So, your completely non-intuitive method of attaching a PDF via opening a few apps to just get AT it to send in an email is better than, say, long-press, send, select email, and off to the races?
The Tea Party may have had these goals *in the distant past*, but it's now a flunky tool of the Evangelical Xtian movement whose goal has been to corrupt and take over government since the 70's. The only thing it really accomplished was to make the Republicans look like even bigger stooges of the military and corporate America.
You can thank the Bush Administration for taking most of the teeth out of the Fair Labor Standards Act. I read the whole thing cover-to-cover about 5 years ago, there were decent protections for those of us in computer-related fields. Once Bush's changes went into full effect, our HR department wasted no time in rolling out changes to attendance/tardy policies, destroying vacation rules and taking away vacation time. I resent the HELL out of being told I have to be on call every third week, answer the phone 24x7x365 if it's my specific area of expertise, then I'm told if I'm 5 minutes late I'll be written up. 10 years and I never had hard-coded office hours. I used to do a job, not warm a seat. They get less out of me now, even though I'm in the office more.
We haven't been a "free nation of laws" in a LONNG time. The law is only applied when convenient. Against people who have it coming and are not A- a large corporation, B- a powerful politician, C- insanely wealthy person. There are protected classes in this country and "We the People" aren't one of them.
They're Idiots. I just got my first Android phone. You get warned when you go through setup. You get warned when you install and start EVERY APPLICATION that they'll be tracking you. There is no ambiguity if you have half a brain.
You can NOT buy a "smart" phone and put it on ANY provider's network without PAYING for a data contract nowadays. At least Verizon and AT&T (I don't know T-Mobile for sure) FORCE data contracts, even if you buy a used phone with a clear ID, you can't put JUST phone service on it.
I was pretty clear when I said "Even if you purchase the device outright, you have to pay " - I've tried. It is obvious that the subsidy isn't driving the data contract. The outrageous profit in data plans is driving the data contract.
I did exactly that for a long time. I went through a few semi-smart phones that played mp3's, but none had decent players till my current LG Env Touch (Verizon had some conflict with this phone - When I got it, data was optional, then later it wasn't, then it was again - go figure). I quit carrying 2 devices, and don't really wish to go back. I have a 42 mile commute. I listen to a LOT of audio books. A player that will remember your place in a book if you leave the player app is very important. It's nice to be able to load a 16GB micro SD card with books/music/pictures and be able to manipulate it all without iTunes too.
I've learned to work around the quirks in the LG player, and it's been OK. I'd love to be able to try out other apps without paying Verizon (only provider that works at my house) $1.99/MB/download just to try different apps, much less the purchase price of the app that may not do it. I like to tinker, so an Android seems like the device for me. I like the iPhone, but despise the whole Apple culture thing.
Also, dishonest business practices like forced data contracts gets under my skin and makes me dig my heels in. If *I* get a smart phone, then my wife has to get one (who honestly has no need of one, she's very non-techie). I know my step-son will wheedle her into getting him one eventually too, and a 14 yr old has NO valid reason for one (He needs to show behaviour and grades to justify permission, then have enough incentive to earn the money for it - that hasn't and probably won't happen) All of a sudden, I'm looking at $1080/yr for DATA. Even if I buy the phones for full price. Bullshit on that.
>The cellular data network will still be important, but in some areas of the world, WiFi saturation may make it less necessary.
Good luck with this. The wireless companies engage in an illegal practice known as "tying" - You buy whatever THEY deem as a "smart" device and you are REQUIRED to buy a data plan. Even if you purchase the device outright, you have to pay hundreds of dollars a year more for data service you may not want or need.
Here's my analogy: You buy a nice new 55" 1080p LED-LCD 3D TV. You've never seen a need for cable before, but your mother-in-law has moved into your spare bedroom and she likes to watch cable. You call the cable company for basic cable. Their first question is "What kind of television do you have?". Strange question, but you answer. Cable- "OK, Sir. You have a screen over 40", so you have to get a HD box. Since it's also a 3D TV, you have to get all the movie channels and sports packages." You-"But I just want basic for my M-I-L to watch the news and normal programming". Cable "Sorry, Sir - that's our policy".
I'm around WIFI all day. I don't have any use for data while I make my commute. I would love to have a new Android gadget phone. Can't get one on Verizon (or any others) without paying $360/yr for data that I WILL NOT HAVE ANY USE FOR. Sure, I could probably find something I'd use it for, but I get along great without it. It's Tying, and it is ILLEGAL. Unfortunately, no one with the deep pockets to fight it cares, they just pay the $360/yr.
And the public University I started at in 1985 has seen a 13X increase in yearly tuition in the last 26 years. Give or take 10% per year. I guarantee that the value of that education has not increased at 2-3 times the rate of inflation.
Came here to suggest something like this. Say the first 10 are $350, incrementing 20% every 10? Top out at say $5K/application?
I think the unintended consequence of this would be creating hundreds of wholly-owned subsidiary companies just for filing patent paperwork. You'd need to link/register individuals linked to specific orgs to bypass that. Dunno. Just needs something like this to put the brakes on the process.
While Olbermann and Maddow were open in their support of candidates in the recent election cycles, they have also been rather free with criticism of the same candidates/elected officials when they screw up or break promises.
I have no issue with someone who is open and honest in support of a candidate or agenda. Where I have issue is "news" outlets like Fox that went to court to defend their right to LIE as they see fit to push an agenda, then lie about having an agenda. There is a HUGE HUGE difference. Fox is running an active propoganda/disinformation campaign for the Republican Party and its backers. They have no value as a NEWS network.By their own admission they only run a couple of hours a day of actual "news" programs. The rest is opinion/editorial (read: right-wing Republican propaganda).
Disclosure: I despise politicians in general. I find both major parties repulsive.
And extortion is EXACTLY what it is. I would love to have cool new phones, but Verizon is the only service that works at my house. If I want to get an Android device, I am FORCED into a data contract. Buy the phone outright? Sure - $30/mo for data please. Why? I'm at work/home, free wireless. I want the better camera/video. I want the portable video/audio playing. I want the better apps and organizer functions. Have no need to pay outrageous fees for data access when free access is all around me 99% of the time.
Renewing with data contract on all my phones would DOUBLE the price of my plan. Not gonna happen. Hell, they won't even discount the plan price if I DO buy a phone outright. The only thing they have going is that the damn phones work where I am. It ought to be illegal to force services on someone that they don't want or need.
OK - That is COOL. No more being tied to the switch while trying to rewire? Killer.
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What is wrong with just changing the directory? I *want* my files to go to ~/Downloads, not/tmp. That's the whole reason you can set it where you want it in the first place. As long as you set it and don't blow away your ~/.cxchromium or ~/.mozilla - you won't be asked again to change it on upgrades. Don't see the big deal.
Actually, his second visit. Visiting it doesn't materially add to the effort to fix it. I agree that things right now look like a giant cluster-F. Dunno where you get your info from, but you might want to expand your sources. (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/05/reports-obama-to-visit-gulf-coast-oil-spill-on-friday-/1)
I concur. No flamebait. I've got no mod points at the moment. Your post seems well thought out and expressed.
I have found that the ultra-conservative types cannot tolerate rational discussion. Too much "Faith", not enough reason. It always seems to devolve into "Burn the Witch!"
I read it last year. I got it. I did not find it awe-inspiring or even particularly well written. It's a decent story, but not more so than many others I have read. Certainly not good enough to make a Top 100 books of all time list like it says on the cover.
I look forward to the movie though. I don't think a movie adaptation can hurt this one.
I got tired of it too. DAoC was the first game I ever leveled up a toon to max level in. Made a lot of friends that I still game with in various games.
After many failed attempts at giving the BladeMaster some love, I was done. Plus, they fell into the trap of making things so much more complex in the expansions. You stood no chance in RvR if your gear wasn't tip-top.
Your numbers are generic. There is no split of Federal funding on a per-capita basis from what is spent ON the Federal facilities and historic landmarks, defense, etc in the District of Columbia. It isn't a fair comparison when your source number is just a "X$ spent" globule.
As other posters have noted, the fact that they get more per capita than any other STATE (DC not being a state), and are rolling in so much cash that they send citizens a check every year, is a criminal waste of our money.
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So, your completely non-intuitive method of attaching a PDF via opening a few apps to just get AT it to send in an email is better than, say, long-press, send, select email, and off to the races?
> "reminding" the American people
Brings to mind Darth Vader - "I have modified the terms of our agreement. Pray I don't modify it further..."
The Tea Party may have had these goals *in the distant past*, but it's now a flunky tool of the Evangelical Xtian movement whose goal has been to corrupt and take over government since the 70's. The only thing it really accomplished was to make the Republicans look like even bigger stooges of the military and corporate America.
You can thank the Bush Administration for taking most of the teeth out of the Fair Labor Standards Act. I read the whole thing cover-to-cover about 5 years ago, there were decent protections for those of us in computer-related fields. Once Bush's changes went into full effect, our HR department wasted no time in rolling out changes to attendance/tardy policies, destroying vacation rules and taking away vacation time. I resent the HELL out of being told I have to be on call every third week, answer the phone 24x7x365 if it's my specific area of expertise, then I'm told if I'm 5 minutes late I'll be written up. 10 years and I never had hard-coded office hours. I used to do a job, not warm a seat. They get less out of me now, even though I'm in the office more.
That appears to be a patent on a rectangular solid. Sad.
We haven't been a "free nation of laws" in a LONNG time. The law is only applied when convenient. Against people who have it coming and are not A- a large corporation, B- a powerful politician, C- insanely wealthy person. There are protected classes in this country and "We the People" aren't one of them.
They're Idiots. I just got my first Android phone. You get warned when you go through setup. You get warned when you install and start EVERY APPLICATION that they'll be tracking you. There is no ambiguity if you have half a brain.
Idiots.
Except for the whole patent encumbrance bear trap in h.264.
You can NOT buy a "smart" phone and put it on ANY provider's network without PAYING for a data contract nowadays. At least Verizon and AT&T (I don't know T-Mobile for sure) FORCE data contracts, even if you buy a used phone with a clear ID, you can't put JUST phone service on it.
I was pretty clear when I said "Even if you purchase the device outright, you have to pay " - I've tried. It is obvious that the subsidy isn't driving the data contract. The outrageous profit in data plans is driving the data contract.
It's illegal. Period.
I did exactly that for a long time. I went through a few semi-smart phones that played mp3's, but none had decent players till my current LG Env Touch (Verizon had some conflict with this phone - When I got it, data was optional, then later it wasn't, then it was again - go figure). I quit carrying 2 devices, and don't really wish to go back. I have a 42 mile commute. I listen to a LOT of audio books. A player that will remember your place in a book if you leave the player app is very important. It's nice to be able to load a 16GB micro SD card with books/music/pictures and be able to manipulate it all without iTunes too.
I've learned to work around the quirks in the LG player, and it's been OK. I'd love to be able to try out other apps without paying Verizon (only provider that works at my house) $1.99/MB/download just to try different apps, much less the purchase price of the app that may not do it. I like to tinker, so an Android seems like the device for me. I like the iPhone, but despise the whole Apple culture thing.
Also, dishonest business practices like forced data contracts gets under my skin and makes me dig my heels in. If *I* get a smart phone, then my wife has to get one (who honestly has no need of one, she's very non-techie). I know my step-son will wheedle her into getting him one eventually too, and a 14 yr old has NO valid reason for one (He needs to show behaviour and grades to justify permission, then have enough incentive to earn the money for it - that hasn't and probably won't happen) All of a sudden, I'm looking at $1080/yr for DATA. Even if I buy the phones for full price. Bullshit on that.
>The cellular data network will still be important, but in some areas of the world, WiFi saturation may make it less necessary.
Good luck with this. The wireless companies engage in an illegal practice known as "tying" - You buy whatever THEY deem as a "smart" device and you are REQUIRED to buy a data plan. Even if you purchase the device outright, you have to pay hundreds of dollars a year more for data service you may not want or need.
Here's my analogy: You buy a nice new 55" 1080p LED-LCD 3D TV. You've never seen a need for cable before, but your mother-in-law has moved into your spare bedroom and she likes to watch cable. You call the cable company for basic cable. Their first question is "What kind of television do you have?". Strange question, but you answer. Cable- "OK, Sir. You have a screen over 40", so you have to get a HD box. Since it's also a 3D TV, you have to get all the movie channels and sports packages." You-"But I just want basic for my M-I-L to watch the news and normal programming". Cable "Sorry, Sir - that's our policy".
I'm around WIFI all day. I don't have any use for data while I make my commute. I would love to have a new Android gadget phone. Can't get one on Verizon (or any others) without paying $360/yr for data that I WILL NOT HAVE ANY USE FOR. Sure, I could probably find something I'd use it for, but I get along great without it. It's Tying, and it is ILLEGAL. Unfortunately, no one with the deep pockets to fight it cares, they just pay the $360/yr.
And the public University I started at in 1985 has seen a 13X increase in yearly tuition in the last 26 years. Give or take 10% per year. I guarantee that the value of that education has not increased at 2-3 times the rate of inflation.
Came here to suggest something like this. Say the first 10 are $350, incrementing 20% every 10? Top out at say $5K/application?
I think the unintended consequence of this would be creating hundreds of wholly-owned subsidiary companies just for filing patent paperwork. You'd need to link/register individuals linked to specific orgs to bypass that. Dunno. Just needs something like this to put the brakes on the process.
As opposed to Fox printing money as the Republican Party mouthpiece? The "news" institution that went to court to insure their legal right to lie?
Both parties are full of crap, the Republicans happen to be way ahead in the corruption race right now.
While Olbermann and Maddow were open in their support of candidates in the recent election cycles, they have also been rather free with criticism of the same candidates/elected officials when they screw up or break promises.
I have no issue with someone who is open and honest in support of a candidate or agenda. Where I have issue is "news" outlets like Fox that went to court to defend their right to LIE as they see fit to push an agenda, then lie about having an agenda. There is a HUGE HUGE difference. Fox is running an active propoganda/disinformation campaign for the Republican Party and its backers. They have no value as a NEWS network.By their own admission they only run a couple of hours a day of actual "news" programs. The rest is opinion/editorial (read: right-wing Republican propaganda).
Disclosure: I despise politicians in general. I find both major parties repulsive.
And extortion is EXACTLY what it is. I would love to have cool new phones, but Verizon is the only service that works at my house. If I want to get an Android device, I am FORCED into a data contract. Buy the phone outright? Sure - $30/mo for data please. Why? I'm at work/home, free wireless. I want the better camera/video. I want the portable video/audio playing. I want the better apps and organizer functions. Have no need to pay outrageous fees for data access when free access is all around me 99% of the time.
Renewing with data contract on all my phones would DOUBLE the price of my plan. Not gonna happen. Hell, they won't even discount the plan price if I DO buy a phone outright. The only thing they have going is that the damn phones work where I am. It ought to be illegal to force services on someone that they don't want or need.
OK - That is COOL. No more being tied to the switch while trying to rewire? Killer.
What is wrong with just changing the directory? I *want* my files to go to ~/Downloads, not /tmp. That's the whole reason you can set it where you want it in the first place. As long as you set it and don't blow away your ~/.cxchromium or ~/.mozilla - you won't be asked again to change it on upgrades. Don't see the big deal.
Actually, his second visit. Visiting it doesn't materially add to the effort to fix it. I agree that things right now look like a giant cluster-F. Dunno where you get your info from, but you might want to expand your sources.
(http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/05/reports-obama-to-visit-gulf-coast-oil-spill-on-friday-/1)
I concur. No flamebait. I've got no mod points at the moment. Your post seems well thought out and expressed.
I have found that the ultra-conservative types cannot tolerate rational discussion. Too much "Faith", not enough reason. It always seems to devolve into "Burn the Witch!"
I read it last year. I got it. I did not find it awe-inspiring or even particularly well written. It's a decent story, but not more so than many others I have read. Certainly not good enough to make a Top 100 books of all time list like it says on the cover.
I look forward to the movie though. I don't think a movie adaptation can hurt this one.
Must be nice to have $28/mo cable. Where I live BASIC is $60/mo. I dumped cable over a year ago, and rarely miss it.
I got tired of it too. DAoC was the first game I ever leveled up a toon to max level in. Made a lot of friends that I still game with in various games.
After many failed attempts at giving the BladeMaster some love, I was done. Plus, they fell into the trap of making things so much more complex in the expansions. You stood no chance in RvR if your gear wasn't tip-top.
Perjury is a criminal offense, and it is serious.
Tell that to my ex-wife, who perjured herself many times over in our divorce trial. The judge could have cared less.
You really have to piss a judge off for them to take perjury seriously. It's one of those things that they have the discretion to ignore, apparently.
Your numbers are generic. There is no split of Federal funding on a per-capita basis from what is spent ON the Federal facilities and historic landmarks, defense, etc in the District of Columbia. It isn't a fair comparison when your source number is just a "X$ spent" globule.
As other posters have noted, the fact that they get more per capita than any other STATE (DC not being a state), and are rolling in so much cash that they send citizens a check every year, is a criminal waste of our money.