After years enduring the tender mercies of AT&T and Time Warner Cable, broadband consumers in Austin are feeling reamed. I expect competition will result in improved offerings and lower prices from the existing duopoly, as it has wherever municipal or other alternatives are available.
I recently investigated upgrading my speed and just getting basic pricing information is difficult (AT&T) to impossible (Time Warner). So how much will it cost after the promotional period? "We can't tell you that, sir." Are you fucking kidding me?
It sounds like Microsoft didn't so much as give up, as go around Apple.
Microsoft did not give up anything and there was nothing to "get around". Apple's rules are very clear: in app purchases pay Apple a percentage, web purchases do not. No deceit involved by either party.
The Telcos know who's dialling 10,000 numbers per day and who isn't.
I was about to post something similar. The core of the problem is telcos profiting from crime, not lack of a technical solution. FTA: "...getting private industry to use these to block and reduce the number of robocalls"
Yesterday on the PBS New Hour, a Clinton era official was upset US actions in Korea were labelled a failure, pointing to agreements that in the end were not honored. He could not get it through his head that the measure of success is whether or not those policies lead to lasting peace and cooperation, which they clearly did not. It was a pathetic exercise in "We got it right, we were awesome, the bad things happening now have no relation to my successes."
Even OJ Simpson was quoted as saying, "Cool it, Kim. You should ratchet things down by looking for the real killers who sunk that South Korean destroyer."
That's a bad thing? CentOS 6.X is the least bothersome distribution by far. That includes Gnome 2 and a declared agenda of stability and support. When I want a Linux distribution that works, without bleeding edge kookiness, I choose RHEL/CentOS. I worry what RHEL 7.X will bring. Check out our shiny new UI paradigm! Nooooo...
The idea of a smart watch when you already have a smart phone sounds to my old man ears like sneakers that blink lights when you walk. Maybe you have to be young to want blinky sneakers.
Usually people say "woosh" when a joke goes over someone's head. I'll slay "sploosh" to indicate the joke fell into the toilet and splashed your hiney.
You've clearly never been through a sales/use tax audit as a business.
I'm glad to see there is an adult on this site. A little real world experience goes a long way. My company got to go through such an audit. Our scrupulously anal accountant buried that poor auditor in immaculately cataloged records. Nothing to see here, move along.
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Translation: aaronb1138 hates Apple, and assumes a popular tech site is doomed (DOOMED!) because they wrote something he disagrees with.
After years enduring the tender mercies of AT&T and Time Warner Cable, broadband consumers in Austin are feeling reamed. I expect competition will result in improved offerings and lower prices from the existing duopoly, as it has wherever municipal or other alternatives are available.
I recently investigated upgrading my speed and just getting basic pricing information is difficult (AT&T) to impossible (Time Warner). So how much will it cost after the promotional period? "We can't tell you that, sir." Are you fucking kidding me?
Google should co-brand, say with Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Game of Thrones. That's a laptop that will sell!
It sounds like Microsoft didn't so much as give up, as go around Apple.
Microsoft did not give up anything and there was nothing to "get around". Apple's rules are very clear: in app purchases pay Apple a percentage, web purchases do not. No deceit involved by either party.
...software as a service hellscape.
Orifice365 ? That's unpossible!
Tried to call all the Windows Phone owners, but they didn't exist.
The Telcos know who's dialling 10,000 numbers per day and who isn't.
I was about to post something similar. The core of the problem is telcos profiting from crime, not lack of a technical solution. FTA: "...getting private industry to use these to block and reduce the number of robocalls"
Houston, we have a problem...
stop bitching that someone else didn't execute your vision.
His complaints remind me of a Repo Man quote: "...and, yet I blame society."
FPS game recreation of the crucifixion of Christ. Can't touch this!
My guess is from Amazon, like any other Juggalo.
Yesterday on the PBS New Hour, a Clinton era official was upset US actions in Korea were labelled a failure, pointing to agreements that in the end were not honored. He could not get it through his head that the measure of success is whether or not those policies lead to lasting peace and cooperation, which they clearly did not. It was a pathetic exercise in "We got it right, we were awesome, the bad things happening now have no relation to my successes."
Even OJ Simpson was quoted as saying, "Cool it, Kim. You should ratchet things down by looking for the real killers who sunk that South Korean destroyer."
No pancake is so thin that it has only one side.
You haven't tried my Mobius pancake recipe.
Did someone owning an Apple product hurt you? You are displaying a bizarre obsession.
If you absolutely, positively must destroy your data, you must succeed in destroying the universe.
"If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
Hammer time is therapy. Sweet vengeful therapy.
Your delusions of victimhood do not justify crimes against those who don't share your religion.
That's a bad thing? CentOS 6.X is the least bothersome distribution by far. That includes Gnome 2 and a declared agenda of stability and support. When I want a Linux distribution that works, without bleeding edge kookiness, I choose RHEL/CentOS. I worry what RHEL 7.X will bring. Check out our shiny new UI paradigm! Nooooo...
[GUARD #1] Are you suggesting compilers migrate?
[ARTHUR] Not at all, they could be carried.
At work we still have a Gateway P5-60 running, albeit slowly, as a hardware test machine.
The idea of a smart watch when you already have a smart phone sounds to my old man ears like sneakers that blink lights when you walk. Maybe you have to be young to want blinky sneakers.
Usually people say "woosh" when a joke goes over someone's head. I'll slay "sploosh" to indicate the joke fell into the toilet and splashed your hiney.
Can anyone provide a place that I can donate to her legal defense fund?
Given her long history of claiming victimhood she will establish a legal offense fund.
She did refer to the men as "ass clowns".
You've clearly never been through a sales/use tax audit as a business.
I'm glad to see there is an adult on this site. A little real world experience goes a long way. My company got to go through such an audit. Our scrupulously anal accountant buried that poor auditor in immaculately cataloged records. Nothing to see here, move along.