Indeed. I didn't read the article but I did hear about it on the radio driving into work (yes, radio). Driving is chocked full of little distractions, but what the interviewer said was that the digital control on the dash is even more distractive than a phone. I can relate to that - I drove a 2014 rental with one of those. I was a major distraction, and also a pain in the ass. I like my manual controls thank you.
You make it sound like I'm actually endorsing this. I am not. I don't even own a cell and I don't care to. Still though, if the rule is choosing the lesser of two evils, which one is better (or worse)?
So they basically got away with it. $600k when they're charging $250-$1K per wireless account? Yeah...that's fair.
Yeah, and the victims won't see a penny of it either. What should have happened was the Marriot charged with full refunds with interest to those they scammed. I'm quite certain they would have financial records of them.
There's just something funny about the idea that our civilian population needs to create an informal spy agency to help it spy on its own government - that's essentially what we're proposing here.
Let me make this perfectly clear. There is not a single fucking thing about that proposition that is funny whatsoever.
Those who died for our freedoms we're losing aren't laughing.
keep your "benefits". I'll keep the wages I earned from my labor.
Interesting. So you will give up the infrastructure that supplies you with your daily needs? Best you get off that road, turn off that light, water, etc. and make sure you never lose your job because you will get no help whatsoever.
...But I also agree to whomever said it before me (if someone actually did) that it is not the company's fault for the filtering - its the fault of the government (law). This guy is suing the wrong parties. He should be suing the party who enacted the law.
I feel for Google and Yahoo in this instance. Why should they spend thousands of dollars in legal fees when the actions are out of their control?
In a sarcastic sort of way. Here's a comment that someone left:
According to the WD site one of the benefits of the drive is that you can:
"Listen to the music on your My Book World Edition drive while you're on vacation."
and it can hold: Up to 571,000 digital photos Up to 500,000 songs (MP3) Up to 50,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality) Up to 100 hours of Digital Video (DV) Up to 800 hours of DVD quality video Up to 200 hours of HD video
Yeah, that's the problem right there. Companies will make win-fall profits from this. You won't start seeing any real changes made to pricing of Canadian products until the Canuck dollar stabilizes and industries are pressured to do so.
Unfortunately, its not so great when you have the largest market in the world and all other countries use your dollar as the defacto standard, comparing theirs to yours.
By dropping your own standards, you create instability in the marketplace since there is no longer a stable standard to reference.
This is also why the price of gold has skyrocketed. People tend to fall on to precious metals as a form of stability in situations like this.
Interestingly enough, I listened to an industry expert on the radio who stated that the high Canadian dollar was not the result of the stronger Canadian economy, but rather a weakening American economy. I guess those who are bailing from the greenback are viewing Canada in a different light...
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Indeed. I didn't read the article but I did hear about it on the radio driving into work (yes, radio). Driving is chocked full of little distractions, but what the interviewer said was that the digital control on the dash is even more distractive than a phone. I can relate to that - I drove a 2014 rental with one of those. I was a major distraction, and also a pain in the ass. I like my manual controls thank you.
You make it sound like I'm actually endorsing this. I am not. I don't even own a cell and I don't care to. Still though, if the rule is choosing the lesser of two evils, which one is better (or worse)?
With this revelation will the government allow phone use now?
I'm going to blame Obama since I cannot pass blame on the CNN Discus boards anymore.
So they basically got away with it. $600k when they're charging $250-$1K per wireless account? Yeah...that's fair.
Yeah, and the victims won't see a penny of it either. What should have happened was the Marriot charged with full refunds with interest to those they scammed. I'm quite certain they would have financial records of them.
Indeed. I highly doubt they have the cops camping outside the building 24/7. I'm sure he could come and go as he pleases and no one would know.
There's just something funny about the idea that our civilian population needs to create an informal spy agency to help it spy on its own government - that's essentially what we're proposing here.
Let me make this perfectly clear. There is not a single fucking thing about that proposition that is funny whatsoever.
Those who died for our freedoms we're losing aren't laughing.
I think he said it rhetorically.
CNN has reporters? When did that start?
Ha! I'd mod you up if I could
keep your "benefits". I'll keep the wages I earned from my labor.
Interesting. So you will give up the infrastructure that supplies you with your daily needs? Best you get off that road, turn off that light, water, etc. and make sure you never lose your job because you will get no help whatsoever.
All software that touches the Internet?
Good luck with that.
Thank goodness the NSA was on top of this and notified everyone of the threat. Tanks NSA...
...But I also agree to whomever said it before me (if someone actually did) that it is not the company's fault for the filtering - its the fault of the government (law). This guy is suing the wrong parties. He should be suing the party who enacted the law.
I feel for Google and Yahoo in this instance. Why should they spend thousands of dollars in legal fees when the actions are out of their control?
Slashdotted already?
Ah, crap. Beaten by 2 minutes. Too bad there isn't a way to delete or at least edit your posts after submitting them.
In a sarcastic sort of way. Here's a comment that someone left:
According to the WD site one of the benefits of the drive is that you can:
"Listen to the music on your My Book World Edition drive while you're on vacation."
and it can hold:
Up to 571,000 digital photos
Up to 500,000 songs (MP3)
Up to 50,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
Up to 100 hours of Digital Video (DV)
Up to 800 hours of DVD quality video
Up to 200 hours of HD video
See for yourself at http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=340
It basically comes down to voting with your wallet. The more folks who do that the more Western Digital will realize it's not such a good idea to do.
... but the linked article is simply lame and not even worth reading. It was written like someone just needed a fill-in and was running out of time.
Call me a troll all you want. I just want my 2 minutes back!
You'd better uninstall Windows then... ;-)
Yeah, that's the problem right there. Companies will make win-fall profits from this. You won't start seeing any real changes made to pricing of Canadian products until the Canuck dollar stabilizes and industries are pressured to do so.
Unfortunately, its not so great when you have the largest market in the world and all other countries use your dollar as the defacto standard, comparing theirs to yours.
By dropping your own standards, you create instability in the marketplace since there is no longer a stable standard to reference.
This is also why the price of gold has skyrocketed. People tend to fall on to precious metals as a form of stability in situations like this.
Interestingly enough, I listened to an industry expert on the radio who stated that the high Canadian dollar was not the result of the stronger Canadian economy, but rather a weakening American economy. I guess those who are bailing from the greenback are viewing Canada in a different light...
... and there is nothing wrong with this either IMV. The industry is very adaptive. It will adapt to this and we will be stronger from it.
The look on Darl's face in the Wired article is simply priceless. Definitely the face of someone who has been beaten time and time again...
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/09/battered-sco-fi.html
YES! YES! YES!