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  1. Re:FTC on FTC Introduces New Orders For Intel; No Bundling · · Score: 1

    Not true. AT&T has some degree of voice & data coverage over the majority of the state, they're just missing in the remote areas of the Adirondacks & Catskills.

    T-Mobile, OTOH, doesn't even have voice coverage for much of the Finger Lakes & Southern Tier.

  2. Re:FTC on FTC Introduces New Orders For Intel; No Bundling · · Score: 1

    I'm not on T-Mobile because their coverage is a joke. There are massive swaths of upstate NY with no voice coverage, let alone data. Basically, if you go more than 15-20 minutes off an interstate, you're hosed.

  3. Re:FTC on FTC Introduces New Orders For Intel; No Bundling · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile has very weak coverage in my area

  4. Re:FTC on FTC Introduces New Orders For Intel; No Bundling · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Carrier Lock-in agreements are often because the carrier will subsidize the cost of your phone and if you leave early you need to pay off the rest of your phone.

    Then why doesn't my monthly bill go down when my 2-year contract is up? If I'm paying for part of the phone every month for 2 years, when the phone is paid off, my bill should go down.

    Why this hasn't been investigated by the FTC yet I don't understand.

  5. Re:What a testament to the HST... on Hubble Accuracy Surpassed By Earthbound Telescope · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that HST's launch was delayed by 4 years due to the Challenger explosion. Make that "over 24 years ahead."

  6. Re:Wheels on New Mars Rover Rolls For the First Time · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Take a look at the wheels designed for the lunar rover. They seemed to work out pretty well.

  7. Re:GM Must Be Freaking Right Now on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    What doesn't sell in California doesn't get made for the US, since Cali is more or less the top car market in the country.

    Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona all use California emissions standards. If your vehicle doesn't meet CA standards, you're losing a lot more sales than the CA market.

  8. Re:Cores do not equal power on Apple Launches New Magical Trackpad, 12 Core Macs · · Score: 1

    Aperture 3.0 does. And even with my admittedly light usage, I'm able to peg my dual-core MacBook's CPUs at 100% while working with RAW files easily.

  9. Re:You're forgetting something on World's First Molten-Salt Solar Plant Opens · · Score: 1

    kill us all and poison the planet for a bejillion years!

    If we're all dead, what do we care if the planet is poisoned for a bejillion years?

    All this "save the planet" stuff is really "keep the planet habitable for humans." No humans, no worries.

  10. Re:Legally questionable scenarios? on How IT Pros Can Avoid Legal Trouble · · Score: 1

    That only works if the company is subject to SEC overview. If they're not publicly traded, SOX won't matter.

  11. Re:To be fair, on RIAA Paid $16M+ In Legal Fees To Collect $391K · · Score: 1

    But the legal battles aren't pointless to the corporations. Look at that $16M as an investment. If winning that lawsuit makes it easier, faster & cheaper to win future cases, they'll make it back and then some.

  12. Re:Data mining gone wrong. on Familial DNA Testing Nabs Alleged Serial Killer · · Score: 1

    I thought I read a long, long time ago that DNA evidence (as tested by law enforcement) was known to be only truly useful for exclusionary purposes. That is, you can use the markers to determine that the suspect's DNA definitely doesn't match the evidence found at the scene, but if there appeared to be a match it wasn't a guarantee that the suspect was the perpetrator.

  13. Re:I can't see the tags... on A Look Back At Bombing the Van Allen Belts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the sixties the general view on the environment was that it was robust.

    And in the 40s, the scientists running the Manhattan Project were afraid that the device detonated at Trinity would ignite the atmosphere.

  14. Re:Just Return It on Apple, AT&T Sued Over iPhone 4 Antennas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The idea behind the lawsuit is to remind Apple that marketing poorly designed or tested products is not acceptable. I think.

    A higher-than-normal return rate, with the antenna issue being the stated reason, should achieve similar results. In theory.

  15. Re:So Much For Employee Privacy! on Google To Add Pay To Cover a Tax For Gays · · Score: 4, Informative

    What business does Google have to snoop into it's employee's sexual preferences?

    The employee would have to declare that they need domestic partner health benefits. Google isn't "snooping", it's information the employee is providing.

    What about Google employees who are straight who live with someone who they are not married, they going to see extra pay?

    If they qualify for domestic partner health benefits, I should think so.

  16. Re:"sex" is too vanilla to sell on Regular Domains Have More Malware Than Porn Sites · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read them for the articles.

  17. Re:GM does/did it. on Dell Selling Faulty PCs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They were replaced twice under warranty, and now that the warranty is up, they're clunking again

    Check your paperwork. If the part failed within 12K/12 months of the repair, it should be covered by a separate warranty on that work.

    "Living with the clunk" is a bad idea - if the bushings are broken/worn, depending on which bushings they are, you could be setting yourself up for a failure of the suspension, which at best will leave you stranded on the side of the road, and at worst in a major accident due to loss of control.

  18. Re:Not a serious contender on Might Shatner Boldly Lead Canada As Governor? · · Score: 1

    Do Sam Neill, Alec Baldwin, Tim Curry, Stellan Skaarsgard (I know I spelled that wrong), Sean Connery, et. al. know Russian, or did they just memorize their lines for The Hunt for Red October?

  19. Re:Useful for some people, but... on Why Intel Wants To Network Your Clothes Dryer · · Score: 1

    Not watching or listening to the TV, turn it off.

    Great way to prematurely kill the $120 bulb in a projection TV.

  20. Re:And yet they still bought the iPads on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then buy something else with the voucher.

    Or sell the voucher to a friend for face value or take a 5% hit on it.

  21. Re:And yet they still bought the iPads on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 1

    So put a hold on one elsewhere for the next shipment. Or buy it online. You absolutely must have it right now?

  22. And yet they still bought the iPads on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's what pisses me off the most. If you don't like the seller's terms, don't buy the damn iPad. There are other places to buy it - online especially, but other stores as well. Walk out, do some research, then buy from someplace that isn't going to ask you to spend another $150 just to get out the door.

    Even if you can see through the bullshit at that store & persuade them to break the "policy", you're still supporting them by buying there - and the next 100 customers may not be so lucky. The store will make up that money they lost on you by getting it from some other sucker.

  23. Re:I would trade problems... on HP Gives Printers Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    Complete coincidence. Your car doesn't know what day it entered service or what day it is right now, unless you've got OnStar or similar.

    If you were truly a single day past warranty, a decent dealer would have covered you.

  24. Re:Poor programing practices, NOT IIS or SQL at fa on Mass SQL Injection Attack Hits Sites Running IIS · · Score: 1

    Or at least Prepared Statements (if your DBA is a PITA and won't let you go heavy on the Stored Procedures).

  25. Re:Eventually they'll get it right on Second Straight Rocket Failure For South Korea · · Score: 1

    SpaceX has had how many successful launches?

    Three. 2 for the Falcon 1, one for the Falcon 9.

    I'm not saying that they have bad designs, but the Russians have a hell of a lot more experience in putting stuff into space.