Consider the economic benefits if the USPO stepped into areas abandoned by broadband ISPs and provided cheap, reliable connectivity that urban citizens enjoy.
WiMax (and other systems, such as EVDO) are the answer. Here in Iowa, many small startups are purchasing roof rights to grain elevators for the installation of broadcast points.
This model could work in other areas that are both rural and topographically flat.
Some of you folks have put a lot of faith into the Registrars, that they will work with law enforcement to help resolve these issues.
What you may not realize is that many of the 1000+ ICANN-accredited registrars are actually individual domain speculators, not companies reselling registrations. So, in effect, the entities causing the problems and those responsible for oversight are often one in the same.
While I consider myself anti-authoritarian, I recognize that there are some situations in which law enforcement and other parties have a legitimate right to pierce the anonymity of private registrations. If someone is operating a site hosting child porn or other illegal materials, the registrar should be required to give up the registrant.
Also, consider the case where a domain / site has been hijacked (or reverse-hijacked) by a thief hiding behind proxy services at a different registrar. The victim and victim's registrar cannot reliably identify them, and the Registry Operator won't get involved outside of invoking arbitration.
So keep the lawyers out, but establish some authority (Internet version of a FISA court) that can pierce anonymous registrations.
As the disparity between the capabilities of US forces and those of our adversaries increase, we only encourage them to target "soft" (read: civilian) targets.
Considering the role it served in the 19th and 20th centuries, this initative should be considered as the new purpose for the post office. It doesn't hurt that they also have a distributed infrastructure to just about every US business and residence.
All the major US and European wireless carriers are cash-poor and ladened with debt after the previous rounds of spectrum license auctions.
Stock swaps would also be unfavorable to Gobblers and Gobblees. Gobblers would face a dillution of share value, and (like most telecom corps.) have depressed share prices that won't leverage much. The Gobblee probably views its spectrum license as its most liquid asset, and won't settle for depressed shares.
I'm certain that I am not the only one receiving frantic phone calls from friends and relatives around the country about $5-8/gallon gasoline prices. Usually these alerts are retold third- or fourth-hand accounts.
I drove around town just for kicks, and all the stations had the same prices that were posted Tuesday morning.
This reminds me of a real-world version of an email hoax, only this one has the potential to be self-fufilling: At each station there were lines of cars waiting to fill up on $1.75 gas.
Like alot of stories today, this one is getting out of control. Do your part: do not spread these rumors, and challenge the information of those who do.
Marc Reisner explains this in the opening pages of Cadillac Desert (a must read!)
This is roughly the line of the 100th meridian, where the climate of N. America changes radically.
East of this line, it is possible to have a viable, self-sufficient farm. In the West, the combination of altitude and lack of summer rain means that ranching is the only productive use of the land. Because of this, the two areas were settled very differently last century. This is also (roughly) the Western boundary of the Ogalila Aquifer, which was heavily tapped only recently (1920s-30s).
Most of the lights you see in the West (except for the Pacific Coast) are cities totally dependent upon imported water (esp. Colorado River) delivered via recent public works projects.
You're kidding, right? Los Angeles on its worst day has better air quality than most cities in (eastern) Europe and China.
Reason: Coal. They burn it, we don't
I've only seen two episodes of BrassEye, but I belive there are many examples of good Satire on US television.
Consider:
* The Simpsons: Ignore the sight-gags and listen to the dialog. This show attacks every belief-system out there (politics, religion, popular culture).
* South Park: Some episodes are just gross-out toilet humor, but others are true gems. A recent episode violated a voluntary censorship code, then proceeded to violate it another 46 times during the half-hour episode.
* Anything by Michael Moore: TV Nation, the Naked Truth, movies. Mike knows just which buttons need pushing with some people. My friends and business associates in the UK have often said TV Nation and The Naked Truth are the only US shows they're interested in watching.
I enjoyed this BrassEye special (well, the two parts I was able to get before it shut down, anyway). Anyone know if it will be available on DVD?
IIRC, Sprint PCS's CDMA network has the clearest upgrade path to 3G. Other systems (TDMA, GSM, etc.) will cause the carriers to gut more of their existing infrastructure to deliver 3G bandwidth. Some of the larger EuroGSM carriers are predicting that the US/Japanese carriers will leapfrog the continent while GSM makes the conversion.
Next question: what types of services will carriers offer over new 3G networks? Figure it will take 2-3 "must have" services to cause the market to make the switch.
I've had a chance to play around with the Plesk interface, and I have to admit it's pretty cool. It's user heirarchy allows the serveradmin to manage the box, but site-specific functions can be delegated to the siteadmins.
I especially dug the console for BIND, so your users can manage (and possibly mess up) their own DNS records. They have demo up on their site, I think.
If you're into serious large scale deployments, you can get Plesk pre-loaded on Crystal's super small RIA appliance.
Remember the days before 3DFX and nVidia? Intel was gonna own the graphics market with its purchase of Chips & Technologies. Later spun them off for a loss.
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GoDaddy.com most assuredly does not do this.
Wasn't this supposed to come back this year?
It had its soap-opera moments, but the writing was incredibly intelligent (for network TV).
...but what the hell was she thinking with a shirt like this?
Her choice of "artistic expression" isn't immediately recognizable, and therefore has to be treated as a threat.
All true, but it does make our primary import more expensive: Oil.
Consider the economic benefits if the USPO stepped into areas abandoned by broadband ISPs and provided cheap, reliable connectivity that urban citizens enjoy.
No, I am not a Socialist.
WiMax (and other systems, such as EVDO) are the answer. Here in Iowa, many small startups are purchasing roof rights to grain elevators for the installation of broadcast points.
This model could work in other areas that are both rural and topographically flat.
Some of you folks have put a lot of faith into the Registrars, that they will work with law enforcement to help resolve these issues.
What you may not realize is that many of the 1000+ ICANN-accredited registrars are actually individual domain speculators, not companies reselling registrations. So, in effect, the entities causing the problems and those responsible for oversight are often one in the same.
While I consider myself anti-authoritarian, I recognize that there are some situations in which law enforcement and other parties have a legitimate right to pierce the anonymity of private registrations. If someone is operating a site hosting child porn or other illegal materials, the registrar should be required to give up the registrant.
Also, consider the case where a domain / site has been hijacked (or reverse-hijacked) by a thief hiding behind proxy services at a different registrar. The victim and victim's registrar cannot reliably identify them, and the Registry Operator won't get involved outside of invoking arbitration.
So keep the lawyers out, but establish some authority (Internet version of a FISA court) that can pierce anonymous registrations.
...where Homer falls asleep at the control panel:
FTA:
The leak was discovered when a supervisor saw a yellow liquid ``running into a hallway'' from under a door, according to one document.
Agreed.
As the disparity between the capabilities of US forces and those of our adversaries increase, we only encourage them to target "soft" (read: civilian) targets.
Actually hadn't seen that, but just anticipated that there was profit to be made in duplicating the form-factor and interface.
Yeah, VZW stood on principal, and it's probably going to bite them in the ass for the next few months.
On the other hand, they'll be first to market with the LG CDMA/EVDO iPhone copycat, starting at $199.
Considering the role it served in the 19th and 20th centuries, this initative should be considered as the new purpose for the post office. It doesn't hurt that they also have a distributed infrastructure to just about every US business and residence.
All the major US and European wireless carriers are cash-poor and ladened with debt after the previous rounds of spectrum license auctions.
Stock swaps would also be unfavorable to Gobblers and Gobblees. Gobblers would face a dillution of share value, and (like most telecom corps.) have depressed share prices that won't leverage much. The Gobblee probably views its spectrum license as its most liquid asset, and won't settle for depressed shares.
I'm certain that I am not the only one receiving frantic phone calls from friends and relatives around the country about $5-8/gallon gasoline prices. Usually these alerts are retold third- or fourth-hand accounts.
I drove around town just for kicks, and all the stations had the same prices that were posted Tuesday morning.
This reminds me of a real-world version of an email hoax, only this one has the potential to be self-fufilling: At each station there were lines of cars waiting to fill up on $1.75 gas.
Like alot of stories today, this one is getting out of control. Do your part: do not spread these rumors, and challenge the information of those who do.
I think W answered your question in his speech tonight:
"We will no longer make the distinction between those who commit these acts, and those who harbor them."
Sounds like a blank check for actions in Afghanistan, Libya, Iran, Iraq, etc.
Marc Reisner explains this in the opening pages of Cadillac Desert (a must read!)
This is roughly the line of the 100th meridian, where the climate of N. America changes radically.
East of this line, it is possible to have a viable, self-sufficient farm. In the West, the combination of altitude and lack of summer rain means that ranching is the only productive use of the land. Because of this, the two areas were settled very differently last century. This is also (roughly) the Western boundary of the Ogalila Aquifer, which was heavily tapped only recently (1920s-30s).
Most of the lights you see in the West (except for the Pacific Coast) are cities totally dependent upon imported water (esp. Colorado River) delivered via recent public works projects.
J.
You're kidding, right? Los Angeles on its worst day has better air quality than most cities in (eastern) Europe and China.
Reason: Coal. They burn it, we don't
I've only seen two episodes of BrassEye, but I belive there are many examples of good Satire on US television.
Consider:
* The Simpsons: Ignore the sight-gags and listen to the dialog. This show attacks every belief-system out there (politics, religion, popular culture).
* South Park: Some episodes are just gross-out toilet humor, but others are true gems. A recent episode violated a voluntary censorship code, then proceeded to violate it another 46 times during the half-hour episode.
* Anything by Michael Moore: TV Nation, the Naked Truth, movies. Mike knows just which buttons need pushing with some people. My friends and business associates in the UK have often said TV Nation and The Naked Truth are the only US shows they're interested in watching.
I enjoyed this BrassEye special (well, the two parts I was able to get before it shut down, anyway). Anyone know if it will be available on DVD?
Wired ran an incredible article on this a few months back.
J.
A peer-to-peer Tivo swapping network.
("Honey, get online and find out if anyone taped the Sopranos last night.")
J.
IIRC, Sprint PCS's CDMA network has the clearest upgrade path to 3G. Other systems (TDMA, GSM, etc.) will cause the carriers to gut more of their existing infrastructure to deliver 3G bandwidth. Some of the larger EuroGSM carriers are predicting that the US/Japanese carriers will leapfrog the continent while GSM makes the conversion.
Next question: what types of services will carriers offer over new 3G networks? Figure it will take 2-3 "must have" services to cause the market to make the switch.
J.
I've had a chance to play around with the Plesk interface, and I have to admit it's pretty cool. It's user heirarchy allows the serveradmin to manage the box, but site-specific functions can be delegated to the siteadmins.
I especially dug the console for BIND, so your users can manage (and possibly mess up) their own DNS records. They have demo up on their site, I think.
If you're into serious large scale deployments, you can get Plesk pre-loaded on Crystal's super small RIA appliance.
Absolutely. There's really no commercial value here, but it would suffice for routing a small home network or serving games at LAN parties.
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Remember the days before 3DFX and nVidia? Intel was gonna own the graphics market with its purchase of Chips & Technologies. Later spun them off for a loss.