Low-voltage doesn't apply under the same codes as electrical work, though there is some overlap. However, I've seen these contracts, and they never say anything about installation quality.
If you THREATEN a lawsuit, they might fix the situation. If you actually FILE a lawsuit, they'll remove their equipment and terminate their contract. (Another thing they're allowed to do in almost all of these contracts.) Then you don't have any actual damages to sue over.\
Also, they're barely in the red. They'll reclaim what they paid to their sub-contractor for the installation. The loss of customer service man-hours would be a drop in the bucket for most ISP's.
NOTE: I'm a low-voltage technician specializing in commercial locations.
Depends on if you work for an ISP or for a contractor company. An ISP, you'd make a little more starting out. A contractor company, you'd make enough, but you wouldn't have benefits and you'd pay your own taxes, so, meh.
Wouldn't work. They would just remove their equipment. As for lack of service, pretty much every ISP's contracts state that there is no guarantee on uptime. You MIGHT be able to get a month free out of the deal.
This kind of stuff doesn't suprise me. It's the nature of the industry. People don't want to pay $200 for a decent quality install, so a lot of the independent guys try to lowball where they can. Contractor companies will hire anyone to do the work, and they'll be lucky if they get a half a week of training. Most ISP's contract out their installs to these companies. (Mine is the exception to that fortunately.) This installer was probably never trained on this stuff, and his employer probably expected him to do it anyways or they wont use him anymore.
Quest probably leases the lines and contracts the installations through AT&T, who then contracts the installs through someone else. (Can't confirm this though.) That's why Quest told the customer to call their "primary phone service provider", although I think Quest should have done this work for them.
And even for DVD-R disks, gigabyte for gigabyte hard disks are still cheaper
Am I missing something? A 100-pack of Verbatim DVD+R's (470 GB) are being sold at Newegg for $27, whereas a 1.5 TB hard drive is going for $100.
Personally, each one has its uses. A hard drive is much easier and faster once installed, but I can give DVD's to friends, especially my less tech-savvy ones.
More importantly, someone explain to me why this is better than a T91, which has most of its features, and a keyboard, and a swivel screen so you can use it like a netbook, etc.
Pfft! That's just walking-around money! Check out BelAir wireless access points on Google Product Search. $2500 - $8000 each, and I've personally installed almost a dozen!
Cat6 is not currently capable of handling CATV from decent cable providers. Many of them are using every frequency up to 1GHz, and cat6 is not designed for that. Besides that, the dB loss on cat6 is huge compared to some decent RG6 coax. Those video adapters are decent for running a single video stream, but they can't support things like QAM 256 modulation or even a high-def uncompressed stream.
For the time being, I usually recommend a minimum of two cat6 lines and one RG6 coax line ran everywhere you might think you want a phone, ethernet, or cable outlet. Use conduit and pull string if you really want to be on the safe side. And use low-voltage boxes, not electrical boxes!
I thought it was common knowledge that the money was going to be given out until the funds dried up. I knew about that, and I wasn't even in the market for a new car.
This is by FAR the best use for this cable. As someone who does low-voltage wiring for a living, i can tell you that in almost every house the POTS phone wiring is useless for almost everything else but phone and as a pull string. *Sometimes* you'll have cat5 or cat5e in new homes, but half the time those are daisy-chained anyways.
Use it as a pull-string for 2-3 cat6 wires (or at least cat5e), 1-2 coax RG-6 wires, and an actual pull string. And put low-voltage wall rings in the wall if you can, or else you'll be lucky to get a wall plate on it with even a single coax connection. Home-run all the lines to a central location; NEVER daisy-chain if you can avoid it (and it wont work at all if you want to use the cable for networking. You don't have to actually terminate all these connections behind the wall, but if you add even a single outlet in the future you'll be saving yourself time. Also, it definitely wont hurt your resale value.
This one makes sense to me, though. There were rumors of Apple getting into the game console market, and I can believe it.
A combination of AppleTV and a game console could be a great home theater device if they pull it off correctly. An Xbox 360 currently plays games, streams Netflix rentals, plays video files and music off your home network, etc., and is really only being marketed as a video game system. If Apple could make a similar box, make the GUI a little more fluid, and market it as an all-in-one device (like they do with the iPhone -- "There's an app for that"), then they could break into the gaming market fairly easily.
Also consider that any Apple gaming console would probably be somewhat similar to Apple hardware. Anyone making a game for an Apple console could easily port it over to Macs, and with enough games you'll soon see gamers converting to Macs. Considering games are one of the few things holding people back from switching off Windows, this would help them break up Microsoft's monopoly on gamers.
Apple has proved with the App Store and iTunes that they can do downloadable content as good or better than anyone. I really do see Apple going into gaming as the next logical expansion of their business. It was really much more of a stretch for Microsoft to have entered the gaming market than it would be for Apple.
Because the AC said someone might want to decline the prizes because it would bump them up to a higher tax bracket -- such a thing would be a moot point, as they would only be in the higher tax bracket on the prizes.
You can only split the connection and get free analog TV because the tech forgot to filter it out of your line. Eventually someone will probably audit the line, and correct that. Unless it's in your contract, which is pretty surprising, and a nice benefit.
I thought tax brackets worked so that you were only taxed at a higher rate on the income above a certain number, and taxed on the lower rate at the income below a certain number.
For example, say the tax rate was as follows:
above $100,000, 50% $100,000 and below, 20%
If you made $130,000, you would be taxed at 20% on the first $100,000, and 50% on the remaining $30,000. Therefore, someone making $100,001 doesn't pay roughly $30k more in taxes than someone making $99,999. This is obviously very simplified rules, but you get the idea from the example.
I think Blizz might get mad at you for trying to use a loophole to get around their policy. It *might* work, and it's definitely a good idea. It would probably decrease donations, though, as people would think that the addon isn't donation-supported, and that the donations are more akin to a tip jar.
Most people FIND new addons via Curse. I always did. If your addon isn't on Curse, it is a lot harder to build up a user base. It definitely can be done, but it's harder.
As both someone who can play guitar (albeit not very well), and can Play Guitar Hero on hard/expert, I can tell you that the amount of time it takes to master Guitar Hero is a fraction of what it takes to master guitar.
I cannot agree more. "All season" tires are a joke compared to snow tires. I use snow tires on a Mustang in winter, and I tend to have better traction and stopping power than a lot of the SUVs I see on the road.
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Low-voltage doesn't apply under the same codes as electrical work, though there is some overlap. However, I've seen these contracts, and they never say anything about installation quality.
If you THREATEN a lawsuit, they might fix the situation. If you actually FILE a lawsuit, they'll remove their equipment and terminate their contract. (Another thing they're allowed to do in almost all of these contracts.) Then you don't have any actual damages to sue over.\
Also, they're barely in the red. They'll reclaim what they paid to their sub-contractor for the installation. The loss of customer service man-hours would be a drop in the bucket for most ISP's.
NOTE: I'm a low-voltage technician specializing in commercial locations.
Depends on if you work for an ISP or for a contractor company. An ISP, you'd make a little more starting out. A contractor company, you'd make enough, but you wouldn't have benefits and you'd pay your own taxes, so, meh.
Wouldn't work. They would just remove their equipment. As for lack of service, pretty much every ISP's contracts state that there is no guarantee on uptime. You MIGHT be able to get a month free out of the deal.
Note: I'm a low-voltage tech.
This kind of stuff doesn't suprise me. It's the nature of the industry. People don't want to pay $200 for a decent quality install, so a lot of the independent guys try to lowball where they can. Contractor companies will hire anyone to do the work, and they'll be lucky if they get a half a week of training. Most ISP's contract out their installs to these companies. (Mine is the exception to that fortunately.) This installer was probably never trained on this stuff, and his employer probably expected him to do it anyways or they wont use him anymore.
Quest probably leases the lines and contracts the installations through AT&T, who then contracts the installs through someone else. (Can't confirm this though.) That's why Quest told the customer to call their "primary phone service provider", although I think Quest should have done this work for them.
And even for DVD-R disks, gigabyte for gigabyte hard disks are still cheaper
Am I missing something? A 100-pack of Verbatim DVD+R's (470 GB) are being sold at Newegg for $27, whereas a 1.5 TB hard drive is going for $100. Personally, each one has its uses. A hard drive is much easier and faster once installed, but I can give DVD's to friends, especially my less tech-savvy ones.
More importantly, someone explain to me why this is better than a T91, which has most of its features, and a keyboard, and a swivel screen so you can use it like a netbook, etc.
Pfft! That's just walking-around money! Check out BelAir wireless access points on Google Product Search. $2500 - $8000 each, and I've personally installed almost a dozen!
Autotune the News has been doing this kind of thing for a while now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduQaCRkgg4&feature=related
Cat6 is not currently capable of handling CATV from decent cable providers. Many of them are using every frequency up to 1GHz, and cat6 is not designed for that. Besides that, the dB loss on cat6 is huge compared to some decent RG6 coax. Those video adapters are decent for running a single video stream, but they can't support things like QAM 256 modulation or even a high-def uncompressed stream.
For the time being, I usually recommend a minimum of two cat6 lines and one RG6 coax line ran everywhere you might think you want a phone, ethernet, or cable outlet. Use conduit and pull string if you really want to be on the safe side. And use low-voltage boxes, not electrical boxes!
I thought it was common knowledge that the money was going to be given out until the funds dried up. I knew about that, and I wasn't even in the market for a new car.
My girlfriend may not be able to read my mind, but she does know what I'm thinking when I tell her what I'm thinking. Porn lacks that ability. :-P
Whoops, this is slashdot! Replace "girlfriend" with "Fleshlight" or something.
This is by FAR the best use for this cable. As someone who does low-voltage wiring for a living, i can tell you that in almost every house the POTS phone wiring is useless for almost everything else but phone and as a pull string. *Sometimes* you'll have cat5 or cat5e in new homes, but half the time those are daisy-chained anyways.
Use it as a pull-string for 2-3 cat6 wires (or at least cat5e), 1-2 coax RG-6 wires, and an actual pull string. And put low-voltage wall rings in the wall if you can, or else you'll be lucky to get a wall plate on it with even a single coax connection. Home-run all the lines to a central location; NEVER daisy-chain if you can avoid it (and it wont work at all if you want to use the cable for networking. You don't have to actually terminate all these connections behind the wall, but if you add even a single outlet in the future you'll be saving yourself time. Also, it definitely wont hurt your resale value.
"Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyway, because it's sterile and I like the taste."
Wouldn't a USB extension cable eliminate laptop noise? You can get those for about $3 off Newegg. Though this is a less bulky solution, I'll admit.
This one makes sense to me, though. There were rumors of Apple getting into the game console market, and I can believe it.
A combination of AppleTV and a game console could be a great home theater device if they pull it off correctly. An Xbox 360 currently plays games, streams Netflix rentals, plays video files and music off your home network, etc., and is really only being marketed as a video game system. If Apple could make a similar box, make the GUI a little more fluid, and market it as an all-in-one device (like they do with the iPhone -- "There's an app for that"), then they could break into the gaming market fairly easily.
Also consider that any Apple gaming console would probably be somewhat similar to Apple hardware. Anyone making a game for an Apple console could easily port it over to Macs, and with enough games you'll soon see gamers converting to Macs. Considering games are one of the few things holding people back from switching off Windows, this would help them break up Microsoft's monopoly on gamers.
Apple has proved with the App Store and iTunes that they can do downloadable content as good or better than anyone. I really do see Apple going into gaming as the next logical expansion of their business. It was really much more of a stretch for Microsoft to have entered the gaming market than it would be for Apple.
Because the AC said someone might want to decline the prizes because it would bump them up to a higher tax bracket -- such a thing would be a moot point, as they would only be in the higher tax bracket on the prizes.
You can only split the connection and get free analog TV because the tech forgot to filter it out of your line. Eventually someone will probably audit the line, and correct that. Unless it's in your contract, which is pretty surprising, and a nice benefit.
I thought tax brackets worked so that you were only taxed at a higher rate on the income above a certain number, and taxed on the lower rate at the income below a certain number.
For example, say the tax rate was as follows:
above $100,000, 50%
$100,000 and below, 20%
If you made $130,000, you would be taxed at 20% on the first $100,000, and 50% on the remaining $30,000. Therefore, someone making $100,001 doesn't pay roughly $30k more in taxes than someone making $99,999. This is obviously very simplified rules, but you get the idea from the example.
My ISP does, which is odd, since it actually uses Road Runner. I don't see why any ISP would choose not to.
I think Blizz might get mad at you for trying to use a loophole to get around their policy. It *might* work, and it's definitely a good idea. It would probably decrease donations, though, as people would think that the addon isn't donation-supported, and that the donations are more akin to a tip jar.
Most people FIND new addons via Curse. I always did. If your addon isn't on Curse, it is a lot harder to build up a user base. It definitely can be done, but it's harder.
I just searched the app store with no luck. Could this be under a different name?
Forgetting about the elderly?
As both someone who can play guitar (albeit not very well), and can Play Guitar Hero on hard/expert, I can tell you that the amount of time it takes to master Guitar Hero is a fraction of what it takes to master guitar.
I cannot agree more. "All season" tires are a joke compared to snow tires. I use snow tires on a Mustang in winter, and I tend to have better traction and stopping power than a lot of the SUVs I see on the road.