Many of the 'Gaming PCs' tend to be targeted at the market of wannabes who have too much money and not enough sense.
Now there's a statement that could be generalized almost indefinitely.
"Pretty damn hideous" is a bit closer. "Treading on someone else's memories and goodwill to make a buck" is even better.
I have fond memories of my C=64 and Amigas. Why the hell someone would buy the Commodore name just to drag it through the (brightly painted) mud just boggles the mind.
How can you possibly compare government mandated monopoly to not getting all the software you want? You can change carriers at will.
Most people end up signing a 1-2 year service contract every time they buy a new phone. Sure they can change carrier, and pay for both. They should have bought an unlocked instrument and a no contract plan? Shoulda but dinna. Go to a wireless carrier's store and they proudly display phone's no-contract price inflated higher than seized coke values to make the average customer think that they can't afford to buy their own.
And just try telling people about unlocked phones. They think you're doing something nefarious, like when we had to hide our black-market POTS phones in the fridge when the Bell repairman came.
Something else that changed in the last 7 years: 2 major carriers have disappeared. How long will we have competition?
Furthermore, I'm not sure, but can't you buy Palm and WindowsCE devices that can connect to your carrier? Seems to me that you can install anything you want on that device.
If you know of any that will work on more than one carrier, I'd really like to hear about it.
Today they might simply want to ban gay marriage, then they want to push gay rights back in another way and then after a while it keeps getting worse as the anti-gay rights agenda continues to pull votes. Fundamentalists fundamentally hate gays, it's part of their particular belief set. People that hate people will express it in any way they are given power to. Right now, fortunately, it would be the equivalent of climbing legal mount everest to get people stoned to death for being gay.
Well, gay is the new Black.
What I find intriguing about the Borat movie which most people whitewash over in favor of the naked fighting scenes or the overt prejudice against Jewish people used for comedic purposes (even though Cohen himself is Jewish), is the way it exposes the deep south and fundamentalists and their core beliefs by changing the way the subject matter is presented.
I've been among Southern Baptists when they prayed for "God to come and step on that Jewish religion". It's very real.
Sharia law is inherently unfree. Even if they do not want to force it on non-Muslims, it would still be unacceptable for them to use it in their own communities, for then women, homosexuals, the sexually liberal, etc. would be subject to discrimination. Do you think that when sharia is instituted in a majority-Muslim country, people can just opt out?
OK. To put it mildly, you're really scared of Islam. Fair enough. Perhaps you or someone you care about is a member of a minority living somewhere under an oppressive religious state. Whether or not your fears of religious discrimination are justified -- I don't know where you live -- you should probably be glad that there are such nations in the world as the United States, where the prohibition of a state religion is codified in law. Furthermore, you should be likewise concerned when the rule of law is perverted by the likes of the current US administration with its illegal wiretapping program. Because once the authority of the Constitution over the government is questioned, all sorts of things become possible. For instance, the establishment of an official religion, whose laws would be imposed on believers and unbelievers alike.
Dear God, do you realize what you are advocating by saying that you would automatically vote to acquit? You would allow a serial child molester go to make a statement against Bush. That is, pardon my French, fucking sick.
Let me get this straight. The President declares himself above the law. Government agencies routinely violate the constitution in the name of national security. Habeus Corpus is effectively suspended (just by saying "he's a terrorist"). AT&T won't resists testifying in spy cases because its info is too secret for courts. Our citizens and treasure are squandered in an unprovoked war of adventurism. And the thing that really gets your panties in a bunch is that some guy calls for a jury revolt? Think of the children!!!!1!
So if their doings are to secret for a court, then anything they "find" should also be to secret for a court.... right?
I that it's understood that any actions taken on this information will be "extra-legal". As in whisked away to an undisclosed location for an undetermined length of time.
Bush's supporters didn't realize that the rule of law is just about the keystone of public morality?
Their not ignorant of that, just hypocritical. They still want to hold "rule of law" over our heads.
Seems to me it's about time that individual citizens start exempting themselves from laws they don't care to follow. Just declare that it's our constitutional right. There's precedent for that now.
If I ever get called to jury duty, I know I'll vote to acquit. Anything. The president doesn't follow the law, so what does it matter if a shoplifter does?
Jihadists are making advances in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Canada, and have been doing so for years. What they're doing in those countries isn't as high profile as a terrorist strike, but much more dangerous
That's kind of short on specifics and long on hysteria. What, exactly, are your accusing these "jihadists" of doing in these countries?
So somebody please explain to me who was harmed by these FBI "crimes." I would love to hear one actual, real concrete example of one person whose fundamental, inalienable rights were violated by this.
I'm waiting.
(and I probably will be for a while.)
Since the first rule of National Security Letters is not to talk about National Security Letters, then ya, it will be a good while till you hear an actual example.
Or did you mean that surveillance, eavesdropping, searching and financial snooping aren't violations of fundamental, inalienable rights? If that's the case, I won't argue. If we can't agree on what's fundamental, there's nothing really to discuss. BTW, can I have your SSN?
I've noticed that. And by "that", I mean whenever a cop stops you, it's always because something he saw "forced" him to pull you over due to the serious risk to your safety. "I pulled you over 'cause I noticed at that corner back there that your front wheels were pointed a different direction than your back wheels. I gotta check that out, 'cause that's a serious safety issue. If that was to happen at 70 mph, your vehicle could spin out of control. Mind if I check your tire beads in the trunk?"
But did you know that if your hand is bigger than your face, you've got cancer?
So all the people who regularly point out how much "better" a society Sweden is than the US, either have to: - entirely backtrack - agree that domestic surveillance really ISN'T that big a deal - just be hypocrites. (grabs some popcorn) OK, let's start discussing!
Methinks we'd all be better off if we could support each other's efforts to restore freedom in our homelands, rather than sniping back and forth about how much worse off the other is.
We've been hearing about these kinda things since days after it went into effect. Why has it taken 5 years for our elected leaders to take action?
Something tells me that even now, our elected leaders will do nothing about this. I've repeatedly bitched to my elected representatives about this, only to get the same crap back about "gotta give the president the tools to do his job" line. Sure seems like he's a pretty poor workman. I've given up on trying to convince those right-wing nutjobs to be less right-wing nutjobby.
That's probably because that judge knows a load of bullshit when he hears it. I mean, seriously, he decided to search the trunk because he noticed an exhaust leak?!?! Give me a break.
There could've been deadly metal-burrowing acid moles in there. Those devils will dissolve the flesh right offa yer bones. That perp was a lucky S.O.B. that the cop was so observant.
I think you all are missing the question. It's what services you can access THROUGH your cell-phone plan. NOT what cell-phone plans are good. So what services do you all access that makes your cell-phone more useful?
WOOSH yourself! Obviously the answer to the question is "attractively priced/delivered voice plans".
Do people not even read the/. summary any more? The question is regarding the top cell-phone based services, not cell-phone carriers.
Relax and please remove the stick. In the US, the term "service" can mean the "service" itself, or the provider thereof. A cell phone carrier is frequently referred to as a "service" as is the availability of their signal in a particular location. Phones in the US often display a message to the effect of "No Service" when a carrier's signal cannot be detected. "Cell phone service" here means "provider/carrier" or "signal", not "Google Maps" to the average American.
I had to RTFL to the UK list to see that the examples of "services" were "add-ons" to the core functionality of a phone. You cannot be upset at US readers for responding to a question about US services using an American interpretation of the word "service". Well, you can, but it makes you look kinda cranky.
Besides, I didn't say that the Yellow Pages are superior: they can't be searched, emailed, bookmarked, etc. But we're not talking about their UIs. We're talking about their DBs. And even with the Yellow Pages decline, their DB is still much deeper than Google Maps'.
Actually, the yellow pages are still "searchable" and "bookmarkable".
and some sunbathing topless chicks here and there... concerned about your privacy yet?
Ya, we're all concerned about privacy, of course. But could you please provide the links to the topless chicks so we can . . . better understand the issues involved?
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But can your gameboy heat your den?
Now there's a statement that could be generalized almost indefinitely.
I have fond memories of my C=64 and Amigas. Why the hell someone would buy the Commodore name just to drag it through the (brightly painted) mud just boggles the mind.
So what is this?
http://www.mazeplay.com/showpic.php?maze=123
Now this is a good time for a Venn diagram.
At first I thought this would be hard to enforce, then I realized that you just collar anyone buying a lottery ticket..
Most people end up signing a 1-2 year service contract every time they buy a new phone. Sure they can change carrier, and pay for both. They should have bought an unlocked instrument and a no contract plan? Shoulda but dinna. Go to a wireless carrier's store and they proudly display phone's no-contract price inflated higher than seized coke values to make the average customer think that they can't afford to buy their own.
And just try telling people about unlocked phones. They think you're doing something nefarious, like when we had to hide our black-market POTS phones in the fridge when the Bell repairman came.
Something else that changed in the last 7 years: 2 major carriers have disappeared. How long will we have competition?
If you know of any that will work on more than one carrier, I'd really like to hear about it.
Well, gay is the new Black.
I've been among Southern Baptists when they prayed for "God to come and step on that Jewish religion". It's very real.
OK. To put it mildly, you're really scared of Islam. Fair enough. Perhaps you or someone you care about is a member of a minority living somewhere under an oppressive religious state. Whether or not your fears of religious discrimination are justified -- I don't know where you live -- you should probably be glad that there are such nations in the world as the United States, where the prohibition of a state religion is codified in law. Furthermore, you should be likewise concerned when the rule of law is perverted by the likes of the current US administration with its illegal wiretapping program. Because once the authority of the Constitution over the government is questioned, all sorts of things become possible. For instance, the establishment of an official religion, whose laws would be imposed on believers and unbelievers alike.
Let me get this straight. The President declares himself above the law. Government agencies routinely violate the constitution in the name of national security. Habeus Corpus is effectively suspended (just by saying "he's a terrorist"). AT&T won't resists testifying in spy cases because its info is too secret for courts. Our citizens and treasure are squandered in an unprovoked war of adventurism. And the thing that really gets your panties in a bunch is that some guy calls for a jury revolt? Think of the children!!!!1!
http://downloads.wired.com/downloads/Audio15_03/Ca ll_NSA.mp3
Too bad my phone doesn't like MP3 or AMR ringtones.
I that it's understood that any actions taken on this information will be "extra-legal". As in whisked away to an undisclosed location for an undetermined length of time.
Their not ignorant of that, just hypocritical. They still want to hold "rule of law" over our heads.
Seems to me it's about time that individual citizens start exempting themselves from laws they don't care to follow. Just declare that it's our constitutional right. There's precedent for that now.
If I ever get called to jury duty, I know I'll vote to acquit. Anything. The president doesn't follow the law, so what does it matter if a shoplifter does?
That's kind of short on specifics and long on hysteria. What, exactly, are your accusing these "jihadists" of doing in these countries?
Whew. For a minute there, I thought it was because of my sneakers.
Since the first rule of National Security Letters is not to talk about National Security Letters, then ya, it will be a good while till you hear an actual example.
Or did you mean that surveillance, eavesdropping, searching and financial snooping aren't violations of fundamental, inalienable rights? If that's the case, I won't argue. If we can't agree on what's fundamental, there's nothing really to discuss. BTW, can I have your SSN?
But did you know that if your hand is bigger than your face, you've got cancer?
Methinks we'd all be better off if we could support each other's efforts to restore freedom in our homelands, rather than sniping back and forth about how much worse off the other is.
Something tells me that even now, our elected leaders will do nothing about this. I've repeatedly bitched to my elected representatives about this, only to get the same crap back about "gotta give the president the tools to do his job" line. Sure seems like he's a pretty poor workman. I've given up on trying to convince those right-wing nutjobs to be less right-wing nutjobby.
There could've been deadly metal-burrowing acid moles in there. Those devils will dissolve the flesh right offa yer bones. That perp was a lucky S.O.B. that the cop was so observant.
Two gigs? What do you need? Pre-downloaded pr0n?
Wouldn't that be like going back in time before you were born and murdering your own parents?
WOOSH yourself! Obviously the answer to the question is "attractively priced/delivered voice plans".
Relax and please remove the stick. In the US, the term "service" can mean the "service" itself, or the provider thereof. A cell phone carrier is frequently referred to as a "service" as is the availability of their signal in a particular location. Phones in the US often display a message to the effect of "No Service" when a carrier's signal cannot be detected. "Cell phone service" here means "provider/carrier" or "signal", not "Google Maps" to the average American.
I had to RTFL to the UK list to see that the examples of "services" were "add-ons" to the core functionality of a phone. You cannot be upset at US readers for responding to a question about US services using an American interpretation of the word "service". Well, you can, but it makes you look kinda cranky.
Actually, the yellow pages are still "searchable" and "bookmarkable".
Ya, we're all concerned about privacy, of course. But could you please provide the links to the topless chicks so we can . . . better understand the issues involved?