i know people who's kids go to school within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant. you have to sign waivers allowing the school to give your kids some kind of radiation treatment in case of a meltdown
after 9/11 it came out the FBI knew the terrorists were taking flying classes, didn't care about landing and were asking about the differences of flying an airliner. but the FBI couldn't do anything or investigate them at the time
no, all frequencies are sold off to the highest bidder to do with as they please as long as they follow the rules for that block. only reason TV frequencies were free was because the stations agreed to free broadcasts
unless google, microsoft and others agree to cover something like 80% of the US population with free wifi in the next 2-3 years there is no reason not to sell it off. why does it matter if we pay the cell phone carriers or google/microsoft?
what does this have to do with the NSA? the NSA is an electronic intelligence organization.
Manning had access to classified data from the army's secret IP network that he collected and gave to wikileaks
for a while AT&T was at 18-20 months to upgrade so that was a nice discount compared to prepaid. now that everyone is at 24 months and the innovation in smartphones is gone, there is no reason
i've used every version of ios and android for the last few years and the changes are minor on both camps
the new plans are unlimited minutes and texts. 500mb of LTE data going up to 2GB and unlimited if you pay more. data is unlimited but you are throttled after the first 500MB or 2GB which is a no biggie since i use less than 1GB most months
nope, need to have an iphone and want a full GSM network so i can buy any GSM unlocked phone in the future
i have an iphone 5 i'm looking to keep for 3-4 years and every phone after that i'll pay full price and keep 3-4 years. no reason to upgrade every 1-2 years anymore
most of us don't have ADHD or other mental issues where the simplest thing annoys us and causes us to switch a carrier
i remember having a cell phone before number portability. it was predicted that lots of people would switch carriers, the opposite happened. a few crazy people switched carriers. a few others who live in a bad service area for that carrier did as well. most stayed since there was no point in switching.
same with 2 year contracts. if i had to pay $500 for a cell phone and the service i would just keep my home phone and not get a cell phone. but a cheapo cell and slightly more expensive service makes it worth it to dump my home phone
i'm on AT&T but looking to go to T-mo next year because the prices are actually cheaper. sure you get less LTE data, but i don't care. i have wifi at home and work. and LTE is more hype than anything else. i have two LTE phones i use daily and the real speeds are a lot slower because most of the content is virtualized and clouded to the point where the source is a lot slower than LTE Sprint costs just as much as AT&T and Verizon and their data speed is too slow for what you pay
the unlimited data fiends who stream netflix/youtube/pandora 24x7 are a niche market and a small minority of the total smart phone user population
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its easier with itunes and amazon. google has some convoluted process to download music and movies that's not worth the trouble
an ecosystem is itunes and google play. where the media you buy only work on the devices and OS of the companies that sell it to you
unlike say Amazon Kindle where you can read a kindle book on almost every device out in the market today from a PC to a blackberry
nuke power has lots of environmental downsides. the waste disposal and needing river water to cool the reactor are two of them
i know people who's kids go to school within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant. you have to sign waivers allowing the school to give your kids some kind of radiation treatment in case of a meltdown
you just described police work and baseball
90% of failing to do anything while shooting for that one hit
i have an iphone 5 on AT&T and a Galaxy S3 on Verizon in NYC. both phones the LTE goes in and out all the time.
wait a few years for total LTE coverage if you want LTE 100% of the time
really?
after 9/11 it came out the FBI knew the terrorists were taking flying classes, didn't care about landing and were asking about the differences of flying an airliner. but the FBI couldn't do anything or investigate them at the time
google looks for suspicious searches
there was a case where a girl was killed. they caught the perp, another girl because she was searching how to kill people and not leave evidence
why would google or MS offer free wifi access points?
we have public wifi in NYC and you have to pay for it. wifi is useless unless the access point is connected to the internet
no, all frequencies are sold off to the highest bidder to do with as they please as long as they follow the rules for that block. only reason TV frequencies were free was because the stations agreed to free broadcasts
unless google, microsoft and others agree to cover something like 80% of the US population with free wifi in the next 2-3 years there is no reason not to sell it off. why does it matter if we pay the cell phone carriers or google/microsoft?
last few months they would be saying at least 80% chance of rain the next day and it would turn out to be sunny. even with major storms coming
i've been using baseball game rainouts in the midwest for my weather planning
what does this have to do with the NSA? the NSA is an electronic intelligence organization.
Manning had access to classified data from the army's secret IP network that he collected and gave to wikileaks
for a while AT&T was at 18-20 months to upgrade so that was a nice discount compared to prepaid. now that everyone is at 24 months and the innovation in smartphones is gone, there is no reason
i've used every version of ios and android for the last few years and the changes are minor on both camps
with the prepaid carriers being $45 or so a month per line on average going 2 year contract was a good deal since the prepaid savings were tiny
nice, except that everyone else in the USA is already on LTE or HSPA+. been like this for years. why do we need sprint?
i can do the same on t-mobile for about the same price and pay less every month
the new plans are unlimited minutes and texts. 500mb of LTE data going up to 2GB and unlimited if you pay more. data is unlimited but you are throttled after the first 500MB or 2GB which is a no biggie since i use less than 1GB most months
nope, need to have an iphone and want a full GSM network so i can buy any GSM unlocked phone in the future
i have an iphone 5 i'm looking to keep for 3-4 years and every phone after that i'll pay full price and keep 3-4 years. no reason to upgrade every 1-2 years anymore
sounds like sprint to me
most of us don't have ADHD or other mental issues where the simplest thing annoys us and causes us to switch a carrier
i remember having a cell phone before number portability. it was predicted that lots of people would switch carriers, the opposite happened. a few crazy people switched carriers. a few others who live in a bad service area for that carrier did as well. most stayed since there was no point in switching.
same with 2 year contracts. if i had to pay $500 for a cell phone and the service i would just keep my home phone and not get a cell phone. but a cheapo cell and slightly more expensive service makes it worth it to dump my home phone
i'm on AT&T but looking to go to T-mo next year because the prices are actually cheaper. sure you get less LTE data, but i don't care. i have wifi at home and work. and LTE is more hype than anything else. i have two LTE phones i use daily and the real speeds are a lot slower because most of the content is virtualized and clouded to the point where the source is a lot slower than LTE
Sprint costs just as much as AT&T and Verizon and their data speed is too slow for what you pay
the unlimited data fiends who stream netflix/youtube/pandora 24x7 are a niche market and a small minority of the total smart phone user population
never seen Die Hard 2, have you?
American idol was months ago
Now it's the Penant race in baseball and football is starting soon. Add some news from the basketball offseason
on a decent TV you can see a difference. not that big of a deal