It's just a conveniently catchy Hollywood buzzword now. Try not to think about it. Hell, North Korea calls itself a "democratic republic". Words mean what people want them to.
I figure make the bastards pay for every inch of ground they take
Oh please! They don't "pay" anything. They got runners and interns to handle the paperwork while they're out playing golf. That should sound familiar by now. Until you vote them out, you will have accomplished exactly nothing.
the vested interest in maintaining a system with compliance costs so high that competition can't get started
In case you didn't know, that is not a liberal ideal. Where does this "notably liberal" fantasy of yours come from? Your favorite "news" channel?
If the government wants to be somewhat helpful in the matter, they could start by outlawing all exclusive contracts that protect the ISPs' monopolies, and also bar them from blocking any competitive services from entering the area, including government services that the people might demand. The internet might become more "neutral" and open as a result.
Instead of all this cat and mouse, how about voting out the corrupt politicians? Doesn't cost you anything, much less 750 bucks a month... And please, save your breath on the excuses. They are all stupid, redundant, blame passing bullshit.
I think what's being said is that there's no use getting worked up over it if nobody can be bothered. We're dealing with common corruption, and that's still not a big "bring home the bacon" election issue. That, and nothing gets out the vote like antipathy.
Once the rule is gone, you'll be paying every service provider your signal goes through. Oh well, whatever they do can be reversed after next November, if that's what people want.
Now, in areas where there is Google Fiber - then we get into the muddy waters.
Not really. Now they are a service provider, and we're supposed to demand that these services provide us with a dumb pipe (That would be the definition of "net neutrality"). We should never meddle with the content or those providers. That would be censorship, and that is always evil.
It's not "free competition" if ISPs have quasi-monopoly status
That's right. Remove that monopoly status and there can be competition, and less need to regulate, though the ISP should be under public utility rules. A neutral net is a dumb pipe.
The real problem is that the ISP can take your internet away. That's way more power than Google, et al have. The only real problem is the ISP and the people that own the tubes. They cannot be allowed to prioritize content. They are there to supply and sell bandwidth. And their only interaction with the government should be their applications for nonexclusive rights of way for their wire/fiber.
Net neutrality is supposed be about getting the bandwidth you pay for no matter who you are. Content and its sources are supposed to be totally, completely and utterly irrelevant. All scrutiny should focus on the ISP and pipeline owners. You fix bottlenecks with fatter pipe, not through discriminatory prioritization.
Legacy aircraft have mechanical backup on the controls. The airplane is still flyable if the computer malfunctions. Hackers can still mess with the autopilot and navigation though.
it isn't practical to pipe it to the places where water is in short supply
Well, we just have to set the autopilot on our nuclear powered tunnel boring machines, send them off, wait a few years, and *voila!*, instant pipeline from the Pacific to the Atlantic
Or people could just live where the basics to sustain life already are.
One of the cool things about being human is being able to live wherever we want. We have solved all distribution problems during world war 2. All shortages these days are only caused by a disagreement over the price.
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It's just a conveniently catchy Hollywood buzzword now. Try not to think about it. Hell, North Korea calls itself a "democratic republic". Words mean what people want them to.
I figure make the bastards pay for every inch of ground they take
Oh please! They don't "pay" anything. They got runners and interns to handle the paperwork while they're out playing golf. That should sound familiar by now. Until you vote them out, you will have accomplished exactly nothing.
the vested interest in maintaining a system with compliance costs so high that competition can't get started
In case you didn't know, that is not a liberal ideal. Where does this "notably liberal" fantasy of yours come from? Your favorite "news" channel?
If the government wants to be somewhat helpful in the matter, they could start by outlawing all exclusive contracts that protect the ISPs' monopolies, and also bar them from blocking any competitive services from entering the area, including government services that the people might demand. The internet might become more "neutral" and open as a result.
Instead of all this cat and mouse, how about voting out the corrupt politicians? Doesn't cost you anything, much less 750 bucks a month... And please, save your breath on the excuses. They are all stupid, redundant, blame passing bullshit.
Oh goodie! This should be easy!
I think what's being said is that there's no use getting worked up over it if nobody can be bothered. We're dealing with common corruption, and that's still not a big "bring home the bacon" election issue. That, and nothing gets out the vote like antipathy.
Once the rule is gone, you'll be paying every service provider your signal goes through. Oh well, whatever they do can be reversed after next November, if that's what people want.
Now, in areas where there is Google Fiber - then we get into the muddy waters.
Not really. Now they are a service provider, and we're supposed to demand that these services provide us with a dumb pipe (That would be the definition of "net neutrality"). We should never meddle with the content or those providers. That would be censorship, and that is always evil.
It's not "free competition" if ISPs have quasi-monopoly status
That's right. Remove that monopoly status and there can be competition, and less need to regulate, though the ISP should be under public utility rules. A neutral net is a dumb pipe.
Another one bites the dust.. Is there any safe system that can't be censored??
On the other hand, they should have kept the thread private. Whoops!
Guess you shouldn't ban nuclear bombs either.
Even a VCR is far more dangerous than bittorrent. You can bonk somebody on the head with the VCR, and use it for illegal copying.
The real problem is that the ISP can take your internet away. That's way more power than Google, et al have. The only real problem is the ISP and the people that own the tubes. They cannot be allowed to prioritize content. They are there to supply and sell bandwidth. And their only interaction with the government should be their applications for nonexclusive rights of way for their wire/fiber.
You make no sense, but you're pretty transparent.
Net neutrality is supposed be about getting the bandwidth you pay for no matter who you are. Content and its sources are supposed to be totally, completely and utterly irrelevant. All scrutiny should focus on the ISP and pipeline owners. You fix bottlenecks with fatter pipe, not through discriminatory prioritization.
Donald Trump
Who?
Will corruption ever be a serious election issue?
Private browsing? Maybe on your local network... On the internet there's no such thing.
Let me fix that for you:
try eating less crap! try to find a less hostile working environment. and most important, don't take on debt.
Breath slow and deep. Learn how to work a defibrillator.
You're welcome
hanging by the neck until dead of anybody who suggests to steal from anybody at all this way.
Well, if you have a better way to steal from people, let's hear it!
The inventors of the TV also thought it would be used for the average person to see plays
Well, yeah...
Even in the US heavy rail is electric. The diesel just turns a generator.
If the airplane isn't *fly by wire* there's not a lot to worry about. The autopilot can be turned off if it acts up for any reason.
why is the page I'm typing this on a standalone text entry box without TFS available on it for reference?
Maybe you opened the "reply" button in a new tab?
Legacy aircraft have mechanical backup on the controls. The airplane is still flyable if the computer malfunctions. Hackers can still mess with the autopilot and navigation though.
32 trillion, out of a probably 180-200 trillion GDP over the same period, not too shabby. Sounds very affordable.
Everybody should stay out of politics. Only professionals should express their opinions.
it isn't practical to pipe it to the places where water is in short supply
Well, we just have to set the autopilot on our nuclear powered tunnel boring machines, send them off, wait a few years, and *voila!*, instant pipeline from the Pacific to the Atlantic
Or people could just live where the basics to sustain life already are.
One of the cool things about being human is being able to live wherever we want. We have solved all distribution problems during world war 2. All shortages these days are only caused by a disagreement over the price.