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  1. That is why you have a document retention policy. Because if you do not. You have no reason NOT to produce old documents. If you have missing "old" documents needed in a court case. It looks like you destroyed evidence. But if all the records are gone so are your liabilities.

  2. Re:Alternative to headline on America's Most-Hated ISP Is Now Hated By Fewer People (oregonlive.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is the network is operating 100% as designed. The neighborhood node is unfortunately so over sold that they just drop connections. Think about airlines and overbooking flights. Some people get bumped from full flights. During prime time they bump people off the net. No use in making tickets or rolling a truck. Nothing is wrong with the infrastructure. It is working a designed. It is the over selling of the neighborhood node that is the problem.

  3. Re:Louisiana is one big sinkhole on Louisiana's Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Disappearing Coastline (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Pull up Google earth and look at all of the Oilfield canals in the coastal marsh. The 1st offshore oil well in the world was drilled south of Morgan City and offshore drilling was born there. http://www.rigmuseum.com/charl... The problem is the US Government has stolen all of the money from offshore drilling in Louisiana's waters from the 1950's to today. States that do not allow drilling in their own waters get a cut of what is rightly Louisianans money. It will not cost the Fed anything. Just give LA the royalties from the existing infrastructure.

    http://www.nola.com/politics/i...
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
    http://www.thetowntalk.com/sto...

  4. Re:Doesn't work for me :( on YouTube Has a Secret 'Dark Mode' (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Follow the directions. BUT make sure you are on in a separate YouTube page tab when you open the terminal.

  5. SO nice on YouTube Has a Secret 'Dark Mode' (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Finally. A must have for HTPCs. BTTV dark mode on Twitch spoiled me. Netflix is dark by default. Amazon Prime I am looking at you. UI people PLEASE give a dark option.

  6. Re:Why would Verizon even bother? on T-Mobile Spends $8 Billion as Big Winner of FCC Auction (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Exactly this. Verizon owns all of the old analog TV spectrum also. Sitting on it to prevent startup competition.

  7. Re:Not Quite Right on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    OTA (On The Air) i assume either operate differently where you live ( i assume US ) then where i live because here i have 3 types of channel OTA and they are:
    1. Public Service (paid for by goverment or similar arrangement)
    2. Ad Subsidized (paid for by dvr-skippable ads)
    3. Pay to view (paid for by subscription)

    So OTA is financed pretty much the same way.just have less anti-skip protection especially when the OTA part is analog.

    No. In the US. The TV station applies for a broadcast licence from the FCC/Fed Gov. which includes the Broadcast spectrum. They PAY the Gov for the right to broadcast. It is an operating expense. The FCC/Gov makes money by issuing licences.

  8. Re:Not Quite Right on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Would you prefer that it be $150 per month? Because if there were no ads, the channel owners would probably ask for that much on pain of declining to offer their copyrighted works at all.

    I don't and won't pay for any of it. I am voting with my wallet and screen time. Internet, HTPCs w/KODI and tuners on every TV and an OTA antenna. How did the 50+ year old OTA broadcast networks make any money and still be around? Screw the paid subscription services with unskippable ads.

  9. Re:Not Quite Right on Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    SOOO. I am supposed to PAY $35 a month for the privilege of watching unskippable ads that I do not want in the first place? Does any not see the built in fail in the system? PAY for ad ridden TV. NOT free. PAY and unskippable ads. HAAA. Make the service FREE then I will put up with ads. $35 F. U.

  10. Re:Why are they so expensive? on US Strikes Syrian Base With Over 50 Tomahawk Missiles (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look up what a Tomahawk cruise missile actually is. It is not a rocket. It is a self guided plane powered by a jet engine. A small unmanned Kamikaze that guides itself by looking at the ground and has a 1000 lbs. bomb built in.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. No. Who ever controls the account is being investigated by following the money. Maybe they are a paid troll? Or paid by some organisation that is being investigated? If it is for taxes it is for money. Could be tax free political money being spent on this troll account and against IRS rules?

  12. Uh, yeah. If they really only want to see if it's an employee doing it on company time, then it's no longer "political". That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such. The only real problem would be if it's not a government worker and they harass him - at that point I'll be concerned.

    They cited tax law on imports as the basis for the warrant.

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...

    How exactly are tweets criticizing the President related to investigate power for

    determining the liability of any person for duty, fees and taxes due or duties, fees and taxes which may be due the United States"

    Obviously there is zero relationship, and this is purely an attempt to abuse unrelated investigative powers for political purposes.

    Maybe they are investigating who is PAYING for this account? Who and what they are doing with money from somewhere?

  13. Re:Trump is right on Net Neutrality Is Trump's Next Target, Administration Says (fiercetelecom.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you give an example of a situation where an Internet startup has been hampered by the net neutrality rules?

    The problem is define "Net Neutrality". Everyone has a different definition.

  14. Re:tracking on Is Australia Becoming A Cashless Society? (abc.net.au) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is 99% about TAXES. No more cash between friends. Tax everything 3, 4 and 5 times.

  15. Re:You are assuming on CBS Reports 'Suspicious' Cell Phone Tower Activity In Washington DC (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    FBI through an office in Quantico can directly tap ALL network main switches. The government PAID AT&T and Verizon to upgrade the switches to IP. The FBI added Colo cabinets at the main switch sites. The FBI can wiretap directly WITHOUT interacting with Verizon or AT&T.

  16. Same here

  17. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It is called the Selective Service. You must sign up on your 18th birthday. How in the hell do you thing the draft is legal? Every male 18 to 45 IS the militia. If the feminist were honest. It should be. Every person 18 to 45 is the militia.

  18. Team Fortress 3 has been released. It is called Overwatch.

  19. Re:what a coincidence! on Amazon Quietly Lowered Its Free Shipping Minimum to $35 (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    But I don't care about or use the Music and Movie crap. Prime is $99 a year. Why not offer the old $49 a year shipping only option again? I started my prime account in the beginning 1998.

  20. Re:The Debian developers kept getting confused on Mozilla Thunderbird Finally Makes Its Way Back Into Debian's Repos (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the word? Thunderbird. What's the price? A dollar twice.

  21. Re:So why would I keep paying for Youtube Red? on YouTube Will Kill Unskippable 30-Second Ads Next Year (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Love my Rokus. But Youtube ads pissed me off enough to spend $1000 and build 2 HTPC just to run an ad blocker. Also the ads on the Twitch app totally breaks the Roku OS. I need to unplug the Roku to reset it.

  22. Re:I don't mean to go all 'Papierin, mein herr,' b on US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Why did he take NASA issued equipment out the US? What if another country did the same search?

  23. Re:ddwrt / openwrt / or some variant on Netgear Exploit Found in 31 Models Lets Hackers Turn Your Router Into a Botnet (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    RGR that... DD-WRT for those who like the common feature set, flashy GUI and their hardware is supported and OpenWRT for the rest of us control freaks... Use them both.

    The problem is for me on a R7000. DD WRT breaks the USB 3 port and the WAP button. My $50 Canon all in one will only connect to my wireless with WAP. I needed to use the R7000s USB 2 port and set up the printer as a IP network printer. But this killed Airprint and scanner on network. DD WRT will not support the USB 3 port because a custom driver needs to be reverse engineered. Also with DD I have a 150-160M cap on speed on both 5 and 2.4. I have used both Open and DD for years and like them. BUT it does not use the R7000 hardware fully.

  24. Re:Majority of college cost is not for education on Should College Tuition Vary By Major, Based On the College's Costs For the Major? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Please at least do SOME research. The Huge schools with huge expenses make huge money. LSU football for example pays the short fall for ALL other sports. Covers its own expenses 100% AND gives 4 to 7 million to the general fund.

    http://businessofcollegesports...

  25. Re:Hey, cable companies: on Virginia 'Broadband Deployment Act' Would Kill Municipal Broadband Deployment (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    LUS Lafayette LA City owned.
    http://www.lusfiber.com/index....

    Speed Levels & Details

    3x3 - 3 Mbps download & upload
    - $19.95 - With purchase of LUS Fiber television or phone services

    60x60 - 60 Mbps download & upload
    - $29.95 - With purchase of television service and two-year agreement. Months 1-12 only.
    - $52.95 - Standard price

    100x100 - 100 Mbps download & upload
    - $39.95 - With purchase of television service and two-year agreement. Months 1-12 only.
    - $62.95 - Standard price

    1,000x1,000 - 1,000 Mbps (1 Gbps) download & upload
    - $62.95 - With purchase of television service and two-year agreement. Months 1-12 only.
    - $69.95 - With purchase of all three LUS Fiber services
    - $89.95 - With purchase of two LUS Fiber services
    - $109.95 - Standard price

    2,000x2,000 - 2,000 Mbps (2 Gbps) download & upload
    - $299.95 - $500 installation fee, $500 activation fee and 48-month contract required.