Wait, doesn't Germany have more than two parties? Are we really supposed to take this 'article' seriously? Really, requiring Facebook to set up offices? What happens if they don't? Are the Germans going to start lobbing artillery, again? Let me find my low sodium salt pills...
And they signed my report card, wrote my permission slip to go on the field trip, and doctor's note when I wanted to stay home. I mean, really! The Russians are fantastic! They invented the telephone, the light bulb, and the airplane. They made the British Navy the most powerful in the world. Oh wait, that was Spain. Is Franco still dead? Or did the Russians revive him too?
You have me there, Republicans have never done any weapons sales, especially not to actual enemies of the United States. Especially not via a money Laundering type scheme. On this matter they are blameless.........
Sarcasm duly noted, but that's not what I'm saying, or even implied. In fact, based on that graph, Hillary would be the first person I would hire for sales manager and probably CEO in any business. She did a marvelous job as secretary of state, in that context of course. I just would never vote for her as President of the United States, and let's not forget, Trump is a close friend of the family, so that bit of theater during the campaign was also pretty obvious.
I credit you with not taking the response I get most of the time, which is being told to go die in a fire.
I would never do that. I'm not that kind:-) My point is that so-called 'liberals' are fools to stand with the democrats who only want to corral their money. Truth is I cannot distinguish democrats from republicans. Their common interests far outweigh their theatrical differences that they put on public display. Since their respective tribal fanboys are locked in tight, I don't even try to discuss anything with them. We depend on the non-voter to wake up and rout them both out. They are our only chance of that happening. In meatspace it is their attention I'm trying to get, but they too are convinced the whole system itself is corrupt. That may be the case, but we won't know until we try and make at least a feeble effort of removing the incumbent ruling (dem/rep) party.
The 'darknet' issue isn't big enough for them to care at this moment. When the order comes down it will be done. We should be ready for it. Bypassing the ISP is critical to that purpose
I only pick on the democrats because they claim to be above it all. I expect it from the republicans, so it went without mentioning. I'm fully aware of their tag team relationship, each keeping the seat warm for the other. But their theatrical bickering sells well at the expense of non-aligned candidates who don't serve the party. The real email 'scandal' is about weapons sales and smuggling to terrorists, but the cartoon angle serves party interests better. If you want to talk about Hillary's legacy, this is it in a nutshell. You can see why the Russians might be a bit upset, but the election rigging is still a domestic issue.
Well, that's my point. It's for their benefit, not ours. But they tell us the same lie as the insurance industry. *If not for the 'theft', our rates would be lower.*
Looks like 'smart' maters are strictly for the utility's benefit, not the consumers'. Thing is, I've seen smart meters go on the fritz and start smoking, buzzing, clicking, etc, requiring a service call that will cost me hours, if not days waiting around for the guy to show up. I have yet to see a dumb meter ever do that. The 'smart' mater is not ready for prime time yet. I shouldn't need a circuit board when a simple wire winding will do. It is unnecessary complexity. And to tell the truth, electricity is so abundant and cheap to produce it doesn't need to be precisely metered anyway. We could all pay a flat rate for average consumption and the service hook up, and the utility will still make billions. All the shortages are due to nothing but a disagreement over the price *cough* Enron...
In this case the most obvious way to do better is not use 'smart' meters. They're not saving us any money. And without seeing that spinning wheel, I can't tell how fast I'm consuming the electricity. The old meters are secure and robust. Why try to 'fix' what ain't broke?
In the shared monopolies/duopolies who's going to listen to any complaints? Especially now that the government will soon be more inclined to protect the ISP's interests? Until people actually vote for people with consumer interest in mind who will write laws with teeth, the problem is only going to get much worse. Meanwhile their 'complaints' will go straight to/dev/null. Each new online multiplayer game writer will have to buy a license to get on the whitelist, and most of them will comply. They might grumble about it to the tabloid press, but they will comply. The desire for money will prevail over all else. This is just too easy. The 'darknet' will go dark with the flip of a switch, snip of the wire cutters, or the drop of an anchor, whichever is most convenient. The only way out is circumvention of the ISP by whatever means possible. Only then can the internet become truly P2P.
You aren't going to say that in the run up to the election that there was zero hacks, are you?
Not at all, I'm sure the machines are being meddled with, but I'm more inclined to believe the perpetrators are of domestic origin, the two sides hacking each other, this Russian thing is a distraction (Occans Razor indeed) to suppress info about our own party corruption, which runs rampant (I hope you're not going to deny that part of the deal). All the while, the story of DNC meddling in the primaries (possibly on both sides. They wanted Trump to win the republican side, thinking he was a soft target) is being completely ignored. Everybody wants to make this into a republican thing, while the democrats are really the devious ones. Really, both sides just wanted to make sure that third party candidates didn't gain any traction. Most people really are tired of the bullshit and this ongoing media circus. That's why the majority of them stayed home. Too bad, they squandered another opportunity to use their majority status to help rid us of both factions. Such is learned helplessness.
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It even explains why.
Yeah, some people will believe anything.
In a car that's not allowed. It will only attract more attention from the cops.
You showed me!
Happy new year!
:-) Happy New Year!
Wait, doesn't Germany have more than two parties? Are we really supposed to take this 'article' seriously? Really, requiring Facebook to set up offices? What happens if they don't? Are the Germans going to start lobbing artillery, again? Let me find my low sodium salt pills...
No, the real 'problem' is that people are weird...
And they signed my report card, wrote my permission slip to go on the field trip, and doctor's note when I wanted to stay home. I mean, really! The Russians are fantastic! They invented the telephone, the light bulb, and the airplane. They made the British Navy the most powerful in the world. Oh wait, that was Spain. Is Franco still dead? Or did the Russians revive him too?
The DNC are not morons. They are very astute. They are still drowning in money. This Russian thing is only helping.
Not from the 'left', it's from the democrats. Here's why. Just your regular turf war
Marsh, Marsha, Marsha!
Wow! This is incredible.
You have me there, Republicans have never done any weapons sales, especially not to actual enemies of the United States. Especially not via a money Laundering type scheme. On this matter they are blameless.........
Sarcasm duly noted, but that's not what I'm saying, or even implied. In fact, based on that graph, Hillary would be the first person I would hire for sales manager and probably CEO in any business. She did a marvelous job as secretary of state, in that context of course. I just would never vote for her as President of the United States, and let's not forget, Trump is a close friend of the family, so that bit of theater during the campaign was also pretty obvious.
I credit you with not taking the response I get most of the time, which is being told to go die in a fire.
I would never do that. I'm not that kind :-) My point is that so-called 'liberals' are fools to stand with the democrats who only want to corral their money. Truth is I cannot distinguish democrats from republicans. Their common interests far outweigh their theatrical differences that they put on public display. Since their respective tribal fanboys are locked in tight, I don't even try to discuss anything with them. We depend on the non-voter to wake up and rout them both out. They are our only chance of that happening. In meatspace it is their attention I'm trying to get, but they too are convinced the whole system itself is corrupt. That may be the case, but we won't know until we try and make at least a feeble effort of removing the incumbent ruling (dem/rep) party.
When does the movie come out?
The 'darknet' issue isn't big enough for them to care at this moment. When the order comes down it will be done. We should be ready for it. Bypassing the ISP is critical to that purpose
I only pick on the democrats because they claim to be above it all. I expect it from the republicans, so it went without mentioning. I'm fully aware of their tag team relationship, each keeping the seat warm for the other. But their theatrical bickering sells well at the expense of non-aligned candidates who don't serve the party. The real email 'scandal' is about weapons sales and smuggling to terrorists, but the cartoon angle serves party interests better. If you want to talk about Hillary's legacy, this is it in a nutshell. You can see why the Russians might be a bit upset, but the election rigging is still a domestic issue.
It does indeed save the utility money.
Well, that's my point. It's for their benefit, not ours. But they tell us the same lie as the insurance industry. *If not for the 'theft', our rates would be lower.*
Looks like 'smart' maters are strictly for the utility's benefit, not the consumers'. Thing is, I've seen smart meters go on the fritz and start smoking, buzzing, clicking, etc, requiring a service call that will cost me hours, if not days waiting around for the guy to show up. I have yet to see a dumb meter ever do that. The 'smart' mater is not ready for prime time yet. I shouldn't need a circuit board when a simple wire winding will do. It is unnecessary complexity. And to tell the truth, electricity is so abundant and cheap to produce it doesn't need to be precisely metered anyway. We could all pay a flat rate for average consumption and the service hook up, and the utility will still make billions. All the shortages are due to nothing but a disagreement over the price *cough* Enron...
Of course, we need to do better.
In this case the most obvious way to do better is not use 'smart' meters. They're not saving us any money. And without seeing that spinning wheel, I can't tell how fast I'm consuming the electricity. The old meters are secure and robust. Why try to 'fix' what ain't broke?
Just convince people that elephants are soft and mushy
these nets really are the way to go.
Yes, they work for now because only a tiny part of the traffic travels over them. As soon as they become even close to ubiquitous, the party's over.
In the shared monopolies/duopolies who's going to listen to any complaints? Especially now that the government will soon be more inclined to protect the ISP's interests? Until people actually vote for people with consumer interest in mind who will write laws with teeth, the problem is only going to get much worse. Meanwhile their 'complaints' will go straight to /dev/null. Each new online multiplayer game writer will have to buy a license to get on the whitelist, and most of them will comply. They might grumble about it to the tabloid press, but they will comply. The desire for money will prevail over all else. This is just too easy. The 'darknet' will go dark with the flip of a switch, snip of the wire cutters, or the drop of an anchor, whichever is most convenient. The only way out is circumvention of the ISP by whatever means possible. Only then can the internet become truly P2P.
You aren't going to say that in the run up to the election that there was zero hacks, are you?
Not at all, I'm sure the machines are being meddled with, but I'm more inclined to believe the perpetrators are of domestic origin, the two sides hacking each other, this Russian thing is a distraction (Occans Razor indeed) to suppress info about our own party corruption, which runs rampant (I hope you're not going to deny that part of the deal). All the while, the story of DNC meddling in the primaries (possibly on both sides. They wanted Trump to win the republican side, thinking he was a soft target) is being completely ignored. Everybody wants to make this into a republican thing, while the democrats are really the devious ones. Really, both sides just wanted to make sure that third party candidates didn't gain any traction. Most people really are tired of the bullshit and this ongoing media circus. That's why the majority of them stayed home. Too bad, they squandered another opportunity to use their majority status to help rid us of both factions. Such is learned helplessness.
The ISP can simply drop packets that don't match whitelisted protocols. 'Darknet' traffic is trivial to block.
We have to circumvent the ISP to fix the problem.
Deep packet inspection will shut all that down. The ISP is the single point of failure we have yet to circumvent.