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I would have suggested.troll for trolls, but they already have the newsgroups to play in.
Well, the U.S. could sue Intel, and then the money would be going back to consumers in a way.
... right - another lawsuit... just what we really need.
Time for a new poll - US suing Intel:
[ ] No thanks, I have enough holes in my head already [ ] I couldn't care less [ ] I could care less, but I'd REALLY have to work on it [ ] Kill all the lawyers and be done with it [ ] In the soviet union intel sues cowboyneal's korean granny [ ] Free beer
no - the quarter-mile is from a standing start, intrenal combustion, jet, and rocket-powered cars all ca compete in their categories... its not at all like the "worlds fastest car" thing on the salt flats.
... which brings us to the obvious question - why can't they fix it (slashcode) so that we can insert code samples properly?
in php its no big deal to make sure that anything you stuff in a db is safe - just do an $valueToStore = htmlentities($valueFromPoster). So either do the same in perl, or convert to php.
The report is motivated by a paucity of unbiased analysis for stakeholders assessing the merits of government involvement in broadband wireless networks based on Wi-Fi.
... their motivation makes sense, kinda
"Hey, everyone else is releasing biased reports!"
"There must be a market for biased reports!"
"Lets release our own biased report!"
PROFIT !!!
Fucktards (both Jupiter and anyone who pays for this "report").
Your 2nd-to-last line proves my point and contradicts the rest of your post:
I see no description of a "standard" V265 anywhere that states that the V265 has these features that Verizon has disabled.
In other words, all V265s come with this capability (sounds like a standard to me if they can all do it) - just that, to quote you "these features that Verizon has disabled."
Verizon couldn't / wouldn't need to disable them if they weren't available, now could they...
If you had taken a few seconds to look, you would have seen that people can get fungal infections in their fingernails as well - especially women who use artificial nails or nail polish, both of which trap moisture under the nail.
By definition software patents give you more freedom because they promote the growth of open source software rather then having one gigantic company that makes all the software because they have all the patents.
If there are no software patents just how the fuck is "one gigantic company" going to have all the patents?
Dr. Tom's advice: If you're posting from work, go grab a coffee. If from home, hit the bed for a couple more zzzs.
I think the issue here is that *your* definition of "cripped" is Verizon's lawyers' definition of "feature".
They would lose. It would be the same as if I sold you a computer that comes standard with a 250-gig hard drive, but first broke the hard drive so you could only run off a cd-rom. Its crippled , but according to your theory, I can "feature" it by saying that this "feature" will prevent any viruses from surviving between boots.
Oh, and add to that, that the cd/dvd can only run with my custom boot disks, and that if you want to run any other software, you have to buy it from me since you can't just run it off a standard cd/dvd disk.
Lets look at an analogous situation - you buy an xbox from your local retailer, who has modified it so that it can only play games bought from them, and only connect to xbox live through them.
They are not the manufacturers of the phone. So what they're selling isnt a v265 - its a heavily crippled device that USED to be a v265. The v265 has specific features - look on the anufacturers site or in the manual that comes with it.
Look at it like this - I offer to sell you a Toyota Prius hybrid. You figure "great - save a lot of money". Then, after you've bought it, you find out that I've removed everything that allows it to function as a hybrid - it now runs on gasoline only. And I own a lot of the gas stations in town. And I've modified the fill-up spout so that you can't get a fill-up from a competing gas station
So, no fraud? Come on - they sold something without disclosing how it differed from a standard v265.
The phone is crippled by the RESELLER, not the manufacturer. It would be akin to buying a hybrid car, then finding out that the reseller has disabled its ability to run as a hybrid - it runs on gas only - and they own the only gas station that has a nozzle that fits your modified gas tank.
In order to maximize profits, you can't cut costs by disabling what's already there.
Sure you can. Modem manufacturers used to do it all the time - 1 assembly line, 1 printed circuit board, etc., is cheaper than 2. Just cut a few traces and your 56k faxmodem is now a 33k modem w/o fax.
Same with software - it may be capable of n number of users at once, but its been crippled so that you need to buy licenses for each user.
he says nothing about the verizon TOS, and doesn't even warn that you could get your service cut off if they found out you did this.
that would seem like something that should have been mentioned...
Bullshit - they *sold* him the phone. They didn't license it to him, they *sold* it. You buy the phone, and license the service. Also, they failed to mention that they had crippled it before he bought it. Seems to me that cell phone companies selling crippled phones without full disclosure merits an investigation by the local Attorney General and/or Consumer Protection office for fraud.
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Do away with the TLDs and all this nonsense like cybersquatting would stop (I prefer a BLT myself, anyway :-)
Time to do away with centralized TLDs and the whole TLD hierarchial system. Its not like its necessary from a technical point of view.
Howabout dick.mobi? Make for some funny reverse lookups "in mobi dick".
Time for a new poll - US suing Intel:
no - the quarter-mile is from a standing start, intrenal combustion, jet, and rocket-powered cars all ca compete in their categories... its not at all like the "worlds fastest car" thing on the salt flats.
You forgot - they need room to stop, plus grandstands, concessions (sell thos NASACAR T-Shirts and beer holders), parking, etc.
Or regular races - sell lots of tickets - you could call it the NASACAR races.
I just use strtr to get rid of any suspicious characters, but thanx
ecode doesn't indent properly - they have it screwed up intentionally to prevent the page-widening trolls (same as inserting spaces at random)
in php its no big deal to make sure that anything you stuff in a db is safe - just do an $valueToStore = htmlentities($valueFromPoster). So either do the same in perl, or convert to php.
"unbiased analysis" gives "Alas inane subsidy". It's a start ...
- "Hey, everyone else is releasing biased reports!"
- "There must be a market for biased reports!"
- "Lets release our own biased report!"
- PROFIT !!!
Fucktards (both Jupiter and anyone who pays for this "report").Verizon couldn't / wouldn't need to disable them if they weren't available, now could they ...
If you had taken a few seconds to look, you would have seen that people can get fungal infections in their fingernails as well - especially women who use artificial nails or nail polish, both of which trap moisture under the nail.
That's not all. Now, in addition to having to worry about computer viruses, you're going to have to worry about nail fungus eating your data.
Dr. Tom's advice: If you're posting from work, go grab a coffee. If from home, hit the bed for a couple more zzzs.
Oh, and add to that, that the cd/dvd can only run with my custom boot disks, and that if you want to run any other software, you have to buy it from me since you can't just run it off a standard cd/dvd disk.
The product is crippled. You've been ripped off.
Look at it like this - I offer to sell you a Toyota Prius hybrid. You figure "great - save a lot of money". Then, after you've bought it, you find out that I've removed everything that allows it to function as a hybrid - it now runs on gasoline only. And I own a lot of the gas stations in town. And I've modified the fill-up spout so that you can't get a fill-up from a competing gas station
So, no fraud? Come on - they sold something without disclosing how it differed from a standard v265.
The phone is crippled by the RESELLER, not the manufacturer. It would be akin to buying a hybrid car, then finding out that the reseller has disabled its ability to run as a hybrid - it runs on gas only - and they own the only gas station that has a nozzle that fits your modified gas tank.
Same with software - it may be capable of n number of users at once, but its been crippled so that you need to buy licenses for each user.