Huh? Are you suggesting that the Fed's begin to tell private companies they must improve and expand their services to meet a need? That is exactly what a free market does without the Feds. You want government to start controlling (or forcing) bandwidth? Oh boy!
Perhaps you should purchase your wife an mp3 player and cheap speakers. Better sound and won't be contributing to the problem. Sucking up bandwidth just to have music playing seems a little much.
I would love to see Google wield its power to develop an Android phone sold through Verizon that DOES NOT require an internet package. Just one. I don't care how fancy it is. It sucks that to buy a smart phone I have to pay another $600/year or get robbed on their cheaper packages. Make one phone that allows me to have apps to take with me and I can get rid of my Win 5 xv6700 that is one of only two 'smart' phones Verizon will let you activate without a data package. Most apps I want don't require the internet.
If you liked it so much there...feel free to go back. I'll take the current corruption of the Obamanation over a monarchy or any other state that chooses to deprive people of basic human rights and force them to a religion of submission. No thanks!! You can it. See ya. Bye!
before one of these sites is used by someone with a bad agenda to leak misinformation that does something horrible globally. You think things are bad with the status quo? I can imagine many people around the world that for their own personal profit or simple love of chaos will some day use a popular site to "leak" information that will do more harm than all the secrets that are being held. I hope not, but I think there is more potential for harm than good in all this.
I wish your assumptions were true. I've lived in other countries where there was no free market and the electricity was completely regulated by the government. The results will be: 1) Less motivation to keep providing a good infrastructure (why should they if their profits are reduced?) 2) Less capable people being hired (help reduce their costs) and fewer of them 3) Everyone complaining that even what they pay is too much!!!
We do the same thing here in the US when gas gets too expensive for our cheap over-consumption. Living in other countries where electricity is ACTUALLY expensive you will find people living in harsh conditions and barely able to afford any power. We need to be thankful for what we have and realize that WE REALLY HAVE IT GOOD!!
I think we all know that the postal services is not going away. They will increase fees and get more from the tax payers. Hopefully, they will make good decisions, and perhaps someone should tell them that people are sending more emails than mail...in case they didn't get the memo. I would also suggest that some might be sending more written letters than emails since the wiki leaks. There has got to be more than one company or agency that is now sending a few more paper items because of that.
You have to stretch and twist reality to come to the conclusion that capitalism 'produces' these effects. Correlation does not mean causation.
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
Capitalism doesn't suppress people--evil people do.
Greed is the problem, not a free democracy or capitalism. It doesn't matter what kind of policy you follow. The people you choose to follow make all the difference. In a truly free democracy where there is capitalism, people can choose who they follow and will choose people that help promote their lifestyle goals within that democracy.
Choose a state run economy, and now you reduce incentive, hope, and free will. In Africa (like in many other places...India, for example), choosing their leaders is far from what we see as an option in America.
One last ingredient that most Westerners aren't aware of (I didn't realize until I lived there)...there is an overwhelming attitude of hopelessness among the people throughout most of Africa. This causes them to often not rise up against the leader, because they don't have the hope to drive them (hope that life will get better if they do).
Look at many countries around the world (like South Korea, Burma) where people are not living free and 'good' lives, but their chances of rising up against rulers with guns and tanks is not good.
I originally posted to stop the wrong thinking that most of the problems in Africa are due to outside governmental influence that suppresses people purposefully...like an earlier post suggested.
I was only trying to be "largely correct" to simplify....to use your words. Thank you for agreeing and adding your years of experience to mine. Most people that use the media and water bottle conversation to come to conclusion about how the world runs are usually far from the truth.
There is no need to try on this site to write an essay as to all the problems. Being "largely correct" helps people head in the right direction. Feel free to add as many additional problems and reasons as you like. I could throw in about another 10 from my experience.
Spoken like a true capitalist hater. I lived in Africa for 16 months. I can tell you first hand that it has little to nothing to do with your assumptions of what you believe in the media. Africa has all the wealth it needs in resources today. #1 reason why people are starving to death and poverty is rampant: Some few people still act like greedy kings. I'm talking about the people in power in Africa. They use their power to control people and make themselves rich. Every lead of a country in Africa has deals and trades going on privately with other countries to make themselves rich...not their nation.
Look at Madagascar....rich in jewels, poor in population. Why? The leaders of the country have sold out to major corporations that mine the wealth. Who's to blame? Not the people buying the gems. Its the leaders of the country that allow the raping of their land for their own profit and not the people of their country.
Just a little FYI to help correct the media lies you've been hearing.
I love this struggle to become smaller, lighter, more powerful, and we argue over whether or not it will meet everyone's needs. There is no one product that will do it for everyone....yes, even the iPad.
What about those glasses that can project the monitor image onto the lens while you walk down a busy street and get run over. Would be cool someday to see a touch version of those glasses with people walking while poking themselves in the eyes.
Others hate the iPad for use outdoors while they sit at the beach reading a book (ok, that's a commercial). Still others think they are cooler than everyone else when they whip out their iPad and start flipping aimlessly through web pages that are all bookmarked.
Seriously, there are some people where this type of computer will be perfect and others that see no value in it. To each his/her own.
Quote from the actual article this is all referencing:
Box 3. Bulk of all infected machines are located in the networks of well-known ISPs
As far as we can tell, all ISPs harbor infected machines – ‘bots’ – in their networks.What is surprising,
however, is that the bulk of the total global population of infected machines are located in the networks of
well-established providers, the brand names that are familiar to the consumers in those countries. Of the
tens of thousands of ISPs that provide Internet access, the 200 ISPs that collectively hold nearly 90
percent of the total market share in the wider OECD area account for more than 60 percent of all infected
machines worldwide. Other service providers, such as hosting providers, university networks, corporate
networks and application service providers contain a smaller share of all bots.
That's exactly right. People can all yell and complain about the litigious society we live in, but it is the fact that people can and will sue companies that scares the pants off them and keeps them working toward safer and better. I was involved in a biotech company in the development of a new manufacturing plant over 5 years ago. Their control computers (which I installed) were completely isolated from the rest of the company. No cables coming into the control server room from the rest of the company. They are not only scared of customers but also the FDA. Same with any company. They all want to stay in business. They simply need to know of where problems can come from, and they will make changes to cover their butts.
You've obviously never owned a Linux server on the web. Gosh!! Updates came nearly weekly (and had to be manually installed) and even then my box was completely cracked and used to try to break into Stanford U graphics department one weekend. Ran up an $800 bill for me. Thanks Linux.
While your statement about Linux being used on much of the web is correct, try working for a shared hosting company that has thousands of Linux boxes on them, and they will tell you it is a 24x7 job trying to keep them patched and clean and updated. Nothing out there is plug-n-play-n-forget.
my 24" LCD display is only 320x240 maximum resolution. I'm so glad that someone has made fonts that will help fit text on my screen. They show up nice and large on this display. What's everyone complaining about?
Sorry guys, but I trust the brain power at Google to keep my emails safer than Facebook. Not to dis Facebook engineers, but they are nowhere near the capacity of Google. If I'm going to send information that I don't want leaked or have conversations that need to be private, I'm not looking to Facebook anytime soon as the conduit.
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Huh? Are you suggesting that the Fed's begin to tell private companies they must improve and expand their services to meet a need? That is exactly what a free market does without the Feds. You want government to start controlling (or forcing) bandwidth? Oh boy!
Perhaps you should purchase your wife an mp3 player and cheap speakers. Better sound and won't be contributing to the problem. Sucking up bandwidth just to have music playing seems a little much.
We've got plenty of Big Sky and few airwaves here in Montana. They'll limit me anyway.
I would love to see Google wield its power to develop an Android phone sold through Verizon that DOES NOT require an internet package. Just one. I don't care how fancy it is. It sucks that to buy a smart phone I have to pay another $600/year or get robbed on their cheaper packages. Make one phone that allows me to have apps to take with me and I can get rid of my Win 5 xv6700 that is one of only two 'smart' phones Verizon will let you activate without a data package. Most apps I want don't require the internet.
If you liked it so much there...feel free to go back. I'll take the current corruption of the Obamanation over a monarchy or any other state that chooses to deprive people of basic human rights and force them to a religion of submission. No thanks!! You can it. See ya. Bye!
You mean France. Oh, wait minute...not a good example...it is pretty bad.
before one of these sites is used by someone with a bad agenda to leak misinformation that does something horrible globally. You think things are bad with the status quo? I can imagine many people around the world that for their own personal profit or simple love of chaos will some day use a popular site to "leak" information that will do more harm than all the secrets that are being held. I hope not, but I think there is more potential for harm than good in all this.
Next generation...make a physical keyboard with the screen overlaying the keys. Then you get to see and move the screen with a real physical touch. ;)
I wish your assumptions were true. I've lived in other countries where there was no free market and the electricity was completely regulated by the government. The results will be: 1) Less motivation to keep providing a good infrastructure (why should they if their profits are reduced?) 2) Less capable people being hired (help reduce their costs) and fewer of them 3) Everyone complaining that even what they pay is too much!!!
We do the same thing here in the US when gas gets too expensive for our cheap over-consumption. Living in other countries where electricity is ACTUALLY expensive you will find people living in harsh conditions and barely able to afford any power. We need to be thankful for what we have and realize that WE REALLY HAVE IT GOOD!!
Like my CPU?
I think we all know that the postal services is not going away. They will increase fees and get more from the tax payers. Hopefully, they will make good decisions, and perhaps someone should tell them that people are sending more emails than mail...in case they didn't get the memo. I would also suggest that some might be sending more written letters than emails since the wiki leaks. There has got to be more than one company or agency that is now sending a few more paper items because of that.
You have to stretch and twist reality to come to the conclusion that capitalism 'produces' these effects. Correlation does not mean causation. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
Capitalism doesn't suppress people--evil people do.
Greed is the problem, not a free democracy or capitalism. It doesn't matter what kind of policy you follow. The people you choose to follow make all the difference. In a truly free democracy where there is capitalism, people can choose who they follow and will choose people that help promote their lifestyle goals within that democracy.
Choose a state run economy, and now you reduce incentive, hope, and free will. In Africa (like in many other places...India, for example), choosing their leaders is far from what we see as an option in America.
about this same item first thing this morning. "AVG Update Stops Viruses From Running...And OS"
You're right. Obvious misstatement. That's a duh, my part! My friends in S.K. would look at me funny on that statement.
One last ingredient that most Westerners aren't aware of (I didn't realize until I lived there)...there is an overwhelming attitude of hopelessness among the people throughout most of Africa. This causes them to often not rise up against the leader, because they don't have the hope to drive them (hope that life will get better if they do).
Look at many countries around the world (like South Korea, Burma) where people are not living free and 'good' lives, but their chances of rising up against rulers with guns and tanks is not good.
I originally posted to stop the wrong thinking that most of the problems in Africa are due to outside governmental influence that suppresses people purposefully...like an earlier post suggested.
I was only trying to be "largely correct" to simplify....to use your words. Thank you for agreeing and adding your years of experience to mine. Most people that use the media and water bottle conversation to come to conclusion about how the world runs are usually far from the truth.
There is no need to try on this site to write an essay as to all the problems. Being "largely correct" helps people head in the right direction. Feel free to add as many additional problems and reasons as you like. I could throw in about another 10 from my experience.
Spoken like a true capitalist hater. I lived in Africa for 16 months. I can tell you first hand that it has little to nothing to do with your assumptions of what you believe in the media. Africa has all the wealth it needs in resources today. #1 reason why people are starving to death and poverty is rampant: Some few people still act like greedy kings. I'm talking about the people in power in Africa. They use their power to control people and make themselves rich. Every lead of a country in Africa has deals and trades going on privately with other countries to make themselves rich...not their nation.
Look at Madagascar....rich in jewels, poor in population. Why? The leaders of the country have sold out to major corporations that mine the wealth. Who's to blame? Not the people buying the gems. Its the leaders of the country that allow the raping of their land for their own profit and not the people of their country.
Just a little FYI to help correct the media lies you've been hearing.
when undergoing special activities as it "uses infrared emitters and cameras to track user movement over the whole of the surface,"
I love this struggle to become smaller, lighter, more powerful, and we argue over whether or not it will meet everyone's needs. There is no one product that will do it for everyone....yes, even the iPad.
What about those glasses that can project the monitor image onto the lens while you walk down a busy street and get run over. Would be cool someday to see a touch version of those glasses with people walking while poking themselves in the eyes.
Others hate the iPad for use outdoors while they sit at the beach reading a book (ok, that's a commercial). Still others think they are cooler than everyone else when they whip out their iPad and start flipping aimlessly through web pages that are all bookmarked.
Seriously, there are some people where this type of computer will be perfect and others that see no value in it. To each his/her own.
Quote from the actual article this is all referencing: Box 3. Bulk of all infected machines are located in the networks of well-known ISPs As far as we can tell, all ISPs harbor infected machines – ‘bots’ – in their networks.What is surprising, however, is that the bulk of the total global population of infected machines are located in the networks of well-established providers, the brand names that are familiar to the consumers in those countries. Of the tens of thousands of ISPs that provide Internet access, the 200 ISPs that collectively hold nearly 90 percent of the total market share in the wider OECD area account for more than 60 percent of all infected machines worldwide. Other service providers, such as hosting providers, university networks, corporate networks and application service providers contain a smaller share of all bots.
That's exactly right. People can all yell and complain about the litigious society we live in, but it is the fact that people can and will sue companies that scares the pants off them and keeps them working toward safer and better. I was involved in a biotech company in the development of a new manufacturing plant over 5 years ago. Their control computers (which I installed) were completely isolated from the rest of the company. No cables coming into the control server room from the rest of the company. They are not only scared of customers but also the FDA. Same with any company. They all want to stay in business. They simply need to know of where problems can come from, and they will make changes to cover their butts.
You've obviously never owned a Linux server on the web. Gosh!! Updates came nearly weekly (and had to be manually installed) and even then my box was completely cracked and used to try to break into Stanford U graphics department one weekend. Ran up an $800 bill for me. Thanks Linux.
While your statement about Linux being used on much of the web is correct, try working for a shared hosting company that has thousands of Linux boxes on them, and they will tell you it is a 24x7 job trying to keep them patched and clean and updated. Nothing out there is plug-n-play-n-forget.
my 24" LCD display is only 320x240 maximum resolution. I'm so glad that someone has made fonts that will help fit text on my screen. They show up nice and large on this display. What's everyone complaining about?
Sorry guys, but I trust the brain power at Google to keep my emails safer than Facebook. Not to dis Facebook engineers, but they are nowhere near the capacity of Google. If I'm going to send information that I don't want leaked or have conversations that need to be private, I'm not looking to Facebook anytime soon as the conduit.
If you haven't seen this mind storm version, you may be impressed. It has done it in 2 seconds!
Cube Stormer