Actually, L90 Optimus. :P

I'll be able to test it over the weekend. Crossing my fingers, but I at least have a fallback in that I can forward calls to her house line for free.

Thanks, that's helpful to know.

I just hope it solves the weird issue of my phone's Wifi freaking out (bouncing around with "Certificate Error Er01") like the rep suggested it would. Hard to use WiFi calling in that situation. :)

You have one? I've still got to get mine set up when I get up there again.

How is it different from your basic off-the-shelf dual-band wifi router? I assume (hope?) they do something with the software to make the phone work better?

I was more struck by the lack of an articles or possessives. It does sound more stunted than

"...but keeps revising in the likelihood that the request is denied" or somesuch.

They explain that. It's not to determine if the cadet (it was given in Starfleet Academy) knows how to handle a no-win scenario, it was to see HOW they handled it. There wasn't a pass/fail (except, I guess, if the cadet curled up under the captain's chair and cried or something), it was a personality assessment.

> you can watch "Get Over It" on Netflix.

Is that a crack that GP should get over wanting to play his old games, or is there an actual video on Netflix that's actually like A Midsummer Night's Dream?

I ask as one who very much enjoyed the play, and wants to know if there's something I need to add to my weekend queue. :)

Please provide the "objective proof" that we are in this "Golden Age" of gaming, rather than rattling off a list of games that you think are good.

Anyone who parrots that "golden age" industry wank (I wish I could remember which sock-puppet kicked it off a few years back) unironically clearly didn't live through the Age of Legends (Gen 3-4 with Atari/Intellivision/Odyssey/et al as Gen 1).

You keep repeating this, while ignoring the fact that, until the early 2000s, it DID fall under it already. The whole "information service" Title I reclassification came about because the ISPs said "the regulations are holding us back, we promise we'll play nice if you cut us some slack." Instead, they delivered conflicts of interest and asterisks all the way down.

There are exemptions in FTC regulations for Common Carriers.

FTC is suing AT&T.

AT&T says "Step off, FTC. We're under the FCC until we win our lawsuit fighting it"

Judge says "Fuck you, you weren't Common Carriers when you pulled your scam."

It depends where you are. I recently finally got tired of Sprint's bullshit (like charging me a $10 "4G" fee because my phone was WiMax - i.e. has never, ever worked as a 4G phone) and switched to T-Mobile. It works pretty well around home and the office, but it has a lot of spotty coverage in the "in between" areas, and none at all at the SO's apartment. Wifi calling didn't work right there, either, probably because of having 20+ SSIDs pumping through her living room. So coverage can still be a very real concern for them.

OTOH, they seem to have the self-awareness to realize this: When I called them about the problem, they hooked me up with a "free loan" (i.e. I have to send it back if I change carriers) of a 5gHz WAP. Hopefully that nails down the problem, but it's sure a nice surprise either way.

You and siblings missed the gag: capital "F" on fuck was to troll the AC complaining about capitalization, the "American spelling" would be "capitalise," with an "s" in the UK.

Actually, I know exactly what Free Software is (at least as defined by the FSF): I think you're just using the letter of the definition to ignore the spirit of it. You're conflating not distributing modified versions of released software with not distributing your own software - nothing wrong with that, we all have one-off scripts the universe at large isn't interested in - but there's nothing about that software that's "free" other than your statement that it is - If you decided that you weren't going to release it under the Oracle "We reserve the right to eat your Firstborn " license, the end result would be identical - no one else can run, copy, distribute,study, change, or improve it.

It contributes nothing to the software ecosystem or to society as a whole, which is the entire point of Free Software.

I'm just puzzled that I actually ate a downmod for that post. It's amazing what people take personally on the internet these days.

These days, the word "female" in TFS seems to be showing good success.