Who cares? Can't you just appreciate it as a very nice piece of engineering? This is the most negative website on Earth! If you believe the comments on this site, everything posted here is either going to end the world, be a dismal failure, or a mixture of both.
I'm going to need to start taking valium before reading comments
Dammit! I just started my own political blog yesterday too, but that brings up a question.
Since this is the Federal Elections Commission, I assume that it would have no bearing on Governor, State (Senate and Assembly), Township, and County races, is that correct?
$162 million is $162 million. Who cares what the turnover is as long as it's generating a profit?
Because that 13 Billion could be put to use for something that has greater profit margins. Imagine being able to make 3 Billion instead of 162 Million.
Ah yes. Well that was in a past Internet life. Now Slashdot only posts stories 3 days after they occured, and 2.5 days after they've already appeared on other geek sites.
I just visit Slashdot for the insightful comments.
Obscure? Broadband Reports (formerly DSL Reports) is the best source of information for all things DSL/Cable (and now VOIP too). Everybody else seems to know that, except you.
The knowledge of cable and DSL there is much better than what I see on/.
You're cable company caps your upstream bandwidth so low not because of their cost per megabyte, but because of DOCSIS.
DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 define QAM modulation for your downstream, but only QPSK for your upstream. QPSK is much less sensitive to noise than 64/256 QAM is, but as a result, you get less bits/Hz. Not to mention the cable provider can allocate a hundred or more Mhz per node for downstream, but less than 54 MHz upstream. This is due to legacy reasons, most amplifiers only pass upstream up to 54 MHz.
DOCSIS 2.0 will change things, which should be rolled out in the next few year.
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Who cares? Can't you just appreciate it as a very nice piece of engineering? This is the most negative website on Earth! If you believe the comments on this site, everything posted here is either going to end the world, be a dismal failure, or a mixture of both.
I'm going to need to start taking valium before reading comments
You just killed an entire industry with your $0.10 solution!
Easy! Just read the back of any 2600 magazine. Half of the classifieds in the back are for lonely inmates...
Where does he say he runs Windows? ;)
What else could he be running? The last guy that actually ran Linux left Slashdot about 600,000 user ID's ago!
Why? Don't you guys always throw large coins at dancers? Maybe that's only in America!
I'll give you a hint!
It starts with 'Chapter', and ends in 7 or 13.
Seeing how Florida has no income tax, that may be ideal!
Whoa, the FCC has agents?! Are they anything like the FBI special agents?!
I think being an FCC agent would be like the FBI, only for geeks. Would I get to carry a gun?
Wow. When he claimed it was a "straw man" argument, I took it to mean scarecrow.....who was on a search for a brain in the Wizard of Oz.
Damn man, I think the joke is on you.
Dammit! I just started my own political blog yesterday too, but that brings up a question.
Since this is the Federal Elections Commission, I assume that it would have no bearing on Governor, State (Senate and Assembly), Township, and County races, is that correct?
Seriously! What good would an iPod be without its wheel?
....I'm pretty sure your Tivo thinks you're gay!
I think it's a long standing tradition on this site that Taco likes to post about how much spam he gets, because it makes him feel more like a man.
I agree, it's just another asinine comment by Michael. If I made any many stupid comments as he does, my karma would perpetually be below 0.
Dude, you just got modded up for regurgitating the write up! Apparently the mods don't even read that much before clicking away....
$162 million is $162 million. Who cares what the turnover is as long as it's generating a profit?
Because that 13 Billion could be put to use for something that has greater profit margins. Imagine being able to make 3 Billion instead of 162 Million.
Ah yes. Well that was in a past Internet life. Now Slashdot only posts stories 3 days after they occured, and 2.5 days after they've already appeared on other geek sites.
I just visit Slashdot for the insightful comments.
Not to spoil the fun, but that fish head definitely belongs to Marlin, not Nemo.
My son watches that movie at least twice a day, so I'm rather enjoying this image!
Well, where else would Saddam hide his nukes? Mars is the obvious choice!
I'm so glad you posted this to confirm the mac mini. Watching Steve Jobs on stage introducing it just wasn't enough to make me believe it was true.
I think Slashdot is getting retarded.
Obscure? Broadband Reports (formerly DSL Reports) is the best source of information for all things DSL/Cable (and now VOIP too). Everybody else seems to know that, except you.
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The knowledge of cable and DSL there is much better than what I see on
All of the links in Tim Berners-Lee's post are broken! What does that say about the future of the web if its creator can't even keep a link alive?
I mean, come on, 14 years is nothing! I've got web pages that are still alive from when I put them up over 17 years ago.
8) Nokia Admits Taco-Shaped Handheld Not Selling
No shit, who would want a handheld shaped like an overweight computer geek who runs a website with a stupid name?
You're cable company caps your upstream bandwidth so low not because of their cost per megabyte, but because of DOCSIS.
DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 define QAM modulation for your downstream, but only QPSK for your upstream. QPSK is much less sensitive to noise than 64/256 QAM is, but as a result, you get less bits/Hz. Not to mention the cable provider can allocate a hundred or more Mhz per node for downstream, but less than 54 MHz upstream. This is due to legacy reasons, most amplifiers only pass upstream up to 54 MHz.
DOCSIS 2.0 will change things, which should be rolled out in the next few year.
Roofus - Ex Comcast Engineer.
It's right below the ShutThe FuckUp option in the config. What are you, blind?