Actually, if the hierarchy really is that deep it would sure make filtering out bad sites damned easy. Since only the top level routers can see outside, only one door to lock.
I think it's time for the public to use eminent domain to seize the cables.
Some may balk at this, but the government already ponied up for broadband investment that never materialized, so as far as I'm concerned the lines should already be publicly owned.
And here we have another reason why ISPs don't hate NAT.
It completely wrecks p2p which is one form of traffic that an ISP is more than happy to do jack shit about...especially an ISP that has the RIAA et. al. breathing down it's neck.
Living in the woods has plenty of good points. Fresh air, low crime, and peaceful rest without having cars honking 24/7
I think what people are really griping about is being stuck in a rock and a hard place.
People have to make balancing choices every day about what they'd rather do without, and half the time most of the sacrifices are caused by other people being greedy and exploiting the situation.
v4 addresses will stop getting scarcer when they're in high enough demand to make it profitable for early assignees to let some of their hoarded addresses go for sale.
IANA let too many organizations grab a shitload more addresses than they needed, and now they're sitting on gold mines and aren't letting go. We already have cases of companies flatly refusing to give back their v4's. Considering the address scarcities and the potential for profiteering, who can blame them?
It's a sad world when the competition sucks so bad that a company known for using a kill switch against their own customers STILL comes out on top of the quality food chain.
You can't escape politics no matter where you go. It's in science, it's in web standards, it's in government, it's everywhere!
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if that happened. Just like I wasn't surprised when a bunch of web browser companies refused to come up with a common codec for HTML5, most likely due to vested interests in keeping things proprietary.
It might be legal, especially if it's required to evade an illegally monopolistic blockage.
Regardless of the legality of Pre's move, if Apple is attempting to discriminate unlawfuly against them, they have no standing in court due to the doctrine of "Unclean Hands".
Pre might, however, be in breach of an agreement with "the usb consortium" or whatever gave them their vendor ID in the first place.
If we the people could actually see the laws that were being passed we'd hue and cry at the rampant abuse, and our legislators wouldn't be able to snuggle up to the piles of campaign cash they get from special interests.
We in the IT industry would rather all the environmentalists take a flying leap and fuck off.
We make loads of profits giving our entitlement-mentality trained customers what they want, and since we don't have to pay for hurting mother earth we will do so. Your grandkids will be paying, not us.
Oh, and all of our competitors think the same way, so we really need to make sure that if the earth is going to be ravaged anyway that we at least get a slice of the pie.
I think that IQ, like money, tends to be a dividing factor between the haves and have nots.
Those who go to college tend to be prepared to get high enough paying jobs to make sure that their kids go to college, whereas the poor tend to stay poor since they can't afford to pass on the tradition of getting a degree.
Seeing as africans were once considered mere slaves, and thus excluded from the vast majority of societal benefits enjoyed by the white man, I'm not surprised that they're still crippled from ages of discrimination and slavery.
Kinda like how a fire doesn't spontaneously revive even if you let it dry from the bucket of water you poured on it.
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Contrived scarcity should be especially condemned when "going without" is not an option.
This is why water hoarders back in the west got rich...the only choices were pay or die.
Actually, if the hierarchy really is that deep it would sure make filtering out bad sites damned easy. Since only the top level routers can see outside, only one door to lock.
I think it's time for the public to use eminent domain to seize the cables.
Some may balk at this, but the government already ponied up for broadband investment that never materialized, so as far as I'm concerned the lines should already be publicly owned.
How can you vote with your dollars if they've been swallowed by the company that already cheated you?
And here we have another reason why ISPs don't hate NAT.
It completely wrecks p2p which is one form of traffic that an ISP is more than happy to do jack shit about...especially an ISP that has the RIAA et. al. breathing down it's neck.
Well it does qualify as "News for Nerds"
And some company pulling this shit and thus cramping out v6 is IMHO "stuff that matters".
You should get a lawyer, preferably one that specializes in technology, and sue for breach of contract.
You have been officially screwed over, and it's time to stop pussyfooting around and play hardball.
Living in the woods has plenty of good points. Fresh air, low crime, and peaceful rest without having cars honking 24/7
I think what people are really griping about is being stuck in a rock and a hard place.
People have to make balancing choices every day about what they'd rather do without, and half the time most of the sacrifices are caused by other people being greedy and exploiting the situation.
The trouble is using a linear formula to predict a negatively exponential event.
That won't be a problem.
Since when have companies ever followed the rules?
Especially corproations that have the government in their pockets.
It's sorta how bribing the ref can make sure you win the game.
v4 addresses will stop getting scarcer when they're in high enough demand to make it profitable for early assignees to let some of their hoarded addresses go for sale.
IANA let too many organizations grab a shitload more addresses than they needed, and now they're sitting on gold mines and aren't letting go. We already have cases of companies flatly refusing to give back their v4's. Considering the address scarcities and the potential for profiteering, who can blame them?
They'd damn well better give you a full refund if that v6 was an essential part of the contract.
If verizon's pulling this shit AND trying to keep your money they need their asses spanked in court, big time.
I'd like to know why in the hell two different programs can wind up using two different versions of a DLL on a regular basis...
Can't programs check the versions of the libraries they're using and at least be a little bit flexible?
If programs are going to nitpick about versions they might as well just be statically linked in the first place.
Speaking of instincts, how does the visceral pleasure of having 70 virgins grab you, well, grab you?
If you've got an afterlife of pure bliss, you may very well have nothing to fear from starting a nuclear holocaust.
Relatively speakng.
Either windows 7 rocks, or vista sucks.
I say the latter, but either way would boost 7.
It's a sad world when the competition sucks so bad that a company known for using a kill switch against their own customers STILL comes out on top of the quality food chain.
That's the trouble with vaccines for seasonal diseases.
Vaccines are good for germs that don't change, like smallpox, polio, and other things that you stay immune to forever.
Flu is a different story because it mutates. It is like the borg, it adapted.
Then that would imply that SCOTUS is a pack of wusses afraid to bankrupt the mafia.
Zero-G is not easy to come by, so you might very well be comparing apples to oranges.
Whether Zero-G is valuable enough to justify the expense in obtaining it is a value judgement that naturally mandates that some opinion be utilized.
Finally, someone realizes that aggression is a basic human instinct.
The problem with politicians is that they are people in a position where they can largely ignore the law.
I think anyone, no matter how honest he THINKS he is, will sooner or later succumb to tempation and abuse his power.
Jesus christ...
You can't escape politics no matter where you go. It's in science, it's in web standards, it's in government, it's everywhere!
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if that happened. Just like I wasn't surprised when a bunch of web browser companies refused to come up with a common codec for HTML5, most likely due to vested interests in keeping things proprietary.
It might be legal, especially if it's required to evade an illegally monopolistic blockage.
Regardless of the legality of Pre's move, if Apple is attempting to discriminate unlawfuly against them, they have no standing in court due to the doctrine of "Unclean Hands".
Pre might, however, be in breach of an agreement with "the usb consortium" or whatever gave them their vendor ID in the first place.
If we the people could actually see the laws that were being passed we'd hue and cry at the rampant abuse, and our legislators wouldn't be able to snuggle up to the piles of campaign cash they get from special interests.
Sorry, but cockroaches don't like sunshine.
We in the IT industry would rather all the environmentalists take a flying leap and fuck off.
We make loads of profits giving our entitlement-mentality trained customers what they want, and since we don't have to pay for hurting mother earth we will do so. Your grandkids will be paying, not us.
Oh, and all of our competitors think the same way, so we really need to make sure that if the earth is going to be ravaged anyway that we at least get a slice of the pie.
Tragedy of the commons and all that.
I think that IQ, like money, tends to be a dividing factor between the haves and have nots.
Those who go to college tend to be prepared to get high enough paying jobs to make sure that their kids go to college, whereas the poor tend to stay poor since they can't afford to pass on the tradition of getting a degree.
Seeing as africans were once considered mere slaves, and thus excluded from the vast majority of societal benefits enjoyed by the white man, I'm not surprised that they're still crippled from ages of discrimination and slavery.
Kinda like how a fire doesn't spontaneously revive even if you let it dry from the bucket of water you poured on it.