Don't give the lawyers too much credit. I bet that most warning labels come from someone actually bringing their toaster into the bathtub with them than a lawyer thinking that they may one day get sued for such a practice.
I would imagine that ISPs are more concerned with the downstream direction versus the upstream - this is due to both the common asymentrical speeds as well as the general user's Internet behavior.
You shouldn't have to worry about a spambot/virus/trojan - very few (if any) cause massive amounts of transfer in the downstream direction.
Depends where you are. When I resolve www.google.com, www.google.co.uk, and www.google.co.jp I get one of three IPs for them all:
Name: www.l.google.com
Address: 64.233.167.104
Name: www.l.google.com
Address: 64.233.167.147
Name: www.l.google.com
Address: 64.233.167.99
These are all in the Chicago area. My ISP is an upstream provider of theirs - I jump right from my ISP's network to Google.
I suspect they resolve DNS based on the requestor's IP and give an IP geographically close - or maybe they factor in BGP hops...
"First type of complaints people submitted to Competition Bureau (SEC in the US?)"
FTC = Federal Trade Commission
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
The FTC works to eliminate unfair or deceptive marketplace practices. The SEC is responsible for administering federal securities laws in the US.
The proxy machine isn't meant to spy on your children for the purposes of taking any actions against them... it's an easy way to discover the new porn sites out there.
"The people who suffer the most from this, of course, are Americans traveling abroad, who often find themselves trying to explain that the vast majority of clear thinking Americans are appalled at the state of affairs."
No, rather the people who suffer the most are the Americans traveling abroad who often find themselves trying to explain that they are in fact Canadian.;)
The trouble is the competition between the telcos and cable companies. No one wants to be the first to admit that they are not "unlimited."
How many of us would choose an ISP that limited you to 1 terabytte/month (a relatively high amount for most users) over one that claimed to be unlimited.
Even if I know I wouldn't reach the limit I hate the concept of having one.
People DO keep track of those things. I was in my break room a few years ago when a very strange coworker reached into the fridge and said "If it's here for more than 3 days then it's public domain."
I'm with you - auto payments go on a credit, not debit card. Other payments are on-demand and from a separate checking account to deal with stuff like PayPal (I don't trust that non-bank) and other such nonsense.
This way my mortgage company always gets paid...
I agree. And soon everyone will be upside down on their (second) mortgages and will have to start paying down principal as their "interest only" periods come to an end. No equity, tapped savings, several grand on credit cards, $4/gal gas, and higher borrowing costs.
It might be easier to track. You can only use the same cell phone to top-off the same meter once.
The annoyance factor then changes as people would have to borrow other people's cell phones and thus charge their friend/co-worker's meter account - now they have to keep track of how much $$$ they owe them...
This made me think of why I try to avoid the USPS if I can.
The last few times I purchased something on eBay and had it shipped USPS (all with tracking #s, no Media Mail shipments) the package would go 'missing' for about a week or two.
On these occasions I would check the package's progress after about a week of buying the item. I would be surprised when it said "Delivered" - with a date of a few days prior. After a few days of checking in the bushes, emailing the seller, etc. the package would magically appear in my mailbox.
The first time I thought it was weird, but it has happened to me at least 3 times now - to the point where I'm not worried when it says "Delivered" and I haven't received the item.
First, the parent suffixed the first statement (about being 1994) with "I think."
Second, the parent implied that more Democrats opposed the line-item veto by saying that "it passed easily, once Republicans had control of the House and Senate" which would imply that the Republican Party wanted it.
1994 vs. 1996 doesn't matter - the point was the Republicans thought the line-item veto was a great idea, passed a law, and then cried to the Supreme Court when Clinton used it. And now, our Republican President has mentioned it again...
"Not only that, but the right to do whatever the heck we want on a connection that is by no means ours."
Not ours? Last I checked it was publicly funded.
You lay the copper once - when the housing unit is built. The investment has already been made - the phone company has to choose whether it's worth selling me naked DSL or letting an already wired pair to sit there unused while I go to cable.
They're going to have to evolve. Baby Bells should embrace naked DSL and provide competitive VoIP products. The worst thing they can do is alienate customers and force them for bundled services. Wireless phones and VoIP have been reducing the number of landlines for many years - traditional phone companies are toast if they have all their eggs in traditional landlines.
If they're smart they will offer stand-alone services, and price breaks for bundling. They should make their broadband, TV, or telephone offering competitive with the alternatives.
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16KB storage: Apple is really screwing with the customer now.
The real question is whether it is 16KB or 16KiB.
If they are, I suggest getting a new HR person and boning up on labor law.
It's a porn store - they have other things to bone up on aside from labor laws.
Don't give the lawyers too much credit. I bet that most warning labels come from someone actually bringing their toaster into the bathtub with them than a lawyer thinking that they may one day get sued for such a practice.
I would imagine that ISPs are more concerned with the downstream direction versus the upstream - this is due to both the common asymentrical speeds as well as the general user's Internet behavior. You shouldn't have to worry about a spambot/virus/trojan - very few (if any) cause massive amounts of transfer in the downstream direction.
Depends where you are. When I resolve www.google.com, www.google.co.uk, and www.google.co.jp I get one of three IPs for them all: Name: www.l.google.com Address: 64.233.167.104 Name: www.l.google.com Address: 64.233.167.147 Name: www.l.google.com Address: 64.233.167.99 These are all in the Chicago area. My ISP is an upstream provider of theirs - I jump right from my ISP's network to Google. I suspect they resolve DNS based on the requestor's IP and give an IP geographically close - or maybe they factor in BGP hops...
"First type of complaints people submitted to Competition Bureau (SEC in the US?)" FTC = Federal Trade Commission SEC Securities and Exchange Commission The FTC works to eliminate unfair or deceptive marketplace practices. The SEC is responsible for administering federal securities laws in the US.
The proxy machine isn't meant to spy on your children for the purposes of taking any actions against them... it's an easy way to discover the new porn sites out there.
"The people who suffer the most from this, of course, are Americans traveling abroad, who often find themselves trying to explain that the vast majority of clear thinking Americans are appalled at the state of affairs."
;)
No, rather the people who suffer the most are the Americans traveling abroad who often find themselves trying to explain that they are in fact Canadian.
Try telling my wife that they won't be "fixed"! Hmph, I thought I was getting a new TV with my annual bonus check...
The trouble is the competition between the telcos and cable companies. No one wants to be the first to admit that they are not "unlimited." How many of us would choose an ISP that limited you to 1 terabytte/month (a relatively high amount for most users) over one that claimed to be unlimited. Even if I know I wouldn't reach the limit I hate the concept of having one.
You're likely rolling a counter which is causing your session to reset - the ISP RADIUS accounting logs, your own device, etc.
People DO keep track of those things. I was in my break room a few years ago when a very strange coworker reached into the fridge and said "If it's here for more than 3 days then it's public domain."
Right - let's not forget how often text messaging is used in asking classmates about homework.
Tell that to the hundreds of high-school students who had incorrect SAT scores - because of moisture. No single answer is the perfect solution.
I'm with you - auto payments go on a credit, not debit card. Other payments are on-demand and from a separate checking account to deal with stuff like PayPal (I don't trust that non-bank) and other such nonsense. This way my mortgage company always gets paid...
I agree. And soon everyone will be upside down on their (second) mortgages and will have to start paying down principal as their "interest only" periods come to an end. No equity, tapped savings, several grand on credit cards, $4/gal gas, and higher borrowing costs.
Illegal where? You have to declare to respective Customs if you are in possession of "monetary instruments" > $10,000 USD or > 80,000 Shekels - but it certainly isn't illegal, and certainly not *very* illegal. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/mo ney.xml - US Customs
http://www.mof.gov.il/customs/eng/mainpage.htm - Israeli Customs
It might be easier to track. You can only use the same cell phone to top-off the same meter once. The annoyance factor then changes as people would have to borrow other people's cell phones and thus charge their friend/co-worker's meter account - now they have to keep track of how much $$$ they owe them...
This made me think of why I try to avoid the USPS if I can. The last few times I purchased something on eBay and had it shipped USPS (all with tracking #s, no Media Mail shipments) the package would go 'missing' for about a week or two. On these occasions I would check the package's progress after about a week of buying the item. I would be surprised when it said "Delivered" - with a date of a few days prior. After a few days of checking in the bushes, emailing the seller, etc. the package would magically appear in my mailbox. The first time I thought it was weird, but it has happened to me at least 3 times now - to the point where I'm not worried when it says "Delivered" and I haven't received the item.
First, the parent suffixed the first statement (about being 1994) with "I think." Second, the parent implied that more Democrats opposed the line-item veto by saying that "it passed easily, once Republicans had control of the House and Senate" which would imply that the Republican Party wanted it. 1994 vs. 1996 doesn't matter - the point was the Republicans thought the line-item veto was a great idea, passed a law, and then cried to the Supreme Court when Clinton used it. And now, our Republican President has mentioned it again...
Except that Win2k wasn't really meant as an upgrade to the 9x series Operating Systems - it was replacing NT.
Qwest has been offering naked DSL for over a year throughout their 14-state region.
"Not only that, but the right to do whatever the heck we want on a connection that is by no means ours." Not ours? Last I checked it was publicly funded.
You lay the copper once - when the housing unit is built. The investment has already been made - the phone company has to choose whether it's worth selling me naked DSL or letting an already wired pair to sit there unused while I go to cable.
They're going to have to evolve. Baby Bells should embrace naked DSL and provide competitive VoIP products. The worst thing they can do is alienate customers and force them for bundled services. Wireless phones and VoIP have been reducing the number of landlines for many years - traditional phone companies are toast if they have all their eggs in traditional landlines. If they're smart they will offer stand-alone services, and price breaks for bundling. They should make their broadband, TV, or telephone offering competitive with the alternatives.