Well it's actually 64 kbit/s, and it's a limitation of the bandwidth only being 4000 hertz wide. My challenge is to see if anyone knows how to get 128 kbit/s out of that narrowband channel.
I think my old, ex-password is rather strange: "physicsastronomylover" - dates all the way back to my first BBS in 1987. My two favorite subjects in school.
I've always thought storing passwords in your computer is dumb. (1) It makes it extremely easy for people to steal your PC or laptop and get into your sites. (2) If something happens to require a complete reinstall, the passwords are all lost and you have no clue what they were. (3) I think the safest place to store them is in your head.
Yes but Americans didn't have to buy those Bricks known as SUVs, did they? Had Americans continued buying Dodge Shadows and Neons and other efficient cars, then Chrysler would have focused priority on those items.
But that's now what happened. Instead Americans grew tired of their econo-cars and started demanding big SUVs, making SUVs the top seller.
Businesspeople only do what their customers demand.
>>>the TV licensing people will send you lots of letters telling you that you haven't got a license: I tend to ignore them:-).
I don't mind paying a small fee, but last I checked the BBC Fee is $400 a year which is ridiculous. For that same price in the U.S. we can get 60 different private networks (NBC, FOX, CW, USA, TNT, FX, History, Animal, SciFi, et cetera), so from my viewpoint the $400 a year for just BBC is bit high.
I would refuse to pay that TV license/tax and just get my entertainment privately.
And I get fast-priority access to Google, but if I want to go visit Yahoo or Altavista instead, my connection gets blocked or slowed? Is that what the end of neutrality means?
Bailing out these companies is merely saving businesses that should be allowed to die.
We need to reduce the real problem - overproduction. We need to stop overproducing items that we don't need, and the only way to do that is by letting a few companies fail.
Maybe if "the world" was smart they'd stop lending money to the U.S. and instead invest in the future of the new superpowers - Russia, China, and especially the European Union. Let the U.S. wallow in it recession while the rest of the world continues forward. I'm an American citizen and I can see this moment in history as the end point of U.S. dominance. After 2010 the power will no longer be centered, but instead divided across China, Europe, and Russia.
In the past a U.S. recession might have given the world a cold, but in the future a U.S. recession will be largely ignored as a regional problem.
BAILOUTS -
Bailing out these DRAM and other companies is merely saving businesses that should be allowed to die, and thereby reduce the real problem - overproduction. We need to stop overproducing items that we don't need. Let the companies fail until production falls down to a level where it belongs.
They're not wrong. Recession is a part of the market correcting itself, just as rivers sometimes overflow their banks and flood a plain. It's a natural waxing and waning. What is wrong is to try to avoid a recession through artificial money injections. Such tactics are as silly as trying to stop a flood with walls (which merely makes it worse, not better).
Bailing out these companies is merely saving businesses that should be allowed to die, and thereby reduce the real problem - overproduction. We need to stop overproducing items that we don't need.
Chrysler did make fuel-efficient cars upto 1995 (like the 30mpg Dodge Shadow and 35mpg Neon), but outward pressure from Americans forced them to start making gas-guzzling Bricks known as SUVs.
On Monday December 15, 6:19AM, geighaus wrote: > > But rest assured with injections of trillions of newly-created dollars into the economy, > [what] little value [the] dollar has left will be disintegrated. Correct me if I am wrong.
Voyager was okay since they were *in* Borgspace and had to deal with that problem, but when the final season introduced the idea of jumping 40,000 lightyears in just 5 minutes, that's when it became ridiculous. If the Borg really can travel that fast, then Earth should already be defeated.
One thing I'd like to see is a Dominion versus Borg war - that could explain why the Federation is momentarily safe.
The illusion of freedom is not true freedom. The average American pays 40% of their income in taxes. The average European 65-70%.
So in essence that means, from January 1 to August 30, a European is the government's slave (or if you prefer: serf) working not for themselves but to pass the wealth to the politicians, and he/she does not regain freedom until around September 1.
>>>what happens if you lose a limb and cant afford the $50,000 to reattach it ?
Borrow the money. I borrowed approximately $100,000 to pay for a college education - why would I hesitate to borrow half that amount to reattach a limb? No reason I can think of.
I'd have no qualms if the government wants to provide 0% loans for healthcare, same as they do for education, but I do object to just raiding neighbors' wallets and giving the pilfered loot away. Let the person pay his surgery himself, using a loan if he needs it, not just steal the money.
>>>DSL doesn't cost $15 and dialup costs at least $8. The assumption you're making is invalid,
(holds up credit card bill)
This clearly says $14.99 + tax for Verizon DSL and $6.99 flat for Netscape Dialup. I pay the fraking bill every month - don't sit there and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about.
Yes and I think that's ridiculous. Even on my "fast" 750k connection, Flash slows things down because you end-up downloading 500 megabyte files. Why do we need to have an elaborate video just to type in my username & password? If you want animation, use a small-sized GIF or PNG file.
When I'm traveling and stuck with dialup, I disable the flash. Fortunately most sites are still dialup-friendly and don't need flash. So far the only exception is IMDb.com which I avoid as much as possible.
Bottom Line: Web designers need to stop being bandwidth hogs, and design their sites smartly i.e. with small-sized files. That was the pardigm in the early 2000s - to be small and fast-loading - I don't know when it went out of style.
Well originally they were 70 years away in terms of warpspeed, so we were still safe from a massive invasion, other than a few multigenerational ships/cubes.
Unfortunately the writers took-away that vast "ocean" between Borgspace and Federation space when they created transwarp capable of jumping the entire stretch in just a few months. Dummies.
I'm sorry but I'm not convinced. I don't see any reason why Comcast can not provide two options: Internet Uncensored for most people. And Internet Filtered for those who are religious or who have children surfing, and want a safe environment.
Ahhh..... it's so hard to keep track of all these Dalek episodes. Almost as difficult as keeping track of how many times the Borg attacked a Federation vessel (and failed; pretty pathetic for an advanced race).
I thought the Doctor's companion was an attractive black woman, but instead I see a redhead pictured in the article. Boy I've really fallen behind. What season is USA's Sci Fi Channel currently airing? 3?
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Well it's actually 64 kbit/s, and it's a limitation of the bandwidth only being 4000 hertz wide. My challenge is to see if anyone knows how to get 128 kbit/s out of that narrowband channel.
I think my old, ex-password is rather strange: "physicsastronomylover" - dates all the way back to my first BBS in 1987. My two favorite subjects in school.
I've always thought storing passwords in your computer is dumb. (1) It makes it extremely easy for people to steal your PC or laptop and get into your sites. (2) If something happens to require a complete reinstall, the passwords are all lost and you have no clue what they were. (3) I think the safest place to store them is in your head.
Yes but Americans didn't have to buy those Bricks known as SUVs, did they? Had Americans continued buying Dodge Shadows and Neons and other efficient cars, then Chrysler would have focused priority on those items.
But that's now what happened. Instead Americans grew tired of their econo-cars and started demanding big SUVs, making SUVs the top seller.
Businesspeople only do what their customers demand.
>>>the TV licensing people will send you lots of letters telling you that you haven't got a license: I tend to ignore them :-).
I don't mind paying a small fee, but last I checked the BBC Fee is $400 a year which is ridiculous. For that same price in the U.S. we can get 60 different private networks (NBC, FOX, CW, USA, TNT, FX, History, Animal, SciFi, et cetera), so from my viewpoint the $400 a year for just BBC is bit high.
I would refuse to pay that TV license/tax and just get my entertainment privately.
>>>it does not follow
Actually it does follow the previous person's statement, since he made the point that he considers longer life more important than freedom.
I made the point that I'd rather not live to 120 as a slave, but instead prefer being a freeman, even if that means a shorter 70 year life.
P.S.
I should add that my brother is only at 50k dialup, and he seems to be making out okay with his internet surfing.
>>>we have been unable to meet demand for years now
Yes.
And now we're not. Now we're overproducing which is what is causing inventories to build up & companies to lose money from lack of sales.
And I get fast-priority access to Google, but if I want to go visit Yahoo or Altavista instead, my connection gets blocked or slowed? Is that what the end of neutrality means?
Bailing out these companies is merely saving businesses that should be allowed to die.
We need to reduce the real problem - overproduction. We need to stop overproducing items that we don't need, and the only way to do that is by letting a few companies fail.
Maybe if "the world" was smart they'd stop lending money to the U.S. and instead invest in the future of the new superpowers - Russia, China, and especially the European Union. Let the U.S. wallow in it recession while the rest of the world continues forward. I'm an American citizen and I can see this moment in history as the end point of U.S. dominance. After 2010 the power will no longer be centered, but instead divided across China, Europe, and Russia.
In the past a U.S. recession might have given the world a cold, but in the future a U.S. recession will be largely ignored as a regional problem.
BAILOUTS -
Bailing out these DRAM and other companies is merely saving businesses that should be allowed to die, and thereby reduce the real problem - overproduction. We need to stop overproducing items that we don't need. Let the companies fail until production falls down to a level where it belongs.
They're not wrong. Recession is a part of the market correcting itself, just as rivers sometimes overflow their banks and flood a plain. It's a natural waxing and waning. What is wrong is to try to avoid a recession through artificial money injections. Such tactics are as silly as trying to stop a flood with walls (which merely makes it worse, not better).
Bailing out these companies is merely saving businesses that should be allowed to die, and thereby reduce the real problem - overproduction. We need to stop overproducing items that we don't need.
Chrysler did make fuel-efficient cars upto 1995 (like the 30mpg Dodge Shadow and 35mpg Neon), but outward pressure from Americans forced them to start making gas-guzzling Bricks known as SUVs.
On Monday December 15, 6:19AM, geighaus wrote:
>
> But rest assured with injections of trillions of newly-created dollars into the economy,
> [what] little value [the] dollar has left will be disintegrated. Correct me if I am wrong.
There you go. :-)
Voyager was okay since they were *in* Borgspace and had to deal with that problem, but when the final season introduced the idea of jumping 40,000 lightyears in just 5 minutes, that's when it became ridiculous. If the Borg really can travel that fast, then Earth should already be defeated.
One thing I'd like to see is a Dominion versus Borg war - that could explain why the Federation is momentarily safe.
Okay. (throws tv in trash). Am I still allowed to own a receiverless monitor? How about a computer?
The illusion of freedom is not true freedom. The average American pays 40% of their income in taxes. The average European 65-70%.
So in essence that means, from January 1 to August 30, a European is the government's slave (or if you prefer: serf) working not for themselves but to pass the wealth to the politicians, and he/she does not regain freedom until around September 1.
>>>what happens if you lose a limb and cant afford the $50,000 to reattach it ?
Borrow the money. I borrowed approximately $100,000 to pay for a college education - why would I hesitate to borrow half that amount to reattach a limb? No reason I can think of.
I'd have no qualms if the government wants to provide 0% loans for healthcare, same as they do for education, but I do object to just raiding neighbors' wallets and giving the pilfered loot away. Let the person pay his surgery himself, using a loan if he needs it, not just steal the money.
>>>DSL doesn't cost $15 and dialup costs at least $8. The assumption you're making is invalid,
(holds up credit card bill)
This clearly says $14.99 + tax for Verizon DSL and $6.99 flat for Netscape Dialup. I pay the fraking bill every month - don't sit there and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about.
Yes and I think that's ridiculous. Even on my "fast" 750k connection, Flash slows things down because you end-up downloading 500 megabyte files. Why do we need to have an elaborate video just to type in my username & password? If you want animation, use a small-sized GIF or PNG file.
When I'm traveling and stuck with dialup, I disable the flash. Fortunately most sites are still dialup-friendly and don't need flash. So far the only exception is IMDb.com which I avoid as much as possible.
Bottom Line: Web designers need to stop being bandwidth hogs, and design their sites smartly i.e. with small-sized files. That was the pardigm in the early 2000s - to be small and fast-loading - I don't know when it went out of style.
Well originally they were 70 years away in terms of warpspeed, so we were still safe from a massive invasion, other than a few multigenerational ships/cubes.
Unfortunately the writers took-away that vast "ocean" between Borgspace and Federation space when they created transwarp capable of jumping the entire stretch in just a few months. Dummies.
I'm sorry but I'm not convinced. I don't see any reason why Comcast can not provide two options: Internet Uncensored for most people. And Internet Filtered for those who are religious or who have children surfing, and want a safe environment.
Whoever labeled iYk6's post a "troll" is an idiot. It was a JOKE and it was *funny*. Loosen up. Turn on, tune in, drop out.
Didn't I see that episode back in 1967?
Or maybe I'm thinking of 1973.
Or was it 1986?
Ahhh..... it's so hard to keep track of all these Dalek episodes. Almost as difficult as keeping track of how many times the Borg attacked a Federation vessel (and failed; pretty pathetic for an advanced race).
I thought the Doctor's companion was an attractive black woman, but instead I see a redhead pictured in the article. Boy I've really fallen behind. What season is USA's Sci Fi Channel currently airing? 3?