Posts by old-wiz

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Oh, it'll be approved after a lot of hand-waving and histrionics from gutless politicians. They serve their corporate masters and lobbyists well. They are just doing the histrionics to make...

Quite a few members of congress are owned by AT&T. They have to put up a bit of a show so that any voters who happen to watch will think they are actually interested in the merger. In the end, the paid votes will swing it and the...

Quote: Originally Posted by chabig I believe Lion creates a rescue partition on your hard drive from which you can boot to repair the main partition and/or redownload the OS if necessary. and how does that help if your HD crashes? ...

If the design is that thin,the battery life would be awful.

You would never see AT&T or Verizon doing anything like that.

Typical of a company that can't do business selling anything anymore; sue someone else. In their time Kodak was a great company, now they are a shell, only making money as a patent troll.

Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton C'mon. A couple of mil in kickbacks, a few campaign contributions, and they're all set to marry the bride. That's obviously what they will do. It all depends on whether or not FCC/Congress...

Of course it will be approved. AT&T owns enough Congressmen and leaders of regulatory agencies to get it through easily.

this will only mean higher prices and more hidden fees. There has never been a huge merger like this that has been good for consumers. The merger will definitely go through though since AT&T owns enough members of Congress and the...

does the personalized setup cost? $50?