If Pakistan starts to develop its own OS we can see the first production version out before 2012. On the other hand VI vs Emacs type of discussions could end in a nuclear exchange.
No - that is how most people, in most countries, buy mobile phones. They buy a handset, then shop around for a plan (or just go home and pop in the SIM card from their existing plan).
It may be 'the minority' in the US, but it's the norm elsewhere. I haven't bought a carrier-locked phone (or, for that matter, a phone plan with a 'x month' committment) in over a decade.
Here (Poland) almost all the networks offer locked phones, hard to get a different one at a normal price. The iPhone is expensive as hell without a plan, so are most of the Android devices. So you usually end up buying "secondhand" phones from people that got them in plans, and resell them on auction sites. Those are still network locked, and the warranty conditions get iffy.
That the teaser is automatic and has "ammunition" makes it safer.
ALL tasers are automatic now. Limiting that to X shots is actually a step in making it a less abusive tool.
Range? The lack of insulation makes the weapon stop shocking the target once he or she drops to the ground.
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Why do people help these people spread their vile?
Posting stories on Slashdot / Putting it on CNN is only helping them get what they crave : Attention.
Some problems are best ignored - then they'll fade away out of frustration when they realize they're not getting the attention.
As the world did with Hitler! Oh wait...
If Pakistan starts to develop its own OS we can see the first production version out before 2012. On the other hand VI vs Emacs type of discussions could end in a nuclear exchange.
Oh, sorry, I missed the part where we stopped talking about about smartphones.
No - that is how most people, in most countries, buy mobile phones. They buy a handset, then shop around for a plan (or just go home and pop in the SIM card from their existing plan).
It may be 'the minority' in the US, but it's the norm elsewhere. I haven't bought a carrier-locked phone (or, for that matter, a phone plan with a 'x month' committment) in over a decade.
Here (Poland) almost all the networks offer locked phones, hard to get a different one at a normal price. The iPhone is expensive as hell without a plan, so are most of the Android devices. So you usually end up buying "secondhand" phones from people that got them in plans, and resell them on auction sites. Those are still network locked, and the warranty conditions get iffy.
You don't truly get what this marketing stuff is all about, do you? ;)
Are you kidding? It'd have to do a random walk of the entire country, unless you put little blocker thingies around the area
They could market it as a "mine finding feature"
As a next step, a roomba comes in to sweep up the body parts of the insurgents/operators.
That the teaser is automatic and has "ammunition" makes it safer. ALL tasers are automatic now. Limiting that to X shots is actually a step in making it a less abusive tool. Range? The lack of insulation makes the weapon stop shocking the target once he or she drops to the ground.