As others have pointed out your subscription is not canceled. A particular device is no longer allowed to connect. If you go out and buy a new 360, you will be able to access your account with no problem.
Despite having vast riches and grown children, chooses to come to work because it's fun. Says things like: 'We need more market penetration in Ulan Bator,' and over the next few months, it happens. If it doesn't, the executive must do even more work by saying: 'Why don't we have more market penetration in Ulan Bator?' Magically, it happens and the executive is called a visionary. Life is great.
Stolen from Loncraine Broxton's "30 signs for the workplace jungle"
I don't see why a "separate device" cannot live within my laptop clam-shell and be powered by my laptop battery. It could even have a separate external power button for the wifi.
There's quite a few wifi providers too until you look and there's basically 2-3 chipsets on the market. I'm not saying that's necessarily the case for SSDs, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Definitely. I used to spend a bit of time on the finance.google.com discussion boards. OMG it's just a complete mess now to the point that Google no longer displays the most recent conversations on each stock's main page. There is simply a link to the discussion. It's horrible. How Google can have one of the best e-mail spam filters out there but not be able to block this message spam is beyond me.
I've always been of the opinion that open source commoditizes (not a word?) software that "everyone needs". Open source makes a great basic operating system, e-mail/IM clients, web browser, etc. There are some instances where it makes great niche products too, but it really excels in the generic "mass use" stuff. This fits in well with what you're saying I think.
I point you and GP to the litany of shareware out there on sites like CNet et. al. Just because you think MS Office is better than OpenOffice doesn't mean that there isn't a BOAT LOAD of bad closed source software out there.
Yeah, I always saw the Nobel Prize as a reflection of the world, not as a tool for political expression with an agenda. This prize seems more like the latter, which is okay I guess, just not what I expected.
I've never found communication to be the issue there. There's plenty of times when I inform my boss that releasing the product in its current (prototype) state could be disastrous and he calmly and rationally explains that they will release it anyways and hope for the best because of business pressures. Of course, the fact of the matter is that with a bit of scrambling 70-80% of the time our team makes it work well enough that I wouldn't call the rollout a disaster. My point is, communication doesn't matter in the face of demands coming in from the muckety mucks.
Malpractice accounts for about 1% of health care costs. The problem with health care (this is slashdot so I'll use a car analogy) is that people want the latest Formula 1 technology but they only have enough budget for a Ford Focus.
Okay, so it's 60 countries for the $24.99/mo plan, not technically anywhere in the world.
Here's the list:
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas*
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Brunei*
Bulgaria
Canada*
Chile
China*
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam*
Hong Kong*
Hungary
Iceland
India*
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Latvia
Luxembourg
Macedonia, Republic of
Macau*
Malaysia*
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico*
Romania
Russia
Saipan*
San Marino*
Singapore*
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand*
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States*
U.S. Virgin Islands*
Venezuela
Zambia
I realize they provide only related (but similar) service, but Vonage is now like $30/mo (after taxes) and you can call anywhere in the world for free. I have friends in India who are dropping their local land lines in exchange for an American Vonage account so they can make cheap calls within their own neighborhood. That's pretty wild:)
The telecomm revolution is underway kids. Next up, cable.
I'm sure I'll be modded down for this, but I don't see why a company or person SHOULD concern themselves more with security than they do currently. A simple cost/benefit analysis of what it actually entails to become "secure" shows that it's simply not worth it. It's the same math that goes into determining whether to do a vehicle recall and whether or not to install a home security system. If you look at it in those terms, you'll see we're dramatically over-spending on security.
And yet... I'm often considered paranoid by my peers (IT and otherwise) with respect to my personal information.
Energy produced in mass (power plant) will almost always be cheaper per unit than power produced in small amounts (combustion engine). Whether it's wind farms, nuclear, coal, or solar... the scale will win in $/unit. Electric cars are coming and it WILL be cheaper per mile to 'fuel'.
While I can't speak for the GP I will say that I don't buy cars with loans. It only takes being willing to drive one clunker for a 'car cycle' (for me about 5 years) and putting a 'payment' into a money market account to get to the other side and never lose that car loan interest again for the rest of your life. Car loans are usually about 6%. I don't know of any better guaranteed 6% return on my money besides not going into debt.
Anyways.. most people (myself excluded) don't buy cars based on solving their problem (need for transportation) for the least amount of money. They go in saying "I can afford X. What is the most/best I can get for X. If people thought about it in terms of solving their transportation problems for the least $$$ per mile, there would be zero market for new cars (or motorcycles) anyways.
Yeah, and I can't imagine that the major distros won't be putting up patched binaries of any applications which need it. So unless you literally roll your own of everything a simple update should suffice.
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Are you suggesting you would not buy a shoe phone?
I'm pretty sure you'll be able to use google voice on your netbook.
As others have pointed out your subscription is not canceled. A particular device is no longer allowed to connect. If you go out and buy a new 360, you will be able to access your account with no problem.
Executive
Despite having vast riches and grown children, chooses to come to work because it's fun. Says things like: 'We need more market penetration in Ulan Bator,' and over the next few months, it happens. If it doesn't, the executive must do even more work by saying: 'Why don't we have more market penetration in Ulan Bator?' Magically, it happens and the executive is called a visionary. Life is great.
Stolen from Loncraine Broxton's "30 signs for the workplace jungle"
I wonder if TPB could rent some rack space on the ISS.
I don't see why a "separate device" cannot live within my laptop clam-shell and be powered by my laptop battery. It could even have a separate external power button for the wifi.
There's quite a few wifi providers too until you look and there's basically 2-3 chipsets on the market. I'm not saying that's necessarily the case for SSDs, but it wouldn't surprise me.
The answer to "Where did you purchase the device" is always "It was a present from my aunt."
Definitely. I used to spend a bit of time on the finance.google.com discussion boards. OMG it's just a complete mess now to the point that Google no longer displays the most recent conversations on each stock's main page. There is simply a link to the discussion. It's horrible. How Google can have one of the best e-mail spam filters out there but not be able to block this message spam is beyond me.
I've always been of the opinion that open source commoditizes (not a word?) software that "everyone needs". Open source makes a great basic operating system, e-mail/IM clients, web browser, etc. There are some instances where it makes great niche products too, but it really excels in the generic "mass use" stuff. This fits in well with what you're saying I think.
I point you and GP to the litany of shareware out there on sites like CNet et. al. Just because you think MS Office is better than OpenOffice doesn't mean that there isn't a BOAT LOAD of bad closed source software out there.
Yeah, I always saw the Nobel Prize as a reflection of the world, not as a tool for political expression with an agenda. This prize seems more like the latter, which is okay I guess, just not what I expected.
I've never found communication to be the issue there. There's plenty of times when I inform my boss that releasing the product in its current (prototype) state could be disastrous and he calmly and rationally explains that they will release it anyways and hope for the best because of business pressures. Of course, the fact of the matter is that with a bit of scrambling 70-80% of the time our team makes it work well enough that I wouldn't call the rollout a disaster. My point is, communication doesn't matter in the face of demands coming in from the muckety mucks.
I must have been really bad in an past life :(
Malpractice accounts for about 1% of health care costs. The problem with health care (this is slashdot so I'll use a car analogy) is that people want the latest Formula 1 technology but they only have enough budget for a Ford Focus.
I believe that would create an infinite recursion which would cause all of humanity to vanish into a singularity.
Here's the list:
Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas* Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei* Bulgaria Canada* Chile China* Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Guadeloupe Guam* Hong Kong* Hungary Iceland India* Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Latvia Luxembourg Macedonia, Republic of Macau* Malaysia* Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico* Romania Russia Saipan* San Marino* Singapore* Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand* Turkey United Kingdom United States* U.S. Virgin Islands* Venezuela Zambia
You failed high school physics didn't you?
I realize they provide only related (but similar) service, but Vonage is now like $30/mo (after taxes) and you can call anywhere in the world for free. I have friends in India who are dropping their local land lines in exchange for an American Vonage account so they can make cheap calls within their own neighborhood. That's pretty wild :)
The telecomm revolution is underway kids. Next up, cable.
I'm sure I'll be modded down for this, but I don't see why a company or person SHOULD concern themselves more with security than they do currently. A simple cost/benefit analysis of what it actually entails to become "secure" shows that it's simply not worth it. It's the same math that goes into determining whether to do a vehicle recall and whether or not to install a home security system. If you look at it in those terms, you'll see we're dramatically over-spending on security.
And yet... I'm often considered paranoid by my peers (IT and otherwise) with respect to my personal information.
Energy produced in mass (power plant) will almost always be cheaper per unit than power produced in small amounts (combustion engine). Whether it's wind farms, nuclear, coal, or solar... the scale will win in $/unit. Electric cars are coming and it WILL be cheaper per mile to 'fuel'.
Nah, it will just become part of the compensation package.
While I can't speak for the GP I will say that I don't buy cars with loans. It only takes being willing to drive one clunker for a 'car cycle' (for me about 5 years) and putting a 'payment' into a money market account to get to the other side and never lose that car loan interest again for the rest of your life. Car loans are usually about 6%. I don't know of any better guaranteed 6% return on my money besides not going into debt. Anyways.. most people (myself excluded) don't buy cars based on solving their problem (need for transportation) for the least amount of money. They go in saying "I can afford X. What is the most/best I can get for X. If people thought about it in terms of solving their transportation problems for the least $$$ per mile, there would be zero market for new cars (or motorcycles) anyways.
I can't imagine it's that much worse than running the AC my car during the summer when it's 105 degress F here in Florida.
Yeah, and I can't imagine that the major distros won't be putting up patched binaries of any applications which need it. So unless you literally roll your own of everything a simple update should suffice.