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Comment nope, no way (Score 1) 686

I can understand the the reasoning of leaving wifi open, I have used them in the past myself when my service was down or when I was troubleshooting my own wifi issues ...but...

sorry but if I am paying for internet service why should I let others use it for free? Should I also leave my front door open so the homeless could have a place to stay - that would also be considered socially responsible.

then there is my reputation - In my own town there was a recent raid of a former police officers home for child porn. He was innocent, his neighbor, who was using his open network was guilty -and was shot and killed by the police. In the meantime, people are still wondering if the former pollice officer was also guilty and there was some sort of cover up. Why should I take the chance of being embarrassed of being handcuffed, roughed up with all my computers and data phones being confiscated and searched. I may not have anything illegal on my computers but I might have some files I would not want others to see or even know about.

finally if too many open wifis is being taken advantage of, then isps that don't have bandwidth caps may consider it.

That is not to say I would not help a neighbor for a temporary need, especially if she was a blonde or redhead with great..., but I would watch the router logs very carefully for my legal protection.

Comment lost in history. (Score 1) 655

unfortunately you will not be able to watch it from the beginning. So many early shows have been lost. I started watching Doctor Who with Tom Baker and only seen a few of the earlier Doctors on Netflix. I recently got caught up with watching all the episodes of new series. Personally I found the new series not as entertaining as the old. It is not to say the newer ones are bad, they are actually pretty good in their own way but when compared to the older, they are lacking and much, much darker.

To answer your question, if you were going to try to addict someone with Doctor Who, start with Tom Baker. Once addicted then try to make them hard core by watching the black an white series that's available.

Comment so what if the calculation is wrong (Score 3, Insightful) 253

so what if the calculation is wrong or different between phones! It has nothing to do with the problem the iphone is having. If you normally have 4 bars with the wrong calculation, and you hold it and get no bars with the wrong calculation, then there is something wrong with the design of the phone, All apple is doing is trying to confuse the masses with technical facts hoping to confuse the issue and save money from all the lawsuits that are being filed.

Comment Re:what's the point? (Score 1) 134

it's called marketing and has to do with name recognition. Most general users recognizes and will purchase from circuit city but not tigerdirect or compusa. Some users will purchase from tigerdirect but they will stay far away from compusa.

What the customer don't know actually increase overall sales for systemax.

Comment Re:opt out (Score 1) 134

it has to do with your personal data. Once they have your personal data (name, address, purchase history, return history and other info), normally it becomes a permanent part of their database. After the deadline, the only thing you can opt out of is their email list.

Comment opt out (Score 5, Informative) 134

Were you a customer of circuit city? Did you give your email address at the store? or Did you have an online account with them? If you do not want your personal data be transferred to systemax you need to opt out by June 9

See the following for the opt out page

http://mail.circuitcity.com/p/Circuit_City_Backup/cc_web_optout

see the following for more information about opting out

http://www.circuitcity.com/sectors/opt-outv2.asp

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