It is usually good form to quote the specific line you have an issue with. You didn't have an issue with the malpractice statement or that litigation is out of control, you have an issue with medical sponges causing issues. I was attempting to quote a non issue and apparently failed, are you going to try and claim that this changes what I was trying to say?
When people are getting millions of dollars from suing doctors and medical companies (drug manufacturers?) for minor issues, there is something wrong. Does it change a damn thing that I chose an issue that turns out to actually be pretty serious?
Oh yes, the entitlement, the people go to school into their mid 20s, pay an astronomical amount of money for that school, work practically free for years (residency) out of a desire to help people. They then have to pay these outrageous fees for malpractice insurance, even if they have never made a single mistake or been sued ever. How dare that group complain about the idiocy of anyone being able to bring a lawsuit against them for a hangnail!
There's no evidence that any documents were improperly deleted.
That seems like quite the statement. How do we determine this when she FUCKING DELETED EVERYTHING?
The investigation shows that none of the documents which were sent to/from the server were classified at the time of transmission.
That is a lie. The classification markings were removed from the documents, but as an original classification authority, there is strong evidence that she should have known that the items had been previously marked classified.
There is no evidence presented to date which indicates any security breaches of the server, so there's no indication that unauthorized people might have gained access to those documents.
So? The server was incredibly unsecure, it is a miracle if it wasn't breached, but as she had it wiped (after the subpoena for the information!), we may never know.
It was legal at the time for someone in her position to use a private server for official communications
Incorrect. Both of her predecessors did not run their own servers. Rice didn't use email, and Powell used state email systems for official communication, and still turned over his private email (from a provider, not his own server) after he was done.
The laws barring it were written and passed *after* she had stepped down.
The law was clarified, it was edited to make it more clear that email was considered a record, but nothing about the law was changed, official records have always been required to be kept.
I can stand behind most of his points. I don't agree with raising the minimum wage to $15, but that is mainly because I don't believe it would help. The minimum wage is not supposed to be a living wage, it is supposed to be for work that kids in high school can do. Perhaps if there was a graduated minimum wage depending on the job, that might make me get behind it, but I just can't see a burger flipper making $15 an hour, it is more likely that McDonald's (and others) would just replace most of their workers with sophisticated robots as they are cheaper at that rate.
Many of his other points I can stand behind though. Infrastructure projects to put people to work seems to have worked in the past (a new new-deal?).
Some of what he says about climate change seems good, but I still have problems with people trying to tax carbon to make renewable power more price competitive, I see this happening already without the need for another tax for us to pay as solar panels are getting cheaper and cheaper.
I still view him as largely a socialist though, I just don't necessarily disagree with his policies. Being a socialist isn't bad, as long as there is a bit of a realistic goal there, as true socialism has worked nowhere as of yet.
It still amazes me that Hillary is dodging federal prison. The things she did on that email server would land me in jail, shortly followed by life in prison. However, since it was Hillary doing it, it must have been ok.
If cities are allowed to cherry pick their residents in an easily reachable area for broadband, those 20 miles away from a telephone exchange will have to pay more than if the costs are averaged across them.
Funny, that is exactly what the commercial ISPs do. If their complaint is that a municipal fiber network can do that, what exactly is their complaint?
You don't seem to understand that NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Their network is still the same network that was handling no caps just fine, but now they need caps? None of their competitors has any issues with it, only them. They are also only doing the data caps in regions where they are the only ISP, but not in others where they have competition, which says it is a financial decision, not a technical decision.
Come back to me when you understand how to setup QoS which would take care of all of the issues you speak about. The problem isn't everyone's usage doubling, as that is impossible. The problem is that suddenly Comcast wants to charge people for their usage when they did not in the past. The usage hasn't suddenly grown, and their network didn't suddenly shrink.
If everyone turns on their tap, yes, the water won't flow to everyone, but this never happens, which is why networks of water and data both are designed for over subscription.
There is no increase in cost, it is a way to extract more money from the existing user base out of greed.
On top of that, does any of it really matter for the usage of a nuclear waste dump? Did the "falsified data" mean that suddenly the salt mine wouldn't contain the nuclear material and would instead disperse it into the atmosphere?
I also laughed at the "you've got the wrong dump" part, as he linked to the same Yucca Mountain facility I did.
Another source of all the high costs is our terrible litigation system. You can sue a doctor for millions for leaving a medical sponge inside of you, even though it won't harm you in any way. These lawsuits cause ever doctor to carry malpractice insurance which costs a fortune, causing them to have to charge more money to cover it.
The man who delivered both of my children went out of business because of OB/GYN malpractice insurance costs, and he was never sued.
But if it doesn't get there until after Obama is on the court (you know he's a constitution law scholar right? and the perfect choice for Hillary to nominate when Scalia steps down)
I seriously hope not. Obama seems to think the constitution is just a piece of paper, and has forgotten that it is what dictates the whole structure of the government.
Uh huh. So once you buy a OC12 connection into the internet (a peering connection), does the bandwidth cost extra?
There is a limit at which you have to upgrade, but generally, that is considered a normal operating expense, the network is expanded as part of normal operations to make more money by gaining new customers or selling new features.
If I use 100 Mbit for a period of time, that is 100 Mbit someone else isn't using, it isn't like it is just gone, it is all flexible. There is no nominal cost to the data, it is a flat fee paid (or not paid in most peering agreements), if the bandwidth isn't being used, it is just money down a drain, and it isn't like additional bandwidth up to the limit costs any more (besides a VERY small amount of electricity).
Clearly you don't know how networks work. Perhaps you are thinking about metered commercial connections, which is not what ISPs use. You could also be from Australia where there is an actual cost to bandwidth I suppose, but this is talking about the USA, where only Comcast charges these fees, so clearly it isn't true that it is needed to run an ISP.
The bandwidth is already there though. They already paid for all those routers and peering connections. They are instead of upgrading like normal, charging their customers usage fees to drop usage when the customers have already paid for the service, and likely all the networking gear is already paid off.
Just remember, they are only doing these usage limits where they are the only game in town. If this was about an actual cost, it would happen where they have competition as well. Verizon FiOS has no trouble keeping up with the users, nor do any of their competitors, but when you have a monopoly, might as well milk it for all it is worth.
Thank you for this post schklerg, I was looking at replacing my Synology NAS with something that can do more and your post gave me lots of information in that direction.
FYI, the reason I am replacing the Synology is that it doesn't have enough processor power to run Plex, and keeps crashing under load. It isn't a bad product, just not enough horsepower for my needs.
Please, link to a source for this falsification of data. The stories I have read were that some peon used the incorrect kitty litter in several of the barrels, and it didn't perform the function the kitty litter is put in for because it was paper based instead of clay based kitty litter.
The power plant evaporates the water from the treated sewage from several nearby cities and towns to provide the cooling of the steam that it produces.
So, evaporating water that could be reused while existing in a desert where there is a significant lack of water...poor planning.
Sure, that will work everywhere, we should get right on building every nuclear power plant to these specs. We could name them thinkwaitfast plants, then when multiple of them go supercritical in droughts, you can get full credit for your idea of using this cooling method.
What would you like them to do about it? Every time the government comes up with a solution, NIMBYs lose their shit over it. Yucca Mountain had a minor incident due to someone not folowing procedures. The incident caused no issues that were not planned for in the construction of the facility, but it was shut down because "OMG Nuclear!".
How exactly do you propose to cool nuclear plants that aren't built on rivers? There is a reason nuclear power plants are built on moving water (or large pools of water), and it is to allow them to run more efficiently, and not require giant cooling towers.
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It is usually good form to quote the specific line you have an issue with. You didn't have an issue with the malpractice statement or that litigation is out of control, you have an issue with medical sponges causing issues. I was attempting to quote a non issue and apparently failed, are you going to try and claim that this changes what I was trying to say?
When people are getting millions of dollars from suing doctors and medical companies (drug manufacturers?) for minor issues, there is something wrong. Does it change a damn thing that I chose an issue that turns out to actually be pretty serious?
Oh yes, the entitlement, the people go to school into their mid 20s, pay an astronomical amount of money for that school, work practically free for years (residency) out of a desire to help people. They then have to pay these outrageous fees for malpractice insurance, even if they have never made a single mistake or been sued ever. How dare that group complain about the idiocy of anyone being able to bring a lawsuit against them for a hangnail!
There's no evidence that any documents were improperly deleted.
That seems like quite the statement. How do we determine this when she FUCKING DELETED EVERYTHING?
The investigation shows that none of the documents which were sent to/from the server were classified at the time of transmission.
That is a lie. The classification markings were removed from the documents, but as an original classification authority, there is strong evidence that she should have known that the items had been previously marked classified.
There is no evidence presented to date which indicates any security breaches of the server, so there's no indication that unauthorized people might have gained access to those documents.
So? The server was incredibly unsecure, it is a miracle if it wasn't breached, but as she had it wiped (after the subpoena for the information!), we may never know.
It was legal at the time for someone in her position to use a private server for official communications
No, it absolutely was against the law, and has been for a long time.
http://www.archives.gov/about/...
(something *both* of her predecessors also did)
Incorrect. Both of her predecessors did not run their own servers. Rice didn't use email, and Powell used state email systems for official communication, and still turned over his private email (from a provider, not his own server) after he was done.
The laws barring it were written and passed *after* she had stepped down.
The law was clarified, it was edited to make it more clear that email was considered a record, but nothing about the law was changed, official records have always been required to be kept.
I can stand behind most of his points. I don't agree with raising the minimum wage to $15, but that is mainly because I don't believe it would help. The minimum wage is not supposed to be a living wage, it is supposed to be for work that kids in high school can do. Perhaps if there was a graduated minimum wage depending on the job, that might make me get behind it, but I just can't see a burger flipper making $15 an hour, it is more likely that McDonald's (and others) would just replace most of their workers with sophisticated robots as they are cheaper at that rate.
Many of his other points I can stand behind though. Infrastructure projects to put people to work seems to have worked in the past (a new new-deal?).
Some of what he says about climate change seems good, but I still have problems with people trying to tax carbon to make renewable power more price competitive, I see this happening already without the need for another tax for us to pay as solar panels are getting cheaper and cheaper.
I still view him as largely a socialist though, I just don't necessarily disagree with his policies. Being a socialist isn't bad, as long as there is a bit of a realistic goal there, as true socialism has worked nowhere as of yet.
It still amazes me that Hillary is dodging federal prison. The things she did on that email server would land me in jail, shortly followed by life in prison. However, since it was Hillary doing it, it must have been ok.
It couldn't have anything to do with Sanders being an actual Socialist could it?
If cities are allowed to cherry pick their residents in an easily reachable area for broadband, those 20 miles away from a telephone exchange will have to pay more than if the costs are averaged across them.
Funny, that is exactly what the commercial ISPs do. If their complaint is that a municipal fiber network can do that, what exactly is their complaint?
I do understand this thank you.
You don't seem to understand that NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Their network is still the same network that was handling no caps just fine, but now they need caps? None of their competitors has any issues with it, only them. They are also only doing the data caps in regions where they are the only ISP, but not in others where they have competition, which says it is a financial decision, not a technical decision.
Come back to me when you understand how to setup QoS which would take care of all of the issues you speak about. The problem isn't everyone's usage doubling, as that is impossible. The problem is that suddenly Comcast wants to charge people for their usage when they did not in the past. The usage hasn't suddenly grown, and their network didn't suddenly shrink.
If everyone turns on their tap, yes, the water won't flow to everyone, but this never happens, which is why networks of water and data both are designed for over subscription.
There is no increase in cost, it is a way to extract more money from the existing user base out of greed.
On top of that, does any of it really matter for the usage of a nuclear waste dump? Did the "falsified data" mean that suddenly the salt mine wouldn't contain the nuclear material and would instead disperse it into the atmosphere?
I also laughed at the "you've got the wrong dump" part, as he linked to the same Yucca Mountain facility I did.
The only physical copy in the world, the album comes with a contract that bars the buyer from publicly releaseing [SIC] the songs for 88 years.
So, because he won't break a contract to let you hear some music, you hate him?
Another source of all the high costs is our terrible litigation system. You can sue a doctor for millions for leaving a medical sponge inside of you, even though it won't harm you in any way. These lawsuits cause ever doctor to carry malpractice insurance which costs a fortune, causing them to have to charge more money to cover it.
The man who delivered both of my children went out of business because of OB/GYN malpractice insurance costs, and he was never sued.
But if it doesn't get there until after Obama is on the court (you know he's a constitution law scholar right? and the perfect choice for Hillary to nominate when Scalia steps down)
I seriously hope not. Obama seems to think the constitution is just a piece of paper, and has forgotten that it is what dictates the whole structure of the government.
Uh huh. So once you buy a OC12 connection into the internet (a peering connection), does the bandwidth cost extra?
There is a limit at which you have to upgrade, but generally, that is considered a normal operating expense, the network is expanded as part of normal operations to make more money by gaining new customers or selling new features.
If I use 100 Mbit for a period of time, that is 100 Mbit someone else isn't using, it isn't like it is just gone, it is all flexible. There is no nominal cost to the data, it is a flat fee paid (or not paid in most peering agreements), if the bandwidth isn't being used, it is just money down a drain, and it isn't like additional bandwidth up to the limit costs any more (besides a VERY small amount of electricity).
Clearly you don't know how networks work. Perhaps you are thinking about metered commercial connections, which is not what ISPs use. You could also be from Australia where there is an actual cost to bandwidth I suppose, but this is talking about the USA, where only Comcast charges these fees, so clearly it isn't true that it is needed to run an ISP.
The bandwidth is already there though. They already paid for all those routers and peering connections. They are instead of upgrading like normal, charging their customers usage fees to drop usage when the customers have already paid for the service, and likely all the networking gear is already paid off.
Just remember, they are only doing these usage limits where they are the only game in town. If this was about an actual cost, it would happen where they have competition as well. Verizon FiOS has no trouble keeping up with the users, nor do any of their competitors, but when you have a monopoly, might as well milk it for all it is worth.
Electricity companies and water companies should be able to bill, it costs more money for them to produce more electricity/water.
It however costs Comcast $0 if you use 100 GB more data in a month.
The phone company is a different animal, so I won't go into that monkey barrel.
Thank you for this post schklerg, I was looking at replacing my Synology NAS with something that can do more and your post gave me lots of information in that direction.
FYI, the reason I am replacing the Synology is that it doesn't have enough processor power to run Plex, and keeps crashing under load. It isn't a bad product, just not enough horsepower for my needs.
How do you boot that fully encrypted cloud server? How do you keep the encryption keys out of the cloud provider's hands?
I agree with you, I don't know why the US is so hesitant about reprocessing, but you have to work with what you've got.
Naa, that is just shorthand for local user...
I see nothing about that here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Please, link to a source for this falsification of data. The stories I have read were that some peon used the incorrect kitty litter in several of the barrels, and it didn't perform the function the kitty litter is put in for because it was paper based instead of clay based kitty litter.
The power plant evaporates the water from the treated sewage from several nearby cities and towns to provide the cooling of the steam that it produces.
So, evaporating water that could be reused while existing in a desert where there is a significant lack of water...poor planning.
Sure, that will work everywhere, we should get right on building every nuclear power plant to these specs. We could name them thinkwaitfast plants, then when multiple of them go supercritical in droughts, you can get full credit for your idea of using this cooling method.
Because they are ignorant morons? We already know that.
What would you like them to do about it? Every time the government comes up with a solution, NIMBYs lose their shit over it. Yucca Mountain had a minor incident due to someone not folowing procedures. The incident caused no issues that were not planned for in the construction of the facility, but it was shut down because "OMG Nuclear!".
How exactly do you propose to cool nuclear plants that aren't built on rivers? There is a reason nuclear power plants are built on moving water (or large pools of water), and it is to allow them to run more efficiently, and not require giant cooling towers.
If you honestly believe that Miami is below sea level, why don't you edit the Wikipedia and give citations for it?
It looks like he did, one article back in 2013. While you, have no submissions. Very interesting, do people often call you a pot?