I've always assumed it's how the telecom companies help pay for selling you a blackberry or, in this case, an iPhone at a reasonable price. The make up for it with making you get a data plan. Not unreasonable, just the most likely reason they lock you into an expensive plan.
Having said that, however, I've known people to weasel their way into data-less plans with really expensive phones for the same price as if they'd agreed to the data plan.
I think you missed the point. I could be nice and/.ish and tell you "whoosh", but I'll spare you. I can't say if it was him or not, but I thought it was fairly obvious he was trying to portray the problem in the point of view of what he considered a typical user.
difficulty aside, pulling 500 meters puts you at risk of breaking the line, I would think. This is especially so if you have a few 90 degree angles. Also, instead of a mouse, a plastic bag tied with some air inside will do the trick.
I can't speak for the Wi-Fi hard phones, but the Polycom hard phones we have around here have enough built into them to cancel a good bit of the crap you get with voip. Even with our Switchvox appliance internally, you can hear a major difference between employees on a soft versus hard phone.
I would guess that the Wi-Fi phones are at least similar, though probably not as much so.
business laptops like mine. I'm not sure I could convince the boss to let me buy one yet, but I run virtual machines on it for testing and do a fair bit of other development. If I were to have a very fast drive in it, swapping for all the virtual machines would be faster and I could give them less memory. I don't know, it all depends on what these things cost.
so how do you go about releasing your music all over the place and not having someone claim it as their own? how do you copyright that sort of thing? I don't really care about people stealing it to listen to it, as you mentioned, that's the point. I'll post my music all over the place just to get some listeners, but I'd just assume not have them put their name on it and make money off of me.
i am genuinely sorry that nobody caught the fact that i was amazed that anyone could think those things about Jesus based on the fact that somebody said so. it seriously was not an attack on the poster, i promise:-) i expected the poster (and everyone else) to understand that i was (i think) siding with him about those ridiculous claims. my bad, everyone
wow, take another sip of your coffee, take a deep breath and try to relax. i apparently wasn't clear enough, my honest apologies. my problem was with there being no evidence that Jesus actually was any of those things, not that scientology claims them to be true. i understand (and comprehend, wow) that the document you cited was from a court. i am simply amazed at what it cited that i didnt know about the "church" of scientology. i didnt know they were that wacked.
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is that your opinion of DNF, screw deadlines? :-)
I won't make a big deal of it, but mod parent up, pour favor
I seriously wish there was a +6 funny just for this post
I've always assumed it's how the telecom companies help pay for selling you a blackberry or, in this case, an iPhone at a reasonable price. The make up for it with making you get a data plan. Not unreasonable, just the most likely reason they lock you into an expensive plan.
Having said that, however, I've known people to weasel their way into data-less plans with really expensive phones for the same price as if they'd agreed to the data plan.
It could also be near something like //fsck it, I'm going to lunch
Have you looked at VMware's ThinApp?
Check my eBay store, I have a fantastic line of new lead-lined foil hats for you
I had to say that, but in reality I suppose I work at too small a company to really comment.
I think you missed the point. I could be nice and /.ish and tell you "whoosh", but I'll spare you. I can't say if it was him or not, but I thought it was fairly obvious he was trying to portray the problem in the point of view of what he considered a typical user.
well, it's like a weakest link, right? the bits have to go over non-gold wire, so they lose quality there.
As much as I like making fun of Windows, RD is actually very good.
Naw, this is probably just a dupe of the one that was on time yesterday
I knew there had to be a way to slam America in this, nice work.
difficulty aside, pulling 500 meters puts you at risk of breaking the line, I would think. This is especially so if you have a few 90 degree angles. Also, instead of a mouse, a plastic bag tied with some air inside will do the trick.
sadly, I cannot mod this "holy crap"
I can't speak for the Wi-Fi hard phones, but the Polycom hard phones we have around here have enough built into them to cancel a good bit of the crap you get with voip. Even with our Switchvox appliance internally, you can hear a major difference between employees on a soft versus hard phone. I would guess that the Wi-Fi phones are at least similar, though probably not as much so.
one addition: if you wanted to mod parent's acid test down because it wasn't funny at all, you need to seek professional help
business laptops like mine. I'm not sure I could convince the boss to let me buy one yet, but I run virtual machines on it for testing and do a fair bit of other development. If I were to have a very fast drive in it, swapping for all the virtual machines would be faster and I could give them less memory. I don't know, it all depends on what these things cost.
bit-sniffing dogs?
I'll tell you what this thing is good for: Freaking me RIGHT OUT.
Pray, does it talk? (ob Monty Python joke)
so how do you go about releasing your music all over the place and not having someone claim it as their own? how do you copyright that sort of thing? I don't really care about people stealing it to listen to it, as you mentioned, that's the point. I'll post my music all over the place just to get some listeners, but I'd just assume not have them put their name on it and make money off of me.
i am genuinely sorry that nobody caught the fact that i was amazed that anyone could think those things about Jesus based on the fact that somebody said so. it seriously was not an attack on the poster, i promise :-) i expected the poster (and everyone else) to understand that i was (i think) siding with him about those ridiculous claims. my bad, everyone
wow, take another sip of your coffee, take a deep breath and try to relax. i apparently wasn't clear enough, my honest apologies. my problem was with there being no evidence that Jesus actually was any of those things, not that scientology claims them to be true. i understand (and comprehend, wow) that the document you cited was from a court. i am simply amazed at what it cited that i didnt know about the "church" of scientology. i didnt know they were that wacked.
am i perfectly clear this time?
yeah, and so do you! because, um... i said so! yeah, that's all the citing i need!
no it isnt. its like insisting that you not put dog crap in it.
with humor?