Nice overview, thanks. My questions is, rather than looking at the 2% hogs what about the 98% who pay($30/$50/$70) every month who use little to no data? I'm thinking that elephant is being ignored b/c if the 'buffet/block pricing' were replaced with a per/MB price the Telcos would net a lot less $ than what the 2% are deducting from the current gravy train they enjoy. I'm not involved in the industry, just a non-subscriber who votes 'No Thanks' to the current terms. I pay for my commodities by the unit, to contract to do otherwise is just a confidence game, IMO.
It's more profitable to treat the ailment than to cure it? I sure hope they don't pull a 'Geron'. Give them a few more months to solidify their findings...
Parking, deliveries, getting a fat pipe into the hood... I realize local guvs are hard-up for cash, but I doubt any residential zoning permits will be issued to build in the 1st place.There's plenty of commercial available these days, there you can make your DC look like a flying saucer or a sandcrawler if you like.
Because nobody is listening. You thought recovery took a long time when the servers were online, just wait. And wait. And wait. If it's not evidence, it's going to the next used server auction. Good thing you know they will secure-wipe those disks before the new owners reuse them, or worst case, mine your cloud.
Megaporn is the collateral damage this time, next time it could be lolcats or those charming girls with a cup. The internet as I know it is one step closer to dead.
You just gave them another great idea, a small army of lawyers thanks you for their job security. Next thing you know they'll be talking about the potential revenues that aren't being generated by the outage and updating their books with all these catastrophic "losses". Oh shit....
Yep, as long as that's all he wants, that's what he gets. If he ever decided he wanted something outside the walled closet he can then buy another something that comes with another remote or a new TV. I was excited when I was setting this TV up for neighbors. I thought browsing/. would be fun while watching Nature or Cosmos archives. Problem is, the browser is locked, no surfing outside the 'pay me zone'. I personally vote 'no' to Netflix/hulu/fuckall's priority to obscure their catalog's entirety more than deliver the selections for me to choose(without the flotsam repeatedly showing on every page).
It really is amazing that humans have evolved so far with such tendencies to deter and deny progress in the name of greed and control.
My eyesight has been dwindling over the past 3 or 4 years since I got my 1st Tablet. Now I have to wear reading glasses on a string around my neck everywhere I go! I'm thinking a class action is in order. How many more vibrant, enthusiastic 42yo's must go blind before this atrocity is righted????
Still hurting from the bastardization of the + sign and the futility of quoting "with" "no" "noticeable" "effect". Better prepare, is this now the correct operator if I wanted to join the herd? fecebook -"+"
Hopefully GMBMG.com incorporates this b/c I don't want to type -"+" EVERY! DAMN! SEARCH!
Come on, everything I buy costs per unit. Gas, electric, water, onions. This buffet mentality, more like 'Gravy Train', has only been held on to because THE VAST MAJORITY PAY FOR DATA THEY NEVER USE!!!!
Want to have a disussion about how best to arrive at a fair market price in an oligopoly? Fine, let's do that and stop bitching about how the few are ruining the gravy train for the carriers.
Used book stores, the bigger the better. Our local Bookman's has many editions, new and originals. I discovered them them in the last 12 months, was so entranced browsing the good old days I forget to look at the price tags.
Haha, the Great Septic Pump Fail of '86 took all our D&D, Star Wars and Atari paraphernalia out while we were visiting our dad(divorced). Mom threw everything out before we returned. Sigh.
Correct, I could have stated it as a metaphor more clearly. I believe my statement(as a metaphor) is still valid, however. The brain is not contractile tissue and does not grow/atrophy from use/non- like a muscle but it does dynamically adapt to external stimulus(physical synapses and mental acuity). Just as using it for repetitive tasks or idle viewing may make changes as much as using it for cognition. I'm hesitant to close with a muscle-memory metaphor, even though it is a valid comparison, as well... let me work on a car anlogy.
My example subject I should clarify, occasionally watches sports on TV and that's it, does not watch drama/sitcoms/un-reality programming. This I have noted to be one of the two prevalent differences between elder family/friends' who's capacity diminished faster than others' over the years. Physical activity is the other factor. YMMV.
We are what we eat! I don't doubt proper nutrition plays a role. However, I believe the brain is like any other muscle in our body. Use it and it stays healthy. Stare mindlessly at a screen with nothing but input for hours every night, every week for years and guess what...y0ur mind may not look like that marshmallow ass, but it functions just as well.
Example: I know when clients/friends/family have been playing too much solitaire or wasting idle days staring at the vidiot box(lots more lately across the board), they are cognitively slower, like they're just waking up but it lasts hours. I concur with TFA as far as the older you get the more visible the fogginess. My neighbor, however, just turned 83 and is one smart SOB and fast as a whip with a timely jest or an answer to a pointed question. Him and his wife drive to breakfast with their 4 dogs loaded in the truck like clockwork, 9am everyday for at least the last 15 years. He watches sports and is constantly 'doing'. Smart ass helped me rebuild the trestles outside my bedroom window last Saturday, drilling 8" lags through 4" posts from the top of a 6' ladder, no less. I'm sure his wife being slightly younger(25years) may have something to do with his 'vim', too. YMMV.
Just like Tv and radio, another medium to force-feed the masses drama, ridicule and fear. Of course the propaganda would be easier to dish out without all that noise, and the message is what it's all about after all..
Or, hopefully if not eventually, they will disbelieve b/c the Drama Theater speculations projected by our entertaining news sources is a broken record and has a track record for baselessness and inanity. Fear this! Watch them! The sky is falling!
and outright annoyed by most of the "improvements" to Windows Explorer.
Haha, too true. Burying controls and hiding addresses are not 'improvements' in my book, either. The dynamic links are a chronic headache if you try mapping to a data drive...custom links/favorite panel helps workaround. Moving files seems to take much longer than on XP(just a hunch, never clocked it). Worst of all, no matter how many times a MS guy says my winsxs folder isn't 'really' 18GB of data, my drives and scanners refuse to listen!
Disclosure: I recently ditched XPx64 after I got a SSD. It's blazing fast, it's a much more stable x64 OS and most of the annoyances can be disabled or reverted. If I need XP or x32 I just open a VM, which is still a common occurrence.
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Lulz!
Any apologists or paid shills care to sophize about how wrong I was to NEVER buy a DRM game?
Oh yeah...'3rd party servers': Bwahahahahahaha! That's going to end well.
Remember kids, your money is your only vote that counts.
Nice overview, thanks. My questions is, rather than looking at the 2% hogs what about the 98% who pay($30/$50/$70) every month who use little to no data? I'm thinking that elephant is being ignored b/c if the 'buffet/block pricing' were replaced with a per/MB price the Telcos would net a lot less $ than what the 2% are deducting from the current gravy train they enjoy. I'm not involved in the industry, just a non-subscriber who votes 'No Thanks' to the current terms. I pay for my commodities by the unit, to contract to do otherwise is just a confidence game, IMO.
It's more profitable to treat the ailment than to cure it? I sure hope they don't pull a 'Geron'. Give them a few more months to solidify their findings ...
None. It's only function is to get a half-baked idea posted on /.
Parking, deliveries, getting a fat pipe into the hood... I realize local guvs are hard-up for cash, but I doubt any residential zoning permits will be issued to build in the 1st place.There's plenty of commercial available these days, there you can make your DC look like a flying saucer or a sandcrawler if you like.
Because nobody is listening. You thought recovery took a long time when the servers were online, just wait. And wait. And wait. If it's not evidence, it's going to the next used server auction. Good thing you know they will secure-wipe those disks before the new owners reuse them, or worst case, mine your cloud.
Megaporn is the collateral damage this time, next time it could be lolcats or those charming girls with a cup. The internet as I know it is one step closer to dead.
Best! Poster! Ever!
The low-light images from ISS are quite interesting when flying over populated areas, too.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/
Could I buy a vowel? It's so hard to distinguish between them anymore.
You just gave them another great idea, a small army of lawyers thanks you for their job security. Next thing you know they'll be talking about the potential revenues that aren't being generated by the outage and updating their books with all these catastrophic "losses". Oh shit....
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Yep, as long as that's all he wants, that's what he gets. If he ever decided he wanted something outside the walled closet he can then buy another something that comes with another remote or a new TV. I was excited when I was setting this TV up for neighbors. I thought browsing /. would be fun while watching Nature or Cosmos archives. Problem is, the browser is locked, no surfing outside the 'pay me zone'. I personally vote 'no' to Netflix/hulu/fuckall's priority to obscure their catalog's entirety more than deliver the selections for me to choose(without the flotsam repeatedly showing on every page).
It really is amazing that humans have evolved so far with such tendencies to deter and deny progress in the name of greed and control.
One dollar and...NINE CENTS!
My eyesight has been dwindling over the past 3 or 4 years since I got my 1st Tablet. Now I have to wear reading glasses on a string around my neck everywhere I go! I'm thinking a class action is in order. How many more vibrant, enthusiastic 42yo's must go blind before this atrocity is righted????
PS: Get off my lawn!
Still hurting from the bastardization of the + sign and the futility of quoting "with" "no" "noticeable" "effect". Better prepare, is this now the correct operator if I wanted to join the herd? fecebook -"+"
Hopefully GMBMG.com incorporates this b/c I don't want to type -"+" EVERY! DAMN! SEARCH!
I was just reading about this in Lessig's book, "Free Culture" today. I can't recommend the book enough!
I never knew Walt Disney's Steamboat Mickey infringed on Steamboat Bill, Jr which infringed on the song Steamboat Bill. Ironic, isn't it? Too bad the madness isn't stopping anytime soon...
Come on, everything I buy costs per unit. Gas, electric, water, onions. This buffet mentality, more like 'Gravy Train', has only been held on to because
THE VAST MAJORITY PAY FOR DATA THEY NEVER USE!!!!
Want to have a disussion about how best to arrive at a fair market price in an oligopoly? Fine, let's do that and stop bitching about how the few are ruining the gravy train for the carriers.
Used book stores, the bigger the better. Our local Bookman's has many editions, new and originals. I discovered them them in the last 12 months, was so entranced browsing the good old days I forget to look at the price tags.
Haha, the Great Septic Pump Fail of '86 took all our D&D, Star Wars and Atari paraphernalia out while we were visiting our dad(divorced).
Mom threw everything out before we returned. Sigh.
Geeze I hope so. That and nicotine!
Correct, I could have stated it as a metaphor more clearly. I believe my statement(as a metaphor) is still valid, however. The brain is not contractile tissue and does not grow/atrophy from use/non- like a muscle but it does dynamically adapt to external stimulus(physical synapses and mental acuity). Just as using it for repetitive tasks or idle viewing may make changes as much as using it for cognition. I'm hesitant to close with a muscle-memory metaphor, even though it is a valid comparison, as well... let me work on a car anlogy.
My example subject I should clarify, occasionally watches sports on TV and that's it, does not watch drama/sitcoms/un-reality programming. This I have noted to be one of the two prevalent differences between elder family/friends' who's capacity diminished faster than others' over the years. Physical activity is the other factor. YMMV.
We are what we eat! I don't doubt proper nutrition plays a role. However, I believe the brain is like any other muscle in our body. Use it and it stays healthy. Stare mindlessly at a screen with nothing but input for hours every night, every week for years and guess what...y0ur mind may not look like that marshmallow ass, but it functions just as well.
Example: I know when clients/friends/family have been playing too much solitaire or wasting idle days staring at the vidiot box(lots more lately across the board), they are cognitively slower, like they're just waking up but it lasts hours. I concur with TFA as far as the older you get the more visible the fogginess. My neighbor, however, just turned 83 and is one smart SOB and fast as a whip with a timely jest or an answer to a pointed question. Him and his wife drive to breakfast with their 4 dogs loaded in the truck like clockwork, 9am everyday for at least the last 15 years. He watches sports and is constantly 'doing'. Smart ass helped me rebuild the trestles outside my bedroom window last Saturday, drilling 8" lags through 4" posts from the top of a 6' ladder, no less. I'm sure his wife being slightly younger(25years) may have something to do with his 'vim', too. YMMV.
Just like Tv and radio, another medium to force-feed the masses drama, ridicule and fear. Of course the propaganda would be easier to dish out without all that noise, and the message is what it's all about after all..
And the people that don't understand...
Or, hopefully if not eventually, they will disbelieve b/c the Drama Theater speculations projected by our entertaining news sources is a broken record and has a track record for baselessness and inanity. Fear this! Watch them! The sky is falling!
Yes, and if you're trying to solve a malware problem the result is an infected version of a previous state.
I give the new implementation 3 months from RC release until it's rendered obsolete, let alone a liability.
and outright annoyed by most of the "improvements" to Windows Explorer.
Haha, too true. Burying controls and hiding addresses are not 'improvements' in my book, either. The dynamic links are a chronic headache if you try mapping to a data drive...custom links/favorite panel helps workaround. Moving files seems to take much longer than on XP(just a hunch, never clocked it). Worst of all, no matter how many times a MS guy says my winsxs folder isn't 'really' 18GB of data, my drives and scanners refuse to listen!
Disclosure: I recently ditched XPx64 after I got a SSD. It's blazing fast, it's a much more stable x64 OS and most of the annoyances can be disabled or reverted. If I need XP or x32 I just open a VM, which is still a common occurrence.