Well, I moved out of country, and converted my old 4S into a Go-Phone for when I was back in the States. I just called and while the customer service routed initially to the pre-paid side, I was transferred over to the contract side and 15 minutes later, as the person had to keep referring to procedure and bring up screens, I was given a case number and told that the code should be updated and I can unlock by April 16. Currently things are taking 24-48 hours, but hey, I am out of the country and not in a hurry.
All in all, a very positive experience. This time.
Currently up for vote, to be submitted to the house: Eliminate Unnecessary Congressional Printing -- Potential savings of $35 million + over ten years Refocus National Archives Activities On Preserving Federal Records -- Potential Savings of $10 million next year and $100 million over ten years Terminate Broadcasting Facility Grant Programs that Have Completed their Mission -- Potential Savings of $25 million in the first year, $250 million over ten years
And again for those that can't RTFA or even visit the site, here are the previous ideas that were presented to the House to be cut: Week One: Cut the New Non-Reformed Welfare Program ($25 Billion Savings) Week Two: Eliminate Federal Employee Pay Raise ($30 Billion Savings) Week Three: Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ($30 Billion Savings) Week Four: Sell Excess Federal Property ($15 Billion Savings) Week Five: Prohibit Hiring New IRS Agents to Enforce Health Care Law ($15 Billion Savings) Week Six: Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities ($1.2 Billion Savings) Week Seven: Prohibit Stimulus Funding for Promotional Signage (Tens of Millions) Week Eight: Prohibit Sleeper Car Subsidies on Amtrak ($1.2 Billion Savings) Week Nine: Bipartisan Proposal to Terminate AEITC ($1.1 Billion Savings) Week Ten: Require Collection of Unpaid Taxes From Federal Employees ($1 Billion Savings) Week Eleven: Reduce Government Employment to 2008 Levels ($35 Billion Savings) Week Twelve: Terminate the TARP Program Prohibiting Any Additional Bailouts Week Thirteen: Terminate Taxpayer Funding of National Public Radio Week Fourteen: Eliminate Unnecessary Congressional Printing
This is one of the first weeks where I did not see ideas that would cut billions out of the federal budget.
Interestingly, or rather, not surprisingly, the votes to make these cuts were nearly down party lines. I am not going to say that Republicans are more or less fiscally responsible, but rather it seems to me that no matter which party brings in the good idea, the other votes against it, almost in spite because the didn't think of it first.
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen. ~Author Unknown
So, why not just send notices for every government IP, music company and others accusing them of infringement. By law they would lose access immediately.
Would be terrible if the government could no longer conduct business with their lobbi...briber...umm...constituents.
Anyway. Make an image of your drive. Keep the CD/DVD(s) in your CD case, away from your laptop. Run the factory restore so it has nothing on it except what came from the factory.
If they take your notebook, they get nothing. If you get through, then restore the image at the hotel and you are good to go.
A lot of companies are placing the "factory" image on laptops that are going to the US and using VPNs and SSH to let workers connect back to the company.
The only good this search does is catch the morons (remember the password case for the pedophile?) that can't keep stuff off the laptop.
IT is a "feel good" measure and does nothing for border security. Bring the uber-secret plans in on a USB drive -- those aren't searched/confiscated. Stupid DHS and government trying to extend its reach into areas without thinking. But this is government, since when did any of them have a brain?
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Since the FCC can pull broadcast licenses from TV/Radio stations, can't they just yank Comcast's license? I know it would leave many people in the dark -- me included, but I'd love to see them shut down for this crap.
If anyone knew how to stop the RST bulls417 from reaching the other party, I might be able to enjoy my Netflix on demand more...
Raising their costs would still not raise their bandwidth. They will still take the profits and not improve the infrastructure, leaving the bandwidth allocation to the same method they use now -- throttling.
Leaving the customer to wait and wait, and hopefully "realize" that it is available now on iPPV/In Demand for $4.99 and pay for that rather than use up all the bandwidth downloading a 100% legitimate movie from the copyright holder....
"We couldn't find anyone" usually equates to we are too cheap to pay the market rate.
I speak from experience. I apparently set someone off in upper management, and the process was set in motion to replace me. When the company received no applications (they placed the salary range in the ad), they removed the salary and asked for salary requirements. My supervisor, who was reviewing the resumes, actually resigned when he saw how underpaid he was!
I got a small raise, I am above the minimum range, but not close the the average for my position. I stayed only because I was already holding on a security clearance to come through for another job. Took 6 months, but it came through and I'll be resigning myself shortly .
Never let management/HR tell you "they can't find anyone." Odds are they are too cheap to pay market.
Actually, time for the *AA's to step in. Right now, it is hard to "prove" that it was you that downloaded their material -- it could be anyone from your ISP with that IP, right?
Well, with IPv6, the ISPs can now permanently assign an IP to each customer and not run out! Why the *AAs are not behind moving to IPv6 has me stumped. I would think anything that would help support their current business model would be good.
Perhaps it would cost too much to purchase enough Congresscritters to make IPv6 a reality?
You, of course, are assuming that they would use the additional profits from the tiered plans to actually beef up the infrastructure, rather than their bank accounts.
I have used torrents, both for legit and gray-area use, I use the oldest "usernet" for things, and I spend my time watching Netflix on demand on my second monitor.
I noticed that as I was watching one tv series, that I could watch 1 or 2 episodes, then I would start getting "Your internet connection has slowed" and Netflix would start taking 2+ hours to buffer a 24 minute tv episode. Nothing else was affected, I could yank a 300MB Service Pack from M$, use a direct link to pull down a distro (can't use a torrent or P2P for that), and my speed tests showed I Was getting the 16MB down that I am paying for, but I could not get another tv episode to download/stream.
My first reaction was that it was Comcast, since they are throttling P2P traffic, but I found threads online where other people that were non-comcast users had the same problem and they attributed it to the "opening of the doors" on the in-demand video.
Comcast has crossed the line, and if I had another choice -- I call Verizon once a week, and now I am going to call them once a day -- I would leave them immediately. I need the bandwidth for remote desktop/VPN connections to our offices in other parts of the country; I could care less for the TV programming, I can grab the episodes time-shifted from online. Currently I don't feel guilty for that since I am paying the cable bill for TV.
I hope that the FCC is watching this, and since I am in DC, if I find out when the hearings are, I will take a day off and go down to try and voice my displeasure at the way things are being handled by Comcast.
I am paying for bandwidth, and I expect to have it. If you don't have enough to meet the demand, ADD MORE -- it is what the stores do on hot items..they get more in of what people want. Is that a hard concept? I know you can't "make" more bandwidth, but you can start cutting the ratio of customers to available bandwidth and certainyl stop over selling. What this tells me is that there is enough demand that they can move to a more reasonable ratio (1:15 ain't it) and still make money. What they are going to have happen now, is folks will leave and they will be out that revenue..they will get the bandwidth back, but what good is product that stays on the shelf? If it doesn't sell, it isn't making you money.
Comcast want's to be the net police, then the FCC should let them, and arrest every executive the minute someone on the Comcast network is charged with something illegal like child pornography -- you wanted to filter your traffic, and you failed to catch this, so you are charged as an accessory! I bet their lawyers will be all over "Net Neutrality" then. Until something affects the company/executives' money/livelihood, they will try and take as much liberty with their revenue stream as possible.
I say let them "filter", adjust bandwidth, or what ever "friendly" term they want to use;but also make them liable for any illegal activity that occurs on their network.
I am in a small shop. I have one direct report. I am the "manager" for all intents and purposes. However, what I am, is "not" hand off. My hands are dirty every day with something that should be handed by "non-management" types -- if we had more. I make 2.5x more than when I started, and I work about the same number of hours.
If you are going to ask for management, make sure you are fully aware of how much, if any, hands-on is expected.
Look at the questions posted by jellomizer. Ask yourself all of those. Guess what...I "need" managing, because I have a dual role, and folks still see me as the non-manager and it becomes a territorial scuffle as to who's need is more pressing. They see their department, I see the whole company. Senior management has to step in. Outside of that, I work totally unsupervised and produce quality work, no matter the task that crosses my desk.
Also, make sure that the management/ownership will listen to you. I am on my way out -- why? because I was asked for a Disaster Recovery Plan, and they ignored it, and chose to operate with a single point of failure for the company. It failed last week, and they are still not willing to invest in the necessary equipment. 1) Asked my input 2) ignored my input 100% (no debate, no on going discussion) 3) system failed 4) I've got the emails, so no blame here, but they didn't learn from the lesson.
I do not plan on being here for the next failure which would most likely spell the end of the company.
1) Provide the students, faculty, etc, the boilerplate in the student handbook -- link from the front page of the school site to the same.
2) Limit all on campus networks to Comcast cable. The FCC already knows they filter traffic, and it is "technology-based" so that should meet the requirements of #2
Requirements met.
Now, once the FCC slams Comcast for violating net neutrality, well, back to square one.
Question: What would it take for universities to gain protection under net neutrality?
We buy DVDs to watch our favorite Movie, TV show, etc. at our leisure. To spend some time and relive the good times watching our favorite show. What good are ads "Coming soon to Disney DVD..." to me when I am watching the movie 4 years after it was released. What ever movie is "coming soon" is already back in the vault and I can't get it anymore.
Same with Major Motion Picture titles. I realize that they want to preserve the movie theater experience with showing me 20 minutes of previews before the main feature, but I am at home, and I don't want to waste those 20 minutes. Want to know why "ripping" a DVD is so popular? We want to watch the damn movie, not previews of "coming attractions" that came out last year. "Coming soon to DVD, Star Trek III" wtf?!!?
Yea, ads for DVDs work...they work to make me learn how to rip my library so I don't have to see the ads and I can get right to the feature.
How can we even trust the rating system when it rates Sesame Street as "Adults Only" for the coverage/comments on/. and TFA.
God forbid this actually make it mainstream. I am not advocating that the subject is ok, but just who the hell mainly lives in Africa? No one complained during all the previous incarnations where it took place in America...hello?!? terrorist training ground via video game? FSCK! Get off the damn political correct horse and take responsibility for your life!
We visit the rating issue frequently, and I still stand by my comment to this from January last year.
I use these exclusively, are there reports that this method gets by them? I know that if the ad is blocked, it isn't downloaded, but is that all it takes, download the ad and you have the virus?
Sounds like a reason to just block all double-click items...
I don't enable flash/scripts on any page unless it is needed -- like scripts for/.
I was lazy. I downloaded the beta from MS last night. Slow connection and it was 120MB for the fixes I was lacking. When I left this morning, it was on part "3" of the install, and according to MS it will take 4+ hours.
4 Hours for a SP? WTF?!?! Hopefully it will be done when I arrive home in 5 hours.
As another bit of data, I used the "upgrade" CD and did a fresh install. The processes does not ask for a CD, but checks the hard drive for a valid OS to upgrade. I spent 2 hours on MS support, and the solution is to install the upgrade, then "reinstall" so it detects the previous version. The initial install takes 1hour, but the "upgrade" from the initial install -- of the same OS took 3 hours while it "updated" files. Sadly, in that time, I "upgraded" my older compaq laptop from XP to Ubuntu 7.1 by first downloading and burning the ISO, then doing a full install...and that beat the Vista Upgrade from Vista!
I am at a loss why it takes so long to "upgrade" the system from the same OS -- Vista Ultimate (unactivated) to Vista Ultimate (with Key).
In all actuality, telephone and cable service are provided by franchises granted by the city/local government. The market my be free, but the entry is controlled not by market forces, but by bureaucratic tape. A company that currently does not provide service must apply to the local government for the right to provide service -- even a company that is already well established in other areas. I live in DC. We have for internet, either Comcast for Cable, or Verizon for DSL. Those were the only choices when I moved in, and 2 years later, they are still the only choices. There is a new company, RCN, that is slowly working its way across DC, but it is not in my area, and will not be until 2009 most likely. And Verizon FiOS? Not even in the district -= they can't get the franchise from what I understand at last check -- it is available in every area around DC in Virginia and Maryland, but not within the District itself.
I would love to have unfettered access to use the internet as I choose -- listen to foreign radio, watch YouTube for 24 hours 7 days straight, pull down the latest ISO build of any distro I wanted (I have 4 PCs, I want to see which runs best on each one, or what ever).
The government and the bureaucracy IS what determines what ISP/service I am able to access.
I listen to Virgin Radio, and I hear in the UK you can get Tele(TV for us Americans)/Phone and internet for 19 quid. Is that good service/bundle? I know that is on par with our $50 for the bundle.
Right now, I am using Sprint Mobile Broadband. I am supposed to have unlimited access, but I keep my usage down to 1GB down or less a day -- by choice. I do not even have Cable TV in the house -- I cut COmcast off 100%.
I bought a new laptop and once home and through the setup process, I began to remove those applications I did not need. I need the Windows OS, but I use all other OpenSource Apps. There are two Office 2007 entries. One is for the Office 2007 Trial Activation and the other is for the 2007 Trial Student Edition. The Trial Activation program will not uninstall as there isn't a "version" of Office installed. I had already uninstalled the trial office, and the solution was to re-install the trial software and then remove the Activation App. I tried that, and even went so far as to download and install the trial standard edition -- the activation app would not uninstall at all.
Seems that Microsoft wants a reminder that you need Office 2007 and will not let you clean up the programs on "your" computer. It really is one step closer to not being "Where do you want to go today?" but "Here is where we will let you go..."
Not since the time of Moses has a Bush spoken such truth as Gov. Bush did. ''I think self-regulation is the first step,'' Bush said. "Parents ought to take control over their children's lives.''
Sadly, more and more the U.S. is turning to government legislation to protect what could be protected with a little common sense. Parents should be more responsible toward their spawn than just providing a roof and food while feeling happy that Little Tommy is in his room playing games and not on the street doing drugs or worse.
I think the game industry does an excellent job of indicating what age group should be playing a game, but that is just a suggestion and parents should pay attention to what is going on.
Let's just keep giving more power to the governement so we don't have any freedoms at all.
No, I mean wait tables. I do this now, but only on Friday night and Saturdays. I get a little gas money from the hourly wage of $2.13/hour, but I also make between $60-$150 in cash.
This leaves me Sundays off, and Mon-Thur evenings for time at home, and in your case with Wife and baby.
Look at the success of Troops. Granted there hasn't been another one made, but while this falls under the parody aspect, creating something within a genre doesn't have to be a parody, and if well done can actually gain the blessing of the original creator. I remember I was one of the luck few at DragonCon 1998(?) where they debuted a film short made by an Australian troup depicting the delivery of the Death Star plans into the hands of the Alliance. They focused on Mara Jade, a definite Lucas/SW copyrighted character, and were blessed by George himself. This was *not* a parody at all.
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Well, I moved out of country, and converted my old 4S into a Go-Phone for when I was back in the States. I just called and while the customer service routed initially to the pre-paid side, I was transferred over to the contract side and 15 minutes later, as the person had to keep referring to procedure and bring up screens, I was given a case number and told that the code should be updated and I can unlock by April 16. Currently things are taking 24-48 hours, but hey, I am out of the country and not in a hurry.
All in all, a very positive experience. This time.
I would be in group 3. Where is the mention of QLink?
This is just one proposal.
Currently up for vote, to be submitted to the house:
Eliminate Unnecessary Congressional Printing -- Potential savings of $35 million + over ten years
Refocus National Archives Activities On Preserving Federal Records -- Potential Savings of $10 million next year and $100 million over ten years
Terminate Broadcasting Facility Grant Programs that Have Completed their Mission -- Potential Savings of $25 million in the first year, $250 million over ten years
If these aren't to your liking, then you can go and submit your own suggestion here:
http://republicanwhip.house.gov/YouCut/YourIdea.htm
And again for those that can't RTFA or even visit the site, here are the previous ideas that were presented to the House to be cut:
Week One: Cut the New Non-Reformed Welfare Program ($25 Billion Savings)
Week Two: Eliminate Federal Employee Pay Raise ($30 Billion Savings)
Week Three: Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ($30 Billion Savings)
Week Four: Sell Excess Federal Property ($15 Billion Savings)
Week Five: Prohibit Hiring New IRS Agents to Enforce Health Care Law ($15 Billion Savings)
Week Six: Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities ($1.2 Billion Savings)
Week Seven: Prohibit Stimulus Funding for Promotional Signage (Tens of Millions)
Week Eight: Prohibit Sleeper Car Subsidies on Amtrak ($1.2 Billion Savings)
Week Nine: Bipartisan Proposal to Terminate AEITC ($1.1 Billion Savings)
Week Ten: Require Collection of Unpaid Taxes From Federal Employees ($1 Billion Savings)
Week Eleven: Reduce Government Employment to 2008 Levels ($35 Billion Savings)
Week Twelve: Terminate the TARP Program Prohibiting Any Additional Bailouts
Week Thirteen: Terminate Taxpayer Funding of National Public Radio
Week Fourteen: Eliminate Unnecessary Congressional Printing
This is one of the first weeks where I did not see ideas that would cut billions out of the federal budget.
Interestingly, or rather, not surprisingly, the votes to make these cuts were nearly down party lines. I am not going to say that Republicans are more or less fiscally responsible, but rather it seems to me that no matter which party brings in the good idea, the other votes against it, almost in spite because the didn't think of it first.
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen. ~Author Unknown
So, why not just send notices for every government IP, music company and others accusing them of infringement. By law they would lose access immediately.
Would be terrible if the government could no longer conduct business with their lobbi...briber...umm...constituents.
Anyway. Make an image of your drive. Keep the CD/DVD(s) in your CD case, away from your laptop. Run the factory restore so it has nothing on it except what came from the factory.
If they take your notebook, they get nothing. If you get through, then restore the image at the hotel and you are good to go.
A lot of companies are placing the "factory" image on laptops that are going to the US and using VPNs and SSH to let workers connect back to the company.
The only good this search does is catch the morons (remember the password case for the pedophile?) that can't keep stuff off the laptop.
IT is a "feel good" measure and does nothing for border security. Bring the uber-secret plans in on a USB drive -- those aren't searched/confiscated. Stupid DHS and government trying to extend its reach into areas without thinking. But this is government, since when did any of them have a brain?
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I must master it as I must master my life.
My number without me is useless. Without my number, I am useless.
I must fire my number true.
I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to Karma-Whore me.
I must flame him before he flames me. I will...
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the noise of our bursts, nor the smoke we make.
We know it is the hits that count. We will hit...
My number is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother.
I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories,
its sights, and its karma.
I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage.
I will keep my number clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God I swear this creed.
My number and myself are the defenders of my geekdom.
We are the masters of our enemy.
We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until there is no enemy, but .
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Since the FCC can pull broadcast licenses from TV/Radio stations, can't they just yank Comcast's license? I know it would leave many people in the dark -- me included, but I'd love to see them shut down for this crap.
If anyone knew how to stop the RST bulls417 from reaching the other party, I might be able to enjoy my Netflix on demand more...
Raising their costs would still not raise their bandwidth. They will still take the profits and not improve the infrastructure, leaving the bandwidth allocation to the same method they use now -- throttling.
Leaving the customer to wait and wait, and hopefully "realize" that it is available now on iPPV/In Demand for $4.99 and pay for that rather than use up all the bandwidth downloading a 100% legitimate movie from the copyright holder....
"We couldn't find anyone" usually equates to we are too cheap to pay the market rate.
I speak from experience. I apparently set someone off in upper management, and the process was set in motion to replace me. When the company received no applications (they placed the salary range in the ad), they removed the salary and asked for salary requirements. My supervisor, who was reviewing the resumes, actually resigned when he saw how underpaid he was!
I got a small raise, I am above the minimum range, but not close the the average for my position. I stayed only because I was already holding on a security clearance to come through for another job. Took 6 months, but it came through and I'll be resigning myself shortly .
Never let management/HR tell you "they can't find anyone." Odds are they are too cheap to pay market.
Actually, time for the *AA's to step in. Right now, it is hard to "prove" that it was you that downloaded their material -- it could be anyone from your ISP with that IP, right?
Well, with IPv6, the ISPs can now permanently assign an IP to each customer and not run out! Why the *AAs are not behind moving to IPv6 has me stumped. I would think anything that would help support their current business model would be good.
Perhaps it would cost too much to purchase enough Congresscritters to make IPv6 a reality?
You, of course, are assuming that they would use the additional profits from the tiered plans to actually beef up the infrastructure, rather than their bank accounts.
I have used torrents, both for legit and gray-area use, I use the oldest "usernet" for things, and I spend my time watching Netflix on demand on my second monitor.
I noticed that as I was watching one tv series, that I could watch 1 or 2 episodes, then I would start getting "Your internet connection has slowed" and Netflix would start taking 2+ hours to buffer a 24 minute tv episode. Nothing else was affected, I could yank a 300MB Service Pack from M$, use a direct link to pull down a distro (can't use a torrent or P2P for that), and my speed tests showed I Was getting the 16MB down that I am paying for, but I could not get another tv episode to download/stream.
My first reaction was that it was Comcast, since they are throttling P2P traffic, but I found threads online where other people that were non-comcast users had the same problem and they attributed it to the "opening of the doors" on the in-demand video.
Comcast has crossed the line, and if I had another choice -- I call Verizon once a week, and now I am going to call them once a day -- I would leave them immediately. I need the bandwidth for remote desktop/VPN connections to our offices in other parts of the country; I could care less for the TV programming, I can grab the episodes time-shifted from online. Currently I don't feel guilty for that since I am paying the cable bill for TV.
I hope that the FCC is watching this, and since I am in DC, if I find out when the hearings are, I will take a day off and go down to try and voice my displeasure at the way things are being handled by Comcast.
I am paying for bandwidth, and I expect to have it. If you don't have enough to meet the demand, ADD MORE -- it is what the stores do on hot items..they get more in of what people want. Is that a hard concept? I know you can't "make" more bandwidth, but you can start cutting the ratio of customers to available bandwidth and certainyl stop over selling. What this tells me is that there is enough demand that they can move to a more reasonable ratio (1:15 ain't it) and still make money. What they are going to have happen now, is folks will leave and they will be out that revenue..they will get the bandwidth back, but what good is product that stays on the shelf? If it doesn't sell, it isn't making you money.
Comcast want's to be the net police, then the FCC should let them, and arrest every executive the minute someone on the Comcast network is charged with something illegal like child pornography -- you wanted to filter your traffic, and you failed to catch this, so you are charged as an accessory! I bet their lawyers will be all over "Net Neutrality" then. Until something affects the company/executives' money/livelihood, they will try and take as much liberty with their revenue stream as possible.
I say let them "filter", adjust bandwidth, or what ever "friendly" term they want to use;but also make them liable for any illegal activity that occurs on their network.
I am in a small shop. I have one direct report. I am the "manager" for all intents and purposes. However, what I am, is "not" hand off. My hands are dirty every day with something that should be handed by "non-management" types -- if we had more. I make 2.5x more than when I started, and I work about the same number of hours.
If you are going to ask for management, make sure you are fully aware of how much, if any, hands-on is expected.
Look at the questions posted by jellomizer. Ask yourself all of those. Guess what...I "need" managing, because I have a dual role, and folks still see me as the non-manager and it becomes a territorial scuffle as to who's need is more pressing. They see their department, I see the whole company. Senior management has to step in. Outside of that, I work totally unsupervised and produce quality work, no matter the task that crosses my desk.
Also, make sure that the management/ownership will listen to you. I am on my way out -- why? because I was asked for a Disaster Recovery Plan, and they ignored it, and chose to operate with a single point of failure for the company. It failed last week, and they are still not willing to invest in the necessary equipment. 1) Asked my input 2) ignored my input 100% (no debate, no on going discussion) 3) system failed 4) I've got the emails, so no blame here, but they didn't learn from the lesson.
I do not plan on being here for the next failure which would most likely spell the end of the company.
The solution to meet this bill is really simple:
1) Provide the students, faculty, etc, the boilerplate in the student handbook -- link from the front page of the school site to the same.
2) Limit all on campus networks to Comcast cable. The FCC already knows they filter traffic, and it is "technology-based" so that should meet the requirements of #2
Requirements met.
Now, once the FCC slams Comcast for violating net neutrality, well, back to square one.
Question: What would it take for universities to gain protection under net neutrality?
No, Mother Nature is a Whore....
A Whore will screw everybody...a biatch will screw everybody *but* you.
We buy DVDs to watch our favorite Movie, TV show, etc. at our leisure. To spend some time and relive the good times watching our favorite show. What good are ads "Coming soon to Disney DVD..." to me when I am watching the movie 4 years after it was released. What ever movie is "coming soon" is already back in the vault and I can't get it anymore.
Same with Major Motion Picture titles. I realize that they want to preserve the movie theater experience with showing me 20 minutes of previews before the main feature, but I am at home, and I don't want to waste those 20 minutes. Want to know why "ripping" a DVD is so popular? We want to watch the damn movie, not previews of "coming attractions" that came out last year. "Coming soon to DVD, Star Trek III" wtf?!!?
Yea, ads for DVDs work...they work to make me learn how to rip my library so I don't have to see the ads and I can get right to the feature.
How can we even trust the rating system when it rates Sesame Street as "Adults Only" for the coverage/comments on /. and TFA.
God forbid this actually make it mainstream. I am not advocating that the subject is ok, but just who the hell mainly lives in Africa? No one complained during all the previous incarnations where it took place in America...hello?!? terrorist training ground via video game? FSCK! Get off the damn political correct horse and take responsibility for your life!
We visit the rating issue frequently, and I still stand by my comment to this from January last year.
I use these exclusively, are there reports that this method gets by them? I know that if the ad is blocked, it isn't downloaded, but is that all it takes, download the ad and you have the virus?
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Sounds like a reason to just block all double-click items...
I don't enable flash/scripts on any page unless it is needed -- like scripts for
I was lazy. I downloaded the beta from MS last night. Slow connection and it was 120MB for the fixes I was lacking. When I left this morning, it was on part "3" of the install, and according to MS it will take 4+ hours.
4 Hours for a SP? WTF?!?! Hopefully it will be done when I arrive home in 5 hours.
As another bit of data, I used the "upgrade" CD and did a fresh install. The processes does not ask for a CD, but checks the hard drive for a valid OS to upgrade. I spent 2 hours on MS support, and the solution is to install the upgrade, then "reinstall" so it detects the previous version. The initial install takes 1hour, but the "upgrade" from the initial install -- of the same OS took 3 hours while it "updated" files. Sadly, in that time, I "upgraded" my older compaq laptop from XP to Ubuntu 7.1 by first downloading and burning the ISO, then doing a full install...and that beat the Vista Upgrade from Vista!
I am at a loss why it takes so long to "upgrade" the system from the same OS -- Vista Ultimate (unactivated) to Vista Ultimate (with Key).
In all actuality, telephone and cable service are provided by franchises granted by the city/local government. The market my be free, but the entry is controlled not by market forces, but by bureaucratic tape. A company that currently does not provide service must apply to the local government for the right to provide service -- even a company that is already well established in other areas. I live in DC. We have for internet, either Comcast for Cable, or Verizon for DSL. Those were the only choices when I moved in, and 2 years later, they are still the only choices. There is a new company, RCN, that is slowly working its way across DC, but it is not in my area, and will not be until 2009 most likely. And Verizon FiOS? Not even in the district -= they can't get the franchise from what I understand at last check -- it is available in every area around DC in Virginia and Maryland, but not within the District itself.
I would love to have unfettered access to use the internet as I choose -- listen to foreign radio, watch YouTube for 24 hours 7 days straight, pull down the latest ISO build of any distro I wanted (I have 4 PCs, I want to see which runs best on each one, or what ever).
The government and the bureaucracy IS what determines what ISP/service I am able to access.
I listen to Virgin Radio, and I hear in the UK you can get Tele(TV for us Americans)/Phone and internet for 19 quid. Is that good service/bundle? I know that is on par with our $50 for the bundle.
Right now, I am using Sprint Mobile Broadband. I am supposed to have unlimited access, but I keep my usage down to 1GB down or less a day -- by choice. I do not even have Cable TV in the house -- I cut COmcast off 100%.
I didn't even get this far.
I bought a new laptop and once home and through the setup process, I began to remove those applications I did not need. I need the Windows OS, but I use all other OpenSource Apps. There are two Office 2007 entries. One is for the Office 2007 Trial Activation and the other is for the 2007 Trial Student Edition. The Trial Activation program will not uninstall as there isn't a "version" of Office installed. I had already uninstalled the trial office, and the solution was to re-install the trial software and then remove the Activation App. I tried that, and even went so far as to download and install the trial standard edition -- the activation app would not uninstall at all.
Seems that Microsoft wants a reminder that you need Office 2007 and will not let you clean up the programs on "your" computer. It really is one step closer to not being "Where do you want to go today?" but "Here is where we will let you go..."
Not since the time of Moses has a Bush spoken such truth as Gov. Bush did. ''I think self-regulation is the first step,'' Bush said. "Parents ought to take control over their children's lives.''
Sadly, more and more the U.S. is turning to government legislation to protect what could be protected with a little common sense. Parents should be more responsible toward their spawn than just providing a roof and food while feeling happy that Little Tommy is in his room playing games and not on the street doing drugs or worse.
I think the game industry does an excellent job of indicating what age group should be playing a game, but that is just a suggestion and parents should pay attention to what is going on.
Let's just keep giving more power to the governement so we don't have any freedoms at all.
No, I mean wait tables. I do this now, but only on Friday night and Saturdays. I get a little gas money from the hourly wage of $2.13/hour, but I also make between $60-$150 in cash.
This leaves me Sundays off, and Mon-Thur evenings for time at home, and in your case with Wife and baby.
Look at the success of Troops. Granted there hasn't been another one made, but while this falls under the parody aspect, creating something within a genre doesn't have to be a parody, and if well done can actually gain the blessing of the original creator. I remember I was one of the luck few at DragonCon 1998(?) where they debuted a film short made by an Australian troup depicting the delivery of the Death Star plans into the hands of the Alliance. They focused on Mara Jade, a definite Lucas/SW copyrighted character, and were blessed by George himself. This was *not* a parody at all.
So, anyone got any suggestions for the Telocity DSL Modem I have left over from when I was on that service before/during their shift to DirecTV DSL?