I am going to disagree with the American Science recommendation because:
A) I have been going there for years for things like this (hope springs eternal.... cross fingers they've got what I need....Nope!)
B) I have been very disappointed and end up buying from McMaster Carr Supply , Grainger or Small Parts Inc. to complete whatever bizarro project I was doing (usually for TV or Theater).
I USED to rely on Am Science, and there was a time when my shop was basically a mirror of the American Science & Surplus Store (I would overbuy, hard not to at those prices!) but over the years their stock of "stuff" has turned mostly to off-brand retail items and finding enough "things" that "work together" just does not happen.
McMaster Carr is really the best recommendation I've seen in the postings because they have 95% of everything IN STOCK and they take returns if what you ordered just is not what you need.
"...permit access to internet to only authorised persons using wireless devices."
If I own the "wireless device" can't I "authorise" EVERYONE and ANYONE who accesses it to "use" it?
Even if they ban Open WiFi,(which was alluded to in the article...) you could still throw up a splash page that welcomes them to your network and gives a username and password if they want to continue. A number of hotels I have stayed at recently do this, the network is "closed" but all you do is open a web browser and click to agree to the TOS. Then you are good to go.
Service may be cancelled after 14 days but within 30 days and early termination fee will be waived, but equipment may not be returned.
thanks for digging that up.
It is an interesting loophole and I wonder if they will close it or if it is there for some other reason it is worded like that.
from the perspective of a Dealer, this seems like a raw deal. For example, lets say half the people who buy new iPhones bring them back on the 15th day and want to cancel their contracts. The Dealer has to do all this paperwork to cancel, they get no money for it and the customer gets to keep the iPhone. Perhaps they are hoping people trying to take advantage of this will forget about the 14-30 day window.
...If you exercise this option, you may be required to return devices and associated accessories purchased in connection with your Wireless Service Agreement.
So if you cancel your contract you don't necessarily get to keep the iPhone after paying the Early Termination Fee.
I bought one of these when they first came out last fall and liked playing with it, but unless you regularly use it to clean your gutters, you will find that it gets bogged down in heavy mucked up areas.
These tend to be right in the middle of the run and I have to get on the roof or move the ladder to free it up.
and if you have a valley that feeds into a gutter that gets clogged with small twigs and branches, fugedaboutit.
That being said, it is fun to use and works pretty much as advertised you just have to approach heavy obstacles slowly and go back and forth like you are drilling through it.
My gutters a really a pain to clean and just knowing I can go play with the Looj makes me more likely to drag out the ladder and clean them more often.
...They obviously don't have the kind of professionalism that it takes to run a web hosting company (as further evidenced by making glib comments referring to "studly CEO's" in an official blog).
on the contrary; whenever there is an issue of any sort they own up to it and explain fully and publicly to their users and anyone else who cares to read the blog or the status pages.
THAT is a sign of professionalism that I don't see anywhere else and it the one of the reasons I stay there. Open and transparent communication. No layers of gatekeepers telling you that your call is important and they will get back to you. No cube farms of sales droids trying to upsell you with every trouble ticket or question.
The CEO's studly manner is just icing on the cake.
Normally when I am cooking I clip this little timer on my lapel so I can leave the kitchen and go do other things, like check my email or look for the cats.
After I got my iPhone I found the feature I used the most is the TIMER (under the Clock function).
I set that puppy and then head outside with a Gin & Tonic.
no funky timer clipped to my lapel any longer!
and it vibrates too in case I am hosting a party and I can't hear the thing go off.
AND..it's a cell phone too! Can you believe it?
I bet you could store recipes on it somehow too, I predict these will be a bit hit at Bed Bath & Beyond very soon.
Can someone explain to me why PayPal decides a browser is "unsafe" when they still allow their IMAGES to be hotlinked by any remote host?
Every phishing scam I have ever seen that looks like a valid PayPal page also has all the image files HOSTED BY PAYPAL (which of course saves bandwidth charges for the scam site)
I just tested this a minute ago and I was able to easily replicate the PayPal Login Page on one my sites with PayPal still hosting all the image files.
If PayPal is serious about stopping Phishing maybe they could start by dis-abling HOTLINKING their files? I don't know, maybe I am asking too much.
The conspiracy arguments get crazier and crazier from there (like GM destroying the EVs because they wanted to "hide" them, yet in a fit of insanity they donated them to museums, but then they put pressure on the museums to hide them...)
The only "Museum" I am aware of that has an EV1 is the Petersen Museum in LA. Do you know of another?
The Petersen has had an ongoing exhibition on alternative fueled vehicles with a variety of samplings of Electric and Hybrid vehicles on display, yet the EV1 is not there.
It is still in the basement.
I was told that GM removed all the drivetrain guts and batteries from the vehicle before they "donated" it, so there is not really much there but a shell.
Why in the world would they do that?
here is a copy of the letter that was alledgedly sent to another automotive club when they tried to publish calenders themselves. (I ripped this posting from BoingBoing...)
"Although you and your members may own the Ford automobile, you do not own the rights to the trade dress. Taking pictures of any Ford automobiles, placing them on products (i.e. calendar, mugs, t-shirts, etc.) and making them available to the public for sale is an infringement of Ford's intellectual property rights."
"Because of the cachet of the world-famous Ford name, thousands of independent businesses and people make a living from or pursue a hobby related to Ford products and services. Unfortunately, many of these businesses improperly attempt to affiliate themselves with Ford by using Ford trademarks and trade dress (for instance, the depictions or photographs of Ford's distinctively shaped vehicles) in advertising their products and services."
"If a business not affiliated with Ford uses any Ford trademark, whether through the use of photographs, depictions or silhouettes, or any confusingly similar variation thereof, without Ford's express, written consent, then that business is violating Federal and state trademarks laws."
"It is also not sufficient for a business to state that it is not affiliated with Ford but continue to use Ford trademarks without permission. The business is still misappropriating the goodwill and reputation developed by Ford, and attempting to capitalize on or profit from Ford's goodwill and reputation. Even with the best of intentions, unauthorized use of another company's trademark is against the law."
"At times Ford enthusiasts question why Ford is so adamant about policing it's trademarks and preventing unauthorized uses or infringements of them. It is quite common for someone who is using a trademark without permission to say, "I'm giving Ford free advertising, so why does Ford care?" Ford cares because it is important that Ford be able to exercise control over the quality of the product or service bearing Ford's trademarks."
"To protect the value of its trademarks, Ford is obligated to object to and pursue unauthorized uses of its trademarks and trade dress, even if the use of the trademark or trade dress does not appear offensive or objectionable."
The travelers arrive in the entrance hall here, and are carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme comfort and past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the rotating knives. The last twenty feet of the corridor are heavily soundproofed. The blood pours down these chutes and the mangled flesh slurps into these...
or there are not enough towers in the US. the further away from a cell tower you are, the more power is required.
Everyone in the US wants better signal strength but they don't want any more "unsightly" cell towers. There are more cell towers per sq mile in the UK I bet. So you use less power.
I participate in a Product Testing group maybe once or twice a year and I had to sign a strict Non Disclosure Document and was assured in return that my Identity would also be kept private.
One day I get an email FROM: The President of the Company thanking me for my help in the past year.
The TO: field also had the emails of EVERYONE else who had apparently participated.
Some of the email addresses were work emails or similar with things like: john.smith@example.com
Not difficult to figure out who they were.
After replying and tearing the President a new one, I got a polite email back saying there had been an "error" and they apologized. "They would never intentionally disclose my personal information."
So I replied again and said that if this was not intentional then it was incompetence and if it was incompetence what plans did they have for ensuring this would not happen again? If I happened to "accidently" disclose what products I was testing would I be able to use the same excuse? Or would I get sued?
So, according to Apple, I'd be an unlocker as well?
if you don't want another 2 year contract, you would have to unlock the phone to use it on your currrent out-of-contract cell plan with Cingular(ATT).
You won't get the data plan though.
If you just bought the iPhone and activated it, there is a $20 per month charge (for data) to whatever your current plan is.
Using the iPhone without the data plan is kind of sucky, but the choice is yours.
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I am going to disagree with the American Science recommendation because:
A) I have been going there for years for things like this (hope springs eternal.... cross fingers they've got what I need....Nope!)
B) I have been very disappointed and end up buying from McMaster Carr Supply , Grainger or Small Parts Inc. to complete whatever bizarro project I was doing (usually for TV or Theater).
I USED to rely on Am Science, and there was a time when my shop was basically a mirror of the American Science & Surplus Store (I would overbuy, hard not to at those prices!) but over the years their stock of "stuff" has turned mostly to off-brand retail items and finding enough "things" that "work together" just does not happen.
McMaster Carr is really the best recommendation I've seen in the postings because they have 95% of everything IN STOCK and they take returns if what you ordered just is not what you need.
but I am comforted to learn from the article that:
I read that as
"CLOSE TO THREE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN TERMINATED FOR THEFT!"
If I own the "wireless device" can't I "authorise" EVERYONE and ANYONE who accesses it to "use" it?
Even if they ban Open WiFi,(which was alluded to in the article...) you could still throw up a splash page that welcomes them to your network and gives a username and password if they want to continue.
A number of hotels I have stayed at recently do this, the network is "closed" but all you do is open a web browser and click to agree to the TOS. Then you are good to go.
Service may be cancelled after 14 days but within 30 days and early termination fee will be waived, but equipment may not be returned.
thanks for digging that up.
It is an interesting loophole and I wonder if they will close it or if it is there for some other reason it is worded like that.
from the perspective of a Dealer, this seems like a raw deal. For example, lets say half the people who buy new iPhones bring them back on the 15th day and want to cancel their contracts.
The Dealer has to do all this paperwork to cancel, they get no money for it and the customer gets to keep the iPhone.
Perhaps they are hoping people trying to take advantage of this will forget about the 14-30 day window.
...If you exercise this option, you may be required to return devices and associated accessories purchased in connection with your Wireless Service Agreement.
So if you cancel your contract you don't necessarily get to keep the iPhone after paying the Early Termination Fee.
old mucked up gutters that you neglected.
I bought one of these when they first came out last fall and liked playing with it, but unless you regularly use it to clean your gutters, you will find that it gets bogged down in heavy mucked up areas.
These tend to be right in the middle of the run and I have to get on the roof or move the ladder to free it up.
and if you have a valley that feeds into a gutter that gets clogged with small twigs and branches, fugedaboutit.
That being said, it is fun to use and works pretty much as advertised you just have to approach heavy obstacles slowly and go back and forth like you are drilling through it.
My gutters a really a pain to clean and just knowing I can go play with the Looj makes me more likely to drag out the ladder and clean them more often.
...They obviously don't have the kind of professionalism that it takes to run a web hosting company (as further evidenced by making glib comments referring to "studly CEO's" in an official blog).on the contrary; whenever there is an issue of any sort they own up to it and explain fully and publicly to their users and anyone else who cares to read the blog or the status pages.
THAT is a sign of professionalism that I don't see anywhere else and it the one of the reasons I stay there.
Open and transparent communication.
No layers of gatekeepers telling you that your call is important and they will get back to you. No cube farms of sales droids trying to upsell you with every trouble ticket or question.
The CEO's studly manner is just icing on the cake.
in the Kitchen!
..it's a cell phone too! Can you believe it?
Normally when I am cooking I clip this little timer on my lapel so I can leave the kitchen and go do other things, like check my email or look for the cats.
After I got my iPhone I found the feature I used the most is the TIMER (under the Clock function).
I set that puppy and then head outside with a Gin & Tonic.
no funky timer clipped to my lapel any longer!
and it vibrates too in case I am hosting a party and I can't hear the thing go off.
AND
I bet you could store recipes on it somehow too, I predict these will be a bit hit at Bed Bath & Beyond very soon.
Can someone explain to me why PayPal decides a browser is "unsafe" when they still allow their IMAGES to be hotlinked by any remote host?
Every phishing scam I have ever seen that looks like a valid PayPal page also has all the image files HOSTED BY PAYPAL (which of course saves bandwidth charges for the scam site)
I just tested this a minute ago and I was able to easily replicate the PayPal Login Page on one my sites with PayPal still hosting all the image files.
If PayPal is serious about stopping Phishing maybe they could start by dis-abling HOTLINKING their files?
I don't know, maybe I am asking too much.
thanks for the update, I was not aware of that!
Do you know of another?
The Petersen has had an ongoing exhibition on alternative fueled vehicles with a variety of samplings of Electric and Hybrid vehicles on display, yet the EV1 is not there.
It is still in the basement.
I was told that GM removed all the drivetrain guts and batteries from the vehicle before they "donated" it, so there is not really much there but a shell.
Why in the world would they do that?
here is a copy of the letter that was alledgedly sent to another automotive club when they tried to publish calenders themselves. (I ripped this posting from BoingBoing...)
"Although you and your members may own the Ford automobile, you do not own the rights to the trade dress. Taking pictures of any Ford automobiles, placing them on products (i.e. calendar, mugs, t-shirts, etc.) and making them available to the public for sale is an infringement of Ford's intellectual property rights."
"Because of the cachet of the world-famous Ford name, thousands of independent businesses and people make a living from or pursue a hobby related to Ford products and services. Unfortunately, many of these businesses improperly attempt to affiliate themselves with Ford by using Ford trademarks and trade dress (for instance, the depictions or photographs of Ford's distinctively shaped vehicles) in advertising their products and services."
"If a business not affiliated with Ford uses any Ford trademark, whether through the use of photographs, depictions or silhouettes, or any confusingly similar variation thereof, without Ford's express, written consent, then that business is violating Federal and state trademarks laws."
"It is also not sufficient for a business to state that it is not affiliated with Ford but continue to use Ford trademarks without permission. The business is still misappropriating the goodwill and reputation developed by Ford, and attempting to capitalize on or profit from Ford's goodwill and reputation. Even with the best of intentions, unauthorized use of another company's trademark is against the law."
"At times Ford enthusiasts question why Ford is so adamant about policing it's trademarks and preventing unauthorized uses or infringements of them. It is quite common for someone who is using a trademark without permission to say, "I'm giving Ford free advertising, so why does Ford care?" Ford cares because it is important that Ford be able to exercise control over the quality of the product or service bearing Ford's trademarks."
"To protect the value of its trademarks, Ford is obligated to object to and pursue unauthorized uses of its trademarks and trade dress, even if the use of the trademark or trade dress does not appear offensive or objectionable."
Rotating knives, yes.
(see attached diagram)
The travelers arrive in the entrance hall here, and are carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme comfort and past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the rotating knives.
The last twenty feet of the corridor are heavily soundproofed.
The blood pours down these chutes and the mangled flesh slurps into these...
or there are not enough towers in the US.
the further away from a cell tower you are, the more power is required.
Everyone in the US wants better signal strength but they don't want any more "unsightly" cell towers.
There are more cell towers per sq mile in the UK I bet. So you use less power.
last stat is totally made up...
I have stacks of old Spiderman and X-Men comix at home.
I leave them laying out for my grandkids (10-13yrs old) to read at their leisure.
I thought they would go "WOW! COMICS!" and then curl up in a corner to read for hours and hours....
They browsed through them, then left them to go do something else.
If they go on the computer, they want to play games or watch funny things on YouTube.
"Hey Kids, look! Here are some static images on the computer! Look!"
I don't know, maybe there is something wrong with them....
right now it is all "speculation" about his rather obvious "sponsorship" by DORITOS.
But what if they are not actually doing anything except "playing along" and agreeing to let him "pretend" to have a corporate sponsor?
And if they are indeed paying "something", what if they are paying it to THE COLBERT REPORT?
Why can't the media be this interested in real shenanigans going on in politics?
is it because "real" politics does not have TASTY DORITOS? They are delicious.
I participate in a Product Testing group maybe once or twice a year and I had to sign a strict Non Disclosure Document and was assured in return that my Identity would also be kept private.
One day I get an email FROM: The President of the Company thanking me for my help in the past year.
The TO: field also had the emails of EVERYONE else who had apparently participated.
Some of the email addresses were work emails or similar with things like: john.smith@example.com
Not difficult to figure out who they were.
After replying and tearing the President a new one, I got a polite email back saying there had been an "error" and they apologized.
"They would never intentionally disclose my personal information."
So I replied again and said that if this was not intentional then it was incompetence and if it was incompetence what plans did they have for ensuring this would not happen again?
If I happened to "accidently" disclose what products I was testing would I be able to use the same excuse? Or would I get sued?
I got no answer to that one.
does your current data plan use EDGE?
if not, you will pay through the nose....
if you don't want another 2 year contract, you would have to unlock the phone to use it on your currrent out-of-contract cell plan with Cingular(ATT).
You won't get the data plan though.
If you just bought the iPhone and activated it, there is a $20 per month charge (for data) to whatever your current plan is.
Using the iPhone without the data plan is kind of sucky, but the choice is yours.
The Terrorists talk about the Housing Market?
I find it very hard to believe that Apple Legal did not see this coming.
also- from the link, the "5 year exclusivity agreement with AT&T" is only for US Distribution.
OK, then I won't.
is there any reason I cannot post a link to a Google Map showing where he lives?
all based on public info posted in this thread
that might answer some questions for some people who are trying to offer suggestions based on location and proximity to neighbors and whatnot.....