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Vortex, no. You just have to keep checking back frequently to see if new 202 numbers have been released.
You can also port a number to Google Voice. An option may be to buy a cheap prepaid cell and then port the number over, or you can port over your home number.
Crossposted from Natter:
If anyone wants to continue following the whole Google+ debate about identity, this appears to be a site where a lot of posts/conversations are being tracked: [link]
I'm finally back from cruises and am working on setting up new machines and clearing out old ones. Anyone who was interested in use Mac Mini, iMac, or whatever else I clear out send me a message at my profile address and I'll let you know what I'm selling and prices.
Thank you Consuela!
US internet providers hijacking users' search queries
Searches made by millions of internet users are being hijacked and redirected by some internet service providers in the US. Patents filed by Paxfire, the company involved in the hijacking, suggest that it may be part of a larger plan to allow ISPs to generate revenue by tracking the sites their customers visit. It may also be illegal.
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The hijacking seems to target searches for certain well-known brand names only. Users entering the term "apple" into their browser's search bar, for example, would normally get a page of results from their search engine of choice. The ISPs involved in the scheme intercept such requests before they reach a search engine, however. They pass the search to an online marketing company, which directs the user straight to Apple's online retail website.
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More than 10 ISPs in the US, which together have several million subscribers, are redirecting queries in this way (see below for a complete list). None of the companies would comment on the redirection scheme, but evidence collected by Christian Kreibich and Nicholas Weaver at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, who discovered the redirection and have been monitoring it for several months, suggest that the process generates revenue for the ISPs.
The Berkeley team has identified 165 search terms, from "apple" and "dell" to "safeway" and "bloomingdales", that are passed to marketing companies and then redirected to the appropriate retail website. The marketing companies include organisations like Commission Junction, a Santa Barbara, California, a firm that retailers pay to supply traffic to their websites.
Wow, that's really scandalous.
Sure is. Too bad no one will care since neither a politician's penis nor an abducted cute child is involved.
And I was already pissed at Charter deciding for me that I wanted to use its search engine and not the one I chose myself. (Which can be disabled, but is a hassle.)
I asked this in G+, so forgive the x-post, but...we're thinking strongly about ditching cable for something else.
SA recced Boxee; any thoughts?
We watch mainly Leverage, Burn Notice, SPN, White Collar, GoThrones, Miracle Day and Adult Swim. We like Hell's Kitchen, too.
We really want to slash out the cable $$, but will b keeping high-speed internet through Time-Warner.
Thoughts? Rec? Pros/cons, prices? We have and will be keeping Netflix Instant.
I have netflix and use iTunes a lot. As soon as True Blood is over this season, I'm ditching cable. This particular month, I've bought a lot from iTunes, but normally I don't watch enough TV to equal what I pay to cable. I did get an HD antenna and I'll hook it up once I cancel the cable.