Being on dialup when I travel (yes really) I have a slightly different view. If I load the page straight-up, it's extremely slow (over a minute). However my dialup also has a compression algorithm and "Disable flash" that I can turn on.
- The page looks like crap (2 color GIFs and JPEGs are not pretty), but it loads in less than 10 seconds.
- And of course turning-off Flash means the annoying animated videos don't load.
From my point of view Images and Flash are the main culprits for making webpages bloated and slow to load.
If California (or the EPA) wants to do something useful, they should ban the automatic toilets. Every time I use them, they flush 3 times... when I walk in, when I stand up, when I walk out.
These are known as "phantom flushes" because it flushes when the user does Not want it to flush. Complete waste of water.
Nah. In the 1990s when California invented Car Exhaust standards that only applied to California, the manufacturers still sent cars (designated CARB-compliant or 49-state-compliant). California is too big an economy to ignore.
TRIVIA: My 49-state-compliant 2003 Honda Civic had "lean burn" for higher MPG. The CARB-compliant Civic had lean burn disabled, because it made too much NOx (and failed the California standard).
- More trivia: Volkswagen stopped selling Year 2005 and 2006 diesel-powered Jetta/Golfs/Beetles in California, for essentially the same reason (too much NOx made them fail Cali's strict emissions). The other 49 states still got the diesel models.
I don't have a password on my phone, because it doesn't have personal data (it's strictly a phone). And there's none on my desktop computer, because it never leaves the security of my house.
I truly HATE when politicians force citizens to do something against their will, when the only person being harmed is the citizen himself. (If someone steals my phone, I am the only one harmed. Leave me alone.)
Maybe politicians should start calling themselves Daddy Brown and Mommy Pelosi, if they insist upon treating us like children.
What about some NEW characters? These guys were all invented in the 1980s..... the fucking 8-bit era. Surely they can invent some new heroes in the modern 64-bit era? Maybe? Possibly?
Sadly no. It appears most innovation comes from third party companies.
"Presidential" alerts actually go back to the 1960s when people were afraid of nuclear attack by Russia. It gave the president (Kennedy) the power to alert Americans "We are under attack. Held to your shelters."
Fast-forward to now, it's still the same system to provide Fast warning to the citizens, but expanded from TV and radio to include cellphones.
> Windows Vista = 6.0 > Windows 7 = 6.1 > Windows 8 = 6.2
You mean that bastardized OS known as Windows 8 is just a "minor change" from the smooth-running Windows 7? Nonsense! It really should have been incremented a whole number.
The 1930s Supreme Court already ruled Congress can set the prices on good that "affect interstate commerce" such as the price of wheat, eggs, milk. Eventually that was expanded to include Broadcast Radio, Cable TV, and now internet cellular transmitters.
I'd rather my local government have its revenue per cell transmitter dropped from ~3000 downto $270....... and then my G5 cellular bill will be lower in price too. (Also I can dump the overpriced Comcast monopoly for G5 instead.)
A proper non-biased headline would be: Cities Will Sue FCC to Protect $2 Billion in Lost Cellular Taxes
because that's what is ACTUALLY happening. Nobody is "giving" money to the corporations, like handing money to a bum on the street. Instead the FCC is reducing the Local Tax downto $270 per cell transmitter..... the end.
Per usual, blame bureaucrats. They decided "Windows 4.0" was not copyrightable, so that forced Microsoft to use "Windows 95" which is a NAME instead of a version. Ditto with OS X.
More recent changes like Chrome hopping 55 to 56 to 57 without minor revisions like 55.1, 55.2, 55.3 mostly lies on the Marketers who think customers are too dumb to understand decimals. (Like 55.3 is too hard to remember. Like just stick to whole numbers, okay?.... wait, let me take a selfie.)
I don't understand why the WiFi Alliance used such confusing titles (802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11a, and 802.11b).
Dialup standards progressed in a logical fashion from V.22 to V.32 to V.34 and so on. The bigger the number the faster the speed, so it made logical sense.
In the age of dialup modems, manufacturers used names like "56Kflex" or "V32.FAST" even though they were not approved standards. (The official standard was still being written.) Perhaps the same will happen with WiFi...... "Upgrade now to WiFi.FAST with 1000 gigabit speeds!" (Not officially approved.)
From Ars Technica: "We don't need spotty 5g in the world's most densly populated urban areas that use the same hard lines as their 4g predecessor. We need better 4g coverage overall, and better support for the 4g lines in place."
Ugh. A so-called technical person who is actually a Luddite.
Liberals always use the word "giveaway" even if it's applied to Citizens, and even if it means "you pay less taxes or fees". Being allowed to keep more of your money is NOT a giveaway. It's letting you keep the money you labored to earn.
I refuse to be promoted to a manager. I make enough money as an engineer doing design or testing, and (2) managers always look so stressed out. I don't need that.
Looks like I need to add a 3rd reason: Engineers keep their jobs; middle managers get laid off. (Even at JCPenney I saw this happen, when the $60,000 managers were laid off..... and then replaced with $30,000 salespeople/supervisors.)
> he long directed the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside Chicago, had retired to eastern Idaho
Interesting choice. Eastern Idaho is basically an extension of the State of Nothing... ooops I mean Wyoming. At first I thought, 'Well maybe he's an Idaho rancher' but I see there's a Bringthem Young mormon university there. I guess he became a professor in his later years.
I'm always curious about how/why people go to new places when they quit their lifelong careers.
My website is still there, however when I heard Geocities was closing, I went in and erased all of the pictures. (I don't like leaving personal info behind.) Now it's just plain text and broken links.
Notice that article says "in real world driving" HOWEVER every one of those cars (except VW) passes the EU government's testing **inside the lab** (which is all the Law requires they do). They are 100% compliant with the law.
Tickle Down Economics worked just fine in the 90s. Reagan advanced the theory, put it into motion with corporate tax deductions, and it led to a gigantic boom during the Clinton Era
> like a drowning man clutches at a straw
Possibly TDE is wrong. On the flip side, taxing corporations to death has never been shown to accomplish anything (except drive corporations out of the Northern Rustbelt USA into China and India where labor & taxes are cheap).
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Being on dialup when I travel (yes really) I have a slightly different view. If I load the page straight-up, it's extremely slow (over a minute). However my dialup also has a compression algorithm and "Disable flash" that I can turn on.
- The page looks like crap (2 color GIFs and JPEGs are not pretty), but it loads in less than 10 seconds.
- And of course turning-off Flash means the annoying animated videos don't load.
From my point of view Images and Flash are the main culprits for making webpages bloated and slow to load.
If California (or the EPA) wants to do something useful, they should ban the automatic toilets. Every time I use them, they flush 3 times... when I walk in, when I stand up, when I walk out.
These are known as "phantom flushes" because it flushes when the user does Not want it to flush. Complete waste of water.
Nah. In the 1990s when California invented Car Exhaust standards that only applied to California, the manufacturers still sent cars (designated CARB-compliant or 49-state-compliant). California is too big an economy to ignore.
TRIVIA: My 49-state-compliant 2003 Honda Civic had "lean burn" for higher MPG. The CARB-compliant Civic had lean burn disabled, because it made too much NOx (and failed the California standard).
- More trivia: Volkswagen stopped selling Year 2005 and 2006 diesel-powered Jetta/Golfs/Beetles in California, for essentially the same reason (too much NOx made them fail Cali's strict emissions). The other 49 states still got the diesel models.
I don't have a password on my phone, because it doesn't have personal data (it's strictly a phone). And there's none on my desktop computer, because it never leaves the security of my house.
I truly HATE when politicians force citizens to do something against their will, when the only person being harmed is the citizen himself. (If someone steals my phone, I am the only one harmed. Leave me alone.)
Maybe politicians should start calling themselves Daddy Brown and Mommy Pelosi, if they insist upon treating us like children.
Here's a quick summary of the new naming:
- 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g (unchanged)
- 802.11n - Wi Fi 4 (renamed)
- 802.11ac - Wi Fi 5 (renamed)
- 802.11ax - Wi Fi 6 (not yet released)
What about some NEW characters? These guys were all invented in the 1980s..... the fucking 8-bit era. Surely they can invent some new heroes in the modern 64-bit era? Maybe? Possibly?
Sadly no. It appears most innovation comes from third party companies.
Repeat article. I just read the exact-same thing last night.
"Presidential" alerts actually go back to the 1960s when people were afraid of nuclear attack by Russia. It gave the president (Kennedy) the power to alert Americans "We are under attack. Held to your shelters."
Fast-forward to now, it's still the same system to provide Fast warning to the citizens, but expanded from TV and radio to include cellphones.
Big deal.
When a tree falls in the woods, does anyone hear it? When Anonymous Cowards speak, does anybody hear them?
> Windows Vista = 6.0
> Windows 7 = 6.1
> Windows 8 = 6.2
You mean that bastardized OS known as Windows 8 is just a "minor change" from the smooth-running Windows 7? Nonsense! It really should have been incremented a whole number.
The 1930s Supreme Court already ruled Congress can set the prices on good that "affect interstate commerce" such as the price of wheat, eggs, milk. Eventually that was expanded to include Broadcast Radio, Cable TV, and now internet cellular transmitters.
Welcome to the world of centralized government.
I'd rather my local government have its revenue per cell transmitter dropped from ~3000 downto $270....... and then my G5 cellular bill will be lower in price too. (Also I can dump the overpriced Comcast monopoly for G5 instead.)
A proper non-biased headline would be: Cities Will Sue FCC to Protect $2 Billion in Lost Cellular Taxes
because that's what is ACTUALLY happening. Nobody is "giving" money to the corporations, like handing money to a bum on the street. Instead the FCC is reducing the Local Tax downto $270 per cell transmitter..... the end.
Per usual, blame bureaucrats. They decided "Windows 4.0" was not copyrightable, so that forced Microsoft to use "Windows 95" which is a NAME instead of a version. Ditto with OS X.
More recent changes like Chrome hopping 55 to 56 to 57 without minor revisions like 55.1, 55.2, 55.3 mostly lies on the Marketers who think customers are too dumb to understand decimals. (Like 55.3 is too hard to remember. Like just stick to whole numbers, okay?.... wait, let me take a selfie.)
I don't understand why the WiFi Alliance used such confusing titles (802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11a, and 802.11b).
Dialup standards progressed in a logical fashion from V.22 to V.32 to V.34 and so on. The bigger the number the faster the speed, so it made logical sense.
In the age of dialup modems, manufacturers used names like "56Kflex" or "V32.FAST" even though they were not approved standards. (The official standard was still being written.) Perhaps the same will happen with WiFi...... "Upgrade now to WiFi.FAST with 1000 gigabit speeds!" (Not officially approved.)
From Ars Technica: "We don't need spotty 5g in the world's most densly populated urban areas that use the same hard lines as their 4g predecessor. We need better 4g coverage overall, and better support for the 4g lines in place."
Ugh. A so-called technical person who is actually a Luddite.
P.S.
And of course the "technical people" at Ars Technica are completely in favor of letting cities charge upto $3000 per small cell.
Liberals always use the word "giveaway" even if it's applied to Citizens, and even if it means "you pay less taxes or fees". Being allowed to keep more of your money is NOT a giveaway. It's letting you keep the money you labored to earn.
I refuse to be promoted to a manager. I make enough money as an engineer doing design or testing, and (2) managers always look so stressed out. I don't need that.
Looks like I need to add a 3rd reason: Engineers keep their jobs; middle managers get laid off. (Even at JCPenney I saw this happen, when the $60,000 managers were laid off..... and then replaced with $30,000 salespeople/supervisors.)
> he long directed the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside Chicago, had retired to eastern Idaho
Interesting choice. Eastern Idaho is basically an extension of the State of Nothing... ooops I mean Wyoming. At first I thought, 'Well maybe he's an Idaho rancher' but I see there's a Bringthem Young mormon university there. I guess he became a professor in his later years.
I'm always curious about how/why people go to new places when they quit their lifelong careers.
My website is still there, however when I heard Geocities was closing, I went in and erased all of the pictures. (I don't like leaving personal info behind.) Now it's just plain text and broken links.
Notice that article says "in real world driving" HOWEVER every one of those cars (except VW) passes the EU government's testing **inside the lab** (which is all the Law requires they do). They are 100% compliant with the law.
In the era of 4 kilobyte PCs, you had to be efficient. I still marvel at how classic Atari games fit in such a small space.
Tickle Down Economics worked just fine in the 90s. Reagan advanced the theory, put it into motion with corporate tax deductions, and it led to a gigantic boom during the Clinton Era
> like a drowning man clutches at a straw
Possibly TDE is wrong. On the flip side, taxing corporations to death has never been shown to accomplish anything (except drive corporations out of the Northern Rustbelt USA into China and India where labor & taxes are cheap).