Americans travel. 42% of the population owns a passport.
Fiber != fast. There are consumer ISPs that are offering multi gigabit service over copper. Stop parading the myth that fiber is needed to provide extremely fast Internet speeds. Sure there are some competition issues at the local level (a lot of it created by the local government allowing a monopoly so they can receive extra revenue) but that can easily be resolved.
Since the G in the acronym is short for Graphical the G in GIF is also pronounced the same as the word. Therefore it is pronounced GIF, not jif. Problem solved.
They've stolen IP from several companies. Their OS was a direct copy of IOS. Their device manuals were word for word copies of Cisco documentation. How's that for starters?
The absence of late fees worries me. Sure, they won't get penalized immediately for not paying. But it will destroy the cardholder's credit rating costing. I wonder how many people will realize that?
Maybe because you didn't go to school an hour early in Winter?
I'm not sure about you, but where I live it is still dark after school starts for several days/weeks in the winter. So it's already happening. Nobody keeps their kids home from school because of that. Hell, there isn't any mention of it as a concern.
So this isn't a real concern. Of course I'm not not lobbying the federal government to make a change. It is decided at the state level. So I've been asking my state reps to consider the change. It gains more support every year and I think it will eventually happen where we switch to DST year round.
From time to time the argument works. Because this is really about the kids. I know that in rural areas around here, kids still walk to school. And walking about alone in the dark is scary.
I live in a rural area as well. We have no problems. Nor did our parents, grandparents or great grandparents.
Well, is that because DST stops it being dark when your kids (and you, and your parents, and your grandparents) went to school?
No, DST isn't in effect then. But even so, it is still dark after school starts without it. So there wouldn't be much of a different in the morning if we used DST year round. Let's be realistic here: the morning hours are not productive in most societies. You can't work outdoors within city limits in most places before 8AM anyway. So why not have that sunlight available later in the day?
From time to time the argument works. Because this is really about the kids. I know that in rural areas around here, kids still walk to school. And walking about alone in the dark is scary.
I live in a rural area as well. We have no problems. Nor did our parents, grandparents or great grandparents.
That is the biggest problem in the U.S. by far. We are in desperate need of more doctors and nurses as more and more people seek out health care services. Unfortunately many people don't understand that if you take an overwhelmed system and throw in more customers (demand) in to the system it gets even worse. Costs go up. Prime the pump with more workers first. States could incentivize professional healthcare workers. Don't do it at the federal level, it's too inefficient and corrupt.
You're happy with sending your kids to school in darkness?
This is a terrible argument and in my experience the whole bullshit of "won't someone please think of the children" is usually covering for some other piss poor excuse.
For the record, I don't care if it is dark out when my kids go to school.
...is that even on 4G in the U.S. we aren't getting close to the speeds that were originally promised for 3G. With 3G we were promised speeds as fast a 100mbps and in reality is was maybe 3-5mbps. Now with 4G most markets won't deliver speeds close to half of that. And now we're told that 5G will be able to replace dedicated circuits with the same speed and reliability? I call BS. I am VERY skeptical.
In my experience many flights are overbooked (which I think is an asshole move by the airline). The passenger paid for a ticket and then didn't use it? How are they losing money? Either the seat is empty for the last leg of the flight, saving the airline on fuel. Or the airline can resell the seat or give it to an overbooked passenger.
If the airlines are going the legal route for this BS, then just wait for an onslaught of justified passenger lawsuits by of crappy industry practices.
Go to an island country and look at the shit on the beaches. It isn't 80% fishing netting, it's plastic bottles, fag butts disposable plastic crap. Getting rid of that will make the beaches cleaner. Working on sorting out the fishing netting can be done in parallel, it isn't a do only one or the other situation.
That's why I said "IN THE OCEAN". Beaches are easy to clean by comparison.
I saw a stat that suggest that as much as 80% of the plastic waste in the ocean is fishing netting. The vast majority of the rest is supposedly from underdeveloped counties. Something like 0.1% of the plastic waste in the ocean is from the U.S. So these laws won't make a difference in the whole scheme of things.
Why not focus on the real problems that will have a real effect?
Are are there alternative motives involved?
is it too hard to understand that someone has to go first? or maybe that we have to try things out to see how well they work? do you even understand problem solving at all?
Based on the stats, I would say that we are well in the lead. Only 0.1% of the plastic waste in the ocean is tied to the US and we probably consume the most plastic products in the world. Why punish an economy that has had the best results? I think that is a legitimate question.
I saw a stat that suggest that as much as 80% of the plastic waste in the ocean is fishing netting. The vast majority of the rest is supposedly from underdeveloped counties. Something like 0.1% of the plastic waste in the ocean is from the U.S. So these laws won't make a difference in the whole scheme of things.
Why not focus on the real problems that will have a real effect?
...not specifically with satellites, but other equipment. It rarely actually happens where there will reconfigure the existing equipment. Many of these non-military satellites are shared with many tenants. The chances of them being able to move all services off to another satellite reconfigure it are slim to none.
It would be cool to see it actually happen. But history isn't on their side.
...especially when you consider that most public library budgets are extremely tight. If they are going to go digital, they need to do it right the first time. Wait for the bleeding edge stuff to work itself out. Wait for standards to be adopted. Then get involved.
But it's because I went from a director position in the private sector to an hourly position in a state agency. Less resposibility, 50% pay increase, better benefits and better retirement. I left because the company wasn't willing to pay more and keep up with pay rates in the area.
This. Yeah, you could go buy enterprise hardware but why? For the home user this would be perfectly acceptable. It's obviously not mainstream yet. But I could use it in the near future.
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Americans travel. 42% of the population owns a passport.
Fiber != fast. There are consumer ISPs that are offering multi gigabit service over copper. Stop parading the myth that fiber is needed to provide extremely fast Internet speeds. Sure there are some competition issues at the local level (a lot of it created by the local government allowing a monopoly so they can receive extra revenue) but that can easily be resolved.
Since the G in the acronym is short for Graphical the G in GIF is also pronounced the same as the word. Therefore it is pronounced GIF, not jif. Problem solved.
They've stolen IP from several companies. Their OS was a direct copy of IOS. Their device manuals were word for word copies of Cisco documentation. How's that for starters?
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"The absence of late fees is jaw-dropping"
The absence of late fees worries me. Sure, they won't get penalized immediately for not paying. But it will destroy the cardholder's credit rating costing. I wonder how many people will realize that?
Maybe because you didn't go to school an hour early in Winter?
I'm not sure about you, but where I live it is still dark after school starts for several days/weeks in the winter. So it's already happening. Nobody keeps their kids home from school because of that. Hell, there isn't any mention of it as a concern.
So this isn't a real concern. Of course I'm not not lobbying the federal government to make a change. It is decided at the state level. So I've been asking my state reps to consider the change. It gains more support every year and I think it will eventually happen where we switch to DST year round.
From time to time the argument works. Because this is really about the kids. I know that in rural areas around here, kids still walk to school. And walking about alone in the dark is scary.
I live in a rural area as well. We have no problems. Nor did our parents, grandparents or great grandparents.
Well, is that because DST stops it being dark when your kids (and you, and your parents, and your grandparents) went to school?
No, DST isn't in effect then. But even so, it is still dark after school starts without it. So there wouldn't be much of a different in the morning if we used DST year round. Let's be realistic here: the morning hours are not productive in most societies. You can't work outdoors within city limits in most places before 8AM anyway. So why not have that sunlight available later in the day?
From time to time the argument works. Because this is really about the kids. I know that in rural areas around here, kids still walk to school. And walking about alone in the dark is scary.
I live in a rural area as well. We have no problems. Nor did our parents, grandparents or great grandparents.
That is the biggest problem in the U.S. by far. We are in desperate need of more doctors and nurses as more and more people seek out health care services. Unfortunately many people don't understand that if you take an overwhelmed system and throw in more customers (demand) in to the system it gets even worse. Costs go up. Prime the pump with more workers first. States could incentivize professional healthcare workers. Don't do it at the federal level, it's too inefficient and corrupt.
You're happy with sending your kids to school in darkness?
This is a terrible argument and in my experience the whole bullshit of "won't someone please think of the children" is usually covering for some other piss poor excuse.
For the record, I don't care if it is dark out when my kids go to school.
I had a really nice Pioneer tape deck that had Dolby S noise reduction. It was very nice. I made several live recordings that sounded great.
...they're just like the rest of us.
You are asking why the Hawaii legislature doesn't legislate for other countries...
Nope. Didn't say it. Didn't even imply it. I said focus on real problems that will make a difference.
...is that even on 4G in the U.S. we aren't getting close to the speeds that were originally promised for 3G. With 3G we were promised speeds as fast a 100mbps and in reality is was maybe 3-5mbps. Now with 4G most markets won't deliver speeds close to half of that. And now we're told that 5G will be able to replace dedicated circuits with the same speed and reliability? I call BS. I am VERY skeptical.
Shouldn't access be granted based on something you have AND something you know?
In my experience many flights are overbooked (which I think is an asshole move by the airline). The passenger paid for a ticket and then didn't use it? How are they losing money? Either the seat is empty for the last leg of the flight, saving the airline on fuel. Or the airline can resell the seat or give it to an overbooked passenger.
If the airlines are going the legal route for this BS, then just wait for an onslaught of justified passenger lawsuits by of crappy industry practices.
Go to an island country and look at the shit on the beaches. It isn't 80% fishing netting, it's plastic bottles, fag butts disposable plastic crap.
Getting rid of that will make the beaches cleaner.
Working on sorting out the fishing netting can be done in parallel, it isn't a do only one or the other situation.
That's why I said "IN THE OCEAN". Beaches are easy to clean by comparison.
Oh wait...
I saw a stat that suggest that as much as 80% of the plastic waste in the ocean is fishing netting. The vast majority of the rest is supposedly from underdeveloped counties. Something like 0.1% of the plastic waste in the ocean is from the U.S. So these laws won't make a difference in the whole scheme of things.
Why not focus on the real problems that will have a real effect?
Are are there alternative motives involved?
is it too hard to understand that someone has to go first? or maybe that we have to try things out to see how well they work? do you even understand problem solving at all?
Based on the stats, I would say that we are well in the lead. Only 0.1% of the plastic waste in the ocean is tied to the US and we probably consume the most plastic products in the world. Why punish an economy that has had the best results? I think that is a legitimate question.
Oh wait...
I saw a stat that suggest that as much as 80% of the plastic waste in the ocean is fishing netting. The vast majority of the rest is supposedly from underdeveloped counties. Something like 0.1% of the plastic waste in the ocean is from the U.S. So these laws won't make a difference in the whole scheme of things.
Why not focus on the real problems that will have a real effect?
Are are there alternative motives involved?
Does Google or Apple make any effort to contact the infected users when they find malicious apps? Seems like it would be the right thing to do.
...not specifically with satellites, but other equipment. It rarely actually happens where there will reconfigure the existing equipment. Many of these non-military satellites are shared with many tenants. The chances of them being able to move all services off to another satellite reconfigure it are slim to none.
It would be cool to see it actually happen. But history isn't on their side.
...especially when you consider that most public library budgets are extremely tight. If they are going to go digital, they need to do it right the first time. Wait for the bleeding edge stuff to work itself out. Wait for standards to be adopted. Then get involved.
But it's because I went from a director position in the private sector to an hourly position in a state agency. Less resposibility, 50% pay increase, better benefits and better retirement. I left because the company wasn't willing to pay more and keep up with pay rates in the area.
Or is it auto selecting seats based on balancing wight throughout the aircraft? Honest question.
Were the microplastics in the environment, or did they come from the manufacturing/production process? Is it a mix? If so, what's the ratio?
This. Yeah, you could go buy enterprise hardware but why? For the home user this would be perfectly acceptable. It's obviously not mainstream yet. But I could use it in the near future.