Never provide a media service that delivers what the customers want without a huge hassle or outrageous prices. Customers must be bled for every last cent!

Netflix is an efficient use of available technology in the United States; therefore it must be annihilated.

(I'm sure that's bad Latin)

So what are the ramifications for Sony if they violated PCI standards?

He is not opinion. He is a human being with a conscience.

$3.4 billion in profit last quarter. And yet their network is garbage. I have an idea, but it's an engineer idea, not a suit idea, so... never mind.

Yup. And I bet the accuracy of the location services varies based on the type of network used, tower locations, possibly GPS usage, etc. There's no reason to suppose Amsterdam is the same as Chicago.

I saw "Black Planet", which reminded me of Public Enemy and Sisters of Mercy. Somebody needs to mash that up.

The banks lied to us, gambled our money, put it in shell companies overseas. None of the bankers will ever be prosecuted. Oh, and Wachovia laundered $378 billion in drug money-- had to pay a $50 million fine for that. That's all. So it seems that the crimes these gambling sites are being prosecuted for were just not big enough to be acceptable.

1) The guy looks like Bob Odenkirk playing one of his trademark slimeweasel businessmen. Bob Odenkirk... Ken Rutkowski. Huh.

2) According to TFA, he prides himself on being the "fist person" to coin the term "Web 3.0". He does look like a fist person.

Oh, it will just be used on assailants. Who are up to 150 feet away. Well, I definitely trust that. I mean, nobody would ever use this for crowd control. Or robbery. Or in traffic... oh man, this would be *awesome* for tail gaters! Sorry, where was I... oh yeah, nope, this will be the first ever weapon that can only be used for good!

...is like giving a chimpanzee a pistol. The reason Android had to come into being is that telcos and hardware mfrs like Motorola are *completely* *fucking* *incompetent* when it comes to operating systems and user interfaces. Though in a way this move makes sense for Motorola's corporate culture. Like AT&T, Sony, and Comcast, they hate to do anything that is good for customers.

Slashdot, please do a poll on what effect customers think this will have on the quality and price of mobile services in the US.

Give them a break. It must be hard to admit that they absolutely cannot compete by giving customers value; that they are totally incapable of delivering products that customers want; and that they have no intention of ever attempting to create products which equal or surpass those of their competitors; and that the only way they can think of to remain in business is to waste everybody's time and money through extortion.

Me, I'd find that embarrassing.

Seriously. I moved to Android/Verizon a year ago and I've enjoyed the ability to make phone calls. Now that this deal has been announced, I just checked with VZ and moving my girlfriend to an iPhone on my account (sharing minutes and messages) will cost almost $40/month less than AT&T. Plus we'll be able to talk to each other! Her ETF will be about $235 depending on when we do it (might wait for next gen phone), but at $30/month savings (ETF goes down $10/month, so I have to factor that in), we'll be ahead within about 8 months. Oh, plus it looks like I can get about $325 for her existing iPhone. So... thanks, AT&T! I'd have waited through the rest of her contract like a chump if you hadn't rubbed our noses in your douchebaggery.

The only people who will benefit from this are the executives. They'll lay off tens of thousands and stick the money in their own pockets. Plus millions of customers who fled AT&T's fucking horrible network are now going to be forced to give them even more unearned money (at least in early termination fees). The bigger the crime, the safer the crook.

Of course, some will claim that this will help AT&T's network. That a dollop of shit in a glass of wine is wine, not shit. Bottoms up!