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11/21/2007 21:43 #42229

September Eleven
Category: politics
First off, Happy Thanksgiving
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Rudy Guilliani
No matter how diverse our political feelings are here on estrip. I think that we can probably agree that no one likes Rudolph Guilliani, right? I just can't get over his inability to pronounce the "th" in eleventh.

Check out this mp3

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::



I got it from the september 11th remix site.

The iphone in Germany

I would also like to point out today that German law triumphed in a way over Apple when tmobile in Germany was forced to sell the iphone unlocked (although very expensively).

T-Mobile's new unrestricted phone option will cost €999 ($1,477), versus €399 (US$590) for a locked phone purchased with a two-year T-Mobile contract.



However, what makes it even better is that anyone who already bought the iphone there is getting them unlocked for free. How, the Euro has gotten so expensive or the dollar has gotten so cheap.

Who looks at these advertisments?
I frankly cannot believe that web advertisments work. It seems like every site is having more and more of them, so are the ones they have less sucessful. I find it so easy to totally ignore the advertisments. Like who click on the Garnier advertisment way the frick down at the bottom of the christian science monitor of all place

Look how far down it is. It is even further down on the real non-zoomed out version of the site
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mrdeadlier - 11/23/07 12:23
Here's a link from way back in May about Giuliani slamming Ron Paul for talking common sense.

:::link:::

Also, here's a great YouTube link as well: :::link:::

Rudy is hoping to ride 9/11 all the way to the White House. Come on, if that event had never happened he would be fighting Ron Paul in bottom tier of Republican candidates right now.
empireoflight - 11/21/07 23:18
Web advertising is in complete turmoil. Some of the best advertising people in the world have no clue how the web works or who is looking at their ads. Apple and VW are exceptions, of course-being the very best of the very best and knowing what it's all about. But most ads are built by local agencies with dinosaur creative/art directors making these billboards for the web and putting them wherever some AE tells them to put them and how to put them there while years of experience in print advertising goes completely out the window. It's sad.

11/20/2007 23:14 #42218

My New HTC Tilt phone
Category: mobile
Is an ATT phone and it will have flash, streaming radio, instant messaging, a 3 megapixel camera, 3g/wifi/bluetooth, outlook email GPS, a keyboard, a terminal and tethering. All the requirements for my next phone. Here is a good review. It is normally $599 but amazon has them on sale for $174. You have to love the new customer deals.

Someone had told me that ATT didn't have 3G in buffalo. I guess that was wrong because according to their coverage maps it does.

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I freakin can't wait till it comes and I can use the GPS so I stop getting lost on the way to and from work.

(e:terry) and (e:matthew) got sony ericson walkman phones. We will see how that goes.
paul - 11/21/07 23:51
I didn't realize this was going to be a last one who finishes has to eat the pizza kind of dinner party, lol.
joshua - 11/21/07 14:03
Like I always say, any guy that says he doesn't yerk it is a liar!
james - 11/21/07 11:50
ah! I was mistaken. It isn't an intervention. It is a potluck meeting of Masterbators semi-anonymous.
joshua - 11/21/07 11:37
Oh is that true? Then line me up as patient #2. =(
james - 11/21/07 11:20
  • Paul, don't read this*

guys, the estrip potluck dinner isn't an actual dinner. It is an intervention for Paul.

Oh, not for the technology addiction. That is lovable. It is for his chronic masturbation problem.
joshua - 11/21/07 11:08
I was going to say that (e:paul) but I'm glad you did - seriously, I don't know anybody that has a swiss knife phone like you!
paul - 11/21/07 10:15
I think I have a handheld technology addiction... help
lilho - 11/21/07 00:45
phones???? will you answer???? i miiiiiisssss you guys so much!

11/20/2007 09:37 #42210

Apple sniffing your stocks?
Category: mobile
I was reading this article about apple sending back your IMEI (phone ID number) with info requests when using the stocks and weather application on the iphone.
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All I can say is wow. I can understand way they would want to track data but it seems like the stock data in particular could be a serious problem. Well, at least a seriously unfair advantage for apple when investing. If you combine that data somewhere you could easily mine important stock information. If you combined it with real name data, which they have, now that you are no longer allowed to buy an iphone with cash anyways and because ATT (spies) have all your data anyways, it seems like they could create a system that would help them identify hot stocks to buy and sell.

When you are using a wifi connection instead of the ATT connection there would normally be no identifying info for apple, except that they send the IMEI along.

<sarcasm>Luckily, it is not a business phone so the real wallstreet analyst types probably do not have one.</sarcasm> It's totally sketchy. Apple is really not what I once thought they were. Although I like the hardware, I am beginning to see that the company is essentially not much better than microosft.
jenks - 11/20/07 22:33
Gasp! Paul how dare you! Apple can do no wrong! Apple is god!

wouldn't apple have to disclose somewhere that they are doing that? somewhere in the fine print that no one reads of the contract or something?
jason - 11/20/07 20:59
Lol @ Paul. Stirring up the pot!
drew - 11/20/07 17:42
I know that Google tracks me, but here's the thing: They tell you that they are doing that, and they only use the info to sell non-intrusive ads.

I guess I feel better about google having my information (right now, at least) because I trust them. I don't trust the phone company (they've already collaborated with the governement in an illegal search) or the government (see above), but what has google done? It has shown me ads for TMBG tickets and Presbyterian books. It's advertising that I don't really mind.

Now, as soon as somebody gets arrested because google has given information, than I'll worry. But apparently AT&T has given the government access to the servers, to I don't have to worry about google giving it away.
paul - 11/20/07 17:28
Omg, I hope they don't give my data to the government and have me arrested as a dissident, oh wait, wrong company.
ajay - 11/20/07 13:23
Google just bought Doubleclick, the most obnoxious, spammy, privacy-infringing company around. The merger hasn't gone through yet because of concerns in EU and even in the FTC; but there you have it.

"Don't be Evil" is a great catchphrase.

Do you use GMail? Every link you click on GMail (even those inside email messages that someone sends to you) goes through Google's servers where they record that you clicked on it, when, etc.
And the ads on GMail? They are specifically targetted based on the contents of the message.
Somewhere, inside Google, there's a nice record of every email you've sent and received, every link you've clicked, etc.
drew - 11/20/07 11:00
:::link:::

My limited experience and analysis has led me to believe that they have lived up to this value of theirs. Now, I'm not saying they are perfect in the least bit, but they seem to be a corporation that makes the world better, in a world where too many make the world worse.
ajay - 11/20/07 10:18
"Is google the only good tech company?"

LOL ... that's funny.

Google's very good: but only at PR. They're great at acting like they are different, but they're not actually any different.
paul - 11/20/07 10:13
I am sure they will say it is a way of preventing other people from requesting data off their servers for free without an iphone.
paul - 11/20/07 09:57
Is google good?
drew - 11/20/07 09:52
Is google the only good and profitable tech company left?

Everybody is either one or the other, it seems.

11/19/2007 23:42 #42207

The amazon kindle
Category: mobile
The Amazon Kindle is seriously a revolutionary device. I hope that it takes off and changes the way people read. Imagine all the paper it could save and how many trees.

I am fascinated by the fact that Amazon chose to go with free EVDO cell phone network in order to deliver the data to the device instead of wifi. Could this signal the beginning of the end of wifi. No monthy fees. I still can't get over that. It also has constant access to wikipedia.org and battery life is a whopping 30 hours of reading time and only 2 hours to charge thanks to the energy saving e-ink technology.

Too bad it costs $400 and I already bought an OLPC ;( Well thankfully, the children in africa will get something for my purchase where as Amazon would only get richer if I bought a kindle.

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On another note I bought the AT&T tilt, so I have two more years of windows mobile 6 unless Android comes out before then and supports exchange server.
theecarey - 11/20/07 20:18
I want.
jim - 11/20/07 19:28
lame :)
paul - 11/20/07 19:24
No one has comments about kindle ;(

11/19/2007 08:59 #42193

My soon to be, new phone
Category: mobile
I think I found a replacement for my current phone. Finally, a 3G phne with gps. Too bad ATT doesn't have 3G here in Buffalo yet. At least the phone will be ready when it arrives and with ATT I can use multiple phones and just port my SIM card around. My nokia 7710 will once again have life.

It has a 500Mhz processor, tethers via bluetooth, has windows mobile 6 (for work stuff), 3G, GPS, 3MP camera, keyboard, video chat, instant messaging, push email with outlook sync. I also imagine it should be ready to run the new google OS android once it is officially out. My only complaints are flash player 7 (that's adobe's fault) and the fact that it does not have a standard headphone connector.

It is normally $599 but as a new ATT customer I can get it for $179 on amazon

You have to love cell phone subsidies. Poor iphone users who actually had to pay face value for their phones. Not only is it only $179 but you can choose two additional phones for 1 cent each on the family plan. The phones on that list are pretty good too, so (e:terry) and (e:matthew) will be happy.


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