A Grand Wireless Conspiracy Wi-Fi freeloader scares self, writes for NYTimes (old news - 03:28PM Thursday Aug 12 2004)
The New York Times is running an odd little story about an individual who bumps into a Verizon authentication screen while trying freeload on her neighbors wireless SBC connection. The screen prompts the author to assume Verizon has discovered her theft and is plotting against her, and she begins a confused quest to find out why. In reality she was never "in trouble"; the article simply a case of someone (and most of the people and techs she spoke to, apparently) failing to understand wireless technology. "I no longer have a free ride on the Internet", concludes the confused author.
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  Count Hogula3 John Forged Kerry Premium join:2004-07-10 Corona, CA 1 edit | Inaccuracy at the NYT Oh say it isn't so. How can anyone be surprised to see yet again, incompetents given space in that rag. The NYT is worthless for anything other than bird cage liner. | |
|  |   RR Conductor RailRoadDude Premium join:2002-04-02 Redwood Valley, CA | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT No, that would be fox news, now they deserve to be a cage liner. | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by RR Conductor : No, that would be fox news, now they deserve to be a cage liner.
Fox News is a television program, so that analogy doesn't work. | |
|  |  |  |   RR Conductor RailRoadDude Premium join:2002-04-02 Redwood Valley, CA | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT I know that, I was joking, but if they were a paper, that's where I'd put them, where they deserve to be, on the receiving end of what they dish out  | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by RR Conductor : I know that, I was joking, but if they were a paper, that's where I'd put them, where they deserve to be, on the receiving end of what they dish out 
ppffft... LOL!!!
[sarcasm] OH NOS!!1! the evil fox news [sarcasm]
Why do you insist on calling Fox "evil"? Do you have a problem with real news or something? Can we possibly have a discussion about a news organization without it instantly degrading into fox network bashing? Seriously... -- Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. -William S. Halsey | |
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join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT I think Fox News is actually run by Joseph Goebbels. | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by espressoman : I think Fox News is actually run by Joseph Goebbels.
Yeah, The Fox News Channel is run by a dead Nazi propagandist. Your idiocy hardly warrants comment, but rather speaks volumes as to the sad state of the hate filled Democratic Party.
Why don't you tell that to a holocaust survivor? -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com »media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/080304v1.wmv | |
|  |  |  |  |  |   espressoman
join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT Why do people get so defensive when you make a joke?
Sounds like someone is scared of the truth that a Revitalized Robot Zombie Joseph Goebbels actually runs Fox News! | |
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| quote: Your idiocy hardly warrants comment, but rather speaks volumes as to the sad state of the hate filled Democratic Party.
Oh, we all know that there is so much love (!) found in the GOP towards Democrats. Let's not lose the perspective... | |
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1 edit | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by How ironic: quote: Your idiocy hardly warrants comment, but rather speaks volumes as to the sad state of the hate filled Democratic Party.
Oh, we all know that there is so much love (!) found in the GOP towards Democrats. Let's not lose the perspective...
Again, if the Dems had put up someone like Biden or Lieberman, either would have my vote over Bush. IMO, Bush is NO Republican. He's a religious fanatic and his faith is getting in the way of his representing ALL Americans...failure to fund stem cell research a prime example of this, his Constitutional amendment plan...another.
There is plenty of perspective here...and objectivity. And with that, I take my rants elsewhere Have a great afternoon. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com
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| Uh, you're the one who started the media ranting. Criticizing NY Times is just as much "hate filled partisanship" as criticizing Fox News. The difference, of course, is that you agree with a certain side of the debate. -- Jimmysquid.com - I take pictures. | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by Rhobite : Uh, you're the one who started the media ranting. Criticizing NY Times is just as much "hate filled partisanship" as criticizing Fox News. The difference, of course, is that you agree with a certain side of the debate.
Clue for you...the article is based on the NYT. When there is one about The Fox News Channel, you are free to start bitching about them. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com »media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/080304v1.wmv | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by Count Hogula3 : said by Rhobite : Uh, you're the one who started the media ranting. Criticizing NY Times is just as much "hate filled partisanship" as criticizing Fox News. The difference, of course, is that you agree with a certain side of the debate.
Clue for you...the article is based on the NYT. When there is one about The Fox News Channel, you are free to start bitching about them.
I agree, this is pathetic, even a broadband site discussion can't be free from this tit for tat (you mention NYT, we mention FOX) BS. -- Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. -William S. Halsey | |
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join:2004-03-17 South Portland, ME 1 edit | It's interesting that you bitch about "hate filled partisanship" yet have the "Scary John Kerry" website and anti-Kerry video links in your signature. The hypocrisy of the right simply doesn't surprise me anymore. | |
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3 edits | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by ElJay : It's interesting that you bitch about "hate filled partisanship" yet have the "Scary John Kerry" website and anti-Kerry video links in your signature. The hypocrisy of the right simply doesn't surprise me anymore.
Yeah, Kerry's OWN WORDS are quite offensive to the Democratic Party. How are complete and in context Kerry quotes ANTI-KERRY? How is showing complete and in context Kerry's comments in interviews Anti-Kerry? Of course unless Kerry HIMSELF is anti-Kerry, which it seems you think that is the case. If not, perhaps you should bother going to a site before forming judgement....THAT'S hypocrisy. I know the DNC spent a week on the 4 months that Kerry was in Nam and conveniently SKIPPED his 19 years in the U.S. Senate...but that's a history you'll have to deal with if he's YOUR candidate. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com
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join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT Hey.. at least he went to Vietnam, and didn't waste his time at Yale blowing coke off of some hooker he found in the streets of New Haven. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |   Count Hogula3 John Forged Kerry Premium join:2004-07-10 Corona, CA 2 edits | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT Nice troll. At least make a vague attempt at staying on topic, which is the New York Times article and the retard that wrote it. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  DoubleT Premium join:2002-04-09 Dallas, TX | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT I believe the topic was about a NYT writer who thinks she lost her free internet access.
What topic were you trying to stay on? -- A member of -The Outfit-. | |
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| Whatever Bush is idiot that much we all know. What has Bush done over the last 20 years?
1. How many startup companies did he run into the ground five or was that six? 2. drug addict/boozer 3. failed investments into Baseball 4. what else ? oh yea Governor. | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT said by lvas : Whatever Bush is idiot that much we all know. What has Bush done over the last 20 years?
1. How many startup companies did he run into the ground five or was that six? 2. drug addict/boozer 3. failed investments into Baseball 4. what else ? oh yea Governor.
2. Clinton did the same (yeah he inhaled.) 3. Whitewater mean anything? 4. Governor of Arkansas (now there is a rich state.)  | |
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3 edits | said by lvas : Whatever Bush is idiot that much we all know. What has Bush done over the last 20 years?
1. How many startup companies did he run into the ground five or was that six? 2. drug addict/boozer 3. failed investments into Baseball 4. what else ? oh yea Governor.
Oh well, this thread is a lost cause Don't get me wrong, there is plenty I disagree with Bush on.
1. The Constitution of the United States is not a place to insert Family Law. A gay marriage ban at this time would be like inserting a ban on interracial marriage in the 50's.
2. Bush is a hypocrite when it comes to Israel. He calls on them for restraint when they're attacked, yet when we're attacked, we end 2 states and are now looking for more.
3. Bush handed out millions in an ill conceived farm bill that simply lined the pockets of supercorps like ADM, and dopes like Al Gore.
4. Bush's Medicare plan doesn't permit negotiation of drug prices and he won't allow drug imports which would save us potentially billions.
5. Seems every week he's selling us out to Mexico, costing states like California BILLIONS in unfunded mandates with the Federal failure to secure our borders.
...just to name a few.
If you want to disagree with Bush, do it with ISSUES, not mindless hate filled attacks that seem to be the only think coming from the leadership of the Democratic party lately.
If Lieberman was running, I would vote for him over Bush. But Kerry is a man without conviction. There is a long documented history of him changing his position with the wind. Even during this campaign, he goes to Detroit touting how he owns all these SUV's, then 2 weeks later claims oh, his family owns them not him, when challenged by environmentalists. Most recently, he's bragging he's on the list for a Ford Escape hybrid SUV...really? Which of the 5 mansions he has to heat is he going to stay in before he flies is private multimillion dollar fuel gulping jet to pick this thing up? He's flip flopped so many times it's sickening. On the Iraq war alone, he's flip flopped 5 times. For it, against it, for it, against it. Most recently he's for it...just in a different way which he so far has refused to clarify. During the convention he claims that we shouldn't send our troops into combat without the ammunition, body armor etc...even going so far as to bitch that families shouldn't have to pass around a collection plate to buy body armor...yet HE was part of a tiny handful that voted NAY against the $87B supplemental that PAID for body armor, that PAID for ammunition, that PAID for armor for humvees. On July 11th he stated that the war was a mistake. Yesterday he said that knowing then, what he knows now, WMDs and all, he still would have supported the ousting of Saddam. He's quite unbelievable.
Not until the primary system is changed will moderate level headed thinkers like McCain or Lieberman have a chance. Until then wack jobs of both parties rule their respective roosts.
I long for the days when the Democratic Party is again the party of Roosevelt, Truman and JFK rather than hate mongers like Michael Moore. When Democrats stood for working people, not fringe special interests.
I long for the days when the Republican Party is again the party of SMALLER government who respect individual liberty and stands against this neo-Fascism the neocons are ramming down our throats. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT I wouldn't vote for Lieberman, personally. On the other hand, I also don't consider someone who sticks to ONE thing and doesn't re-think ANYTHING to not be brilliant at all. Sure, he's changed his mind before. Big deal, people change their minds all the time. Yes, I am voting for him and I am aware of his history, and it isn't 'bad' at all. How about the people that point to him opposing Bush's tax cuts? Well, most people should know that the tax 'relief' only relieved the upper class of America. There were constant articles and video clips of interviews with people like Warren Buffet asking why he got a tax break and not the poor or the middle class.
There are plenty of people that are thinking "damnit" when they realized they got lied to by the Bush administration. Its human nature to be wrong, but at least some people are admitting their mistakes. Not only does Bush have more money in his campaign 'war chest' than the Kerry campaign, the Bush family has more money than the Kerry family does. He's not some middle-class American guy either...not by a long shot.
I agree that he has no business what he's doing with the constitution and 90% of everything else that Bush says and does. However, you cannot bash people for alleged "hate mongering" when you are doing it yourself. Just because you're doing it in a nicer way doesn't mean you aren't 'hate mongering'.
Do you know WHY he said nay to the $87 *Billion* extra for that? You need to look that up, because they later admitted that they can't account for nearly a billion dollars spent on Iraq. The bloated and slow deparment of defense has also allowed companies to charge way too much for their services. Some of these services aren't even being done, and they still pay it. Go search for associated press articles, because that is where they are from. If they aren't spending the alloted money properly to begin with, they don't deserve to have more. This is beside the point that we shouldn't be doing this alone. A nation recovering from a brief economical meltdown can't rebuild a nation on its own, no matter how awesome any of you may think it is.
You are right on the medicare comment. However, as a Pharmacy Technician for the last 5 years, I have dealt directly with insurance and the drug companies a lot and I would expand that further. More things than that need to be changed. This summer, in my home state of Minnesota, I got to see Kerry in St. Paul and heard some of his comments. I have never seen him waver in his ideas on that industry (since that seems so important to people), and he has my vote for that as well. | |
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3 edits | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT Well I never got a job from a poor person, so I'm not so offended that the people who paid the most taxes got more back. Two facts remain. As a percentage of what was paid, the poor got back more than the high income earners. And the bottom 50% of income earners still pay less than 4% of the total income tax.
As for the so-called lies.
If Bush lied...
said by John F Kerry:
June 2003 Kerry Said It Would Be Irresponsible
To Draw Conclusions That Suggest President Misled On WMD. ABCS GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: I know you said youre agnostic about whether or not he misled the public on weapons of mass destruction. But do you have a hunch on whether you think they hyped the intelligence? KERRY: George, again, I think it would be irresponsible of me at this point to draw conclusions prior to all the evidence being on the table. (ABCs This Week, 6/15/03)
March 2003 As War Began, Kerry Said Saddam Chose To Make Military Force The Ultimate Weapons Inspections Enforcement Mechanism. Senator John F. Kerry
had lambasted Bushs diplomatic efforts, despite voting last fall in support of a congressional resolution authorizing military action to disarm Iraq of any weapons of mass destruction. It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons inspections enforcement mechanism, Kerry said. (Glen Johnson, Critics Of Bush Voice Support For The Troops, The Boston Globe, 3/20/03)
Kerry Said Saddam Husseins WMD Are A Threat. I think Saddam Husseins weapons of mass destruction are a threat, and thats why I voted to hold him accountable and to make certain that we disarm him. I think we need to
(NPRs All Things Considered, 3/19/03)
February 2003 Kerry Said Leaving Saddam Hussein Unfettered With Nuclear Weapons Or Weapons Of Mass Destruction Is Unacceptable. (Jill Lawrence, War Issue Challenges Democratic Candidates, USA Today, 2/12/03)
Kerry Described Secretary Of State Colin Powells Evidence Of WMD In Iraq As Real And Compelling. [Kerry] said the Bush administration has taken too long to make its case for military action, but nonetheless I am glad weve reached this moment in our diplomacy. Kerry added: Convincing evidence of Saddam Husseins possession of weapons of mass destruction should trigger, I believe, a final ultimatum from the United Nations for a full, complete, immediate disarmament of those weapons by Iraq. Over the next hours, I will work with my colleagues in the Senate to fully examine the evidence offered by the secretary for a complete and close reading. But, on its face, the evidence against Saddam Hussein appears real and compelling. (Wayne Washington, Kennedy, Others Question Timing Of Attack But Presidential Hopefuls Back War With Iraq, The Boston Globe, 2/6/03)
January 2003 Kerry Said, If You Dont Believe Saddam Hussein Is A Threat With Nuclear Weapons, Then You Shouldnt Vote For Me. (Ronald Brownstein, On Iraq, Kerry Appears Either Torn Or Shrewd, Los Angeles Times, 1/31/03)
Kerry Described Threat Of Saddam Hussein With WMD As Real, But Not New. [W]e need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. We all know the litany of his offenses. He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. He miscalculated an eight-year war with Iran. He miscalculated the invasion of Kuwait. He miscalculated Americas response to that act of naked aggression. He miscalculated the result of setting oil rigs on fire. He miscalculated the impact of sending scuds into Israel and trying to assassinate an American President. He miscalculated his own military strength. He miscalculated the Arab worlds response to his misconduct. And now he is miscalculating Americas response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. That is why the world, through the United Nations Security Council, has spoken with one voice, demanding that Iraq disclose its weapons programs and disarm. (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1/23/03)
October 2002 Mr. Kerry
Said Iraqs Weapons Of Mass Destruction Posed A Real And Grave Threat To The United States. (Dave Boyer, Key Senators Of Both Parties Back Bush On Iraq War, The Washington Times, 10/10/02)
Kerry Questioned Saddams Actions With Respect To His WMD Capability. Why is Saddam Hussein pursuing weapons that most nations have agreed to limit or give up? Why is Saddam Hussein guilty of breaking his own cease-fire agreement with the international community? Why is Saddam Hussein attempting to develop nuclear weapons when most nations dont even try, and responsible nations that have them attempt to limit their potential for disaster? Why did Saddam Hussein threaten and provoke? Why does he develop missiles that exceed allowable limits? Why did Saddam Hussein lie and deceive the inspection teams previously? Why did Saddam Hussein not account for all of the weapons of mass destruction which UNSCOM identified? Why is he seeking to develop unmanned airborne vehicles for delivery of biological agents? Does he do all of these things because he wants to live by international standards of behavior? Because he respects international law? Because he is a nice guy underneath it all and the world should trust him? (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 10/9/02, p. S10171)
Kerry Called It Naive To The Point Of Grave Danger To Leave Saddam To His Own Devices. It would be naive to the point of grave danger not to believe that, left to his own devices, Saddam Hussein will provoke, misjudge, or stumble into a future, more dangerous confrontation with the civilized world. (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 10/9/02, p. S10171)
Kerry Said Threat Of Saddam Hussein With Weapons Of Mass Destruction Is Real. The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation. (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 10/9/02, p. S10171)
Kerry: I Am Prepared To Hold Saddam Hussein Accountable And Destroy His Weapons Of Mass Destruction. (Ronald Brownstein, Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Differ On War In Iraq, Los Angeles Times, 10/6/02)
September 2000 Kerry Said There Is Nothing More Destabilizing Or Threatening [To The World] Than Weapons Of Mass Destruction. I think all of us are deeply concerned about the degree to which certain countries seem to be contributing to the potential of instability in the world. Obviously, there is nothing more destabilizing or threatening than weapons of mass destruction. We have spent an enormous amount of time and energy focused on Iraq, on Iran, on Russia, on loose nukes, on nuclear materials, and of course on China and on the issue of the transfer of technology to Pakistan. (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 9/11/00, p. S8321)
December 1998 Kerry Defended Clintons 1998 Attacks Because Saddam Is Pursuing
Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Americans need to really understand the gravity and legitimacy of what is happening with Saddam Hussein. He has been given every opportunity in the world to comply. The president does not control the schedule of UNSCOM. The president did not withdraw the UNSCOM inspectors. And the president did not, obviously, cut a deal with Saddam Hussein to do this at this moment. Saddam Hussein has not complied. Saddam Hussein is pursuing a program to build weapons of mass destruction.(Sen. John Kerry, Press Conference, 12/16/98)
September 1998 Kerry Said, Were Going To Have To Make Some Fundamental Decisions About Whether To Follow A Policy Of Containment Or Deprive Iraq Of Its Weapons Of Mass Destruction. (Eric Schmitt, U.N. Arms Inspector Who Quit Is Told He Cant Make Policy, The New York Times, 9/4/98)
February 1998 Kerry Said Saddam Had Already Used WMD And Had Intent To Do So Again. [T]here are set of principles here that are very large, larger in some measure than I think has been adequately conveyed, both internationally and certainly to the American people. Saddam Hussein has already used these weapons and has made it clear that he has the intent to continue to try, by virtue of his duplicity and secrecy, to continue to do so. That is a threat to the stability of the Middle East. It is a threat with respect to the potential of terrorist activities on a global basis. It is a threat even to regions near but not exactly in the Middle East. (Sen. John Kerry, Press Conference, 2/23/98)
Kerry Said That If Saddams Weapon Capability Was Not Eliminated We Will Be Called On To Send Our Ships And Our Troops At One Point In The Future Back To The Middle East. Saddam Hussein has violated
that standard [against using weapons of mass destruction] on several occasions previously and by most people's expectation, no matter what agreement we come up with, may well do so again. The greater likelihood is that we will be called on to send our ships and our troops at one point in the future back to the Middle East to stand up to the next crisis. (Sen. John Kerry, Press Conference, 2/23/98)
December 1997 Kerry Urged U.N. To Eliminate Iraqs Suspected Infrastructure For Developing And Manufacturing Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Democratic Senator John Kerry has said: The Security Council should authorize a strong UN military response that will materially damage, if not totally destroy, as much as possible of the suspected infrastructure for developing and manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. He added that Saddam Hussein has intentionally or inadvertently set up a test which the entire world will be watching, and if he gets away with this arrogant ploy, he will have terminated the most important multilateral effort to defuse a legitimate threat to global security. (US Lawmakers Threaten Military Action Against Iraq, Agence France Presse, 12/12/97)
November 1997 Kerry Warned U.S. Senate Of Saddams WMD Capabilities. It is not possible to overstate the ominous implications for the Middle East if Saddam were to develop and successfully militarize and deploy potent biological weapons. We can all imagine the consequences. Extremely small quantities of several known biological weapons have the capability to exterminate the entire population of cities the size of Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. These could be delivered by ballistic missile, but they also could be delivered by much more pedestrian means; aerosol applicators on commercial trucks easily could suffice. If Saddam were to develop and then deploy usable atomic weapons, the same holds true. (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 11/9/97, pp. S12254 -S12255)
January 1991 Kerry Acknowledged Saddam Working Toward Development Of WMD For Years. If we go to war in the next few days, it will not be because our immediate vital interests are so threatened and we have no other choice. It is not because of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons when, after all, Saddam Hussein had all those abilities or was working toward them for years .... (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 1/12/91, p. S369)
October 1990 Kerry Said Iraq Has Developed A Chemical Weapons Capability. Today, we are confronted by a regional power, Iraq, which has attacked a weaker state, Kuwait. ... The crisis is even more threatening by virtue of the fact that Iraq has developed a chemical weapons capability, and is pursuing a nuclear weapons development program. And Saddam Hussein has demonstrated a willingness to use such weapons of mass destruction in the past, whether in his war against Iran or against his own Kurdish population. (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 10/2/90, p. S14330)
So did Kerry, for the last 14 years.
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But that's enough of my rant (for the second time). I'm votin' for who I'm votin' for. You're gonna vote for who you want. And I think that's great. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com
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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  DoubleT Premium join:2002-04-09 Dallas, TX | Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT And yet again, show me where politics has anything to do with the topic? -- A member of -The Outfit-. | |
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| Re: Inaccuracy at the NYT I guess you have difficulty following a thread. I made the argument that this type of ignorance is typical for the New York Times. Others took that as a political statement since it's fairly known that the NYT is a left leaning news source. I clarified my position.
If you have a problem with the direction this thread as you has taken, as you have stated once already today, feel free to refer it to a moderator. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com »media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/080304v1.wmv | |
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join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | Heh.. I wasn't trying to troll... Just was following along with the Fox News topic. Either way, at least we can agree that this woman is an idiot. | |
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1 edit | Stoooopid Dam if I was such a retardo I sure would not broadcast it like this. NYT has turned into a piece-o-crap newspaper, and It used to be one of the greatest newspapers in the world; to bad.
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I'm wondering if this article is just made-up fantasy that accidently got stuck in the news section. Please tell me people aren't this stupid. | |
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| Re: Unghhh... said by fireflier :
"Professional" wrestling (i.e. WWE) is one of the most popular venues on television (or so I'm told). Out of the large numbers watching it, some significant portion actually believe it's real.
No one believes wrestling is real. It's just live theater that pseudo-intellectuals like to look down their noses at. | |
|  |  |  |   fireflier Coffee. . .Need Coffee Premium join:2001-05-25 Limbo | Re: Unghhh... No one believes wrestling is real.
You've obviously never had the pleasure of running across some of the individuals I have. . . -- Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? | |
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| Re: Unghhh... said by fireflier :
No one believes wrestling is real.
You've obviously never had the pleasure of running across some of the individuals I have. . .
I think I know some too. -- »www.fiberal.ca/ We need Arnie! | |
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| Here's an idea.... How about this you friggin idiot, go out and get you own connection if your mooching (her words, not mine, I'd piggyback on a neighbors Wi-Fi and split the cost if I could) has come to an end, but damnit, the Coffee shop offers free Wi-Fi if I drink $10 worth of Latte each day while on their premises.
Or even better, troubleshoot your lack of SBC wireless access!! | |
|  |  |  |  |  |   calvoiper
join:2003-03-31 Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Re: ya know Yeah, we'd all screw up in those jobs--
BUT WE WOULDN'T PRETEND TO BE EXPERTS AND WRITE FOR OTHERS ABOUT THEM!!!
This gig certainly isn't the first thing Napoli has screwed up--check out her bio at: www.watergate.info/napoli/napolibio.html
Is it true that the NYT motto has switched from "We make it up!" to "We screw it up!"?
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|  |  |  |   jap Premium join:2003-08-10 038xx
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| Re: ya know said by calvoiper : BUT WE WOULDN'T PRETEND TO BE EXPERTS AND WRITE FOR OTHERS ABOUT THEM!!!
I didn't take it that she claimed any expertise or understanding. It's simply a fluff filler article of the "lifestyle" variety the NYTimes used to pad it's "Circuits" section - a lame, non-technical section by any measure, to be sure.
So, now that it's been picked up as somehow noteworthy by BBR and posted here the more interesting question is why is the readership here so shocked & righteously indignant that this piece was written & published? My guess is Karl posted it to massage the arrogant indignation you and others so happily delivered, amusing himself with his ability to illicit displays of self-righteous social cluelessness with vapid articles of somewhat less righteous cluelessness. So Karl, do you care to weigh-in on this? Have you consciously played your audience?
I find it embarrassing that people here blame her. What, for successfully selling an article to a publisher? For all I know she may be capable of writing a decent piece - but if you say not then I'm willing to believe that too. Point is the NYTimes bought it, ran it, and BBR perpetuates this vapid piece by throwing it up here for *some* reason. Ya'll look sillier than Ms. VapidReporter getting all up in arms over an obvious filler piece. It's a dumb piece, so what? They sell to publishers & get used by every paper to fill blank space. A waste, yes, but also harmless. | |
|  |  |  |  |   calvoiper
join:2003-03-31 Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Re: ya know I strongly disagree with your assertion that it's harmless.
It leaves a strong negative impression about Wi-Fi in the mind of the casual reader--that this is an area where you can really get in trouble for "stealing" without really realizing it.
With claptrap pieces like this being published about broadband, is it any wonder that our broadband penetration and take rates are so low compared to other nations?
Pick something you care strongly about, jap, and then imagine some "fluff writer" trashes it unnecessarily in the NYT out of sheer ignorance. You might get some understanding of why people here reacted so strongly. Pick anything--even a political or religious viewpoint--and visualize a NYT article that is obviously written by a total ignoramus on the subject and that gets most all of the fundamentals wrong. That's what we're talking about here.
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|  |   KrK Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK | That's why Pop Up ads and the like actually work.
Many people, if they see an official looking screen, will believe there's something to it. | |
|   espressoman
join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | uh...
I hear they got the internet on computers now... | |
|   treetop1000
join:2003-11-07 Lexington, KY
| Not inaccurate article, just confused n00b user. Why does she think she's stealing wireless access from her neighbor? Is she so slow as to think that he is the only person close to her with an unsecure WAP? If his isp is SBC, why does she think Verizon is somehow connected to his WAP?. If all else fails, this girl should get herself a cantenna, point it out the window, and use a sniffer to find the next unsecured access point. I was forced to cut my daughters DSL access due to low grades and she still had access via the neighbors unsecured WAP (way slower though). Ended up taking away her wireless NIC out, (amidst much screaming and posturing) and she went back to dialup for the term of her punishment(until the grades came back up). | |
|  |   cbrigante2 Cubs 20?? Premium join:2002-11-22 North Aurora, IL
| Re: Not inaccurate article, just confused n00b user. said by treetop1000 : Why does she think she's stealing wireless access from her neighbor? Is she so slow as to think that he is the only person close to her with an unsecure WAP? If his isp is SBC, why does she think Verizon is somehow connected to his WAP?. If all else fails, this girl should get herself a cantenna, point it out the window, and use a sniffer to find the next unsecured access point. I was forced to cut my daughters DSL access due to low grades and she still had access via the neighbors unsecured WAP (way slower though). Ended up taking away her wireless NIC out, (amidst much screaming and posturing) and she went back to dialup for the term of her punishment(until the grades came back up).
Your daughter a journalism major?;):p | |
|   Goober
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1 edit | Guilt got her Maybe it's one of those cases where she felt guilty all along for mooching the SBC service.
Then, when the Verizon authentication screen appeared, the guilt got the better of her and she freaked. Guilty mind and conscience.
Edit: Or maybe she's just an idiot . . . | |
|  |   Warzau Premium join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL clubs: | Re: Guilt got her I vote idiot, but what amazes me is that even though she admited to stealing, she felt somewhat offended that she didnt have access. Anyone have SBCs number? | |
|  |  |   Goober
join:2000-12-17 Naperville, IL | Re: Guilt got her Thank goodness for dummies. It at least gives us some cheap entertainment. | |
|  |  |   martissimo
join:2001-12-01 Las Vegas, NV clubs:
| My impression of it was that since her neighbor knew she was "stealing" that she probably just referred to it that way instead of "sharing" so that he didn't have to worry about gettin in any possible trouble from SBC over the article.
but who knows | |
|  |   Goober
join:2000-12-17 Naperville, IL | It was probably bothering her inside or at least making her hypersensitive to theft-of0service type issues.
People are so silly sometimes. | |
|   whfsdude Premium join:2003-04-05 Washington, DC | +1 idiot +1 for idiot. I bet she wasn't even connected to her neighbor's wifi. | |
|   espressoman
join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | SBC != NY If she lives in NY, no one around her should be using SBC. SBC is only in Connecticut... everything else in the Northeast is Verizon. So she's just plain stupid... and so his her neighbor. | |
|  |   Rhobite Premium join:2002-02-24 Cambridge, MA clubs:
| Re: SBC != NY The article says she's in LA. I believe SBC does offer DSL there. SBC is not just in Connecticut. I did a google search though, and I got this troubling result: »www.sbc.com/dsl-in-los-angeles.html
SBC is using doorway pages! They hired some dirty moronic SEO company to increase their rank. Guess it worked, but sites that do this should be banned from Google. -- Jimmysquid.com - I take pictures. | |
|  |  |  NavyNeuroDoc
join:2004-06-16 Silverdale, WA | Re: SBC != NY She states at the beginning of the article that she lives in downtown LA. | |
|  |  |   espressoman
join:2001-08-10 North Branford, CT | Hah.. so much for me reading the first line of the article... Anycase.. why would Verizon be servicing in an SBC area? Maybe she picked up some crazy Verizon wireless thing like a T-Mobile hotspot.. .or whatever... | |
|  |  |  |   roamer1 sticking it out at you
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| Re: SBC != NY said by espressoman : Hah.. so much for me reading the first line of the article... Anycase.. why would Verizon be servicing in an SBC area?
In this specific case, it's Verizon Avenue, a VZ subsidiary that provides phone and high-speed Internet (and until a year or so ago, cable TV) service to residents of select apartment/condo properties outside VZ's traditional service areas. »www.vzavenue.com/
-SC -- "it seems like all you ever buy is Abercrombie and cell phones" --a friend
No-Bull SE US Wireless Info: »www.sewireless.info/ Atlanta Apt/Condo Cable & Broadband Info: »www.atlaptcable.info/ | |
|   Hall Premium,MVM join:2000-04-28 Dayton, OH | It helps to read me thinks no one has actually read the entire article. I sure wouldn't base my comments on the text posted on this site. It's pretty accurate, but incomplete. | |
|  |   jdmurray Premium join:2001-03-02 Huntington Beach, CA clubs:
| Re: It helps to read I just read then entire article and I'm mystified as to the point of it. She typically uses a friend's WAP that is connected to SBC for Internet access. One day, her laptop roams to a stronger signal from a WAP connected to Verizon, which requires authentication to gain access. All perfectly kosher with 802.11.
Unfortunately, she never found anyone who could explain to her how to configure her laptop's wireless client manager to only connect to her friend's WAP and to no other. So now she think that she's forced to drink Dizzyland lattes to get free Internet access.
WHAT'S THE FRIGGIN' POINT OF THIS STORY??? :p | |
|  |  |   calvoiper
join:2003-03-31 Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Re: It helps to read I doubt that the NYT could express a point for the story they printed. They were obviously trying to look "hip"--which is, incidentally, something you occasionally accomplish by doing something stupid--like starting smoking.
Maybe it worked--perhaps people in bars on the upper east side tonight will be saying "Did you read Napoli's piece on Wi-Fi? She's really current, 'cause the same thing happened to me!"
Or maybe the NYT just thinks it will help their LA circulation numbers by having some story, ANY STORY, from LA. [Pathetic either way...]
I think the point of the story here on BBR is to show how utterly incompetent, confused, and gullible the mainstream press is on broadband issues.
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|   saber11 Check Six Premium join:2000-06-09 Clayton, OH
| Report Paul Maybe somone needs to report this idiots neighbor Paul? I'm not familier with SBC's TOS, but if it's like most companies, knowingly letting someone who does not reside in your residence access would be considerd a violation of the TOS.
So paul can get his service yanked, and have the moocher to thank. -- XM Satellite radio, saving people from FM one sub at a time. »www.xm411.com | |
|  moonpuppy
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| Amazing...... The so called "moral" people who tell us to vote a certain way and claim integrity through their articles, are the same ones who steal internet service. 
Let's not get into details here. She was stealing and "Paul" let her steal the connection. This could be a matter of illegal reselling or leasing (even though he did not charge her.)
What this article should be saying is that there can be many wireless access points in the same apartment building. I know of at least 3 other Linksys routers in my complex that my laptop sees occasionally. People think they automatically go to a certain router and that's it.
This should also serve a lesson to people to secure their systems. If someone got the idea (already done in Canada) someone could get Kazaa working or even surf child porn on your connection. Kinda hard to find out who did it when you have an open access point. You could be held responsible as most police officials have no clue about computer crime. | |
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| What a twit. So she winds up surfing onto a Verizon access point rather than the neighbor's access point she regularly mooches off of. BFD. Get your own Internet access. Then you can set up your very own WAP and be happy. You could probably get DSL Extreme for the same price you pay for a month of daily Lattes at the coffee bar of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Cue the world's smallest violin.
PS: the flamewar was not appreciated and 1,000% off topic. Way to go, guys. -- Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. Now available in several CPU flavors! | |
|  |  |  |   madmatt5
join:2002-04-06 Citrus Heights, CA
| Warning! Blatant Apple slam ahead.... Her choice in hardware explains it all... 
I returned to my apartment in downtown Los Angeles, opened my Apple iBook, and fired up the browser, ready for some high-speed urban surfing. Couldn't resist. We M$ drones need to get a dig in evey once in a while...  | |
|  |   big monkey
join:2002-02-19 Charlotte, NC
| Re: Warning! Blatant Apple slam ahead....
I was thinkin' the same thing, Mads.
I cannot tell you the number of Apple users I've known over the years who just do wacky things. Like box-up and send a laptop to Apple for repair when there is some sort of error message during boot -- wait WEEKS to get it back. Or install an entirely new OS just to get some do-hicky dongle to work, find out it doesn't work well, and go buy a whole new rig.
It's like they assume since it's Apple, it has to good. We Win-drones at least KNOW our platform is crap and behave accordingly.
Same deal with this chick. Verizon REACHED INTO her magical iBook and did something to upset computing perfection. | |
|  JustMeCM
join:2004-08-08 Saint Helen, MI | whats any of the story have to do with politics ? i found this story an amusing little read, news doesn't have to be bad or earth shattering. sometimes it's nice to read a light story | |
|  |   Count Hogula3 John Forged Kerry Premium join:2004-07-10 Corona, CA
| Re: whats any of the story have to do with politics ? Just as some Conservatives identify with The Fox News Channel, some liberals identify with the New York Times. And when either outlet is criticised, right or wrong, they take it as a personal afront to their beliefs and will defend the outlet. -- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com »media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/080304v1.wmv | |
|  |  |   KrK Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK | Re: whats any of the story have to do with politic ....Or, they launch an immediate attack on the outlet whenever they hear it mentioned or brought up somehow or somewhere... which is *exactly* what you did.  | |
|  |  |  |   Count Hogula3 John Forged Kerry Premium join:2004-07-10 Corona, CA
4 edits | Re: whats any of the story have to do with politic The DSLR article covered a story in the Times by a writer who obviously didn't know what she was talking about yet was given space in the NYT anyway. I find this to be typical of the Times.
If that pains you for whatever reason, take it up with the Times, or perhaps tell the DSLR Ed to skip stores that portray the New York Times in a bad light.
But if it makes you happy, I won't post in the news section anymore. 
-- »www.scaryjohnkerry.com
»media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/080304v1.wmv | |
|  |  |  |  |   KrK Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK | Re: whats any of the story have to do with politic Heh... Basically, you just couldn't resist attacking the NYT.... people of course, recognized it for what it was, which is why the return Salvo was an direct hit on Fox News.
Ah, politics. | |
|   IGGY No Guru Just Here To Help Premium,MVM join:2001-03-30 Chatham, IL
1 edit | Major Hijacking Wow people sure know how to stray 100% off topic around here don't they? I thought I was bad in this regard.
This writer seems a little non brain oriented to me. You have to be pretty stupid to admit publicly that you steal someones service on a regular basis. Some would say borrow. Not only does the "reporter" make this blunder. They even name the neighbor they steal from. And state that this person is ok with it.
Going to be funny if SBC tracks this down. And the "next door neighbor, Paul" loses his broadband connection for violation of the TOS.
"I e-mailed my friend Andy Schwartzman, who doesn't happen to be just any friend. He runs the Media Access Project, an advocacy group in Washington known, among other things, for fighting the Federal Communications Commission on media consolidation. He wrote back immediately that I should not be so nonchalant. There was an access issue here, he said; Verizon should not be able to tell a subscriber to its service what to do with it."
Since when? ISP have TOS. If that gets violated they can take action. Granted it would great if we could do whatever we wanted when we wanted to. But I'm sure this anarchy would have a negative effect. I didn't know it wasn't legal for ISP to put rules on customer usage. Must be a new law. Cool.:D lol. -- Test Your Security Benefit for Children's Oncology Group Cable Modem Diagnostics | |
|  |   b11ngO0
join:2004-08-02 Canada
| Re: Major Hijacking In a agreement for my isp, I understand that if they wanted too, they could display the list of sites I visited to all media around the world if they so wish.
I may be wrong. But if pushed, could go drag up that piece in the contract agreement.
Image if I looked at porn all day, and am then advertised for doing so to the world. Shame I tell you.
Again. This is just from memory, and I may be wrong about this.
Maybe I'll go look again, and post it here.
Right here. »https://secure.shaw.ca/policy/Use-Policy.asp Quote. quote:
Shaw has no obligation to monitor transmissions made on the Services. However, Shaw has the right to monitor such transmissions and to disclose the same in accordance with Shaws Privacy Policy (»www.shaw.ca/privacypolicy). By using the Services to publish, transmit or distribute content, a user is warranting that the content complies with this Policy and licenses and authorizes Shaw to reproduce, publish, distribute and display such content worldwide.
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|  |  B Premium,MVM join:2000-10-28
| I agree with IGGY. Shame on you folks for such an irrelevant political threadjacking.
The NYT author is clearly an idiot. I can't BELIEVE she gets paid to write for the technology section of the NY Times! Going on and on calling Verizon when she's trying to share an SBC connection!
Even after her idiocy is explained to her, she blames the problem on a labrador retriever! She is an embarassment.
If neighhbor "Paul" wants to share his access with Idiot Girl (I don't know SBC's terms of service and am not inclined to check) then he should properly secure his damned access point and give Idiot Girl the WEP or WPA keys. And Idiot Girl should set her little Macintosh to associate ONLY with that AP. Sheesh.
How is anybody supposed to learn from Idiot Girl's clueless ramblings in print?
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