Is there any way to buy the iPhone2 without a plan?
Demostrating that I already have a 2 yr plan with AT&T so they dont sign me up? (using the details from my company provided phone, when I actually want the iPhone2 for personal use on another carrier once jailbroken?)
any way at all to get one without a plan? I heard talk of $699 and i'd be happy to pay that without the plan..... but not sure if they actually do it.
yeah, I'd prefer my entire division used OO.o. We don't need full blown word and it'd save my budget.
Sadly, I don't have the choice. There is a list of Company approved apps which I can chose from. If one of those does the job I have to pay for it from my operating budget. If not, then I have the flex to find another product, but they will go with 'approved suppliers' = Microsoft, in the first instance.
there are a ton of free pdf converters you can call via command line.
No. The IT people I deal with are more than aware of other products. Its just 'policy' only allows approved products on our network, and the only approved products costs money. - let alone them being allowed to download something off the net.
That's why openoffice comes with that handy "Export to PDF" option.
Exactly. I needed pdf export in my organization, and the only way our IT dept were able to support my request was through a ~$150 install of an adobe suite - which was charged to my cost center.
I'd like to see my organization switch to OO.o, but with 10,000 users and centralized IT management ivory tower - it's like pushing excrement up an incline with a pointed bar.
And I say, "you don't seem to know much about biology". Your biggest error is claiming that you have muscle mass that is "all diet". More important, though, you don't seem to recognize the significance that metabolism -- including very significant genetic factors -- plays in the system.
By "thermodynamics" you probably mean "energy conservation". All mass and energy conservation tells you, on first glance, is that you can't possibly gain more weight than your total intake (minus your total excretion -- including respiration). Reducing your consumption reduces available energy -- your body can respond by reducing metabolism rather than consuming stored fat.
So lets carry this through to the logical end. Grocery stores and restaurants would be required to have different sections. There would be sections for those that can fit through a door this size
well you could start by making sure those sit-on-carts cannot go down the candy isle....
a buddy of mine (a nutritionist) was saying something about HFCS doesn't trigger the body as to its presence, thus you eat it and it doesn't tell you you are full. You just feel hungry and get fat....
... As you point out, one country where the system does generally involve penalties for certain behaviour or conditions is the private system in the US.
Agreed. In New Zealand, the Government provides free healthcare, and there is a Private health care system also operating. The Government has a program to educate people on healthy living, (the carrot approach) and the Private Insurance Company wants me to "eat 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day" and states that if I don't, then they don't pay out later. (the stick approach)
The NZ Governments take it as their best interest to ensure people are healthy. It seems to me the US Government benefit when the people are unhealthy - given the private system making huge money and paying taxes, and directly through lobby and election funding etc.
The NZ Government has has legislated advertising rules for fast food during kids programming; school education programs; reviewing what is sold in state school cafeterias ensuring there are healthy options, and promoting fitness and sport. I personally think these are good positive moves. They are 'promoting' and ensuring there is an environment which encourages health awareness and fitness.
A different approach to the Japanese, but don't let the Japanese approach scare you off Government funded health care. - in other places Government providing health care actually works reasonably well.
Instead of [Microsoft Bob] realizing it had achieved sentience, those quirky aspects of a unique personality were considered to be merely bugs, and led to failure in the marketplace.
or, perhaps he was so close to real, but just short..and there is an uncanny valley for AI, and other people were also 'totally weirded out' by Bob.
The pricing model used by most broadband providers is designed for simplicity, rather than any real representation of value.
The current pricing regime exists because there was no (affordable) way to measure traffic to the individual customer when the Internet first 'rolled out', although routing technology at the time did support capped speeds to customers.
Not any more. That is why countries late to the Internet were able to put a structure in place that allowed measurement of traffic (monthly GB) and charge you accordingly. This happens to be normal in many countries, though the US customer base has had a hard time stomaching anything beyond the 'all you can eat buffet' that is their speed limited connection. (and rightly so!)
I pay NZ$50 / month (about $40USD) for a 2MBps connection, with a monthly cap of 6GB of traffic. (after that it then throttles to dial-up speeds). Gives me about 200MB a day, FTP and Torrent traffic is 'throttled to about 60kBps - the network is 'managed' to the extreme. But here is my issue:
If I buy a CD from iTunes, it costs me for music BUT ALSO a portion of my monthly bandwidth. If I was to purchase a streaming movie or TV show, that would chew through my monthly allowance in no time. A 1GB movie download is worth about 5 days of my monthly limit. If I change to the next plan so I pay for the GB I actually use, then there is a 'real' cost associated to any internet purchase that requires download.
The 'pay for GByte' plan is really the ISP taxing purchases and transactions on their current infrastructure. It allows the ISP to oversell their infrastructure EVEN MORE than they do already and provides them with little incentive to improve their network capacity.
The cost to the ISP is the infrastructure capacity in X-Bps, not X-B/Month. They'll try to 'manage' traffic as profitably as they can, and this means getting the most from customers for the existing infrastructure.
Having had BOTH the USA system $/MBps and now $GB/Month, I much prefer the former. And just like the GP, I'd rather use my 2MBps 100% of the time, prioritizing what I want when without affecting cost.
Your post reminds me of a cartoon I saw a *long* time ago....
First cell: Special Ops guy sitting in fox hole. It is raining. He is eating a piece of wood. He is saying "This sucks. But I like it!"
Second cell: Army Grunt sitting in a fox hole a few feet from the Spec Ops Guy: "This Sucks"
Third cell: A pilot in a UH1H flying overhead, looking down on the other two: "Looks like it sucks down there!"
Forth cell: An Air Force aircraft technician sitting in a 'joe room' drinking coffee with the TV remote in one hand: "What!!!?? no Satellite TV!!!! THAT SUCKS!!!!"
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Is there any way to buy the iPhone2 without a plan?
Demostrating that I already have a 2 yr plan with AT&T so they dont sign me up? (using the details from my company provided phone, when I actually want the iPhone2 for personal use on another carrier once jailbroken?)
any way at all to get one without a plan? I heard talk of $699 and i'd be happy to pay that without the plan..... but not sure if they actually do it.
Anyone?
The store version makes a better Christmas present than a downloaded-sharpie version.
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yeah, I'd prefer my entire division used OO.o. We don't need full blown word and it'd save my budget.
Sadly, I don't have the choice. There is a list of Company approved apps which I can chose from. If one of those does the job I have to pay for it from my operating budget. If not, then I have the flex to find another product, but they will go with 'approved suppliers' = Microsoft, in the first instance.
To get to the voters they need money.
To get money they need donations
Large Corporations donate money. Lots of it.
Once in office, the allegiance is to the Corporation, as they provide the money to attract more votes.
but how about the G8 ease other side of Copyright by allowing the old stuff into public domain within a reasonable timeframe.
The laws will also prevent ISPs from being liable for copyright infringement.
... How do I become an ISP and get away with this muuuuuurrrrrdeeerrrrr.....
So wait... you're saying that OO.o is the excrement?
Not quite, persuading our IT management is "like pushing sh!t uphill with a pointy stick".
Yep. Our system hasn't migrated to Office 2007 (still on 2003).
then they didnt look very hard.
there are a ton of free pdf converters you can call via command line.
No. The IT people I deal with are more than aware of other products. Its just 'policy' only allows approved products on our network, and the only approved products costs money. - let alone them being allowed to download something off the net.
WHAT?!
Seriously... try getting on TuCows and search for "Print PDF"...
You didn't read my post. Try getting an IT department that supports 10,000 users to download and install something from Tucows..
That's why openoffice comes with that handy "Export to PDF" option.
Exactly. I needed pdf export in my organization, and the only way our IT dept were able to support my request was through a ~$150 install of an adobe suite - which was charged to my cost center.
I'd like to see my organization switch to OO.o, but with 10,000 users and centralized IT management ivory tower - it's like pushing excrement up an incline with a pointed bar.
you can buy a gun from a vending machine, in Texas.
... and use a custom font made from their own handwriting.
If this bill passes, isn't there a good chance that Bush will use a signing statement when passing it?
Can a future president use Bush's signing statements to null and void this legislation?
prez has root
I think you are referring to the Doctor Rudy Method of weight loss.
a buddy of mine (a nutritionist) was saying something about HFCS doesn't trigger the body as to its presence, thus you eat it and it doesn't tell you you are full. You just feel hungry and get fat....
or words to that effect.
The NZ Governments take it as their best interest to ensure people are healthy. It seems to me the US Government benefit when the people are unhealthy - given the private system making huge money and paying taxes, and directly through lobby and election funding etc. The NZ Government has has legislated advertising rules for fast food during kids programming; school education programs; reviewing what is sold in state school cafeterias ensuring there are healthy options, and promoting fitness and sport. I personally think these are good positive moves. They are 'promoting' and ensuring there is an environment which encourages health awareness and fitness.
A different approach to the Japanese, but don't let the Japanese approach scare you off Government funded health care. - in other places Government providing health care actually works reasonably well.
Instead of [Microsoft Bob] realizing it had achieved sentience, those quirky aspects of a unique personality were considered to be merely bugs, and led to failure in the marketplace.
or, perhaps he was so close to real, but just shortThe current pricing regime exists because there was no (affordable) way to measure traffic to the individual customer when the Internet first 'rolled out', although routing technology at the time did support capped speeds to customers.
Not any more. That is why countries late to the Internet were able to put a structure in place that allowed measurement of traffic (monthly GB) and charge you accordingly. This happens to be normal in many countries, though the US customer base has had a hard time stomaching anything beyond the 'all you can eat buffet' that is their speed limited connection. (and rightly so!)
I pay NZ$50 / month (about $40USD) for a 2MBps connection, with a monthly cap of 6GB of traffic. (after that it then throttles to dial-up speeds). Gives me about 200MB a day, FTP and Torrent traffic is 'throttled to about 60kBps - the network is 'managed' to the extreme. But here is my issue:
If I buy a CD from iTunes, it costs me for music BUT ALSO a portion of my monthly bandwidth. If I was to purchase a streaming movie or TV show, that would chew through my monthly allowance in no time. A 1GB movie download is worth about 5 days of my monthly limit. If I change to the next plan so I pay for the GB I actually use, then there is a 'real' cost associated to any internet purchase that requires download.
The 'pay for GByte' plan is really the ISP taxing purchases and transactions on their current infrastructure. It allows the ISP to oversell their infrastructure EVEN MORE than they do already and provides them with little incentive to improve their network capacity.
The cost to the ISP is the infrastructure capacity in X-Bps, not X-B/Month. They'll try to 'manage' traffic as profitably as they can, and this means getting the most from customers for the existing infrastructure.
Having had BOTH the USA system $/MBps and now $GB/Month, I much prefer the former. And just like the GP, I'd rather use my 2MBps 100% of the time, prioritizing what I want when without affecting cost.
Your post reminds me of a cartoon I saw a *long* time ago....
First cell: Special Ops guy sitting in fox hole. It is raining. He is eating a piece of wood. He is saying "This sucks. But I like it!"
Second cell: Army Grunt sitting in a fox hole a few feet from the Spec Ops Guy: "This Sucks"
Third cell: A pilot in a UH1H flying overhead, looking down on the other two: "Looks like it sucks down there!"
Forth cell: An Air Force aircraft technician sitting in a 'joe room' drinking coffee with the TV remote in one hand: "What!!!?? no Satellite TV!!!! THAT SUCKS!!!!"