Yes and it is 2009 not fucking 1900. The reason you don't see factories that hot anymore is not because it benefits the workers, it is because a comfortable worker is a productive worker and a productive worker benefits the company. Believe me your productivity in a 100 degree room will be well below your productivity at a more comfortable 70 degrees.
What's mobile phone service? You mean people can actually use their cell phones in areas where they live? I am shocked.
Sarcasm aside I understand that I live in a rural area and I won't have access to the most modern of conveniences. As matter of fact I never expect to have broadband or cell signal at my home unless AT&T sells my area to a smaller company or I move. I am however calling attention to the fact that many people consider speeds that are 1-2 generations ahead of what I have slow. While the rest of the country keeps getting upgrades and the internet evolves I am left to wonder at what point does the net become completely unusable for me?
I have looked into alternatives such as ISDN, T1 and satellite but they are as follows:
ISDN: Unavailable without 3rd party support so I have to pay 2 bills for it-one to AT&T and one to the 3rd party which is none existent where I live.
T1 : Can't afford $600/month
Satellite: A friend has it and I found it just as slow as dial-up but with bandwidth caps and 3x as expensive for the lowest tier.
I'd be happy with anything above 28k. It sucks living in a rural area served by AT&T. 1 county to the north a small phone company that serves primarily rural areas has DSL available to every home they serve. The also just announced that they are rolling out fiber the the home over the next 5 years to every address in their area. ATT will never do that because they only see profit margins while the small companies who provide the same services just sees profit.
At this point I have given up on broadband reaching me (Satellite is not broadband) and the industry will lose a paying customer when every game has to be downloaded.
is, from the same story, relegated to second interest, for some reason, the idea of resurrecting a neanderthal, the same way as the woolly mammoth. using chimpanzee as the starting cell lineage rather than human, for ethical considerations of course
but this guy won't be dumb. somebody will have to explain to him he's not the last of his kind... he is the 50,000 year old cloned reconstruction of his kind
weird, lonely, and possible on our lifetime
very cool, very freaky
There is probably a Geico commercial in here somewhere.....
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It's sad really; the fake AVs have Symantec beat in everything from total resource usage to looks.
and the same great features as McAfee.
Yes and it is 2009 not fucking 1900. The reason you don't see factories that hot anymore is not because it benefits the workers, it is because a comfortable worker is a productive worker and a productive worker benefits the company. Believe me your productivity in a 100 degree room will be well below your productivity at a more comfortable 70 degrees.
What's mobile phone service? You mean people can actually use their cell phones in areas where they live? I am shocked.
Sarcasm aside I understand that I live in a rural area and I won't have access to the most modern of conveniences. As matter of fact I never expect to have broadband or cell signal at my home unless AT&T sells my area to a smaller company or I move. I am however calling attention to the fact that many people consider speeds that are 1-2 generations ahead of what I have slow. While the rest of the country keeps getting upgrades and the internet evolves I am left to wonder at what point does the net become completely unusable for me?
I have looked into alternatives such as ISDN, T1 and satellite but they are as follows:
ISDN: Unavailable without 3rd party support so I have to pay 2 bills for it-one to AT&T and one to the 3rd party which is none existent where I live.
T1 : Can't afford $600/month
Satellite: A friend has it and I found it just as slow as dial-up but with bandwidth caps and 3x as expensive for the lowest tier.
I'd be happy with anything above 28k. It sucks living in a rural area served by AT&T. 1 county to the north a small phone company that serves primarily rural areas has DSL available to every home they serve. The also just announced that they are rolling out fiber the the home over the next 5 years to every address in their area. ATT will never do that because they only see profit margins while the small companies who provide the same services just sees profit.
Been online for about the same amount of time want to see my speeds each year?
1999 15k
2003 28k (modem upgrade)
2004 28k
2005 28k
2006 28k
2007 28k
2008 28k
At this point I have given up on broadband reaching me (Satellite is not broadband) and the industry will lose a paying customer when every game has to be downloaded.
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is, from the same story, relegated to second interest, for some reason, the idea of resurrecting a neanderthal, the same way as the woolly mammoth. using chimpanzee as the starting cell lineage rather than human, for ethical considerations of course
but this guy won't be dumb. somebody will have to explain to him he's not the last of his kind... he is the 50,000 year old cloned reconstruction of his kind
weird, lonely, and possible on our lifetime
very cool, very freaky
There is probably a Geico commercial in here somewhere.....