Anyone who'd shell out 5,000 clams for a Segway has too much money anyway. You could get a LARK for half the price and it can go places the Segway can't. It has 4-wheels so you don't need no stinking balance-gyro, you can sit as you go, and it has a large basket to carry your groceries... or your dribble cup or diapers. If you're too damn lazy to walk, at least enjoy the ride sitting down. I still chuckle as I recall the debut of the Segway and all the hype. The "City Fathers" scrambling to make new laws for helmets, speed limits, no riding on the sidewalk, the creation of special "Segway Lanes" akin to bike lanes. I have yet to see one in use on the street still and I'm downtown in a major U.S. city all the time for work. That p.o.s. will go down in history as the dumbest and most expensive personal use Dodo-Bird of modern times... anyone who buys a Segway and chains it up with a bike chain in the front yard deserves to have it stolen. He probably threw it into the Puget Sound and claimed it was stolen so he could get his money back through insurance:)
Thanks for the link. It was 3*** out of 5***** on accuracy for me. Some of the recommended movies I had already seen and I didn't think they were that good. Some of the highly rated recommended titles based on my picks are going to be added to my list of movies I haven't seen but should see though.
Here's a couple that come to mind in less than 30 seconds... Run Lola Run and The Professional are two highly action packed flicks that are great guy movies. Guaranteed to keep ypou entertained. The Professional is especially riveting. The whole movie is action packed from the get-go. It also has that special "evil genius" villain quirkiness only Gary Oldman can deliver on screen. Both really good movies to own on DVD and keep in the archives.
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yeah, this one's pretty funny... "Bombing For Peace Is Like Fucking For Virginity" pretty cute babe holding the sign too:P
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I normally don't reply to Anonymous Cowards (like the wisdom of someone who's more concerned about his/. karma than his right to speak freely holds any water) but the fact is.... you're right, about going way back to 1985. We should have done this long ago. But for decades worth of diplomacy, we would have. So you'd have us believe we should keep trying and let who knows who kill who knows how many more before we finally do act? And why shouldn't your country write the U.S. a blank check? We brought you whatever prosperity your country enjoys. Without the U.S., and this type of long overdue action, where would you all be? Be it good, bad, or indifferent, if the U.S. was such an awful place with such an awful government, why the hell do so many of you bastards come here then? I think it's so you can take advantage of our deep rooted and historical kindness and generosity while so many of you suck Lady Liberty's tits dry. I think we should cut you all off. We should just leave you ALL to your own devices and you can kill eachother off while we bask in our success and take care of our own FIRST. You just don't get it do you? We don't want to take over the world... we want EVERYONE to prosper and be free of fear, disease and squalor. We don't smack the shit out of anyone that doesn't need it dummy. Someone's got to do it if we are to ever have the lives all people whoever and wherever they are deserve, might as well be us cuz we're the only ones who can and are willing. Ever see the movie, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World? The countries we bitchslap always end up richer and better than they ever were before. It's a choice Einstein, which side do you choose? Like it or not, whatever the context or beliefs, it's tantamount to "Good vs. Evil". Governments who murder and terrorize and subvert their own people and people abroad are "evil". Governments who use the only means that work to sever the head of the snake leaving the body as intact as possible is not in the wrong, nor are they perfect. How can it be seen any other way but that? What's right is right. What's wrong is wrong. Call it Big Brother or Your Daddy, but "good" always triumphs over "evil" and we are here to see to it. Trust me, I know how fortunate me and my loved ones are to be born in the U.S. or that they made it here okay.
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that all you pencil necks who are clammoring for a spot to come to the U.S. just stay where you are. We don't need you. The rest who are already in the U.S., if you don't like it, leave. While Saddam gassed thousands of his own citizens, where were you then? While Saddam infected thousands of his own citizens with biologicals, where were you then? When Osama bombs and destroys and kills and mutilates, you rejoice. Your words are hollow and your thinking is skewed. You are without honor, you are without courage. Because honor and courage is what it takes to do the right thing, no matter how painful. I swear, jealousy of a countries success because your own neanderthalic country is run by despots and tyrants is pretty damn st00pid. If you had the courage, you'd change your own damn country and would have no need to worry about MINE... damn tourists.
remember the old Saturday Night Live sketches based on the "Mattress Police"? They went around arresting people for removing the mattress tags from their mattresses that said..."Do Not Remove This Tag Under Penalty Of Law"... It seems to me as the years go by, the U.S. Government Law Enforcement agencies are being empowered and assuming the rolls of "Mattress Police" more and more. Where once we sought out to destroy, with great vigor, communism and dictatorial governments, we are slowly becoming what we once so heartily endeavored to destroy and set "the people" free from... *sigh*
awwwww... what's the matter? Law Enforcement cramping your style? Go to Thailand... you can screw all the little boys you want and smoke all the opium you want and you don't have to worry about the mean ol' law man ruining your fun.
BAHAHAHAHAHAH... you CAN'T be serious! LMAO I hope you bedwetting pillow-biters go broke! Hey, howz about you come slob on my knob for about $100 worth then I'll come buy $100 worth of your p00p on your site. You need help hosting... LMAO GOOD!
*burp*... howz about you come over to my house and give me $100 worth of head, then I'll go buy $100 worth of your crap. long live the/. deathstar, it rears its ugly head again and does its job well which is especially sweet since it was GNN. I hope your "massive streaming bill" drains all you got and then some. BTW, your videos sux ass and the only reason anyone appreciates them at all is because they are either retarded or gay or both... *burp*
After watching that drivel, I can't help but chuckle in disgust imagining all the hours and effort placed in the making of that hog wash. Being it's from GNN, it's not art. I really can't say I've seen anything more infantile in its feeble attempt at rebellion. If this crap wins anything @ Sundance, Sundance loses all credibility with me, and my support. It'd be different if it had any redeeming value. Well, I may have to bite my tongue if you think of it in a comedic sense. Lest we forget why we are even in the position to have real factual current events to cull patheticly manipulated sound and video bites from for subversion of the TRUTH, we might forget it was a horrific act of war in and on our country that made it possible. The masses of those who'd see us living in their slowly tightening grip of terrorism, and their supporters, get less than they deserve no matter what happens. I'd like to see as much devotion to a collage of the simple truth in terrorism and all the countless people who might be alive today if we'd acted sooner. In the mean time, I'll watch THIS MOVIE to get THAT MOVIE out of my head.
The reference site has pop-ups. My killer was paused and when I visit the reference site, I get a pop-up ad for a Pop-Up Killer. Great, buy the Pop-Up Killer from the pop-up Pop-Up ad... I hope for their sake they don't sell software other than pop-up killers with Pop-Up ads.
just plain sucks. Nice set, awful terrible show. Not a single person could even come close to acting. I mean, it'd be worth it if it was at least entertainingly campy, it just plain sucks. I have to LmaO reading all these other posts of people desperately trying to get this crap on their computer by any and so many complicated means possible. Save yourself the effort and waste of time. After all the effort they put into the set and filming, they forgot to find actors!
...of mine owns his own "Communications" company. He installs, maintains, and manages payphones. He used to make a fortune on his phones and was so busy, I'd help him throw payphones up on the weekends in some of the highest class and some of the most ghetto neighborhoods all over the county (needless to say, he paid me well). He had a great life when he wasn't working and he probably would have been a millionaire within probably about 10 years. I say probably because he was making so much money 5 years ago he was on track to NET his first million within the next 5 years. He made huge money on long distance customers and calling cards, but being it's in San Diego, he made bank on international calls to Mexico. Unfortunately, cellular phones have reduced him to making his first million... never. He still makes good money but he has had to remove probably 100 of his 500+ payphones he had up and more will come down. It's sort of like monopoly. He bought and/or leased as many viable locations as he could, put up his phones, upgraded them, now he has to sell them off. He has no trouble selling his removed payphones to various people and businesses in the U.S. and abroad, so far, but cellular phones are now the bane of his existence. If it keeps up and keeps spreading, as we all know it will, he won't be self-employed much longer... at least not in the payphone business.
I can remember back to 2. I clearly remember things that were benign and traumatic. But there are bits of blanks in my memory through some of my teenage years. I guess I was too polluted to remember those gaps in my memory...
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I know what you mean. I went to High School with Lindsay Wagner's (Bionic Woman / former Ford Truck Spokesperson Extraordinaire) brother. She used to go to the flicks with us, the beach, hang out with us and swimming in the family pool. It was weird seeing her on TV as the Bionic Woman after that. Actually, after she became a TV star, that was all anyone ever saw of her anymore was on TV. The best part about it though, was seeing her in her bikini and playing Marco Polo with her in the pool. There's nothing like grabbing the ass of or accidently groping the breasts of a TV star:P
This is reminiscent of when @home went belly up. Everyone was freaking out and ranting. They transitioned those they could to another provider & the rest got squat because they couldn't get broadband other than by cable. I had cox@home and Cox Cable simply assumed the broadband service themselves. The transition was anything but smooth for the first 3 weeks but once they got all the kinks worked out, my broadband speed actually went up and I really haven't had any problems, other than untimely cable outages for various reasons. It seems to me that the vast majority of "Broadband" IP's are just contracting with other companies who own the backbone. If you could get DSL from DirectTV where you live, I'm sure someone else can offer DSL at the same location without missing a beat. As for all the "Hah Hah'ers", don't bother considering all the people who will soon be unemployed, because we all know people like you care for no one but yourselves. Good Luck to those who will be getting their pink slips.
This thing reads like this idiot is some kind of hero, he's a mongoloid. Who in their right mind --especially a 4.0 College educated person-- would mail something worth $3,000 across the country to someone he doesn't even know before getting the cash in hand? (ie: get check first, check clears bank, Fedex the computer version of the gay retarded uncle to the buyer) And this guy's writing this thing like he's Tony Soprano... "I'll bring my baseball bat, some duct tape and a bucket of roofing nails". He's an old college student. I shudder to think what a badass this guy must be. Aside from the fact the cashiers check was a counterfeit, he shouldn't get diddley squat but a swift kick in his dumb ass. He even has the gall to *hint* at selling the movie rights to this whole thing that was almost entirely his own fault to begin with. I could make up a better story than this tripe. This guy reminds me of Popeye and Wimpy, "May I please have a dozen hamburgers for which I'll gladly pay you on Tuesday?"
NAFTA opened the borders and the flood gates worked one way, from the USA out. All the big name brand manufacturers fled from where I live (San Diego) south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico. Particularly, Sony Corporation. They had a huge TV manufacturing plant in San Diego and moved it to Tijuana after NAFTA. Not only did they take all those jobs to Mexico, they took American standards with them too. Soon, the American standards could not possibly be kept up by the work force available in Mexico, so they switched to Mexico's standards... and the quality of the manufacturing went south as well. I happen to know a man who is an executive at that plant. He travels from the U.S. to Mexcico everyday to work. When he crosses the border, he makes a beeline for the plant because if he straggles or takes his time, he might get kidnapped and held for ransom. He gets a company car (rental) that he switches every few days to avoid being kidnapped by his car being known. He told me that the workers there are paid about 1/4 what U.S. workers were paid. Not to mention, in order for Sony to operate in Mexico, they have to purchase a vast amount of parts & supplies from "preferred" vendors, a list of suppliers given to them by Mexican Officials (Mmm, "kickbacks" ring a bell?)... sounds like the Mafia doesn't it? It basically is. Sony is not the only big name who fled to Mexico from San Diego after NAFTA, but the result is the same. Cheap operating costs, cheap labor, cheap parts, cheap products. It's not the whole enchilada as far as why the products suck now, but it has a definite palpable impact.
I live in San Diego, California. Just within the last few weeks, Ricochet Wireless has been advertising here, hard. I hadn't seen anything from them in even the newspapers for many, many months.
The deal they are offering in San Diego starts with what you need: A Ricochet External Modem or Internal PC Card Modem available for $99.95*.(free if you sign up for 6 mos)
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1-888-RICOCHETIt's not too bad a deal. Free modem with a 6 month contract for whatever platform you use, you're mobil and on the net @ 170+Kbps, go out of coverage area you have dial-up access still, and no service call from your neighborhood cable guy or phone dude.
I can't find a link to view the libelous article from the Barron's site to which the argument is centered around. Does anyone know of a link where we could actually read the disparaging article? In any event, like limekiller4 said, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. It could get pretty ugly once everyone with the wherewithal jumps on the gravy train.
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Anyone who'd shell out 5,000 clams for a Segway has too much money anyway. You could get a LARK for half the price and it can go places the Segway can't. It has 4-wheels so you don't need no stinking balance-gyro, you can sit as you go, and it has a large basket to carry your groceries... or your dribble cup or diapers. If you're too damn lazy to walk, at least enjoy the ride sitting down. :)
I still chuckle as I recall the debut of the Segway and all the hype. The "City Fathers" scrambling to make new laws for helmets, speed limits, no riding on the sidewalk, the creation of special "Segway Lanes" akin to bike lanes. I have yet to see one in use on the street still and I'm downtown in a major U.S. city all the time for work. That p.o.s. will go down in history as the dumbest and most expensive personal use Dodo-Bird of modern times... anyone who buys a Segway and chains it up with a bike chain in the front yard deserves to have it stolen.
He probably threw it into the Puget Sound and claimed it was stolen so he could get his money back through insurance
Thanks for the link. It was 3*** out of 5***** on accuracy for me. Some of the recommended movies I had already seen and I didn't think they were that good. Some of the highly rated recommended titles based on my picks are going to be added to my list of movies I haven't seen but should see though.
Here's a couple that come to mind in less than 30 seconds...
Run Lola Run and The Professional are two highly action packed flicks that are great guy movies. Guaranteed to keep ypou entertained. The Professional is especially riveting. The whole movie is action packed from the get-go. It also has that special "evil genius" villain quirkiness only Gary Oldman can deliver on screen.
Both really good movies to own on DVD and keep in the archives.
yeah, this one's pretty funny... :P
"Bombing For Peace Is Like Fucking For Virginity"
pretty cute babe holding the sign too
I normally don't reply to Anonymous Cowards (like the wisdom of someone who's more concerned about his /. karma than his right to speak freely holds any water) but the fact is.... you're right, about going way back to 1985. We should have done this long ago. But for decades worth of diplomacy, we would have. So you'd have us believe we should keep trying and let who knows who kill who knows how many more before we finally do act?
And why shouldn't your country write the U.S. a blank check? We brought you whatever prosperity your country enjoys. Without the U.S., and this type of long overdue action, where would you all be? Be it good, bad, or indifferent, if the U.S. was such an awful place with such an awful government, why the hell do so many of you bastards come here then?
I think it's so you can take advantage of our deep rooted and historical kindness and generosity while so many of you suck Lady Liberty's tits dry. I think we should cut you all off. We should just leave you ALL to your own devices and you can kill eachother off while we bask in our success and take care of our own FIRST. You just don't get it do you? We don't want to take over the world... we want EVERYONE to prosper and be free of fear, disease and squalor. We don't smack the shit out of anyone that doesn't need it dummy.
Someone's got to do it if we are to ever have the lives all people whoever and wherever they are deserve, might as well be us cuz we're the only ones who can and are willing. Ever see the movie, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World? The countries we bitchslap always end up richer and better than they ever were before.
It's a choice Einstein, which side do you choose? Like it or not, whatever the context or beliefs, it's tantamount to "Good vs. Evil". Governments who murder and terrorize and subvert their own people and people abroad are "evil". Governments who use the only means that work to sever the head of the snake leaving the body as intact as possible is not in the wrong, nor are they perfect. How can it be seen any other way but that? What's right is right. What's wrong is wrong. Call it Big Brother or Your Daddy, but "good" always triumphs over "evil" and we are here to see to it. Trust me, I know how fortunate me and my loved ones are to be born in the U.S. or that they made it here okay.
that all you pencil necks who are clammoring for a spot to come to the U.S. just stay where you are. We don't need you. The rest who are already in the U.S., if you don't like it, leave.
While Saddam gassed thousands of his own citizens, where were you then? While Saddam infected thousands of his own citizens with biologicals, where were you then? When Osama bombs and destroys and kills and mutilates, you rejoice. Your words are hollow and your thinking is skewed. You are without honor, you are without courage. Because honor and courage is what it takes to do the right thing, no matter how painful.
I swear, jealousy of a countries success because your own neanderthalic country is run by despots and tyrants is pretty damn st00pid. If you had the courage, you'd change your own damn country and would have no need to worry about MINE... damn tourists.
remember the old Saturday Night Live sketches based on the "Mattress Police"? They went around arresting people for removing the mattress tags from their mattresses that said..."Do Not Remove This Tag Under Penalty Of Law"... It seems to me as the years go by, the U.S. Government Law Enforcement agencies are being empowered and assuming the rolls of "Mattress Police" more and more. Where once we sought out to destroy, with great vigor, communism and dictatorial governments, we are slowly becoming what we once so heartily endeavored to destroy and set "the people" free from... *sigh*
awwwww... what's the matter? Law Enforcement cramping your style? Go to Thailand... you can screw all the little boys you want and smoke all the opium you want and you don't have to worry about the mean ol' law man ruining your fun.
BAHAHAHAHAHAH... you CAN'T be serious! LMAO I hope you bedwetting pillow-biters go broke! Hey, howz about you come slob on my knob for about $100 worth then I'll come buy $100 worth of your p00p on your site. You need help hosting... LMAO GOOD!
*burp*... howz about you come over to my house and give me $100 worth of head, then I'll go buy $100 worth of your crap. long live the /. deathstar, it rears its ugly head again and does its job well which is especially sweet since it was GNN.
I hope your "massive streaming bill" drains all you got and then some. BTW, your videos sux ass and the only reason anyone appreciates them at all is because they are either retarded or gay or both... *burp*
After watching that drivel, I can't help but chuckle in disgust imagining all the hours and effort placed in the making of that hog wash. Being it's from GNN, it's not art. I really can't say I've seen anything more infantile in its feeble attempt at rebellion. If this crap wins anything @ Sundance, Sundance loses all credibility with me, and my support. It'd be different if it had any redeeming value. Well, I may have to bite my tongue if you think of it in a comedic sense.
Lest we forget why we are even in the position to have real factual current events to cull patheticly manipulated sound and video bites from for subversion of the TRUTH, we might forget it was a horrific act of war in and on our country that made it possible. The masses of those who'd see us living in their slowly tightening grip of terrorism, and their supporters, get less than they deserve no matter what happens. I'd like to see as much devotion to a collage of the simple truth in terrorism and all the countless people who might be alive today if we'd acted sooner.
In the mean time, I'll watch THIS MOVIE to get THAT MOVIE out of my head.
You hit the nail on the head. Hmmm, maybe it's a "fight fire with fire" tactic?
Looks like a great Vomit Comet. I'd love to give it a go. But I hate standing in line for an hour for a 30-second thrill.
The reference site has pop-ups. My killer was paused and when I visit the reference site, I get a pop-up ad for a Pop-Up Killer. Great, buy the Pop-Up Killer from the pop-up Pop-Up ad... I hope for their sake they don't sell software other than pop-up killers with Pop-Up ads.
just plain sucks. Nice set, awful terrible show. Not a single person could even come close to acting. I mean, it'd be worth it if it was at least entertainingly campy, it just plain sucks. I have to LmaO reading all these other posts of people desperately trying to get this crap on their computer by any and so many complicated means possible. Save yourself the effort and waste of time. After all the effort they put into the set and filming, they forgot to find actors!
...of mine owns his own "Communications" company. He installs, maintains, and manages payphones. He used to make a fortune on his phones and was so busy, I'd help him throw payphones up on the weekends in some of the highest class and some of the most ghetto neighborhoods all over the county (needless to say, he paid me well). He had a great life when he wasn't working and he probably would have been a millionaire within probably about 10 years.
I say probably because he was making so much money 5 years ago he was on track to NET his first million within the next 5 years. He made huge money on long distance customers and calling cards, but being it's in San Diego, he made bank on international calls to Mexico. Unfortunately, cellular phones have reduced him to making his first million... never. He still makes good money but he has had to remove probably 100 of his 500+ payphones he had up and more will come down. It's sort of like monopoly. He bought and/or leased as many viable locations as he could, put up his phones, upgraded them, now he has to sell them off. He has no trouble selling his removed payphones to various people and businesses in the U.S. and abroad, so far, but cellular phones are now the bane of his existence.
If it keeps up and keeps spreading, as we all know it will, he won't be self-employed much longer... at least not in the payphone business.
...are of Mommas mammaries :P
I can remember back to 2. I clearly remember things that were benign and traumatic. But there are bits of blanks in my memory through some of my teenage years. I guess I was too polluted to remember those gaps in my memory...
they can make my ice last longer in my kalua & milk?
I know what you mean. I went to High School with Lindsay Wagner's (Bionic Woman / former Ford Truck Spokesperson Extraordinaire) brother. She used to go to the flicks with us, the beach, hang out with us and swimming in the family pool. It was weird seeing her on TV as the Bionic Woman after that. Actually, after she became a TV star, that was all anyone ever saw of her anymore was on TV. The best part about it though, was seeing her in her bikini and playing Marco Polo with her in the pool. There's nothing like grabbing the ass of or accidently groping the breasts of a TV star :P
This is reminiscent of when @home went belly up. Everyone was freaking out and ranting. They transitioned those they could to another provider & the rest got squat because they couldn't get broadband other than by cable. I had cox@home and Cox Cable simply assumed the broadband service themselves. The transition was anything but smooth for the first 3 weeks but once they got all the kinks worked out, my broadband speed actually went up and I really haven't had any problems, other than untimely cable outages for various reasons.
It seems to me that the vast majority of "Broadband" IP's are just contracting with other companies who own the backbone. If you could get DSL from DirectTV where you live, I'm sure someone else can offer DSL at the same location without missing a beat. As for all the "Hah Hah'ers", don't bother considering all the people who will soon be unemployed, because we all know people like you care for no one but yourselves.
Good Luck to those who will be getting their pink slips.
This thing reads like this idiot is some kind of hero, he's a mongoloid. Who in their right mind --especially a 4.0 College educated person-- would mail something worth $3,000 across the country to someone he doesn't even know before getting the cash in hand? (ie: get check first, check clears bank, Fedex the computer version of the gay retarded uncle to the buyer)
And this guy's writing this thing like he's Tony Soprano... "I'll bring my baseball bat, some duct tape and a bucket of roofing nails". He's an old college student. I shudder to think what a badass this guy must be. Aside from the fact the cashiers check was a counterfeit, he shouldn't get diddley squat but a swift kick in his dumb ass. He even has the gall to *hint* at selling the movie rights to this whole thing that was almost entirely his own fault to begin with. I could make up a better story than this tripe. This guy reminds me of Popeye and Wimpy, "May I please have a dozen hamburgers for which I'll gladly pay you on Tuesday?"
NAFTA opened the borders and the flood gates worked one way, from the USA out. All the big name brand manufacturers fled from where I live (San Diego) south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico. Particularly, Sony Corporation. They had a huge TV manufacturing plant in San Diego and moved it to Tijuana after NAFTA.
Not only did they take all those jobs to Mexico, they took American standards with them too. Soon, the American standards could not possibly be kept up by the work force available in Mexico, so they switched to Mexico's standards... and the quality of the manufacturing went south as well. I happen to know a man who is an executive at that plant. He travels from the U.S. to Mexcico everyday to work. When he crosses the border, he makes a beeline for the plant because if he straggles or takes his time, he might get kidnapped and held for ransom. He gets a company car (rental) that he switches every few days to avoid being kidnapped by his car being known. He told me that the workers there are paid about 1/4 what U.S. workers were paid. Not to mention, in order for Sony to operate in Mexico, they have to purchase a vast amount of parts & supplies from "preferred" vendors, a list of suppliers given to them by Mexican Officials (Mmm, "kickbacks" ring a bell?)... sounds like the Mafia doesn't it? It basically is.
Sony is not the only big name who fled to Mexico from San Diego after NAFTA, but the result is the same. Cheap operating costs, cheap labor, cheap parts, cheap products. It's not the whole enchilada as far as why the products suck now, but it has a definite palpable impact.
I live in San Diego, California. Just within the last few weeks, Ricochet Wireless has been advertising here, hard. I hadn't seen anything from them in even the newspapers for many, many months.
The deal they are offering in San Diego starts with what you need:
A Ricochet External Modem or Internal PC Card Modem available for $99.95*.(free if you sign up for 6 mos) A Ricochet service account at $44.95* per month, with no activation or per minute fees. A desktop computer, laptop computer or PDA meeting minimal system requirements of the External Modem or Internal PC Card Modem. A service address in a live coverage area. *Plus applicable fees and taxes
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A Ricochet Modem A Ricochet software CD Up to 10 email addresses 10 Mb of personal web space An out-of-coverage, national dial up service plan No service contract is required Download Ricochet SoftwareSystems: Windows®, Mac® and Pocket PC® Compatible. Speed: Typical speeds of 176 Kbps, with bursts to 400 kbps. Access: Unlimited Internet access within the coverage area. Support: 24x7 toll-free 1-888-RICOCHETIt's not too bad a deal. Free modem with a 6 month contract for whatever platform you use, you're mobil and on the net @ 170+Kbps, go out of coverage area you have dial-up access still, and no service call from your neighborhood cable guy or phone dude.
I can't find a link to view the libelous article from the Barron's site to which the argument is centered around. Does anyone know of a link where we could actually read the disparaging article?
In any event, like limekiller4 said, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. It could get pretty ugly once everyone with the wherewithal jumps on the gravy train.