Fluorine is a commie plot to steal our precious bodily fluids.
Yes, we must preserve our "Purity Of Essence" (or was it Peace On Earth?). Grain alcohol and branch water. We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when...
Is wireless and satellite so unusable to rural areas? It may not be FTTH, and the latency may suck something fierce, but it's better than no service at all, yes?
Wireless broadband doesn't reach out here. Satellite latency & data caps eliminate VOIP, video streaming, and severely hinder keeping a Linux distro up to date (not to mention windows updates). I have rural, single phase 'leccy, and nothing more.
I do spend some time in the country, and I do believe the answer there is FTTH as well. The country houses you're talking about have electricity and phone service. We managed to figure out how to provide both of those to everyone, and yes, part of the answer is cost sharing. I get better quality meat when the farmer raising my cows has access to the Internet, so we all chip in a little.
Still wishing for a POTS line. Verizon (ILEC) says US$250K will get one installed.
Excede's footprint doesn't include me, the advertised bandwidth is "up to" blah blah (same thing for HughesNot^WHughesNet, and I've never been able to get what they advertise), and the data caps suck for satellite providers.
"...or how we would communicate directly with our loyal consumers..."
I know that others snapped to this, but it bears emphasis - M$ regards their "customers" as "consumers". That says a lot about their motives and attitudes.
After two days, I'm still puzzling over a DMCA notice from a Google search for "gparted-live torrent". The resulting link to chillingeffects.org didn't seem relevant at all...
I have a handful of shares in an infamous bank corp (don't ask - former local employer hoovered up - long sad story). I won't sell them because it costs them beau-coup bucks to mail out all the quarterly US$0.20 checks and quarterly rah-rah. I always vote in direct opposition to any recommendations or "preferred" directors on the ballot. It's just my small way of saying "fuck you very much" for destroying a great place to work.
Here's a crazy question... Are the lower (white-space) frequencies really worth all the efforts? We're talking about UHF TV frequencies here, which generally only go up to 60 miles, really only slightly beyond line-of-sight (VHF can do quite a bit better). Outside of heavily wooded forests and dense urban cities, how much benefit are they getting out of these frequencies, versus needing to site their WiFi antennas better (ie. higher up), or having twice as many base stations repeating the signal?
Is the benefit of slightly better range with the lower frequencies really worth buying custom equipment, rather than commodity $35 off-the-shelf APs? Neither the stories on Google or Microsoft's efforts with this tech actually say a non-trivial amount about the tech.
From what I've read, the primary advantage of using white space (802.22) is provisioning sparsely populated areas without building expensive point to point infrastructure. I have high hopes for the technology(ies). My only available 'net connectivity is via satellite (blech!), with its high latency, low throughput, punishing data caps, and unreasonable expense.
I'm fascinated by the volume of posts to this.
I must say that the vast majority of posts remind me of "baby duck syndrome" (the first big thing that moves is mama!).
Given the really short tenure of Benedict, shouldn't they have gone for someone much much younger? Like in his 40s or 50s? In fact, why not directly make a choir boy the pope - how badly could one possibly do?
Yeah, a Choir Boy would know how to "assume the position" (ducks).
Well, I have electric service, but WTF happened to telephone out here in "the sticks"? The ILEC says I can have a line for ~250K USD - I can't afford that!
Once upon a time, there was a family of skunks. The babies were named "In" and "Out".
Usually when In was In, Out was Out. If Out was In, In was Out.
One day, when In was out and Out was In, the momma skunk said, "Out, go find In and bring him here."
In a matter of minutes, Out returned, herding In before him. Momma said, "Out, how did you find your brother so fast?"
Out said, "Instinct."
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You think the machine exists, therefore you are.
Because you interact with the machine, you become aware of yourself. /existentialism
Never put a shape shifting mobe in your back pocket, lest it bite (byte?) you in the ass.
Fluorine is a commie plot to steal our precious bodily fluids.
Yes, we must preserve our "Purity Of Essence" (or was it Peace On Earth?). Grain alcohol and branch water. We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when...
Is wireless and satellite so unusable to rural areas? It may not be FTTH, and the latency may suck something fierce, but it's better than no service at all, yes?
Wireless broadband doesn't reach out here. Satellite latency & data caps eliminate VOIP, video streaming, and severely hinder keeping a Linux distro up to date (not to mention windows updates). I have rural, single phase 'leccy, and nothing more.
I do spend some time in the country, and I do believe the answer there is FTTH as well. The country houses you're talking about have electricity and phone service. We managed to figure out how to provide both of those to everyone, and yes, part of the answer is cost sharing. I get better quality meat when the farmer raising my cows has access to the Internet, so we all chip in a little.
Still wishing for a POTS line. Verizon (ILEC) says US$250K will get one installed.
Excede's footprint doesn't include me, the advertised bandwidth is "up to" blah blah (same thing for HughesNot^WHughesNet, and I've never been able to get what they advertise), and the data caps suck for satellite providers.
Amen. I'm hoping that 802.22 will help us poor rural folk. Satellite ain't cuttin' it, and there ain't even no copper out here.
Biden says the chance of the U.S. Gov becoming oppressive is virtually nil.
The keyword here is becoming. The US Govt is already oppressive.
Wait, just to check - exactly what kind of crabs are we talking about here. ... runs screaming into the distance, scratching madly.
That was my first impression, too.
I was reminded of graffiti I saw above a urinal at a drive-in theatre in Amarillo, circa 1972:
Please don't throw toothpicks in urinal. Texas crabs can pole vault.
I know that others snapped to this, but it bears emphasis - M$ regards their "customers" as "consumers". That says a lot about their motives and attitudes.
They say the cake is not yours to begin with, since they only leased the cake to you not sold it.
That's okay by me, their cake is mostly junk food, so I don't "lease" it.
After two days, I'm still puzzling over a DMCA notice from a Google search for "gparted-live torrent". The resulting link to chillingeffects.org didn't seem relevant at all...
As a Canadian, whose country is ALSO part of North America:
Do you want us to come and burn down your white house again?
Promises, promises...
Wow, I didn't know my mother posted on Slashdot. .
So... you're a Redneck? :-)
I have a handful of shares in an infamous bank corp (don't ask - former local employer hoovered up - long sad story). I won't sell them because it costs them beau-coup bucks to mail out all the quarterly US$0.20 checks and quarterly rah-rah. I always vote in direct opposition to any recommendations or "preferred" directors on the ballot. It's just my small way of saying "fuck you very much" for destroying a great place to work.
... and this differs from the US political system ... How?
Here's a crazy question... Are the lower (white-space) frequencies really worth all the efforts? We're talking about UHF TV frequencies here, which generally only go up to 60 miles, really only slightly beyond line-of-sight (VHF can do quite a bit better). Outside of heavily wooded forests and dense urban cities, how much benefit are they getting out of these frequencies, versus needing to site their WiFi antennas better (ie. higher up), or having twice as many base stations repeating the signal?
Is the benefit of slightly better range with the lower frequencies really worth buying custom equipment, rather than commodity $35 off-the-shelf APs? Neither the stories on Google or Microsoft's efforts with this tech actually say a non-trivial amount about the tech.
From what I've read, the primary advantage of using white space (802.22) is provisioning sparsely populated areas without building expensive point to point infrastructure. I have high hopes for the technology(ies). My only available 'net connectivity is via satellite (blech!), with its high latency, low throughput, punishing data caps, and unreasonable expense.
I'm fascinated by the volume of posts to this. I must say that the vast majority of posts remind me of "baby duck syndrome" (the first big thing that moves is mama!).
Given the really short tenure of Benedict, shouldn't they have gone for someone much much younger? Like in his 40s or 50s? In fact, why not directly make a choir boy the pope - how badly could one possibly do?
Yeah, a Choir Boy would know how to "assume the position" (ducks).
Maybe we need to come up with "Facist America" jokes instead
Double plus good.
Isn't that like saying that you can turn lead into gold by just taking out a few electrons?
Slashdot, news for nerds, alchemy that matters.
Damn! I'm sitting on mod points, but have already posted! Double plus good!
Hundreds. HL is 87 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238
So, only half as dangerous after 87 years?
No. Goofy is the dog.
So was Pluto.
Well, I have electric service, but WTF happened to telephone out here in "the sticks"? The ILEC says I can have a line for ~250K USD - I can't afford that!
Once upon a time, there was a family of skunks. The babies were named "In" and "Out". Usually when In was In, Out was Out. If Out was In, In was Out. One day, when In was out and Out was In, the momma skunk said, "Out, go find In and bring him here." In a matter of minutes, Out returned, herding In before him. Momma said, "Out, how did you find your brother so fast?" Out said, "Instinct."