This is misinformation. I believe it is true in some states (maybe most), but it is not a federal requirement, and I know when I disconnected my phone service, my lines were disconnected. Not every state believes they should tell a private company (even a goverment supported monopoly) to allocate equipment to unused lines.
DSL doesn't use a circuit in the sense you mentioned. It uses the wires to your house, but as soon as it hits the CO it is routed onto a data network. Even if they have calls on the same network, the data would be slowed or delayed, but the DSL line wouldn't get disconnected.
My MX-5 would certainly cut off the AC at full throttle. If I ran at full throttle for any length of time on a hot Texas day I could feel the cabin temp rise.
The AC didn't affect the drivability at all. It affected gas milage a little. If the AC was on, I had to use more gas, but the top end wasn't affected because the car would turn off the AC.
I don't think phone phreakers broke the network. They may have been able to target a line. It probably also had to do with different motivations and actors. I don't believe the phreakers had the same malicous intent as many of the criminals on the net today.
As for BT, that sucks. Traditional phone service is very reliable here in the US.
Sorry to reply to my own post. It is DC, not AC, and there is work on a high power standard that will provide up to 39watts. Still not enough to power my 60 watt laptop, but getting much closer. I am sure if the wireless were turned off, the screen dimmed, and the battery charger switched off, it would fit.
I agree with this sentiment completely. TV is not essential.
Food is essential, but many people of food stamps eat better than I do. Government entitlements must be reduced before the freeloaders outnumber those who work.
You just made a good argument as to why this won't likely be cost effective.
We pour tremendous amounts of money into mass transit, and with the exception of some of the largest and most dense cities, it becomes a very expensive and underutilized service. I have been a user of public transportation in the past, so I am not suggesting we shouldn't have it.
I think Internet access in the library is sufficent for the lowest common denominator, and anything beyond that should be left to the private enterprise.
As for PPP, many of those are a disaster, but this seems to be a good place for it. However, the public part should be limited to providing access to existing infrastructure (poles, power, and possibly condiut).
I don't think the Texas schools have had their science classes destroyed yet. Darwin's theories are still taught.
I think the only state to ban evolution was KS.
We need choices other than socialist and religous wacko when selecting where to live. The religous wackos are present in Texas but they don't dominate as much as the media would have everyone believe.
I have a (now aging) prosumer digital camera and have been asked to take pictures at friends weddings, but in addition to the hired professional. I was working for free, the professional wasn't, so I stayed out of the professional's way. My thoughts were that the bride and groom weren't paying the professional to wait for others to get out of her way. I lost one really good shot as a result. We were on a boat and wanted to get sunset pictures, and the boat turned before I got my chance.
Sounds like the photography industry is in for a major economic shift. As more people buy high end cameras and take on photography as a SERIOUS hobby, there will be less of a market for the pros.
In any industry, you will find hobbiest better than many professionals as well.
While I agree that this is a terrible law, did you even read the slashdot summary?
The AG's office is producing a list of sites that have to be blocked. This is easy to do on the network layer and doesn't require searching the customers computers. It doesn't require the ISP or another company to determine what to censor, the list is maintained by the AG's office, part of the state government.
Did you miss where he said "RAW MATERIALS?" This would save on the amount of weight needed for the conventional launch and allow real manufacturing in space. It would still cost a fortune and be impracticle, but at least it would be raw material delivery.
You dive and have to ask? I don't dive, but my understanding is that Oxygen is toxic at a partial pressure of 1.6 atm. Nitrox is air (70% nitrogen anyways) and additional oxygen to lower the nitrogen content. It allows you to increase your dive time, but at the cost of maximum depth (the whole 1.6 atm thing).
That statement seems really bizare. A drunk person shouldn't be considered of sound mind and the cop threatning jail would certainly qualify as duress.
If someone got an infection from the test and wanted to sue the hospital, I can't see that statement standing up under those conditions.
IANAL and I don't think people should drive drunk. I am very carefull myself. I am opposed to unreasonable searches and abuse of government power.
Of course not. There are plenty of idiots in the US who don't do squat to take care of their own needs, and they pull all of the statistics down. There are plenty of people in the US that want medical treatment, but they haven't done anything to make sure it would be availible.
On the other hand, there was the recent article about the Jehovah's witness girl that was going to receive a court ordered blood transfusion. How is Canada not forcing treatment on their population?
I most certainly don't want socialist medicine. Most of the Candians I have met are quite happy with it and want it. It is hard to say which system is best.
Right now the US is subsidizing the world on pharmaceuticals because we have no price controls. Other governments force the companies to lower the prices so they can't fund the reasearch of the profits in those countries. I don't believe in price controls, but I don't believe in subsidizing the world either. Even the pharmaceutical companies based entirely outside of the US are benefiting more from the US market.
I just returned from North Dakota. It is certainly a boring place.
Interestingly they had DSL availible in the small town (population 1000) I was visiting. I now know where a large portion of the Universal Service fees must go.
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The stand alone TiVo's can use a network connection. If you want to on a DirecTV integrated unit (which includes the HD TiVo) it requires hacking.
This is a DirecTV limitation, not a TiVo limitation.
This is misinformation. I believe it is true in some states (maybe most), but it is not a federal requirement, and I know when I disconnected my phone service, my lines were disconnected. Not every state believes they should tell a private company (even a goverment supported monopoly) to allocate equipment to unused lines.
DSL doesn't use a circuit in the sense you mentioned. It uses the wires to your house, but as soon as it hits the CO it is routed onto a data network. Even if they have calls on the same network, the data would be slowed or delayed, but the DSL line wouldn't get disconnected.
My MX-5 would certainly cut off the AC at full throttle. If I ran at full throttle for any length of time on a hot Texas day I could feel the cabin temp rise.
The AC didn't affect the drivability at all. It affected gas milage a little. If the AC was on, I had to use more gas, but the top end wasn't affected because the car would turn off the AC.
I don't think phone phreakers broke the network. They may have been able to target a line. It probably also had to do with different motivations and actors. I don't believe the phreakers had the same malicous intent as many of the criminals on the net today.
As for BT, that sucks. Traditional phone service is very reliable here in the US.
Sorry to reply to my own post. It is DC, not AC, and there is work on a high power standard that will provide up to 39watts. Still not enough to power my 60 watt laptop, but getting much closer. I am sure if the wireless were turned off, the screen dimmed, and the battery charger switched off, it would fit.
I don't remember how it works, but there is indeed a check in 802.3af to prevent legacy devices from getting cooked.
Also, PoE is 48VAC, current limited to 350mA. This is why it was called LOW POWER.
I certainly can't power my laptop on it, and I have a laptop with a light appetite.
But then we would all be looking at the keys, and couldn't make all the hunt and peck typers feel inferior.
I had 56k with Mosaic just before Netscape. It was a leased line connection.
My first home Internet access was at 14.4k.
I agree with this sentiment completely. TV is not essential.
Food is essential, but many people of food stamps eat better than I do. Government entitlements must be reduced before the freeloaders outnumber those who work.
You just made a good argument as to why this won't likely be cost effective.
We pour tremendous amounts of money into mass transit, and with the exception of some of the largest and most dense cities, it becomes a very expensive and underutilized service. I have been a user of public transportation in the past, so I am not suggesting we shouldn't have it.
I think Internet access in the library is sufficent for the lowest common denominator, and anything beyond that should be left to the private enterprise.
As for PPP, many of those are a disaster, but this seems to be a good place for it. However, the public part should be limited to providing access to existing infrastructure (poles, power, and possibly condiut).
I don't think the Texas schools have had their science classes destroyed yet. Darwin's theories are still taught.
I think the only state to ban evolution was KS.
We need choices other than socialist and religous wacko when selecting where to live. The religous wackos are present in Texas but they don't dominate as much as the media would have everyone believe.
I have a (now aging) prosumer digital camera and have been asked to take pictures at friends weddings, but in addition to the hired professional. I was working for free, the professional wasn't, so I stayed out of the professional's way. My thoughts were that the bride and groom weren't paying the professional to wait for others to get out of her way. I lost one really good shot as a result. We were on a boat and wanted to get sunset pictures, and the boat turned before I got my chance.
Sounds like the photography industry is in for a major economic shift. As more people buy high end cameras and take on photography as a SERIOUS hobby, there will be less of a market for the pros.
In any industry, you will find hobbiest better than many professionals as well.
While I agree that this is a terrible law, did you even read the slashdot summary?
The AG's office is producing a list of sites that have to be blocked. This is easy to do on the network layer and doesn't require searching the customers computers. It doesn't require the ISP or another company to determine what to censor, the list is maintained by the AG's office, part of the state government.
My first thought too. I guess the company this guy works for sells the flakey computers some IT consultant is going to be expected to fix later.
Did you miss where he said "RAW MATERIALS?" This would save on the amount of weight needed for the conventional launch and allow real manufacturing in space. It would still cost a fortune and be impracticle, but at least it would be raw material delivery.
You dive and have to ask? I don't dive, but my understanding is that Oxygen is toxic at a partial pressure of 1.6 atm. Nitrox is air (70% nitrogen anyways) and additional oxygen to lower the nitrogen content. It allows you to increase your dive time, but at the cost of maximum depth (the whole 1.6 atm thing).
That statement seems really bizare. A drunk person shouldn't be considered of sound mind and the cop threatning jail would certainly qualify as duress.
If someone got an infection from the test and wanted to sue the hospital, I can't see that statement standing up under those conditions.
IANAL and I don't think people should drive drunk. I am very carefull myself. I am opposed to unreasonable searches and abuse of government power.
Of course that is for the house, land and everything. Gates house was 53 million by itself.
The fact that Michael Dell is using an Ag exemption on his house is just wrong, but I know many people who do it, and it isn't just in Texas.
It's a reference to the movie "Fifth Element."
Of course not. There are plenty of idiots in the US who don't do squat to take care of their own needs, and they pull all of the statistics down. There are plenty of people in the US that want medical treatment, but they haven't done anything to make sure it would be availible.
On the other hand, there was the recent article about the Jehovah's witness girl that was going to receive a court ordered blood transfusion. How is Canada not forcing treatment on their population?
I most certainly don't want socialist medicine. Most of the Candians I have met are quite happy with it and want it. It is hard to say which system is best.
Right now the US is subsidizing the world on pharmaceuticals because we have no price controls. Other governments force the companies to lower the prices so they can't fund the reasearch of the profits in those countries. I don't believe in price controls, but I don't believe in subsidizing the world either. Even the pharmaceutical companies based entirely outside of the US are benefiting more from the US market.
Because in the US one has to take responsibility for themselves, and enough don't that the overall average is pulled down.
We have this. CD data is etched on the lable side of the disk, the rest is just plastic.
The problem is that you still can't read through a scratch, whether the data is there or not. That and a scratch on the label can destroy the disk.
If you have a scratch on the non lable side of a CD or DVD, it can be polished out.
I just returned from North Dakota. It is certainly a boring place.
Interestingly they had DSL availible in the small town (population 1000) I was visiting. I now know where a large portion of the Universal Service fees must go.