Did We Win?

Probably not. Without having to change to Hyde-mode, the best I could do with AT&T was do get a plan that only charges me when I dial long distance, which is never, ever, ever. (And even when I might, I'd use my cell).

I know, I hear ya, "But Chris, you shouldn't rollover like--" STFU!
The point here is not to get charged. So long as I see zero pennies charged, I'm fine.

Now, having said that, let me say this: They're doomed. For me, this was the shovel whack to the back of the head for what we call the "telephone." Internet based communication will kill those dinosaurs dead. Especially, when they bridge wireless phones and VOIP. FVOOM! Here comes the asteroid!

As soon as I see the stars converge and a spacetime warp opens up for me to go "Bell-less," I'm jumping.

This goes for television, too. It just occurred to me, if I had decent broadband access I should be able to get the shows I want to see via P2P. (Why that came out rhyming, I don't know).

No I'm not going Kaczynski here (I'm writing this on a Web Log after all, people!). Quite the opposite. I'm developing a hair-trigger for Old World methods that stifle technology. Case in point: faxes. Faxes! Tree-killing, paper cloning for no good damned reason! Where paper and twenty year old phone tech come together so someone can verify a low resolution image of a squiggle that's supposed to represent a signature!

(Inhale, Exhale). Hey look, Mr. Hyde made an appearance anyway.

Is John Cleese dead?
...Cause if he is, I can almost definitely tell whose body he's invaded.
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | Desmond taunts Telegraph in 'Nazi' tirade

Express owner Richard Desmond today launched an extraordinary tirade against Telegraph bosses at a meeting of their joint venture print works, hurling a string of abuse and goosestepping around a boardroom in mockery of a German newspaper group's bid for the paper.
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People present at the meeting said Mr Desmond - who dropped out of the race to buy the Telegraph after balking at the asking price - had at one point strutted up and down the room holding his fingers to his lips and giving stiff-armed salutes, in emulation of the famous goosestepping scene in TV sitcom Fawlty Towers.

Special K gonna drop the L Bomb!

Yahoo! News - Kerry Hits Back at White House, Defends Patriotism:

"'I'm tired of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney and a bunch of people who went out of their way to avoid their chance to serve when they had the chance,' the Massachusetts senator said. 'I'm not going to listen to them talk to me about patriotism.'

'I've seen how these people in the White House today, in their twisted sense of ethics and morality, don't think twice about challenging John McCain and what happened to him as a prisoner of war,' he said in reference to attacks by President Bush in 2000 on his Republican primary rival McCain, an Arizona senator."

They Get Spam

Cosmic 419er lost in space | The Register


Hilarious. The quintessential "I am _____ from Nigeria" spam email.

What the--!? Who the--!? ARGH!!!

Again! I have long distance on my phone bill AGAIN!!

Meanwhile, I figured out that my I can, in fact, do dial-up through the Powerbook using the phone via Bluetooth, but it connects at 9600 baud. But still, it works! Technology Victorious!!! YEARGH!

SCIENCE!!!!