Maybe but a lot of people die each day. Some die serving the country, some are old, some get hit by cars, etc. From a policy stand point I would agree with Verizon's initial decision. That said they did waive the $350, but really this seems to me more like her milking her dead husband.
On the other hand just because her husband dies doesn't mean the world stops. I'm sure she received a life insurance check to cover these type of expenses.
doesn't exempt you from all commitments. I feel bad for her that she lost her husband but a contract is an obligation. There's a reason we have life insurance policies, you know, so you can pay some bills after your spouse dies.
that so many people on slashdot would simply give Google a pass for eavesdropping on most of the civilized world. And anyone that actually believes this was an 'accident'... I have 3 bridges and 2 castles for sale on Ebay, please check them out. Google made a premeditated decision to collect Wifi data including passwords,emails, chat conversations, etc for 3 years. When they finally got there ass busted in Germany they try to brush it off as they were as much a victim as anyone else. Google's primary business model is to exploit the naive all the while maintaining that there 'not evil'.
At least when you make a deal with the devil you know he's gonna fuck you in the ass.
The true advantage the 360 and PS3 currently have is decent 3rd party games and a true online experience.. The only really good stuff for WII has been all made by Nintendo, and the WIIs online capability has been pretty awful.
Let's compare the locked door/unlocked door analogy to collecting WiFi data. My parents know if there doors are locked or not unlocked. They have absolutely no fucking clue if what they transmit across there WiFi is secure or not. They assume it is, but as long as the website opens up they are blissful and ignorant to it. I'd be willing to bet that a huge majority of majority of people are in this boat. What makes what Google is doing so bad is they are driving around exploiting this. Is it illegal? I don't know. Is it morally questionable? Certainly. For a company that proclaims 'Do No Evil', sure seems a bit on the evil side guy.
From my perspective, Apple just gives the *majority* what they appear to want. Most of Slashdot's viewer base is the *minority*. For every serious geek I know there at least 15 non-geeks I know (numbers are fictional.. but you get my point).
Personally I don't think comparing a e-reader to an iPad is fair, thats only one function of it and probably not even the main one for most users. Also you can get an ipad for $499, it does a lot more than just read books for that price..
**Cough**Bullshit**Cough**
There's plenty of wifi scanners available that only collect SSID and mac addresses. They don't necessarily sniff the data and record it. Google or the company they contract made a decision to gather this data, the only accident was getting caught.
You can't buy 100% of the applications on any android phone. For example on my wife's Motorola Backflip she can't get Google Goggles. Sit right next to her on the same network using a different Android phone we can download it. Other applications such as Facebook and Pandora are resolution limited and won't work on certain phones. Now you can argue that its up to the developers to make applications that work across the board but perhaps it should be a requirement for getting listed on the Android store.
Either way, I currently have 2 Android phones in my house and an iPhone3GS. The iPhone is the one that I use the most.
I have an iPhone since the original came out and I'm now on a 3GS. I absolutely love it and when I even consider using my WM6 phone that work provides I shudder thinking about it. I have a very strong feeling that there must be a lot more planned for this thing than what we've been shown so far. Apple was throwing out a lot of big phrases like 'most important project of my life', blah blah.
A future software update must be in the works that greatly enhances this thing.. I've never really thought to myself the iPhone is great but only if it was twice the size.
If you think your phone calls were secure to begin with (at least in the US), man I have a couple bridges for sale. Everything you say on a phone, anything you do online can be intercepted by the Feds. Here's just one example of methods implemented in carrier-level equipment that specifically allows ease-dropping. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawful_interception
I visited one of the Elliot Lake, Ontario mines back in the early 90s. These were primarily Uranium mines and the reason for visiting was my hometown (Crandon, WI) had one of the larger zinc/copper finds in the US. My parents were in fairly respected positions in the community so Exxon/Rio Algom paid for us to go on a little trip up there and take a look at what they proposed for our town. One of the major concerns I recall walking away with was what mining did to the lake. The uranium tailings were directly deposited into Elliot Lake around the 50s and completely killed off the fish and plant life. It had taken nearly 50 years for the plants and fish to begin to recover. Needless to say we walked away not in favor of having a mine opened in our town.
It makes remarks about wanting to try other operating software.
It's unusually concerned about antivirus protection.
Plug and Play only works with force-feedback devices.
It makes unusually long "hand-shakes" with the email server.
It accuses you of installing spyware.
It asks you to run your network scans in promiscuous mode.
It tells you that it's mainframe never liked you.
but hire some old people to run the company. Big ideas and lots of money don't always work out well if you don't have someone experienced steering the ship.
Usually I only need to google new technology terms that I haven't heard before. Today I had to google vociferous. I was thinking it sounded like a condition that you need to take Levitra for. It didn't really make sense in the sentence but thinking about Yahoo suffering from erectile dysfunction has it's own childish humor when your on your 5th beer.
I'm not taking a stance one way or the other on this arguement, but the people on the phone are often the last to know about any type of future change until the last minute.
Need to realize that it's a niche market they are after. They aren't competing with the DS or the PSP in the commerical games arena, but the homebrew arena.
I think you're missing the real point. If this thing has the potential to actually slow/stop a hurricane it's in fact an orbiting space weapon, likely on the scale of a nuclear bomb.
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Maybe but a lot of people die each day. Some die serving the country, some are old, some get hit by cars, etc. From a policy stand point I would agree with Verizon's initial decision. That said they did waive the $350, but really this seems to me more like her milking her dead husband.
On the other hand just because her husband dies doesn't mean the world stops. I'm sure she received a life insurance check to cover these type of expenses.
doesn't exempt you from all commitments. I feel bad for her that she lost her husband but a contract is an obligation. There's a reason we have life insurance policies, you know, so you can pay some bills after your spouse dies.
That is also exactly how they castrate livestock. Gross I know.
that so many people on slashdot would simply give Google a pass for eavesdropping on most of the civilized world. And anyone that actually believes this was an 'accident'... I have 3 bridges and 2 castles for sale on Ebay, please check them out. Google made a premeditated decision to collect Wifi data including passwords,emails, chat conversations, etc for 3 years. When they finally got there ass busted in Germany they try to brush it off as they were as much a victim as anyone else. Google's primary business model is to exploit the naive all the while maintaining that there 'not evil'. At least when you make a deal with the devil you know he's gonna fuck you in the ass.
The true advantage the 360 and PS3 currently have is decent 3rd party games and a true online experience.. The only really good stuff for WII has been all made by Nintendo, and the WIIs online capability has been pretty awful.
Let's compare the locked door/unlocked door analogy to collecting WiFi data. My parents know if there doors are locked or not unlocked. They have absolutely no fucking clue if what they transmit across there WiFi is secure or not. They assume it is, but as long as the website opens up they are blissful and ignorant to it. I'd be willing to bet that a huge majority of majority of people are in this boat. What makes what Google is doing so bad is they are driving around exploiting this. Is it illegal? I don't know. Is it morally questionable? Certainly. For a company that proclaims 'Do No Evil', sure seems a bit on the evil side guy.
From my perspective, Apple just gives the *majority* what they appear to want. Most of Slashdot's viewer base is the *minority*. For every serious geek I know there at least 15 non-geeks I know (numbers are fictional.. but you get my point). Personally I don't think comparing a e-reader to an iPad is fair, thats only one function of it and probably not even the main one for most users. Also you can get an ipad for $499, it does a lot more than just read books for that price..
They didn't offer it up, they got caught in Germany. It's spin that they are being the 'good guy' and offering it up in other countries. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8684110.stm And also, as a company that data would be deemed a record and needs to be treated in compliance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Records_management
**Cough**Bullshit**Cough** There's plenty of wifi scanners available that only collect SSID and mac addresses. They don't necessarily sniff the data and record it. Google or the company they contract made a decision to gather this data, the only accident was getting caught.
You can't buy 100% of the applications on any android phone. For example on my wife's Motorola Backflip she can't get Google Goggles. Sit right next to her on the same network using a different Android phone we can download it. Other applications such as Facebook and Pandora are resolution limited and won't work on certain phones. Now you can argue that its up to the developers to make applications that work across the board but perhaps it should be a requirement for getting listed on the Android store. Either way, I currently have 2 Android phones in my house and an iPhone3GS. The iPhone is the one that I use the most.
I have an iPhone since the original came out and I'm now on a 3GS. I absolutely love it and when I even consider using my WM6 phone that work provides I shudder thinking about it. I have a very strong feeling that there must be a lot more planned for this thing than what we've been shown so far. Apple was throwing out a lot of big phrases like 'most important project of my life', blah blah. A future software update must be in the works that greatly enhances this thing.. I've never really thought to myself the iPhone is great but only if it was twice the size.
If you think your phone calls were secure to begin with (at least in the US), man I have a couple bridges for sale. Everything you say on a phone, anything you do online can be intercepted by the Feds. Here's just one example of methods implemented in carrier-level equipment that specifically allows ease-dropping. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawful_interception
I visited one of the Elliot Lake, Ontario mines back in the early 90s. These were primarily Uranium mines and the reason for visiting was my hometown (Crandon, WI) had one of the larger zinc/copper finds in the US. My parents were in fairly respected positions in the community so Exxon/Rio Algom paid for us to go on a little trip up there and take a look at what they proposed for our town. One of the major concerns I recall walking away with was what mining did to the lake. The uranium tailings were directly deposited into Elliot Lake around the 50s and completely killed off the fish and plant life. It had taken nearly 50 years for the plants and fish to begin to recover. Needless to say we walked away not in favor of having a mine opened in our town.
Come from the marketing teams? Senior manager for product marketing Xavier Lauwaert http://www.b2blog.com/2006/dt040319.gif
It makes remarks about wanting to try other operating software. It's unusually concerned about antivirus protection. Plug and Play only works with force-feedback devices. It makes unusually long "hand-shakes" with the email server. It accuses you of installing spyware. It asks you to run your network scans in promiscuous mode. It tells you that it's mainframe never liked you.
the rest of the world made them illegal too.
but hire some old people to run the company. Big ideas and lots of money don't always work out well if you don't have someone experienced steering the ship.
Usually I only need to google new technology terms that I haven't heard before. Today I had to google vociferous. I was thinking it sounded like a condition that you need to take Levitra for. It didn't really make sense in the sentence but thinking about Yahoo suffering from erectile dysfunction has it's own childish humor when your on your 5th beer.
with ADAM and I think you got yourself a plot line to a popular video game.
I'm not taking a stance one way or the other on this arguement, but the people on the phone are often the last to know about any type of future change until the last minute.
Need to realize that it's a niche market they are after. They aren't competing with the DS or the PSP in the commerical games arena, but the homebrew arena.
and you won't have to worry about it. Your DNS needs to be coming across your VPN tunnel, not from your ISP. Done.
I think you're missing the real point. If this thing has the potential to actually slow/stop a hurricane it's in fact an orbiting space weapon, likely on the scale of a nuclear bomb.
a kid burn ants with a magnifiying glass? Better get some SPF-200000 bitches.