I think you may have missed the other half of my post -- the infrastructure needs to be in place before innovation (ie, technology that makes use of or requires 100Mbps) can occur. This is a strategic plan for USian telecommunications we're discussing: the FCC's tack puts US businesses at a major R&D disadvantage compared to foreign competitors, and this is a failing of the plan.
100Mbps is for innovation. You're right -- 10 or 25Mbps is plenty for now. So imagine what could be done with 100Mbps; while Americans are imagining it, people from other countries are, in fact, experimenting with and developing it.
I agree -- I really look at this message as less a death sentence for HTML5 than an attempt by Youtube (Google) to direct the development of the standard to something more robust.
Just about to make the same point. And it's not just public schools -- the Catholic school system in Philadelphia also participates in E-Rate, for example.
From TFA, the actual news is that the Haast's eagle had a body structure that could support predation, rather than just scavenging, as was previously thought. Since humans are blamed for their extinction, you've got yourself a bit of a chicken/egg situation on non-co-existence.
Excuse my ignorance -- does this mean they can file a FOIA request against some other aspect of the White House, then, who _does_ have substantial independent authority, and for whom the Office of Administration was acting?
What kind of trouble would be made if a student turned in an assigment with a copyright notice appended, requiring explicit written permission for use or derivative works. Or, even beyond that, if the student wrote the paper far enough in advance to file the copyright officially and have it approved before submitting.
At first I thought that Jason's was just a psychadelic feature. Too bad to find out it's just a bug. I second the call for Opera-friendliness, if not out and out standards compliance.
Try gvim instead... should also be installed my default, I think. Problem with kvim is a known bug, and the kvim developers have basically abandoned the project.
I think maybe the point of the joke was that the President could issue executive orders to do any of those things.
But, then, a joke that needs explaining...
I originally submitted this as a news item back when funding was initially cut, but the editors rejected it. Clearly the more recent promise of cool sci-fi swag for a good cause tipped the scale in the direction of the front page this time. Notice I didn't say, "...following recent budget cuts," or the like.
And... come on... I linked to the Clarion website in the story. You know how easy it is to find the information about their funding trouble there. I wasn't trying to fool anyone.
Let's just chalk this up under the heading: "Stuff that matters."
It should be noted that Philadelphia made a deal with Verizon that will allow it to go forward with their original city-wide WiFi rollout despite this law.
I don't mean to disparage the goals of the Metaweb at all and I'll readily admit that I find many of the posts and commentary there illuminating and interesting (esp. Neal's). I understand that one is an encyclopedia and the other an experiment in presenting information in new ways.
But, to be fair, a great deal (I'd be willing to go so far as to say a majority) of the content I've read there has been cut-and-pasted wholesale from the wikipedia -- often entire entries with no additional info added. At present, the content and the presentation share so much in common that I don't personally find Metaweb useful or particularly innovative.
Which is not to say that it won't become so at some time in the future, but it seems as if it's well past critical mass in its current incarnation... contributions have dwindled to pretty much a single user (stsparky) and the information is mired down in excessive cross reference with no clear structure or vision.
A somewhat more focused website than the link provided above (which essentially just recreates the wikipedia with references to the events of Stephenson's books).
I see the point you're making, in that the tech (if it works) doesn't specifically create ad hoc networks... but as you point out yourself:
It provides a `standard` that `allows` such communications to, in theory, take place.
Which goes right along with my idea that it would "would be useful for forming ad hoc networks." And particularly useful in a situation where one would desire to link various and diverse forms of media and communication.
Keep in mind I have only SkimmedTFA... This seems like it would be useful for forming ad hoc networks, for example in a disaster or emergency scenario. But for frequent daily use, it seems like it might be a particularly vulnerable protocol.
Are the benefits of high quality and reliable communication in a disaster/terrorism situation worth the potential risks of insecurity in that situation?
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Teenage video-game prodigy and self-made astronaut Richard Garriott!
"The stumbling blocks have included concerns about interference with... wireless microphones"
So what's the over/under for the NSA torpedoing the plan?
For some reason I just always imagined Starfleet officers got paid in pajamas.
Hey, you FTFM. Thanks!
When I can casually toss it onto my desk like Picard without worrying about the thing shattering, it will have officially replaced books.
I think you may have missed the other half of my post -- the infrastructure needs to be in place before innovation (ie, technology that makes use of or requires 100Mbps) can occur. This is a strategic plan for USian telecommunications we're discussing: the FCC's tack puts US businesses at a major R&D disadvantage compared to foreign competitors, and this is a failing of the plan.
100Mbps is for innovation. You're right -- 10 or 25Mbps is plenty for now. So imagine what could be done with 100Mbps; while Americans are imagining it, people from other countries are, in fact, experimenting with and developing it.
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
I agree -- I really look at this message as less a death sentence for HTML5 than an attempt by Youtube (Google) to direct the development of the standard to something more robust.
Just about to make the same point. And it's not just public schools -- the Catholic school system in Philadelphia also participates in E-Rate, for example.
From TFA, the actual news is that the Haast's eagle had a body structure that could support predation, rather than just scavenging, as was previously thought. Since humans are blamed for their extinction, you've got yourself a bit of a chicken/egg situation on non-co-existence.
Excuse my ignorance -- does this mean they can file a FOIA request against some other aspect of the White House, then, who _does_ have substantial independent authority, and for whom the Office of Administration was acting?
What kind of trouble would be made if a student turned in an assigment with a copyright notice appended, requiring explicit written permission for use or derivative works. Or, even beyond that, if the student wrote the paper far enough in advance to file the copyright officially and have it approved before submitting.
At first I thought that Jason's was just a psychadelic feature. Too bad to find out it's just a bug. I second the call for Opera-friendliness, if not out and out standards compliance.
-Trick
Try gvim instead... should also be installed my default, I think. Problem with kvim is a known bug, and the kvim developers have basically abandoned the project.
I think maybe the point of the joke was that the President could issue executive orders to do any of those things.
But, then, a joke that needs explaining...
I originally submitted this as a news item back when funding was initially cut, but the editors rejected it. Clearly the more recent promise of cool sci-fi swag for a good cause tipped the scale in the direction of the front page this time. Notice I didn't say, "...following recent budget cuts," or the like.
And... come on... I linked to the Clarion website in the story. You know how easy it is to find the information about their funding trouble there. I wasn't trying to fool anyone.
Let's just chalk this up under the heading: "Stuff that matters."
~Trick
More details here...
~Trick
It should be noted that Philadelphia made a deal with Verizon that will allow it to go forward with their original city-wide WiFi rollout despite this law.
~Trick
What is it that conjurers call this, ah yes - distraction strategy?"
I think they actually call it "misdirection."
-Trick
I don't mean to disparage the goals of the Metaweb at all and I'll readily admit that I find many of the posts and commentary there illuminating and interesting (esp. Neal's). I understand that one is an encyclopedia and the other an experiment in presenting information in new ways.
But, to be fair, a great deal (I'd be willing to go so far as to say a majority) of the content I've read there has been cut-and-pasted wholesale from the wikipedia -- often entire entries with no additional info added. At present, the content and the presentation share so much in common that I don't personally find Metaweb useful or particularly innovative.
Which is not to say that it won't become so at some time in the future, but it seems as if it's well past critical mass in its current incarnation... contributions have dwindled to pretty much a single user (stsparky) and the information is mired down in excessive cross reference with no clear structure or vision.
-Trick
A somewhat more focused website than the link provided above (which essentially just recreates the wikipedia with references to the events of Stephenson's books).
Shouldn't that be an "ugly, beige , plaid corduroy?"
-Trick
Sorry, my bad. Won't happen again.
-Trick
I see the point you're making, in that the tech (if it works) doesn't specifically create ad hoc networks... but as you point out yourself:
It provides a `standard` that `allows` such communications to, in theory, take place.
Which goes right along with my idea that it would "would be useful for forming ad hoc networks." And particularly useful in a situation where one would desire to link various and diverse forms of media and communication.
-Trick
Keep in mind I have only SkimmedTFA... This seems like it would be useful for forming ad hoc networks, for example in a disaster or emergency scenario. But for frequent daily use, it seems like it might be a particularly vulnerable protocol.
Are the benefits of high quality and reliable communication in a disaster/terrorism situation worth the potential risks of insecurity in that situation?