IANAL but it seems that employees being asked to relocate a long distance (e.g., Phoenix to Washington) will cost AT&T money one way or the other - either the company will pay for the relocation (if they really want to keep an employee) or the employee can reasonably argue to the unemployment office that being asked to move 2300 miles at their own expense is equivalent to being laid off.
Asking people to drive 20-50 miles into the office is a different story.
I have had Vonage for three years and have been very happy with their service. Verizon doesn't offer VoIP (or anything except wireless) in my area and their wireless prices aren't anywhere near $25 a month.
I would be happy to see Verizon (or Comcast or Qwest) compete on price.
Yes and no.
Unfortunately it's still mostly yes. Many VOIP vendors, including Vonage, are issuing disclaimers to avoid problems. There was a story recently in the Denver area regarding the death of a baby due to a 13 minute delay in getting the 911 call to an emergency response center in the correct part of town. The carrier (not Vonage by the way) allegedly had the wrong address in their 911 database.
VOIP vendors will (and probably should) issue disclaimers until they can work out a way to provide 911 service that is as reliable as that provided by the traditional carriers. Given that network and power outages still make VOIP unusable, this may take a while.
Bottom line: if 911 is important, keep a POTS (plain old telephone service) line. I do.
So I can see why FedEx would take umbrage at his using the boxes they're paying for to make furniture, and then turning around and showing everyone in the world how what a bunch of suckers FedEx is for giving boxes away for free.
Ok, so FedEx has a reason to be peeved with this guy. They could cut off his account (if he has one) and put his name on a blacklist of folks that cannot receive free boxes.
IANAL, but scamming free boxes is not a copyright violation and I am hard pressed to see how a website showing pictures of their boxes is either.
In this instance I think it's safe to categorize it as harrassment. Rep. Barton's committee is not tasked to deal with issues involving global warming. In the House of Representatives, issues of climate and global warming are the responsibility of the House Science committee which is chaired by Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.) who has been publicly criticizing Congressman Barton.
An earlier Washington Post article discusses their disagreement.
Actually making movies (albeit short ones) was very much on their radar screen. Andre and Wally B. came out in 1984, Luxo and Luxo Jr. in '86 and Red's Dream in '87.
BTW Pixar's association with Disney pre-dates the movies deal by a few years. Pixar Image Computers and Pixar software were used in Disney's Computer Animation Production System (CAPS). This system was first used for the ending scene of The Little Mermaid in 1989 and won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1992.
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I cannot speak for their current practices but, at least in the "good old days" IBM used would pay the moving expenses for those people.
What's going on here is still TBD.
Never let reality temper imagination
IANAL but it seems that employees being asked to relocate a long distance (e.g., Phoenix to Washington) will cost AT&T money one way or the other - either the company will pay for the relocation (if they really want to keep an employee) or the employee can reasonably argue to the unemployment office that being asked to move 2300 miles at their own expense is equivalent to being laid off.
Asking people to drive 20-50 miles into the office is a different story.
Never temper imagination with reality
I do.
I have had Vonage for three years and have been very happy with their service. Verizon doesn't offer VoIP (or anything except wireless) in my area and their wireless prices aren't anywhere near $25 a month.
I would be happy to see Verizon (or Comcast or Qwest) compete on price.
Never let reality temper imagination.
Sorry - but where do you live and when did you do the currency conversion?? The US dollar is not doing well right now.
As of 11/13/2007, the US dollar is only 0.685 of a Euro.
That means €354 is almost $517 US dollars - not exactly equivalent (although to be fair the Eee comes with a screen and keyboard).
Yes and no.
Unfortunately it's still mostly yes. Many VOIP vendors, including Vonage, are issuing disclaimers to avoid problems. There was a story recently in the Denver area regarding the death of a baby due to a 13 minute delay in getting the 911 call to an emergency response center in the correct part of town. The carrier (not Vonage by the way) allegedly had the wrong address in their 911 database.
VOIP vendors will (and probably should) issue disclaimers until they can work out a way to provide 911 service that is as reliable as that provided by the traditional carriers. Given that network and power outages still make VOIP unusable, this may take a while.
Bottom line: if 911 is important, keep a POTS (plain old telephone service) line. I do.
Never let reality temper imagination
So I can see why FedEx would take umbrage at his using the boxes they're paying for to make furniture, and then turning around and showing everyone in the world how what a bunch of suckers FedEx is for giving boxes away for free.
Ok, so FedEx has a reason to be peeved with this guy. They could cut off his account (if he has one) and put his name on a blacklist of folks that cannot receive free boxes.
IANAL, but scamming free boxes is not a copyright violation and I am hard pressed to see how a website showing pictures of their boxes is either.
-- Never let reality temper imagination
An earlier Washington Post article discusses their disagreement.
Actually making movies (albeit short ones) was very much on their radar screen. Andre and Wally B. came out in 1984, Luxo and Luxo Jr. in '86 and Red's Dream in '87.
BTW Pixar's association with Disney pre-dates the movies deal by a few years. Pixar Image Computers and Pixar software were used in Disney's Computer Animation Production System (CAPS). This system was first used for the ending scene of The Little Mermaid in 1989 and won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1992.