What might Verizon have up their sleeve on this one? They have traditionally been a VERY closed, clandestine network that offers no support for third party anything, and a very aggressive attitude against any efforts to open up (bluetooth lockout is one example). To see them changing their attitude is great, but what is the catch? Not a catch - this is a response to them losing customers. I can tell you this from personal experience. Their network is great, but everything else about their service sucks. To get any deal you need a 2 year contract; and this essentially allows them to tell you to go to hell if you ever do have a problem. The service in their stores is horrible - any cell phone problem is remedied by trying to sell you another cell phone at an absurd premium - how does $250 for a mediocre LG flip phone sound? I can get an iPhone for slightly more. Anyways - after they refused to help me acquire a new phone when I lost mine (they offered me to pay $250 to replace my lost phone), and then didn't help me fix an older VZ phone (from previous contract) I ended up using - I sucked it up, canceled my 2yr contract 8mos before expiration, and got Tmobile w/ the Blackberry Pearl instead. While the area coverage is worse than Verizon's, I am infinitely happier - I got a 1 year contract, 50% more minutes, unlimited data/email, + txt msgs for only $20 more a month. Once the contract ends, I'll prob move to AT&T/iPhone.
Actually, Jeremy, I was too lazy to type the full name of the companies.
I really don't see what Libertarianism has anything to do with ticker symbols, it's like me calling someone a Darwinist when they use C++ code on their response.
Can anyone name some successful computer industry alliances composed of competing members? This alliance has tons of members who compete directly with each other: handset manufacturers, software companies, chip manufacturers. The idea that these companies are going to align all of their interests, come together and produce anything is pretty far fetched IMHO. IMHO, you should read the report. The companies listed are not competing with each other. Unless of course Syanptics is producing processing chips and Texas Instruments is generating revenue by making touch pads.
The varying statistics of user behavior (from the degrees of payment to none at all) make a strong point Against RIAA's studies, which are used to determine the size of the damages they wish to seek from defendants of illegal downloads.
I was hasty in my submission. My conclusion is that: if you are not old enough to be held responsible for exercising a right, then you cannot have that right. If a 7 year old cannot be tried as an adult for shooting someone (in self defence, or otherwise), then they cannot possess the right to own a gun. The same thing be said with smoking -- if you are under 18 years of age (you are a minor), then it means that you will not be held responsible (in the eyes of the law) as an adult for any actions legal or illegal. And on those grounds you can justify limit and/or taking away certain rights of minors, like the 'right' to smoke.
Correction: Some things that you mention like driving and running for office are privileges - not rights. A right is something you can do without asking someone else's permission. Once you have to ask permission, being giving permission to that act makes that act a privilege, as it is with driving & running for office.
When we talk about smoking, the question is posed is this a right or a privilege. One of the major qualities of a person's right (though it is repeatedly taken away as I will demosntrate in a minute) is that a person has a right to do whatever they want as long as they don't infringe on other's ability to do what they want. With the case of cigarettes, or drugs, or prostitution, or even suicide, a person is doing what they want to themselves - I'd say exercising their Right to freedom. If they have to get permission from someone to do those acts, then that it is no longer a right- and a greater implication is that you do not own/control yourself; someone else does.
With an age limitation to smoking, it brings up an interesting question. Which I will answer using a different right we're familiar with.We have a 'right to bear arms', but certainly it'd be foolish to hand a 7 year old a loaded weapon. I would say that the 7 year old cannot exercise the right to bear arms, if they are not old enough to be responsible for exercising that right. The same thing be said with smoking -- and while I agree that a line has to be drawn somewhere, I can debate infinitely whether that line should exist at 18 years of age. I say, if you can die for your country at that age - you should be granted all rights.
Even if this is a proven method, there's also a cost obstacle to overcome here. Platinum is already used in catalytic converters and those of us who, unfortunately, have a ULEV (Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) Honda Accord ought to know that their converter costs an arm and a leg. FYI: A retail catalytic converter for a ULEV car costs ~$1,800! (It has high platinum density) I managed to get an after market part for $650, and even then that's about twice what you would pay for a normal converter. The point is, there will be an even bigger premium for a hybrid with Platinum batteries. In the mean time, let's hope the gas prices get lower.
(I know I'm buying two, one for us, and one for my inlaws for Christmas)
Yeah, that's about as likely as getting a PS3 for $99. I guarantee you that they have a dozen of those, which you will never get - lest you camp outside their store 24 hours in advance. These 'too good to be true' deals are posted to get you through the door on Black Friday; they'll be the first to go. And that's if there's any left - the workers there will probably get first 'dibs'. When you realize they're all sold out, you're gonna go to look for other deals since you're already there, which is why they are willing to sell several HD-DVD players for dirt cheap. Might as well get a Phillips DVP-5982 player that plays DIVX and up-converts regular DVDs to 1080P and can be had for less than $70. But, hey, those are my 2 cents, and best of all; they're free!
Not all the features of Leopard function with the patch -- Wi-Fi, support, for example, is reportedly inoperable. Historically, Apple's likely next move will be to track down and act against those behind the hack." Historically, it's been notoriously hard to track down a computer that is not connected to the internet.
From my understanding, and the contention of the officer, the GPS logs average speed. Which means that during a short period of time, the defendant could have greatly exceeded the speed limit (and was clocked by the officer at that time), while the average speed was far lower than that. In which case, both the cop and the defendant are correct, and the cop is till valid in giving the ticket...
Ok, they 'plan' on doing this. But what exactly is the incentive for Microsoft and Sony to hop on this. Especially, with my understanding of Sony, they're probably going to distribute their own content. Microsoft, may be up to that idea, but even if it is you still have to ask yourself this question: Even if Netflix's plans come to fruition, is it really better than similar services that will be offered by Verizon's Fios, Tivo/Amazn, possibly Apple's iTunes, Google/Netlfix, in the future? We already have a lot of content on demand from Cablevision and Comcast. They had first mover advantage in snail mail, but no longer in digital delivery - I think Netflix is going to make like Palm, and move on its way merry way out of the limelight.
The brain region responsible for believing you can seduce Giselle Bundchen or make a YouTube clone for bobble-head doll movies successful has been located. Firstly, there's a difference between optimism and delusion. Secondly... forget it, Giselle is here for a booty call.
The book Freakanomics makes a good case for crime reduction based on the Roe v Wade - the legalization abortions. The logic goes that majority of kids who are not aborted end up being much more suspetible to crime. Another reason for reduced crime is increased police presence.
I'd like to know how many of those 250,000 phones were resold (on ebay?) for a premium? On one hand, those extra sales are obviously good for Apple. On the other hand, that could also be viewed as an opportunity cost for Apple...
I would have to respectfully dissent. You either break the law or you don't. Take Radar detector manufactureres. They manufacture and sell a product designed to assist breaking the law. We (and the companies of these detectors) can safely assume that most of the customers are or will be committing a crime, and will be assisted by the radar detector they are selling for a profit. Yet, these companies aren't being raided by the FBI. Why? Because it is not a crime to make a radar detector. It is a crime to speed on the high way. Not being able to distinguish between the 2 sets up a very dangerous slippery slope that I spoke about in my OP.
Since when is it illegal to tell others where a certain thing (legal or illegal) is occurring? Is it then illegal to for me to link to his site?...This is a dangerous slippery slope. While he maybe contributing to illegal activity, but so is modern technology in the production and distribution of illegal drugs - that doesn't make planes and needles illegal.
What does this mean for the likes of Google, Clearwire, and Sprint? (My understanding is that all 3 are major Wimax players and are bidding, or have licensed, certain frequencies for Wimax).
How can you pirate something that can be legally had for free? They might be using a different (probably more convenient) source than the one provided by the artists. But to say it is pirated is to disregard the denotation of the word.
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I really don't see what Libertarianism has anything to do with ticker symbols, it's like me calling someone a Darwinist when they use C++ code on their response.
Ticker symbols IMMR and NVNT.OB (Novint Falcon sold @ CompUSA and supports Half-Life) come to mind.
In Russian, the word "Durak" means "Idiot". Appropriately enough, it rhymes with Dvorak.
I second guessed myself before I left-clicked into this page. *Scared of Amazon's Patent*
SETI - The result of having failed to find intelligent life on Earth.
Exactly, I read somewhere that if you use BMI to determine obesity, then every single professional football player is obese.
The varying statistics of user behavior (from the degrees of payment to none at all) make a strong point Against RIAA's studies, which are used to determine the size of the damages they wish to seek from defendants of illegal downloads.
I was hasty in my submission. My conclusion is that: if you are not old enough to be held responsible for exercising a right, then you cannot have that right. If a 7 year old cannot be tried as an adult for shooting someone (in self defence, or otherwise), then they cannot possess the right to own a gun. The same thing be said with smoking -- if you are under 18 years of age (you are a minor), then it means that you will not be held responsible (in the eyes of the law) as an adult for any actions legal or illegal. And on those grounds you can justify limit and/or taking away certain rights of minors, like the 'right' to smoke.
Correction: Some things that you mention like driving and running for office are privileges - not rights. A right is something you can do without asking someone else's permission. Once you have to ask permission, being giving permission to that act makes that act a privilege, as it is with driving & running for office.
When we talk about smoking, the question is posed is this a right or a privilege. One of the major qualities of a person's right (though it is repeatedly taken away as I will demosntrate in a minute) is that a person has a right to do whatever they want as long as they don't infringe on other's ability to do what they want. With the case of cigarettes, or drugs, or prostitution, or even suicide, a person is doing what they want to themselves - I'd say exercising their Right to freedom. If they have to get permission from someone to do those acts, then that it is no longer a right- and a greater implication is that you do not own/control yourself; someone else does.
With an age limitation to smoking, it brings up an interesting question. Which I will answer using a different right we're familiar with.We have a 'right to bear arms', but certainly it'd be foolish to hand a 7 year old a loaded weapon. I would say that the 7 year old cannot exercise the right to bear arms, if they are not old enough to be responsible for exercising that right. The same thing be said with smoking -- and while I agree that a line has to be drawn somewhere, I can debate infinitely whether that line should exist at 18 years of age. I say, if you can die for your country at that age - you should be granted all rights.
Even if this is a proven method, there's also a cost obstacle to overcome here. Platinum is already used in catalytic converters and those of us who, unfortunately, have a ULEV (Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) Honda Accord ought to know that their converter costs an arm and a leg. FYI: A retail catalytic converter for a ULEV car costs ~$1,800! (It has high platinum density) I managed to get an after market part for $650, and even then that's about twice what you would pay for a normal converter. The point is, there will be an even bigger premium for a hybrid with Platinum batteries. In the mean time, let's hope the gas prices get lower.
Yeah, that's about as likely as getting a PS3 for $99. I guarantee you that they have a dozen of those, which you will never get - lest you camp outside their store 24 hours in advance. These 'too good to be true' deals are posted to get you through the door on Black Friday; they'll be the first to go. And that's if there's any left - the workers there will probably get first 'dibs'. When you realize they're all sold out, you're gonna go to look for other deals since you're already there, which is why they are willing to sell several HD-DVD players for dirt cheap. Might as well get a Phillips DVP-5982 player that plays DIVX and up-converts regular DVDs to 1080P and can be had for less than $70. But, hey, those are my 2 cents, and best of all; they're free!
From my understanding, and the contention of the officer, the GPS logs average speed. Which means that during a short period of time, the defendant could have greatly exceeded the speed limit (and was clocked by the officer at that time), while the average speed was far lower than that. In which case, both the cop and the defendant are correct, and the cop is till valid in giving the ticket...
Ok, they 'plan' on doing this. But what exactly is the incentive for Microsoft and Sony to hop on this. Especially, with my understanding of Sony, they're probably going to distribute their own content. Microsoft, may be up to that idea, but even if it is you still have to ask yourself this question: Even if Netflix's plans come to fruition, is it really better than similar services that will be offered by Verizon's Fios, Tivo/Amazn, possibly Apple's iTunes, Google/Netlfix, in the future? We already have a lot of content on demand from Cablevision and Comcast. They had first mover advantage in snail mail, but no longer in digital delivery - I think Netflix is going to make like Palm, and move on its way merry way out of the limelight.
The book Freakanomics makes a good case for crime reduction based on the Roe v Wade - the legalization abortions. The logic goes that majority of kids who are not aborted end up being much more suspetible to crime. Another reason for reduced crime is increased police presence.
I'd like to know how many of those 250,000 phones were resold (on ebay?) for a premium? On one hand, those extra sales are obviously good for Apple. On the other hand, that could also be viewed as an opportunity cost for Apple...
I would have to respectfully dissent. You either break the law or you don't. Take Radar detector manufactureres. They manufacture and sell a product designed to assist breaking the law. We (and the companies of these detectors) can safely assume that most of the customers are or will be committing a crime, and will be assisted by the radar detector they are selling for a profit. Yet, these companies aren't being raided by the FBI. Why? Because it is not a crime to make a radar detector. It is a crime to speed on the high way. Not being able to distinguish between the 2 sets up a very dangerous slippery slope that I spoke about in my OP.
Since when is it illegal to tell others where a certain thing (legal or illegal) is occurring? Is it then illegal to for me to link to his site? ...This is a dangerous slippery slope. While he maybe contributing to illegal activity, but so is modern technology in the production and distribution of illegal drugs - that doesn't make planes and needles illegal.
What does this mean for the likes of Google, Clearwire, and Sprint? (My understanding is that all 3 are major Wimax players and are bidding, or have licensed, certain frequencies for Wimax).
How can you pirate something that can be legally had for free? They might be using a different (probably more convenient) source than the one provided by the artists. But to say it is pirated is to disregard the denotation of the word.
I've heard good things about them, specifically the battery life. Does anyone own an E-Reader? I was thinking of getting Sony's. Any thoughts?