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Comment Quick (Score 1) 670

I have a 3G iPad. I'd purchased the limited data plan, thinking I'd just add on the unlimited when i needed it. As soon as I saw this story, I jumped on my iPad, ordered the unlimited plan, and it told me once i used up the last 55mb of my 250mb for this month, it would switch me to the unlimited plan. I drove in to work with the map app running the whole way, that burned through 45mb, and as soon as i got into the office, I hit flickr.com and starting loading up as many images as I could. I was able to burn through that last 10mb in about 20 minutes. Now I'm officially on the unlimited data plan; hopefully I'll be grandfathered in. This is a great opportunity for another carrier to offer a competing iPad data plan!

Comment not vans; and didn't make money (Score 1) 513

They weren't vans, they were Ford Escapes.

the real reason they're dropping it is because everyone simply remembers where all the built-in cameras are; you just have to drop your speed to an indicated 76mph just before the cameras. (the speed limit is 65, the cameras only fire at 11mph over or more, and speedometers always read higher than you are really going).

and when they park a mobile camera ford escape, they put out a sign, saying "photo speed enforcement ahead", so you just have to pay attention for the signs, which if you're speeding, you better be paying attention anyway!

the cameras all made a bunch of money at first, then income dropped off a cliff after everyone learned the system.

Comment Re:Beat down (Score 1) 424

I kind of agree with both parties here; 1. shouldn't just let a thug get away with it, but 2. don't want to get killed in the process.

where I live, it's legal to carry a gun, as long as it's not concealed (you can get a permit to conceal too).

I would think the best thing to do would simply be to wear a gun while tracking down the iphone. I'd imagine that simply having it visible are going to tilt the odds way in favor of the thug either running away, or just handing over the iphone.

basically, once you're armed, you have the capability to handle escalation if it occurs, but until the thug escalates, you are simply tracking him down and politely asking for you iphone back.

note, I didn't say pull the gun out. the only time you draw a gun is if you intend to kill with it; the only time you should be trying to kill someone is if a reasonable person would consider there to be no other recourse; i.e., if he's threatening you with words, don't kill him. if he's swinging a baseball bat at you, rushing you with a knife, or brandishing a gun, then kill him.

Comment I boycott. (Score 1) 664

back when itunes first came out, I bought some songs. for various reasons, I got tired of dealing with the DRM, and I recently went through them all and re-encoded them without drm (burned to cd, re-imported). I will never buy another piece of music encoded with DRM.

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