Because they're afraid they'll be crushed to a fine pulp when they get hit by a big honking SUV. And those people do not understand crash dynamics very well. If 5000lb SUV hits 1500lb CAR, unless the car is pinned, it will move with the force of the SUV, which is better than a much heavier vehicle that will resist that movement more. The small and light cars are just as safe as any other vehicle out there. The big issue comes when being hit by a semi, which even an SUV will lose an argument with.
So you would be all for this metering then? So you know exactly what your paying for before you use it? I am already being metered. My limitation is my up/down connection speeds. The next level of limitation is the servers I connect to. Yes, I have 1.5Mbps DSL, but I have rarely found a site that actually gives me their data at 180Kbytes/sec. I don't own a cell phone because I hate the way the plans are structured, and this new scheme to pry more money from customers smacks of that same policy. I have an idea...how about increasing the total bandwidth of the system, instead? Add more pipes, create bigger switches. I suppose new pricing schemes are easier to 'innovate' than infrastructure.
There simply is not enough infrastructure to allow everyone to consume whatever they want, whenever they want, without making them pay for it. This is not the consumer's problem, but the provider, and to put the onus back on the consumer for using what was advertised to them is just wrong. Don't sell me 1.5Mbps DSL if you intend to throttle me down to 128Kbps on certain transactions. I am paying for 1.5Mbps. That IS my bandwidth and I am paying for it. Metering is just another way of adding complexity for the consumer and money for the telecoms.
If we would just build more power plants, this wouldn't be a problem. I need more power for my cluster, anywho. And, if I ever complete my cluster powered by 1000 Mini-ITX boards, watch out world!
Bwuhahahahahahaha!
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...I only subscribed to the basic package. My VCR had a cable tuner and all was well. But, that isn't two-way.
Frankly, I don't know if I like the idea of cable company knowing what channel I was watching at every moment of the day. From a marketers PoV, that sort of the data would be far more valuable than Neilson, as it would be a representation of the literally the entire viewing audience.
It has all of Ubuntu updatedness in the kernal that might not be present in the general Debian release? I have no freakin' idea, actually. The majority of my linux experience is Ubuntu. I have a learner box that is just running Server edition on which I have installed and uninstalled different GUI's and been learning the command line.
I do know the server edition is tuned to give background tasks more priority.
A major corporation providing a necessary public service mis-uses those records for personal reasons! Film at 11!
Okay, is anyone else not surprised to read this? Do any you have actually think that your local telecom ACTUALLY respects your privacy and doesn't do funny things with your data?
Sure, this was only on its own executives. But doing this to faceless subscribers is not a far leap of the imagination.
Use the correct tool for the job. Google makes for a wonderful mail host. You can still have your name@company.com address through their mail servers while gaining access to their superior spam-filtering and fantastic uptime.
There will always be a need for web hosters, though a different niche may need to be found. For example, not ever host offers PHP, or Python, or fill-in-name-of-technology and that is where the hosters can differentiate themselves from the free providers like Google, geocities.
From previous experience, e-mail seems to be the red-headed step-child in the service package that a web host offers.
For the PS3, Sony has been helpful in getting Linux to run on it. The most important factor is the blu-ray capability. I know a lot of people who bought a PS3 just for the blu-ray. They own no games 'cept what came in the box.
The Wii is an exceptional game machine. Nintendo hit their target right on and that fact that the Wii is outselling the PS3 and Xbox combined speaks volumes. If the Wii offered up blu-ray, it would dominate even more.
It isn't free, no, but older releases of File Maker Pro can be found on eBay for dirt cheap. It is flat file in its older incarnations. DBs are simple to create, as are forms, searches, etc.
As a bonus, it is cross-platform with Mac OS versions of File Maker Pro. It is well-supported with a rabid following.
I dunno. To some extent, I believe any corporation (church, business, whatever) has the right to some privacy about its inner workings. The Masons protect the privacy of their rituals. Businesses keep private how a product is made. And though I don't even consider it a church, the Church of Scientology even has the right to of privacy with their documents. Not everything has to be transparent and openly available. Even in a church. Those documents are accessible to members of the church, but not outsiders.
Going in a straight line will be easy with the wind on your tail, but...Tacking seems to require more than just logic, but an intuitive sense of timing, direction and guess work. I think it will be interesting to see how the computer systems handle that aspect over the long-haul.
Yeah, I have to wonder, as well. Maybe the world was so naive as to believe the Olympics would change China's way? China doesn't care what the world thinks and has proven this time and time again. What political expediency was hoped to be gained from this move has failed.
10 REM Bite your Tongue 20 PRINT "Bite your tongue, Eander" 30 IF TONGUE=1 GOTO 60 40 PRINT "No, really, BASIC is great!" 50 GOTO 30 60 PRINT "Now, go create some BASIC code" 70 END
Original Replica wrote, "...the people need access to clear unbiased information."
Only in the math world can information be unbiased. In any other area, the information is going to be discolored with bias, even if it is not intended and worse when it is.
Wikipedia can take this as a compliment. The wiki can be useful or dubious, but it appears to be playing an important role in this new information age. I fully welcome the gubment to make use these tools, since the enemy already is.
Why? After having seen one decision after another AGAINST SCO, how anything resembling investment money still flowing to SCO? Are these investors so over-powered with greed that they are failing to use common sense? Why? Why? Why? Somebody with no common sense needs to explain this to me.
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The Optimus Keyboard. DB-backed file system in Windows. Cowboy Neal in the Land of the Lounge Lizards.
If we would just build more power plants, this wouldn't be a problem. I need more power for my cluster, anywho. And, if I ever complete my cluster powered by 1000 Mini-ITX boards, watch out world!
Bwuhahahahahahaha!
(This message has been brought to by Pave The Planet.)
...I only subscribed to the basic package. My VCR had a cable tuner and all was well. But, that isn't two-way.
Frankly, I don't know if I like the idea of cable company knowing what channel I was watching at every moment of the day. From a marketers PoV, that sort of the data would be far more valuable than Neilson, as it would be a representation of the literally the entire viewing audience.
What the?! I was complimenting the gp...Troll? Someone needs to re-read what troll actually is.
Sir, I bow to you and your most insightful and astute observation. If only I had a +10 funny/insightful mod to throw your way. Truly classic.
It has all of Ubuntu updatedness in the kernal that might not be present in the general Debian release? I have no freakin' idea, actually. The majority of my linux experience is Ubuntu. I have a learner box that is just running Server edition on which I have installed and uninstalled different GUI's and been learning the command line.
I do know the server edition is tuned to give background tasks more priority.
Ubuntu Server edition installs as just a command line without all the fluff. From there you could add Mono and any GUI of your choice.
A major corporation providing a necessary public service mis-uses those records for personal reasons! Film at 11!
Okay, is anyone else not surprised to read this? Do any you have actually think that your local telecom ACTUALLY respects your privacy and doesn't do funny things with your data?
Sure, this was only on its own executives. But doing this to faceless subscribers is not a far leap of the imagination.
Use the correct tool for the job. Google makes for a wonderful mail host. You can still have your name@company.com address through their mail servers while gaining access to their superior spam-filtering and fantastic uptime.
There will always be a need for web hosters, though a different niche may need to be found. For example, not ever host offers PHP, or Python, or fill-in-name-of-technology and that is where the hosters can differentiate themselves from the free providers like Google, geocities.
From previous experience, e-mail seems to be the red-headed step-child in the service package that a web host offers.
My money is on the PS3 or Wii.
For the PS3, Sony has been helpful in getting Linux to run on it. The most important factor is the blu-ray capability. I know a lot of people who bought a PS3 just for the blu-ray. They own no games 'cept what came in the box.
The Wii is an exceptional game machine. Nintendo hit their target right on and that fact that the Wii is outselling the PS3 and Xbox combined speaks volumes. If the Wii offered up blu-ray, it would dominate even more.
It's a guy thing.
"Dude, this beer tastes like crap! Here, try it."
It isn't free, no, but older releases of File Maker Pro can be found on eBay for dirt cheap. It is flat file in its older incarnations. DBs are simple to create, as are forms, searches, etc.
As a bonus, it is cross-platform with Mac OS versions of File Maker Pro. It is well-supported with a rabid following.
I dunno. To some extent, I believe any corporation (church, business, whatever) has the right to some privacy about its inner workings. The Masons protect the privacy of their rituals. Businesses keep private how a product is made. And though I don't even consider it a church, the Church of Scientology even has the right to of privacy with their documents. Not everything has to be transparent and openly available. Even in a church. Those documents are accessible to members of the church, but not outsiders.
Going in a straight line will be easy with the wind on your tail, but...Tacking seems to require more than just logic, but an intuitive sense of timing, direction and guess work. I think it will be interesting to see how the computer systems handle that aspect over the long-haul.
Yeah, I have to wonder, as well. Maybe the world was so naive as to believe the Olympics would change China's way? China doesn't care what the world thinks and has proven this time and time again. What political expediency was hoped to be gained from this move has failed.
10 REM Bite your Tongue
20 PRINT "Bite your tongue, Eander"
30 IF TONGUE=1 GOTO 60
40 PRINT "No, really, BASIC is great!"
50 GOTO 30
60 PRINT "Now, go create some BASIC code"
70 END
This just in, Slashdotters think slashdot is the best web site!
Original Replica wrote, "...the people need access to clear unbiased information."
Only in the math world can information be unbiased. In any other area, the information is going to be discolored with bias, even if it is not intended and worse when it is.
Wikipedia can take this as a compliment. The wiki can be useful or dubious, but it appears to be playing an important role in this new information age. I fully welcome the gubment to make use these tools, since the enemy already is.
Okay, so it is like Scientology. Got it.
Why? After having seen one decision after another AGAINST SCO, how anything resembling investment money still flowing to SCO? Are these investors so over-powered with greed that they are failing to use common sense? Why? Why? Why? Somebody with no common sense needs to explain this to me.