The problem isn't that they give you a discount when you order multiple services, it's that the base 'advertised' price is the one you get when you have multiple services. They charge 'extra' when you only get one service. They say High speed internet is only $39.99/month. Then they say, oh yeah, that's only if you already have cable. Otherwise its $49.99/month. The bill shows up as:
$39.99 High speed internet
$10.00 Fee
Nuclear plants produce less radioactive waste than coal burning power plants. The coal contains trace amounts of uraniam that is released into the air when it is burned. Even though it is a trace amount, there is enough coal burned yearly that more radioactive material is belched into the atmosphere than is stored in containers from nuclear reactors.
As far as nuclear reserves, the European Nuclear society states that there is an estimated 15-20 million tons while only 12,000 tons is used annually. I think that the coal will run out long before the uranium does.
Slight problem with signing the back of your credit card (or check card) with "CHECK ID" is that some if not all local US Post Office require an actual signature. They refuse to accept cards with a "CHECK ID" on them even though you can use the same card as a debit card after they have seen that it says "CHECK ID".
Uh, they download the same torrent you do, connect to the tracker, and NOW they have proof that someone at your WAN IP address was uploading the file. They then take said IP address and sue the controlling ISP for the name of the person using it at that time, you, who feels safe because said person downloaded a torrent file from a public computer instead of their home computer.
They don't
sit around on bittorrent hosting
their own "stolen" movies
because all they have to do is connect to the tracker and ask for its list of IP addresses, and just like any other good distributed file sharing system, it gives away the list of IP addresses so that a client can connect to all of the other clients.
I currently own one of the newer Hitachi Desktars (250GByte SATA I) and have been using it for over a year with no problems. It has better performance than the competing Maxtor and Seagate drives and it cost less on newegg:)
If you want devices that will last, I would definitely suggest doing research before buying. From the brands you listed, it looks like you often buy cheapest. I made that mistake on my first CD-RW drive and paid for it. It was not compatible with media and it died after about 2 years of use. After that I did some research and bought a Plextor CD-RW. I am still using it today (five years or so) and I have not had any problems with it at all. The same goes for commercial DVD players. I bought a feature loaded model that was cheap, but if a disc was slightly dirty it would not play. My girlfriend bought a nice deck and although it does not claim support for as many formats, it will actually play more formats and dirtier discs than mine does.
The bill in the works for Texas would kill not only municipal internet service but could be used to shut down municipal web sites, information channels, etc. "Information" services is a large amount of stuff to block with a single piece of legislation. http://www.freepress.net/communityinternet/=TXbill Under the bill, municipalities and municipal electric utilities would be prohibited from providing, directly or indirectly, alone or in partnership with other service providers, either "telecommunications" or "information" services as those terms are defined under federal law.
The story is not correct, the GRE is still administered as an electronic tests on the same old Win98 machines as of about 2 weeks ago.
The security may have been beefed up since you took it though. I had a security camera watching me the whole time and they made me sign like 4 different things saying that I wouldn't take questions or answers with me. I wasn't allowed to bring anything into the room with me, but the search was not thorough.
They cannot regulate the 2.4GHz spectrum, but they can regulate what gets plugged into their network. Other universities have used this same technicality to justify the removal of wireless access points.
The ruling in the airports was that they could run concurrent networks. If the airlines were trying to get onto the airport network then the airport could require them to remove the access points from the network.
Actually, there are many private sector buildings that house works that are considered secret for national security reasons and have expensive systems designed to make the building into a Faraday cage and employ active jamming devices. Cell phones and other RF operated devices receive almost no signal inside these buildings from the moment your cross the threshold at the door.
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I doubt it. I won't be purchasing from global scale technologies again. I ended up with two GuruPlugs that are useless due to overheating.
The problem isn't that they give you a discount when you order multiple services, it's that the base 'advertised' price is the one you get when you have multiple services. They charge 'extra' when you only get one service. They say High speed internet is only $39.99/month. Then they say, oh yeah, that's only if you already have cable. Otherwise its $49.99/month. The bill shows up as: $39.99 High speed internet $10.00 Fee
Nuclear plants produce less radioactive waste than coal burning power plants. The coal contains trace amounts of uraniam that is released into the air when it is burned. Even though it is a trace amount, there is enough coal burned yearly that more radioactive material is belched into the atmosphere than is stored in containers from nuclear reactors.
As far as nuclear reserves, the European Nuclear society states that there is an estimated 15-20 million tons while only 12,000 tons is used annually. I think that the coal will run out long before the uranium does.
Slight problem with signing the back of your credit card (or check card) with "CHECK ID" is that some if not all local US Post Office require an actual signature. They refuse to accept cards with a "CHECK ID" on them even though you can use the same card as a debit card after they have seen that it says "CHECK ID".
They don't because all they have to do is connect to the tracker and ask for its list of IP addresses, and just like any other good distributed file sharing system, it gives away the list of IP addresses so that a client can connect to all of the other clients.
I currently own one of the newer Hitachi Desktars (250GByte SATA I) and have been using it for over a year with no problems. It has better performance than the competing Maxtor and Seagate drives and it cost less on newegg :)
If you want devices that will last, I would definitely suggest doing research before buying. From the brands you listed, it looks like you often buy cheapest. I made that mistake on my first CD-RW drive and paid for it. It was not compatible with media and it died after about 2 years of use. After that I did some research and bought a Plextor CD-RW. I am still using it today (five years or so) and I have not had any problems with it at all. The same goes for commercial DVD players. I bought a feature loaded model that was cheap, but if a disc was slightly dirty it would not play. My girlfriend bought a nice deck and although it does not claim support for as many formats, it will actually play more formats and dirtier discs than mine does.
The bill in the works for Texas would kill not only municipal internet service but could be used to shut down municipal web sites, information channels, etc. "Information" services is a large amount of stuff to block with a single piece of legislation.l
http://www.freepress.net/communityinternet/=TXbil
Under the bill, municipalities and municipal electric utilities would be prohibited from providing, directly or indirectly, alone or in partnership with other service providers, either "telecommunications" or "information" services as those terms are defined under federal law.
The story is not correct, the GRE is still administered as an electronic tests on the same old Win98 machines as of about 2 weeks ago.
The security may have been beefed up since you took it though. I had a security camera watching me the whole time and they made me sign like 4 different things saying that I wouldn't take questions or answers with me. I wasn't allowed to bring anything into the room with me, but the search was not thorough.
Sorry, I know, RTFA. I glanced at it and missed the whole private modem thing.
They cannot regulate the 2.4GHz spectrum, but they can regulate what gets plugged into their network. Other universities have used this same technicality to justify the removal of wireless access points. The ruling in the airports was that they could run concurrent networks. If the airlines were trying to get onto the airport network then the airport could require them to remove the access points from the network.
Actually, there are many private sector buildings that house works that are considered secret for national security reasons and have expensive systems designed to make the building into a Faraday cage and employ active jamming devices. Cell phones and other RF operated devices receive almost no signal inside these buildings from the moment your cross the threshold at the door.