You don't need voice service on your landline for DSL
Yeah it's called dry loop.. and it's fairly new that phone companies are offering it.. I don't know the pricing difference.. personally I just have the most basic phone install with no Long distance.. that's like $16 a month (and then add in DSL), and I can make local calls and save my cell minutes for outgoing long distance.. From stories I have heard, dry loop can be a pain as the tech guys that install it, sometimes disconnect your other line.. and then I have heard the reverse where a tech was working on a land line in the house and disconnected their dry loop.. I don't know why.. just the stories I've heard.
1# A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2# A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
2# A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
I am not a PC gamer, and I don't like to restrict myself to a system based upon games.. so I don't. There are alternatives, you can dual boot for your gaming pleasure.. and those console things that hook up to the TV seem to be pretty popular.
Or perhap$ it'$ becau$e that when the product is fini$hed the profit$ are greater, and the R&D co$t thing i$ ju$t $omething that $ounds like a plau$able justification for high price$.. I mean, what is exactly the majority of R&D costs that make them so high ?.. Is it materials, labor, bribery, what ?
I already canceled my AT&T service over their use of warrant-less surveillance
You mean their cooperation with the government.. They did not surveil anyone.. The intelligence agencies did.. It's not that I forgive them for it, but I do understand what happened. There is blame enough to go around with people in actual authority that abused it.. Yes they could have refused, but I at least can see how they got suckered.. Hopefully everyone knows better now.
Ahhh,, the European vs US standards.. unfortunately there is no law on vacation days here in the US.. Legal holidays yes,.. We are a strange people, we work more hours, and get less benefits that we now have to pay extra for.. When a union tries to fight to keep their better medical coverage, that their workers are lucky enough not to have to contribute to (Like the way it used to be) The average person looks at it backwards and thinks "bad union worker, why should they not have to pay".. instead of "my employer is bad, why should I have to pay."... And many of these same people.. These people who get the crappy benefits that cost them.. well they just want to keep things the way they are.. Healthcare system reform.. what are you crazy ?.. it's just fine.. Many don't remember.. but back in the eighties it was the norm NOT to have to contribute to your health plan and I wish I could get that kind of coverage now, but even the most expensive plan that most places offer, don't touch what I had, and have high deductibles to boot.. our system is broken... and people will fight to keep getting screwed over.. go figure.
Your point was, that updates were annoying you.. I pointed you into the direction of eliminating that annoyance.. I should also point out to you, that there is a reason behind the updates.. they fix bugs and security issues... Here is the ironic part.. You see there are users who can't be bothered to take time to go through all the configuration options, they just can't.. so to protect them, they have it set to update automatically by default.
Radio Shack was at one time a Compaq dealer.. I like them for the odd cable, but pretty much everything else seems overpriced.. The other thing that always bothered me was their insistence at putting your name and phone number in their system.. I mean a $3 cable transaction becomes a big rigamarole if you can't remember the fake name and phone number you gave em last time.
It depends where your spreadsheets come from doesn't it ?.. Open Office is 100 percent compatible with Open Office.. I have been thinking on the instances where I had to deal with spreadsheets that were not generated by our own company.. I only can think of one (Kind of).. We had vendors who would supply us with updated pricing.. Some had their own price lists that were usually not in spreadsheet form. Others (usually smaller Vendors) We created a list of products for them in spreadsheet form and they would have to fill in the current pricing... So if I look at it from our point of view, we forced them to use Excel, but we could have just as easily forced them to use Open Office.. On the flip side if we were a vendor and someone requested documents in Open Office, well then the customer is king and you can be sure we would do it.
If customers would start requesting documents in Open Office, it would go a long way towards making it a true alternative, as companies who want sales will comply. Once installed, then they can even project "value added" customer service by asking people if they would like an Office document or an Open Office document. The whole idea that you have to pay Microsoft to be "professional" then goes out the window.
At least with a LiveCD a novice can try it for awhile before deciding if it suits his experience level. The idea that Linux is too hard and only for geeks goes away when the user actually uses it, and says "hey I can do this". The only real difficulty in installing, in most cases, is a little knowledge of what is going on with hard drives and partitions. Some distros are easier than others in conveying hard drive setup. This is the only real worry for the uninformed, but as you say it is just as bad if not worse when doing the same thing on Windows.
What's the unemployment rate ?.. What's the percentage of people on welfare ?.. It's a simple matter of.. If you want your unemployment check or your able bodied and want your welfare check, then you must apply for x amount of jobs.. Caught gaming the system, and no check for you.. The thing is, most of the people who are disgusted by things like welfare, have a decent job and can't fathom why everybody else doesn't,, Saying things like "they" would work if they HAD to, is not true if there are no jobs.. and if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself out of a decent paying job, your tune will change quick.
What I noticed in the nominations.. is that these were supposed to be award to PEOPLE who discovered the vulnerabilities.. how this has turned into something like Red Hat receiving a "your bad" award, instead of "anonymous discoverer" being recognized for a "good job at finding the baddie".. I just don't know... I guess it's more fun to point out flaws.. So I will point out a flaw in the submitter of the article, for their comprehension skills.
"Creating thousands of splinter civilizations with no emotional investment in the species homeworld is a recipe for galactic war if I've ever heard one."
You assume that the original civilizations have the same emotions.. Even looking at different species on this planet, you will find some that are territorial and some that are not.. That there are some humans that would go to "galactical war" is not even representative of the species as a whole.. just as you have some people willing to become a suicide bomber, most would not.. and actually I think most humans do not want to have any type of war.. that the majority of reasonable people are run over by the minority of extremely emotional, resulting in conflicts, mean we need culling of the species.
I think the real problem isn't the cost of these wasted seconds.. It's that many people have plans that are too limiting to themselves in number of minutes per month.. So the 27th of the month comes around and they got 15 minutes left on their plan.. they stress out and every text message, voice mail, and call from mom is torture.. until the 1st when they get a fill up..
The different minute tiers are priced so strange.. sometimes $10 will almost double your minutes of say from 450 to 750.. when maybe you know that usually your cutting it close at 450, and perhaps 550 or 600 would be more comfortable, and 750 is too much..
To me this sentence doesn't make sense.. 'Survival is a far better metric of intelligence than replicating human intelligence,'.. One thing is a measure the other is a method..
1. inadequate network
2. price gouging
3. treating iPhone users differently than other customers (see 2)
4. crappy support (see 1)
The high prices are used to generate dollars to expand the network, which was undoubtedly needed due to the iPhone popularity, as when it came out it was one of very few that could do anything with 3G, and there are costs of the phone itself in the plan.. If you equate this with the PC world and internet access,, When it started to take off, it was damn expensive.. then connecting by modem became cheaper and DSL was expensive.. now it's not that bad.. However as more phones come out that will compete with the iPhone for bandwith, I think you'll find things getting a little closer in price for the same access, but I think it depends on how they handle the initial price of these phones compared to what they cost them... And remember you are also talking about Apple here,, not exactly known for low profit margins on hardware are they ?
I am waiting to see what comes out as far as an Android phone.. The Hero is rumored to be coming, as well as the Lancaster.. It will be interesting to see how they treat the pricing on these phones and plans for them, which will be more comparable in 3G usage than a lot of what is out there now...
while some others suggest more drastic action (like cutting AT&T fiber)
And eliminate ANY kind of access for themselves, and others who could care less about their problems.. Just as smart as having riots, burning down the grocery stores and then having no place to buy food.. Destruction as a form of protest only hurts themselves and other innocents.
So.. your being harassed, AT&T offered you a solution for a fee.. and now you hate them.. not the person harassing you.. I know you want it for free, but it's not.. I kind of doubt the blocking solution will work that great anyway.. debt collectors have many numbers at their disposal, and are on to the blocking thing.. You would get many many calls before all of their resources were exhausted.. It's simple, you look at the number calling you and decide to answer or not.. Yes it costs some of your time (real and phone minutes) if you answer, but again your choice.. If they get through and it's a machine, hang up immediately (I do that on all machine calls good or bad, land or cell).. If you get the pleasant experience of speaking with a live person of a company that you told to remove your number, then you are free to exercise your freedom of speech with the most vile profanity you can come up with, to the point that they will not under any circumstance want to speak with you ever again.. eventually they will run out of agents to try and collect from you.. You see, they want to collect money, not be cussed at.. It's usually them playing the a**hole in the conversation, when you turn the tables on them it's a new game.
Yeah it happens.. but it's not commonplace.. Most truckers are very professional and on the ball for things like this. There is a lot more to driving a truck than most people think.
I very surprised at the overpass problems.. Truckers are very aware of clearance heights.. and these oversize loads have extra eyes, as they have escort vehicles. It's pretty easy to map out your route and check the clearance on every overpass on the map.. I think this story has been exaggerated a bit.. I figure 6 trucks (possibly) per wind turbine.. 3 of these are definitely oversize (the blades), but I am not so certain the other peices are not hauled on regular flatbeds.. at 6 trucks and $150,000 that's $ 25,000 a load.
You would think that if this information was collected from legitimate sources, that the banks and credit card companies involved have already been informed and dealt with it.. So if you are one of those victims in a list of credit cards, you are probably aware of it already as you would have had to get a new card.. If it is a matter of knowing that the combination of your name, SSN, and other personal information etc, being out there and available, well people should pretty much expect that it is anyway and should do a credit check on themselves every so often.. That's all you would be able to do if you found out you were in his database anyway.. Spending money to find out if your included in the database is a waste of money, because if you are not it creates a false sense of security, and if you are then you will not be doing anything you shouldn't be doing if you were not on it.
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Shheew.. Now everyone will think I did it on purpose.. fooled them!
You don't need voice service on your landline for DSL
Yeah it's called dry loop.. and it's fairly new that phone companies are offering it.. I don't know the pricing difference.. personally I just have the most basic phone install with no Long distance.. that's like $16 a month (and then add in DSL), and I can make local calls and save my cell minutes for outgoing long distance.. From stories I have heard, dry loop can be a pain as the tech guys that install it, sometimes disconnect your other line.. and then I have heard the reverse where a tech was working on a land line in the house and disconnected their dry loop.. I don't know why.. just the stories I've heard.
1# A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2# A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
2# A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
I am not a PC gamer, and I don't like to restrict myself to a system based upon games.. so I don't. There are alternatives, you can dual boot for your gaming pleasure.. and those console things that hook up to the TV seem to be pretty popular.
Or perhap$ it'$ becau$e that when the product is fini$hed the profit$ are greater, and the R&D co$t thing i$ ju$t $omething that $ounds like a plau$able justification for high price$.. I mean, what is exactly the majority of R&D costs that make them so high ? .. Is it materials, labor, bribery, what ?
I already canceled my AT&T service over their use of warrant-less surveillance
You mean their cooperation with the government.. They did not surveil anyone.. The intelligence agencies did.. It's not that I forgive them for it, but I do understand what happened. There is blame enough to go around with people in actual authority that abused it.. Yes they could have refused, but I at least can see how they got suckered.. Hopefully everyone knows better now.
Yes, the medical advances in extortion and fraud are almost as amazing as some of the diagnostic tools and pharmaceuticals that have been developed.
Ahhh,, the European vs US standards.. unfortunately there is no law on vacation days here in the US.. Legal holidays yes,.. We are a strange people, we work more hours, and get less benefits that we now have to pay extra for.. When a union tries to fight to keep their better medical coverage, that their workers are lucky enough not to have to contribute to (Like the way it used to be) The average person looks at it backwards and thinks "bad union worker, why should they not have to pay".. instead of "my employer is bad, why should I have to pay."... And many of these same people.. These people who get the crappy benefits that cost them.. well they just want to keep things the way they are.. Healthcare system reform.. what are you crazy ? .. it's just fine.. Many don't remember.. but back in the eighties it was the norm NOT to have to contribute to your health plan and I wish I could get that kind of coverage now, but even the most expensive plan that most places offer, don't touch what I had, and have high deductibles to boot.. our system is broken... and people will fight to keep getting screwed over.. go figure.
Your point was, that updates were annoying you.. I pointed you into the direction of eliminating that annoyance.. I should also point out to you, that there is a reason behind the updates.. they fix bugs and security issues... Here is the ironic part.. You see there are users who can't be bothered to take time to go through all the configuration options, they just can't.. so to protect them, they have it set to update automatically by default.
Edit...Preferences...Advanced...Update...
The radio buttons are self explanatory.
"So easy a caveman can do it"
Radio Shack was at one time a Compaq dealer.. I like them for the odd cable, but pretty much everything else seems overpriced.. The other thing that always bothered me was their insistence at putting your name and phone number in their system.. I mean a $3 cable transaction becomes a big rigamarole if you can't remember the fake name and phone number you gave em last time.
It depends where your spreadsheets come from doesn't it ? .. Open Office is 100 percent compatible with Open Office.. I have been thinking on the instances where I had to deal with spreadsheets that were not generated by our own company.. I only can think of one (Kind of).. We had vendors who would supply us with updated pricing.. Some had their own price lists that were usually not in spreadsheet form. Others (usually smaller Vendors) We created a list of products for them in spreadsheet form and they would have to fill in the current pricing... So if I look at it from our point of view, we forced them to use Excel, but we could have just as easily forced them to use Open Office.. On the flip side if we were a vendor and someone requested documents in Open Office, well then the customer is king and you can be sure we would do it.
If customers would start requesting documents in Open Office, it would go a long way towards making it a true alternative, as companies who want sales will comply. Once installed, then they can even project "value added" customer service by asking people if they would like an Office document or an Open Office document. The whole idea that you have to pay Microsoft to be "professional" then goes out the window.
At least with a LiveCD a novice can try it for awhile before deciding if it suits his experience level. The idea that Linux is too hard and only for geeks goes away when the user actually uses it, and says "hey I can do this". The only real difficulty in installing, in most cases, is a little knowledge of what is going on with hard drives and partitions. Some distros are easier than others in conveying hard drive setup. This is the only real worry for the uninformed, but as you say it is just as bad if not worse when doing the same thing on Windows.
What's the unemployment rate ? .. What's the percentage of people on welfare ? .. It's a simple matter of.. If you want your unemployment check or your able bodied and want your welfare check, then you must apply for x amount of jobs.. Caught gaming the system, and no check for you.. The thing is, most of the people who are disgusted by things like welfare, have a decent job and can't fathom why everybody else doesn't,, Saying things like "they" would work if they HAD to, is not true if there are no jobs.. and if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself out of a decent paying job, your tune will change quick.
What I noticed in the nominations.. is that these were supposed to be award to PEOPLE who discovered the vulnerabilities.. how this has turned into something like Red Hat receiving a "your bad" award, instead of "anonymous discoverer" being recognized for a "good job at finding the baddie".. I just don't know... I guess it's more fun to point out flaws.. So I will point out a flaw in the submitter of the article, for their comprehension skills.
"Creating thousands of splinter civilizations with no emotional investment in the species homeworld is a recipe for galactic war if I've ever heard one."
You assume that the original civilizations have the same emotions.. Even looking at different species on this planet, you will find some that are territorial and some that are not.. That there are some humans that would go to "galactical war" is not even representative of the species as a whole.. just as you have some people willing to become a suicide bomber, most would not.. and actually I think most humans do not want to have any type of war.. that the majority of reasonable people are run over by the minority of extremely emotional, resulting in conflicts, mean we need culling of the species.
I think the real problem isn't the cost of these wasted seconds.. It's that many people have plans that are too limiting to themselves in number of minutes per month.. So the 27th of the month comes around and they got 15 minutes left on their plan.. they stress out and every text message, voice mail, and call from mom is torture.. until the 1st when they get a fill up..
The different minute tiers are priced so strange .. sometimes $10 will almost double your minutes of say from 450 to 750 .. when maybe you know that usually your cutting it close at 450, and perhaps 550 or 600 would be more comfortable, and 750 is too much..
To me this sentence doesn't make sense .. 'Survival is a far better metric of intelligence than replicating human intelligence,' .. One thing is a measure the other is a method..
1. inadequate network
2. price gouging
3. treating iPhone users differently than other customers (see 2)
4. crappy support (see 1)
The high prices are used to generate dollars to expand the network, which was undoubtedly needed due to the iPhone popularity, as when it came out it was one of very few that could do anything with 3G, and there are costs of the phone itself in the plan.. If you equate this with the PC world and internet access,, When it started to take off, it was damn expensive.. then connecting by modem became cheaper and DSL was expensive.. now it's not that bad.. However as more phones come out that will compete with the iPhone for bandwith, I think you'll find things getting a little closer in price for the same access, but I think it depends on how they handle the initial price of these phones compared to what they cost them... And remember you are also talking about Apple here,, not exactly known for low profit margins on hardware are they ?
I am waiting to see what comes out as far as an Android phone.. The Hero is rumored to be coming, as well as the Lancaster.. It will be interesting to see how they treat the pricing on these phones and plans for them, which will be more comparable in 3G usage than a lot of what is out there now...
Is for signatures..
while some others suggest more drastic action (like cutting AT&T fiber)
And eliminate ANY kind of access for themselves, and others who could care less about their problems.. Just as smart as having riots, burning down the grocery stores and then having no place to buy food.. Destruction as a form of protest only hurts themselves and other innocents.
So .. your being harassed, AT&T offered you a solution for a fee.. and now you hate them.. not the person harassing you.. I know you want it for free, but it's not.. I kind of doubt the blocking solution will work that great anyway.. debt collectors have many numbers at their disposal, and are on to the blocking thing.. You would get many many calls before all of their resources were exhausted.. It's simple, you look at the number calling you and decide to answer or not.. Yes it costs some of your time (real and phone minutes) if you answer, but again your choice.. If they get through and it's a machine, hang up immediately (I do that on all machine calls good or bad, land or cell).. If you get the pleasant experience of speaking with a live person of a company that you told to remove your number, then you are free to exercise your freedom of speech with the most vile profanity you can come up with, to the point that they will not under any circumstance want to speak with you ever again.. eventually they will run out of agents to try and collect from you.. You see, they want to collect money, not be cussed at.. It's usually them playing the a**hole in the conversation, when you turn the tables on them it's a new game.
Yeah it happens.. but it's not commonplace.. Most truckers are very professional and on the ball for things like this. There is a lot more to driving a truck than most people think.
I very surprised at the overpass problems.. Truckers are very aware of clearance heights.. and these oversize loads have extra eyes, as they have escort vehicles. It's pretty easy to map out your route and check the clearance on every overpass on the map.. I think this story has been exaggerated a bit.. I figure 6 trucks (possibly) per wind turbine.. 3 of these are definitely oversize (the blades), but I am not so certain the other peices are not hauled on regular flatbeds.. at 6 trucks and $150,000 that's $ 25,000 a load.
You would think that if this information was collected from legitimate sources, that the banks and credit card companies involved have already been informed and dealt with it.. So if you are one of those victims in a list of credit cards, you are probably aware of it already as you would have had to get a new card.. If it is a matter of knowing that the combination of your name, SSN, and other personal information etc, being out there and available, well people should pretty much expect that it is anyway and should do a credit check on themselves every so often.. That's all you would be able to do if you found out you were in his database anyway.. Spending money to find out if your included in the database is a waste of money, because if you are not it creates a false sense of security, and if you are then you will not be doing anything you shouldn't be doing if you were not on it.