Making the data on the media last forever isn't really that much of a problem. What isn't addressed, and is much more important, is: How long can I still get parts for my vintage Mark I media reader when the manufacturer is much more interested in selling me a brand new non-compatible Mark XX in a couple dozen years?
all income from whatever source is taxable -- even income from illegal gambling, stealing
Yes, and those generate W-2's with copies given to the IRS for auditing purposes. Thankyou for pointing that out; I was stupid to think that illegal income wasn't taxed properly.
Not really; graduated income taxes aren't fair because not everyone (rich and poor) gets W-4 income. An even better idea is a national sales tax. This taxes consumption; if you're rich and consume more (almost all rich people except the very rare hermit types) then you pay more tax, and if you're poor and don't consume much then you don't pay much tax. And you don't even have to lave legal income; drug dealers and pimps buy items in store just like anyone else. You can even declare some items as "luxury" items with a higher tax rate if the communist in you wants to tax rich people even more. Plenty of individuals cheat on their personal income tax, but try to convince the clerk at the store to let you not pay the sales tax. Also, since the tax is paid directly by the end consumer, there's little incentive for store owners to cheat as long as they're making a profit on their regular sales.
To know they would even CONSIDER such a thing is disturbing.
This is just another version of campain finance "reform" like McCain-Fiengold. Are you so disturbed about that? I am, but I'm not acting like this is a suprise.
I'm currently paying US$108/mo... This seems like way too much to me
My econ professors would have claimed you're irrational to pay it and complain that it's way too much. You must be getting $108/mo of value out of it or you should do without. Better to just complain that you'd rather pay less, which makes perfect sense, and doesn't make you sound like a nut voluntarily paying too much for something you don't value that highly.
I haven't seen any better deals out there. Has anyone else?
You don't break out your 108 into cable TV service vs the internet portion so it's hard to guess. Have you checked dslreports.com for your area?
Sounds to me like they are talking about the automated IP address that Windows 2000/XP give to themselves
No, that's just a random number that hopefully has no duplicate. There's no check mechanism to prevent dupes. If a 2k/XP machine gives itself a random address that conflicts, both that one and the first owner will get 'another machine has the same address!' messages and it's up to the users to take action.
the John family had an accessable cell phone, but when the daughter couldn't get through via internet phone, she was paniced enough she ran next door to a neigbor's phone instead of using it.
Hang on, it says she didn't notice the cell phone that happened to be there. Since cell phones by nature don't sit in one place all the time, it's hardly suprising she didn't think to poke around the house looking for it when Mom and Dad are laying there bleeding to death.
My bad; I asked Jeeves if there were any smoking related aircraft accidents and he didn't seem to understand the question so I just assumed there weren't many if any.
It's amusing because the competition between Boeing and Airbus is exceptionally bitter. Once an airline acquires a given aircraft, of course, the manufacturer is powerless to prevent them from installing parts or services from the competitor. This is a bit like a BMW with Onstar.
Because it is a flame on an airplane. See the problem?
Plenty of people smoked like chimneys from the days of the Ford Tri-Motor to the day before the bans went into effect. I don't think there are any cases of planes crashing or otherwise coming to harm because of cigarettes. It's just a case of a confined area with nowhere for the smoke to go except in everyone else's nose. As a non-smoker, I have to say that if smokers were willing to wear an enclosed helmet to smoke on planes, I'd be all in favor of it. Mainly for the comic relief value, but hey...
It's worth also pointing out that at least in "cattle class" there are NO charging points,
Be more selective about what flight you take. Older planes have none, but most newer ones have 12v adapters in CC every third row or so. Pick your plane and pick your seat and you can have power in the cheap section.
if they made it a bit cheaper it would be better though?
They have to make a trade off between making it so more people can afford it versus the relatively slow connection. If you're going to pay any noticable amount for such a small time frame as a single flight then you want to get your money's worth. If too many people use it then it slows to a crawl. Then everyone complains. Keeping the price high is a way of ensuring there is a reasonable amount of bandwidth to the few who do pay.
Am I the only one who thinks video that's digital all the way from capture to display has too high a degree of artificially crispness to it? I really don't like the digital look on digitally broadcast sports, for example. It isn't realistic. Are the frame rates lower?
Yes, I attended both types. The public school was dumbed down to the lowest common denominator for everyone while the private school emphasized learning as much and as difficult as each student could handle.
He claims he's just being realistic. "The search engines created the monster," he said
And there isn't a modern banking regulation system in place in third world countries either, so it's OK for the dictators and their friends and family to pillage the populace for their own gain. That's the end result of thinking like this guy. He's morally bankrupt but feels good about himself. Obviously a product of the publik edukashun sistim.
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Making the data on the media last forever isn't really that much of a problem. What isn't addressed, and is much more important, is: How long can I still get parts for my vintage Mark I media reader when the manufacturer is much more interested in selling me a brand new non-compatible Mark XX in a couple dozen years?
There's no such thing as an un-American remark if it's made by an American
BS. Ward Churchill is an American and makes un-American remarks all the time.
all income from whatever source is taxable -- even income from illegal gambling, stealing
Yes, and those generate W-2's with copies given to the IRS for auditing purposes. Thankyou for pointing that out; I was stupid to think that illegal income wasn't taxed properly.
People who apparently don't like the United States and its Bill of Rights, did vote--that's the problem...
As long as they continue to lose like in the last election, it's not too bad.
If you don't like living in the United STATES then LEAVE
Excuse me, you've misspelled 'VOTE'.
Or would that just be too sensible?
Not really; graduated income taxes aren't fair because not everyone (rich and poor) gets W-4 income. An even better idea is a national sales tax. This taxes consumption; if you're rich and consume more (almost all rich people except the very rare hermit types) then you pay more tax, and if you're poor and don't consume much then you don't pay much tax. And you don't even have to lave legal income; drug dealers and pimps buy items in store just like anyone else. You can even declare some items as "luxury" items with a higher tax rate if the communist in you wants to tax rich people even more. Plenty of individuals cheat on their personal income tax, but try to convince the clerk at the store to let you not pay the sales tax. Also, since the tax is paid directly by the end consumer, there's little incentive for store owners to cheat as long as they're making a profit on their regular sales.
To know they would even CONSIDER such a thing is disturbing.
This is just another version of campain finance "reform" like McCain-Fiengold. Are you so disturbed about that? I am, but I'm not acting like this is a suprise.
Whups, you're right; i was thinking of something else.
I'm currently paying US$108/mo ... This seems like way too much to me
My econ professors would have claimed you're irrational to pay it and complain that it's way too much. You must be getting $108/mo of value out of it or you should do without. Better to just complain that you'd rather pay less, which makes perfect sense, and doesn't make you sound like a nut voluntarily paying too much for something you don't value that highly.
I haven't seen any better deals out there. Has anyone else?
You don't break out your 108 into cable TV service vs the internet portion so it's hard to guess. Have you checked dslreports.com for your area?
Sounds to me like they are talking about the automated IP address that Windows 2000/XP give to themselves
No, that's just a random number that hopefully has no duplicate. There's no check mechanism to prevent dupes. If a 2k/XP machine gives itself a random address that conflicts, both that one and the first owner will get 'another machine has the same address!' messages and it's up to the users to take action.
Google doesn't have a timetable for when all AFP links and content will be removed from Google News, but the company is actively working on the matter
Update Google.NewsLinks set Link = NULL where Agency = 'APF'
Oy... now there's an overnight job if I ever saw one.
the John family had an accessable cell phone, but when the daughter couldn't get through via internet phone, she was paniced enough she ran next door to a neigbor's phone instead of using it.
Hang on, it says she didn't notice the cell phone that happened to be there. Since cell phones by nature don't sit in one place all the time, it's hardly suprising she didn't think to poke around the house looking for it when Mom and Dad are laying there bleeding to death.
do have to wonder what sort of radiation *this* sucker puts out
Electromagnetic?
lol
Only professors/administrators can use the floppy drive
Isn't that why USB keychain drives were invented?
My bad; I asked Jeeves if there were any smoking related aircraft accidents and he didn't seem to understand the question so I just assumed there weren't many if any.
It's amusing because the competition between Boeing and Airbus is exceptionally bitter. Once an airline acquires a given aircraft, of course, the manufacturer is powerless to prevent them from installing parts or services from the competitor. This is a bit like a BMW with Onstar.
Because it is a flame on an airplane. See the problem?
Plenty of people smoked like chimneys from the days of the Ford Tri-Motor to the day before the bans went into effect. I don't think there are any cases of planes crashing or otherwise coming to harm because of cigarettes. It's just a case of a confined area with nowhere for the smoke to go except in everyone else's nose. As a non-smoker, I have to say that if smokers were willing to wear an enclosed helmet to smoke on planes, I'd be all in favor of it. Mainly for the comic relief value, but hey...
It's worth also pointing out that at least in "cattle class" there are NO charging points,
Be more selective about what flight you take. Older planes have none, but most newer ones have 12v adapters in CC every third row or so. Pick your plane and pick your seat and you can have power in the cheap section.
ping -f -s1460 172.16.64.1
Congrats on flooding your own router with packets it doesn't know where to send.
I find it quite amusing that Connexion by Boeing is being used on an Airbus.
if they made it a bit cheaper it would be better though?
They have to make a trade off between making it so more people can afford it versus the relatively slow connection. If you're going to pay any noticable amount for such a small time frame as a single flight then you want to get your money's worth. If too many people use it then it slows to a crawl. Then everyone complains. Keeping the price high is a way of ensuring there is a reasonable amount of bandwidth to the few who do pay.
Am I the only one who thinks video that's digital all the way from capture to display has too high a degree of artificially crispness to it? I really don't like the digital look on digitally broadcast sports, for example. It isn't realistic. Are the frame rates lower?
Yes, I attended both types. The public school was dumbed down to the lowest common denominator for everyone while the private school emphasized learning as much and as difficult as each student could handle.
He claims he's just being realistic. "The search engines created the monster," he said
And there isn't a modern banking regulation system in place in third world countries either, so it's OK for the dictators and their friends and family to pillage the populace for their own gain. That's the end result of thinking like this guy. He's morally bankrupt but feels good about himself. Obviously a product of the publik edukashun sistim.
And rates of data throughput are measured in... MB perhaps?