AT&T isn’t bad in all places — in northern NJ it’s pretty good, and way cheaper than Verizon for data plans. I just purchased a Samsung Captivate for use on AT&T, and I love it! I prefer Android to iOS because I can live without Apple’s draconian restrictions on my productivity.

Going to T-Mobile isn’t an easy proposition either. Although both use the same frequencies for their GSM communication, they use different bands for HSDPA (ATT = 1900mhz, TMo = 1700mhz). The iPhone’s radio does not support TMobile’s bands for 3G, so using the iPhone on T-Mobile’s network would get you really, really slow data, as it would have to fall back to GSM only (about the speed of a 56K modem).

Though it looks like I may still get close on the DOW prediction if things keep on there trejection toward Hell.

I’m starting to think BP may actually go under…

Ah well, know when to hold em, know when to … dollar cost average into a passively managed index fund.

Absent any goverment interference, the food “crisis” won’t be a crisis at all. We’ll just learn to eat less meat since it will be more expensive due to the demand.

On the other hand, the rising wealth of the so-called “third world” is going to put serious upward pressure on the prices of the kinds of foods that are scarce and popular. The sorts of diets most people in the world consider normal today will eventually be considered a vast injustice that has been forced upon them by America and the white man.

But my biggest fear is of the organizational element. I expect every manner of interference from the government and other organized powers. Corruption, graft, warfare, terrorism, etc will continue and may errupt greatly under the economic stress of a worldwide population that is increasingly old, retired, and entitled.