THere is simply no way this is going in the right direction for consumers. Without competition, there is no chance for innovation, and no disruption, The same old Handshake Monopoly is the norm now. How can we get politicians to recognize this as an issue for constituents. I have contacted my mayor to be sure he knows we are watching, and paying more and more for less and less. When we buy 100 Mbps service from an ISP, are we supposed to pity that ISP when I use that Bandwidth to stream the superbowl or some movies from Netflix? so the fix: 1) Get at least 3 ISPs that can get Metropolitan WIfi to your home (skip the Physical layer - the basis for that monopoly) 2) Drop the triple play crap, and pay the TV producers (HBO, ESPN and News-source-of-choice, and.. oh yeah... Netflix) 3) keep the net neutral. First one ensures some competition, second skips the ISP as Content provider, and third keeps the the ISP as an ISP and not a content purveyor. COmments ???
Castor. Pfft.. quit whining. Was the system being gamed? We these guys smarter than the feds? smarter than the regulations. How would you advise we keep 2007/2008 crash from being repeated?
Money is a medium of exchange that equates my work to yours.. crafted so that we all add to the social value that the currency represents. Or.. that what I had heard. Did this Martin Shkreli dipweed start or just hilite the greed that is making healthcare too expensive? Good money for Good service, but aspirin does not cost $10. per tab and any Asswipe that thinks thats a good idea needs to be held accountable.
Did anyone else notice a bunch of blackouts last week? I heard a few folks around the states mention it, but the press was REAL quiet? Maybe slashdotters can confirm? This is a good place to look for trends! so.. maybe this thread is old news?
Said the Kettle to the Pot "Hey, you are black!" This repeal is a politically motivated action, but is said to repeal just that. It's going to make your Internet Slower and more costly. next we'll have another monopoly to slow us down, and more cost-add bullshit between my browser and my Url. Plus it creates more confusion for something that already works great. A working Internet. Making money and not adding value.. wonderful. My information is now for sale to anyone with money, Thanks Mr Ajit Pai. Now we can all pay more and have less privacy. This is complete reversal of logic... dont know about you, but I think we need a name for this brand of carefully crafted deception. What are we going to call it?
It's a set top box from cableviz. It's 120vac all the way. It's industrial. Probably also s wireless access point for people driving by... Sounds like s class action lawsuit waiting to happen??
I like how some companies put a power switch on your set top box that lights a really bright blue LED.. and when you are done, you turn it off. and... in theory save power!! Check yours. Mine draws 40W when its running with the blue LED. and when I turn it off. it draws 39.9999W.. so that LED is off. the rest of it is on.
Tmes 4 set top boxes, it adds up. Plus.. is it possible that my STB is the wireless access point advertised on TV? I heard of 10,000 access points in the area, and wonder if its the set top boxes??? All for the price of 240/Mo. Plus there is no competition... the next ISP is VErizon with "high speed" DSL at 3 Mbps. HAH. This is crap and we have to take collective action to get this out of monopoly status... lets add some competition.... right?
I have a few Linux Laptops that.. by nature go on and off all the time. Systemd is good here, in that it automates things, and perhaps is better at being plastic and adaptable. My serves stay up for a long time, so many features are a second/third order benefit. I've always seen server roles as static.. and if the app quits, you may want to have a DBA or App person review before restart. Has Systemd subsumed Pacemaker/Cman/Corosync? In short, I see Systemd more useful in desktop/laptop, and boring old init for servers? what do you all think? My customers have no idea if a web page is from a system that is systemd managed.. whats the diff?
Are you saying the Planck Constant is not constant, or that the observed frequency is not constant? Perhaps the closer we look at something, the more we are likely to observe variability? Maybe we are sampling over a smaller number of events/atomic-interactions or too short of a time slice? There are few things that are absolute, so we use the observed average as a constant, but in reality, its a curve-distribution.
Thinkpads used to be very picky as to what devices would work. to the point where an unauthorized card would halt boot process. For some reason I am on HP and dell systems now.. Maybe there is a connection:^) If there is a doubt, check device history before buying..... You all know this already. If you find a packaged device that says Linux on it, its a much safer bet. Put your money there if you find it of value.
Painfully true. I thought RedHat was above that, but they made a mess (IMHO) by sacrificing the Litthe-Nimble for the Monolithic-Obfuscating. Think I am going to do FreeBSD tonight. The straightforward nature.. and single tasking clarity will be refreshing.
THere is a difference between being " an unsupported configuration " and being disallowed. Is there a chance that MS doesn't want anyone to be on older versions of Windows? Sounds like they are tired of supporting them? Lets be serious.. Win7 is a solid desktop. Is there a compelling reason to move to newer version? The OS will soon be transparent, and largely irrelevant.. and the value will be whats around the planet. Right now.. is your browser maximized on your screen? If so... its already happened to you. Just saying.
We can feed the monster to suit our needs. Why not feed it things we want to be known for and also include lots of bullsh*t.Post the word diaper shoes Kardashian Hillary trumpydoo puppies kittens Kim Jung etc.. the populace can say thank you, but stop sucking my life data . Here is what I want to know about
If Snowden had picked thru the collection and released what supported his perspective..ok.. fine. So we forget all the docs that did hilite some level of broken-ness.. how about we then try him on disclosure of the unrelated revelations that were damaging in a non-helpful way? Otherwise... lets re-write the rules that we hold our folks with Security clearance to allow for this.... (Yeah right!).. may an Ombudsman? Mr Snowden, enjoy your new home. I hope you are there a long time.
Some should kickstart a company to build/sell Epi pens for $50. Then capitalism works.
The cost of a product should drop to the cost of constituents, plus cost of labor and production, plus -some- R&D, and plus some profit.
Then.. another kickstart can cut those costs... and drop prices further..
The "substantial equivalent" is a powerful alternative. Not an expensive drug, as I understand?
PDA-Net and Wifi Hotspot work great for WinXX -> VPN -> Work, if you can do some weekend stop-gap that way.. plus,. cant hear the outboard motor over the CLI session.
I have two big screens (tm) with gnome Terminal on each... and a lot of tabs on each. but I also have a laptop adjacent running windows. Have we turned a corner and found a niche for WinXX?
Didn't anyone alert their marketing department that it doesn't really matter what device you are on.. and that the goodness is whats ON the Internet? A Belchfire 2020 running latest software from Frobnitz company sees the same CNN.com feed. Viewing platform is no longer relevant, as it was.
First.. Should NOAA be running the studies, and be supported by satellites run by Nasa, Funded thru NOAA? Arguable.
Second.. Is climate change real, or does the President-Elect know more about worldwide weather fluctuation than all the scientists (ok 95% of them), the same way he knows more about war than generals?
Honestly, I am having trouble keeping all the truthiness our President-Elect pushes out. Can we agree that he said a lot of things to get him elected, What is your favorite contradiction?
Just another reason to stick to commodity hardware and run Linux on it. Once upon a time, it took a lot of work to get it to cover all the bases, but, its all working now. Main obstacles to broader Linux adoption are unfamilarity, and many that have vested interest in keeping it that way. The reality is that the good stuff is not in your laptop, but everywhere else, so local hardware/software doesn't really matter - it should be transparent. Its no real differentiator. Some companies want to decommoditize standard devices and then make you pay more for it. Pfft. (See also MP3) I will take connectors, and flexibility, over spiffy clean and neutered. Yeah. I like bluetooth, but also like tethered things (USB headset, 1/8 pin jack earphones, USB, MMC, Firewire is ok too!). Had enough of DB9/Serial and RJ11/Phone, but RJ45 can be handy, and display port and HDMI are nifty. Not sure about fingerprint scanners, but the seem like a great idea.
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THere is simply no way this is going in the right direction for consumers. Without competition, there is no chance for innovation, and no disruption, The same old Handshake Monopoly is the norm now. How can we get politicians to recognize this as an issue for constituents. I have contacted my mayor to be sure he knows we are watching, and paying more and more for less and less. When we buy 100 Mbps service from an ISP, are we supposed to pity that ISP when I use that Bandwidth to stream the superbowl or some movies from Netflix? so the fix: 1) Get at least 3 ISPs that can get Metropolitan WIfi to your home (skip the Physical layer - the basis for that monopoly) 2) Drop the triple play crap, and pay the TV producers (HBO, ESPN and News-source-of-choice, and .. oh yeah... Netflix) 3) keep the net neutral. First one ensures some competition, second skips the ISP as Content provider, and third keeps the the ISP as an ISP and not a content purveyor. COmments ???
Castor. Pfft.. quit whining. Was the system being gamed? We these guys smarter than the feds? smarter than the regulations. How would you advise we keep 2007/2008 crash from being repeated?
So long and Thanks for all the Fish! - DJT
Money is a medium of exchange that equates my work to yours.. crafted so that we all add to the social value that the currency represents. Or .. that what I had heard. Did this Martin Shkreli dipweed start or just hilite the greed that is making healthcare too expensive? Good money for Good service, but aspirin does not cost $10. per tab and any Asswipe that thinks thats a good idea needs to be held accountable.
Did anyone else notice a bunch of blackouts last week? I heard a few folks around the states mention it, but the press was REAL quiet? Maybe slashdotters can confirm? This is a good place to look for trends! so.. maybe this thread is old news?
Said the Kettle to the Pot "Hey, you are black!" This repeal is a politically motivated action, but is said to repeal just that. It's going to make your Internet Slower and more costly. next we'll have another monopoly to slow us down, and more cost-add bullshit between my browser and my Url. Plus it creates more confusion for something that already works great. A working Internet. Making money and not adding value.. wonderful. My information is now for sale to anyone with money, Thanks Mr Ajit Pai. Now we can all pay more and have less privacy. This is complete reversal of logic... dont know about you, but I think we need a name for this brand of carefully crafted deception. What are we going to call it?
It's a set top box from cableviz. It's 120vac all the way. It's industrial. Probably also s wireless access point for people driving by... Sounds like s class action lawsuit waiting to happen??
I like how some companies put a power switch on your set top box that lights a really bright blue LED.. and when you are done, you turn it off. and ... in theory save power!! Check yours. Mine draws 40W when its running with the blue LED. and when I turn it off. it draws 39.9999W.. so that LED is off. the rest of it is on.
Tmes 4 set top boxes, it adds up. Plus.. is it possible that my STB is the wireless access point advertised on TV? I heard of 10,000 access points in the area, and wonder if its the set top boxes??? All for the price of 240/Mo. Plus there is no competition... the next ISP is VErizon with "high speed" DSL at 3 Mbps. HAH. This is crap and we have to take collective action to get this out of monopoly status... lets add some competition.... right?
Looking forward to that reveal. Was it a hack/os abuse or Infra? 14 Hours now out? WHat is going on? Press is quiet too...
I have a few Linux Laptops that .. by nature go on and off all the time. Systemd is good here, in that it automates things, and perhaps is better at being plastic and adaptable. My serves stay up for a long time, so many features are a second/third order benefit. I've always seen server roles as static.. and if the app quits, you may want to have a DBA or App person review before restart. Has Systemd subsumed Pacemaker/Cman/Corosync? In short, I see Systemd more useful in desktop/laptop, and boring old init for servers? what do you all think? My customers have no idea if a web page is from a system that is systemd managed.. whats the diff?
What would Brian Boytan* do? South park had it right from the beginning.
Are you saying the Planck Constant is not constant, or that the observed frequency is not constant? Perhaps the closer we look at something, the more we are likely to observe variability? Maybe we are sampling over a smaller number of events/atomic-interactions or too short of a time slice? There are few things that are absolute, so we use the observed average as a constant, but in reality, its a curve-distribution.
Thinkpads used to be very picky as to what devices would work. to the point where an unauthorized card would halt boot process. For some reason I am on HP and dell systems now.. Maybe there is a connection :^) If there is a doubt, check device history before buying..... You all know this already. If you find a packaged device that says Linux on it, its a much safer bet. Put your money there if you find it of value.
Painfully true. I thought RedHat was above that, but they made a mess (IMHO) by sacrificing the Litthe-Nimble for the Monolithic-Obfuscating. Think I am going to do FreeBSD tonight. The straightforward nature .. and single tasking clarity will be refreshing.
THere is a difference between being " an unsupported configuration " and being disallowed. Is there a chance that MS doesn't want anyone to be on older versions of Windows? Sounds like they are tired of supporting them? Lets be serious.. Win7 is a solid desktop. Is there a compelling reason to move to newer version? The OS will soon be transparent, and largely irrelevant.. and the value will be whats around the planet. Right now.. is your browser maximized on your screen? If so... its already happened to you. Just saying.
We can feed the monster to suit our needs. Why not feed it things we want to be known for and also include lots of bullsh*t .Post the word diaper shoes Kardashian Hillary trumpydoo puppies kittens Kim Jung etc.. the populace can say thank you, but stop sucking my life data . Here is what I want to know about
If Snowden had picked thru the collection and released what supported his perspective ..ok.. fine. So we forget all the docs that did hilite some level of broken-ness.. how about we then try him on disclosure of the unrelated revelations that were damaging in a non-helpful way? Otherwise... lets re-write the rules that we hold our folks with Security clearance to allow for this.... (Yeah right!).. may an Ombudsman? Mr Snowden, enjoy your new home. I hope you are there a long time.
Some should kickstart a company to build/sell Epi pens for $50. Then capitalism works. The cost of a product should drop to the cost of constituents, plus cost of labor and production, plus -some- R&D, and plus some profit. Then.. another kickstart can cut those costs... and drop prices further.. The "substantial equivalent" is a powerful alternative. Not an expensive drug, as I understand?
PDA-Net and Wifi Hotspot work great for WinXX -> VPN -> Work, if you can do some weekend stop-gap that way.. plus,. cant hear the outboard motor over the CLI session.
I have two big screens (tm) with gnome Terminal on each... and a lot of tabs on each. but I also have a laptop adjacent running windows. Have we turned a corner and found a niche for WinXX?
Didn't anyone alert their marketing department that it doesn't really matter what device you are on.. and that the goodness is whats ON the Internet? A Belchfire 2020 running latest software from Frobnitz company sees the same CNN.com feed. Viewing platform is no longer relevant, as it was.
This happened to IBM once before: http://www.theatlantic.com/tec...
On topic pls. Shift planetary surveillance to NOAA. Is global warming real?? Let's start the dialog before it's decided for us.
First .. Should NOAA be running the studies, and be supported by satellites run by Nasa, Funded thru NOAA? Arguable.
Second .. Is climate change real, or does the President-Elect know more about worldwide weather fluctuation than all the scientists (ok 95% of them), the same way he knows more about war than generals?
Honestly, I am having trouble keeping all the truthiness our President-Elect pushes out. Can we agree that he said a lot of things to get him elected, What is your favorite contradiction?
Just another reason to stick to commodity hardware and run Linux on it. Once upon a time, it took a lot of work to get it to cover all the bases, but, its all working now. Main obstacles to broader Linux adoption are unfamilarity, and many that have vested interest in keeping it that way. The reality is that the good stuff is not in your laptop, but everywhere else, so local hardware/software doesn't really matter - it should be transparent. Its no real differentiator. Some companies want to decommoditize standard devices and then make you pay more for it. Pfft. (See also MP3) I will take connectors, and flexibility, over spiffy clean and neutered. Yeah. I like bluetooth, but also like tethered things (USB headset, 1/8 pin jack earphones, USB, MMC, Firewire is ok too!). Had enough of DB9/Serial and RJ11/Phone, but RJ45 can be handy, and display port and HDMI are nifty. Not sure about fingerprint scanners, but the seem like a great idea.