The price tag idea is fantastic, I can steal Frank's badge, and grab myself 10 of everything. List it on ebay at the tagged price and make a nice bonus every week.
And here I thought they were just trying to match the Australian prices to avoid the government inquiry into software pricing, but you're right - They would need to triple the prices to match.
OEM machines do include a product key attached. You are licensing the software when you buy that machine, you aren't buying the recovery disk. Grab a clean OEM installation disk from a friend, ask for a copy from the shop you bought it from (a non crapware version that they keep in their workshop) or download a copy. The disk is just an installation media, and has nothing to do with your license of windows.
That said, the disk is still handy. You can call up MS support, claim your sticker has been torn up or damaged, and get a replacement key from them - they will ask for either the part number on the inner ring of the disk, or ask you to scan/photograph the disk.
Additionally you are able to activate your copy of windows online up to 3 times per month, after that you will need to contact them over the phone, and when asked by the automated machine, say that you are installing it on the same computer, and that it is only installed only on that computer exclusively.
Suggesting that having a passion for and gaining knowledge for building and tweaking hardware will have no value later in life? You're probably right, he should be out there learning to be an accountant or banker, or something he has no interest in.
Chances are this is the remote admin password for easy customer service. The devices are probably just rebranded Netgears or Belkins. Flash the firmware from the Vendor's support site, and clear off the Telstra "customer friendly" version of the firmware and this becomes a non-issue. I recall even manually adding a variable into the url enabled "advanced mode" to change this stuff without flashing the firmware.
Just because you can play whatever you want at a quality you feel is enough for your standards doesn't mean you represent everyone. Too many posts here encouraging mediocrity. Why should I be happy with 'good enough'? What if I want to play a game across three 30" screens at 7860x1600 at 120fps? What if I want a car that can go from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds? There is nobody anywhere that is happy that everything in life just hovers around "close enough is good enough".
How are you supposed to simulate something when the simulation generates so much heat that the simulated object can never exist long enough to run the simulation ?
A variation on this model has been in Australia since the introduction of broadband. We pay for a package which includes X amount of data per billing month such as a 30Gb, 60gb, 150gb deal, while the service is a standard ADSL2+ connection across the board. If you go over your alloted quota you get two options: Pay a premium per GB downloaded over your quota or be on the "unlimited" plan where you suffer having your connection limited to 64kb/s or 128kb/s (depending on the provider) until the next billing month. You can still find "connection speed" plans here and there, but they are mostly grandfathered plans from old old contracts.
This is happening only when you watch shows the day after they air. A consumer can do the same thing right now with a DVR. Simply record all the shows and watch them the next night, fast forwarding through all the commercials. Dish is simply automating the process.
Be careful, if they knew that, there will be a push to make such features on devices illegal, or every time you press fast forward it inserts a 30 second advertisement!
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"It most probably definitely should be OK... I think." - Actual answer I have given to clients.
They must be pressing B to stop evolution.
The price tag idea is fantastic, I can steal Frank's badge, and grab myself 10 of everything. List it on ebay at the tagged price and make a nice bonus every week.
By "lose" I mean "share information with a trusted partner" clause in their privacy contract that lets them get away with selling it anyway.
They'd happily take your money, and promptly "lose" your information a few times a year for more.
Regardless of your actual faith, why wouldn't you choose this option?
And here I thought they were just trying to match the Australian prices to avoid the government inquiry into software pricing, but you're right - They would need to triple the prices to match.
OEM machines do include a product key attached. You are licensing the software when you buy that machine, you aren't buying the recovery disk. Grab a clean OEM installation disk from a friend, ask for a copy from the shop you bought it from (a non crapware version that they keep in their workshop) or download a copy. The disk is just an installation media, and has nothing to do with your license of windows.
That said, the disk is still handy. You can call up MS support, claim your sticker has been torn up or damaged, and get a replacement key from them - they will ask for either the part number on the inner ring of the disk, or ask you to scan/photograph the disk.
Additionally you are able to activate your copy of windows online up to 3 times per month, after that you will need to contact them over the phone, and when asked by the automated machine, say that you are installing it on the same computer, and that it is only installed only on that computer exclusively.
Suggesting that having a passion for and gaining knowledge for building and tweaking hardware will have no value later in life? You're probably right, he should be out there learning to be an accountant or banker, or something he has no interest in.
All three of them
After bothering to Read TFA, these are Netcomm mobile broadband modems. So disregard nearly everything except the vendor firmware bit I guess.
Chances are this is the remote admin password for easy customer service. The devices are probably just rebranded Netgears or Belkins. Flash the firmware from the Vendor's support site, and clear off the Telstra "customer friendly" version of the firmware and this becomes a non-issue. I recall even manually adding a variable into the url enabled "advanced mode" to change this stuff without flashing the firmware.
Just because you can play whatever you want at a quality you feel is enough for your standards doesn't mean you represent everyone. Too many posts here encouraging mediocrity. Why should I be happy with 'good enough'? What if I want to play a game across three 30" screens at 7860x1600 at 120fps? What if I want a car that can go from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds? There is nobody anywhere that is happy that everything in life just hovers around "close enough is good enough".
Did you make it back alive?
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How are you supposed to simulate something when the simulation generates so much heat that the simulated object can never exist long enough to run the simulation ?
Don't worry, they simulated the freezer first.
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"screw C put it all in binary"
I wonder who else bothered to convert this up before me.
Really? I see this exact comment on every /. post about the **AA, and it gets +5 every time.
People's privacy has already been trampled on for years! So nobody is going to say anything when we implement this. Right? Right??
A variation on this model has been in Australia since the introduction of broadband. We pay for a package which includes X amount of data per billing month such as a 30Gb, 60gb, 150gb deal, while the service is a standard ADSL2+ connection across the board. If you go over your alloted quota you get two options: Pay a premium per GB downloaded over your quota or be on the "unlimited" plan where you suffer having your connection limited to 64kb/s or 128kb/s (depending on the provider) until the next billing month. You can still find "connection speed" plans here and there, but they are mostly grandfathered plans from old old contracts.
This is happening only when you watch shows the day after they air. A consumer can do the same thing right now with a DVR. Simply record all the shows and watch them the next night, fast forwarding through all the commercials. Dish is simply automating the process.
Be careful, if they knew that, there will be a push to make such features on devices illegal, or every time you press fast forward it inserts a 30 second advertisement!
when you watch programs the day after they are first aired
Wouldn't that suggest they can use that 15 minutes for something else?
I'll be impressed when they finally get around to changing DDR to TDR or QDR.
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Two plus two is ten.
Shit I just caught asthma.
(In base four I'm fine!)