Just called and talked to a very polite Verizon rep. Here's what was said:
We have until November 11 to opt out. Only Verizon's parent company would get the data.
The following details would be uploaded:
# of total calls
time and duration of individual calls but not the actual phone numbers involved - this was emphasized by the rep
quality metrics (whatever those might be; I'm assuming call drops and tower transfers at least)
# of voice minutes vs. data minutes
average revenue for my account
applicable discount tier
type of calling plan
# of lines (for example, two different phone numbers which are billed under one account)
I did express my dissatisfaction at the automatic opt-in nature of the program, and that I had not yet received the letter. The rep knew about the 800 number, and offered to transfer me over.
Currently, I'm forced use a low bandwidth connection (not dialup, but close). Not having to download all those adverts makes it *much* easier to get things accomplished. Firefox has been a godsend for me.
I hope they don't forget about bona-fide modem users, when banning Firefox and similar technology just to suit the marketers.
* inquiry from someone far away, often in another country
* Western Union, Money Gram, cashier's check, money order, shipping, escrow service, or a "guarantee" * inability or refusal to meet face-to-face before consumating transaction (emphasis added)
IANAL, but policing their posts would cost them way too much money, in the form of liability insurance plus the added cost of manpower. Not trivial.
for a more real-world experience, the programmer probably should not do his/her own QA. That is, unless the focus of the lesson is to emulate a one-person startup.
However, the designer/programmer could work more closely, and probably be one person. A student could QA another student's work, as part of the QA portion of the class.
For classroom coordination purposes, that would require strict adherence to design & development schedules...
"The PROPER way to handle HTML postings is to cancel the article, then hire a hitman to kill the poster, his wife and kids, and fuck his dog and smash his computer into little bits. Anything more is just extremism."
think of the dogs!!!
If they were using that browser to surf Slashdot,
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I try to be conservative, but not closed minded, in my accepting of new ideas. Concerning a concept as heavy as gravity, I think that scientists are just throwing us around, and i'm not falling for it.
I'm strangely attracted to it, though I can't see why! I'll bet we will be floored by the truth, once it it is dropped in front of us.
No-one comes here for the news! Not only is it always a day or two late, we often recycle it just for fun, and then make 'slashbacks' on it one more time just to annoy the hell out of people like you.
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I mean, you can't get out more than you put in, can you?
Well, it worked for my wife.
You Republicans are crazy.
This will be modded troll, but fixed anyways.
My father's AM radio (dial only turns to the right) has been giving off fumes all day long.
Sigh.
That's why he wears those special sunglasses - so he can recognize the other Scientologists.
We have until November 11 to opt out. Only Verizon's parent company would get the data.
The following details would be uploaded:
- # of total calls
- time and duration of individual calls but not the actual phone numbers involved - this was emphasized by the rep
- quality metrics (whatever those might be; I'm assuming call drops and tower transfers at least)
- # of voice minutes vs. data minutes
- average revenue for my account
- applicable discount tier
- type of calling plan
- # of lines (for example, two different phone numbers which are billed under one account)
I did express my dissatisfaction at the automatic opt-in nature of the program, and that I had not yet received the letter. The rep knew about the 800 number, and offered to transfer me over.Please don't compare Foster's ale to Windows. It's an insult to Foster's.
I hope they don't forget about bona-fide modem users, when banning Firefox and similar technology just to suit the marketers.
Firefox, NoScript and Flashblock work well for that particular problem.
Steve,
Thanks for pointing that out! How about:
(20,000 * chairs_thrown_count) + (5000 * pottymouth_word_count) + (50 * num_times_MSBob_disabled) + (1 * num_AC_posts_by_Ballmer)
Unsure about how it'll skew the numbers, but good thinking!
20,000 Linux users per thrown chair (potty mouth == 5,000/word)
Unobtanium!
Good stuff.
That's actually why I don't watch it - the camera work is a little too distracting. Love it otherwise.
Maybe this is a reason why the viewership hasn't materialized quite as expected.
a video of Hillary saying "f*ck you", while flipping off the camera. Over and over again.
for a more real-world experience, the programmer probably should not do his/her own QA. That is, unless the focus of the lesson is to emulate a one-person startup.
However, the designer/programmer could work more closely, and probably be one person. A student could QA another student's work, as part of the QA portion of the class.
For classroom coordination purposes, that would require strict adherence to design & development schedules...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/05 09_020509_belch.html
"The PROPER way to handle HTML postings is to cancel the article, then hire a hitman to kill the poster, his wife and kids, and fuck his dog and smash his computer into little bits. Anything more is just extremism." think of the dogs!!!
it would be an even slower news day!
I try to be conservative, but not closed minded, in my accepting of new ideas. Concerning a concept as heavy as gravity, I think that scientists are just throwing us around, and i'm not falling for it.
I'm strangely attracted to it, though I can't see why! I'll bet we will be floored by the truth, once it it is dropped in front of us.
Excuse me waiter, but - there's a virus in my spam.
Isn't torrents clogging up the tubes the real problem?
can you spell "DISCLOSURE"? The fact that it was done anonymously on YouTube makes it about as dishonest as it goes.
it looks like it's running slow.
To support parent further - hasn't NAT become (mostly) a Good Thing from the security perspective?