My sister and her family will not pay for wireless data services. They are with AT&T. Recently She was swapping her SIM card from her dumb phone to an OLD Blackjack they had purchased years ago. AT&T automatically started charging them NOT for wireless data but for using a "smartphone"! How can they justify any of this?
The Canadian-made SGU had movie-grade FX on a TV budget (it cost $2.5mil per episode according to Robert Carlyle, the main actor on the show).
Syfi (SciFi) cancelled Farscape despite its popularity citing cost as the main factor. Farscape was 1.2-1.5 Mil per episode. Stargate SG1 had a per episode budget of ~1.3 Mil until exchange rates flip flopped on them and it shot up to ~2 Mil and subsequently got cancelled (OK they were winding down anyway). You say SGU had a budget of 2.5 Mil and it has now also been cancelled. I'm sensing a trend. Maybe if the Ghost Hunters and Wrestlers insisted on more money per episode we would get some of these shows back?
What if the individuals they employ to do the persecution are members of anonymous? What if members of anonymous worked for Sony? Everyone seems to assume anonymous is made up of script kiddies with no real jobs or responsibilities. Granted what I have heard about their behavior on 4chan could lend credence to that presumption but don't we all get a little emboldened when we think we are "anonymous"? What if your co-worker is actually a member of anonymous? It could explain why your PC crashed after you pissed him off the other day.
It doesn't sound like you've had much invasive surgery done. The recovery is a bitch and can be very dangerous for a healthy person. Add age and diminished health and the risks triple. If a Dr. can keep from going back in he generally will.
Induction has been in certain pacemakers for at least twenty years. My first job as a tech was diagnosing pacemaker electronics that failed pre-assembly testing. The induction coils were used to program the pacemaker for the patients particular condition (AFib, VFib, one chamber up to four chambers). I'm sure the battery tech has improved since then and even back then the battery would last at least 5 years so I would imagine today's models probably last at least 10 years give or take. So incremental charging during Dr. visits could probably extend that out a good 5 to 10 more years provided the battery itself continues to hold a charge.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Give this man a Kewpie doll.
The reason people get pacemakers is because the electrical signal from the brain isn't reaching the heart or isn't happening in the right rhythm.(don't want an atrial and ventricular valve both opening at the same time) If they would find out how the body does its electricity and just make a booster pack for it the patient might not need a pacemaker at all. Thus destroying another industry that employs so many people and keeps the economy going.
If you are on a BES they still can't read your email. They can intercept a copy and try to decrypt it but with today's technology it would take them a few years to do so.
Your comparing apples and oranges. There's a difference between being able to do something and being able o do something well. Android and iOS browse the web good where until OS6 RIM could browse the web...but not good. The win-mo phones could kludge together a push notification but it was not good, or easy. RIM still has a way to go on it's UI and apps to be good at it but they are still better than anything out there when it comes to communicating. Which is what a phone is for.
A lie? seriously! How pompous and arrogant you must be
They are expensive, require additional data plans with Verizon
That is Verizon's fault not RIM's. Maybe it's your mobile provider you should change.
So sorry, NO, in the real enterprise world we are tired of dealing with...
I don't remember giving you my proxy to make blanket statements for me and I doubt you speak for the entire enterprise world. For organizations that don't need the stability and security that a BES/Blackberry provide there are indeed some moving toward other devices. For any group that deals in sensitive information they need to protect there just isn't any competitor to RIM yet. And no the iPhone is not as secure and Android doesn't even have native security just yet.
And those good friends could become a good job lead the next time you need one. While I can't stand when a company decides to bring in Team Building experts who's job it is to humiliate and belittle you by making you act like a 5 year old to make you feel like part of the team I do think healthy interaction with your coworkers makes working more enjoyable long term. Most of the replies I've read so far seem very angry. Maybe it's because they don't have any friends to have lunch with.
A link to FON would be helpful. It really doesn't get much easier that this. FON even helps you set up selling day passes for non FON members so you can actually pay for your broadband by sharing it. The service is international so anybody with a broadband connection can do exactly what you want to do just by buying their $49 WiFi hotspot.
Isn't this exactly what Fonera is all about? You buy their WiFi hotspot and connect it to your Internet connection creating a separate WiFi hotspot from your personal secured WiFi and anyone who also owns and provides a hotspot is able to access it. That way you don't get freeloaders because only people who opt-in can access the network. There are even some ISPs who are starting to deploy them.
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My sister and her family will not pay for wireless data services. They are with AT&T. Recently She was swapping her SIM card from her dumb phone to an OLD Blackjack they had purchased years ago. AT&T automatically started charging them NOT for wireless data but for using a "smartphone"! How can they justify any of this?
What we need is the entire spectrum run by a single entity and the carriers just compete on service.
I believe Kyak's latest ad campaign sums it up quite nicely.
Executive: Because I'm a moron.
Assistant: What?
Executive: Mr. Carol! Are you a bright man?
Mr Carol: No I'm not!
Executive: Try and keep up.
Are these web sites and deals happening inside the US? If not what are US Senators going to do about it?
Did anyone else read the headline and think that MI6 had given Al Qaeda bomb plans in return for a cupcake recipe?
The Canadian-made SGU had movie-grade FX on a TV budget (it cost $2.5mil per episode according to Robert Carlyle, the main actor on the show).
Syfi (SciFi) cancelled Farscape despite its popularity citing cost as the main factor. Farscape was 1.2-1.5 Mil per episode. Stargate SG1 had a per episode budget of ~1.3 Mil until exchange rates flip flopped on them and it shot up to ~2 Mil and subsequently got cancelled (OK they were winding down anyway). You say SGU had a budget of 2.5 Mil and it has now also been cancelled. I'm sensing a trend. Maybe if the Ghost Hunters and Wrestlers insisted on more money per episode we would get some of these shows back?
What if the individuals they employ to do the persecution are members of anonymous? What if members of anonymous worked for Sony? Everyone seems to assume anonymous is made up of script kiddies with no real jobs or responsibilities. Granted what I have heard about their behavior on 4chan could lend credence to that presumption but don't we all get a little emboldened when we think we are "anonymous"? What if your co-worker is actually a member of anonymous? It could explain why your PC crashed after you pissed him off the other day.
It doesn't sound like you've had much invasive surgery done. The recovery is a bitch and can be very dangerous for a healthy person. Add age and diminished health and the risks triple. If a Dr. can keep from going back in he generally will.
Induction has been in certain pacemakers for at least twenty years. My first job as a tech was diagnosing pacemaker electronics that failed pre-assembly testing. The induction coils were used to program the pacemaker for the patients particular condition (AFib, VFib, one chamber up to four chambers). I'm sure the battery tech has improved since then and even back then the battery would last at least 5 years so I would imagine today's models probably last at least 10 years give or take. So incremental charging during Dr. visits could probably extend that out a good 5 to 10 more years provided the battery itself continues to hold a charge.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Give this man a Kewpie doll. The reason people get pacemakers is because the electrical signal from the brain isn't reaching the heart or isn't happening in the right rhythm.(don't want an atrial and ventricular valve both opening at the same time) If they would find out how the body does its electricity and just make a booster pack for it the patient might not need a pacemaker at all. Thus destroying another industry that employs so many people and keeps the economy going.
Quite stable and *nix stable are still worlds apart.
Actually one of the admins at LastPass had a PSN account and used the same password.
It wouldn't help. We'd still know it was him by his inclusion of the word "feeb" in his posts. http://slashdot.org/~MichaelKristopeit423
Volume?
Captain Obvious says yes.
If you are on a BES they still can't read your email. They can intercept a copy and try to decrypt it but with today's technology it would take them a few years to do so.
Perhaps a link would be helpful? Neatco has a product specifically designed for your important documents/receipts.
Your comparing apples and oranges. There's a difference between being able to do something and being able o do something well. Android and iOS browse the web good where until OS6 RIM could browse the web...but not good. The win-mo phones could kludge together a push notification but it was not good, or easy. RIM still has a way to go on it's UI and apps to be good at it but they are still better than anything out there when it comes to communicating. Which is what a phone is for.
Sorry, that is a lie.
A lie? seriously! How pompous and arrogant you must be
They are expensive, require additional data plans with Verizon
That is Verizon's fault not RIM's. Maybe it's your mobile provider you should change.
So sorry, NO, in the real enterprise world we are tired of dealing with...
I don't remember giving you my proxy to make blanket statements for me and I doubt you speak for the entire enterprise world. For organizations that don't need the stability and security that a BES/Blackberry provide there are indeed some moving toward other devices. For any group that deals in sensitive information they need to protect there just isn't any competitor to RIM yet. And no the iPhone is not as secure and Android doesn't even have native security just yet.
WOW...I guess that's why I don't read IT World.
And those good friends could become a good job lead the next time you need one. While I can't stand when a company decides to bring in Team Building experts who's job it is to humiliate and belittle you by making you act like a 5 year old to make you feel like part of the team I do think healthy interaction with your coworkers makes working more enjoyable long term. Most of the replies I've read so far seem very angry. Maybe it's because they don't have any friends to have lunch with.
A link to FON would be helpful. It really doesn't get much easier that this. FON even helps you set up selling day passes for non FON members so you can actually pay for your broadband by sharing it. The service is international so anybody with a broadband connection can do exactly what you want to do just by buying their $49 WiFi hotspot.
It's easier than you think
Isn't this exactly what Fonera is all about? You buy their WiFi hotspot and connect it to your Internet connection creating a separate WiFi hotspot from your personal secured WiFi and anyone who also owns and provides a hotspot is able to access it. That way you don't get freeloaders because only people who opt-in can access the network. There are even some ISPs who are starting to deploy them.
Isn't that an Oxymoron?