Ah yes - high density soft metal projectiles powered by the ignition of solid propellant and guided down a long metal tube with a pattern designed to make said projectile spin, also known as "Rifling".
Highly effective against pirates, and pretty much everything else. Often times it is still effective even if the target is missed.
Ah indeed - population density is a huge factor, but it doesn't excuse them from anticompetitive practices.
Actually, allowing small local providers to fill the needs of rural/remote areas may actaully save money for the large ISPs.
If I had only a few million dollars to spend hooking up a town to use my fiber, I would go for the town with 30,000 people, rather than the one with 3000.
The US needs competition for all these Cable/ISPs. I just read an article about how most countries with high-speed internet offers about 50Mbps for the price I pay for 10 Mbps.
It's mostly because of the competition among the providers.
What's the matter TWC, afraid that your archaic bloated business model couldn't compete?
It's probably anything that creates a task bar entry, or perhaps whatever increments the count of icons when you do an ALT + TAB.
Never the less, it seems very limiting - even for the most basic usage.
Door to door public transit, literally. I think you're really on to something. That's a billion dollar idea - cater to people's desire to be "green", but also their laziness! You can't go wrong!
But then everyone will just complain about train tracks running through their yards - bah.
Me too - rail would be awesome, but you have to be able to connect the rail ways effectivley.
Example, I take the bus to work and it drops me pretty close to my building, that works great.
Recently, I changed locations, and now I'm about a 10 minute walk to my building, which is fine too, but some people I rode with drive in now because this new building has a free parking lot. Free parking is not worth 45mins of driving + traffic + burning more gas + milage on my car.
If the train station was more than a few blocks away from peoples' destinations, how many lazy Americans do you think will want to walk that far? I think most would say - F' it, I'll drive in.
What loser would want to take down the whole internet?
Here is what would happen shortly after...
Hey guys, I rule, I just took down the internet in less than 30mins!
Wow, you're a l33t h@xor! We love you!
Now what do we do?
Lets play some Counter-Strike - oh wait, no internet..hmm.
Oh - I'll post this on my Twitter and Facebook page - crap, can't do that either.
Well, I'll treat myself to a new MP3 player from amazon.com... damn.
At least I can start downloading some music...crap again.
I'll watch some Family Guy on Hulu - damn!
I can waste some time on YouTube - damn!
Ok - I'll dl some new pron and go to bed...oh crap what have I done!
What the hell am I supposed to do now! I'll have to leave the house, and worst of all pay for pron!
....sweet land of liberty ( flush )
Single tear falls
(ala Homer Simpson when using the Australian toilet with the pump to force the water to swirl in the opposite direction, so Americans would feel at home)
If they are free to go home, then cell phones are no longer the issue.
They can go blog and email much faster with a full size querty keyboard on a computer.
I always see these child prodigies that can do amazing things at a very young age, like recite every state and capitol, identify every US president, or solve crazy math problems.
I want to know, what are they doing now?
Is there some loser 30 yr old guy out there who can't hold a job, living with his parents, but can still recite every state and capitol, or do these kids actually go on and do amazing things?
Me too. Confiscate the damn things until the jurors leave the trial. Problem solved.
Wow - what a dilemma - what to do with this new electronic world that is hurting our centries old court system.
Give me an F'ing break. !=news. Come on NYTimes!
They have the right idea I suppose.
Why not use P2P if you can get the video faster?
I guess they want to protect themselves from privacy issues.
People that don't care about what's in the EULA probably don't want to know anything about IP traffic - they are the majority.
The people who do know about IP traffic and do care about the EULA (./ers) are the minority, and CNN can probably give a shit what we think of the EULA
Just pull the F'ing plug already ( on analog, not the elderly TV viewers)
How long have we been seeing the ads about the transition?
I have to see one at least once a day, and it doesn't even apply to me, because I have cable.
How can they be so unprepared, theres a million websites and phone numbers you can call.
I know not everyone is a electronics junky, but the concept of an antenna used for receiving TV broadcasts has been around for decades.
What is so confusing about "If you use an antenna to watch TV, get one of these boxes. If you have cable or satellite you are all set"
People who were alive when broadcast television was invented, know what an antenna is.
It's not like the ads are saying "If your cable transmission in QAM-64, you need a model A converter box, but if it's QAM-256, you need a model B, unless you only watch unencrypted QAM-256, in which case you'll need model B1.
Set a moratorium date and stick to it, or you will never get off of F'ing analog broadcast.
Pull the damn plug and people will figure out what they need quickly.
End rant (Sorry)
Haha, I was waiting for someone to point that out.
All the Ubuntus are pretty much the same, it's just the default desktop enviroment that is different, maybe a few different packages.
It's not like there is an Ubuntu Home that lacks NFS and SSH support, so if you need those, you need Ubuntu Home Premium.
But that one is missing media player capabilities, so you need to get Ubuntu Home Ultimate Premium Super which requires 4 cores and 12GB of Ram.
I do agree, though, if you are new to Linux trying to figure out which distro to use is confusing enough to say "F it", I'll stick with Windows.
The variety in Linux is it's power, but also it's weakness in attracting new users.
That's why you would have to start. If they charge you for it, then you might as well.
I don't download pirated music either, but I know if I have an extra $5 or so added to my internet bill, I'm going to get my money's worth.
Yes - Jetway does. I have one and use it as a firewall running IPcop. It's great.
I got a pretty lightweight one, but they have faster ones that would be perfect for average desktop use.
I think it's that thing you have to do when something gets updated.
Web server...no that's not it.
Desktop environment... no.
Oh - X11! Wait, no.
Uuuuh. Why do we reboot?
Oh yeah, installing new hardware! Sometimes you have to power down for that!
Oh, and every year when I update my kernel, whether I need to or not.
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Ah yes - high density soft metal projectiles powered by the ignition of solid propellant and guided down a long metal tube with a pattern designed to make said projectile spin, also known as "Rifling".
Highly effective against pirates, and pretty much everything else. Often times it is still effective even if the target is missed.
Ah indeed - population density is a huge factor, but it doesn't excuse them from anticompetitive practices.
Actually, allowing small local providers to fill the needs of rural/remote areas may actaully save money for the large ISPs.
If I had only a few million dollars to spend hooking up a town to use my fiber, I would go for the town with 30,000 people, rather than the one with 3000.
The US needs competition for all these Cable/ISPs. I just read an article about how most countries with high-speed internet offers about 50Mbps for the price I pay for 10 Mbps.
It's mostly because of the competition among the providers.
What's the matter TWC, afraid that your archaic bloated business model couldn't compete?
If a dog craps anywhere in the Universe, I'll be the first to know.
It's probably anything that creates a task bar entry, or perhaps whatever increments the count of icons when you do an ALT + TAB.
Never the less, it seems very limiting - even for the most basic usage.
I know he said 'not literally', which is why I specified 'literally' in my comment.
Door to door public transit, literally. I think you're really on to something. That's a billion dollar idea - cater to people's desire to be "green", but also their laziness! You can't go wrong!
But then everyone will just complain about train tracks running through their yards - bah.
Me too - rail would be awesome, but you have to be able to connect the rail ways effectivley.
Example, I take the bus to work and it drops me pretty close to my building, that works great.
Recently, I changed locations, and now I'm about a 10 minute walk to my building, which is fine too, but some people I rode with drive in now because this new building has a free parking lot. Free parking is not worth 45mins of driving + traffic + burning more gas + milage on my car.
If the train station was more than a few blocks away from peoples' destinations, how many lazy Americans do you think will want to walk that far? I think most would say - F' it, I'll drive in.
What loser would want to take down the whole internet? ... damn.
Here is what would happen shortly after...
Hey guys, I rule, I just took down the internet in less than 30mins!
Wow, you're a l33t h@xor! We love you!
Now what do we do?
Lets play some Counter-Strike - oh wait, no internet..hmm.
Oh - I'll post this on my Twitter and Facebook page - crap, can't do that either.
Well, I'll treat myself to a new MP3 player from amazon.com
At least I can start downloading some music...crap again.
I'll watch some Family Guy on Hulu - damn!
I can waste some time on YouTube - damn!
Ok - I'll dl some new pron and go to bed...oh crap what have I done!
What the hell am I supposed to do now! I'll have to leave the house, and worst of all pay for pron!
Is being a Grammar Nazi something you can earn achievements with? ....
I mean, with which you can earn achievements?
Sorry... Sorry everybody!
....sweet land of liberty ( flush )
Single tear falls
(ala Homer Simpson when using the Australian toilet with the pump to force the water to swirl in the opposite direction, so Americans would feel at home)
Haha - nice :)
If they are free to go home, then cell phones are no longer the issue.
They can go blog and email much faster with a full size querty keyboard on a computer.
I always see these child prodigies that can do amazing things at a very young age, like recite every state and capitol, identify every US president, or solve crazy math problems.
I want to know, what are they doing now?
Is there some loser 30 yr old guy out there who can't hold a job, living with his parents, but can still recite every state and capitol, or do these kids actually go on and do amazing things?
He didn't quite get what he deserves. He was luck to get a second change.
Me too. Confiscate the damn things until the jurors leave the trial. Problem solved.
Wow - what a dilemma - what to do with this new electronic world that is hurting our centries old court system.
Give me an F'ing break. !=news. Come on NYTimes!
...with booze, and hookers!
They have the right idea I suppose.
Why not use P2P if you can get the video faster?
I guess they want to protect themselves from privacy issues.
People that don't care about what's in the EULA probably don't want to know anything about IP traffic - they are the majority.
The people who do know about IP traffic and do care about the EULA (./ers) are the minority, and CNN can probably give a shit what we think of the EULA
Ha, I was just going to ask:
Yes, but does it run on Linux?
Just pull the F'ing plug already ( on analog, not the elderly TV viewers)
How long have we been seeing the ads about the transition?
I have to see one at least once a day, and it doesn't even apply to me, because I have cable.
How can they be so unprepared, theres a million websites and phone numbers you can call.
I know not everyone is a electronics junky, but the concept of an antenna used for receiving TV broadcasts has been around for decades.
What is so confusing about "If you use an antenna to watch TV, get one of these boxes. If you have cable or satellite you are all set"
People who were alive when broadcast television was invented, know what an antenna is.
It's not like the ads are saying "If your cable transmission in QAM-64, you need a model A converter box, but if it's QAM-256, you need a model B, unless you only watch unencrypted QAM-256, in which case you'll need model B1.
Set a moratorium date and stick to it, or you will never get off of F'ing analog broadcast.
Pull the damn plug and people will figure out what they need quickly. End rant (Sorry)
That still sounds pretty cool to me, I'll take 3!
Haha, I was waiting for someone to point that out.
All the Ubuntus are pretty much the same, it's just the default desktop enviroment that is different, maybe a few different packages.
It's not like there is an Ubuntu Home that lacks NFS and SSH support, so if you need those, you need Ubuntu Home Premium.
But that one is missing media player capabilities, so you need to get Ubuntu Home Ultimate Premium Super which requires 4 cores and 12GB of Ram.
I do agree, though, if you are new to Linux trying to figure out which distro to use is confusing enough to say "F it", I'll stick with Windows.
The variety in Linux is it's power, but also it's weakness in attracting new users.
That's why you would have to start. If they charge you for it, then you might as well.
I don't download pirated music either, but I know if I have an extra $5 or so added to my internet bill, I'm going to get my money's worth.
Yes - Jetway does. I have one and use it as a firewall running IPcop. It's great.
I got a pretty lightweight one, but they have faster ones that would be perfect for average desktop use.
I think it's that thing you have to do when something gets updated.
Web server...no that's not it.
Desktop environment... no.
Oh - X11! Wait, no.
Uuuuh. Why do we reboot?
Oh yeah, installing new hardware! Sometimes you have to power down for that!
Oh, and every year when I update my kernel, whether I need to or not.