Here's the difference between Municipal run Media/Internet and my solution which is FREE ENTERPRISE. IF your municipal "Cable" sucked, who could you turn to? Nobody. IF the Comcast/Time-Warner/Roadrunner/Verizon/ATT who got the 5 year lease on the plant sucked, you could fire them and replace them with someone else.
Competition is good.
The problem with Liberals AND Conservatives alike, they don't know where the boundries ought to be. The Plant to the house (last mile) is just like the Road in front of my house. It is Infrastructure. I does need to be maintained and improved from time to time. However like a road, I'm suggesting that it is available for anyone to use.
Read my reply to one of the earlier posts in this thread, I said everything could be run to a CO where a tech would manage the connections for the providers, and switch you to the new provider etc.
The problem is that we need to think OUTSIDE the "Nationalized" model and the "unregulated" crap both sides seem hell bent on moving towards.
Net Neutrality would not be an issue if we weren't hostages to the "Local Monopolies".
Exactly, but why do that at the house, why not run ONE cable set to the house and everything else goes back to a CO somewhere, where it is a simple cross connect by a skilled technician.
CAN be built fairly inexpensively but it has to be done with a purpose.
I've long proposed that Municipalities build their own networks, and then lease the management and fiberplant with specific parameters about things that are important to them. THEN that would provide the impedus for competition.
They could do FIBER, CABLE and Copper in one bundled set and pull it to each home. Competition from the start.
I haven't played any of these, but my kids/wife have. I've watched bits here and there.
Skyrim, Fable and Dragon Age and one you didn't mention, Kingdoms of Amulor (sp) are all similar and formulaic.
I would prefer (if I played the games) Mass Effect series because it is a space shooter game, with RPG bits tossed in. And at least the RPG bits carry over from one game to the next.
What is racist about Willie Horton? The fact that a convicted murderer was given furlough, who while out on furlough raped and beat some poor lady within an inch of her life? Oh, because the example wasn't a "white" person it is racist? But because he was "black" we can't mention the case at all or show his picture? IS that what Democrats think of their black constituents?
And Obama Administration officials making special efforts to "court" black congregations? That isn't racist?
Or how it was (R) that passed the Civil Rights Act?
Or how about the Congressional Black Caucus that... isn't racist? Can I form the "Congressional White" or "Latino" or "Asian/Pacific" Caucus?
Or who was it that has called for the linching of Zimmerman in Florida? Oh that isn't racist because Black Pastors can't possibly be racist. Never mind he is Hispanic. DOH!
Or how is it that one party sees race in everything, even things that have nothing to do with Race, like... making sure legal votes aren't watered down by people who shouldn't be voting?
BTW, I'm a Libertarian, so please, spare me the (D) good (R) bad theology. Please attack the (R)s for the REAL things (R)s do. As for Black people, they have been held hostage by the (D)s for so long, it is any wonder that they haven't found out who the Plantation masters really are. After 50+ years of (D)s getting nearly 80% of the Black vote, they haven't really progressed much have they?
I remember when "everyone" was on MySpace, "Everyone" was there and nobody used "Facebook". Until one day... Nobody used MySpace and everyone was on Facebook.
Yes, you're right. WHICH is why the default shouldn't be "the cloud". Period. Second how do you feel about IE being the "default browser"? Same thing IMHO
Thanks, you proved my point. Do you criticize the Liberals who call Sarah Palin a "Cunt" (among other names) for being sexist? Do you call for them to be removed from their jobs on TV over it? No?
So there are nut jobs on both sides, and you proved my point.
Did you complain when Maxine Waters called for the nationalization of the Energy Industry, in a House Hearing? Or were you too afraid to be called "Racist"? Or are you a socialist in favor of nationalizing all sorts of industries?
Obama is failing all by himself. Oh wait, someone else did it for him.
A well armed local Militia that is fighting with a strong cause is capable of defeating a superior force that has no desire to fight. We see this in all sorts of places America (circa 1770's) from Vietnam to Afghanistan to Syria and Libya.
So yes, I do believe that if the PEOPLE wanted to OVERTHROW the Tyrants in DC, we could. However too many people keep voting for the same two parties expecting different results. It is, quite literally, insane! And crazy people have no chance.
Because in America we have a long history of Racism that is pandered to by ONE party that continues to push the idea that certain races of people are constantly and forever discriminated against, even when we've elected a President who is not "white". This party pushes the idea that any policy that doesn't "help" one of the "minority" races is in fact "racist", and the ONLY possible reason why anyone would want such a policy is "racism", and there can be no other reason.
The assumption is that minorities are poor people, and don't have enough incentive to vote, and that we must give them "extra" incentive to take the time perform their civic duty. But if you really look at such an argument on its face, it is truly elitist and insulting to all people of all races and all classes.
I only wish that someone in public would have the guts to call them on this insulting logic!
This is what I call the "It looked good on paper" problem of unintended consequences. It looks good on paper, but the result wasn't anything that looked like what was on the paper. Rose Tinted Glasses and all that.
The Hardware is crippled for the sake of Microsoft. Period.
Secure boot is Microsoft's attempt to maintain computer OS market share as their influences is being stripped away by the likes of Google (Android) and Apple (iOS). With HTML5 on the way, we will have WEB based applications that rival desktop versions, and run on ANY device. The OS is just a layer to get to where the real work gets done, information exchange.
AND the worst part is, secure boot doesn't actually fix the problem it pretends it solves. It can't. This is the whole DRM of DVD's and BluRay all over again. Look at how well that is working out.
Half a solution may not be better than nothing at all. Can you be absolutely positive that it doesn't cause twice as many problems than doing nothing at all?
For all the Drugs do to people the War on Drugs has harmed more people than the drugs themselves could possibly do. Let people off themselves with drugs, but don't cause innocent people to be harmed by stupid policies.
Take a look at the drug problem before and after they started outlawing drugs. Tell me where we better off before or after?
Exactly. San Fransisco should be electing people from P&F or Green parties. While OC (So Cal) should be electing Libertarian.
The "winner take all" crap doesn't work. We should have Elections where people garnering more than 25% get a runoff, and then 33% gets a run off. And the winner should have more than 50%.
An Screw "Primaries" which are setup by the Two Major Parties to setup failure for third parties. If the Parties want to sponsor ONE individual, they should do it on their dime.
It is mostly BOTH parties, and people like you are the ones that don't seem to notice things that are simply evil because there is a (D) behind the name.
NDAA is worse than anything any (R) has ever done. If it was GWB (or any Republican) in office, the Left would be going apoplectic over it (rightly so), but since it is Obama... YAWN.
So don't give me the "mostly Republican" crap, that is just your blinders talking.
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Let me guess, you're into Porn and Hookers and drugs? No, those things don't lie to you at all ... NOOOOO.
I know, I shouldn't feed the trolls.
Here's the difference between Municipal run Media/Internet and my solution which is FREE ENTERPRISE. IF your municipal "Cable" sucked, who could you turn to? Nobody. IF the Comcast/Time-Warner/Roadrunner/Verizon/ATT who got the 5 year lease on the plant sucked, you could fire them and replace them with someone else.
Competition is good.
The problem with Liberals AND Conservatives alike, they don't know where the boundries ought to be. The Plant to the house (last mile) is just like the Road in front of my house. It is Infrastructure. I does need to be maintained and improved from time to time. However like a road, I'm suggesting that it is available for anyone to use.
Read my reply to one of the earlier posts in this thread, I said everything could be run to a CO where a tech would manage the connections for the providers, and switch you to the new provider etc.
The problem is that we need to think OUTSIDE the "Nationalized" model and the "unregulated" crap both sides seem hell bent on moving towards.
Net Neutrality would not be an issue if we weren't hostages to the "Local Monopolies".
Exactly, but why do that at the house, why not run ONE cable set to the house and everything else goes back to a CO somewhere, where it is a simple cross connect by a skilled technician.
CAN be built fairly inexpensively but it has to be done with a purpose.
I've long proposed that Municipalities build their own networks, and then lease the management and fiberplant with specific parameters about things that are important to them. THEN that would provide the impedus for competition.
They could do FIBER, CABLE and Copper in one bundled set and pull it to each home. Competition from the start.
I haven't played any of these, but my kids/wife have. I've watched bits here and there.
Skyrim, Fable and Dragon Age and one you didn't mention, Kingdoms of Amulor (sp) are all similar and formulaic.
I would prefer (if I played the games) Mass Effect series because it is a space shooter game, with RPG bits tossed in. And at least the RPG bits carry over from one game to the next.
What is racist about Willie Horton? The fact that a convicted murderer was given furlough, who while out on furlough raped and beat some poor lady within an inch of her life? Oh, because the example wasn't a "white" person it is racist? But because he was "black" we can't mention the case at all or show his picture? IS that what Democrats think of their black constituents?
And Obama Administration officials making special efforts to "court" black congregations? That isn't racist?
Or how it was (R) that passed the Civil Rights Act?
Or how about the Congressional Black Caucus that ... isn't racist? Can I form the "Congressional White" or "Latino" or "Asian/Pacific" Caucus?
Or who was it that has called for the linching of Zimmerman in Florida? Oh that isn't racist because Black Pastors can't possibly be racist. Never mind he is Hispanic. DOH!
Or how is it that one party sees race in everything, even things that have nothing to do with Race, like ... making sure legal votes aren't watered down by people who shouldn't be voting?
BTW, I'm a Libertarian, so please, spare me the (D) good (R) bad theology. Please attack the (R)s for the REAL things (R)s do. As for Black people, they have been held hostage by the (D)s for so long, it is any wonder that they haven't found out who the Plantation masters really are. After 50+ years of (D)s getting nearly 80% of the Black vote, they haven't really progressed much have they?
I remember when "everyone" was on MySpace, "Everyone" was there and nobody used "Facebook". Until one day ... Nobody used MySpace and everyone was on Facebook.
Yes, you're right. WHICH is why the default shouldn't be "the cloud". Period. Second how do you feel about IE being the "default browser"? Same thing IMHO
Automatic Sky Drive? That is just wrong on so many levels it isn't even funny.
So we have "lists" and we have "touch interface". Which is the patent for? Combination of the two? That isn't obvious at all.
Thanks, you proved my point. Do you criticize the Liberals who call Sarah Palin a "Cunt" (among other names) for being sexist? Do you call for them to be removed from their jobs on TV over it? No?
So there are nut jobs on both sides, and you proved my point.
Did you complain when Maxine Waters called for the nationalization of the Energy Industry, in a House Hearing? Or were you too afraid to be called "Racist"? Or are you a socialist in favor of nationalizing all sorts of industries?
Obama is failing all by himself. Oh wait, someone else did it for him.
A well armed local Militia that is fighting with a strong cause is capable of defeating a superior force that has no desire to fight. We see this in all sorts of places America (circa 1770's) from Vietnam to Afghanistan to Syria and Libya.
So yes, I do believe that if the PEOPLE wanted to OVERTHROW the Tyrants in DC, we could. However too many people keep voting for the same two parties expecting different results. It is, quite literally, insane! And crazy people have no chance.
Because in America we have a long history of Racism that is pandered to by ONE party that continues to push the idea that certain races of people are constantly and forever discriminated against, even when we've elected a President who is not "white". This party pushes the idea that any policy that doesn't "help" one of the "minority" races is in fact "racist", and the ONLY possible reason why anyone would want such a policy is "racism", and there can be no other reason.
The assumption is that minorities are poor people, and don't have enough incentive to vote, and that we must give them "extra" incentive to take the time perform their civic duty. But if you really look at such an argument on its face, it is truly elitist and insulting to all people of all races and all classes.
I only wish that someone in public would have the guts to call them on this insulting logic!
So, what you are saying is "one size doesn't fit all". Yet, this is exactly what AT&T and VZ are doing, going to "one size fits all" plan.
The shittiest part, is that it is becoming clear that there is no "choice".
"You can have a car in any color you like, as long as it is black"
This is what I call the "It looked good on paper" problem of unintended consequences. It looks good on paper, but the result wasn't anything that looked like what was on the paper. Rose Tinted Glasses and all that.
________ with a touch interface! Patent awarded!
The Hardware is crippled for the sake of Microsoft. Period.
Secure boot is Microsoft's attempt to maintain computer OS market share as their influences is being stripped away by the likes of Google (Android) and Apple (iOS). With HTML5 on the way, we will have WEB based applications that rival desktop versions, and run on ANY device. The OS is just a layer to get to where the real work gets done, information exchange.
AND the worst part is, secure boot doesn't actually fix the problem it pretends it solves. It can't. This is the whole DRM of DVD's and BluRay all over again. Look at how well that is working out.
DRM is broken by design.
Half a solution may not be better than nothing at all. Can you be absolutely positive that it doesn't cause twice as many problems than doing nothing at all?
For all the Drugs do to people the War on Drugs has harmed more people than the drugs themselves could possibly do. Let people off themselves with drugs, but don't cause innocent people to be harmed by stupid policies.
Take a look at the drug problem before and after they started outlawing drugs. Tell me where we better off before or after?
And thanks to NDAA, they don't have to do any of that anymore.
Exactly. San Fransisco should be electing people from P&F or Green parties. While OC (So Cal) should be electing Libertarian.
The "winner take all" crap doesn't work. We should have Elections where people garnering more than 25% get a runoff, and then 33% gets a run off. And the winner should have more than 50%.
An Screw "Primaries" which are setup by the Two Major Parties to setup failure for third parties. If the Parties want to sponsor ONE individual, they should do it on their dime.
Oh, I figured it out long ago.
NDAA.
Nuff Said
It is mostly BOTH parties, and people like you are the ones that don't seem to notice things that are simply evil because there is a (D) behind the name.
NDAA is worse than anything any (R) has ever done. If it was GWB (or any Republican) in office, the Left would be going apoplectic over it (rightly so), but since it is Obama ... YAWN.
So don't give me the "mostly Republican" crap, that is just your blinders talking.
Of BOTH Parties, (D) and (R).
All you people out there that think the (R) or (D) party is better than the other are just as fooled as those you ridicule across the isle.