In my view municipally run fiber networks are an inevitable necessity, whether they are open-access or the service is run by the city. Internet access has become a vital utility and becomes all the more so every year; and fiber networks are the only viable way to provide it and grow with future needs. I wish the average person could understand this. Competition doesn't happen partly because building multiple physical network infrastructures in the same place makes no more sense than having multiple electrical or water systems. The only reason there are two hardwired Internet providers in any place to start with is because two completely unrelated infrastructures(cable and phone) were converted to provide service; both of which, ironically, have been made obsolete by the Internet. It worked for a while, but it has been obvious for years that it is time to move on. That is why so much fiber infrastructure was built in the first place. The incumbent ISPs know this, and are terrified by it. Hence why they have gamed the entire system and greased legislators with bribes---excuse me--"lobbying money", and done a very thorough job of it.
I'll be excited about this when a company besides Ford does it. Yeah, I admit it; I am biased. I put aside said bias and bought a used Taurus once. It's transmission promptly died on me.
Now I'm picturing a Russel Crowe hologram waiting for the dot matrix shriek to finish before instructing the newly minted Last Son of Earth on our species' survival.
Peering is a prime example of an argument that would not even be taking place if there were any real competition among ISPs. I know there are differing opinions about it even among net neutrality advocates; but the way I see it, if an ISP advertises a particular connection speed, it is their responsibility to ensure that users paying for it are getting that speed for any service or website they access; assuming that said service or website is providing sufficient capacity on their end, which Netflix is obviously doing. On top of that, Internet providers have no right to complain about bandwidth usage when content providers are creating a huge demand for the service that they are selling. It would be interesting to poll customers to see how many of them shelled out for faster connections purely because of streaming services such as Netflix.
Honestly, I hope they do not release a patch so that all of the sysadmins they turned into liars with the last one can get some of their credibility back.
Indeed. Everyone who has come out against net neutrality has proven to be grossly ignorant about the situation, and they use extremely vague terms without providing specifics. The saddest part is that net neutrality started out with a lot of non-partisan support; then the big Internet monopolies greased the right wheels with copious amounts of cash and BAM. Opposition to net neutrality is now the official party line for republicans. What a joke.
One could argue that the reason Intel's products have advanced as far as they have is because AMD was there to keep them on their toes. The game has changed since then, with mobile and whatnot, but I am still rooting for a comeback. Rory Read has played his cards well so far; and with Jim Keller back, it will be interesting to see what they have in store for us.
That alone is enough to show that his motivations were based on political bias and NOT actual science. The blasted politics have infested this subject for far too long.
Obama has proven to be a wolf in sheep's clothing when it comes to telecom policy. He has pushed ACTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership, and kept a low profile on SOPA/PIPA without actually coming out against it. I honestly don't think he cares that much about Net Neutrality. It was just another empty promise that helped get him elected. As for the Republicans, they have turned everything into a witch hunt. A lot of people are afraid of government overreach(not without good reason), but that has created an environment where all a corporation has to do is say "Help, big government is picking on me!" and they will immediately summon bleating hordes of conservative sheep who don't even bother to research the situation.
I along with plenty of other people would gladly pay an obscene price for a blu-ray copy of the original, untainted trilogy. Star Wars fandom aside, this is really something that needs to be done for the sake of preserving history. Few films if any have had the kind of cultural impact that these movies did. George Lucas has astounded me with his level of selfishness and lack of empathy when it comes to this. Plenty of other films have created director's cuts and whatnot, some of which needed it because they were originally ruined by last-minute editing, but they also preserved the theatrical release along with them. I have no doubt that there are plenty of movies that Lucas loves and would be furious if their creators came along and started making ridiculous changes because they didn't turn out how they wanted. Everyone knows he protested against colorizing black and white films in the 80s. What a hypocrite. Nothing turns out just the way you originally plan. That is often how good things come about in the first place; by accident. The only thing he has proven is that if the original movies had turned out the way he wanted, they would have been awful.
They seem to have taken a leaf from Valve's book with Team Fortress 2, but are taking it a step further by opening the development itself. If this works out well, it could have a lot of ramifications for the future of game development. I'll be happy enough as long as the lightning gun comes back. That thing made headshots so much more fun.
Yes, Linux is still a long way away from becoming prominent in that one particular area, but it certainly isn't having any trouble taking over everything else in the meantime. Every OS vendor is looking out their window and finding themselves surrounded by penguins.
I was such an AMD fanboy ever since I built my first (new) computer with a K6-II. I have to admit I miss the days of the Athlon being called "The CPU that keeps Intel awake at night." After Bulldozer bombed so thoroughly I just gave up and haven't followed AMD's products since. I definitely wouldn't mind a comeback, if they can pull it off.
For all of the books and documentaries that worship Steve Jobs as our technological lord and savior, I would like to see one dedicated to pointing out just how much of an unscrupulous, narcissistic bastard he was. It's amazing how much people are willing to sweep under the rug when you give them shiny things. It would have been interesting to see how things turned out for Brendan Eich, had he been the same kind of media darling.
Sticking with XP would be a bad idea even if Microsoft were to release updates ad infinitum. Even since Windows 7 surpassed XP in market share, I still encounter several times more infected XP machines than Windows 7 ones. Updates are band-aid fixes that don't change the fact that XP was released just before the advent of ubiquitous broadband, and is fundamentally unsound when it comes to security.
The worst part of this is how they allow this nonsense in the name of protecting the free market. The Internet as it has existed up until now has been the purest free market in history, and now they are going to slowly flush all of that down the toilet just to further widen the telcos' already hilariously fat profit margins.
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A story like this is the U.S. government's wet dream. This is highly suspicious.
In my view municipally run fiber networks are an inevitable necessity, whether they are open-access or the service is run by the city. Internet access has become a vital utility and becomes all the more so every year; and fiber networks are the only viable way to provide it and grow with future needs. I wish the average person could understand this. Competition doesn't happen partly because building multiple physical network infrastructures in the same place makes no more sense than having multiple electrical or water systems. The only reason there are two hardwired Internet providers in any place to start with is because two completely unrelated infrastructures(cable and phone) were converted to provide service; both of which, ironically, have been made obsolete by the Internet. It worked for a while, but it has been obvious for years that it is time to move on. That is why so much fiber infrastructure was built in the first place. The incumbent ISPs know this, and are terrified by it. Hence why they have gamed the entire system and greased legislators with bribes---excuse me--"lobbying money", and done a very thorough job of it.
Because using an iPhone after being used to Android makes me want to chuck it against the wall.
Said Elon Musk, perking up.
I'll be excited about this when a company besides Ford does it. Yeah, I admit it; I am biased. I put aside said bias and bought a used Taurus once. It's transmission promptly died on me.
Now I'm picturing a Russel Crowe hologram waiting for the dot matrix shriek to finish before instructing the newly minted Last Son of Earth on our species' survival.
Taking all bets! I also offer video poker! -Kudos if you can name who I'm quoting.
"Many of the provisions would have the effect of treating every patent holder as a POTENTIAL patent troll." -Fixed that for you
Peering is a prime example of an argument that would not even be taking place if there were any real competition among ISPs. I know there are differing opinions about it even among net neutrality advocates; but the way I see it, if an ISP advertises a particular connection speed, it is their responsibility to ensure that users paying for it are getting that speed for any service or website they access; assuming that said service or website is providing sufficient capacity on their end, which Netflix is obviously doing. On top of that, Internet providers have no right to complain about bandwidth usage when content providers are creating a huge demand for the service that they are selling. It would be interesting to poll customers to see how many of them shelled out for faster connections purely because of streaming services such as Netflix.
Honestly, I hope they do not release a patch so that all of the sysadmins they turned into liars with the last one can get some of their credibility back.
Indeed. Everyone who has come out against net neutrality has proven to be grossly ignorant about the situation, and they use extremely vague terms without providing specifics. The saddest part is that net neutrality started out with a lot of non-partisan support; then the big Internet monopolies greased the right wheels with copious amounts of cash and BAM. Opposition to net neutrality is now the official party line for republicans. What a joke.
Is this the "competition" that is supposed to "self regulate" the internet providers once net neutrality is dead?
One could argue that the reason Intel's products have advanced as far as they have is because AMD was there to keep them on their toes. The game has changed since then, with mobile and whatnot, but I am still rooting for a comeback. Rory Read has played his cards well so far; and with Jim Keller back, it will be interesting to see what they have in store for us.
That alone is enough to show that his motivations were based on political bias and NOT actual science. The blasted politics have infested this subject for far too long.
Obama has proven to be a wolf in sheep's clothing when it comes to telecom policy. He has pushed ACTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership, and kept a low profile on SOPA/PIPA without actually coming out against it. I honestly don't think he cares that much about Net Neutrality. It was just another empty promise that helped get him elected. As for the Republicans, they have turned everything into a witch hunt. A lot of people are afraid of government overreach(not without good reason), but that has created an environment where all a corporation has to do is say "Help, big government is picking on me!" and they will immediately summon bleating hordes of conservative sheep who don't even bother to research the situation.
Republicans, Democrats, the only difference I can see between them is who they sell out to; and sometimes there is no difference there either.
I along with plenty of other people would gladly pay an obscene price for a blu-ray copy of the original, untainted trilogy. Star Wars fandom aside, this is really something that needs to be done for the sake of preserving history. Few films if any have had the kind of cultural impact that these movies did. George Lucas has astounded me with his level of selfishness and lack of empathy when it comes to this. Plenty of other films have created director's cuts and whatnot, some of which needed it because they were originally ruined by last-minute editing, but they also preserved the theatrical release along with them. I have no doubt that there are plenty of movies that Lucas loves and would be furious if their creators came along and started making ridiculous changes because they didn't turn out how they wanted. Everyone knows he protested against colorizing black and white films in the 80s. What a hypocrite. Nothing turns out just the way you originally plan. That is often how good things come about in the first place; by accident. The only thing he has proven is that if the original movies had turned out the way he wanted, they would have been awful.
I can't wait to patent my revolutionary technique of taking a dump while sitting down.
They seem to have taken a leaf from Valve's book with Team Fortress 2, but are taking it a step further by opening the development itself. If this works out well, it could have a lot of ramifications for the future of game development. I'll be happy enough as long as the lightning gun comes back. That thing made headshots so much more fun.
Yes, Linux is still a long way away from becoming prominent in that one particular area, but it certainly isn't having any trouble taking over everything else in the meantime. Every OS vendor is looking out their window and finding themselves surrounded by penguins.
I was such an AMD fanboy ever since I built my first (new) computer with a K6-II. I have to admit I miss the days of the Athlon being called "The CPU that keeps Intel awake at night." After Bulldozer bombed so thoroughly I just gave up and haven't followed AMD's products since. I definitely wouldn't mind a comeback, if they can pull it off.
For all of the books and documentaries that worship Steve Jobs as our technological lord and savior, I would like to see one dedicated to pointing out just how much of an unscrupulous, narcissistic bastard he was. It's amazing how much people are willing to sweep under the rug when you give them shiny things. It would have been interesting to see how things turned out for Brendan Eich, had he been the same kind of media darling.
Sticking with XP would be a bad idea even if Microsoft were to release updates ad infinitum. Even since Windows 7 surpassed XP in market share, I still encounter several times more infected XP machines than Windows 7 ones. Updates are band-aid fixes that don't change the fact that XP was released just before the advent of ubiquitous broadband, and is fundamentally unsound when it comes to security.
I would still have a hard time getting too angry with the USPS. Not sure why.... Oh cool, my electric bill can go paperless now.
The worst part of this is how they allow this nonsense in the name of protecting the free market. The Internet as it has existed up until now has been the purest free market in history, and now they are going to slowly flush all of that down the toilet just to further widen the telcos' already hilariously fat profit margins.