I do have my mailreader poll my ISP-assigned mail account just in case there's some sort of notice from my ISP. I just don't give that email address out for people to use -- everyone gets my real email address, not the "internal use only" ISP one.
However, I have never seen even a single piece of email come through, so it seems that even the minimal level of effort I put into it is unnecessary and that email account can be completely ignored.
Since the Sunday Times has admitted that they're nothing but a governmental mouthpiece, then people should just stop reading it, as they are not bringing any value to the table. Everyone can just eliminate the middleman and get their "news" directly from the government PR department.
"Anybody who is for Uber stop to think that their business practice was designed to evade paying tax?"
I am not "for" Uber: I think they're a pretty nasty company. However, I have no problem with the business model. I think that it's not true to say that is was "designed to evade paying tax".
What it is actually designed for is to connect people who want a decent ride at a decent price with people who want to provide that. It's filling a real market need that is being left unsatisfied by the old-guard cab companies.
Uber (and similar services) are more like a dating site for rides than they are like cab companies.
"Their solution is do it to everybody, no random problem."
True, but in doing so they are committing an even greater sin.
The real law enforcement mentality is that they should be able to do anything they damned well please, and will do their best to bypass any limitations. Those drunk driving checkpoints are an excellent example of precisely that.
Yes, nothing is 100% bad or 100% good. The problem with Comcast is not so much the actual support personnel as it is corporate policies. If, as it sounds like in your situation, the field techs are not overworked and care about helping customers, they can take the time and effort needed to work around the corporate policies.
Yeah, that baffled me as well. Even if someone doesn't want to go full-service and get their own domain name for email purposes, you'd think at the very least they'd use one of the third-party email services. Even gmail is a better choice that using your ISP-provided email address.
I honestly don't think they want to have bad customer service. They just want to minimize their costs more than anything else, and they know that their customers can't go anywhere. Bad customer service doesn't cost them business, so they figure it's zero-cost savings.
In other words, "We don't care. We don't have to."
Re: Well most people are turned away by a crowded metropolitan zone with no parking anywhere.
Personally, I consider the weather to be the single worst aspect of SF. Rent-controlled apartments aren't a selling point. They just point out that rents are so insane that rent control is necessary.
You have a very good point about ISPs. SF does have some good things going for it! I didn't mean to imply otherwise. The social clime is one of those things -- but where I live now is very similar in that respect anyway.
That's not exactly what's going on. The fed's stance has never been that nobody should be able to use encryption. Their stance is that they should get the keys to all the encryption. In this case, they have the keys (since it's their website).
There is no hypocrisy there. Their position remains consistent.
They don't need a backdoor to HTTPS for this. The crypto channel encrypts the data between your browser and the website you're accessing. The website gets the decrypted data. This is the FBI's website, so they get to see all the traffic to/from it without subverting encryption.
I don't understand your point. In what sense is it not a charade? Your Paterson anecdote is another charade of a similar type. You appear to be validating the rhetoric, not refuting it.
And here we see the problem with determining "good places to live" -- it's entirely subjective. I've spent a lot of time in San Francisco, but I wouldn't want to live there. There are certainly worse places to be, but SF isn't anywhere near my top 10.
We should also remember that the Nazis never had the support or vote of the majority of the population. They were most commonly viewed as a bunch of radical nutjobs.
"My point is that profanity, as it is currently used by many individuals, has little to show for it."
That's your point? Then I honestly don't understand why you felt it necessary to say, and to use so many words to say it. If profanity has little to show for it, then why is it even worth discussing?
I would counter that since it upsets you so much, your comment is demonstrating that profanity has a lot of rhetorical power, and therefore has a point.
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However, I have never seen even a single piece of email come through, so it seems that even the minimal level of effort I put into it is unnecessary and that email account can be completely ignored.
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No value
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I am not "for" Uber: I think they're a pretty nasty company. However, I have no problem with the business model. I think that it's not true to say that is was "designed to evade paying tax".
What it is actually designed for is to connect people who want a decent ride at a decent price with people who want to provide that. It's filling a real market need that is being left unsatisfied by the old-guard cab companies.
Uber (and similar services) are more like a dating site for rides than they are like cab companies.
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They do indeed make them, and they remain a common and popular toy with kids. At with least the kids that I know.
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True, but in doing so they are committing an even greater sin.
The real law enforcement mentality is that they should be able to do anything they damned well please, and will do their best to bypass any limitations. Those drunk driving checkpoints are an excellent example of precisely that.
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Re: Comcast support has been good to me
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In other words, "We don't care. We don't have to."
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Re: Well most people are turned away by a crowded metropolitan zone with no parking anywhere.
You have a very good point about ISPs. SF does have some good things going for it! I didn't mean to imply otherwise. The social clime is one of those things -- but where I live now is very similar in that respect anyway.
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There is no hypocrisy there. Their position remains consistent.
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Re: Poor journalism.
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But yes, they all run Linux. Maybe that is the secret to immortality!
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Huh? I've yet to see a computer that can't use a modem.
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Re: San Francisco isn't bad.
To each his own!
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Then please explain how anyone can design something to handle situations that the designers can't see coming. Any example will do.
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That's your point? Then I honestly don't understand why you felt it necessary to say, and to use so many words to say it. If profanity has little to show for it, then why is it even worth discussing?
I would counter that since it upsets you so much, your comment is demonstrating that profanity has a lot of rhetorical power, and therefore has a point.
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Technically true, but an enormous percentage of the value of web sites is the comments.
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And Canada & France, so far.
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