Comment Re:Optimizing donations (Score 1) 146
Umm, you *do* see that all of the $25+ levels have the phrase "Get all the above stuff, plus
Comment Re:Whoa! (Score 1) 743
Hmm... I think this applies to EVDO PC cards for my laptop. In which case, the only way to download things is by plugging it into my laptop "and download that way". This is just a ridiculous case of using fine print to redefine a services. In this case, the limited "unlimited" plan.
We wouldn't have a problem with it if they just came out and said "It's limited to 5GB a month". But they don't, and are selling it as "unlimited".
Some will say, "It is unlimited as long as you don't download movies or do p2p stuff!".
Wrong.
If I use 5GB of bandwidth, regardless of the actual traffic, VZ automatically assumes I'm doing the prohibited activities. So if I trade 5GB of email with my wife, or if I'm a physician looking at high resolution slide scans, it doesn't matter. VZ sees the 5GB mark hit, and I'm the bad guy downloading movies. End of discussion from their standpoint.
U.S. Senators Pressure Canada on Canadian DMCA 466
An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. copyright lobby brought out some heavy artillery last week as
it continued to pressure Canada to introduce a Canadian DMCA. U.S.
Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins gave a public
talk in which he described Canadian copyright law as the weakest in
the G7, while Senators Dianne Feinstein and John Cornyn wrote to
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to urge him to bring in movie piracy
legislation."
Submission + - FAA May Ditch Vista For Linux
An anonymous reader writes: In what could be the start of a government wave away from Microsoft, last week's news that the U.S. Department of Transportation is putting a halt on upgrades to Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Internet Explorer 7 is followed today by word that the Federal Aviation Administration may ditch Vista and Office in favor of Google's new online business applications running on Linux-based hardware. FAA chief information officer David Bowen told InformationWeek he's taking a close look at the Premier Edition of Google Apps as he mulls replacements for the agency's Windows XP-based desktop computers. Bowen cited several reasons why he finds Google Apps attractive. "From a security and management standpoint that would have some advantages," he said. Do you think that Vista's cost could finally put a crimp in what's been an automatic upgrade cycle to Microsoft and spur Linux adoption? Is this the start of some kind of anti-Vista groundswell?
Journal SPAM: Doesn't Matter If Hillary Apologizes for Her Iraq War Vote 9
Scott Ritter:
Let there be no doubt that Hillary Clinton is about as slippery a species of politician that exists, one who has demonstrated an ability to morph facts into a nebulous blob which blurs the record and distorts the truth. While she has demonstrated this less than flattering ability on a number of issues, nowhere is it so blatant as when dealing with the issue of the ongoing war in Iraq and Hillary C
Vista Gets Official Release Dates 394
SlinkySausage writes "Five years, three months and five days after Windows XP made its debut, Microsoft will usher its next-generation OS onto the stage. Microsoft has set November 30 as the release date for Vista (and Office 2007) to business customers and January 30, 2007 as the date for the official launch to consumers and The World At Large."
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