As you said, this is already common place in many European countries. I find it odd that America lags so far behind with these sort of things while many ideas come from there.
'meh.' *shrug*
I only have a landline for my DSL internet. I got a $5 monthly cost for the line and then the cost of the DSL. The prices on the landline to call are pretty steep so I never attached a phone.
The only problem is when the phone company or internet company keep trying to call you but get disconnected signals. Hehe, it would have been funny except they owed me money...
Shouldnt it be considered a public service in this day and age?
Isn't the government there to make our lives better by investing in projects that are to large and inefficient to do privately for the better good of the society? I do not see why the government cannot take steps where private companies are not willing to because of costs while creating such large disparities./.?
Perhaps we should, given that we believe that such actions would be unjust, take a stand and attempt to throttle their bandwidth or prohibit them from functioning. That would be an equaled response.
Not trying to troll but I think it is not just phone's or technology. Americans are less fashion oriented in my experience (I am an american). This does not suprise me. I find the iphone nice but also a bit lacking.
Should I get myself checked? I used to have something with this other OS once and I came away with multiple viruses, I never felt so dirty or betrayed as when she popped up, "You are infected, get checked now!!!" with flashing lights and everything.
It is not just here, it is in a lot of places. This is not even the first public transit system to be hacked in this manner, this past January a group of Dutch students from the University of Amsterdam hacked the upcoming RFID system in a similar manner.
This caused a big fall out since they had already invested $2 Billion (nor sure Dollar or Euro but not the point) and parliament is wondering what they can salvage of the system. Students went before the parliament and gave their opinion and suggestions.
Edit: last year was this past January
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As you said, this is already common place in many European countries. I find it odd that America lags so far behind with these sort of things while many ideas come from there. 'meh.' *shrug*
I only have a landline for my DSL internet. I got a $5 monthly cost for the line and then the cost of the DSL. The prices on the landline to call are pretty steep so I never attached a phone. The only problem is when the phone company or internet company keep trying to call you but get disconnected signals. Hehe, it would have been funny except they owed me money...
Shouldnt it be considered a public service in this day and age? Isn't the government there to make our lives better by investing in projects that are to large and inefficient to do privately for the better good of the society? I do not see why the government cannot take steps where private companies are not willing to because of costs while creating such large disparities. /.?
Perhaps we should, given that we believe that such actions would be unjust, take a stand and attempt to throttle their bandwidth or prohibit them from functioning. That would be an equaled response.
Not trying to troll but I think it is not just phone's or technology. Americans are less fashion oriented in my experience (I am an american). This does not suprise me. I find the iphone nice but also a bit lacking.
Should I get myself checked? I used to have something with this other OS once and I came away with multiple viruses, I never felt so dirty or betrayed as when she popped up, "You are infected, get checked now!!!" with flashing lights and everything.
It is not just here, it is in a lot of places. This is not even the first public transit system to be hacked in this manner, this past January a group of Dutch students from the University of Amsterdam hacked the upcoming RFID system in a similar manner. This caused a big fall out since they had already invested $2 Billion (nor sure Dollar or Euro but not the point) and parliament is wondering what they can salvage of the system. Students went before the parliament and gave their opinion and suggestions. Edit: last year was this past January