I agree. Microsoft has typically been very easy to deal with on the hardware side of their business. I have experienced this as a consumer and during 19 years working at MS authorized dealers. For example, if you have a defective mouse, a phone call generally yields a new mouse immediately shipped off to you. I know the cost is low on a mouse, but, it is indicative of my experience. I wonder what happened in the case of this xBox that kept the owner from working with Microsoft on a resolution - the article doesn't say either way.
I used to submit the forms for MDF (marketing development funds) for a large computer reseller where I worked. We got about $2M a year doing this. Given the low product margins, it was worthwhile.
Verbal threatening followed by shooting is essentially causal. Eating breakfast is probably not related to shooting presidents. However, you really aren't interested in logic, it's more fun to make silly statements that prove you are not very bright.
John Hinckley Jr. did the same just prior to shooting President Reagan. You didn't reveal the content of your rant but maybe you said things that sounded pretty bad taken out of the context of the group that you were in. They didn't actually take you away or otherwise harm you did they?
Your right to annonymity does not require that you provide a false identity. Then your rights would trample on the rights of the person or entity of whose ID you have stolen.
I am assuming that someone will figure out who the owner(s) of this company is/are. PayPal would have some information but even that could be mostly false accept for an actual checking account number. Would a law enforecement agency be able to track down the owners?
I am not a proponent of bigger government but I think that this is something that should be made illegal. Communication is too important to our society. It's one thing to block your I.D., it's a whole 'nother thing to falsify it.
It is most likely a mistake for them to boast of their annonymity. Someone will figure out who they are and I am betting that more than intrepid hacker will take down Camophone's website repeatedly.
We should keep track of this one for a while, it should get real interesting.
After reading comments that indicate that your installed extensions will show up as incompatible with RC1, I think I'll wait. Apparently the browser has to automatically consider extensions as incompatible until authors check them or something along those lines.
The NWS here uses UNIX for their large computer systems. Some of the mid-range systems such as for severe weather are running Linux. Most desktops are Microsoft based.
Outsourcing picked up steam in the late 90's under Clinton's administration. I wonder why the "it's Bush's fault" contingent forgets this or never knew it to begin with?
Meanwhile, as far back as 1997, the Clinton administration advocated outsourcing as a way to increase efficiency, cut costs and save tax dollars.
Was it wrong when Clinton thought it was such a good idea that he openly adovocated outsourcing?
Kerry will carry on the same policies as Bush if elected. I found this in a paper I found online which puts it more eloquently than I can:
If the democrats take power this November they will probably continue the same policies as Bush. We know this because Clinton did basically the same thing when he was in office. To think otherwise is to ignore history and the democrat's records. The "Anybody but Bush" (ABB) movement is founded on a basically irrational hatred of Bush that completely ignores the record of the democrats the last time they were in power. The ABB movement practices a double standard: when republicans do something it's wrong but when democrats do the same thing it's okay (or didn't happen at all). In party politics it is always the other party's fault, never the system's fault. If a democrat were in office and implemented the same policies Bush has most of the ABBers would support him. We know this because Clinton implemented many of the same policies ABBers criticize Bush for yet they didn't develop the same kind of hatred towards Clinton they have towards Bush. Most outright supported Clinton and the minority who didn't support him did not develop the kind of irrational hatred towards Clinton they have towards Bush.
The 419 guys do not travel here to go to court for God's sake. What are they going to say? "While working my daily scam stealing from your citizes, I got ripped off for $200"?
I upload photo's to my dad, not download. Porn is not a problem as I get 4MB down, even faster at night. But, when you are sending groups of hi-res photo's up, the 256KB speed seems to crawl.
They charge a lot more for DSL then ASDL. I believe it is more expensive and more difficult to go upstream than it is to push the 'net downstream. Someone else may have a more detailed answer. Businesses are the biggest buyers of DSL in this area.
The 5MB/2MB pricing is great for my area. I get about 4MB/256KB right now for around $29/month. The biggest advantage to the fiber would be the 2MB upload speed which would be great as I send a lot of photos to my dad for a genealogical project. I went to Verizons site and my phone number doesn't qualify yet, but, I'm sure it will be eventually....
I bought the same radio, the Roady, and the home kit for $49 delivered this past June. XM runs specials almost constantly though I found this deal through fatwallet.com.
I pay $9.99/month for the service and I pay another $3.99/month to login and listen over a computer (that was for my 14 year old son).
Sirius is $2 cheaper per month if you want the radio and the online listening. However, XM has some stuff that I want that Sirius does not have, so, it depends on what you want.
The prices for the radios and homekits/car kits/boombox, etc. are all over the map. Before buying I would search the bargain sites such as fatwallet, anandtech, etc.
I would like to be able to watch tv or other video when stuck in traffic. Having the video system turn off once the car starts moving over 3mph sounds like a great idea. But, here in the US, you can sue anybody for anything and stand a good chance of winning so I understand the car makers reticence.
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There is a drivers seat because one of the three modes of operation is "manual," with the other two being remote control and autonomous.
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I agree. Microsoft has typically been very easy to deal with on the hardware side of their business. I have experienced this as a consumer and during 19 years working at MS authorized dealers. For example, if you have a defective mouse, a phone call generally yields a new mouse immediately shipped off to you. I know the cost is low on a mouse, but, it is indicative of my experience. I wonder what happened in the case of this xBox that kept the owner from working with Microsoft on a resolution - the article doesn't say either way.
I used to submit the forms for MDF (marketing development funds) for a large computer reseller where I worked. We got about $2M a year doing this. Given the low product margins, it was worthwhile.
It's an ad. It's not an mixed message, Dell recommends and provides both Windows and Linux.
Verbal threatening followed by shooting is essentially causal. Eating breakfast is probably not related to shooting presidents. However, you really aren't interested in logic, it's more fun to make silly statements that prove you are not very bright.
John Hinckley Jr. did the same just prior to shooting President Reagan. You didn't reveal the content of your rant but maybe you said things that sounded pretty bad taken out of the context of the group that you were in. They didn't actually take you away or otherwise harm you did they?
That's just plain silly.
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That was Satan, using Camaphone. You've been pwned!
Your right to annonymity does not require that you provide a false identity. Then your rights would trample on the rights of the person or entity of whose ID you have stolen.
I am not a proponent of bigger government but I think that this is something that should be made illegal. Communication is too important to our society. It's one thing to block your I.D., it's a whole 'nother thing to falsify it.
It is most likely a mistake for them to boast of their annonymity. Someone will figure out who they are and I am betting that more than intrepid hacker will take down Camophone's website repeatedly.
We should keep track of this one for a while, it should get real interesting.
After reading comments that indicate that your installed extensions will show up as incompatible with RC1, I think I'll wait. Apparently the browser has to automatically consider extensions as incompatible until authors check them or something along those lines.
The NWS here uses UNIX for their large computer systems. Some of the mid-range systems such as for severe weather are running Linux. Most desktops are Microsoft based.
Meanwhile, as far back as 1997, the Clinton administration advocated outsourcing as a way to increase efficiency, cut costs and save tax dollars.
Was it wrong when Clinton thought it was such a good idea that he openly adovocated outsourcing?
If the democrats take power this November they will probably continue the same policies as Bush. We know this because Clinton did basically the same thing when he was in office. To think otherwise is to ignore history and the democrat's records. The "Anybody but Bush" (ABB) movement is founded on a basically irrational hatred of Bush that completely ignores the record of the democrats the last time they were in power. The ABB movement practices a double standard: when republicans do something it's wrong but when democrats do the same thing it's okay (or didn't happen at all). In party politics it is always the other party's fault, never the system's fault. If a democrat were in office and implemented the same policies Bush has most of the ABBers would support him. We know this because Clinton implemented many of the same policies ABBers criticize Bush for yet they didn't develop the same kind of hatred towards Clinton they have towards Bush. Most outright supported Clinton and the minority who didn't support him did not develop the kind of irrational hatred towards Clinton they have towards Bush.
The 419 guys do not travel here to go to court for God's sake. What are they going to say? "While working my daily scam stealing from your citizes, I got ripped off for $200"?
I think the hardware is doing this. I don't think you make this an open source sofware victory of sorts.
This page contains images of the NASA Altix system. After reading the article I was curious as to how much room 10K or so processors take up.
I upload photo's to my dad, not download. Porn is not a problem as I get 4MB down, even faster at night. But, when you are sending groups of hi-res photo's up, the 256KB speed seems to crawl.
They charge a lot more for DSL then ASDL. I believe it is more expensive and more difficult to go upstream than it is to push the 'net downstream. Someone else may have a more detailed answer. Businesses are the biggest buyers of DSL in this area.
The 5MB/2MB pricing is great for my area. I get about 4MB/256KB right now for around $29/month. The biggest advantage to the fiber would be the 2MB upload speed which would be great as I send a lot of photos to my dad for a genealogical project. I went to Verizons site and my phone number doesn't qualify yet, but, I'm sure it will be eventually....
I pay $9.99/month for the service and I pay another $3.99/month to login and listen over a computer (that was for my 14 year old son).
Sirius is $2 cheaper per month if you want the radio and the online listening. However, XM has some stuff that I want that Sirius does not have, so, it depends on what you want.
The prices for the radios and homekits/car kits/boombox, etc. are all over the map. Before buying I would search the bargain sites such as fatwallet, anandtech, etc.
I would like to be able to watch tv or other video when stuck in traffic. Having the video system turn off once the car starts moving over 3mph sounds like a great idea. But, here in the US, you can sue anybody for anything and stand a good chance of winning so I understand the car makers reticence.
There is a drivers seat because one of the three modes of operation is "manual," with the other two being remote control and autonomous.
"All your dust bunnies are belong to us."
Okay, works for me.