It's less the automatic LinkedIn spam as it is the users who abuse it, while LinkedIn turns a blind eye. Their TOS specifically mentions that users cannot contact other users unsolicited, and yet I'm constantly barraged by recruiters who (using the built-in requests) indicate we've "worked together" (despite never having met, or having had any mutual contacts), attempting to just add me to their huge list of LinkedIn contacts.

Unfortunately, those are the sort of users that LinkedIn wants, and that behavior is neither curbed nor stopped.

Yeah. And the devs of this game have repeated referred to Game Dev Story as the main inspiration. Ripping it off, maybe, but at least they're lovingly ripping it off.

Probably (slightly expensive) pot.

Yeah, exactly. Personally, I've been pretty happy with T-Mobile, and have brought my own device (heh, the online stuff doesn't even recognize my Galaxy Nexus), even before they did these new plans. Now I can decide whether or not to go to the HTC One, although I'd like to wait until the Cyanogen dudes get it all working there.

T-Mobile is advertising no contract plans that aren't actually no contract plans

They actually *are* no-contract plans, it's the phone that has a loan (contract). So while you're kinda functionally correct in your statement, legally you're not, which is why this likely will go away.

Personally, I haven't seen them be deceptive about it when you actually go into the store or try to buy a phone online; they're very clearly 1) showing you your separate monthly cost of the phone and 2) showing how much left you owe on it. The whole contract thing may be a minor legal distinction that they're technically correct in advertising, but I haven't seen them be overtly deceptive like the AG seems to claim.

I suspect T-Mobile is financing your phone, and rolling it into the bill.

I haven't done this yet, but I did get as far as "checking out" online to see what it was like, and they pretty clearly display the $20 per month phone charge, as well as the initially-owed amount (ie, $99 for an HTC One). Online purchasing also gives you the option of paying for it entirely up front.

T-Mobile is too busy scamming people out of their money

At least I'm getting scanned out of less money than I was at VZW/ATT.

Totally agree with you. In the end, that's the risk that people are taking when they "save" the cost of upgrading and leave the legacy stuff in place.

Damn, didn't see your comment until now. Definitely trying this out. Thanks!

Speaking of bits...

Interesting, I never knew that... I was sorta hoping it was intentional, but looks like we have to blame a combination of ASCII (popularizing 7-bit over 4- or 6-bit) and the rise of 8-bit machines.

Oh god. At least I'm continually reminded why I automatically -6 all ACs.

someone protecting their job by never updating technology is just amazing

That may be part of it, but generally an overhaul of an entire system like that, especially something as integral to a business as accounting, isn't a decision any single person can make. Also, it's possible those who would've had job security by maintaining that system have long since retired. Slow-moving business isn't completely built on nefarious intentions.

I think the "when it finally breaks" issue is probably of bigger importance than the power draw. Generally (and what others in this thread have already alluded to), a conversion may be far more complex/time consuming than we might think. Future functionality is one thing, but migrating old data to a new system can sometimes be very difficult, especially for something as important as accounting. And you usually need someone with intimate knowledge of the legacy system, which can require massive reverse-engineering if the system is older than most of your employees.

Agreed. That account just seems kinda troll-y.

Hypocritical, maybe, but I think he has somewhat of a point - there's a large potential for abuse for drone technology (by corporations *and* individuals), like most powerful technologies, so why not work to change our laws to more accurately reflect drone usage?