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Comment Re:Keep it Apples vs Apples. (Score 1) 377

Nice try. I recently (as in a few months ago) went shopping for a Highlander. I already a Hybrid, and expected to go with a Highlander Hybrid. However, I don't need a Limited trim as I could care less about the bells and whistles on a vehicle that only needs to get me from point A to point B. What did Toyota do this year? Removed the Hybrid from everything except the top 2 trims (Limited and Platinum). I could buy a base Highlander for 29...or a Hybrid for 48. Now calculate how much you would need to pay for that in gas. Even factoring in inflation in gas prices, I was reaching around 15 years or so. I love my hybrid, it's an Escape that I get around 30 mpg for. However, Hybrid sales have peaked because they made them too expensive and no longer can be paid off in gas mileage.

Comment Re:Massive conspiracy (Score 2) 465

Many companies have short data retention policies to help with litigation. If your policy is to only retain email for a year (both in mailboxes and backups), then no court can subpeona anything older. It is a protection mechanism. However, this article shows how inept the IRS infrastructure staff are. No pst files should exist if you have a data retention policy. And if your policy is space saving, pst files should never be stored locally. Does the IRS use low paid GS11 IT people or is it outsourced to HP/IBM/etc?

Comment Re:noooooo! (Score 1) 158

Sprint has stopped doing contracts as well. They do have their Framily plan, but you can go with no contract and buy a phone outright, or subsidize the cost across 24 months. Same as TMobile. Sprint has always been CDMA, not GSM. However, they do offer "international phones" with SIM cards and gsm radios. My Sprint phone is a Motorola that can use either.
I, too, hope Sprint doesn't repeat the Nextel disaster...

Comment Re:secure by default (Score 4, Insightful) 248

You are right. Before Snowden, no one "knew" it was happening because there was no proof. Yes, many suspected it, and were probably accused of propagating conspiracy theories, but the proof was finally given with Snowden.
Although I am disappointed in the leaks regarding foreign nations. That IS NSA's mandate and they are supposed to spy on foreign nations (yes, both friendly and not friendly). That didn't have any business being leaked...but I realize journalists will release everything he gave, not just what is good for US citizens to know about.

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