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Not defending the telcos - that's about the same as what it costs in Oz
But - seventeen quid a month to maintain the millions of miles of cable on which your two copper wires depend is expensive - and they need that money whether you buy your broadband from them or their competitors.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I haven't heard anything about baseline fees going up in the US (which include both the line itself and unlimited local calling); but between cord cutters and people who still have landlines moving more of their long distance talking to cell phones, I know the phone companies are being squeezed by falling revenue, while the dominant cost of service is from maintaining the lines themselves which is mostly fixed regardless of usage.
Here they're talking about shutting down the copper network in a decade or so. The FCC's doing preliminary planning while ATT/VZ are pushing hard for them to speed it up while hoping their copper doesn't completely fall apart before they're allowed to do so. Raising baseline costs significantly to reflect only serving half of all houses instead of almost all of them and that they're no longer able to heavily subsidize wire maintenance from long distance service would be the alternative to an early exit. It's also the option I'd prefer. I suspect the end result would be the same; but steadily rising prices as usage shares plummet would apply gradual pressure to users of legacy systems to migrate which would lead to less raging than a mass booting would.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Ever wonder what Mount Rushmore looks like from the Canadian side? Clickity[^]
Now you know.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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I always thought they were standing.
BDF
The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.
-- PaulowniaK
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That is funny!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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Oldie but goodie! 
/ravi
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The picture, or Mike?
Will Rogers never met me.
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/ravi
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Both
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Jumped the shark. 
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Are you referring to anything in particular, or just Penny's horrible haircut?
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The whole sorry mess. Watched the first episode. Deleted the second and wiped it off my dvr schedule.
The Good Wife is the best thing on TV and I look forward to POI his evening.
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Cite : "I bin a woasch echta Bayer... Un i bin a Brezen"
Any translation needed? 
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Yes, please. Does it have anything to do with this Oktoberfest the whole town is going crazy about?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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indeed 
i didn't know if they say it in english in this Big Bang Theory episode where Sheldon does his videos with the flags, it was the end scene i think
Translation : "I am a true bavarian... and i am a pretzel"
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Thanks I haven't watched BBT in over a year and when I googled Penny's haircut, hideous by the way I found a place I can not only watch for free but without commercials. Yeah!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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clickity[^]
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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