Its cheap and easy to get canada roaming added to you plan for a bit. I think it was 10 total per month when I did it two yrs ago. Worked like a charm.
Airlines long ago eliminated commissions for in-person travel agents because they had the market power and how were 1000's of mom and pop agents going to fight the airlines? Fearing dis-intermediation, the airlines continued to pay Expedia / Orbitz and the reservations systems such as Worldspan commission for deal flow but now the airlines have the market power with their own sites.
Its a hard dose of reality for the online sites, who don't offer much functionality above what you can get on Southwest.com. My mom is a travel agent- and while she is computer challenged she can run command line commands into Worldspan faster than I can login to Orbitz. I've never understood why someone would spend hours online finding a site when a travel agent can do it all for you for almost nothing. My mother selected 3 of the 4 hotels for my honeymoon, the other coming from the NY times travel section. Guess which one was the dump with paper thin walls and crappy beds?
I have flirted with Linux for years.. Downloading it, installing it and hoping to use it. But alas, it NEVER worked (of course, I was too lazy/busy to RTFM). Compiling the kernel to get wifi was insane.
After my XP box groaned to a crawl, it was time to buy a new box (wife was always complaining about slow, dropped wifi, etc). Since I was struggling to find an XP box, I decided to make the jump to Ubuntu-- and I'll never look back.
Wifi card JUST INSTALLED. Printer popped up after plugging in and said it was "ready". Ubuntu is fast, works mostly flawlessly (people pine like XP is awesome-- its not without its problems). For programs that won't work in linux (Fujitsu snapscan) I open a virtual box and run Vista (a daily confirmation of my decision).
Lastly, besides learning curve for "where things are" my wife (a walking EMF pulse) barely notices the "computer" anymore-- it just works and she can do what she has too----
I don't think that the government intends to infringe upon rights or abuse power, it is a natural response to wanting to do their jobs correctly. The FBI is paid to catch criminals, those who catch criminals do well and are promoted and people want them to catch the "bad guys". To acknowledge that and then expect them to apply these broad powers while protecting indiviudal liberties is asking them to disconnect reality
Katz's assumption that "Many of us have already happily and willingly surrendered some privacy to Napster, Amazon, gaming sites...." fails to realize that these are organizations with which we chose to do business. Amazon cannot draft me, Napster cannot imprison me (though perhaps through the DMCA!!)
I think that this behavior by Juno is bollocks (certainly I would never use or suggest them with this policy), but that doesn't mean they are doing something wrong. They are offering a service, it has costs (though not in $). They market the good stuff (free!!) but still tell you about the bad stuff (in the TOS)
Cell phone companies do this all of the time..1000 Minutes to talk to your heart's desire.. but only between 2AM and 3AM. Airlines are another.. 100 to LA (single way based onround trip, Tuesday travel flying on the wing)
However, technology and/.in general tend to treat everyone like sheep and every company like wolves. The problem with treating the general populace like idiots is you usually reap exactly what you sow!
a> This is clearly posted in their privacy policy and terms of service. People are smart enough to read and understand TOS's, if they choose not to then they shouldn't act surprised when revelations like this occur.
b> Using Juno is a choice. If you don't like their choices, DON'T use them.
c> Juno is without an explicit cost, but nothing in life is free.
After reading two of CC's books, I eagerly purchased his new one "Killing Time" and wished I had killed my time with a book that was readable, but I digress.
"Regulation is desperately needed to prevent widespread, even general, mental and intellectual poisoning of the public."
Translation: You are too stupid to make decisions for yourself (caveat: As long as you treat people like this, you will reap what you sow)
"I don't think this is a particularly complex concept -- but it will be difficult to implement. A federal agency is unquestionably required..."
Translation: From the people who brought you the CIA, the NSA and the FBI, trust us to tell you what is right. A man was just released in Boston after three decades in jail, he was framed by the FBI.
"Regulation by government or corporations, take your pick"
Comment: If I think Matt Drudge is an asshole, I can make a decision not to visit his site. If I think the Survivor is utter bollocks, I chose not to watch it (I do on both counts). I can't chose go to the "other" government if they decide that something isn't the truth and I disagree with them.
People are smart enough to make their own decisions about their own lifes without smarmy writers or god forbid the government telling them what the truth is. The truth is I wish I could get back my money for this sucky book...
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Its cheap and easy to get canada roaming added to you plan for a bit. I think it was 10 total per month when I did it two yrs ago. Worked like a charm.
Airlines long ago eliminated commissions for in-person travel agents because they had the market power and how were 1000's of mom and pop agents going to fight the airlines? Fearing dis-intermediation, the airlines continued to pay Expedia / Orbitz and the reservations systems such as Worldspan commission for deal flow but now the airlines have the market power with their own sites.
Its a hard dose of reality for the online sites, who don't offer much functionality above what you can get on Southwest.com. My mom is a travel agent- and while she is computer challenged she can run command line commands into Worldspan faster than I can login to Orbitz. I've never understood why someone would spend hours online finding a site when a travel agent can do it all for you for almost nothing. My mother selected 3 of the 4 hotels for my honeymoon, the other coming from the NY times travel section. Guess which one was the dump with paper thin walls and crappy beds?
This should make the band We Were Promised Jetpacks stop complaining.....
I have flirted with Linux for years.. Downloading it, installing it and hoping to use it. But alas, it NEVER worked (of course, I was too lazy/busy to RTFM). Compiling the kernel to get wifi was insane.
After my XP box groaned to a crawl, it was time to buy a new box (wife was always complaining about slow, dropped wifi, etc). Since I was struggling to find an XP box, I decided to make the jump to Ubuntu-- and I'll never look back.
Wifi card JUST INSTALLED. Printer popped up after plugging in and said it was "ready". Ubuntu is fast, works mostly flawlessly (people pine like XP is awesome-- its not without its problems). For programs that won't work in linux (Fujitsu snapscan) I open a virtual box and run Vista (a daily confirmation of my decision).
Lastly, besides learning curve for "where things are" my wife (a walking EMF pulse) barely notices the "computer" anymore-- it just works and she can do what she has too----
I don't think that the government intends to infringe upon rights or abuse power, it is a natural response to wanting to do their jobs correctly. The FBI is paid to catch criminals, those who catch criminals do well and are promoted and people want them to catch the "bad guys". To acknowledge that and then expect them to apply these broad powers while protecting indiviudal liberties is asking them to disconnect reality
Katz's assumption that "Many of us have already happily and willingly surrendered some privacy to Napster, Amazon, gaming sites...." fails to realize that these are organizations with which we chose to do business. Amazon cannot draft me, Napster cannot imprison me (though perhaps through the DMCA!!)
Linus was on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday. Link to the interview is here: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/fa/20010604.fa.ram
I think that this behavior by Juno is bollocks (certainly I would never use or suggest them with this policy), but that doesn't mean they are doing something wrong. They are offering a service, it has costs (though not in $). They market the good stuff (free!!) but still tell you about the bad stuff (in the TOS)
/.in general tend to treat everyone like sheep and every company like wolves. The problem with treating the general populace like idiots is you usually reap exactly what you sow!
Cell phone companies do this all of the time..1000 Minutes to talk to your heart's desire.. but only between 2AM and 3AM. Airlines are another.. 100 to LA (single way based onround trip, Tuesday travel flying on the wing)
However, technology and
You have the read the fine print in life..
a> This is clearly posted in their privacy policy and terms of service. People are smart enough to read and understand TOS's, if they choose not to then they shouldn't act surprised when revelations like this occur.
b> Using Juno is a choice. If you don't like their choices, DON'T use them.
c> Juno is without an explicit cost, but nothing in life is free.
After reading two of CC's books, I eagerly purchased his new one "Killing Time" and wished I had killed my time with a book that was readable, but I digress.
"Regulation is desperately needed to prevent widespread, even general, mental and intellectual poisoning of the public."
Translation: You are too stupid to make decisions for yourself (caveat: As long as you treat people like this, you will reap what you sow)
"I don't think this is a particularly complex concept -- but it will be difficult to implement. A federal agency is unquestionably required..."
Translation: From the people who brought you the CIA, the NSA and the FBI, trust us to tell you what is right. A man was just released in Boston after three decades in jail, he was framed by the FBI.
"Regulation by government or corporations, take your pick"
Comment: If I think Matt Drudge is an asshole, I can make a decision not to visit his site. If I think the Survivor is utter bollocks, I chose not to watch it (I do on both counts). I can't chose go to the "other" government if they decide that something isn't the truth and I disagree with them.
People are smart enough to make their own decisions about their own lifes without smarmy writers or god forbid the government telling them what the truth is. The truth is I wish I could get back my money for this sucky book...