Actually, no it can't. The last time I was there with my son and daughter (~3 months ago) they told me that the policy going into place will require that the name on the card that gets tapped or phone that gets bonked match one of the member names on the account. I pointed out that seemed kind of dumb given that I (the member) is standing right there handing them the membership card and the money is the same color regardless of who's name is on the account. I got a "can't do anything about it" shrug from the cashier and a second shrug when I asked what if they pay with cash.

IT guy I worked with years ago was more right than we knew at the time. He always said, "Windows is a virus". M$ certainly seems to doing their level best to make good on that sentiment.

Always wondered where PHP came from.

...is a good name for a heavy metal band

... the inevitable 0-day (it's M$, there *will* 0-days) gets exploited (it *will* be exploited) and somebody figures out (do i need to say it?) how to BSOD an entire squad simultaneously?
... "hold up, guys. We can't attack. It's Patch Tuesday."?
... that guy that surfs the less savory porn sites downloads a worm that infects the batallion server?
... or ...

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these puppies.

Back in 2001 I got laid off and was *this* *close* to getting a job with these bozos.

I was *also* in the final interview, pre-offer stages to take a job with Adelphia at their headquarters in backwoods Pennsylvania (apologies in advance to any readers from Coudersport. I'm sure it's very nice, and i would have likely enjoyed living there, but i also would have preferred to be employed.)

<whizzzzz> multiple. bullets. dodged.

wow. tone-deaf hipster much?

A online data entry form demands the years you attended college - calendar years, not number of years. "Your" years aren't there. Your choices - Lie and say you went to college at a different time (good luck with the verification process), or omit college altogether because "it's more than 20 years old". Lie, get caught, get thrown out. Omit, don't make it past the first layer "they need this much education".

except for the inevitable DRM that will eventually be added to the battery that will not allow it to be charged except by a volvo-specified charging certified mechanic that uses a plug with 16.8 prongs all varying in length by 1 millimeter. The DRM will be cracked less than 24 hours after it's been put on the market but the 8 year old who cracks it will spend his entire adolescent and adult life involved in endless DMCA suits and appeals.

And Samsung's success has come largely from ripping Apple off. I don't like what this case says about our patent system, but when you look at what Samsung has done, it's hard to argue the jury got it wrong.

You're anecdotal evidence doesn't mean shit. How many devices that were launched pre-ICS have official upgrades available?

Wow, so the S3 is outselling a phone that:

1) Has been out for almost a full year
2) Was a minor refresh of a phone that came out a year before *that*
3) Is about to be replaced in ~30 days?

It must be awesome then. I'm guessing you won't be so eager to use units sold as a proxy for how good the phone is in another month or so...

Sorry, here in the US the phone itself typically runs $199 with a 2 year contract (carrier subsidized). That's the only premium I can think the OP would be referring to, since monthly charges don't take your device into account.

Highly rated by whom? They may be fine devices, but mostly I'm flabbergasted by the notion that you think Samsung is an innovator here. Regardless of whether I think it deserves a lawsuit, Samsung has done nothing but copy Apple nearly verbatim, even down to the fucking icons. Not to mention if the S3 is so great, when can we expect to see it on AT&T? T-mobile? You won't because of the deals Samsung has to make with the carriers to get them to push these phones for the next month until the next whiz bang Android device comes out.

The difference is that I choose Apple, and I can choose another phone at any time. The carriers are all the same.