Comments for Charnell Pugsley http://kylistah.net Just your average geek-girl. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:46:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The Power of the Public by Muvar http://kylistah.net/2008/07/03/the-power-of-the-public/#comment-114 Muvar Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:33:25 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-114 Nicely put Henry!! Rgds Muvar Nicely put Henry!!
Rgds
Muvar

]]> Comment on The Power of the Public by kylistah http://kylistah.net/2008/07/03/the-power-of-the-public/#comment-113 kylistah Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:09:27 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-113 Henry, as always - I completely agree with you. I'm glad to finally see that more and more of the general public is speaking up and lashing back and that it's actually becoming effective. Henry, as always - I completely agree with you. I’m glad to finally see that more and more of the general public is speaking up and lashing back and that it’s actually becoming effective.

]]> Comment on The Power of the Public by Henry http://kylistah.net/2008/07/03/the-power-of-the-public/#comment-112 Henry Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:03:24 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-112 This strikes a couple sore spots with me. The first being that people accept BS excuses for being inconvenienced or taken advantage of. The government wants to collect private data on arbitrary people "for safety", but really they want total control over the lives of US citizens. Companies harvest your personal data, supposedly to serve you better, but really they want to delve into your personal life and find out what makes you tick for their own gain. The worst part is that the general population just rolls over and takes it. If you don't like what eBay is doing, exercise your power as a consumer and tell them to piss off by not using their service anymore. The second being companies that engage in unprofitable business practices and expect their customers to suck it up and make up the difference between their operating costs and expected profit margins. TimeWarner and other broadband providers are the perfect example. They sell broadband at dirt cheap prices with a 200:1 oversubscription ratio just to say they have the best deal .. and bet on the fact that 90% of their users will never use the bandwidth. Now that people are actually using the bandwidth, they are back-peddling and trying to figure out how to not go bankrupt without losing all of their customers. If you can't afford to offer 5mbit+ broadband for $45, THEN DON'T DO IT. Cut it to 2mbit, charge a reasonable price, and be done with it. Don't mess around with bandwidth caps and charging people exorbitant fees for overages. This strikes a couple sore spots with me. The first being that people accept BS excuses for being inconvenienced or taken advantage of. The government wants to collect private data on arbitrary people “for safety”, but really they want total control over the lives of US citizens. Companies harvest your personal data, supposedly to serve you better, but really they want to delve into your personal life and find out what makes you tick for their own gain. The worst part is that the general population just rolls over and takes it. If you don’t like what eBay is doing, exercise your power as a consumer and tell them to piss off by not using their service anymore.

The second being companies that engage in unprofitable business practices and expect their customers to suck it up and make up the difference between their operating costs and expected profit margins. TimeWarner and other broadband providers are the perfect example. They sell broadband at dirt cheap prices with a 200:1 oversubscription ratio just to say they have the best deal .. and bet on the fact that 90% of their users will never use the bandwidth. Now that people are actually using the bandwidth, they are back-peddling and trying to figure out how to not go bankrupt without losing all of their customers. If you can’t afford to offer 5mbit+ broadband for $45, THEN DON’T DO IT. Cut it to 2mbit, charge a reasonable price, and be done with it. Don’t mess around with bandwidth caps and charging people exorbitant fees for overages.

]]> Comment on Cambridge Who’s Who and Me by kylistah http://kylistah.net/2008/06/24/cambridge-whos-who/#comment-111 kylistah Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:44:21 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-111 Thanks Jen!! Thanks Jen!!

]]> Comment on Cambridge Who’s Who and Me by Jen http://kylistah.net/2008/06/24/cambridge-whos-who/#comment-110 Jen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:16:28 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-110 Congrats to you on your recent accomplishment. I'm sure things will turn out great for you. Jen Thomas Glyphius Software Congrats to you on your recent accomplishment. I’m sure things will turn out great for you.

Jen Thomas
Glyphius Software

]]> Comment on Monster.com attack steals user data. by kylistah http://kylistah.net/2007/08/22/monstercom-hacked/#comment-109 kylistah Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:49:06 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/monstercom-hacked/#comment-109 Sad isn't it? Now adays it seems you can't trust anything that was once 'legitimate and useful'. Sad isn’t it? Now adays it seems you can’t trust anything that was once ‘legitimate and useful’.

]]> Comment on Things I Love More Than Coffee. Wait. No.. by kylistah http://kylistah.net/2008/06/13/things-i-love-more-than-coffee-wait-no/#comment-108 kylistah Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:46:03 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-108 Jason - I played the geek-girl in that video. ;) Aside from losing quite a bit of weight since then, I just changed the hair color. I'm still just your average geek-girl nonetheless. :) Jason - I played the geek-girl in that video. ;) Aside from losing quite a bit of weight since then, I just changed the hair color. I’m still just your average geek-girl nonetheless. :)

]]> Comment on Monster.com attack steals user data. by JASON http://kylistah.net/2007/08/22/monstercom-hacked/#comment-107 JASON Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:29:13 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/monstercom-hacked/#comment-107 I've to agree 100% with charnell monster.com has gone "way" down hill i don't even recommend the website anymore to friends.... I’ve to agree 100% with charnell
monster.com has gone “way” down hill

i don’t even recommend the website anymore to friends….

]]> Comment on Things I Love More Than Coffee. Wait. No.. by JASON http://kylistah.net/2008/06/13/things-i-love-more-than-coffee-wait-no/#comment-106 JASON Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:23:18 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-106 You look different from the youtube video "farewell to youtube" LOL.... You look different from the youtube video “farewell to youtube”
LOL….

]]> Comment on The Ever So Popular Twitter Whale by kylistah http://kylistah.net/2008/06/06/the-ever-so-popular-twitter-whale/#comment-105 kylistah Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:26:07 +0000 http://kylistah.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-105 Cameron - I haven't heard of Glyphius, but I'll give it a look. As for Twitter, I get so irritated with it as of late I rarely go there anymore. Seems a lot of the people that I follow there have moved over to Plurk.com. I tried that as well and just didn't care for it. Happy Twittering....HAH! (= Cameron - I haven’t heard of Glyphius, but I’ll give it a look. As for Twitter, I get so irritated with it as of late I rarely go there anymore. Seems a lot of the people that I follow there have moved over to Plurk.com. I tried that as well and just didn’t care for it.

Happy Twittering….HAH! (=

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