It is truly frightening how shortsighted all of your positions are. I have no hope of curing your terminal myopia, but I will reply in the hopes of enlightening other readers:
local control.
Myopic belief: I can do what I want because the rest of the world doesn't matter.
Reality: We now live in a global economy. If your local school board chooses to teach creationism, they do your children a huge disservice because of all the jobs they'll be unable to get due to not understanding fundamental biology. If your locals pollute the air, the jet stream can take that pollution across an international border and screw up diplomacy that affects two entire nations. If you pollute a river, it flows 1000 miles downstream and affects millions of other people.
This should all be extremely obvious and I'm dismayed that it needed to be pointed out.
I don't want the government telling me that the air I breath out is a pollutant and must be regulated.
Lie: The government is telling you that your breath is a pollutant.
Reality: The government is telling you that your 1976 car that lacks a catalytic converter is a pollutant. They are telling you that your unfiltered coal smokestack is a pollutant. And these are not opinions, they are cold hard facts.
If we waste oil, then it's supply becomes scarce, meaning the price goes up. This means that people will waste less of it. What I don't want is the government making it artificially scarce
Myopic vision: The free market can magically create more oil for future generations once we waste it all.
Reality: Even if our prices for oil go up due to decreasing supply, that does not put more oil back in the ground for people 100 or 200 years from now to use. There are products that can only be made with oil. We need to conserve in areas where oil is an option (not a necessity) so that those products can continue to be made. Nuclear can replace oil-fired electrical plants, but it cannot create polymer plastics needed in medicine, for example.
If my local community that lives near that mountain and those rivers decide that it is in the best interest of my community [to remove the mountaintop], then YES! I want the right to do that! It's not the business of people who live 1000 miles away to tell my community what we can and can't do with the mountain that they will never see.
Myopic belief: I don't travel, so nobody else does either.
Reality: There actually are those of us who leave our birthplaces and venture out into the world to see it. It is OUR country, not just yours. No, you don't own that mountain, we all do. How dare you?
It's none of my business what the people of Alaska do in ANWR.
Myopic claim: Alaska is only for Alaskans.
Reality: Thank God those who made Denali and other National parks a reality didn't think like you.
It's none of my business that the people of California banned incandescent light bulbs.
Myopic vision: Other people conserving doesn't help me.
Reality: Lower emissions and fuel usage prevent increases in atmospheric gases and actually improve the weather where you are. It's been demonstrated that the three days following 9/11 were actually sunnier in the U.S. because of fewer contrails. It's a fact that power plant plumes cause cloudiness downwind. So yes, CA's lightbulb choices do help many non-Californians.
It's none of my business that the people of MA want government provided health care.
Reality: Tell us that the next time you're sitting next to a flu sufferer who is sick because they lacked health coverage to get a vaccination. In fact, healthcare is by far the easiest arena to demonstrate how interconnected everyone is and how critical it is for you to care how one person's
Then tell us what it is that you DO want. It really seems as if Republicans (at least the ones I interact with) take the concept of global warming as a personal insult.
We want to be left alone. Not only do we want the government to leave us alone, but we want the government to protect us from the "Do-Gooders" that would try to tell us what to do. We want to control ourselves.
Sounds a bit like anarchy. You want permission to pollute air that everyone breathes. You want permission to waste oil that is in limited supply. You want permission to burn coal, the mining of which literally strips the tops off of mountains and the sludge from which completely clogs entire rivers.
You want to be left alone but you aren't actually leaving others alone. You're indirectly raping & pillaging the planet. So no, we won't leave you alone.
saying 'It was just a cunthair higher than back in 1934' doesn't make a good argument for seizing trillions (sic) of dollars of economic output and redirecting it into politically connected pockets.
Neither does saying Iraq had WMD's, but the right got its way on that one. I didn't see you objecting to the billions that got redirected from our schools to Haliburton. So don't act high and mighty on the subject of redirected government spending.
Yes. That is exactly what Republicans want. The GOP's secret mission statement is the pump billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in a dastardly plot to destroy the world so that Dick Cheney can finally realize his dream of being the last man on earth when his final O2 canister runs out.
Oh, shit. You have found us out.
Then tell us what it is that you DO want. It really seems as if Republicans (at least the ones I interact with) take the concept of global warming as a personal insult. Seriously--they get incensed about it and act as if those who believe in global warming also believe the moon is made of green cheese and that it's OK to kick puppies. Please explain to us just what the GOP's objection is to global warming, and why they won't just ignore the issue and concentrate on economics or defense. Because right now it seems the only reason they oppose it is that it was popularized by Al Gore.
then please will you global warming nuts STFU everytime some piece of ice breaks off?
The only time someone uses the word "nuts" is when they have an agenda. Perhaps look in the mirror and ask yourself a question you never have: "Why am I so opposed to the idea of global warming?" I bet you've never done this. Take it a step further: "Would it be a personal insult to me if it turned out global warming were real?" If not, why not have an open mind about it?
I should also point out, what Landis was taking, while clearly a performance enhancer, was not detected in earlier tests of him during the same TDF. He started taking it DURING the TDF, in which the synthetic testosterone would have no play in his performance (testosterone is more a long term actor and a muscle builder, not short term); that's the other perplexing issue that's been raised but never explained, with most thinking it was maybe a pyschological or dare taking inducing edge, but it still makes little sense to start taking a longer term nont short term performance enhancer mid-race. In turn, some think something was spiked.
It's even weirder: If my memory serves, he tested positive for the synthetic testosterone on days 4, 7, and 11. He was tested every single day of the TDF and only on those three days of the 24 was he positive. That's scientifically impossible for testosterone; it cannot be cleared from the body overnight. And that makes the test results smell to high heaven, yet the French anti-doping authority made no effort whatsoever to even address this very important issue let alone investigate. That is why, to this day, I believe Landis when he denies the charges.
If Apple starts banning en-masse people who have jailbroken their iPhones then we can break out the torches and pitchforks. Until then it's a company saying "no more soup for you" to a couple of hackers who are looking to exploit the company's secure system.
So you're willing to protest when you get cut off but not when the guys whose software freed your phone get cut off? That's mighty neighborly of you.
If the profs feel that strongly, then they need to vociferously make it clear to the administration that no action comes without a consequence. Specifically, demand the IML be open on weekends. UCLA probably instituted the ban to save money on legal fees and/or licensing but now need to be made to pay to open the IML at hours the students can use it. TANSTAAFL.
The Onion had one: Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Known as 'Haiti'
Cute. Perhaps this illustrates a change in our culture. "Back in the olden days" (read: 1980's) jokes were circulated by mouth. Now they're only available on the internet.
Yeah, there were plenty of Challenger jokes. The one I recall:
(PLEASE STOP READING NOW IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE OF OFFENSIVE JOKES)
Why was Christa McAuliffe's husband so angry?
Strange men were getting a piece of her all over the beach.
(/OFFENSIVE)
The interesting thing is I've not heard any Haiti jokes. I don't know if that's because I'm not in school now as I was during Challenger, or if there actually aren't as many jokes around.
Nobody in advertising cares if 500,000,000 people watch a show if no ads were seen.
They do if ads can be added to the show in the future. I'd be very interested in such data if I were searching for a place to stick an ad. I'd be especially interested if I could be the only ad in the show, so my ad would stick out instead of being lost among the others. As such, I think Nielsen is being moronic here--advertisers on limited-ad broadcasts should be eager for such data and therefore so should the content producers.
Last week a team of ham radio guys tried to improve Haiti's commo infrastructure, so the Haitians shot and killed one of them, and the survivors retreated back to the D.R.
No, "The Haitians" didn't shoot one of them. "A few guys" did. You grouped there, and made it sound as if all Haitians are responsible for this atrocity. Under that logic, you're responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing (assuming you're American). Don't blame an entire society for the wrongdoings of a few of its fringe....oh, wait, that's what we're already doing in Afghanistan...and Iraq.... OK, I'll shut up now.
The "Ha" was pretty obviously their attempt at showing it was a joke. Of course they couldn't (long term) claim it was Vista. Don't be knee-jerk.
Also, don't mistake things you disagree with for "trolling". Try to understand that there are people who think differently than you do, and that that's not necessarily wrong or evil. I know it's difficult, but try to imagine a universe that doesn't revolve around you and in which you might, on occasion, be wrong.
GM is an accelerated version of what happens in nature.
Only if nature happened to be randomly experimenting in that direction AND that experiment gave the organism a competitive advantage so that the mutation got retained. It is actually rather unlikely that maize was going to independently develop in the way Monsanto was forcing it with this GM. So your statement is probably (but not absolutely) false.
I mean I'm not a show vendor and I even know that doing such things is not ok with hotel management.
What part of the summary "I asked the hotel staff if there were any limitations for using the suite. They said the only limitations were how many people were at our parties. They didn't say there were any limitations on displaying product" was unclear? It was OK with hotel management.
There is no way anyone should have modded you up and I'm publicly asking people to mod you down.
When I traveled to France and Spain recently, I found lots of WiFi and nearly all of it was secured. I had a devil of a time finding an open spot where I could simply download my e-mail. I did eventually find spots, but it is not an exaggeration to say that perhaps 1 in 50 spots I found were open. I'm rather surprised this study thinks 30% were open; no way it was that easy to find one where I visited.
(France: Champagne region & the Montparnasse arrondissement of Paris. Spain: Mallorca and Barcelona. Of all these, Barcelona was the easiest to find open spots, but they were still a small % of the hotspots my scanner saw.)
it doesn't cost anything to share a bit of WiFi. If someone happens to be driving by and needs it, they can park and use it. If a neighbor loses their connectivity for a day and wants to use mine, FINE, GO AHEAD--I won't even notice or care. Nor will my ISP.
I used to think that too, until one of my friends received a letter from Comcast informing him they knew he'd downloaded movies, and they provided him a list of which ones. That was the day I stopped sharing my WiFi. If I do something wrong, OK, bust me. But I don't need the MPAA taking me to court for movies my neighbor or a driveby downloaded.
Also, I can only get DSL where I live (4 years waitlisted for FiOS), so I often have my line saturated. I don't need someone else delaying my downloads....
If the company's only options are laying you off or cutting benefits to save costs, suck it up and be happy you still have a job.
The employer is counting on you taking that "be happy you have a job" attitude. As a result, you take it at your own peril.
Further, it's rare that the company's only options are layoffs or cutting benefits. They want you to think that, but if you saw where all the other money went you'd blow a gasket.
Dish is even worse on leaving - you don't own any of the equipment, if you quit in February, they demand you climb up on the icy roof to get their lnb to ship back, and they threaten to charge not only the early termination fee - but the full cost of the equipment if its "damaged" in any way - meaning if they find a scratch, they'll hit your credit card- and better make sure the remotes are included.
Not true. I canceled Dish (for FiOS) earlier this year and they did not ask for a single thing back. The dish remains on the roof and we eventually threw their tuner away.
Is it legal to publicly co-ordinate a DDOS attack on a major US telecom?
It's legal to use your iPhone to watch YouTube at the same time as another iPhone user watches YouTube. I'm sorry if that just happens to occur at 12PM PST on Friday, but yes, that's legal.
For an alternative point of view, this article is interesting because it claims that the iPhone design isn't very good and that is what is causing the problems.
That's like blaming Airbus for Sully's ditching in the Hudson. The A320 hasn't had to ditch anywhere else in the world but somehow it's still Airbus' fault?
To point: The iPhone would only be at fault if it were dropping calls worldwide. It's not, so very basic troubleshooting tells you to look elsewhere...specifically at something unique to the U.S. where that problem is occurring.
I have read that AT&T is mounting a rather significant lobbying effort to try to throw suspicions off of their network. Thus this NYT article and Erin Burnett's ludicrous statements on Jim Kramer. And why would they be doing that? It wouldn't have anything to do with groundswells of user uprising like this would it? Noooo.....
Disconnect those users. The iPhone zealots have nowhere else to go. Telling them to go for the Droid is like telling a crack addict to drop their habit by smoking pot and slurping vodka. Take down a few thousand users, and the majority will quickly stop complaining.
Ok, so how about if the NHTSA decides that you're driving too many miles each year? You're putting too much stress on the highways compared to your fellow drivers. You're costing the Feds too much money and contributing to traffic jams. Let's disconnect you from your car: You're no longer permitted to drive. Telling you to take the train or bus is like telling a crack addict to drop their habit by smoking pot and slurping vodka. Take away the licenses of a few thousand drivers and the rest will quickly stop complaining about traffic jams and potholes.
Protesters are STUPID. We are protesting against AT&T response that their infrastructure can't handle the load By DDOSing them. Isn't that like beating the crap out of person who says you are too violent.
So your response to AT&T providing crappy service is to just sit back & let them keep buggering you up the ass? Some of us actually get motivated to speak up and/or take action when we see wrongdoing. Funny how the rest of you who sit on your butts don't hesitate to enjoy the fruits of our labors....
there will be many emergency 911 calls at noon that day and some of them will be on AT&T networks. Blocking those deliberately is irresponsible.
And what did those AT&T 911 callers do before they had their AT&T phone? It is not as if landlines or other carriers' phones will also suddenly vanish at noon. It's not as if the protest is going to take down the entire communications infrastructure of the U.S.
Hell, the entire point is that AT&T should not be going down at noon either. All the participants will be doing is using their unlimited mobile data devices to access data. How exactly is an infrastructure overload (if it happens) their fault and not AT&T's?!?
Further, who is to say that it's not the 911 caller whose data is the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back? Perhaps the network would juuust have withstood the other users' demands and then this one woman with a cat up a tree dials and boom?
You're calling future events "irresponsible" when you don't even know who will participate, who will have been negligent, or anything.
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local control.
Myopic belief: I can do what I want because the rest of the world doesn't matter.
Reality: We now live in a global economy. If your local school board chooses to teach creationism, they do your children a huge disservice because of all the jobs they'll be unable to get due to not understanding fundamental biology. If your locals pollute the air, the jet stream can take that pollution across an international border and screw up diplomacy that affects two entire nations. If you pollute a river, it flows 1000 miles downstream and affects millions of other people.
This should all be extremely obvious and I'm dismayed that it needed to be pointed out.
I don't want the government telling me that the air I breath out is a pollutant and must be regulated.
Lie: The government is telling you that your breath is a pollutant.
Reality: The government is telling you that your 1976 car that lacks a catalytic converter is a pollutant. They are telling you that your unfiltered coal smokestack is a pollutant. And these are not opinions, they are cold hard facts.
If we waste oil, then it's supply becomes scarce, meaning the price goes up. This means that people will waste less of it. What I don't want is the government making it artificially scarce
Myopic vision: The free market can magically create more oil for future generations once we waste it all.
Reality: Even if our prices for oil go up due to decreasing supply, that does not put more oil back in the ground for people 100 or 200 years from now to use. There are products that can only be made with oil. We need to conserve in areas where oil is an option (not a necessity) so that those products can continue to be made. Nuclear can replace oil-fired electrical plants, but it cannot create polymer plastics needed in medicine, for example.
If my local community that lives near that mountain and those rivers decide that it is in the best interest of my community [to remove the mountaintop], then YES! I want the right to do that! It's not the business of people who live 1000 miles away to tell my community what we can and can't do with the mountain that they will never see.
Myopic belief: I don't travel, so nobody else does either.
Reality: There actually are those of us who leave our birthplaces and venture out into the world to see it. It is OUR country, not just yours. No, you don't own that mountain, we all do. How dare you?
It's none of my business what the people of Alaska do in ANWR.
Myopic claim: Alaska is only for Alaskans.
Reality: Thank God those who made Denali and other National parks a reality didn't think like you.
It's none of my business that the people of California banned incandescent light bulbs.
Myopic vision: Other people conserving doesn't help me.
Reality: Lower emissions and fuel usage prevent increases in atmospheric gases and actually improve the weather where you are. It's been demonstrated that the three days following 9/11 were actually sunnier in the U.S. because of fewer contrails. It's a fact that power plant plumes cause cloudiness downwind. So yes, CA's lightbulb choices do help many non-Californians.
It's none of my business that the people of MA want government provided health care.
Myopic belief: Someone else getting healthcare doesn't affect me.
Reality: Tell us that the next time you're sitting next to a flu sufferer who is sick because they lacked health coverage to get a vaccination. In fact, healthcare is by far the easiest arena to demonstrate how interconnected everyone is and how critical it is for you to care how one person's
Then tell us what it is that you DO want. It really seems as if Republicans (at least the ones I interact with) take the concept of global warming as a personal insult.
We want to be left alone. Not only do we want the government to leave us alone, but we want the government to protect us from the "Do-Gooders" that would try to tell us what to do. We want to control ourselves.
Sounds a bit like anarchy. You want permission to pollute air that everyone breathes. You want permission to waste oil that is in limited supply. You want permission to burn coal, the mining of which literally strips the tops off of mountains and the sludge from which completely clogs entire rivers.
You want to be left alone but you aren't actually leaving others alone. You're indirectly raping & pillaging the planet. So no, we won't leave you alone.
saying 'It was just a cunthair higher than back in 1934' doesn't make a good argument for seizing trillions (sic) of dollars of economic output and redirecting it into politically connected pockets.
Neither does saying Iraq had WMD's, but the right got its way on that one. I didn't see you objecting to the billions that got redirected from our schools to Haliburton. So don't act high and mighty on the subject of redirected government spending.
Yes. That is exactly what Republicans want. The GOP's secret mission statement is the pump billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in a dastardly plot to destroy the world so that Dick Cheney can finally realize his dream of being the last man on earth when his final O2 canister runs out.
Oh, shit. You have found us out.
Then tell us what it is that you DO want. It really seems as if Republicans (at least the ones I interact with) take the concept of global warming as a personal insult. Seriously--they get incensed about it and act as if those who believe in global warming also believe the moon is made of green cheese and that it's OK to kick puppies. Please explain to us just what the GOP's objection is to global warming, and why they won't just ignore the issue and concentrate on economics or defense. Because right now it seems the only reason they oppose it is that it was popularized by Al Gore.
then please will you global warming nuts STFU everytime some piece of ice breaks off?
The only time someone uses the word "nuts" is when they have an agenda. Perhaps look in the mirror and ask yourself a question you never have: "Why am I so opposed to the idea of global warming?" I bet you've never done this. Take it a step further: "Would it be a personal insult to me if it turned out global warming were real?" If not, why not have an open mind about it?
I should also point out, what Landis was taking, while clearly a performance enhancer, was not detected in earlier tests of him during the same TDF. He started taking it DURING the TDF, in which the synthetic testosterone would have no play in his performance (testosterone is more a long term actor and a muscle builder, not short term); that's the other perplexing issue that's been raised but never explained, with most thinking it was maybe a pyschological or dare taking inducing edge, but it still makes little sense to start taking a longer term nont short term performance enhancer mid-race. In turn, some think something was spiked.
It's even weirder: If my memory serves, he tested positive for the synthetic testosterone on days 4, 7, and 11. He was tested every single day of the TDF and only on those three days of the 24 was he positive. That's scientifically impossible for testosterone; it cannot be cleared from the body overnight. And that makes the test results smell to high heaven, yet the French anti-doping authority made no effort whatsoever to even address this very important issue let alone investigate. That is why, to this day, I believe Landis when he denies the charges.
If Apple starts banning en-masse people who have jailbroken their iPhones then we can break out the torches and pitchforks. Until then it's a company saying "no more soup for you" to a couple of hackers who are looking to exploit the company's secure system.
So you're willing to protest when you get cut off but not when the guys whose software freed your phone get cut off? That's mighty neighborly of you.
If the profs feel that strongly, then they need to vociferously make it clear to the administration that no action comes without a consequence. Specifically, demand the IML be open on weekends. UCLA probably instituted the ban to save money on legal fees and/or licensing but now need to be made to pay to open the IML at hours the students can use it. TANSTAAFL.
The Onion had one: Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Known as 'Haiti'
Cute. Perhaps this illustrates a change in our culture. "Back in the olden days" (read: 1980's) jokes were circulated by mouth. Now they're only available on the internet.
(PLEASE STOP READING NOW IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE OF OFFENSIVE JOKES)
(/OFFENSIVE)
The interesting thing is I've not heard any Haiti jokes. I don't know if that's because I'm not in school now as I was during Challenger, or if there actually aren't as many jokes around.
Nobody in advertising cares if 500,000,000 people watch a show if no ads were seen.
They do if ads can be added to the show in the future. I'd be very interested in such data if I were searching for a place to stick an ad. I'd be especially interested if I could be the only ad in the show, so my ad would stick out instead of being lost among the others. As such, I think Nielsen is being moronic here--advertisers on limited-ad broadcasts should be eager for such data and therefore so should the content producers.
Last week a team of ham radio guys tried to improve Haiti's commo infrastructure, so the Haitians shot and killed one of them, and the survivors retreated back to the D.R.
No, "The Haitians" didn't shoot one of them. "A few guys" did. You grouped there, and made it sound as if all Haitians are responsible for this atrocity. Under that logic, you're responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing (assuming you're American). Don't blame an entire society for the wrongdoings of a few of its fringe....oh, wait, that's what we're already doing in Afghanistan...and Iraq.... OK, I'll shut up now.
Is this trolling?
The "Ha" was pretty obviously their attempt at showing it was a joke. Of course they couldn't (long term) claim it was Vista. Don't be knee-jerk.
Also, don't mistake things you disagree with for "trolling". Try to understand that there are people who think differently than you do, and that that's not necessarily wrong or evil. I know it's difficult, but try to imagine a universe that doesn't revolve around you and in which you might, on occasion, be wrong.
GM is an accelerated version of what happens in nature.
Only if nature happened to be randomly experimenting in that direction AND that experiment gave the organism a competitive advantage so that the mutation got retained. It is actually rather unlikely that maize was going to independently develop in the way Monsanto was forcing it with this GM. So your statement is probably (but not absolutely) false.
I mean I'm not a show vendor and I even know that doing such things is not ok with hotel management.
What part of the summary "I asked the hotel staff if there were any limitations for using the suite. They said the only limitations were how many people were at our parties. They didn't say there were any limitations on displaying product" was unclear? It was OK with hotel management.
There is no way anyone should have modded you up and I'm publicly asking people to mod you down.
(France: Champagne region & the Montparnasse arrondissement of Paris. Spain: Mallorca and Barcelona. Of all these, Barcelona was the easiest to find open spots, but they were still a small % of the hotspots my scanner saw.)
it doesn't cost anything to share a bit of WiFi. If someone happens to be driving by and needs it, they can park and use it. If a neighbor loses their connectivity for a day and wants to use mine, FINE, GO AHEAD--I won't even notice or care. Nor will my ISP.
I used to think that too, until one of my friends received a letter from Comcast informing him they knew he'd downloaded movies, and they provided him a list of which ones. That was the day I stopped sharing my WiFi. If I do something wrong, OK, bust me. But I don't need the MPAA taking me to court for movies my neighbor or a driveby downloaded.
Also, I can only get DSL where I live (4 years waitlisted for FiOS), so I often have my line saturated. I don't need someone else delaying my downloads....
If the company's only options are laying you off or cutting benefits to save costs, suck it up and be happy you still have a job.
The employer is counting on you taking that "be happy you have a job" attitude. As a result, you take it at your own peril.
Further, it's rare that the company's only options are layoffs or cutting benefits. They want you to think that, but if you saw where all the other money went you'd blow a gasket.
Dish is even worse on leaving - you don't own any of the equipment, if you quit in February, they demand you climb up on the icy roof to get their lnb to ship back, and they threaten to charge not only the early termination fee - but the full cost of the equipment if its "damaged" in any way - meaning if they find a scratch, they'll hit your credit card- and better make sure the remotes are included.
Not true. I canceled Dish (for FiOS) earlier this year and they did not ask for a single thing back. The dish remains on the roof and we eventually threw their tuner away.
Is it legal to publicly co-ordinate a DDOS attack on a major US telecom?
It's legal to use your iPhone to watch YouTube at the same time as another iPhone user watches YouTube. I'm sorry if that just happens to occur at 12PM PST on Friday, but yes, that's legal.
For an alternative point of view, this article is interesting because it claims that the iPhone design isn't very good and that is what is causing the problems.
That's like blaming Airbus for Sully's ditching in the Hudson. The A320 hasn't had to ditch anywhere else in the world but somehow it's still Airbus' fault?
To point: The iPhone would only be at fault if it were dropping calls worldwide. It's not, so very basic troubleshooting tells you to look elsewhere...specifically at something unique to the U.S. where that problem is occurring.
I have read that AT&T is mounting a rather significant lobbying effort to try to throw suspicions off of their network. Thus this NYT article and Erin Burnett's ludicrous statements on Jim Kramer. And why would they be doing that? It wouldn't have anything to do with groundswells of user uprising like this would it? Noooo.....
Disconnect those users. The iPhone zealots have nowhere else to go. Telling them to go for the Droid is like telling a crack addict to drop their habit by smoking pot and slurping vodka. Take down a few thousand users, and the majority will quickly stop complaining.
Ok, so how about if the NHTSA decides that you're driving too many miles each year? You're putting too much stress on the highways compared to your fellow drivers. You're costing the Feds too much money and contributing to traffic jams. Let's disconnect you from your car: You're no longer permitted to drive. Telling you to take the train or bus is like telling a crack addict to drop their habit by smoking pot and slurping vodka. Take away the licenses of a few thousand drivers and the rest will quickly stop complaining about traffic jams and potholes.
Protesters are STUPID. We are protesting against AT&T response that their infrastructure can't handle the load By DDOSing them. Isn't that like beating the crap out of person who says you are too violent.
So your response to AT&T providing crappy service is to just sit back & let them keep buggering you up the ass? Some of us actually get motivated to speak up and/or take action when we see wrongdoing. Funny how the rest of you who sit on your butts don't hesitate to enjoy the fruits of our labors....
there will be many emergency 911 calls at noon that day and some of them will be on AT&T networks. Blocking those deliberately is irresponsible.
And what did those AT&T 911 callers do before they had their AT&T phone? It is not as if landlines or other carriers' phones will also suddenly vanish at noon. It's not as if the protest is going to take down the entire communications infrastructure of the U.S.
Hell, the entire point is that AT&T should not be going down at noon either. All the participants will be doing is using their unlimited mobile data devices to access data. How exactly is an infrastructure overload (if it happens) their fault and not AT&T's?!?
Further, who is to say that it's not the 911 caller whose data is the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back? Perhaps the network would juuust have withstood the other users' demands and then this one woman with a cat up a tree dials and boom?
You're calling future events "irresponsible" when you don't even know who will participate, who will have been negligent, or anything.
....except that nearly everything I want to watch is still .avi. If .mp4 takes over, great, but until then I need VLC.