I dispise any form of video ad on any web-page. And especially the ones with sound. Still don't know how to block them effectively, but I will not deal with any business advertising to me that way.
And the worst part is that somebody probably thought these were a Good Idea.
So run a simple test. Take both you and your partner's phones, turn them off for 24 hours -- 48 would be better. Completely off, put away, untouched, no questions about it. You can live without your phones for 2 days. If these mysterious calls come more often on some days than others, choose those days.
Now if you're charged for incoming calls during this period, raise holy hell, and include your state telephone regulators in it.
But don't trust anyone else's word no matter how well you think you know them. Lock up the phones completely and see what happens.
I think it should cost as much as the consumer is willing to pay
Not all consumers are willing to pay the same. In fact, few will agree on any price. So how many different levels of service do you feel should be available since there's not one theoretical consumer -- but many!
The Wikepedia article should be updated to point out clearly that the whole part of USB 2.0 full speed is a marketing scam. When USB 2.0 came out initially, theoretical maximum transfer rates jumped from 12Mbs to 480Mbs. The problem was that there were still a huge backlog of unsold systems with the old USB 1.1 ports. Of course, nobody wanted the older, slower standard, and everyone knew to insist on USB 2.0 in their new systems. The industry somehow managed to get the "standard" changed so that what was USB 1.1 could now be labeled as USB 2.0 Full Speed. The new standard became USB 2.0 High Speed. Of course, most computers were labeled simply as USB 2.0 regardless of which they had, which was a huge scam on the buyers. Why there aren't people in jail over this still infuriates me.
brings us into conformity with the federal ban on internet gambling.
Is there even a federal ban on Internet gambling? I know some people who wish there was, but I'm not aware one has yet been passed. Of course any such ban will be attacked by off-shore gaming interests who will (rightfully) point out that this interference in commerce is completely against some free trade agreements the USA is party to at this time. Your congresscritter's reply looks like boilerplate handed out to defend the indefensible.
This has got to be a First Amendment issue. There is a clear difference between talking about illegal activity, and performing illegal activity. Where is the ACLU on this where they might actually do something useful for once?
I guess you've rather outed yourself here on Slashdot. Anyone in the future can now cross-reference your posts to yourself. Hope you haven't ever said anything snarky about your past, current, or any future employers.
I would say to avoid Thawte. Every site that has ever tried to install a piece of dodge to just plain unwanted adware/spyware seems to have their content certified by Thawte. To my way of seeing it, when you sleep with dogs...
So what were you playing? Super Mario Kart, or GoldenEye?
Those prices match what I've seen in southern Arizona in the past. At those prices, however, too bad you can't network N64's together for some enhanced action.
I recently bought a used N64, Super Mario 64, Zelda Ocarina and Majora's mask, rumble pack, and console memory expansion to ensure that I can replay these in the future. At used prices ($35 for the N64 console and controller, similar pricing for the games) this was cheap insurance against the kid moving out of the house and selling/losing/destroying the original N64 we all first played these on. And I agree that Super Mario 64 was quite a leap from everything before it at the time.
The Sounds of Silence. I'm sure that the original submitter, the Slashdot moderator, Slashdot itself, and everyone who downloaded the text time of "Sounds of Silence" when they opened this page will be hearing from the RIAA lawyers shortly. And for only $3000 in protection money, they'll leave you all alone until the next time.
I was looking for this article to make the very same point. You found it first!
The Dickhead who wrote the parent feels he can break the rules with impunity because he has a click-through disclaimer. If that worked, everyone sharing P2P files would have this disclaimer appear at the head of their shared files list telling the **AA to fsk off. Would love to be there when he finds out that life really doesn't work that way.
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And the worst part is that somebody probably thought these were a Good Idea.
The Programmer's Guild actually expects to force Congress and the Courts to obey the laws they've enacted? In what Perfect World is this?
Now if you're charged for incoming calls during this period, raise holy hell, and include your state telephone regulators in it.
But don't trust anyone else's word no matter how well you think you know them. Lock up the phones completely and see what happens.
Not all consumers are willing to pay the same. In fact, few will agree on any price. So how many different levels of service do you feel should be available since there's not one theoretical consumer -- but many!
Or the second time either.
The Wikepedia article should be updated to point out clearly that the whole part of USB 2.0 full speed is a marketing scam. When USB 2.0 came out initially, theoretical maximum transfer rates jumped from 12Mbs to 480Mbs. The problem was that there were still a huge backlog of unsold systems with the old USB 1.1 ports. Of course, nobody wanted the older, slower standard, and everyone knew to insist on USB 2.0 in their new systems. The industry somehow managed to get the "standard" changed so that what was USB 1.1 could now be labeled as USB 2.0 Full Speed. The new standard became USB 2.0 High Speed. Of course, most computers were labeled simply as USB 2.0 regardless of which they had, which was a huge scam on the buyers. Why there aren't people in jail over this still infuriates me.
Is there even a federal ban on Internet gambling? I know some people who wish there was, but I'm not aware one has yet been passed. Of course any such ban will be attacked by off-shore gaming interests who will (rightfully) point out that this interference in commerce is completely against some free trade agreements the USA is party to at this time. Your congresscritter's reply looks like boilerplate handed out to defend the indefensible.
This has got to be a First Amendment issue. There is a clear difference between talking about illegal activity, and performing illegal activity. Where is the ACLU on this where they might actually do something useful for once?
I guess you've rather outed yourself here on Slashdot. Anyone in the future can now cross-reference your posts to yourself. Hope you haven't ever said anything snarky about your past, current, or any future employers.
I would say to avoid Thawte. Every site that has ever tried to install a piece of dodge to just plain unwanted adware/spyware seems to have their content certified by Thawte. To my way of seeing it, when you sleep with dogs...
Don't they mean USB 2.0 High-Speed ports? The USB 2.0 "full speed" scam should have never been allowed to exist in the first place.
1x Cray Supercomputer.
Boy, I'd love to use that as a render farm for my Maya 3D scenes. Talk about something that brings regular dual processor desktops to their knees.
So what were you playing? Super Mario Kart, or GoldenEye?
Those prices match what I've seen in southern Arizona in the past. At those prices, however, too bad you can't network N64's together for some enhanced action.
No you can't have my nano tubes. I need them for my new battery-capacitor.
Does this mean that their lawsuit campaign is now over? That's when I'll actually believe a statement like theirs above.
I recently bought a used N64, Super Mario 64, Zelda Ocarina and Majora's mask, rumble pack, and console memory expansion to ensure that I can replay these in the future. At used prices ($35 for the N64 console and controller, similar pricing for the games) this was cheap insurance against the kid moving out of the house and selling/losing/destroying the original N64 we all first played these on. And I agree that Super Mario 64 was quite a leap from everything before it at the time.
Do you mean that all those lovely Blood Elves are guys!!! Now you've totally burst my bubble.
Watch out Canada! We'll make you into the United States yet!
Oh, yeah. That'll be useful.
The real use of this system will be when you get the message: CELL PHONE TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 110MPH.
Besides, my kids forget/lose/destroy so many cell phones, this service would be best simply for finding the missing phones again.
This means either...
Only 8% of the men are smart enough to know how to score a date through WoW so far, and are doing it multiple times...
21% of the women are dating each other!
The Sounds of Silence. I'm sure that the original submitter, the Slashdot moderator, Slashdot itself, and everyone who downloaded the text time of "Sounds of Silence" when they opened this page will be hearing from the RIAA lawyers shortly. And for only $3000 in protection money, they'll leave you all alone until the next time.
I always use unlisted, undocumented functions...
...as soon as I can find out about them.
The Dickhead who wrote the parent feels he can break the rules with impunity because he has a click-through disclaimer. If that worked, everyone sharing P2P files would have this disclaimer appear at the head of their shared files list telling the **AA to fsk off. Would love to be there when he finds out that life really doesn't work that way.