That makes it possible to sell your vote, though, because you can tell someone else what your phrase is in advance and later provide evidence that you voted the way you said you would.
If that really is the definition, then surely any phone service that doesn't include rental of a phone isn't a telecommunication service either - unless, of course, there's some special exception to that condition.
In what way is August 1995 "closer to 1996" than to 1995? Wouldn't the release date have to be in 1996 to be "closer" to it? Even if you're actually referring to the beginning of each year, how is February 2000 "closer to 2001" than to the beginning of 2000?
Gandhi's peaceful protests had very little impact. It was violent unrest in India that forced Britain to give up on governing it and hand it over to local political parties. Gandhi pretended to stay out of politics but actually maintained a lot of influence in the Congress party. His other interests were, frankly, pretty kooky.
Why is it good that VoIP is kept unregulated as an "information service", which it clearly isn't?
Is it also good that cable companies don't have to open access to their wires by competing ISPs, because they are providing an "information service", which again they clearly aren't? I thought the balance of opinion on Slashdot was against this misclassification.
They didn't avoid the fine, and they weren't avoiding future license costs either because Eolas isn't willing to sell them a license.
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I never had to bother with this as my network operator (O2, previously known as BT Cellnet, in the UK) doesn't lock handsets subsidised by pay-monthly contracts. Furthermore, those UK network operators that do lock handsets are legally obliged to unlock them on request once any minimum contract period is up (for a limited fee). The US GSM operators apparently do this too though I don't know whether they are legally obliged to. Anyway, most handsets can be unlocked quite easily with the right cable and software. Once your contract period is up you are under no obligation to stick with the same network so AFAIK this is perfectly legal.
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Both Cingular and T-Mobile were recently offering them for $50.
I've heard of "marketecture" before but never thought it would be used as a company name (though with different spelling). Given that there is such a company, though, it makes sense that Verisign would use their services.
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AT&T only has 1 (and 2 more on the way) here) GSM phones that do bluetooth, and its the largest phone you can buy physically, it also costs ~$300 unless you sign a 2 year contract.
That's not a bad price if there's no minimum term, but not so good if you have to sign up for a year.
This is the reason that in the US, you can't just buy a SIM card for your GSM phone like you can in europe, but must buy a whole new phone for each time you switch providers.
Really? It's certainly possible to buy pre-pay SIMs without a handset.
On top of all this BS, you have to deal with 1-2 year contracts with each provider, or face the consequences of paying double on rate plans. Thank the 200$ commission per telephone activation for this $175 early termination fee.
I think that's almost universal for monthly subscriptions.
The nominees actually have to be released in LA, and the MPAA's members have an oligopoly on distribution in the US. Independent film-makers generally still have to resort to MPAA members for distribution.
If each screener disc has a unique pattern of loss, then two screener versions of the same film can be compared and combined into a good unmarked one by switching from one source to the other every time there's a lossy frame. (This assumes there isn't overlap between the patterns.) If they can find a way of changing the film so it's unclear which frame is bad and which good then this might be a winner. Still, I think it would be a very sophisticated scheme that couldn't be defeated by comparison of larger numbers of sources.
Well, I'm not speaking from experience - I don't think I've ever received a telemarketing call at home, and both my phone numbers are now on the TPS register (the UK's do-not-call register). What I meant to say was that they can wait as long as they're programmed to.
I saw mention of something called "Ruby" in the linux-kernel discussion thread, and it turns out that this is a project that does exactly what you're asking for (and what I was hoping to be able to do at home recently).
I don't see how that would work. Telemarketing calls tend to be set up by auto-diallers; human callers are only assigned to the outgoing calls once they've connected. The auto-diallers will happily wait a long time for someone to pick up.
Vending machines here in the UK and in Euro-land cope just fine with 7 or 8 different denominations (0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, maybe 2). I would hope your vending machines are equally flexible, though it's possible that there are simple models designed only for the large US market that can't handle more than 4 (or worse, can't handle anything other than the sizes and weights of the 4 current coins).
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Parent comment is by Bev Harris of Black Box Voting.
That makes it possible to sell your vote, though, because you can tell someone else what your phrase is in advance and later provide evidence that you voted the way you said you would.
If that really is the definition, then surely any phone service that doesn't include rental of a phone isn't a telecommunication service either - unless, of course, there's some special exception to that condition.
I must admit I didn't read the article. Having had a brief look at it now, I still can't say I'm convinced.
In what way is August 1995 "closer to 1996" than to 1995? Wouldn't the release date have to be in 1996 to be "closer" to it? Even if you're actually referring to the beginning of each year, how is February 2000 "closer to 2001" than to the beginning of 2000?
Gandhi's peaceful protests had very little impact. It was violent unrest in India that forced Britain to give up on governing it and hand it over to local political parties. Gandhi pretended to stay out of politics but actually maintained a lot of influence in the Congress party. His other interests were, frankly, pretty kooky.
Why is it good that VoIP is kept unregulated as an "information service", which it clearly isn't?
Is it also good that cable companies don't have to open access to their wires by competing ISPs, because they are providing an "information service", which again they clearly aren't? I thought the balance of opinion on Slashdot was against this misclassification.
They didn't avoid the fine, and they weren't avoiding future license costs either because Eolas isn't willing to sell them a license.
I never had to bother with this as my network operator (O2, previously known as BT Cellnet, in the UK) doesn't lock handsets subsidised by pay-monthly contracts. Furthermore, those UK network operators that do lock handsets are legally obliged to unlock them on request once any minimum contract period is up (for a limited fee). The US GSM operators apparently do this too though I don't know whether they are legally obliged to. Anyway, most handsets can be unlocked quite easily with the right cable and software. Once your contract period is up you are under no obligation to stick with the same network so AFAIK this is perfectly legal.
Both Cingular and T-Mobile were recently offering them for $50.
That's only a problem with the "root-delegation-only" option, not the options used in the comment you replied to.
That's a terribly thin one you've got there. I wouldn't wave that around if I were you.
I've heard of "marketecture" before but never thought it would be used as a company name (though with different spelling). Given that there is such a company, though, it makes sense that Verisign would use their services.
That's not a bad price if there's no minimum term, but not so good if you have to sign up for a year.
Really? It's certainly possible to buy pre-pay SIMs without a handset.
I think that's almost universal for monthly subscriptions.
Yes, they're going into PubMed Central (see the FAQ).
The nominees actually have to be released in LA, and the MPAA's members have an oligopoly on distribution in the US. Independent film-makers generally still have to resort to MPAA members for distribution.
If each screener disc has a unique pattern of loss, then two screener versions of the same film can be compared and combined into a good unmarked one by switching from one source to the other every time there's a lossy frame. (This assumes there isn't overlap between the patterns.) If they can find a way of changing the film so it's unclear which frame is bad and which good then this might be a winner. Still, I think it would be a very sophisticated scheme that couldn't be defeated by comparison of larger numbers of sources.
Instead of guessing what happened, of course, you could have just RTFA. The letter was sent to Declan himself, not to his ISP.
Well, I'm not speaking from experience - I don't think I've ever received a telemarketing call at home, and both my phone numbers are now on the TPS register (the UK's do-not-call register). What I meant to say was that they can wait as long as they're programmed to.
I saw mention of something called "Ruby" in the linux-kernel discussion thread, and it turns out that this is a project that does exactly what you're asking for (and what I was hoping to be able to do at home recently).
I don't see how that would work. Telemarketing calls tend to be set up by auto-diallers; human callers are only assigned to the outgoing calls once they've connected. The auto-diallers will happily wait a long time for someone to pick up.
Vending machines here in the UK and in Euro-land cope just fine with 7 or 8 different denominations (0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, maybe 2). I would hope your vending machines are equally flexible, though it's possible that there are simple models designed only for the large US market that can't handle more than 4 (or worse, can't handle anything other than the sizes and weights of the 4 current coins).
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