The other reason is if you try to sign up for services again even 10 years later they won't allow you any NEW CUSTOMER special offers. I've found this out the hard way. Which is also why I refuse to ever go back to them. I'm not paying a higher price then the guy next door just because I did business with them TEN YEARS AGO.
Bill Thompson is wrong and so is Robert X. Cringley. Yes, I said Cringley is wrong. Here's why:
This is EXACTLY what we need. Bellsouth and the other idiots should be allowed to do with "their networks" what they please. Sure, in the short term we'll suffer a little bit more.
But think about the long term.
Will Google, Microsoft and the others pay Bellsouth's extortion? NO! Google is already building their own network and toying with ISPeeing in San Francisco. This attempted extortion would result in the "The Internet 2.0". A REPLACEMENT FOR BELLSOUTH. It's already started here in Lafayette too.
Going up against the big boys like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! or Amazon is stupid. Taking them all on? All well as your CUSTOMERS? That's just SUICIDE.
Bellsouth is long over due for a smack down. Remember the phone company pre-breakup? Is your phone bill really less today? Ok,/. readers' bills may be due to VOIP. But the average person is still spending huge amounts. I'm not talking about internet either just phone. And have you called them lately? THE PHONE COMPANY IS BACK! Somewhere in the early to mid '90s, Bellsouth suddenly "got nice". Everyone that dealt with customers was suddenly happy, helpful, NICE. Not any more. The old attitude is back. Bellsouth survived the breakup and survived WELL.
But it's time for a change now. A change that can not happen as long as there's nothing better. Why am I posting this from a Bellsouth DSL account? Because there's nothing better. I've tried Cox. Cable might be great where you live. But my first 2 WEEKS with cable had more outages than TWO YEARS of Bellsouth. Add to that less speed and DNS Servers not being able to resolve the websites that I surf daily, and you quickly learn to take it from Bellsouth and almost like it. And where is Fiber? Maybe next year.
Anyway what's the big deal? Bellsouth is already blocking port 25. In the name of "Stopping spam". And after over a year of that and TWENTY THOUSAND ADDITIONAL unsolicited messages in my Bellsouth email account, I still use my own mail server and GMail to send mail. In the short term we'll all be annoyed, but we'll hack through it anyway. In the long term, we'll get Internet without surcharges for not having TV or phone. I see a market for proxy servers and tunneling routers popping up soon!
So we need this. It'll be for the better in the long run. And anyway. You'll never stop it. The phone companies hold all the governments phone lines. And therefore, THEIR BALLS. Resistance is futile!
Seriously look at a website designed for your type of people. AO Lusers.
You should expect whatever the computer came with (probably 800x600) with EVERY TOOLBAR EVER INVENTED. Plus a search side bar taking up about 1/3 of the left side. Oddly enough, those people hate surfing the net.
Tom's Hardware takes a closer look at Building The Ultimate Home Theater PC. "Hype aside, is it really possible to build a PC that is quiet and does everything that a high-end remote-controlled set-top box can do? And don't forget it's got to look good in your living room, too." I say YES! It was kind of refreshing to see them mangle some hardware forcing it into a small/slim form factor HTPC case, although it was less than refreshing to see them choose Windows MCE 2005 as their OS/PVR software. See also recent Ask SlashDot on MythTV extras and my favorite DIY PVR Resource
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I demand Cmdr Taco BUY MODEMS now just in case!
They keep them on file because the laws ALLOW IT.
The other reason is if you try to sign up for services again even 10 years later they won't allow you any NEW CUSTOMER special offers. I've found this out the hard way. Which is also why I refuse to ever go back to them. I'm not paying a higher price then the guy next door just because I did business with them TEN YEARS AGO.
Get off my lawn.
This story clearly contains prior art for many things that are patented today. Most notably the Amazon 1-Click patent on page 4 of 7.
I suppose that we'll see Server Trailer Parks popping up in the next few years...
It's business as usual in Second Life. NEWS would be if there WASN'T an exploit for a whole week.
Are you retarded? They're not taking security seriously. They never have. The fact that this happened proves it!
(NT)
news://alt.binaries.e-book.technical
Bill Thompson is wrong and so is Robert X. Cringley. Yes, I said Cringley is wrong. Here's why: This is EXACTLY what we need. Bellsouth and the other idiots should be allowed to do with "their networks" what they please. Sure, in the short term we'll suffer a little bit more.
/. readers' bills may be due to VOIP. But the average person is still spending huge amounts. I'm not talking about internet either just phone. And have you called them lately? THE PHONE COMPANY IS BACK! Somewhere in the early to mid '90s, Bellsouth suddenly "got nice". Everyone that dealt with customers was suddenly happy, helpful, NICE. Not any more. The old attitude is back. Bellsouth survived the breakup and survived WELL.
But think about the long term.
Will Google, Microsoft and the others pay Bellsouth's extortion? NO! Google is already building their own network and toying with ISPeeing in San Francisco. This attempted extortion would result in the "The Internet 2.0". A REPLACEMENT FOR BELLSOUTH. It's already started here in Lafayette too.
Going up against the big boys like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! or Amazon is stupid. Taking them all on? All well as your CUSTOMERS? That's just SUICIDE.
Bellsouth is long over due for a smack down. Remember the phone company pre-breakup? Is your phone bill really less today? Ok,
But it's time for a change now. A change that can not happen as long as there's nothing better. Why am I posting this from a Bellsouth DSL account? Because there's nothing better. I've tried Cox. Cable might be great where you live. But my first 2 WEEKS with cable had more outages than TWO YEARS of Bellsouth. Add to that less speed and DNS Servers not being able to resolve the websites that I surf daily, and you quickly learn to take it from Bellsouth and almost like it. And where is Fiber? Maybe next year.
Anyway what's the big deal? Bellsouth is already blocking port 25. In the name of "Stopping spam". And after over a year of that and TWENTY THOUSAND ADDITIONAL unsolicited messages in my Bellsouth email account, I still use my own mail server and GMail to send mail. In the short term we'll all be annoyed, but we'll hack through it anyway. In the long term, we'll get Internet without surcharges for not having TV or phone. I see a market for proxy servers and tunneling routers popping up soon!
So we need this. It'll be for the better in the long run. And anyway. You'll never stop it. The phone companies hold all the governments phone lines. And therefore, THEIR BALLS. Resistance is futile!
Is that a typo or is the government really that slow now?
What happened to the Mini Ice Age? Can't we just PICK ONE horrible future and stick with it?
Since you brought him up. Where is he? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM YOU BASTARD?!? Just curious.
Smultron? Since everyone else is suggesting text editors, might as well throw in the one I use.
What Would Google Do?
Seriously look at a website designed for your type of people. AO Lusers.
You should expect whatever the computer came with (probably 800x600) with EVERY TOOLBAR EVER INVENTED. Plus a search side bar taking up about 1/3 of the left side. Oddly enough, those people hate surfing the net.
How do they press charges though?
Later we find out this is why Apple switched to Intel...
Maybe we'll see deals.google.com next year. Indexing YOUR Sunday flyers Please enter your zip code.
Oh wait. Mine's already secure. Never mind.
USE Database;
SELECT * FROM table WHERE column !="99";
Did I get the job? Or for that matter DID YOU?
Sorry, but it was edited. The original story did.
When did I complain? Sorry you don't like the site. And I wanted a link straight to my project.
No. They didn't.
Tom's Hardware takes a closer look at Building The Ultimate Home Theater PC. "Hype aside, is it really possible to build a PC that is quiet and does everything that a high-end remote-controlled set-top box can do? And don't forget it's got to look good in your living room, too." I say YES! It was kind of refreshing to see them mangle some hardware forcing it into a small/slim form factor HTPC case, although it was less than refreshing to see them choose Windows MCE 2005 as their OS/PVR software. See also recent Ask SlashDot on MythTV extras and my favorite DIY PVR Resource
Everything you need to know is at Build Your Own Personal Video Recorder.