What does the first ammendment have to do with anything mentioned in the article or summary? There is no restriction of free speech by Congress, nothing about peaceful assembly, establishment or exercise of religion, or freedom of the press. Perhaps the editors might try reading the Constitution before throwing it around in pissy anti-government tirades.
Perhaps when you buy a small, dangerous car, you should have to sign a paper that says, "As the result of disregard for my family's safety, I am willingly purchasing a vehicle that could result in the untimely death of my children."
Phone taxes pay for emergency services such as police, fire, and ambulatory response systems and the 911 emergency call service. I think it's perfectly fine for VoIP users to pay those taxes as well, because everyone relies on emergency services.
Who cares what the fuck slashdot asks you to do with their bandwidth? They've never bothered to respect anyone else's bandwidth or webservers before running them into the ground.
That's because THERE IS NO INCENTIVE WHATSOEVER to upgrade. Why in the hell would a company spend money on personnel, training, equipment, planning, customer change-overs, etc when the network will work just like it did before? I'm certainly not willing to pay more for my cable modem to get an IPv6 address when the IPv4 one works just fine, no one else is either. It's not like the ISPs manufacture money -- it all comes from you and I.
In many area's they were ahead of their time(Directory Services in 1994 is a great example)
There were a lot of ways Novell was behind the times too. They were very slow to support IP, and even slower to support IP server applications like proxy and web servers. None of that was stable until at least Netware 5. And BorderManager? That thing was AWFUL! It crashed constantly and was way outperformed by squid and even MS proxy.
You probably aren't a typical user. Someone who knows what a converter box is for, and how to hook one up is not a typical user. Moreover, I think it's a valid question for Joe User to ask why he needs a $80 piece of fiber cable to get the same channels he got with a $5 chunk of coax. Regular people aren't going to accept this tech just because it's cool; if it's going to work, the new technology has to provide real, and powerful improvements over what they already have.
I hate having to use a converter box at my television sets. Why would the typical user want to deal with this trouble just "to have fiber" when the same channels can be delivered with good ol' (cheap) coax? Plus, homes are already wired for coax, what would someone need to do to watch TV on the fiber set-up?
What kind of out-of-town bandwidth will be provided? Sure, 100 Mbps to the local POP would be cool, but really useless if the whole place has to share a T1. Would out-of-town traffic be limited on a per-connection basis, or will I have to suffer with slow page loads because my 31337 neighbor wants to run a 64 user Wolfenstein server?
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Try this. It's heavily/.'ed, but they do have an English edition.
I don't like the idea of the huge advantage they get on their competitors
But they offer a bigger database, better service and wider array of products than their competitors. They SHOULD have a huge advantage; that's how business works.
They will typically do that, because the largest component of a water charge is usually a sewage processing charge. Water that did not contribute to increased sewage volume can be sold at an incredibly discounted rate. Most utility companies will install a second (cheaper) water service for filling pools, watering lawns, etc.
You ended up with a pretty good deal. I had a similar situation happen and got the sewage charges dropped. The large bill was reduced by about 90%.
Moreover, those of us who live in snowy climates know that these would be completely absurd 6-8 months out of the year. It's hard enough to get around with a truck and and a pair of boots, let alone on a stupid scooter.
I think that you have not really thought about proper quiet cooling in that Athlon box. I have a dual MP2100+, and it barely makes a noise. You need to have good CPU Coolers and good case fans. When I removed the factory heatsinks and installed the Coolermasters the machine noise dropped incredibly.
I had the exact same thing happen on two Abit KA7-100 motherboards running Athlon 800 processors. I've made it a point to never buy Abit again after I had to spend several hundred dollars to replace two critical machines on short notice.
You have to also remember that kids don't always game alone. Gaming can be as much of a social activity as sports or clubs are to other teenagers. My friends and I always got together to play some form of video games whilst in high school, and now beyond.
Although, I will agree that excessive gaming, especially solitary gaming, is certainly not healthy; however, such behavior is most likely the result of a more deeply rooted problem such as the need to escape from a bad family life.
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What does the first ammendment have to do with anything mentioned in the article or summary? There is no restriction of free speech by Congress, nothing about peaceful assembly, establishment or exercise of religion, or freedom of the press. Perhaps the editors might try reading the Constitution before throwing it around in pissy anti-government tirades.
One of my co-workers uses a DVORAK keyboard. We, of course, ridicule him to no end.
Comcast is actually pretty nice here in Lansing, MI. They are certainly the best provider in mid-Michigan by cable or DSL.
Perhaps when you buy a small, dangerous car, you should have to sign a paper that says, "As the result of disregard for my family's safety, I am willingly purchasing a vehicle that could result in the untimely death of my children."
How about we do BOTH, like we're doing now and have always done?
Just out of curiosity, is that becuase VoIP doesn't contribute to the tax, so they can't use the service?
Phone taxes pay for emergency services such as police, fire, and ambulatory response systems and the 911 emergency call service. I think it's perfectly fine for VoIP users to pay those taxes as well, because everyone relies on emergency services.
Who cares what the fuck slashdot asks you to do with their bandwidth? They've never bothered to respect anyone else's bandwidth or webservers before running them into the ground.
That's because THERE IS NO INCENTIVE WHATSOEVER to upgrade. Why in the hell would a company spend money on personnel, training, equipment, planning, customer change-overs, etc when the network will work just like it did before? I'm certainly not willing to pay more for my cable modem to get an IPv6 address when the IPv4 one works just fine, no one else is either. It's not like the ISPs manufacture money -- it all comes from you and I.
oops, I forgot communist.
Because slashdot is populated by a bunch of bong-smoking, tree-hugging, birkenstock-wearing, frisbee-playing, VW bus-driving, patchouli-breathed, greasy-haired, folk-singing, protest-following, acid-tripping, nasty female armpit-haired, awful-smelling, stupid pacifist hippies!
So what you're saying is that women are cunning linguists? *rimshot*
There were a lot of ways Novell was behind the times too. They were very slow to support IP, and even slower to support IP server applications like proxy and web servers. None of that was stable until at least Netware 5. And BorderManager? That thing was AWFUL! It crashed constantly and was way outperformed by squid and even MS proxy.
You probably aren't a typical user. Someone who knows what a converter box is for, and how to hook one up is not a typical user. Moreover, I think it's a valid question for Joe User to ask why he needs a $80 piece of fiber cable to get the same channels he got with a $5 chunk of coax. Regular people aren't going to accept this tech just because it's cool; if it's going to work, the new technology has to provide real, and powerful improvements over what they already have.
I hate having to use a converter box at my television sets. Why would the typical user want to deal with this trouble just "to have fiber" when the same channels can be delivered with good ol' (cheap) coax? Plus, homes are already wired for coax, what would someone need to do to watch TV on the fiber set-up?
What kind of out-of-town bandwidth will be provided? Sure, 100 Mbps to the local POP would be cool, but really useless if the whole place has to share a T1. Would out-of-town traffic be limited on a per-connection basis, or will I have to suffer with slow page loads because my 31337 neighbor wants to run a 64 user Wolfenstein server?
Try this. It's heavily /.'ed, but they do have an English edition.
I don't like the idea of the huge advantage they get on their competitors
But they offer a bigger database, better service and wider array of products than their competitors. They SHOULD have a huge advantage; that's how business works.
They will typically do that, because the largest component of a water charge is usually a sewage processing charge. Water that did not contribute to increased sewage volume can be sold at an incredibly discounted rate. Most utility companies will install a second (cheaper) water service for filling pools, watering lawns, etc.
You ended up with a pretty good deal. I had a similar situation happen and got the sewage charges dropped. The large bill was reduced by about 90%.
I would be qutie proud if the military found my code worthy of their use.
Moreover, those of us who live in snowy climates know that these would be completely absurd 6-8 months out of the year. It's hard enough to get around with a truck and and a pair of boots, let alone on a stupid scooter.
I think that you have not really thought about proper quiet cooling in that Athlon box. I have a dual MP2100+, and it barely makes a noise. You need to have good CPU Coolers and good case fans. When I removed the factory heatsinks and installed the Coolermasters the machine noise dropped incredibly.
I had the exact same thing happen on two Abit KA7-100 motherboards running Athlon 800 processors. I've made it a point to never buy Abit again after I had to spend several hundred dollars to replace two critical machines on short notice.
You have to also remember that kids don't always game alone. Gaming can be as much of a social activity as sports or clubs are to other teenagers. My friends and I always got together to play some form of video games whilst in high school, and now beyond.
Although, I will agree that excessive gaming, especially solitary gaming, is certainly not healthy; however, such behavior is most likely the result of a more deeply rooted problem such as the need to escape from a bad family life.
But obviously doesn't have enough horsepower for a grammar checker.