My taxes of Ma'Bell's (Verizon) ended up being around $18.00 a month. I had all the features, yada yada yada. I never really used my home phone, I just need a real line for DirecTV DVR to call home.
Vonage with all those same features was about $17.00 for all (including taxes)..
So.. why should I pay more than $50 a month when i can pay $17....
Hey verizon.. tell ya what... I'll come back when you can price out Vonage plus email me my voice mail messages;-)
wow.. the power of/.
You anounce the web link, everyone tries to hit it.. and it shows just how underpowered their database applications are (or how slow their i-net connection is)..
Don't know about you.. but the website appears to be almost/.'ed. maybe in a few more minutes it will be 100% unresponsive.
When I read this yes.. the first thing I thought of was GTA... San Andreas.. how can I jump over the fence, get in the Cessna, and go for a joy ride.
The only thing keeping me from doing it is this..
I always seem to get killed in GTA.. and it never takes longer than 5 minutes.. Now If I could play the entire game without dieing.. well now.. we might have an interesting real life story line.. yeah right..
Too bad we only get once chance at life... Guess I'll keep driving my POS at the posted speed limits.. wave at the cops in my neighborhood, and answer my front door with my shotgun at 2am when someone comes knocking.
I'm sorry, I don't know where that tin foil came from.. damn neighborhood pranksters.. I was wondering why I wasn't getting my quarterly bill on driving.
Oh, and I would like to thank you for charging me last summer for driving to New York. I enjoyed paying for the 3000 miles drivin outside of the state of CA. I like being taxed, thank you!
So lets see... Laptop running Windows 98.. still being used? well.. If it hasn't melted yet you should be safe.. might as well get a new computer instead:)
So Microsoft, why not just say "We are not paying and we will pull all of our products off your shelf and reject any licenses from your government office for updates to any Microsoft products".
Ok, there is no paper trail! I was also told there was going to be 10 hours of battery backup if the power went out. They had APC 500's hooked up to what appeared to be a modified Tablit Windows PC. I saw about 5 UPS's for 15 terminals.
How do you get 10 hours of power with that?
Also, if someone wanted to change the data stored in the electronic system, how would anyone know? There needs to be a paper trail at the individual voting places. I want to see that my vote actually was counted. I don't trust these machines.
Also, waste of money. We vote 4 times every 2 years or so. How long do you think those APC batteries will last on the shelf when they are not in use? Probably not long at all.
hello... power was in the rest of the USA and would still generate signal problems for the reciever in a state that still has power..
man.. some people are so f'ing ignorant.
Thats correct. If Ham Radio operators find out that they are causing interfearance Part 97 says they must stop causing that interfearance. That goes for TV sets too as well as anything else we cause interfearance too.
Now for your WiFi card, Part 15 says that it won't cause interfearance, but if it does you must as a consumer stop operation of that.
So, if BPL causes interfearance does that mean the end users must stop using it? Interesting question for a lawyer I guess..
That Ham operator will probably be the one that will find you and help you communicate with your family.
San Fran big quake, guess who helped out the police? Ham Operators and members of the Civil Air Patrol and other orginizations. Guess how they got the big news out? HF radio!
Hams need the frequency spectrim to communicate. Home users have lots of options for internet. Cable Modem, DSL, DirecTV Internet, ISDN, and even some ISPs offer microwave links for about $90 a month.
that is very true. They get the time from a radio station in Colorado and another station (can't remember where). Thats not the only device that depends on atomic time recieved over the airwaves.
but if I can't talk on those frequencies because power over broadband is always on (except when power is out), chances are I'm not going to spend the $1,000 for the ham radio that works on those frequencies because I know I can't use them. If I don't buy the radio then I'll never beable to help during an emergency.
catch 22
Look, you have cable, dsl, even some wifi providers, and satilite. we don't need another way to connect to the net..
Police radios often require repeters (devices that pick up the signal and rebroadcast it) in order to function. And if you had to use your rigs HF radio to talk to someone far away to call in a chopper for rescue, and their were power lines there, you might to be able to or the other end might not be able to hear you.
Police hand held radios have a short range, 2 - 5 miles in most cases (Line of site can increase range to 20 miles but you can't have buildings or mountains in the way). The police cars have a 3 - 7 mile range (again further with true line of site.).
I am a ham radio operator. I use my radio in the car all the time. When I travel I get to talk to all kinds of people.
I drove across the USA last year, and when I did I was able to ask people where the best places to eat where and where local points of interest are.
I also use my radio to talk to other hams to find out where the bad traffic is from someone thats really sitting in it.
The problem with Boradband over Power Lines is that it damages the HF frequency spectrim. Normally you use this spectrim to talk to NASA space shuttles or talk around the world to other people. It is a lot of fun to do, sure some of this stuff you could use computers but it's just not the same.
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My taxes of Ma'Bell's (Verizon) ended up being around $18.00 a month. I had all the features, yada yada yada. I never really used my home phone, I just need a real line for DirecTV DVR to call home. Vonage with all those same features was about $17.00 for all (including taxes).. So.. why should I pay more than $50 a month when i can pay $17.... Hey verizon.. tell ya what... I'll come back when you can price out Vonage plus email me my voice mail messages ;-)
wow.. the power of /.
You anounce the web link, everyone tries to hit it.. and it shows just how underpowered their database applications are (or how slow their i-net connection is)..
Don't know about you.. but the website appears to be almost /.'ed. maybe in a few more minutes it will be 100% unresponsive.
When I read this yes.. the first thing I thought of was GTA... San Andreas.. how can I jump over the fence, get in the Cessna, and go for a joy ride. The only thing keeping me from doing it is this.. I always seem to get killed in GTA.. and it never takes longer than 5 minutes.. Now If I could play the entire game without dieing.. well now.. we might have an interesting real life story line.. yeah right.. Too bad we only get once chance at life... Guess I'll keep driving my POS at the posted speed limits.. wave at the cops in my neighborhood, and answer my front door with my shotgun at 2am when someone comes knocking.
Was it just me or did everyone else notice that IDC wants to charge $2,000 to read their 20 page document on how linux is mainstream?? http://www.idc.com/research/viewtoc.jsp?containerI d=32424
Yeah.. LOL...
already /.'ed..
The power of Slashdot.... :)
and a 100% chance that I'm going to file exempt in 2028 just incase I don't have to file on 4/14/2029 :)
I think I'm going to claim exempt for 2028.. because their is a 1 and 37 chance that I won't have to pay up.
wow.. AOL fires 700+ employees.. accounts for AIM are suddenly disabled.. what a qo-inki-dink.
I'm sorry, I don't know where that tin foil came from.. damn neighborhood pranksters.. I was wondering why I wasn't getting my quarterly bill on driving.
Oh, and I would like to thank you for charging me last summer for driving to New York. I enjoyed paying for the 3000 miles drivin outside of the state of CA. I like being taxed, thank you!
So lets see... Laptop running Windows 98.. still being used? well.. If it hasn't melted yet you should be safe.. might as well get a new computer instead :)
So Microsoft, why not just say "We are not paying and we will pull all of our products off your shelf and reject any licenses from your government office for updates to any Microsoft products".
Ok, there is no paper trail! I was also told there was going to be 10 hours of battery backup if the power went out. They had APC 500's hooked up to what appeared to be a modified Tablit Windows PC. I saw about 5 UPS's for 15 terminals.
How do you get 10 hours of power with that?
Also, if someone wanted to change the data stored in the electronic system, how would anyone know? There needs to be a paper trail at the individual voting places. I want to see that my vote actually was counted. I don't trust these machines.
Also, waste of money. We vote 4 times every 2 years or so. How long do you think those APC batteries will last on the shelf when they are not in use? Probably not long at all.
Just tell me what I need to remove from my linux machine so that I don't have to pay $199 for this, and be done with it.
Hey, are you sure it's not some guy pretending to be a woman? You never know...
hello... power was in the rest of the USA and would still generate signal problems for the reciever in a state that still has power.. man.. some people are so f'ing ignorant.
Now for your WiFi card, Part 15 says that it won't cause interfearance, but if it does you must as a consumer stop operation of that.
So, if BPL causes interfearance does that mean the end users must stop using it? Interesting question for a lawyer I guess..
San Fran big quake, guess who helped out the police? Ham Operators and members of the Civil Air Patrol and other orginizations. Guess how they got the big news out? HF radio!
Hams need the frequency spectrim to communicate. Home users have lots of options for internet. Cable Modem, DSL, DirecTV Internet, ISDN, and even some ISPs offer microwave links for about $90 a month.
that is very true. They get the time from a radio station in Colorado and another station (can't remember where). Thats not the only device that depends on atomic time recieved over the airwaves.
catch 22
Look, you have cable, dsl, even some wifi providers, and satilite. we don't need another way to connect to the net..
Police hand held radios have a short range, 2 - 5 miles in most cases (Line of site can increase range to 20 miles but you can't have buildings or mountains in the way). The police cars have a 3 - 7 mile range (again further with true line of site.).
I drove across the USA last year, and when I did I was able to ask people where the best places to eat where and where local points of interest are.
I also use my radio to talk to other hams to find out where the bad traffic is from someone thats really sitting in it.
The problem with Boradband over Power Lines is that it damages the HF frequency spectrim. Normally you use this spectrim to talk to NASA space shuttles or talk around the world to other people. It is a lot of fun to do, sure some of this stuff you could use computers but it's just not the same.
how cool, thanks for the email addresses.. I'll post if I find anything out from anyone.
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