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Comment: Not Surprised (Score 1) 253

I am not surprised that any of this is going on and it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone else. We let our governments conduct surveillance on us without any checks or balances. I encourage all of you to take measures to protect yourselves from such intrusions and unwarranted monitoring.

Comment: Not surprised (Score 5, Insightful) 286

by finalcutmonstar (#47023003) Attached to: Cable TV Prices Rising At Four Times the Inflation Rate
Cable tv is loaded with useless channels that the consumer is forced to pay for. Channels that most consumers never watch and/or never heard of come with the package and contribute to the cost of monthly access. Cable providers will never allow the consumer to pick what channels they want so the only solution is to cut the cord and subscribe to services like Netflix and Hulu. The other(not so legal option) is to torrent your favorite shows.

+ - Comcast Wants To Cap Storage Within 5 Years-> 1

Submitted by finalcutmonstar
finalcutmonstar (1862890) writes "With net neutrality dying a slow painful death, it is no surprise that in an investor call yesterday Comcast executive VP(and Darth Vader impersonator) David Cohen predicts bandwidth caps within the next 5 years. The cap would start at 300 GB and cost the customer subscriber an extra 10 USD for 50 GB. But, Cohen stated that “I would also predict that the vast majority of our customers would never be caught in the buying the additional buckets of usage, that we will always want to say the basic level of usage at a sufficiently high level that the vast majority of our customers are not implicated by the usage-based billing plan.”"
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+ - Verizon Wireless Said to Start Offering IPhone in ->

Submitted by finalcutmonstar
finalcutmonstar (1862890) writes "According to eh Bloomberg "Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone company, will start selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone next year, ending AT&T Inc.’s exclusive hold on the smartphone in the U.S., two people familiar with the plans said.

The device will be available to customers in January, according to the people, who declined to be named because the information isn’t public. Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman, and Jeffrey Nelson, a Verizon Wireless spokesman, declined to comment. ""
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+ - Pentagon Workers Tied To Child Porn

Submitted by finalcutmonstar
finalcutmonstar (1862890) writes "According to the Washington Post "The Boston Globe's Bryan Bender reported Friday that federal investigators "have identified several dozen Pentagon officials and contractors with high-level security clearances who allegedly purchased and downloaded child pornography, including an undisclosed number who used their government computers to obtain the illegal material."

Employees under investigation have included individuals from "the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — which deal with some of the most sensitive work in intelligence and defense — among other organizations within the Defense Department," the Globe reported, citing investigative reports."

Source : http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/07/boston_globe_pentagon_workers.html"

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him. -- Arthur R. Miller

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