1) Go to prison or jail. Not the best care, but beats nothing
No always. Take a look at California's prison healthcare issues. This guy will probably be charged by the state (instead of federal) and the state may even deal with him as a non-violent offender who gets house arrest (and has to pay for his own monitoring). The DA & prosecutor aren't stupid - they'll want to discourage this type of activity.
pricing, starting at 2 GB for $30/month and going up to 10 GB for $80/month.
With prices like that I bet they start encouraging tethering (or maybe even give it away for free). The overage penalties are high so the 10GB will actually appeal to some. Will they let victims, er, users change their plans on a monthly basis?
For me, I take it as seen anywhere, not just in person.
I mean, we don't learn everything we are taught by being
at the point of origin or subject.
What? Where could you have seen something if not in person? Are you actually claiming you saw something in a paper book? Balderdash! Paper books are dying and will soon evaporate (if they haven't already).
Paper books are still going to have a market. Those without enough income to get an ebook reader will still want paper books (yes, some will be ad subsidized but not everyone will have convenient network availability to access content). So will those in oppressive regimes who don't want their personal reading list subject to review by the government.
But how do you pay these "companies" when you want to purchase their services? I'm sure not going to give them credit card, or an electronic bank transfer. Do they accept BitCoins?;-)
The data plan will cost the same as buying it on a contract. Only TMobile gives a $10 discount. The govt should make this practice illegal like it's done in the EU.
Exactly, except that I don't think an iPhone will work on T-Mobile's network (or Sprint's).
Moll: Hi, welcome to your Apple Store. Would you like to join our union?
Customer: Huh? No thank you. I'm here for an iPhone 4.
Moll: If you belonged to a union you'd earn more money and would be able to afford the 64GB model. And some of our cool accessories. They're pricey but worth it.
Customer: I want an iPhone 4. With the WiFi's and the GB's.
Moll: Apple care is expensive, but you could afford it if you joined our union.
Customer: Is that an iPad? That's soooo cool. Maybe I'll get one of those too.
Moll: I'm sorry, I don't sell iPads. I'll have to get another associate to help you with that. Another associate who wants you to join our union.
Customer: I have to say your union evangelism is almost as convincing as Steve Job's enthusiasm for iThings.
Moll: Steve's not part of our union. He doesn't work in a store.
Customer: Is there a store he may be visiting? I'd be happy to go to that store to buy my iThings.
Moll: You customers are impossible to satisfy.
I'm sure they were just trying to make us aware that it's going to be hard for Win Phone 7 to trounce the iPhone by 2015 if the carriers keep hiding it under the rotting corpse.
Perhaps if we could find a way of really making this business unprofitable.
You mean actual Spam Assassins? Government sanctioned agents hunting down and eliminating the problem of 'spam'? I like the idea but I'm afraid those government agents are too busy at the moment shutting down 'dangerous' websites and chasing pirates.
It's kind of tough to charge back to these fake domains, shell companies and other institutions that are spread out over many countries (some of which actually don't care how their citizens or companies bring in income). If they need to pay for email in advance, well, who's going to put a gate keeper in place to check each and every email, verify they have an available balance, deduct the cost of the email and let the message through? We can't even verify the sender on most email.
Requiring every domain to use something similar to domain keys & domain signatures would be a nice start, but those aren't free from problems or errors.
Slashdot Mirror
will become the ultimate defence weapon.
And I'm sure the human race will find many unthinkable ways to use it on each other, animals and the landscape of the Earth.
Interesting times.
Indeed.
1) Go to prison or jail. Not the best care, but beats nothing
No always. Take a look at California's prison healthcare issues. This guy will probably be charged by the state (instead of federal) and the state may even deal with him as a non-violent offender who gets house arrest (and has to pay for his own monitoring). The DA & prosecutor aren't stupid - they'll want to discourage this type of activity.
Cell phones give you cancer!!!
And these types of pricing plans give you poverty. which one do you think will do Verizon users in first?
Data plans w/ tethering:
4GB – $50/month
7GB – $70/month
12GB – $100/month
If you go over your purchased amount of data, it will cost you $10 per 1GB.
I can't call that encouraging tethering ... yikes!
pricing, starting at 2 GB for $30/month and going up to 10 GB for $80/month.
With prices like that I bet they start encouraging tethering (or maybe even give it away for free). The overage penalties are high so the 10GB will actually appeal to some. Will they let victims, er, users change their plans on a monthly basis?
A 13 year old bug is no match for a 13 year old hacker.
For me, I take it as seen anywhere, not just in person.
I mean, we don't learn everything we are taught by being
at the point of origin or subject.
What? Where could you have seen something if not in person? Are you actually claiming you saw something in a paper book? Balderdash! Paper books are dying and will soon evaporate (if they haven't already).
Paper books are still going to have a market. Those without enough income to get an ebook reader will still want paper books (yes, some will be ad subsidized but not everyone will have convenient network availability to access content). So will those in oppressive regimes who don't want their personal reading list subject to review by the government.
Pullleeez! If one was used on the US we would absolutely consider it a hostile act.
It looks like I'll spend more time reading Amazon's book listings than reading books I download!
So they discovered a shadowy bookworm romance mystery? I'm guessing one participant was a librarian?
I don't see the zombie virus in there...
That's because the zombie virus causes zombies to eat brains. Politicians don't have brains so they aren't worried about it.
But how do you pay these "companies" when you want to purchase their services? I'm sure not going to give them credit card, or an electronic bank transfer. Do they accept BitCoins? ;-)
Just wait for the "Re-elect Saxby Chambliss" ads that show up in his app ... along with links to donate to his re-election campaign.
The data plan will cost the same as buying it on a contract. Only TMobile gives a $10 discount. The govt should make this practice illegal like it's done in the EU.
Exactly, except that I don't think an iPhone will work on T-Mobile's network (or Sprint's).
Since he seems to be using a Mac I think BBEdit is a decent choice. I don't think Notepad++ runs on Macs ;-)
So Nissan's LEAF is just a driveable iOS device? ;-)
Moll: Hi, welcome to your Apple Store. Would you like to join our union?
Customer: Huh? No thank you. I'm here for an iPhone 4.
Moll: If you belonged to a union you'd earn more money and would be able to afford the 64GB model. And some of our cool accessories. They're pricey but worth it.
Customer: I want an iPhone 4. With the WiFi's and the GB's.
Moll: Apple care is expensive, but you could afford it if you joined our union.
Customer: Is that an iPad? That's soooo cool. Maybe I'll get one of those too.
Moll: I'm sorry, I don't sell iPads. I'll have to get another associate to help you with that. Another associate who wants you to join our union.
Customer: I have to say your union evangelism is almost as convincing as Steve Job's enthusiasm for iThings.
Moll: Steve's not part of our union. He doesn't work in a store.
Customer: Is there a store he may be visiting? I'd be happy to go to that store to buy my iThings.
Moll: You customers are impossible to satisfy.
I typed in kidstube.com to see if someone had already done a YouTube for kids ... and the site is a kids video site.
That would be one hell of a fast boat.
They'd need a boat that's fast and smart. They'd need Knight Boat.
Must have been a "click my boobs to see them juggle" email.
This was the IMF so they probably clicked one of those 'Pay Day Loan' emails to check up on the competition ;-)
... do they run Linux?
Thanks for letting us know?
I'm sure they were just trying to make us aware that it's going to be hard for Win Phone 7 to trounce the iPhone by 2015 if the carriers keep hiding it under the rotting corpse.
Do you realize how long that internet tube would have to be to reach Alaska?
If they had some clever programmers they could insert data packets into any air bubbles in the oil pipeline already coming from Alaska.
Perhaps if we could find a way of really making this business unprofitable.
You mean actual Spam Assassins? Government sanctioned agents hunting down and eliminating the problem of 'spam'? I like the idea but I'm afraid those government agents are too busy at the moment shutting down 'dangerous' websites and chasing pirates.
It's kind of tough to charge back to these fake domains, shell companies and other institutions that are spread out over many countries (some of which actually don't care how their citizens or companies bring in income). If they need to pay for email in advance, well, who's going to put a gate keeper in place to check each and every email, verify they have an available balance, deduct the cost of the email and let the message through? We can't even verify the sender on most email.
Requiring every domain to use something similar to domain keys & domain signatures would be a nice start, but those aren't free from problems or errors.