That it isn't just Wells Fargo doing this, it's all the big and regional banks doing similar tactics. From Chase, Bank of America, Citizens, Santander, etc. Some to a lesser degree of evil than others but they do it anyhow.
Why is that? Because they know they've managed to completely weaken any regulatory actions.
We're still burning coal. It's because power utilities cannot fathom charging for something that just has a sunk cost. But wait, they already do. All the outside plant and even the generators and burners are sunk costs.
I did the same to Cox Communications about two years ago. Back then I'd signed up for the triple play package. It was reasonable - I believe $75 a month for all of it. A year later it rose to $150, then $170 and when it hit $200 per month I brought back the cable box and told them in addition to shut the phone service off.
They were pretty funny when I told them to shut off the phone service. They were like but, but what about E-911 - already have my mobile phone all set up for that. Well we can offer it for $9.99 for 12 months - so I asked the question - how about all the taxes and fees? $45 a month. I pay less than that for my mobile phone.
And recently they had the stones to charge me $15 a month for the cable modem. I went on Amazon, then their compatible modems page and found one for $89. Paid for itself the first year.
And if you really want a blood boiler and you don't live in Comcast land - I strongly recommend Susan Crawford's "Captive Audience"
It's purely security theater. The web and my personal connections are replete with former TSA people and the stories they tell of managerial ineptness is astounding.
And the federal side has no clue as to what's going on. They're just propagating edicts and so rank and file TSA employees are interpreting those edicts and coming up with ridiculous rules.
Well the content providers are being super greedy so I cannot shed any tears there. And then the cable companies themselves, I mean a giant like Comcast owns it's own production. So what negotiation is there really?
So what happens when catv providers lose revenue, then stop carrying channels? Those broadcasters aren't going to have very favorable returns when that happens and maybe we'll see the retransmission horse shit disappear.
I have the 4th generation 6" Fire Tablet. It's getting a little long in the tooth but it works fine, has the same quad core CPU. But down to 3.9GB on the device.
If you do go for the 455 with a 4 speed let me dispel that notion. I had one at the age of 16, I could burn rubber in that thing from dawn to dusk. Just rev it up and dump the clutch and the tires would spin.
Not sure but yes fuel injection is one, but the computerization of the whole shebang helped a lot too. It can meter the fuel, change the valve parameters and generally eke out maximum HP for very little fuel usage.
If I'm not mistaken don't they require doctors to do continuing education in medicine? So not knowing the latest, greatest might boil down to what tracks Doctors choose for continuing ed.
Between what China is proposing and what we currently have in the U.S. Any drone over 200g in the U.S, 250g in China. Mine don't even tip 150g but I registered them.
Well - I don't see it happening in just 8 years. But oil right now is hovering at about $50 per barrel. So fuel will remain fairly cheap.
A couple things happened - first vehicles got a bit more fuel efficient. That reduced demand. Then the market in China heated up but even they are using fuel efficiency. So internal combustion will be with us I'd say another 20 to 30 years.
Microsoft proved it - they released an emergency patch for XP, Server 2003, and Windows 8. So I'd say that's evidence enough that yes, they should support it forever.:)
You make an interesting point. I can recall the more animated teachers I had in schools - they were passionate about the subject matter.
And the less pain in the ass the more I learned.
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That it isn't just Wells Fargo doing this, it's all the big and regional banks doing similar tactics. From Chase, Bank of America, Citizens, Santander, etc. Some to a lesser degree of evil than others but they do it anyhow.
Why is that? Because they know they've managed to completely weaken any regulatory actions.
We're still burning coal. It's because power utilities cannot fathom charging for something that just has a sunk cost. But wait, they already do. All the outside plant and even the generators and burners are sunk costs.
I did the same to Cox Communications about two years ago. Back then I'd signed up for the triple play package. It was reasonable - I believe $75 a month for all of it. A year later it rose to $150, then $170 and when it hit $200 per month I brought back the cable box and told them in addition to shut the phone service off.
They were pretty funny when I told them to shut off the phone service. They were like but, but what about E-911 - already have my mobile phone all set up for that. Well we can offer it for $9.99 for 12 months - so I asked the question - how about all the taxes and fees? $45 a month. I pay less than that for my mobile phone.
And recently they had the stones to charge me $15 a month for the cable modem. I went on Amazon, then their compatible modems page and found one for $89. Paid for itself the first year.
And if you really want a blood boiler and you don't live in Comcast land - I strongly recommend Susan Crawford's "Captive Audience"
It's purely security theater. The web and my personal connections are replete with former TSA people and the stories they tell of managerial ineptness is astounding.
And the federal side has no clue as to what's going on. They're just propagating edicts and so rank and file TSA employees are interpreting those edicts and coming up with ridiculous rules.
The bean counters have struck again.
Because here' in the RI area - their DNS goes belly up at least twice a day.
Cox Communications? I know they've not been too friendly to the feds.
Well the content providers are being super greedy so I cannot shed any tears there. And then the cable companies themselves, I mean a giant like Comcast owns it's own production. So what negotiation is there really?
So what happens when catv providers lose revenue, then stop carrying channels? Those broadcasters aren't going to have very favorable returns when that happens and maybe we'll see the retransmission horse shit disappear.
I was considering a DJI but I'll go with Walkera instead.
I have the 4th generation 6" Fire Tablet. It's getting a little long in the tooth but it works fine, has the same quad core CPU. But down to 3.9GB on the device.
If you do go for the 455 with a 4 speed let me dispel that notion. I had one at the age of 16, I could burn rubber in that thing from dawn to dusk. Just rev it up and dump the clutch and the tires would spin.
Not sure but yes fuel injection is one, but the computerization of the whole shebang helped a lot too. It can meter the fuel, change the valve parameters and generally eke out maximum HP for very little fuel usage.
If I'm not mistaken don't they require doctors to do continuing education in medicine? So not knowing the latest, greatest might boil down to what tracks Doctors choose for continuing ed.
Between what China is proposing and what we currently have in the U.S. Any drone over 200g in the U.S, 250g in China. Mine don't even tip 150g but I registered them.
Since when I VPN myself to a site within the U.S. Netflix freaks the hell out. So too Hulu.
That's the one thing about Zipcar that I love. I've driven BMW's, Volkswagens, Toyota, Nissan, Honda all the makes.
I pretty much used Zipcar until I came the realization I was spending a total car payment per month on it.
Building charging stations is much less expensive than say building a fuel station.
Right on. The brain drain in North Korea is slowly killing the regime.
Well - I don't see it happening in just 8 years. But oil right now is hovering at about $50 per barrel. So fuel will remain fairly cheap.
A couple things happened - first vehicles got a bit more fuel efficient. That reduced demand. Then the market in China heated up but even they are using fuel efficiency. So internal combustion will be with us I'd say another 20 to 30 years.
And some of us disregard authority too.
Verizon's FIOS project. My city got strung with fiber and was one of the lucky ones. However when they saw the cost all bets were off.
Microsoft proved it - they released an emergency patch for XP, Server 2003, and Windows 8. So I'd say that's evidence enough that yes, they should support it forever. :)
You make an interesting point. I can recall the more animated teachers I had in schools - they were passionate about the subject matter. And the less pain in the ass the more I learned.
DBAN - seriously. Do a DOD wipe on it.