they will enforce this. What reason has Microsoft got to give in and pay up? It's not like the EU can ban sales of Windows, too many computer purchasers would be terrified of the alternatives. Even if Windows was banned in Europe, the people wouldn't buy computers with Linux on, they would buy Macs.
And if you get a bad F.A.R. violation, you can be barred from doing further government work, you can be required to reimburse Uncle Sam for all of the money the company has received thus far, you can be required to pay DAMAGES to the US govt for attempting to perpetrate a fraud.
That's just plain evil. It's like the government is trying to screw money out of everyone.... Oh. Right.
The British government forces me to pay a levy on blank music CDs; so why aren't I allowed to copy whatever I want on to it? They can't have it both ways, either I pay the levy and copy any music legally, or they don't charge the levy and prosecute copying.
It's a good thing that computers can write music to data CD's with no levy to pay.
900MHz was the first GSM frequency and is by far the most comon frequency in use outside of North America. It is definately not going anywhere. 1800MHz has been added in many countries that already have 900MHz networks, and it is far less common. Why on earth can't the USA get its act together and use the official GSM frequencies? Even if it has to re-allocate whatever is on 900 and 1800, surely it is less expensive than having two completely different frequencies of 850 and 1900 to make phones for?
I can only hope that 3G (UMTS/W-CDMA) gets one standard accepted across the world. Here in the UK it's on 2100MHz.
Not true, people have been prosecuted for having a device capable of reception. You'd have to remove reception circuits.
It is true, read my other post on this subject. And get an ID. Also note that prosecutions does not equal convictions. There are several cases at the moment going to the high court and the house of lords.
If you use or install television receiving equipment to receive or record television programme services you are required by law to have a valid TV Licence.
The TV licenceing website is lying. Complaints have been made about it to the advertising standards authority, and an MP called Andrew Carey complained about it in the house of commons. This is easy to check, there are numerous websites with information about the TV licence.
A licence is not needed to own a TV receiver. A licence is needed only for the reception of broadcast television signals. You could have a TV plugged into an ariel and tuned in, and not be in violation of the law as long as you never used it. However, the TV licencing authority (a private company run by Capita) will assume that you have and use a TV and will prosecute anyone who doesn't have a TV licence. They usually rely on a signed confession for this, and drop prosecutions against people who fight back in court. Have a look at the Abolish the TV licence campaign.
That 2.5% fee applies to paying for goods with a credit card. It's been included in the price of goods at Tesco as long as they have been taking cards. It doesn't apply to cashback though, as they only allow cashback on debit cards (from a bank account) where they pay a fixed charge instead of a percentage of the transaction. Because of that the cashback doesn't cost the retailer anything.
Thats why the UK is switching to Chip and PIN. You put your own card in the chip reader, and you have to enter a PIN to authorise it instead of signing. Other countries like Holland have required a PIN to authorise cards for years.
First, not many end users have been investing in bluetooth. Yes, you and I have, but I've had to explain what it was to most people. It's mostly a mac thing at this point.
Thats not true in Europe. Here BlueTooth can be found in more than half of mobile phones (and we have a lot of those) and most people I have sold bluetooth phones to also wanted bluetooth headsets. A fair few of them also took information on connecting laptops and PDAs to their phone.
And you might as well absolve Christianity of all blame for the Crusades by claiming that the popes who ordered them weren't Christians, either.
It doesn't matter if the popes who ordered the crusades were Christian or not - what happened was done in the name of Christianity and God and as a Christian I am ashamed of it.
However, a lot of things done in the name of Christians are just using the nearest excuse and have little to do with religion.
after all if you believe in dozens or more gods what bother is it if someone else believes in something entirely different?
If you believe in many gods, what point is there in worshipping them? One God that is responsible for all of creation is worth worshipping but many small gods would not be, in my opinion.
Interestingly Redhat also used to include Metro-X in their distribution. If they are still around they might be a way of getting commercial only drivers on linux (for my laptop in particular.) Metrolink.com is refusing my connections so I can't look them up.
The mobile phone is following the GSM specification, and that states that networks should allow emergency calls from any phone. The phone manufacturers never imagined that the networks would make such a braindead decision as to bar them. The phone can only see a network that it can't sign on to, and it wrongly assumes that it could make a 999/112 call if it wanted to.
You can see a report from the EU about it at the EU website (See page 7, "when the caller does not have any PIN or SIM card")
There is a business only network around the 400 - 450MHz range which is run by Dolphin Telecom. It's not a GSM network, so you won't be making emergency calls on that from your GSM phone. There is a brand new emergency services network, but that is definately not GSM either. It is a TETRA network run by O2 and you can read about it at their website. It replaces the old system of CB-style radios that communicate with one central mast and can't roam to a different one.
This is because the phone is picking up the more extensive army network.
I'm sorry, but that's complete rubbish. The British army does not run a GSM network, at least not on the standard 900Mhz or 1800Mhz channels needed to operate with a GSM phone. And when the phones says "emergency calls only" in the UK it's actually lying. The GSM spec allows for phones to make emergency calls on networks not their own, but no UK network allows it.
And how did you count 6 networks? Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange and 3. That's 5 networks. (In case you didn't know, Virgin uses T-Mobile's network.)
I have just sent an email to CD Wow to tell them that they have lost my custom until they reverse this decision and tell the BPI where to get off. Let them know what you think, there's a feedback form on their website.
I'm still using a Silicon Graphics badged GDM-1630SG. Of course it's still attached to a Silicon Graphics Indy, and I also use an original IBM 101 key keyboard with it too.
Strangely, the monitor feels a lot bigger than 16 inches when in use but that could be a deception caused by the sheer weight of the thing.
I haven't worked in computers since I got my Degree. I have been selling mobile phones for the last two years since graduation. This is despite having 2 years of work experience in network / system admin with the civil service, a degree in computer science, and a real interest in my subject. The best thing I could have done would have been to work for the local computer company (Evesham Micros) at 18 - they were hiring back then.
Selling phones isn't too bad, but I have to resort to reading slashdot on my palm over GPRS to keep me sane!
I have been using a Brother HL-1250 since 2000 and it is fantastic. I bought it to print many copies of a 150 page thesis using Latex on Linux, and it cost me UKP240 at the time. I have only had to give it new toner once, in August this year.
My experience of Brother printers is that they are rock solid, dependable, and worth buying. Just don't buy a winprinter.
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You think that's bad? Kids around here keep nicking the dummy phones from my shop. I mean, what do they think they can do with it? It's an empty phone shell with a bolt through it!
There's a couple of problems with your sugestion:
First, I'm not in America, I'm in the UK.
Second, I'm broke since I am sick and not working.
So, unless someone gives me a Mac, I won't be getting one.
People buying macs certainly isn't a bad thing, I would have one myself if I could afford it. The problem is that it would hurt the PC manufacturers. I can't see IBM, HP or Dell being very happy about losing 90% of their sales. OF course they might start pushing Linux a lot harder which would be a good thing, but they would still lose sales and then fire half their workforce.
You are an idiot. Did I say Linux was hard? No. I said people wouldn't use it. I think Linux is fantastic. I use it everyday at home. That doesn't change the fact the normal, everyday people WILL NOT USE IT! They are wrong, but they are still scared of it.
...how they will enforce this. What reason has Microsoft got to give in and pay up? It's not like the EU can ban sales of Windows, too many computer purchasers would be terrified of the alternatives. Even if Windows was banned in Europe, the people wouldn't buy computers with Linux on, they would buy Macs.
Sad but true.
That's just plain evil. It's like the government is trying to screw money out of everyone....
Oh. Right.
The British government forces me to pay a levy on blank music CDs; so why aren't I allowed to copy whatever I want on to it? They can't have it both ways, either I pay the levy and copy any music legally, or they don't charge the levy and prosecute copying.
It's a good thing that computers can write music to data CD's with no levy to pay.
900MHz was the first GSM frequency and is by far the most comon frequency in use outside of North America. It is definately not going anywhere. 1800MHz has been added in many countries that already have 900MHz networks, and it is far less common. Why on earth can't the USA get its act together and use the official GSM frequencies? Even if it has to re-allocate whatever is on 900 and 1800, surely it is less expensive than having two completely different frequencies of 850 and 1900 to make phones for?
I can only hope that 3G (UMTS/W-CDMA) gets one standard accepted across the world. Here in the UK it's on 2100MHz.
It is true, read my other post on this subject. And get an ID.
Also note that prosecutions does not equal convictions. There are several cases at the moment going to the high court and the house of lords.
The TV licenceing website is lying. Complaints have been made about it to the advertising standards authority, and an MP called Andrew Carey complained about it in the house of commons. This is easy to check, there are numerous websites with information about the TV licence.
Some links to get you started:
Abolish the TV licence
C.A.L.
Broadband and the TV licence
A licence is not needed to own a TV receiver. A licence is needed only for the reception of broadcast television signals. You could have a TV plugged into an ariel and tuned in, and not be in violation of the law as long as you never used it. However, the TV licencing authority (a private company run by Capita) will assume that you have and use a TV and will prosecute anyone who doesn't have a TV licence. They usually rely on a signed confession for this, and drop prosecutions against people who fight back in court. Have a look at the Abolish the TV licence campaign.
Steve.
That 2.5% fee applies to paying for goods with a credit card. It's been included in the price of goods at Tesco as long as they have been taking cards. It doesn't apply to cashback though, as they only allow cashback on debit cards (from a bank account) where they pay a fixed charge instead of a percentage of the transaction. Because of that the cashback doesn't cost the retailer anything.
Thats why the UK is switching to Chip and PIN.
You put your own card in the chip reader, and you have to enter a PIN to authorise it instead of signing. Other countries like Holland have required a PIN to authorise cards for years.
Thats not true in Europe. Here BlueTooth can be found in more than half of mobile phones (and we have a lot of those) and most people I have sold bluetooth phones to also wanted bluetooth headsets. A fair few of them also took information on connecting laptops and PDAs to their phone.
It doesn't matter if the popes who ordered the crusades were Christian or not - what happened was done in the name of Christianity and God and as a Christian I am ashamed of it.
However, a lot of things done in the name of Christians are just using the nearest excuse and have little to do with religion.
If you believe in many gods, what point is there in worshipping them? One God that is responsible for all of creation is worth worshipping but many small gods would not be, in my opinion.
True Christians shouldn't feel superior. Christians have sinned too, the difference is that we have accepted Gods offer of peace in Jesus.
Interestingly Redhat also used to include Metro-X in their distribution. If they are still around they might be a way of getting commercial only drivers on linux (for my laptop in particular.) Metrolink.com is refusing my connections so I can't look them up.
The mobile phone is following the GSM specification, and that states that networks should allow emergency calls from any phone. The phone manufacturers never imagined that the networks would make such a braindead decision as to bar them. The phone can only see a network that it can't sign on to, and it wrongly assumes that it could make a 999/112 call if it wanted to.
You can see a report from the EU about it at the EU website (See page 7, "when the caller does not have any PIN or SIM card")
There is a business only network around the 400 - 450MHz range which is run by Dolphin Telecom. It's not a GSM network, so you won't be making emergency calls on that from your GSM phone. There is a brand new emergency services network, but that is definately not GSM either. It is a TETRA network run by O2 and you can read about it at their website. It replaces the old system of CB-style radios that communicate with one central mast and can't roam to a different one.
I'm sorry, but that's complete rubbish. The British army does not run a GSM network, at least not on the standard 900Mhz or 1800Mhz channels needed to operate with a GSM phone. And when the phones says "emergency calls only" in the UK it's actually lying. The GSM spec allows for phones to make emergency calls on networks not their own, but no UK network allows it.
And how did you count 6 networks? Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange and 3. That's 5 networks. (In case you didn't know, Virgin uses T-Mobile's network.)
I have just sent an email to CD Wow to tell them that they have lost my custom until they reverse this decision and tell the BPI where to get off. Let them know what you think, there's a feedback form on their website.
I'm still using a Silicon Graphics badged GDM-1630SG. Of course it's still attached to a Silicon Graphics Indy, and I also use an original IBM 101 key keyboard with it too.
Strangely, the monitor feels a lot bigger than 16 inches when in use but that could be a deception caused by the sheer weight of the thing.
I haven't worked in computers since I got my Degree. I have been selling mobile phones for the last two years since graduation. This is despite having 2 years of work experience in network / system admin with the civil service, a degree in computer science, and a real interest in my subject. The best thing I could have done would have been to work for the local computer company (Evesham Micros) at 18 - they were hiring back then.
Selling phones isn't too bad, but I have to resort to reading slashdot on my palm over GPRS to keep me sane!
Steve.
In contrast to the parent comment, McDonalds in my local town of Colchester, UK, is famous for working with sewage flooding the kitchen.
Just in case anyone still considers McDonalds worth eating in.
I have been using a Brother HL-1250 since 2000 and it is fantastic. I bought it to print many copies of a 150 page thesis using Latex on Linux, and it cost me UKP240 at the time. I have only had to give it new toner once, in August this year.
My experience of Brother printers is that they are rock solid, dependable, and worth buying. Just don't buy a winprinter.