As a non-Mexican, I couldn't even follow the simple procedure. Luckily, it's want too difficult to take my passport to the Telcel customer service center, and register that way.
On the other hand, I also have my work-issued phone, which is from the United States (where I'm also from). I don't have to register it; my company only has to pay roaming rates. It kind of defeats the purpose of combating the criminal underground if they're willing to use US phones and pay the roaming rates. How much would that really affect their bottom lines?
I have a jailbroken iPod Touch as a well as a jailbroken iPhone 3GS. Not a single pirated app on either of them. In the case of the iPhone, I'm a good AT&T customer who pays all of his bills on time, although in one respect I'm a bad AT&T customer in that I put in a Telcel SIM while working/traveling in Mexico. Oh well, AT&T still gets my subscription.
All told (looking at my iTunes store receipts going back to only July), I've spent over $500 at the app store (granted, the two GPS apps alone make up a large chunk of that). A non-jailbroken phone wouldn't have the same utility to me, and as a consequence, I'd not have spent nearly that much, if anything.
So why jailbreak? Even if not for the need of the Telcel SIM, jailbreaking lets me do great stuff like run SBPreferences and a cool switchboard program I can't remember the name of. It's also great having my Outlook calendar on the lock screen. Having access via SSH isn't all that practical, but it's still pretty danged cool. Having a terminal so that I can SSH into my home computers, though, is very practical.
On my PC's (Mac and Windows), I'm not so pure. And maintaining working versions of some apps is a lot of work. I do end up buying them if I find that I actually use them (as opposed to "collecting"). But I don't want those headaches on my telephone; I just want the sucker to work. Ergo, no pirated apps.
(Plus, well, iPhone apps are generally so very cheap, I'm not even afraid to pay an insignificant amount and find out that I don't like a program.)
Your assertion that "The Mexican government is the heir of the Spanish Empire" is so monumentally ignorant that does not deserve any further comment.
It's not ignorant at all, and does deserve further comment. It's just as valid as saying that the US government is the heir of the British Empire. Granted in both cases, neither is heir to the empire, but heir of the empire.
Consider this: Spain was in charge, established a government, and provided an infrastructure to Mexico, much as the British did in what's now the USA. The USA claimed independence in 1776; Mexico not too much later, in 1810. In neither case were the governments restored to that of the indiginous populations. Infrastructure and the rule of law pretty much continued as it did. In both Mexico and the United States it took a couple of tries to get it right (multiple constitutions or articles of confederation), but in the end, the governments are very much the heirs of their predecessors.
And in a tiny little stub of Guanajuato, too. No, it doesn't have to me made in the town of Tequila. Penjamo, Guanajuato makes a tequila that I'm very fond of, for example.
Well, within Mexico, tequila can only be made in the state of Jalisco and a small portion of the state of Guanajuato. It's also only to be made of blue Weber agave, which is a type of maguey. Tequila is a subset of the mezcales, and there are other mezcales, like bacanora. Other mezcales can be made with other types of maguey.
Internationally, "tequila" was granted an OAC in 1977, but the USA doesn't recognize OAC as pointed out in so many other posts. Instead, the USA (and presumably other countries) depend on trade agreements to protect specific names, and that's the case with tequila in the USA.
The Detroit News just went to a similar model. I still subscribe to the limited paper edition just to get the Sunday. It's a stupid, stupid, schedule. I get Thu., Sat., and Sun., but have free (as in, included with my paper subscription whose price didn't go down), the online edition.
Well, the online edition sucks ass. Computer screens aren't newspapers. I've *always* had access to the web version, which is still much, much better, especially with an RSS reader.
So even I, a non-luddite, a computer user, who now has free (for practical purposes) access to the online "print" edition, won't use it. If I won't use because of its uselessness, why the heck would they expect paid subscribers to want it?
Well, they're built by Germans, so they all receive extra care and attention. These are German-spec'd vehicles; I don't even know if any type of federalization was done to them; I have to imagine that there's some done, anyway.
That's why I don't have a Pronto, and why I stopped using my Sony whatever-it-was (it was $200, way back in 1999 or 2000!). I also had a remote control on my Clie that I never bothered to use.
I'm getting the idea that just because GW wasn't a very good Republican, we're now willing to give up our federal system? We're not a tiny, little homogeneous European country; we're a huge friggin' landmass with diverse wants and needs. Keep power as close to home as possible.
I'm suing Wired. Even though my lawyer said not to mention anything outside the courtroom, the Wired article enticed me to try ALL of those drugs in order to rescue my failing career.
Under the Aderall, everyone that passed my cube though I was calling them names. That resulted in an unpleasant meeting where I swore at my boss.
With the Aniracetam, I had the unpleasant assignment of examining the weld quality on some Ambassor Bridge repairs. Thank goodness for fall harnesses!
I don't even want to recall the embarrassment at work when taking the Aricept. It was like first grade all over again.
Methamphetamine was probably my best try. I had to stop taking it when I was sent home for "the nerves."
The Modafinil made everyone think I actually *did* something with the stripper in the back room at the club, and worse, that it was contagious.
The Nicotine just got met cited by the county for violating workplace rules. It actually worked out quite well, but the $250 smoking fines really add up, ya know?
The Rolipram was a little better than the Aricept. You get much more sympathy when everything comes out from above rather than from below.
I'm currently taking Vasopressin. For some reason, people keep telling me to chew my food before I swallow it.
Maybe I shouldn't have taken them in the prescribed order? In any case, don't tell my attorney. Something about "spoiling my case."
As one of the few (in my workplace) non-IT people that actually does know how to write an SQL query, and does want to manage my data quickly than some poorly-written propriety software (desktop or web) will permit, I routinely ask for read-only Oracle access to the pertinent databases. It's read-only; what's the harm? Makes my life easier, and makes me more efficient.
Well, if you all all look at current data, Ford and GM have quality equal to Toyota. All three are very close to Honda. All four are significantly ahead of the rest of the Japanese and Koreans. The Asians, Ford, and GM all all significantly ahead of the Europeans. Notice I'm leaving Chrysler out. They may still be "coming around" but they're not quite there yet.
Drive what you like, but crying about quality is in the past.
But we're talking Thanksgiving for turkeys, not Christmas. Here in the US, there are several different traditions for Christmas dinner, probably having to do with our respective nations of origin. There's turkey, ham, goose, and in my family, prime rib (standing rib roast). For really large gatherings, you'll often encounter more than one of these.
Seriously, I recently spent a year living in Mississauga, ON, a suburb (despite what they like to claim) of Toronto. Canadians are different people, and for them, I can understand why they prefer Canada. Me? I'm just glad I'm back in the USA, even if it's the worst state in the union these days.
I got to learn Logo in 6th grade, and I *loved* it because I was l33t. Hell, I'd already been programming BASIC on a Vic-20, TRS-80 MC10, TI99-4A, and I'm not sure if Apple ][ BASIC came before or after the Logo. When I finally got my Commodore-128 I wrote a version of Logo called "Logo-128" -- the only thing it didn't really do well was variables, because I had no idea how to implement them in my version of a scripted language.
Now, I just struggle to understand CakePHP.::sigh:: I'm old at 35.
Same here -- I've got three modded Xboxes for the express purpose of streaming MythTV throughout my house. XBMC and XBMCMythTV are the only things that run on them, and wouldn't be able to run if not for the mods.
We already have something like this; it just needs to be better utilized. It's called a defensive publication, and the authors are usually anonymous. The whole point is to document something as prior art.
If I were Google I would simply shut down Google.de and the German GMail and give the whole country the big old middle finger. I bet it would only take months for local public pressure to force g-mail to get out of the way of the real Google GMail.
And if I were the entire automotive industry, I'd refuse to do business in California!
I don't want to give credence to this, but for the sake of logic, I've got to say: maybe the crew didn't navigate four trillion miles. Consider that Navy aircraft carrier pilots have no idea how to navigate an aircraft carrier from Hawaii to the sea of Japan, but yet you're saying that it's inconceivable that a crashed F-14 pilot could pilot such a craft. I have to think that even an advanced society has some type of delegation of responsibilities that would permit a craft to crash on the Earth. Unless they employed eugenics at some point in their history, there's no guarantee that even an advanced society doesn't have "normal" people. That's something that always pissed me off about Star Trek (even as a fan): everyone was a super-genius, unless you dedicated yourself to raising grapes in France or you were a junior member of an away team.;-)
I've actually gotten to sit in one at my hotel in Oakville! The commercial linked to in the story is kind of deceptive, though. As a tall guy myself, yeah, the sit slid back just enough to not cramp the legs, but my old 95 Civic was better. Plus, there's more to "feeling roomy" than just the legroom. It was really quite friggin' claustrophobic inside.
What's surprising to me is getting passed by them on the 401 while I'm already going 140 in a normal car. Forget worrying about getting hit by an SUV at 140, I'd've destroyed the thing in my Zephyr (well, at that speed, the Zephyr too).
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As a non-Mexican, I couldn't even follow the simple procedure. Luckily, it's want too difficult to take my passport to the Telcel customer service center, and register that way.
On the other hand, I also have my work-issued phone, which is from the United States (where I'm also from). I don't have to register it; my company only has to pay roaming rates. It kind of defeats the purpose of combating the criminal underground if they're willing to use US phones and pay the roaming rates. How much would that really affect their bottom lines?
I have a jailbroken iPod Touch as a well as a jailbroken iPhone 3GS. Not a single pirated app on either of them. In the case of the iPhone, I'm a good AT&T customer who pays all of his bills on time, although in one respect I'm a bad AT&T customer in that I put in a Telcel SIM while working/traveling in Mexico. Oh well, AT&T still gets my subscription.
All told (looking at my iTunes store receipts going back to only July), I've spent over $500 at the app store (granted, the two GPS apps alone make up a large chunk of that). A non-jailbroken phone wouldn't have the same utility to me, and as a consequence, I'd not have spent nearly that much, if anything.
So why jailbreak? Even if not for the need of the Telcel SIM, jailbreaking lets me do great stuff like run SBPreferences and a cool switchboard program I can't remember the name of. It's also great having my Outlook calendar on the lock screen. Having access via SSH isn't all that practical, but it's still pretty danged cool. Having a terminal so that I can SSH into my home computers, though, is very practical.
On my PC's (Mac and Windows), I'm not so pure. And maintaining working versions of some apps is a lot of work. I do end up buying them if I find that I actually use them (as opposed to "collecting"). But I don't want those headaches on my telephone; I just want the sucker to work. Ergo, no pirated apps.
(Plus, well, iPhone apps are generally so very cheap, I'm not even afraid to pay an insignificant amount and find out that I don't like a program.)
Your assertion that "The Mexican government is the heir of the Spanish Empire" is so monumentally ignorant that does not deserve any further comment.
It's not ignorant at all, and does deserve further comment. It's just as valid as saying that the US government is the heir of the British Empire. Granted in both cases, neither is heir to the empire, but heir of the empire.
Consider this: Spain was in charge, established a government, and provided an infrastructure to Mexico, much as the British did in what's now the USA. The USA claimed independence in 1776; Mexico not too much later, in 1810. In neither case were the governments restored to that of the indiginous populations. Infrastructure and the rule of law pretty much continued as it did. In both Mexico and the United States it took a couple of tries to get it right (multiple constitutions or articles of confederation), but in the end, the governments are very much the heirs of their predecessors.
And in a tiny little stub of Guanajuato, too. No, it doesn't have to me made in the town of Tequila. Penjamo, Guanajuato makes a tequila that I'm very fond of, for example.
Well, within Mexico, tequila can only be made in the state of Jalisco and a small portion of the state of Guanajuato. It's also only to be made of blue Weber agave, which is a type of maguey. Tequila is a subset of the mezcales, and there are other mezcales, like bacanora. Other mezcales can be made with other types of maguey.
Internationally, "tequila" was granted an OAC in 1977, but the USA doesn't recognize OAC as pointed out in so many other posts. Instead, the USA (and presumably other countries) depend on trade agreements to protect specific names, and that's the case with tequila in the USA.
I guess there goes my business plan for a social network for convicted sex offenders.
You know, if I'm looking for a competitor to Adobe (for example), I *want* to be able to see competitors' ads when I do a search for Adobe.
The Detroit News just went to a similar model. I still subscribe to the limited paper edition just to get the Sunday. It's a stupid, stupid, schedule. I get Thu., Sat., and Sun., but have free (as in, included with my paper subscription whose price didn't go down), the online edition.
Well, the online edition sucks ass. Computer screens aren't newspapers. I've *always* had access to the web version, which is still much, much better, especially with an RSS reader.
So even I, a non-luddite, a computer user, who now has free (for practical purposes) access to the online "print" edition, won't use it. If I won't use because of its uselessness, why the heck would they expect paid subscribers to want it?
Well, they're built by Germans, so they all receive extra care and attention. These are German-spec'd vehicles; I don't even know if any type of federalization was done to them; I have to imagine that there's some done, anyway.
That's why I don't have a Pronto, and why I stopped using my Sony whatever-it-was (it was $200, way back in 1999 or 2000!). I also had a remote control on my Clie that I never bothered to use.
I'm getting the idea that just because GW wasn't a very good Republican, we're now willing to give up our federal system? We're not a tiny, little homogeneous European country; we're a huge friggin' landmass with diverse wants and needs. Keep power as close to home as possible.
I'm suing Wired. Even though my lawyer said not to mention anything outside the courtroom, the Wired article enticed me to try ALL of those drugs in order to rescue my failing career.
Under the Aderall, everyone that passed my cube though I was calling them names. That resulted in an unpleasant meeting where I swore at my boss.
With the Aniracetam, I had the unpleasant assignment of examining the weld quality on some Ambassor Bridge repairs. Thank goodness for fall harnesses!
I don't even want to recall the embarrassment at work when taking the Aricept. It was like first grade all over again.
Methamphetamine was probably my best try. I had to stop taking it when I was sent home for "the nerves."
The Modafinil made everyone think I actually *did* something with the stripper in the back room at the club, and worse, that it was contagious.
The Nicotine just got met cited by the county for violating workplace rules. It actually worked out quite well, but the $250 smoking fines really add up, ya know?
The Rolipram was a little better than the Aricept. You get much more sympathy when everything comes out from above rather than from below.
I'm currently taking Vasopressin. For some reason, people keep telling me to chew my food before I swallow it.
Maybe I shouldn't have taken them in the prescribed order? In any case, don't tell my attorney. Something about "spoiling my case."
As one of the few (in my workplace) non-IT people that actually does know how to write an SQL query, and does want to manage my data quickly than some poorly-written propriety software (desktop or web) will permit, I routinely ask for read-only Oracle access to the pertinent databases. It's read-only; what's the harm? Makes my life easier, and makes me more efficient.
Well, if you all all look at current data, Ford and GM have quality equal to Toyota. All three are very close to Honda. All four are significantly ahead of the rest of the Japanese and Koreans. The Asians, Ford, and GM all all significantly ahead of the Europeans. Notice I'm leaving Chrysler out. They may still be "coming around" but they're not quite there yet.
Drive what you like, but crying about quality is in the past.
But we're talking Thanksgiving for turkeys, not Christmas. Here in the US, there are several different traditions for Christmas dinner, probably having to do with our respective nations of origin. There's turkey, ham, goose, and in my family, prime rib (standing rib roast). For really large gatherings, you'll often encounter more than one of these.
100Hz isn't microwave. Hell, it's almost sub-audible.
Seriously, I recently spent a year living in Mississauga, ON, a suburb (despite what they like to claim) of Toronto. Canadians are different people, and for them, I can understand why they prefer Canada. Me? I'm just glad I'm back in the USA, even if it's the worst state in the union these days.
I got to learn Logo in 6th grade, and I *loved* it because I was l33t. Hell, I'd already been programming BASIC on a Vic-20, TRS-80 MC10, TI99-4A, and I'm not sure if Apple ][ BASIC came before or after the Logo. When I finally got my Commodore-128 I wrote a version of Logo called "Logo-128" -- the only thing it didn't really do well was variables, because I had no idea how to implement them in my version of a scripted language.
::sigh:: I'm old at 35.
Now, I just struggle to understand CakePHP.
My employee program price is only $107.10 with the same free shipping.
Same here -- I've got three modded Xboxes for the express purpose of streaming MythTV throughout my house. XBMC and XBMCMythTV are the only things that run on them, and wouldn't be able to run if not for the mods.
The contract they signed not to do so is what prevents them.
We already have something like this; it just needs to be better utilized. It's called a defensive publication, and the authors are usually anonymous. The whole point is to document something as prior art.
And if I were the entire automotive industry, I'd refuse to do business in California!
I don't want to give credence to this, but for the sake of logic, I've got to say: maybe the crew didn't navigate four trillion miles. Consider that Navy aircraft carrier pilots have no idea how to navigate an aircraft carrier from Hawaii to the sea of Japan, but yet you're saying that it's inconceivable that a crashed F-14 pilot could pilot such a craft. I have to think that even an advanced society has some type of delegation of responsibilities that would permit a craft to crash on the Earth. Unless they employed eugenics at some point in their history, there's no guarantee that even an advanced society doesn't have "normal" people. That's something that always pissed me off about Star Trek (even as a fan): everyone was a super-genius, unless you dedicated yourself to raising grapes in France or you were a junior member of an away team. ;-)
I've actually gotten to sit in one at my hotel in Oakville! The commercial linked to in the story is kind of deceptive, though. As a tall guy myself, yeah, the sit slid back just enough to not cramp the legs, but my old 95 Civic was better. Plus, there's more to "feeling roomy" than just the legroom. It was really quite friggin' claustrophobic inside.
What's surprising to me is getting passed by them on the 401 while I'm already going 140 in a normal car. Forget worrying about getting hit by an SUV at 140, I'd've destroyed the thing in my Zephyr (well, at that speed, the Zephyr too).