IIRC, Vontage users don't pay a 911 taxation fee. Therefore, they do not pay to operate the 911 centers. I think this is a situation of you get what you pay for. Governments have to fund the 911 service, and they have rightfully decided to do so with a standard phone line tax.
Didn't Microsoft engineers claim, in court, to the EU that they couldn't remove Internet Explorer from the Operating System without breaking it?
Interesting seeing as Microsoft are now suddenly able to seperate the two (in reference to Windows XP, not Windows Vista).
What's more, IIRC, Bill Gates himself testified in a US Antitrust case that doing such a task would not be possible. I'll be waiting for Bill Gates to be arraigned on perjury charges....but I won't hold my breath.
Yes, there is one way. I had the exact same thought as you did, right up until I realized something: Intel no longer has a monopoly in the processor market.
The conclusion that then follows is: There is no more anti-trust. Just competition.
Actually...this behavior is called tying...which is also illegal.
Maybe I'm missing something here... who spends all their connection time communicating with Google? I use Google to find things, and I spend most of my browsing time connected either to sites already bookmarked or sites I find via Google. So what is the model that would have anyone connecting almost exclusively to Google?
I was comparing a single TCP connection to a phone call. A TCP connection has an originator and a destination. In the long distance phone network model, the destination network receieves payment from the LD Carrier.
Let's take the TYPICAL Phone system model and apply it to this situation.
Now, I am not completely aware of all the business rules of the phone community, but if It understand it correctly
The Long Distance Provider (LDP) PAYS the "terminating" network a fee (per minute, per call, whatevere).
The "terminating network" is the one that didn't originate the call.
As far as billing goes, it matters not who talks (or sends more data over the line), only who initiated the line
Okay...given THOSE rules...let's apply them to the internet:
Client PC Sends SYN Packet to Google (or insert your favorite website here), thus establishing and "originating" the call.
Client PC asks Google to ask it who it should call topic XYZ
Google says if you want XYZ, you should "call" person ABC
Client (or Google) Terminates call (SYN or RST Packet).
Let's also take these facts into consideration:
Long Distance companies have charged clients by the minute.
More recently long distance companies have charged clients a "flat" monthly fee (all you can use long distance).
Okay...now following this model...
The ISP has given their client an "all you can access" plan for use of the internet.
Their client is USUALLY calling Google and using GOOGLE's network, since Google is usually the "terminating" network.
Ergo, should not the ISP pay GOOGLE for using IT'S network?!?!
Of course, when google is crawling, they would have to pay the ISP of the server they are talking to. This isn't near the amount of traffic they take in, I would guess.
What I see here is the phone companies twisting their own business rules to fit their purposes. In doing so they are abandoning the definitions of what is an "originator" and a "terminator"...the very definitions they have been using for YEARS.
Either the bullet is actually the RFID tag, in which case I'm not sure of the aero dynamic properties of hte RFID tag, but something that small wouldn't really travel well in straight lines, and would be too light to maintain the necessary speed. If it was larger, and could carry the necessary momentum necessary to get to you from a distance, then i would surely feel a lot more painful than a mosquito bite, or you'd notice the dart sticking out of your neck.
The way I see it, in the future they will start implanting these into Drivers Liscenses, and since you are (I think) required to have ID with you this can be thier loophole into always having an eye on you, but not actually sticking you with a needle full of nano technology.
They don't need to stick you with a needle now. There are guns from what I understand that can inject you with a tag at a distance. The sensation felt is that equivalent to a mosquito bite. Most people would pass it off as a hair being tugged by something...scary.
There is a firefox extension which lets you do the search on different search engines, but I donot know any for internet explorer. However the concept used in clusty search engine looks good.
Ignorantia juris non excusat or Ignorantia legis neminem excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law is no excuse") is a public policy holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because he or she was unaware of its content; that is, persons have presumed knowledge of the law.
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The P/E is in the 90's but the 5 year P/E/G (PEG) is in the reasonable realm. Of course, the PEG may be based on inflated growth expectations...
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Let's not forget what happened on StarGate Atlantis....the planet blew up!
IIRC, Vontage users don't pay a 911 taxation fee. Therefore, they do not pay to operate the 911 centers. I think this is a situation of you get what you pay for. Governments have to fund the 911 service, and they have rightfully decided to do so with a standard phone line tax.
Didn't Microsoft engineers claim, in court, to the EU that they couldn't remove Internet Explorer from the Operating System without breaking it?
Interesting seeing as Microsoft are now suddenly able to seperate the two (in reference to Windows XP, not Windows Vista).
What's more, IIRC, Bill Gates himself testified in a US Antitrust case that doing such a task would not be possible. I'll be waiting for Bill Gates to be arraigned on perjury charges....but I won't hold my breath.
but there are 'only' three parties with that information: Intuit, the IRS, and myself.
You didn't file state taxes?
They don't have access to email, but the FBI has access to my email. How convenient, indeed!
I thought it read:
Microsoft Releases [Longhorn] At last
This was also covered in Bruce Schneier's Blog: Credit Card Companies and Agenda a few days back.
A quick google search seems to indicate it is not GPL. I have not found any hard evidence it is GPL and some evidence to support it is not.
Styrofoam (R) is a Trademark of The Dow Chemical COmpany. What this article is talking about is normal polystyrene such as taht used in cups.
A lot of who is right depends on who funded each study and what they set out to prove (or disprove) in their study.
Does this count for inflation?
Many state's already have laws that make Unauthorized access to a computer system crime!!!
Yes, there is one way. I had the exact same thought as you did, right up until I realized something: Intel no longer has a monopoly in the processor market.
The conclusion that then follows is: There is no more anti-trust. Just competition.
Actually...this behavior is called tying...which is also illegal.
Maybe I'm missing something here... who spends all their connection time communicating with Google? I use Google to find things, and I spend most of my browsing time connected either to sites already bookmarked or sites I find via Google. So what is the model that would have anyone connecting almost exclusively to Google?
I was comparing a single TCP connection to a phone call. A TCP connection has an originator and a destination. In the long distance phone network model, the destination network receieves payment from the LD Carrier.
Let's take the TYPICAL Phone system model and apply it to this situation.
Now, I am not completely aware of all the business rules of the phone community, but if It understand it correctly
- The Long Distance Provider (LDP) PAYS the "terminating" network a fee (per minute, per call, whatevere).
- The "terminating network" is the one that didn't originate the call.
- As far as billing goes, it matters not who talks (or sends more data over the line), only who initiated the line
Okay...given THOSE rules...let's apply them to the internet:- Client PC Sends SYN Packet to Google (or insert your favorite website here), thus establishing and "originating" the call.
- Client PC asks Google to ask it who it should call topic XYZ
- Google says if you want XYZ, you should "call" person ABC
- Client (or Google) Terminates call (SYN or RST Packet).
Let's also take these facts into consideration:- Long Distance companies have charged clients by the minute.
- More recently long distance companies have charged clients a "flat" monthly fee (all you can use long distance).
Okay...now following this model...- The ISP has given their client an "all you can access" plan for use of the internet.
- Their client is USUALLY calling Google and using GOOGLE's network, since Google is usually the "terminating" network.
Ergo, should not the ISP pay GOOGLE for using IT'S network?!?!Of course, when google is crawling, they would have to pay the ISP of the server they are talking to. This isn't near the amount of traffic they take in, I would guess.
What I see here is the phone companies twisting their own business rules to fit their purposes. In doing so they are abandoning the definitions of what is an "originator" and a "terminator"...the very definitions they have been using for YEARS.
...And that is my $.02
Either the bullet is actually the RFID tag, in which case I'm not sure of the aero dynamic properties of hte RFID tag, but something that small wouldn't really travel well in straight lines, and would be too light to maintain the necessary speed. If it was larger, and could carry the necessary momentum necessary to get to you from a distance, then i would surely feel a lot more painful than a mosquito bite, or you'd notice the dart sticking out of your neck.
Bruce S. covered the conceept of RFID Injection from a Distance. It may still be science fiction...
The way I see it, in the future they will start implanting these into Drivers Liscenses, and since you are (I think) required to have ID with you this can be thier loophole into always having an eye on you, but not actually sticking you with a needle full of nano technology.
They don't need to stick you with a needle now. There are guns from what I understand that can inject you with a tag at a distance. The sensation felt is that equivalent to a mosquito bite. Most people would pass it off as a hair being tugged by something...scary.
There is a firefox extension which lets you do the search on different search engines, but I donot know any for internet explorer. However the concept used in clusty search engine looks good.
Yet Another reason to switch to Firefox!
After their IPs posted on slashdot? They'll vote to make port scanning illegal...:p
:)
I'm pretty sure it is already...
Actually...there is a lot of case law in Federal courts saying it isn't.
Ignorantia juris non excusat or Ignorantia legis neminem excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law is no excuse") is a public policy holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because he or she was unaware of its content; that is, persons have presumed knowledge of the law.
The P/E is in the 90's but the 5 year P/E/G (PEG) is in the reasonable realm. Of course, the PEG may be based on inflated growth expectations...
Actually... I think it is wrong:
...Plonk...Thanks for playing.
If they only pay their 15% social security tax on $1 instead of the required $80,000 by law, it is really a scam on the public (and the system).
If they don't hold the stock for at least full year the capital gain is taxed at their normal income tax rate.
...Like the copier industry is less saturated than the photography industry.
Are they nuts?!?!?