I have no illusion that my upbringing was without cost. I fail to see the relevance of your reply to my clarifying remark on the basic economic truth that TANSTAAFL.
Christina Aguilera is a really talented singer and performer. Over-produced sometimes, but she's good. Just because someone is popular doesn't mean that they suck. It is just a highly likely coincidence. Flame away.:D
Why more consumers aren't demanding this, I have no idea. I would guess it has something to do with intellectual laziness, in which a subsidized phone from a provider is considered "free." I think a lot of people do not think of a phone as something that they can purchase from someone outside of their service provider.
Interesting points about the need for standards. Hopefully we'll see standards evolve over time to incorporate things that aren't currently standard, like visual voicemail.
Aside from this, I agree with the premise that phones shouldn't be artificially locked to a network, but I think that this is an issue for customers of cell phone manufacturers and not an FCC issue. I can buy and use an unlocked phone right now and use it with my current AT&T plan. I just won't have AT&T subsidizing the purchase.
Bolivarian refers to the revolutionary, Simón Bolívar. I doubt that it was a botched attempt to reference Bolivia, the country. Hugo Chavez calls his policies Bolivarian after the ideas espoused by Bolívar. Hugo Chavez is buddy-buddy with Cuba.
Insurance underwriting can break even and still be rational. Much of the money made by insurance companies is made by investing premium dollars into marketable securities (corporate and gov't bonds, stocks, etc.), from which the company derives investment income. In the break even situation, this is equivalent to borrowing money at a zero % interest rate, investing the proceeds at a higher interest rate, and paying off the loan at the end of its term. If underwriting is profitable, it is like borrowing money at a negative interest rate, amplifying the result.
This is possible because of the time lag between the payment of premiums and the payouts for insured losses. Insurance companies have billions of dollars of insurance in force spread over many different policies, so it is the average loss experience that counts.
In short, an insurance company can price policies that don't make a profit in unadjusted dollar terms and still be profitable as an insurance company (granted, its much easier if you avoid writing loss-making policies).
Sorry. replying to remove my moderation. I do not like this automatic ajax moderation system. Everything else about the new comment system is just dandy.
This is the second time this has happened to me. You got a "troll" instead of an "insightful." This should fix it.
Another comment addresses why this is even being discussed. You're right that 127.0.0.1 is localhost. You're wrong about it being called the "http callback interface." Its the "loopback interface" and has little to do with http, other than the fact that you can reach locally run http services over it.
J. Paul Getty's autobiographical How To Be Rich was originally published serially in Playboy. So, there is some truth to the whole "read for the articles" bit.
Of course, I'm sure the nude women don't hurt its distribution at all.
Microsoft formerly financed Apple's operations by purchasing over $100 million of restricted Apple stock. They have probably liquidated this to private investors. The financing coincided with an agreement that Microsoft would release Office for Mac for at least x more years.
For those not in the know, Sosumi was the name of an alert sound included with Macs after Apple, Inc. (then Apple Computer, Inc.) agreed not to enter the music business to settle a TM infrignement suit with The Beatles' record label, Apple Corps.
Including sound playback capabilities in the Mac was pushing the envelope. Long story short, Apple (makers of the Mac) included "Sosumi" (read: So Sue Me) as a taunt.
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The internet is probably more meritocratic than real life. Cream rises to the top, too. No need to be cynical.
Are the dupes good, or are they whack?
Perhaps it isn't that he didn't care about it until monks were involved. Perhaps he didn't know about it until monks were involved.
Blogsite is an odd portmanteau. I would have gone with blagoblag.
I have no illusion that my upbringing was without cost. I fail to see the relevance of your reply to my clarifying remark on the basic economic truth that TANSTAAFL.
"Tuition at no direct expense to the recipient."
Christina Aguilera is a really talented singer and performer. Over-produced sometimes, but she's good. Just because someone is popular doesn't mean that they suck. It is just a highly likely coincidence. Flame away. :D
Did you read the text of the Executive Order? I can't grok it. We'll see if it accomplishes anything, and if so, at what cost.
As an Ohioan, let me be the first to say WTF.
I have also experienced this in German-speaking countries with the words fuck and shit (as well as shitty).
Parts of Indiana have high speed internet. I am posting right now using a cable internet connection in Indianapolis.
Thank you for the constructive criticism.
Which is? The commerce clause? I'm actually interested in knowing -- I'm not trying to be an ass.
Interesting points about the need for standards. Hopefully we'll see standards evolve over time to incorporate things that aren't currently standard, like visual voicemail.
Kevin Martin actually isn't that great of a guy.
Aside from this, I agree with the premise that phones shouldn't be artificially locked to a network, but I think that this is an issue for customers of cell phone manufacturers and not an FCC issue. I can buy and use an unlocked phone right now and use it with my current AT&T plan. I just won't have AT&T subsidizing the purchase.
Bolivarian refers to the revolutionary, Simón Bolívar. I doubt that it was a botched attempt to reference Bolivia, the country. Hugo Chavez calls his policies Bolivarian after the ideas espoused by Bolívar. Hugo Chavez is buddy-buddy with Cuba.
Hope that helps.
See George W. Bush
Insurance underwriting can break even and still be rational. Much of the money made by insurance companies is made by investing premium dollars into marketable securities (corporate and gov't bonds, stocks, etc.), from which the company derives investment income. In the break even situation, this is equivalent to borrowing money at a zero % interest rate, investing the proceeds at a higher interest rate, and paying off the loan at the end of its term. If underwriting is profitable, it is like borrowing money at a negative interest rate, amplifying the result.
This is possible because of the time lag between the payment of premiums and the payouts for insured losses. Insurance companies have billions of dollars of insurance in force spread over many different policies, so it is the average loss experience that counts.
In short, an insurance company can price policies that don't make a profit in unadjusted dollar terms and still be profitable as an insurance company (granted, its much easier if you avoid writing loss-making policies).
Shall we tag this oldnews? I mean... who doesn't subscribe to the Apple Hot News RSS Feed?
Sorry. replying to remove my moderation. I do not like this automatic ajax moderation system. Everything else about the new comment system is just dandy. This is the second time this has happened to me. You got a "troll" instead of an "insightful." This should fix it.
Another comment addresses why this is even being discussed. You're right that 127.0.0.1 is localhost. You're wrong about it being called the "http callback interface." Its the "loopback interface" and has little to do with http, other than the fact that you can reach locally run http services over it.
J. Paul Getty's autobiographical How To Be Rich was originally published serially in Playboy. So, there is some truth to the whole "read for the articles" bit. Of course, I'm sure the nude women don't hurt its distribution at all.
Microsoft formerly financed Apple's operations by purchasing over $100 million of restricted Apple stock. They have probably liquidated this to private investors. The financing coincided with an agreement that Microsoft would release Office for Mac for at least x more years.
For those not in the know, Sosumi was the name of an alert sound included with Macs after Apple, Inc. (then Apple Computer, Inc.) agreed not to enter the music business to settle a TM infrignement suit with The Beatles' record label, Apple Corps. Including sound playback capabilities in the Mac was pushing the envelope. Long story short, Apple (makers of the Mac) included "Sosumi" (read: So Sue Me) as a taunt.
It went AT&T -> Cingular -> AT&T. That's where the "ugh" comes in. AT&T: Your World Delivered ... illegally to the Federal Government.
To quote Cingular.com, "Cingular is now The New AT&T." Although that slogan itself is somewhat confusing, you had it backwards.