Nigerian Finance Minister (profile), 13 Sep 2006 @ 2:27pm
MMB
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... it was such a cool thing on Star Trek, and The Jetsons, and Batman, and even Dick Tracy had a video call thing in his wrist watch. How could it NOT work?
Actually, has anyone ever done a study of WHY no one seems to want this? On the outside it seems like a good idea (except maybe you'll see what the person looks like at 3a when you wake up the programmer on call or catch the boyfriend sneaking around in the background of the video). But, except for the embarassing bits, what's the real reason that no one wants this?
I had a full 5 bar signal with beautiful sound quality, while on a cruise ship, in the middle of the Adriatic, no land in sight in any direction (OK, let's see: earht's curature, plus height off the water on the boat = um, carry the 9, about 22 miles). I can't make a signal at my house in Novato (cell tower 1.5 miles as the radio waves fly but with a small mountain in the way).
In my experience Cingular has about the better general service (ATT was better). Their customer service is really not that good. People read off of scripts, two separate and non-communicating departments to handle regular and "smart" phones (mine is the Treo 650 so I have to run through the first department for the triage and then, since they can never answer the question, I need to get transferred to the other department so they can talk about "smart" phones), and prices that are generally too high (well, they all are, but ...). Cingular's warranty replacement is pretty fast though.
... the original article does state that the subliminal ads are not thought to be connected with the guy turning himself in. Ah, honesty in journalism. Though, if they aren't thought to be relevant, why bother even mentioning it?
re: "The focus shouldn't be on the hack, but rather how easily their systems were hacked.". The focus should not be on either. The focus should be on the racist remarks made be the "governator" ... again.
All advertising is composed of lies. We would be better off if they changed their model to tell the truth, to quit with the overhyped Billy Mays types, to replace the glitz with honesty. It's obvious that if people really felt commercials were worth wile they'd watch them rather than find ways to bypass them.
Look underneath this and I'll bet you find the fascist (new word of the day) RIAA or MPAA backing it. They have been shot down several times when they were not able to prove that downloading via an IP address accessed via an open access point really was done by the person to whom the address was assigned. By making it illegal to share IP addresses the goons have a one to one, address to person, relationship to ease the road to prosecution.
If RIM paid money for violating patents that were later declared invalid, then doesn't the court order that forced the payment then become invalid (after all, why should you pay money for something when the person that wants the money doesn't own the thing in the first place)? And, if RIM paid big bucks for something that really does not even exist then shouldn't the recipient of those funds be forced to return them, with interest, and covering all the associated court costs? Hmmm, maybe even charge NTP with fraud or extortion.
Something is really wrong with the system. Part of it is that NTP was not even considerate enough to bring the Vaseline.
re: "do they watch the ads? if not, do they still remember them anyway?"
I don't have a DVR. I don't reall pay attention to the ads. And even if I happen to actually remember an ad I've seen, I almost never remember what the damned thing was for. Must be a form of mental time-shifting). I guess their dollars are wasted on me.
In my opinion all advertisement is lies. Whether or not a product is actually worth something cannot be determined by the content of the ad promoting it. Plus, most ads are just hell to actually watch.
The guy who submitted this patent, and the one who approved it are both frickin' idiots. My dogs squat when they crap; they don't stand there and shoot sh*t straight out the back (come to think of it, neither do they turn to the left and smile as they do so). So, to make this work, I need to shove this baggie under my dog squatting in the grass, hope I make directly under the evacuation chute, and that when the dog feels something russtling under her backside, hope she does not run off whilest continuing to crap on the run. That's for the large dog. The small one starts out at only about 6 inches off the ground. You can imagine (well, if you really want to think about it that hard) how low she gets to the ground when she's doing her thing.
These things have been puzzling me for almost a year. I have noticed though that when I forward them back to my IPS as spam, I have sometimes highlighted the text and found white on white characters embedded in or around the quotes. Maybe some sort of key for the spammer? I've also not been as lucky as some of the rest of you in that a number of the ones I've received have not been literature, but rather have been short, seemingly unrelated phrases strung together. Considering the number of these strange messages, if this is a prelude to an attack, the attack will be a doozie.
re: "At one time, the majority of drug and food companies were European. Was anyone in the US complaining about that?". Yes, they were. Look at the Treaty of Versailles which included the German Bayer Company being forced to give up its trademarks for its name and an "Aspirin". Retribution for both Germany's part in WWI and for the success of the Bayer Company.
"Yadanabon Myothit" Yup, rolls off the tongue. Maybe enough force will generate something. The government was going to "invite" investors to participate. I wonder how many rounds of ammunition accompany each "invitation"
Instead of writing a new news article each time RIAA, MPAA, whatever-AA comes up with some stupid idea to make their product unpalatible and to protect their profit margins, a simple sentence saying "Another f*cking stupid idea from ...: would likely suffice.
From the story pointed to above: ""Illegal commercial gambling across state and international borders is a crime," said Catherine Hanaway, US attorney in St Louis." I guess that illegal commercial gambling, etc. may be actually illegal (well, that's what she said) but, if a gambling operation is leagl someplace and that's where it's run, then it's not really an illegal ... across international boarders. The Internet creates a worldwde venue for lots of stuff. If our f*cking Congress is so worried about gambling then block access to the stuff at our boarders. We should not be policing the rest of the world (we've actually done a pretty crappy job of that the past couple of decades). So, was the guy arrested because he ran betting shops in the UK and Costa Rica (where betting IS legal) or was he arrested for actually breaking a US law on US territory? As many countries will eagerly tell us, US laws do not apply to foreign citizens on foreign soil.
Ya know, some idiot is going to look at the logic of bypassing the chain of components and actually try it (I'm still constantly amazed that car companies, or anyone making a commercial with someone doing something stupid at high speed, needs to add that disclaimer about professional drivers on closed courses). Anyway, thinking they got it wrong when the phone does not work as expected, they're gonna try it with the toaster 'cause it's a simpler piece of equipment. The reason it doesn't work well is because water is not a great electrical conductor (well, it's much better than air, but ...). To make it work correctly you need to add something to the water. I suggest 1-2 tablesppons of kosher salt per quart of water. Stir until disolved. And, the toaster will likely work better if you hold the water faucet handle, or any convenient exposed pipe, as you lower the toaster into the water.
I listened to this guy's comments.
Yeah, he's not the best public speaker and neither is he really good at creating coherent sentences. But, what he is saying actually has some sense to it. "Tubes" may not be a good analogy for a wire or a fiber but, give it a chance. And "truck" may not be the best comparison to use, but ...
What he's getting to is that the current infrastructure is not something you can just keep tossing content on to (I'm using the "on" part to kind of work with his "truck" analogy) and expect everything to just keep working. Eventually, there is just too much content and the infrastructure becomes overloaded. In the truck analogy, I guess the shocks, then the springs, and eventually all the suspension would just break down. Using the "tubes" analogy, well maybe it works better as garden hose, there come a point where you just can't get more water through a hose. After all, a fire hose gets a lot more water through than a garden hose.
And, you all know the analogy works. How many times have you noticed your LAN slow down when the art department (or, whatever) at work all start streaming music videos?
So, the solution is to increase the infrastructure available to carry the additional content.
That's where the telco's and the cable providers want to get that tiered thing going. If they can continue to keep the government believing what they are told, they will be able to successfully argue that these large content providers (movies, music, etc.) will need to have their own, larger "tubes" so that all this stuff can get through. Of course, that will require additional "work" to lay those tubes (probably actually activating dark fiber, but ...) and additional revenue to do that work so a different rate structure, etc.
There's a lot of lying, deception, idiocy, sheep-like behavior, etc. going on around this. The good senator has not helped matters by being a poor spokesperson for the government. With luck, though, there may actually appear one intelligent person who may shine enough light on the situation to expose it as the money and power grabbing exercise it really is.
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Pointess
How do you make it pointless? Seems like it's really lucrative.
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Governator
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MMB
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But ...
Actually, has anyone ever done a study of WHY no one seems to want this? On the outside it seems like a good idea (except maybe you'll see what the person looks like at 3a when you wake up the programmer on call or catch the boyfriend sneaking around in the background of the video). But, except for the embarassing bits, what's the real reason that no one wants this?
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Overseas Service
In my experience Cingular has about the better general service (ATT was better). Their customer service is really not that good. People read off of scripts, two separate and non-communicating departments to handle regular and "smart" phones (mine is the Treo 650 so I have to run through the first department for the triage and then, since they can never answer the question, I need to get transferred to the other department so they can talk about "smart" phones), and prices that are generally too high (well, they all are, but ...). Cingular's warranty replacement is pretty fast though.
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Well, At Least ...
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Inappropriate
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Ads
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Piggybacking
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Get Back
Something is really wrong with the system. Part of it is that NTP was not even considerate enough to bring the Vaseline.
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Ads? What Ads?
I don't have a DVR. I don't reall pay attention to the ads. And even if I happen to actually remember an ad I've seen, I almost never remember what the damned thing was for. Must be a form of mental time-shifting). I guess their dollars are wasted on me.
In my opinion all advertisement is lies. Whether or not a product is actually worth something cannot be determined by the content of the ad promoting it. Plus, most ads are just hell to actually watch.
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Squat
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Literature
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Comparison to European Drug Companies
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REALLY!!??
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Myanmar
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Again
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Arrest
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Cell Phone Boster
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Tubes and Trucks and Things
Yeah, he's not the best public speaker and neither is he really good at creating coherent sentences. But, what he is saying actually has some sense to it. "Tubes" may not be a good analogy for a wire or a fiber but, give it a chance. And "truck" may not be the best comparison to use, but ...
What he's getting to is that the current infrastructure is not something you can just keep tossing content on to (I'm using the "on" part to kind of work with his "truck" analogy) and expect everything to just keep working. Eventually, there is just too much content and the infrastructure becomes overloaded. In the truck analogy, I guess the shocks, then the springs, and eventually all the suspension would just break down. Using the "tubes" analogy, well maybe it works better as garden hose, there come a point where you just can't get more water through a hose. After all, a fire hose gets a lot more water through than a garden hose.
And, you all know the analogy works. How many times have you noticed your LAN slow down when the art department (or, whatever) at work all start streaming music videos?
So, the solution is to increase the infrastructure available to carry the additional content.
That's where the telco's and the cable providers want to get that tiered thing going. If they can continue to keep the government believing what they are told, they will be able to successfully argue that these large content providers (movies, music, etc.) will need to have their own, larger "tubes" so that all this stuff can get through. Of course, that will require additional "work" to lay those tubes (probably actually activating dark fiber, but ...) and additional revenue to do that work so a different rate structure, etc.
There's a lot of lying, deception, idiocy, sheep-like behavior, etc. going on around this. The good senator has not helped matters by being a poor spokesperson for the government. With luck, though, there may actually appear one intelligent person who may shine enough light on the situation to expose it as the money and power grabbing exercise it really is.
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