I can't really speak for all Cox customers, but other than their shoddy customer service (what ISP doesn't have shoddy customer service?), I have been extremely happy. I consistently get the bandwidth I pay for, have only had 20 minutes of downtime in the last year (because it took me that long to figure out I had a coax cable go bad on me) and I do a lot of very bandwidth intensive activities. I'm sure there are some people who have had a bad experience, as you will never find 100% who are satisfied with anything, but honestly at least in my market life with Cox seems to be good. I know my wife loves Cox!
If he should be modded as Flamebait (not Flamebate), then you should be modded a Troll. ISPs are a business like any other company out to make a profit, so choices about how best to tackle an issue must be made. (especially in these times when the economy isn't exactly rolling along) Right now, investing in increased infrastructure would be a risky move that could put companies out of business. That's not to say that it isn't worth thinking about, but I respect that they are trying to work on the quality of their network and are trying to do so in a fiscally responsible way.
And personally, I wouldn't even begin to lump Cox and Time Warner or Comcast in the same category. I've had Cox for a few years now, and despite XBox 360, PS3, and PC online gaming, along with VOIP, regular video streaming of shows such as 24, Lost, etc in HD, and other normal PC activities, I have never even had a hint that I've encountered anything considering shaping by them. In fact, I find that I can upload files with pretty damn good speed compared to what I know people who I am friends with who have Comcast a county away are getting. The fact that Cox is trying to improve QOS before it has even become a major issue is something to applaud. A company that actually gives a damn about the quality of service it provides is a little refreshing nowadays, even if their customer service still sucks about as bad as, well...any other ISP. More than anything else, this tells me that the people that work for their NOC are at the very least competent. Cannot say the same for AT&T or Comcast.
Neither has an intrinsic loss in quality due to QOS shaping, whereas if VOIP or Video Streaming start getting shaped or QOS'd, you will have trouble maintaining a good conversation or watching that online episode of 24.
Jamie Thompson jumped into a time machine after making the stem cells, and traveled back to prehistoric times in order to establish the human race. I guess this answers the chicken versus the egg argument.
Let me also mention that ALL stem cell research requires the destruction of life. A stem cell, whether embryonic or adult, is alive.
You are twisting the debate of the use of embryonic stem cells. It has nothing to do with objections over the destruction of the stem cells, it is how they are derived. All cells derived from humans are alive at some point, but the objection from many over using embryonic stem cells for research is the fact that they come from aborted people. As far as I'm concerned, that's what they are once they have a heartbeat. That fetus is then no longer just a fetus, but a human being. The debate to whether abortion is morally right is another argument for another time, but don't make this into an argument of whether using embryonic or adult stem cells are the same thing, because they are not. An adult willingly allows the use of their stem cells for research, whereas an unborn infant cannot make that decision.
We traded in someone who takes advice from religious advisers for someone who takes advice from the ACLU and MoveOn.Org. I'd call that a sideways move at best.
Not agreeing or disagreeing with what you said, but isn't it a bit presumptuous to assume that the research will bring the therapies, rather it might be more prudent to assume that the research may bring about therapies.
If he had answered, it's doubtful he would've been elected. Whether you personally agree or disagree with abortions and the use of embryonic stem cells for research, the majority of the country does not, and this spans all ethnic groups. Obama was pretty clever at picking and choosing which questions to avoid in order to maintain his momentum.
I think patenting work done with public money is okay, as long as, like you said, the patent is licensed freely. This protects the work of the scientists, doctors, etc, as it pertains to credit for their work, but at the same time doesn't allow them to derive obscene profits off of public money.
I'd mod you if I had the points, but this will have to do. I have found it hilarious how many people blame Bush for the problems with our economy (blame him for the mistakes in Iraq, that's legit) when in fact the Democrats, going all the way back to Clinton, are the ones who have put us in this mess.
I will blame the Republican majority in the House and Senate in the 90's and early this decade for not doing something about it, although admittedly they did try a few times to fix it (McCain among others). However, apparently they didn't try hard enough. People talk of wanting Bush to get tried for war crimes, but in my opinion it's people like Barnie Frank who should be impeached or recalled for willful disregard when it comes to oversight of the housing market, chiefly as it concerns Fannie and Freddie.
It has been made crystal clear that the stimulus package, while having saved the credit industry from collapse, did little good other than to keep the majority of major banks from folding. Lending has not increased but instead continues to retract, and there is no evidence that supports the big three auto makers avoiding collapse as well (other than possibly Ford, assuming their sales recover). The handling of the economy and in particular spending has been an absolute joke over the past 4 years, and while people would love nothing better than to blame Bush, who submits yearly budgets, it is Congress, who approves the budget, who should really be at the forefront of blame. Republicans lost their mandate due to the handling of the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, most voters are too dumb to realize that the other party, the Democrats, were as clueless on the housing and credit crisis as the Republicans were on fighting a lengthy conflict in the middle east. If we only had more people who cared about the economy and the government's incompetency in managing it's duties, both parties would've been ejected from office and we'd have gotten a few more forward lookers in Washington. Too bad that'll never happen in my lifetime.
How ironic is it that Iraq eventually turned around, whereas we're just beginning to really see the seams crack in our economy?
The initial cost of an F-22 was about $330 million or so, but has gotten to the point where each actually costs only about $130 million, and that number will continue to fall the more that are produced.
You don't want the president of the USA flying in a military transport, however it might be repainted, just as you don't want the CEO of a major company driving to meet with a potential merger companies' office in a Honda Civic. He's the ambassador for America when he flies to other countries and as such, we want him to look classy when he arrives. The 747 is much more suitable to for this than, say, a C-5. Yeah, having a military transport might seem more practical, but Air Force One isn't supposed to be a cargo plane. Also keep in mind we do not want other countries to associate the president with being a military commander but a civilian one, hence he flies in what appears to be a commercial jet, rather than military one (even if the "commercial" jet has more sophisticated electronics than most military aircraft).
Forgot to mention, how big of a percentage of WoW users out of the 11 million worldwide do you honestly think play it on a Mac? Maybe 5%? I'm curious if anyone has solid stats on this, because I have a hard time believing it'd be more than 10-15% at most.
Go to any store that carries a reasonable selection of PC Games, and count the number of games that play on both PC and Mac. The games you listed are nearly the only ones that do so natively. Most games have to be ported, and in most cases there are not enough Mac users for them to do so because they have to make enough profits to make it worthwhile. You simply won't see many titles that are made for the Mac, and it has nothing to do with hardware or software, it's about market share.
Have both, and my only disappointment with the PS3 is there is still a noticeable lack in great games. But it is a good system given the right software, no doubt.
Alright, I'll give you that. Then refer to comments by others that WINE still has issues and that almost no game works flawlessly in it. I'll just take my PC for gaming over either OS X or Linux any day of the week. Note I'm not saying I think the PC is better overall, but for gaming, it sure as hell is.
Who cares. I just threw Linux in there to placate the people who would wine (haha, get it) about Linux not being mentioned. But show me a successful commercial game available on the Mac and not the PC? I'll show you dozens that are available on the PC and not on Mac.
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Most replies on slashdot are simultaneously a failure and a gigantic failure. :P
Fixed it for you.
I can't really speak for all Cox customers, but other than their shoddy customer service (what ISP doesn't have shoddy customer service?), I have been extremely happy. I consistently get the bandwidth I pay for, have only had 20 minutes of downtime in the last year (because it took me that long to figure out I had a coax cable go bad on me) and I do a lot of very bandwidth intensive activities. I'm sure there are some people who have had a bad experience, as you will never find 100% who are satisfied with anything, but honestly at least in my market life with Cox seems to be good. I know my wife loves Cox!
If he should be modded as Flamebait (not Flamebate), then you should be modded a Troll. ISPs are a business like any other company out to make a profit, so choices about how best to tackle an issue must be made. (especially in these times when the economy isn't exactly rolling along) Right now, investing in increased infrastructure would be a risky move that could put companies out of business. That's not to say that it isn't worth thinking about, but I respect that they are trying to work on the quality of their network and are trying to do so in a fiscally responsible way.
And personally, I wouldn't even begin to lump Cox and Time Warner or Comcast in the same category. I've had Cox for a few years now, and despite XBox 360, PS3, and PC online gaming, along with VOIP, regular video streaming of shows such as 24, Lost, etc in HD, and other normal PC activities, I have never even had a hint that I've encountered anything considering shaping by them. In fact, I find that I can upload files with pretty damn good speed compared to what I know people who I am friends with who have Comcast a county away are getting. The fact that Cox is trying to improve QOS before it has even become a major issue is something to applaud. A company that actually gives a damn about the quality of service it provides is a little refreshing nowadays, even if their customer service still sucks about as bad as, well...any other ISP. More than anything else, this tells me that the people that work for their NOC are at the very least competent. Cannot say the same for AT&T or Comcast.
Neither has an intrinsic loss in quality due to QOS shaping, whereas if VOIP or Video Streaming start getting shaped or QOS'd, you will have trouble maintaining a good conversation or watching that online episode of 24.
Well, where do you think the market exists for donkey sex websites? You answered your own question.
Jamie Thompson jumped into a time machine after making the stem cells, and traveled back to prehistoric times in order to establish the human race. I guess this answers the chicken versus the egg argument.
Let me also mention that ALL stem cell research requires the destruction of life. A stem cell, whether embryonic or adult, is alive.
You are twisting the debate of the use of embryonic stem cells. It has nothing to do with objections over the destruction of the stem cells, it is how they are derived. All cells derived from humans are alive at some point, but the objection from many over using embryonic stem cells for research is the fact that they come from aborted people. As far as I'm concerned, that's what they are once they have a heartbeat. That fetus is then no longer just a fetus, but a human being. The debate to whether abortion is morally right is another argument for another time, but don't make this into an argument of whether using embryonic or adult stem cells are the same thing, because they are not. An adult willingly allows the use of their stem cells for research, whereas an unborn infant cannot make that decision.
Because then the bleeding heart liberals wouldn't have anything to complain about, and a complacent liberal is a dead liberal.
We traded in someone who takes advice from religious advisers for someone who takes advice from the ACLU and MoveOn.Org. I'd call that a sideways move at best.
Not agreeing or disagreeing with what you said, but isn't it a bit presumptuous to assume that the research will bring the therapies, rather it might be more prudent to assume that the research may bring about therapies.
RTFA? This is slashdot, right? Or did I take a wrong turn somewhere?
If he had answered, it's doubtful he would've been elected. Whether you personally agree or disagree with abortions and the use of embryonic stem cells for research, the majority of the country does not, and this spans all ethnic groups. Obama was pretty clever at picking and choosing which questions to avoid in order to maintain his momentum.
Not if China has anything to say about it!
I think patenting work done with public money is okay, as long as, like you said, the patent is licensed freely. This protects the work of the scientists, doctors, etc, as it pertains to credit for their work, but at the same time doesn't allow them to derive obscene profits off of public money.
I'd mod you if I had the points, but this will have to do. I have found it hilarious how many people blame Bush for the problems with our economy (blame him for the mistakes in Iraq, that's legit) when in fact the Democrats, going all the way back to Clinton, are the ones who have put us in this mess.
I will blame the Republican majority in the House and Senate in the 90's and early this decade for not doing something about it, although admittedly they did try a few times to fix it (McCain among others). However, apparently they didn't try hard enough. People talk of wanting Bush to get tried for war crimes, but in my opinion it's people like Barnie Frank who should be impeached or recalled for willful disregard when it comes to oversight of the housing market, chiefly as it concerns Fannie and Freddie.
It has been made crystal clear that the stimulus package, while having saved the credit industry from collapse, did little good other than to keep the majority of major banks from folding. Lending has not increased but instead continues to retract, and there is no evidence that supports the big three auto makers avoiding collapse as well (other than possibly Ford, assuming their sales recover). The handling of the economy and in particular spending has been an absolute joke over the past 4 years, and while people would love nothing better than to blame Bush, who submits yearly budgets, it is Congress, who approves the budget, who should really be at the forefront of blame. Republicans lost their mandate due to the handling of the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, most voters are too dumb to realize that the other party, the Democrats, were as clueless on the housing and credit crisis as the Republicans were on fighting a lengthy conflict in the middle east. If we only had more people who cared about the economy and the government's incompetency in managing it's duties, both parties would've been ejected from office and we'd have gotten a few more forward lookers in Washington. Too bad that'll never happen in my lifetime.
How ironic is it that Iraq eventually turned around, whereas we're just beginning to really see the seams crack in our economy?
The initial cost of an F-22 was about $330 million or so, but has gotten to the point where each actually costs only about $130 million, and that number will continue to fall the more that are produced.
Whoops, shouldn't have upgraded to Vista on those Predators.
You don't want the president of the USA flying in a military transport, however it might be repainted, just as you don't want the CEO of a major company driving to meet with a potential merger companies' office in a Honda Civic. He's the ambassador for America when he flies to other countries and as such, we want him to look classy when he arrives. The 747 is much more suitable to for this than, say, a C-5. Yeah, having a military transport might seem more practical, but Air Force One isn't supposed to be a cargo plane. Also keep in mind we do not want other countries to associate the president with being a military commander but a civilian one, hence he flies in what appears to be a commercial jet, rather than military one (even if the "commercial" jet has more sophisticated electronics than most military aircraft).
The answer is 42. Where do I claim my prize?
Forgot to mention, how big of a percentage of WoW users out of the 11 million worldwide do you honestly think play it on a Mac? Maybe 5%? I'm curious if anyone has solid stats on this, because I have a hard time believing it'd be more than 10-15% at most.
Go to any store that carries a reasonable selection of PC Games, and count the number of games that play on both PC and Mac. The games you listed are nearly the only ones that do so natively. Most games have to be ported, and in most cases there are not enough Mac users for them to do so because they have to make enough profits to make it worthwhile. You simply won't see many titles that are made for the Mac, and it has nothing to do with hardware or software, it's about market share.
Have both, and my only disappointment with the PS3 is there is still a noticeable lack in great games. But it is a good system given the right software, no doubt.
Alright, I'll give you that. Then refer to comments by others that WINE still has issues and that almost no game works flawlessly in it. I'll just take my PC for gaming over either OS X or Linux any day of the week. Note I'm not saying I think the PC is better overall, but for gaming, it sure as hell is.
Who cares. I just threw Linux in there to placate the people who would wine (haha, get it) about Linux not being mentioned. But show me a successful commercial game available on the Mac and not the PC? I'll show you dozens that are available on the PC and not on Mac.