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Volume 30 : Issue 252 : "text" Format
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Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:00:15 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstarbox-usenet@yahoo.com.au>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Cell phone privacy cases slated for U.S. Supreme Court's new term
Message-ID: <pan.2011.10.05.07.00.10.672575@yahoo.com.au>
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:56:07 -0400, Bill Horne wrote:
.........
> Bill, who encrypts all his emails to keep the FBI from finding out how
> boring his life is.
Well, it'll slow 'em down a bit if they want to process any through the
big number-crunching decoding boxes.....
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Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:25:49 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Lightsquared being called to account
Message-ID: <CAFY5RQ+enZmZaSrKW=rb5-_gfsGT9CxY6N59dJFk8VJ2C=-kDg@mail.gmail.com>
This is from the Washington Post website:
By Cecilia Kang
Published: September 29
The Federal Communications Commission's initial approval of a
troubled satellite venture came under fresh criticism Thursday as
a key Republican lawmaker questioned whether the agency's actions
could lead to billions of dollars in costs for taxpayers.
A U.S. Senator is asking hard questions about the costs of retrofitting GPS
receivers to allow LightSquared to establish cellular channel adjacent to
those used for the Global Positoining System. Although LightSquared is
offering to pay for retrofitting the GPS receivers used by government
agencies such as the FAA, there is no mention of how the company plans to
compensate end users such as I for having to buy another GPS receiver.
AFAICT, LightSquared is hoping to create a house of cards that will stand
just long enough to get past the current election cycle, and then commence
ruining the most accurate source of location and time information available
to consumers. I hope they fail.
Link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/lightsquared-fcc-face-criticism-from-republican-lawmakers/2011/09/29/gIQAWVxM8K_story.html
Bill Horne
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:02:44 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: GPS Inventor Joins EFF in Fight Against Warrantless GPS Tracking
Message-ID: <CAFY5RQK+jOoARo6ZaJ+HroUWsO+XJR814NwePFbuGtY1XkXZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
>From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Coalition Urges Supreme Court to Block Government Abuse of
Surveillance Technology
Washington, D.C. - The principal inventor of the Global Positioning
System (GPS) and other leading technologists have joined the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in urging the U.S Supreme
Court to block the government from using GPS tracking without first
getting a warrant, arguing that the massive collection of sensitive
location data should require court oversight.
Rest at:
https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/10/03-0
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:49:03 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011
Message-ID: <p06240837cab2b68d480e@[10.0.1.9]>
Apple Media Advisory
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/10/05Apple-Media-Advisory.html
Statement by Apple's Board of Directors
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/10/05Statement-by-Apples-Board-of-Directors.html
Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Is Dead
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html
Transformed Media, Computers, Gadgets
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html
The World Reacts
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/tag/steve-jobss-death/
Steve Jobs, Apple's Visionary, Dies at 56
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html
Apple Co-Founder Had Waged Public Battle With Cancer
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html
Obituary: Death of a tech giant
http://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/ci_19048827
Tech world reacts to death of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19048810
***** Moderator's Note *****
My thanks to Monty for sending in these links. I changed the Subject
to the traditional headline of an obituary.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 22:57:04 -0400
From: "Bob Goudreau" <BobGoudreau@nc.rr.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Apple Launches iPhone 4S, iOS 5 & iCloud
Message-ID: <E015D277A8F9410FBFB1EC2D47365DF5@meng.lab.emc.com>
Moderator Bill Horne wrote:
> I've never used an iPhone, or felt the need to have a "1080P" screen
> in the palm of my hand.
I think you've misread this feature, and thereby missed its point. The
screen on an iPhone is not 1080p (think of it as "640p", since the display
resolution is 640 by 960). Rather, the new model's camera is able to
capture video at 1080p resolution. You can then play such video back on a
1080p device (such as an HDTV or a computer monitor) at that device's
highest resolution.
We've come a long way since Super 8.
Bob Goudreau
Cary, NC
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:55:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: CenturyLink-Qwest Merger Moving Forward
Message-ID: <aef3ac13-99f5-40cc-8508-9d29bc5f3ce0@z19g2000vby.googlegroups.com>
On Oct 3, 8:09 pm, Bill Horne <b...@horneQRM.net> wrote:
> CenturyLink-Qwest Merger Moving Forward
>
> This is from the "Telecom News" section of a website called "lowt1rates"
>
> The pending $22.4 billion CenturyLink Inc.- Qwest Communications
> International Inc. merger is on its way to being a foregone
> conclusion. 9 States Down, 12 to Go. This week, the two companies
> said they've received approvals from nine states and the District
> of Columbia, as well as antitrust clearance from the Justice
> Department and Federal Trade Commission. So far, regulators in
> California, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
> New York, Ohio and West Virginia all have given CenturyLink and
> Qwest their blessing, with no conditions.
>
> "Obtaining these state approvals not only signifies that we have
> met the requirements in these states, it also demonstrates that
> the commissions recognize this transaction is very much in the
> public interest," Glen F. Post III, CenturyLink's president and
> CEO, said in a prepared statement.
>
>
Ref:
http://www.lowt1rates.com/telecomnews/article.php/CenturyLink-Qwest-M...
Several readers have pointed out that the above quote was from
September of 2010, not 2011. My apologies: that's what I get for
surfing the net while tired.
Bill Horne
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:38:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: news report on cell phone spam - 'tough'
Message-ID: <686864ed-4b9f-475c-b696-fb1998d8f869@18g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>
On Oct 4, 6:18 pm, HAncock4 <withh...@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
wrote:
> The news report said "it's hard for [users] to stop this on cell
> phones". (I don't know if that's true) They quoted the carriers as
> saying they will credit customers for such calls upon request.
For my part, I just keep a zero balance on a Virgin Mobile phone, and
when my "minute pack" runs out, I add just enough money to buy
another one. No money, no text messages.
Bill Horne
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:12:54 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Apple Special Event October 2011
Message-ID: <r2lg7nccdjy7.1hpqupyr08r05.dlg@40tude.net>
On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 22:00:28 -0400, Monty Solomon wrote:
> Apple Special Event
> October 4, 2011
>
> Watch streaming video from today's special event. ...
>
>
> http://apple.com/apple-events/october-2011/
>
Alas, the very next day saw the demise of Apple's Steve Jobs
(may he rest in peace):
http://www.pcworld.com/article/241233/apple_chairman_steve_jobs_dies_at_age_56.html?tk=nl_newsalert
R.i.P. Cheers, -- tlvp
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