If you pay a phone bill, you've been paying for internet infrastructure for years. You've been paying for this for years.
Instead of double dipping and asking for more money to upgrade/create internet infrastructure why don't they start spending the money they already collect IN THE RIGHT PLACE?
FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERV FUND http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/universal_service/welcome.html The goals of Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, are to promote the availability of quality services at just, reasonable, and affordable rates; increase access to advanced telecommunications services throughout the Nation; advance the availability of such services to all consumers, including those in low income, rural, insular, and high cost areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to those charged in urban areas. In addition, the 1996 Act states that all providers of telecommunications services should contribute to Federal universal service in some equitable and nondiscriminatory manner; there should be specific, predictable, and sufficient Federal and State mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service; all schools, classrooms, health care providers, and libraries should, generally, have access to advanced telecommunications services; and finally, that the Federal-State Joint Board and the Commission should determine those other principles that, consistent with the 1996 Act, are necessary to protect the public interest.
FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERV FUND PRIVATE LINE http://www.shore.net/support/usf.html The Universal Connectivity Charge is 9.25% of state-to-state and international long distance charges, and on Internet circuits. (ATM, Frame Relay, Private Line, Internet Access and SDSL) [NOTE: This may be the local number portability surcharge - ED]
E911 SURCHARGE http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/HF/00200/HF00279/Current.html The surcharge shall
3 21 be collected as part of the access line service provider's
3 22 periodic billing to a subscriber. In compensation for the
3 23 costs of billing and collection, the provider may retain one
3 24 percent of the gross surcharges collected. If the
3 25 compensation is insufficient to fully recover a provider's
3 26 costs for billing and collection of the surcharge, the
3 27 deficiency shall be included in the provider's costs for
3 28 ratemaking purposes to the extent it is reasonable and just
3 29 under section 476.6. The surcharge shall be remitted to the
3 30 E911 service operating authority county auditor or the
3 31 auditor's designee of the county in which the subscriber
3 32 resides for deposit into the E911 service fund quarterly by
3 33 the provider. A provider is not liable for an uncollected
3 34 surcharge for which the provider has billed a subscriber but
3 35 not been paid. The surcharge shall appear as a single line
4 1 item on a subscriber's periodic billing entitled, "E911
4 2 emergency telephone service surcharge". The E911 service
4 3 surcharge is not subject to sales or use tax.
There could be a second life for HD-DVD format. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I want a high capacity format that I can use for easy archiving. Back when DVD-R first hit the scene most of us could archive our hardrives to one or two disks. That's no longer the case. I'd also like to take my aging CD-ROMs and consolidate them before they're unreadable.
HD-DVD may not be a format loved by Hollywood anymore, but it could make a great computer data format. Produce HD-DVD-R drives at an affordable price and make the media available at a price that makes sense.
1) Forget about the movie aspect of the format and focus on computer archiving 2) Make it affordable 3) ??? 4) Profit
I would expect Gizmodo's chances of attending future press events are circling the toilet now. A shame, they have always done minute by minute coverage of the "One more thing..." and Macworld keynotes.
If I were a marketing staffer or PR guy I wouldn't want them anywhere near a press conference. People can lose their jobs over press demos not working, so they aren't going to take the chance of inviting four year olds in the future.
I'm not an attorney (I'm also not an acronym kinda guy) - But it seems by assuming control of the car GM would also be assuming responsibility for the occupants of the vehicle and any other involved in a collision.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
It seems to me the only way this technology ever winds up on the road is if the owner of the car signs a waver at the car dealership to hold GM harmless and assume all responsibility for driverless mode accidents.
VIACOM still owns the domain, and last I checked a little known subsidiary of theirs know as Parmount Studios is producing a new Star Trek film. So I doubt they are going to allow the domain to lapse so a fanboy effort can snag it.
They'll probably bring in a bunch of Madison Ave. suits to re-do the site and aim it at promoting the new film. If you squint you might find a link to some pages promoting the DVDs for the pre-existing series.
Just try putting out a major title without spectacular cutscenes. Gamers and critics will rip it on that basis. Cutscenes not only help sell games, they create for the gamer the feeling that a game is an event.
Without cutscenes, a game feels like an unfinished demo.
Maybe it's not lead free gas. Many other events took place in 1973. It could be any of these things (or none of them)would be equally responsible for a drop in violent crime:
January 3 - CBS sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner. January 14 - Elvis Presley does a concert in Hawaii for over a billion people live worldwide. January 22 - Former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson dies in San Antonio, Texas. January 22 - Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion. January 27 - U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February 11 - Toronto: Construction on the CN Tower begins. February 11 - Vietnam War: The first release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place. February 12 - Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs. (See: Metric system in the United States). February 13 - The United States Dollar was devalued by 10%. February 16 - The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ruled that the Sunday Times could publish articles on Thalidomide and Distillers Company, despite ongoing legal actions by parents (the decision was overturned in July by the House of Lords). February 21 - Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 (Boeing 727) is shot down by Israeli fighter aircraft over the Sinai Desert, after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. Only 5 (1 crew member and 4 passengers) of 113 survive. February 22 - Sino-American relations: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to mainland China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices. February 26 - Edward Heath's British government publishes a Green Paper on prices and incomes policy. February 27 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota. February 28 - Polling day in the Republic of Ireland general election. March 1 - Dick Taverne, who had resigned from the Parliament of the United Kingdom on leaving the Labour Party, was re-elected as a 'Democratic Labour' candidate. March 3 - Tottenham Hotspur win the Football League Cup final at Wembley, beating Norwich City 1-0 in the final. March 7 - Comet Kohoutek is discovered. March 8 - In the 'Border Poll', voters in Northern Ireland endorse remaining in the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists largely boycotted the referendum. March 8 - Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs explode in Whitehall and the Old Bailey in England. March 11 - Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda, was assassinated in Government House. March 17 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the modern London Bridge. March 17 - Many of the few remaining United States soldiers begin to leave Vietnam. One reunion of a former POW reuniting with his family is immortalized in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy. March 17- Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark albums, is released. March 20 - British government White Paper on Northern Ireland proposes re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council. March 21 - Lofthouse Colliery disaster in Great Britain. March 22 - United Kingdom government announces that the Channel Tunnel could be finished by 1980, costing £366m. March 23 - Watergate scandal (United States): In a letter to Judge John Sirica, Watergate burglar James W. McCord Jr. admits that he and other defendants have been pressured to remain silent about the case. He names Attorney General John Mitchell as 'overall boss' of the operation. March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam. March 31 - Paramount's Carowinds opens. April 2 - The LexisNexis computerized legal research service begins. April 3 - The first handheld cellular phone call made by Martin Cooper, who conceived the phone, in New York City. April 4 - The World Trade Center officially opens in New York City with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Because Sergei Korolev is no big deal nowdays.
on
Make Your Own Sputnik
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· Score: 3, Insightful
(rolls eyes)
Anybody with a public school education can outclass Werner Von Braun or Sergei Korolev with chewing gum and duct tape!
Slashdot Mirror
What could be making that smell?
E03
Excuse me. Make that a frinkin' shark's head.
yes. is nice.
If you pay a phone bill, you've been paying for internet infrastructure for years. You've been paying for this for years.
Instead of double dipping and asking for more money to upgrade/create internet infrastructure why don't they start spending the money they already collect IN THE RIGHT PLACE?
FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERV FUND
http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/universal_service/welcome.html
The goals of Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, are to
promote the availability of quality services at just, reasonable, and
affordable rates; increase access to advanced telecommunications
services throughout the Nation; advance the availability of such
services to all consumers, including those in low income, rural,
insular, and high cost areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to
those charged in urban areas. In addition, the 1996 Act states that all
providers of telecommunications services should contribute to Federal
universal service in some equitable and nondiscriminatory manner; there
should be specific, predictable, and sufficient Federal and State
mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service; all schools,
classrooms, health care providers, and libraries should, generally, have
access to advanced telecommunications services; and finally, that the
Federal-State Joint Board and the Commission should determine those
other principles that, consistent with the 1996 Act, are necessary to
protect the public interest.
FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERV FUND PRIVATE LINE
http://www.shore.net/support/usf.html
The Universal Connectivity Charge is 9.25% of state-to-state and
international long distance charges, and on Internet circuits. (ATM,
Frame Relay, Private Line, Internet Access and SDSL)
[NOTE: This may be the local number portability surcharge - ED]
E911 SURCHARGE
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/HF/00200/HF00279/Current.html
The surcharge shall
3 21 be collected as part of the access line service provider's
3 22 periodic billing to a subscriber. In compensation for the
3 23 costs of billing and collection, the provider may retain one
3 24 percent of the gross surcharges collected. If the
3 25 compensation is insufficient to fully recover a provider's
3 26 costs for billing and collection of the surcharge, the
3 27 deficiency shall be included in the provider's costs for
3 28 ratemaking purposes to the extent it is reasonable and just
3 29 under section 476.6. The surcharge shall be remitted to the
3 30 E911 service operating authority county auditor or the
3 31 auditor's designee of the county in which the subscriber
3 32 resides for deposit into the E911 service fund quarterly by
3 33 the provider. A provider is not liable for an uncollected
3 34 surcharge for which the provider has billed a subscriber but
3 35 not been paid. The surcharge shall appear as a single line
4 1 item on a subscriber's periodic billing entitled, "E911
4 2 emergency telephone service surcharge". The E911 service
4 3 surcharge is not subject to sales or use tax.
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE TAX
http://www.state.ia.us/tax/educate/78511.html
IOWA SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL OPTION TAX
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FEDERAL TAX
This should be the federal excise tax
STATE/LOCAL TAX
FEDERAL ACCESS CHARGE
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/accesschrg.html
There could be a second life for HD-DVD format. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I want a high capacity format that I can use for easy archiving. Back when DVD-R first hit the scene most of us could archive our hardrives to one or two disks. That's no longer the case. I'd also like to take my aging CD-ROMs and consolidate them before they're unreadable.
HD-DVD may not be a format loved by Hollywood anymore, but it could make a great computer data format. Produce HD-DVD-R drives at an affordable price and make the media available at a price that makes sense.
1) Forget about the movie aspect of the format and focus on computer archiving
2) Make it affordable
3) ???
4) Profit
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I_QsCXm1vrk
1) Inhales balloon
2) ?????
3) <squeakyvoice> Profit! </squeakyvoice>
I would expect Gizmodo's chances of attending future press events are circling the toilet now. A shame, they have always done minute by minute coverage of the "One more thing..." and Macworld keynotes.
If I were a marketing staffer or PR guy I wouldn't want them anywhere near a press conference. People can lose their jobs over press demos not working, so they aren't going to take the chance of inviting four year olds in the future.
I'm not an attorney (I'm also not an acronym kinda guy) - But it seems by assuming control of the car GM would also be assuming responsibility for the occupants of the vehicle and any other involved in a collision.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
It seems to me the only way this technology ever winds up on the road is if the owner of the car signs a waver at the car dealership to hold GM harmless and assume all responsibility for driverless mode accidents.
Microsoft Security Research: Do you know what kind of a bomb it was?
Clouseau: The exploding kind.
VIACOM still owns the domain, and last I checked a little known subsidiary of theirs know as Parmount Studios is producing a new Star Trek film. So I doubt they are going to allow the domain to lapse so a fanboy effort can snag it.
They'll probably bring in a bunch of Madison Ave. suits to re-do the site and aim it at promoting the new film. If you squint you might find a link to some pages promoting the DVDs for the pre-existing series.
For shizzel: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/21/scicosmos121.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
(OK, I'm sorry for saying sizzel. I don't know what come over me. I'm gonna go sit down. My head is spinning.)
http://www.gamecockmedia.com/press.html
If they really gave a shit about offering a sincere apology, they could at least mention it on their own website.
Gee, I hope nobody edits their wiki page in a similar manner....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamecock_Media_Group
Of course, the background checks are being conducted by his old bosses.
How about moderation points for the articles since the /. editors can't be bothered???
You have failed to register your baby's mind. Your new user will not be allowed to form memories using Microsoft Thinking Suite Home Edition.
... to not trust the pusher robot. I am here to protect you.
Sharks are too expensive for many HMOs. My doctors insist on treating my high cholesterol using ill tempered bass.
Just try putting out a major title without spectacular cutscenes. Gamers and critics will rip it on that basis. Cutscenes not only help sell games, they create for the gamer the feeling that a game is an event.
Without cutscenes, a game feels like an unfinished demo.
Seriously Lucasarts. How long do we need to wait before you put out another X-Wing title? It's been eight years sinse the last one. Where's the love?
Or at least for the frikin' laser on it's head?
Maybe it's not lead free gas. Many other events took place in 1973. It could be any of these things (or none of them)would be equally responsible for a drop in violent crime:
January 3 - CBS sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner.
January 14 - Elvis Presley does a concert in Hawaii for over a billion people live worldwide.
January 22 - Former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson dies in San Antonio, Texas.
January 22 - Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
January 27 - U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.
February 11 - Toronto: Construction on the CN Tower begins.
February 11 - Vietnam War: The first release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
February 12 - Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs. (See: Metric system in the United States).
February 13 - The United States Dollar was devalued by 10%.
February 16 - The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ruled that the Sunday Times could publish articles on Thalidomide and Distillers Company, despite ongoing legal actions by parents (the decision was overturned in July by the House of Lords).
February 21 - Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 (Boeing 727) is shot down by Israeli fighter aircraft over the Sinai Desert, after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. Only 5 (1 crew member and 4 passengers) of 113 survive.
February 22 - Sino-American relations: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to mainland China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.
February 26 - Edward Heath's British government publishes a Green Paper on prices and incomes policy.
February 27 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
February 28 - Polling day in the Republic of Ireland general election.
March 1 - Dick Taverne, who had resigned from the Parliament of the United Kingdom on leaving the Labour Party, was re-elected as a 'Democratic Labour' candidate.
March 3 - Tottenham Hotspur win the Football League Cup final at Wembley, beating Norwich City 1-0 in the final.
March 7 - Comet Kohoutek is discovered.
March 8 - In the 'Border Poll', voters in Northern Ireland endorse remaining in the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists largely boycotted the referendum.
March 8 - Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs explode in Whitehall and the Old Bailey in England.
March 11 - Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda, was assassinated in Government House.
March 17 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the modern London Bridge.
March 17 - Many of the few remaining United States soldiers begin to leave Vietnam. One reunion of a former POW reuniting with his family is immortalized in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy.
March 17- Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark albums, is released.
March 20 - British government White Paper on Northern Ireland proposes re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council.
March 21 - Lofthouse Colliery disaster in Great Britain.
March 22 - United Kingdom government announces that the Channel Tunnel could be finished by 1980, costing £366m.
March 23 - Watergate scandal (United States): In a letter to Judge John Sirica, Watergate burglar James W. McCord Jr. admits that he and other defendants have been pressured to remain silent about the case. He names Attorney General John Mitchell as 'overall boss' of the operation.
March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam.
March 31 - Paramount's Carowinds opens.
April 2 - The LexisNexis computerized legal research service begins.
April 3 - The first handheld cellular phone call made by Martin Cooper, who conceived the phone, in New York City.
April 4 - The World Trade Center officially opens in New York City with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
(rolls eyes)
Anybody with a public school education can outclass Werner Von Braun or Sergei Korolev with chewing gum and duct tape!
Please.
Now we need a cameo by Ed: "Can I get any of you cunts a Romulan Ale?"
Sorry Dan. Too little too late. The most you can hope for is the SEC overlooks your pumping of this stock.