More like "Shitty Flight Control Software Caused Widespread Shutdown of US Flights Out of LAX", and will be patched like any other bug. But that doesn't make for quite an alarmist headline for a linkspam blogwank article like this.
Might as well put quotes around "save money" considering we spend more on the military now than we did during the cold war. (right, "terrerism" replaced communism as an excuse for that)
Sometimes the call you might want to make would be to AAA and not only to 911. I don't think there is a mandate to allow calls to roadside assistance when you have no carrier or sim card installed.
Well as long as you are in roaming range of a compatible network you can make a call but not use data, right? I have had cell phones since 2004 and I still don't understand how this works.
Well I am just repeating the logic that I was told. You are probably right and those people are just being fed bullshit by the "can you hear me now" commercials.
Now ask yourself this, if you buy the phone outright.... Does your plan go down? As a ex Sprint rep, you still pay your 39.99 for your plan. So why not get the free phone. Also many of these companies lock you into a contract for service even if you show up at their store with your own phone.
Anyone that bought their own phone or got a "free" phone and THEN got locked into a contract is just getting suckered by the phone companies, because they managed to make people believe that you needed a contract to get service at all.
And anyone paying a premium to get Sprint service is a double-sucker.
It is more because the "top tier" carriers do not offer this. If you live in an area where MetroPCS and TMobile actually work, great, enjoy your cheap plan. There are people in the middle of nowhere that get stuck with AT&T and Verizon because they are the phone company, and they don't have to care.
Except with the "phone lease" you are paying 1000% the value of the thing. With the cheaper plans you can buy the phone outright with the savings of four or five months.
What "massive gains in travel safety"? Do you mean the ability to make emergency calls? Every phone can do that, even if it has no carrier or sim card installed.
Now the complete lack of being able to use GPS outside of the city for T-mobile is downright annoying, but more of a failing of Google maps not to predownload the entire route.
Though, paying $10 a month (or anything) extra for tethering is a chump move, seriously.
Your last paragraph could have easily replaced Hasselton's entire rambling post.
People suck at math. They think they need the contract to subsidize their $300+ phone because they just HAVE to have a new one every 2 years. With the savings of from a $40/month plan instead of a $120/month plan. You could literally throw away a new iphone or top of the line android phone every six months an make out ahead on the deal. AND on top of that get unlimited service with no overage charges.
And to all of the parents with "But I NEED the family plan for $200 a month!". Not only do you suck at math, but you are stupid as well. Buy everyone in the family a separate $40/month plan and be done with it.
Any fool knows you couldn't accomplish this with one, single trampoline.
If years of Saturday morning cartooning have taught us nothing else, it's clear you would need, like, several dozen hundred trampolines to pull it off.
But unless you are next door neighbors, or live in the same building, it is unlikely that both you and your friend's homes will burn/flood/be destroyed at the exact same time.
In that case I would keep anything important in my house and just run the risk of it burnining down.
Of course, in the US, all you need to know is someone's bank account number and you can completely empty their account with bad checks. You don't even need to know their name, you can just put any name on it that you DO have a fake ID for and you are good to go.
I would not, under any circumstance, trust a bank to protect your privacy or identity.
I suppose if you tie energy usage to thermostat settings you could get a decent picture of insulation and heating/ac efficiency of the structure. Then the power company could make useful suggestions on how best to reduce your bill.
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Probably worked on the A4 and A4 and the A4, as well.
Fuck you, Reuters, fuck you.
More like "Shitty Flight Control Software Caused Widespread Shutdown of US Flights Out of LAX", and will be patched like any other bug. But that doesn't make for quite an alarmist headline for a linkspam blogwank article like this.
Fuck you, Hugh Pickens, fuck you.
Thanks, considering how spotty tmobile's data coverage is, I will be checking in to this.
Thank you for lighting up our day. Now turn that damn light out, I want to do some astronomy.
Might as well put quotes around "save money" considering we spend more on the military now than we did during the cold war. (right, "terrerism" replaced communism as an excuse for that)
Sometimes the call you might want to make would be to AAA and not only to 911. I don't think there is a mandate to allow calls to roadside assistance when you have no carrier or sim card installed.
Well as long as you are in roaming range of a compatible network you can make a call but not use data, right? I have had cell phones since 2004 and I still don't understand how this works.
Well I am just repeating the logic that I was told. You are probably right and those people are just being fed bullshit by the "can you hear me now" commercials.
Not every carrier charges extra. I know T-mobile does not, not sure about others.
On Android there are apps that work around the blocking on Verizon for a one-time fee.
Because every network will allow every phone to connect to emergency services. Even if it does not have a valid sim card.
Now if you are out of range of every tower for every network... well... I hope you have an iridium phone and are outside?
Except that you can get a top of the line nexus 5 for $300, and the surcharge on the plans is closer to $50.
Now when you see people paying $1200 for a $300 dollar phone, it doesn't seem like such a good deal.
Now ask yourself this, if you buy the phone outright.... Does your plan go down? As a ex Sprint rep, you still pay your 39.99 for your plan. So why not get the free phone. Also many of these companies lock you into a contract for service even if you show up at their store with your own phone.
Anyone that bought their own phone or got a "free" phone and THEN got locked into a contract is just getting suckered by the phone companies, because they managed to make people believe that you needed a contract to get service at all.
And anyone paying a premium to get Sprint service is a double-sucker.
It is more because the "top tier" carriers do not offer this. If you live in an area where MetroPCS and TMobile actually work, great, enjoy your cheap plan. There are people in the middle of nowhere that get stuck with AT&T and Verizon because they are the phone company, and they don't have to care.
Except with the "phone lease" you are paying 1000% the value of the thing. With the cheaper plans you can buy the phone outright with the savings of four or five months.
What "massive gains in travel safety"? Do you mean the ability to make emergency calls? Every phone can do that, even if it has no carrier or sim card installed.
Now the complete lack of being able to use GPS outside of the city for T-mobile is downright annoying, but more of a failing of Google maps not to predownload the entire route.
Though, paying $10 a month (or anything) extra for tethering is a chump move, seriously.
Your last paragraph could have easily replaced Hasselton's entire rambling post.
People suck at math. They think they need the contract to subsidize their $300+ phone because they just HAVE to have a new one every 2 years. With the savings of from a $40/month plan instead of a $120/month plan. You could literally throw away a new iphone or top of the line android phone every six months an make out ahead on the deal. AND on top of that get unlimited service with no overage charges.
And to all of the parents with "But I NEED the family plan for $200 a month!". Not only do you suck at math, but you are stupid as well. Buy everyone in the family a separate $40/month plan and be done with it.
Any fool knows you couldn't accomplish this with one, single trampoline.
If years of Saturday morning cartooning have taught us nothing else, it's clear you would need, like, several dozen hundred trampolines to pull it off.
Yep, trampolines all the way down.
But we need trampolines all the way up!
Considering I live in the same city as my bank, a Tunguska hitting my bank would cause me to go extinct.
At first I was going to remark, "What, do you expect your house to flood after it burns down?"
Then I thought about what they put fires out with.
Or a 90's movie starring Sandra Bullock.
But unless you are next door neighbors, or live in the same building, it is unlikely that both you and your friend's homes will burn/flood/be destroyed at the exact same time.
In that case I would keep anything important in my house and just run the risk of it burnining down.
Of course, in the US, all you need to know is someone's bank account number and you can completely empty their account with bad checks. You don't even need to know their name, you can just put any name on it that you DO have a fake ID for and you are good to go.
I would not, under any circumstance, trust a bank to protect your privacy or identity.
Muda, not Mudo.
This misspelling changed the meaning from Change Radio to Mute Radio. WTF submitter and editors, this is not rocket science.
That is just what the government is trying to turn it into.
Females wanted equality, I define equality by giving the job to the best candidate, not an artificial quota of genders in each position
They wanted equality of outcomes. They never said they wanted to work as hard as men, they just wanted an equal share of the credit.
Because there are no lazy men? No, there are lots of men and women that want equal outcomes with no effort.
I suppose if you tie energy usage to thermostat settings you could get a decent picture of insulation and heating/ac efficiency of the structure. Then the power company could make useful suggestions on how best to reduce your bill.