You can email a text message to someone's phone, and for some carriers it is an automatic $0.10 or more a message received and the reciever can't not recieve it. Here are all the SMS addys:
i can see how they could put in safe-guards like monitoring multiple messages from an IP in a certain time frame. but, smart programmers can work around this fairly easily.
I think some people are confusing Relocation vs Apocalypse. They really require seperate planning. If there is a minor or medium level catastrophe *which is NOT going to bring technology and civilization in your country to a screeching halt* (like a hurricane or earthquake), then yes, it is a great idea to utilize something like a USB drive to store all your vital info and beaurocratic crap like IRS returns, bank account info, etc. So, if you have to high-tail and possibly start over somewhere else, it will be fairly seamless.
I would also recommend in this scenario to store vital info in some tar-zip file either on an online account (even something as simple as an email attachment sent to your gmail account) or purchase a domain and domain hosting and have your own private web area to store files. Then you don't have to remember to grab the USB drive going out the door (which you might).
If there is an Apocalyptic event *which will bring your region/country/world to it's knees for a long time* (ie nuke/chem/bio terrorist attack, complete infrastructure breakdown), your USB drive backup or online backup or whatever is useless and your main concern should be survival. The best way to prepare for this is probably learning how to live off the land and maybe stocking up but that won't last you very long. I'd recommend moving out of any big cities now because when the shit hits the fan, the cities will be chaos (ala New Orleans). Move somewhere where there is plentiful resources and not a lot of people.
you KNOW Grand Theft Auto is coming soon! The question is... who directs it? and who is the lead actor? Interestingly there was already a movie made in 1977 by the same name. Ron Howard's directorial debut.
good solution, but really the problem here is how Taiwan is presented to and recognized by the rest of the world. China and Taiwan have the minds made up but how about...
else if (IP == Rest of the World)
{
ShowTaiwanPoll();
}
It's really ironic that Google, being part of the Capitalist herd, will probably not recognize Taiwan's independence in this matter because of the future $$$ potential in China, a Communist country in stark contrast to Capitalism. Capitalism, though it efficiently produces the best at the fastest rate, has no concern for the resources it burns for its achievements nor does it have any concern for things like human rights, morals, and the like. Only money talks with Capitalism, and it will be it's demise. I'm certainly not promoting Communism here. Both systems are fatally flawed.
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You can email a text message to someone's phone, and for some carriers it is an automatic $0.10 or more a message received and the reciever can't not recieve it. Here are all the SMS addys:
Sprint: 10-digit-number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: 10-digit-nmber@vtext.com
AT&T: 10-digit-number@mobile.att.net
T Mobile: 10-digit-number@tmomail.net
Nextel: 10-digit-number@messaging.nextel.com
Cingular: 10-digit-number@mobile.mycingular.net
Alltel: 10-digit-number@message.alltel.com
i can see how they could put in safe-guards like monitoring multiple messages from an IP in a certain time frame. but, smart programmers can work around this fairly easily.
I think some people are confusing Relocation vs Apocalypse. They really require seperate planning. If there is a minor or medium level catastrophe *which is NOT going to bring technology and civilization in your country to a screeching halt* (like a hurricane or earthquake), then yes, it is a great idea to utilize something like a USB drive to store all your vital info and beaurocratic crap like IRS returns, bank account info, etc. So, if you have to high-tail and possibly start over somewhere else, it will be fairly seamless.
I would also recommend in this scenario to store vital info in some tar-zip file either on an online account (even something as simple as an email attachment sent to your gmail account) or purchase a domain and domain hosting and have your own private web area to store files. Then you don't have to remember to grab the USB drive going out the door (which you might).
If there is an Apocalyptic event *which will bring your region/country/world to it's knees for a long time* (ie nuke/chem/bio terrorist attack, complete infrastructure breakdown), your USB drive backup or online backup or whatever is useless and your main concern should be survival. The best way to prepare for this is probably learning how to live off the land and maybe stocking up but that won't last you very long. I'd recommend moving out of any big cities now because when the shit hits the fan, the cities will be chaos (ala New Orleans). Move somewhere where there is plentiful resources and not a lot of people.
you KNOW Grand Theft Auto is coming soon! The question is... who directs it? and who is the lead actor? Interestingly there was already a movie made in 1977 by the same name. Ron Howard's directorial debut.
good solution, but really the problem here is how Taiwan is presented to and recognized by the rest of the world. China and Taiwan have the minds made up but how about... else if (IP == Rest of the World) { ShowTaiwanPoll(); }
It's really ironic that Google, being part of the Capitalist herd, will probably not recognize Taiwan's independence in this matter because of the future $$$ potential in China, a Communist country in stark contrast to Capitalism. Capitalism, though it efficiently produces the best at the fastest rate, has no concern for the resources it burns for its achievements nor does it have any concern for things like human rights, morals, and the like. Only money talks with Capitalism, and it will be it's demise. I'm certainly not promoting Communism here. Both systems are fatally flawed.