And this kind of shit is the problem. I just find it hard to believe Verizon would clip the copper wires to a house if they knew that they might have to pay to put them back. Seems to me it's not hurting anyone to have them there. Also, what happens if a whole neighborhood goes FiOS? I assume they stop maintaining the copper (particularly because no one is telling them about shitty connections, etc.), which means that a new hookup is going to be bad news for them. I have to believe they are going to try to avoid it at all costs -- this seems to be some trickery that would make that possible. Call me crazy, but I've had phone service with these jokers for a long time -- I've LEARNED not to trust them.
I personally prefer to have a phone that is always available. While I do have a cordless, I also own an old-school phone that I've kept (and used) in order to be able to, say, call PSEG when the power goes out... or call someone else that I'm attempting to make plans with during a power failure. 6 hours with FiOS is pretty good, but during a snowstorm, it's not unusual for the power to be out for longer than that. Hell, during a heat wave... it is less than 5 years ago that having a REAL telephone mattered. 'course, lots of people have a cell, but if your power is out for several days, getting that charged is also going to be a problem. My land line gets used when I'm done dicking around with technology and just want to make a call... and it's true, it has been out far less than my internet (even from the same company).
I'm really surprised that they don't have a genuine solution to the power problem with fiber. Of course, I'm not really not sure that it's technically possible to power something over fiber, but... I'd suppose someone knows more about this than me.
Like I said in another post, though, there does not appear to be a $14.99 plan for FiOS that I can find. For Verizon DSL, there is... maybe that's just so they could hook people on Broadband and go from there (or reel people in initially and then tell them at signup time, "you really want the $29.99 plan anyway -- the $14.99 plan is too slow," making the transition to $39.99 FiOS not quite so painful). Not sure... but at least as far as data is concerned, you are stuck. Can you use dialup with a fiber phone line?
Well, the problem there is that I'm currently paying $14.99 for the shitty DSL -- that's all I really need and I really don't want to pay for the next thing up (which I guess if I were on fiber right now would be a minimum $39.99 for FiOS, or $44.95 I think it was for cable. That's more than double what I pay now. For a household, that's fine, but not for someone who is paying for it by themselves and really doesn't need a whole lot more than 768k. I could use my cell all the time instead, I suppose, since that's paid for by work, but... that's not really a great option. And I think that it is something to call the FCC about. Right now, there are a number of people other than Verizon that I could have DSL from. Is FiOS allowing competitors? If not, they are scrapping something that I believe they have a mandate to provide to everyone.
What about the price? If I move in there and decide "I'm not paying for this expensive shit since DSL is good enough for me," what are my options? I can't make them install a phone line, can I? They're ultimately locking me into paying for something that may or may not be affordable, or opt to not have a phone in my house at all?
Are you an idiot? They would cease to be a problem, but what about people who know them? People from neighboring countries even who will eventually say "listen, we're not gonna watch this shit..." How can you even possibly say that that's going to work as a solution?
Unfortunately, the more powerful enemies are even dumber that the terrorists. You'd think we would be smart enough to realize that attempting to bomb people who aren't afraid to die is not going to work to do ANYTHING but provoke the suicide bombers even more... but we don't think. Same thing with Mexico -- don't build a wall, build up Mexico so no one wants to leave.
MS Office is completely unneccessary for most people. Leave that one behind. Not sure about Quicken. TurboTax 2005 worked fine under wine. 2006, no dice. I don't really know why. Problem with Crossover is there's a monthly maintenance fee, no? Or am I thinking of Cedega?
Nah, this ad I saw was literally last week... and it seemed like a list of 6 or 7 games that were coming out. I'm going to have to see if I can dig it up.
Actually, I war surprised, but I just saw a commercial for what looked like new PS2 games coming out. I couldn't say what the games are, and I wouldn't know if they were actually new, but I the commercial sure made it seem like they were new.
Same deal -- I know a friend who bought a Compaq laptop with Vista on it... he was telling me over the phone that his computer was acting up and he couldn't e-mail me the file 'cuz his computer was running too slowly... here I thought he had some old clunker. No, this is a brand new PC running the OS that it came with, the opened box still sitting in the same room. Since when have companies been shipping computers that are slow when they come out of the box?
Either way, your post is a waste of electrons. "Are you serious? People are never going to do that. You probably are serious. They probably will do that."
People are going to flock to these, even if they're on top of the a remote mountain
You think people are going to inconvenience themselves by going out of their way to vist a convenience store because it looks vaguely like one that's on a TV show that jumped the shark long ago, and pay a premium for rebadged white-label snack food? Yes. Have you encountered "people" before? Hell, some of them wait in lines overnight to see movies that would probably not be sold out if they just waited 24 hours or went to a less popular theatre.
The NY location is about a block from Times Square, though. I walked past it last night and was saying to myself "hmmm, has that always been there?" Very strange that I happened to see it so soon after it happened.
While I personally do what you suggest, some beer DOES get better with age (or my people who work at breweries or do home-brewing tell me). In that regard, I believe you're incorrect.
I've heard many places that it is more dangerous. Cell phone conversations are harder to understand than someone in the car with you, and theoretically take more of your concentration. True? Sounds like it could be, but... if someone's not with me, why do I need to talk to them?
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And this kind of shit is the problem. I just find it hard to believe Verizon would clip the copper wires to a house if they knew that they might have to pay to put them back. Seems to me it's not hurting anyone to have them there. Also, what happens if a whole neighborhood goes FiOS? I assume they stop maintaining the copper (particularly because no one is telling them about shitty connections, etc.), which means that a new hookup is going to be bad news for them. I have to believe they are going to try to avoid it at all costs -- this seems to be some trickery that would make that possible. Call me crazy, but I've had phone service with these jokers for a long time -- I've LEARNED not to trust them.
I personally prefer to have a phone that is always available. While I do have a cordless, I also own an old-school phone that I've kept (and used) in order to be able to, say, call PSEG when the power goes out... or call someone else that I'm attempting to make plans with during a power failure. 6 hours with FiOS is pretty good, but during a snowstorm, it's not unusual for the power to be out for longer than that. Hell, during a heat wave... it is less than 5 years ago that having a REAL telephone mattered. 'course, lots of people have a cell, but if your power is out for several days, getting that charged is also going to be a problem. My land line gets used when I'm done dicking around with technology and just want to make a call... and it's true, it has been out far less than my internet (even from the same company).
I'm really surprised that they don't have a genuine solution to the power problem with fiber. Of course, I'm not really not sure that it's technically possible to power something over fiber, but... I'd suppose someone knows more about this than me.
Like I said in another post, though, there does not appear to be a $14.99 plan for FiOS that I can find. For Verizon DSL, there is... maybe that's just so they could hook people on Broadband and go from there (or reel people in initially and then tell them at signup time, "you really want the $29.99 plan anyway -- the $14.99 plan is too slow," making the transition to $39.99 FiOS not quite so painful). Not sure... but at least as far as data is concerned, you are stuck. Can you use dialup with a fiber phone line?
Well, the problem there is that I'm currently paying $14.99 for the shitty DSL -- that's all I really need and I really don't want to pay for the next thing up (which I guess if I were on fiber right now would be a minimum $39.99 for FiOS, or $44.95 I think it was for cable. That's more than double what I pay now. For a household, that's fine, but not for someone who is paying for it by themselves and really doesn't need a whole lot more than 768k. I could use my cell all the time instead, I suppose, since that's paid for by work, but... that's not really a great option. And I think that it is something to call the FCC about. Right now, there are a number of people other than Verizon that I could have DSL from. Is FiOS allowing competitors? If not, they are scrapping something that I believe they have a mandate to provide to everyone.
What about TELEPHONE service? Currently there are a number of local providers you can use. If they can't use the fiber, you are stuck with Verizon.
What about the price? If I move in there and decide "I'm not paying for this expensive shit since DSL is good enough for me," what are my options? I can't make them install a phone line, can I? They're ultimately locking me into paying for something that may or may not be affordable, or opt to not have a phone in my house at all?
Are you an idiot? They would cease to be a problem, but what about people who know them? People from neighboring countries even who will eventually say "listen, we're not gonna watch this shit..." How can you even possibly say that that's going to work as a solution?
Must be why we have so many problems here, too. ;)
I don't think blowing myself is a terribly desirable option, regardless of where I end up.
You're going to have sex with the next guy that posts a comment with a rating of 3 or higher?
Unfortunately, the more powerful enemies are even dumber that the terrorists. You'd think we would be smart enough to realize that attempting to bomb people who aren't afraid to die is not going to work to do ANYTHING but provoke the suicide bombers even more... but we don't think. Same thing with Mexico -- don't build a wall, build up Mexico so no one wants to leave.
And you can't run OpenOffice for Windows why?
MS Office is completely unneccessary for most people. Leave that one behind. Not sure about Quicken. TurboTax 2005 worked fine under wine. 2006, no dice. I don't really know why. Problem with Crossover is there's a monthly maintenance fee, no? Or am I thinking of Cedega?
This is an interesting point, actually. Assuming that this is true, Apple will have problems selling the current iPhone, unmodified, to the EU?
Here's the list I was talking about:
http://ps2.gamezone.com/released/released.htm
Looks like the platform is still going strong.
Nah, this ad I saw was literally last week... and it seemed like a list of 6 or 7 games that were coming out. I'm going to have to see if I can dig it up.
Actually, I war surprised, but I just saw a commercial for what looked like new PS2 games coming out. I couldn't say what the games are, and I wouldn't know if they were actually new, but I the commercial sure made it seem like they were new.
My dad's got one (a drive) in his garage.
Same deal -- I know a friend who bought a Compaq laptop with Vista on it... he was telling me over the phone that his computer was acting up and he couldn't e-mail me the file 'cuz his computer was running too slowly... here I thought he had some old clunker. No, this is a brand new PC running the OS that it came with, the opened box still sitting in the same room. Since when have companies been shipping computers that are slow when they come out of the box?
You do realize that her handle is "njchick" right? Speed limits are not our strong suit. ;)
Either way, your post is a waste of electrons. "Are you serious? People are never going to do that. You probably are serious. They probably will do that."
STFU if you have nothing to say.
The NY location is about a block from Times Square, though. I walked past it last night and was saying to myself "hmmm, has that always been there?" Very strange that I happened to see it so soon after it happened.
While I personally do what you suggest, some beer DOES get better with age (or my people who work at breweries or do home-brewing tell me). In that regard, I believe you're incorrect.
I've heard many places that it is more dangerous. Cell phone conversations are harder to understand than someone in the car with you, and theoretically take more of your concentration. True? Sounds like it could be, but... if someone's not with me, why do I need to talk to them?