What about those of us geeks that LIKE WebOS? I mean, I can do everything that an Android user can do and MORE with WebOS, and WebOS makes it easier to do.
Tell me you Android users, can you patch your Android device with a kernel that allows for multiple types of adaptive overclocking? No? funny, I can with my Gen1 Sprint Pre using WebOS 1.4.5.
Even funnier, It's not a feature i'd use.
In fact, I've been doing it for at least 3 point releases of WebOS.
Wait. Your Android device isn't getting an OTA update from your carrier? You can't even GET an OTA update because your only 6 month old device isn't compatible with Froyo? And you have to be even MORE of a carrier bitch and pay out more money just to get Froyo, but you can only get a gimped version with features missing?
REALLY?
Bought my nexus one without a contract, installed a modded os (Cyangoen) and installed a great deal of useful apps.
I just don't see how you people think Android is "open" when it looks like only the CARRIERS have any real access to the phone without a complex hack that is only really possible for Alpha Geeks and is as lkely to BRICK your phone or cause the carrier to drop your contract as it is to unlock it.
Documentation on how to flash your device so it doesn't end up bricked can easily be found and it's instructions are very clear. It does not take an an overly technical person to do this. I don't think it has a higher rate of being bricked than any other hardware being flashed.
Other than having a metric crap load of apps (about 99% garbage apps too.) you Android users appear to be getting LESS for your money than us WebOS users. Yeah, I have a device that's over a year old. At least my software is up to date, and uniform across all carriers and devices. Having a brand new Android device that's completely locked down and using a gimped old version of Android is like owning a Ferrari that has a Yugo engine and needs champagne as fuel. Flashy, expensive to use crap.
No thanks, I'll stick with WebOS.
Apps are what you make of them. The applications I find useful I install and keep. Even if we use your somewhat "99% percent garbage apps too" estimate that still leaves me with 1% of apps that might be of value. I'm not sure why I'm replying to your post other than to say it seems like you really don't like the android platform. I can't help but wonder did you by chance brick one of your android phones?:-)
I don't usually complain about the summaries (because I know they're all bad) but this one was a real disappointment to me. Carnivorous swamp beast?? I'm looking for this bad boy. But no, it's just a little cute furry guy, a little irate because someone is holding him by the throat. I would be irate too. OK, I know it's news, but such a disappointment.
If it was a slashdotter vs that cute little guy, I'd put money on the beaver like thing. You're forgetting what years of living in a basement does to muscle. To most of us that is a BEAST.
I think the average slahdotter living in his basement would have no problem choking something of the size of a small rodent...
I tried to resist but it was just too easy. I feel like I should also state I live in a basement, post on slashdot and have a girlfriend...;-)
I had some mod points but i'll waive using them to tell this funny story:
I worked at a head office for a large oil and gas company in their call centre. One day a net send message popped up on all the computer screens in the office: (I've changed the wording to protect the guilty) "I'm XXX and I like licorice".
I laughed to myself, clicked ok to the message and then suddenly the phones began to ring off the hook. The amount of callers waiting on hold kept increasing to unimaginable numbers. A few minutes later one of our second level guys walked in and we asked him to sit down and help us with the call volumes due to some idiot who had sent a net send message to the complete company (50 floors of employee's).
The guy turned completly red sat down and started taking calls after calls. It was then that we immediately knew who the guilty party was. He wanted to send a net send message to one of the other tech guys in the building but had sent it to the whole domain instead.
Needless to say he was known as the licorice guy from there on out.
I've always wondered if he stopped using net send....
I can't say that enough!
As an older person who was returning to university your mathematics and physics exercises and videos were a life saver! I truly appreciate all the hard work and effort you've put into your educational materials (website, videos, lessons etc). They helped me immensely and I don't doubt for a second they will continue to do so when I finally begin my full time studies in September.
It's people such as yourself that really help make a positive difference in our world. You're inspirational, thank you and keep up the excellent work.
One last time: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Some1too.
Seriously, I'm in awe of these pictures and how much is out there. Between these and the new hubble images, it really drives home two things:
1) I miss living in the country. The night skies on clear nights were awesome.
2) I regret that I will not live long enough to see faster then light travel. Perhaps my son will see it.
I certainly hope that my children will get the chance to travel our of orbit. I'm still holding out that i'll step foot on the moon or another planet before I leave this beautiful blue marble. (A man's gotta have his dreams right?)
On a serious note faster than light travel by the next generation? We can always dream....
Not sure how you're defining a big flop.
Just by having google and android hand in hand the branding is getting out there. HTC devices are now known to be reliable by the consumer. For the record I own one and bought it new with an extra battery (you can't go wrong for 25$).
I bought it when it was still unavailable in my country of origin. I don't use a dataplan but connect via wifi. I'd rather know the cost of my device upfront and have the ability to change carriers whenever I feel like it rather than being locked into one carrier for two to three years. Until our carriers monthly service plans fall to a resonable monthly cost (under 30$ a month) i will not support them any more than I need to.
Android, HTC, google, the open source movement and the consumer are all winning with this thing. Not really understanding how this is a loss or flop.
S.
... crack it open and you can remove the wireless card and replace it with your own... the wireless card had been glued to the router board... I ended up using a pair of scissors to pry them apart and I thought for certain I had ruined either the card or the router board.
God I love slashdot.... always the best advice!
On a serious note I tried to remove the card in every which way I could think of and it wouldn't budge. I couldn't tell that it was held in place with the sponge and glue (it wasn't visible). I don't know if that's a common practice in devices like these because it was the first time I opened one up. I thought someone might find the information helpful if they were thinking about opening theirs. (I was fully aware of the possible consequences.).
On a side note; It's also a good idea to loosen up and have a few beers before trying the famous hardware removal by scissors technique. It's as extreme as extreme ironing btw.
S.
I'm very happy with the unit for the following reasons:
1) crack it open and you can remove the wireless card and replace it with your own.
2) will run with openwrt
3) I'm shocked at the amount of abuse mine took. The wireless card had been glued to the router board using some kind of foam. I think the combination of the glue used and the heat from the device made it stick together strongly. I ended up using a pair of scissors to pry them apart and I thought for certain I had ruined either the card of the router board. Much to my surprise when I unbent the clips for the card it started working fine (I was prepared to trash the router in order to try and get the card out).
4) I've flashed the unit several times between the stock and various other images. The thing always comes back from the dead if you take your time and understand what you're doing.
I guess it's firmware has some issue in how it addresses the interfaces which causes a conflict when trying to run something like FON (or so I'm told. Not certain how this applies if you're running openwrt). I bought mine a few years ago now when the N standard wasn't on a lot of hardware at the time. I haven't tested it's functionality in that regard.
I'm planning on buying a decent Atheros based card for it and use it in Sept.
Hope this was helpful in some way.
I'm almost in the same situation as yourself. Went back to university in my early thirty's after 10 years outside of academia. One site I really liked and recommend it the Khan Academy site. It starts with basic arithmetic, allows you to work through multiple examples while grading your progress as you go along. Works it's way up to derivatives the last time I checked.
I'm really not doing justice to the excellent work done by Sal (if my memory serves me well that's his first name as well as being a MIT graduate). The site linked to youtube videos explaining the concepts and back when i used it all of this was completely free.
If you happen to know anyone related to this site, tell them I said thank you.
S.
I couldn't have said it better. Hopefully with the recently opened new market/competition we'll begin to see some short term changes. I've worked in the industry and still have several friends in both of the large carriers.
I'm still mad at Bell for their throttling; I was hoping for a stronger response from our government (and people) regarding the issue.
Cheers,
I'd be curious to see how deep the cannon needs to be. Being at the equator you'd also have to ship the 'merchandise' to it and then find a way to load it into the cannon. I can't image it would be trivial to load this cannon. Simply dropping it down the canon itself would be one personality.
I'm also very curious how the necessary energy would be created to fire this container. I'm all for anything that helps open up the travel off this rock but the one provided link is a little slim on details.
I believe the real question at hand is who owns the passage once it opens up. It's not necessarily all the petrol or natural resources that will be available which is the concern. The shipping lane(s) opening up would mean new naval routes with a high volume of traffic (and pollution).
I'm not up to par with my maritime law (and don't have the time to look it up) but I believe a country 'owns' the water near it's borders up to a certain distance. There are a few countries currently stating that the land/passage belongs to them because Canada hasn't had people 'living on it' and thus it doesn't belong to them.
This sub is just to promote the "yes this is Canada's territory and look we are doing stuff here", but this is slashdot I haven't read the article. There have been rumors for years of Inuit and other northern people spotting subs breaking through the ice in the Canadian north. I've always wondered if those were true.
The final edit? Well in my mind any subject can have more than one book. I've always thought that a Wikipedia like source for "insert subject" would be very interesting. Something along the lines of of what they've done at the khan academy website. I tried to locate a screen shot of what I wanted to explained but couldn't find one so I'll try to describe as best as I can. The website will start with a simple explanation of numbers and then work it's way up from there to a university level understanding. This is all done in a 'connect the dot fashion' with the dots changing colors to indicate your progress. It's a nice way of visualizing progress which is something that is underrated In my opinion.
numbers->addition->subtraction-> and so forth
What I find nice regarding how they're doing it is they bundle video explanations for each step. It allows you to monitor your progress and has multiple exercises with clues that only appear when you get a incorrect answer. I look forward to seeing other websites use a similar method for different subjects. I still don't understand why I can't find a website on any subject matter that begins with the 1st step in that subject and works its way up to the cutting edge of it's field.
I'm not complaining about the lack of resources on the internet. I do eventually find the information I'm looking for; however with open books this might be a lot easier. I'd love to see open books as stated above that go from preschool to university level. It doesn't mean it all has to be in one book and revised. So much like Wikipedia allows anyone to edit articles; so the books could allow anyone to edit them and be up for peer review. Just food for thought
I have no association with the Khan Academy other than having used its resources. Keep up the great work and thank you!
Personally,
I had heard of twitter on and off in various places but had never really gotten into it. I now find myself regularly visiting the phoenix lander twitter page for short, informative and sometimes funny commentary. They`ve used twitter to reach out to an audience that might not of otherwise kept up with such an interesting project. I`ve found mny of the questions addressed on the page to be things I often wondered about myself regarding such projects (what OS does it run, how is the communication handled, recent discoveries).
I think bell really shot themselves in the foot with their argument that their lines are overwhelmed by traffic from torrents or 'heavy users'. This has really turned up the passion with the general public at large. Michael Geist www.michaelgeist.ca has an extremly infomative series of articles titled "a week in the life of the new canadian dmca" where he uses an every day normal family to explain what would and would no longer be acceptable if this law passes.
His facebook privacy group has swelled to over 65 000 individuals since it's creation. This included with the efforts of other canadian organizations (www.copyrightforcanadians.ca) has really brought this issue to the forefront of canadian politics.
Net neutrality wasn`t even a whisper a few months ago, now it`s being talked about around the water cooler at work. So let me be one of the first to say it: Thank you Bell Canada. Thank you for being that large corporation which believes it has a right to do whatever it wants to it`s customers. You`ve helped out net neutrality in Canada more than you could of imagined.
I can`t wait to see just how clogged their resources are. I hope someone is able to cut through the legalese to give us a nice idea of how their equipment and service is really running.
However I fail to see why this is news for nerds or stuff that matters? Maybe it's an effort to activate the subconscious message which was included in the recent slashdot dating advertisement?
1) Include subliminal message in dating advertisement
2) post article about bad boys get the girls
3) Slashdot crowd puts 1+1 together
4) profit!?!?
I can't remember there where and when but there is someone out there pushing to have emergency exits signs and lights changed from red color to a green color for this very same reason.
When we see a red traffic light we stop. In North America (and I assume several other continents) stop signs are also red. In an emergency the few seconds of hesitation possibly generated by a red light instead of a green light might cost lives.
It was an interesting subject matter and seems to make sense. Wonder if we'll even see green exit signs in our near future?
This is so true.
I just didn`t get the fascination with facebook. All my geek (and non geek) friends seemed to think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. All i saw was a way for people I didn`t want to stay in touch with to find me easily.
I suppose the interwebz for the masses needs to be something that they can just point, click and see pictures of themselves. It`s nice to see Canadians concerned about their privacy none the less. This being slashdot i haven`t read the article of course:-)
I think bell canada has really shot itself in the foot with this one. If they are complaining that their lines are saturated they should install more infrastructure. Someone else pointed out that Europe has many countries with a larger population that have moved towards net neutrality without any infrastructure or network congestion issues.
Seeing as bell has started throttling the service to customers who have already paid for a certain amount of data, they are in fact not delivering on their promise of providing said data. I was happily surprised by the insightful remarks on the cbc interview with Mr Mirko Bibic from bell.
The full article can be found here http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/30/tech-qandabibic.html. Most consumers seem to have seen through his marketing speak.
With the lawsuit from the consumer rights group and the government motion to move towards net neutrality it`s starting to look like Bell`s excuse for throttling is going to be what galvanizes Canadians towards net neutrality.
I've been lucky enough to see our country from coast to coast to coast: I spent a summer hitch hiking across it and back but never had a chance to make it to our beautiful north (Nunavut included).
Hopefully one day I will get a chance to visit that part of our country. -35c in spring appeals to the crazy canuck in me. I never knew it officially has four languages either.
Cheers,
Some1too
Indeed it`s not illegal to ask for a service in any language, but you probably won`t get in.
I don't think it's ridiculous at all. Quebec is a French province. You wouldn't call someone in China and simply expect to be served in English would you? I'm not trying to flame, just trying to bring some insight to your post.
(on an unrelated note: In Quebec you might just have a French person who speaks fluent English look you straight in the eyes and says "I'm sorry I don't speak english" in perfect english.)
`Even beyond the very real problems listed above, I'm not aware of any actual empirical standard of beauty`. I believe some people or studies have shown we see beauty in symmetry. Don`t have any quick links or resources to back it up but makes sense.
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What about those of us geeks that LIKE WebOS? I mean, I can do everything that an Android user can do and MORE with WebOS, and WebOS makes it easier to do.
Tell me you Android users, can you patch your Android device with a kernel that allows for multiple types of adaptive overclocking? No? funny, I can with my Gen1 Sprint Pre using WebOS 1.4.5.
Even funnier, It's not a feature i'd use.
In fact, I've been doing it for at least 3 point releases of WebOS.
Wait. Your Android device isn't getting an OTA update from your carrier? You can't even GET an OTA update because your only 6 month old device isn't compatible with Froyo? And you have to be even MORE of a carrier bitch and pay out more money just to get Froyo, but you can only get a gimped version with features missing?
REALLY?
Bought my nexus one without a contract, installed a modded os (Cyangoen) and installed a great deal of useful apps.
I just don't see how you people think Android is "open" when it looks like only the CARRIERS have any real access to the phone without a complex hack that is only really possible for Alpha Geeks and is as lkely to BRICK your phone or cause the carrier to drop your contract as it is to unlock it.
Documentation on how to flash your device so it doesn't end up bricked can easily be found and it's instructions are very clear. It does not take an an overly technical person to do this. I don't think it has a higher rate of being bricked than any other hardware being flashed.
Other than having a metric crap load of apps (about 99% garbage apps too.) you Android users appear to be getting LESS for your money than us WebOS users. Yeah, I have a device that's over a year old. At least my software is up to date, and uniform across all carriers and devices. Having a brand new Android device that's completely locked down and using a gimped old version of Android is like owning a Ferrari that has a Yugo engine and needs champagne as fuel. Flashy, expensive to use crap.
No thanks, I'll stick with WebOS.
Apps are what you make of them. The applications I find useful I install and keep. Even if we use your somewhat "99% percent garbage apps too" estimate that still leaves me with 1% of apps that might be of value. I'm not sure why I'm replying to your post other than to say it seems like you really don't like the android platform. I can't help but wonder did you by chance brick one of your android phones? :-)
I don't usually complain about the summaries (because I know they're all bad) but this one was a real disappointment to me. Carnivorous swamp beast?? I'm looking for this bad boy. But no, it's just a little cute furry guy, a little irate because someone is holding him by the throat. I would be irate too. OK, I know it's news, but such a disappointment. If it was a slashdotter vs that cute little guy, I'd put money on the beaver like thing. You're forgetting what years of living in a basement does to muscle. To most of us that is a BEAST.
I think the average slahdotter living in his basement would have no problem choking something of the size of a small rodent...
I tried to resist but it was just too easy. I feel like I should also state I live in a basement, post on slashdot and have a girlfriend... ;-)
S.
I worked at a head office for a large oil and gas company in their call centre. One day a net send message popped up on all the computer screens in the office: (I've changed the wording to protect the guilty) "I'm XXX and I like licorice".
I laughed to myself, clicked ok to the message and then suddenly the phones began to ring off the hook. The amount of callers waiting on hold kept increasing to unimaginable numbers. A few minutes later one of our second level guys walked in and we asked him to sit down and help us with the call volumes due to some idiot who had sent a net send message to the complete company (50 floors of employee's).
The guy turned completly red sat down and started taking calls after calls. It was then that we immediately knew who the guilty party was. He wanted to send a net send message to one of the other tech guys in the building but had sent it to the whole domain instead.
Needless to say he was known as the licorice guy from there on out.
I've always wondered if he stopped using net send....
Some1too
You guys deserve it! Hopefully now you'll continue to be cash flow positive for years to come. Cheers, Some1too
I can't say that enough! As an older person who was returning to university your mathematics and physics exercises and videos were a life saver! I truly appreciate all the hard work and effort you've put into your educational materials (website, videos, lessons etc). They helped me immensely and I don't doubt for a second they will continue to do so when I finally begin my full time studies in September. It's people such as yourself that really help make a positive difference in our world. You're inspirational, thank you and keep up the excellent work. One last time: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Some1too.
Seriously, I'm in awe of these pictures and how much is out there. Between these and the new hubble images, it really drives home two things:
1) I miss living in the country. The night skies on clear nights were awesome. 2) I regret that I will not live long enough to see faster then light travel. Perhaps my son will see it.
I certainly hope that my children will get the chance to travel our of orbit. I'm still holding out that i'll step foot on the moon or another planet before I leave this beautiful blue marble. (A man's gotta have his dreams right?)
On a serious note faster than light travel by the next generation? We can always dream....
Not sure how you're defining a big flop. Just by having google and android hand in hand the branding is getting out there. HTC devices are now known to be reliable by the consumer. For the record I own one and bought it new with an extra battery (you can't go wrong for 25$). I bought it when it was still unavailable in my country of origin. I don't use a dataplan but connect via wifi. I'd rather know the cost of my device upfront and have the ability to change carriers whenever I feel like it rather than being locked into one carrier for two to three years. Until our carriers monthly service plans fall to a resonable monthly cost (under 30$ a month) i will not support them any more than I need to. Android, HTC, google, the open source movement and the consumer are all winning with this thing. Not really understanding how this is a loss or flop. S.
On a serious note I tried to remove the card in every which way I could think of and it wouldn't budge. I couldn't tell that it was held in place with the sponge and glue (it wasn't visible). I don't know if that's a common practice in devices like these because it was the first time I opened one up. I thought someone might find the information helpful if they were thinking about opening theirs. (I was fully aware of the possible consequences.).
On a side note; It's also a good idea to loosen up and have a few beers before trying the famous hardware removal by scissors technique. It's as extreme as extreme ironing btw. S.
I'm very happy with the unit for the following reasons:
1) crack it open and you can remove the wireless card and replace it with your own.
2) will run with openwrt
3) I'm shocked at the amount of abuse mine took. The wireless card had been glued to the router board using some kind of foam. I think the combination of the glue used and the heat from the device made it stick together strongly. I ended up using a pair of scissors to pry them apart and I thought for certain I had ruined either the card of the router board. Much to my surprise when I unbent the clips for the card it started working fine (I was prepared to trash the router in order to try and get the card out).
4) I've flashed the unit several times between the stock and various other images. The thing always comes back from the dead if you take your time and understand what you're doing. I guess it's firmware has some issue in how it addresses the interfaces which causes a conflict when trying to run something like FON (or so I'm told. Not certain how this applies if you're running openwrt). I bought mine a few years ago now when the N standard wasn't on a lot of hardware at the time. I haven't tested it's functionality in that regard.
I'm planning on buying a decent Atheros based card for it and use it in Sept. Hope this was helpful in some way.
Cheers, S.
I'm almost in the same situation as yourself. Went back to university in my early thirty's after 10 years outside of academia. One site I really liked and recommend it the Khan Academy site. It starts with basic arithmetic, allows you to work through multiple examples while grading your progress as you go along. Works it's way up to derivatives the last time I checked. I'm really not doing justice to the excellent work done by Sal (if my memory serves me well that's his first name as well as being a MIT graduate). The site linked to youtube videos explaining the concepts and back when i used it all of this was completely free. If you happen to know anyone related to this site, tell them I said thank you. S.
I've grew up on the east coast, lived on the west coast for several years and have been in Quebec for the past 3. Thanks for the chuckle!
I couldn't have said it better. Hopefully with the recently opened new market/competition we'll begin to see some short term changes. I've worked in the industry and still have several friends in both of the large carriers. I'm still mad at Bell for their throttling; I was hoping for a stronger response from our government (and people) regarding the issue. Cheers,
I'd be curious to see how deep the cannon needs to be. Being at the equator you'd also have to ship the 'merchandise' to it and then find a way to load it into the cannon. I can't image it would be trivial to load this cannon. Simply dropping it down the canon itself would be one personality. I'm also very curious how the necessary energy would be created to fire this container. I'm all for anything that helps open up the travel off this rock but the one provided link is a little slim on details.
I believe the real question at hand is who owns the passage once it opens up. It's not necessarily all the petrol or natural resources that will be available which is the concern. The shipping lane(s) opening up would mean new naval routes with a high volume of traffic (and pollution). I'm not up to par with my maritime law (and don't have the time to look it up) but I believe a country 'owns' the water near it's borders up to a certain distance. There are a few countries currently stating that the land/passage belongs to them because Canada hasn't had people 'living on it' and thus it doesn't belong to them. This sub is just to promote the "yes this is Canada's territory and look we are doing stuff here", but this is slashdot I haven't read the article. There have been rumors for years of Inuit and other northern people spotting subs breaking through the ice in the Canadian north. I've always wondered if those were true.
The final edit? Well in my mind any subject can have more than one book. I've always thought that a Wikipedia like source for "insert subject" would be very interesting. Something along the lines of of what they've done at the khan academy website. I tried to locate a screen shot of what I wanted to explained but couldn't find one so I'll try to describe as best as I can. The website will start with a simple explanation of numbers and then work it's way up from there to a university level understanding. This is all done in a 'connect the dot fashion' with the dots changing colors to indicate your progress. It's a nice way of visualizing progress which is something that is underrated In my opinion.
numbers->addition->subtraction-> and so forth
What I find nice regarding how they're doing it is they bundle video explanations for each step. It allows you to monitor your progress and has multiple exercises with clues that only appear when you get a incorrect answer. I look forward to seeing other websites use a similar method for different subjects. I still don't understand why I can't find a website on any subject matter that begins with the 1st step in that subject and works its way up to the cutting edge of it's field.
I'm not complaining about the lack of resources on the internet. I do eventually find the information I'm looking for; however with open books this might be a lot easier. I'd love to see open books as stated above that go from preschool to university level. It doesn't mean it all has to be in one book and revised. So much like Wikipedia allows anyone to edit articles; so the books could allow anyone to edit them and be up for peer review. Just food for thought
I have no association with the Khan Academy other than having used its resources. Keep up the great work and thank you!
Personally, I had heard of twitter on and off in various places but had never really gotten into it. I now find myself regularly visiting the phoenix lander twitter page for short, informative and sometimes funny commentary. They`ve used twitter to reach out to an audience that might not of otherwise kept up with such an interesting project. I`ve found mny of the questions addressed on the page to be things I often wondered about myself regarding such projects (what OS does it run, how is the communication handled, recent discoveries).
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix
I don`t see why any group (politicial or not) wouldn't be able to use this to their advantage as means to cut through the noise so to speak.
I think bell really shot themselves in the foot with their argument that their lines are overwhelmed by traffic from torrents or 'heavy users'. This has really turned up the passion with the general public at large. Michael Geist www.michaelgeist.ca has an extremly infomative series of articles titled "a week in the life of the new canadian dmca" where he uses an every day normal family to explain what would and would no longer be acceptable if this law passes.
His facebook privacy group has swelled to over 65 000 individuals since it's creation. This included with the efforts of other canadian organizations (www.copyrightforcanadians.ca) has really brought this issue to the forefront of canadian politics. Net neutrality wasn`t even a whisper a few months ago, now it`s being talked about around the water cooler at work. So let me be one of the first to say it: Thank you Bell Canada. Thank you for being that large corporation which believes it has a right to do whatever it wants to it`s customers. You`ve helped out net neutrality in Canada more than you could of imagined.
I can`t wait to see just how clogged their resources are. I hope someone is able to cut through the legalese to give us a nice idea of how their equipment and service is really running.
However I fail to see why this is news for nerds or stuff that matters? Maybe it's an effort to activate the subconscious message which was included in the recent slashdot dating advertisement?
/humor for the humor impaired.
1) Include subliminal message in dating advertisement
2) post article about bad boys get the girls
3) Slashdot crowd puts 1+1 together
4) profit!?!?
I can't remember there where and when but there is someone out there pushing to have emergency exits signs and lights changed from red color to a green color for this very same reason. When we see a red traffic light we stop. In North America (and I assume several other continents) stop signs are also red. In an emergency the few seconds of hesitation possibly generated by a red light instead of a green light might cost lives. It was an interesting subject matter and seems to make sense. Wonder if we'll even see green exit signs in our near future?
This is so true. I just didn`t get the fascination with facebook. All my geek (and non geek) friends seemed to think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. All i saw was a way for people I didn`t want to stay in touch with to find me easily. I suppose the interwebz for the masses needs to be something that they can just point, click and see pictures of themselves. It`s nice to see Canadians concerned about their privacy none the less. This being slashdot i haven`t read the article of course :-)
I think bell canada has really shot itself in the foot with this one. If they are complaining that their lines are saturated they should install more infrastructure. Someone else pointed out that Europe has many countries with a larger population that have moved towards net neutrality without any infrastructure or network congestion issues. Seeing as bell has started throttling the service to customers who have already paid for a certain amount of data, they are in fact not delivering on their promise of providing said data. I was happily surprised by the insightful remarks on the cbc interview with Mr Mirko Bibic from bell. The full article can be found here http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/30/tech-qandabibic.html. Most consumers seem to have seen through his marketing speak. With the lawsuit from the consumer rights group and the government motion to move towards net neutrality it`s starting to look like Bell`s excuse for throttling is going to be what galvanizes Canadians towards net neutrality.
I've been lucky enough to see our country from coast to coast to coast: I spent a summer hitch hiking across it and back but never had a chance to make it to our beautiful north (Nunavut included). Hopefully one day I will get a chance to visit that part of our country. -35c in spring appeals to the crazy canuck in me. I never knew it officially has four languages either. Cheers, Some1too
Indeed it`s not illegal to ask for a service in any language, but you probably won`t get in. I don't think it's ridiculous at all. Quebec is a French province. You wouldn't call someone in China and simply expect to be served in English would you? I'm not trying to flame, just trying to bring some insight to your post. (on an unrelated note: In Quebec you might just have a French person who speaks fluent English look you straight in the eyes and says "I'm sorry I don't speak english" in perfect english.)
`Even beyond the very real problems listed above, I'm not aware of any actual empirical standard of beauty`. I believe some people or studies have shown we see beauty in symmetry. Don`t have any quick links or resources to back it up but makes sense.