I've been nicer than I should be. Keep helping out others with my meager resources so I haven't been able to do any holiday joy this year. Hopefully I get drawn so I can change that!

Mine just broke too, would be a great replacement.

FIRS... aww dammit, I mean I would like this wonderful phone!

Sign me up! I could use one of them console thingies my friends are always talkin' about.

iPhone 3G, yes please.

Please give me something for my late Christmas present!

It hasn't had a problem but you sent it back twice? Huh? You just like shipping it around or something?

First off, they turned off and removed the equipment to prove they weren't getting the signals from other sources which is already old work that's been proven. There are a few methods to get info through either the display signal noise or power supply noise, and in fact laser printers are almost dead easy to do with the huge amount of noise they put out while printing.

Second, almost any electric device can be listened to and decoded into useful info. With the original research done years ago it was tested against monitors, keyboard, printers, mice, and whole computers.

Third, it seemed awfully convenient that program ran just long enough to print out exactly what they typed. I am not saying they can't do it (this is also already old hat), but it seems strange the way the system ran.

This isn't completely new, although a nice feature for new subscribers to be sure.

I have been with Verizon for years (happy enough with em), and basically if you don't re-up to a new plan you default to a month to month. At least, that is what they have done for me the past few years since I don't see a need to upgrade to something that isn't a phone first and foremost.

Actually Dan has two postings about this:

http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/another-forgettable-fuel-cell/

And..

http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/09/09/news-flash-fuel-cell-even-more-forgettable-than-i-thought/

Both of which point out how useless this is as a functional device.