There are very few things that government does that actually work right. Infrastructure is one, given the ability to actually take taxes that are supposed to go to it, and apply it there, without politicians taking the money and misappropriating it.;)
Nobody has tried what I have been proposing. The scenario presented before was the Municipality owned not only the Transport, but also the broadcast / services being offered. IF they just built "fiber", and offered NO services, then there isn't a problem with public funding under cutting private services.
They can complain all they want, but without Franchise agreements, they have no customers.
That, and our court system is so screwed up with "entitlement" mentality that it actually isn't working any longer.
Last mile is brought back to a COLO Facility where the competition happens for the customer. Last mile is just a transport media not owned by anyone but the local municipality.
Car analogy, it is a road, and the competition for delivery happens at UPS, FedEx and US Mail. (rough analogy, not perfect)
Who "owns" the roads everyone drives on? Who "owns" the right of way leased by CableCo? Who "owns" public access rights?
Your problem is that you're still locked into the "Franchise Agreements" of years past, when they are no longer suitable for use in modern infrastructure.
Local Municipalities can build out the Fiber Plant, and bring everything back to a COLO facility where... the competition for the customer happens. The last mile, is owned by the citizens via their local government.
No, the problem isn't TWC can't, it is that they don't want to. They have a cushy Government granted Monopoly (franchise agreement) and have pushed for all sorts of anti-competitive regulations on top of it.
Because we haven't broken the Franchise Agreement problem, we aren't really solving anything by adding regulations on top of regulations to fix the problems caused by regulations (Franchise agreements) caused. The foundation is crumbling, and you're worried about the view out your window.
Canada isn't an option, because the problem is in the Franchised last mile agreements. More regulations aren't really needed if you are able to solve the last mile problem. I have a solution, it is a responsible one, that frees up competition so that there is no government granted monopoly, on which to build additional government granted restrictions to competition. That isn't solving the problem that is building a whole enterprise on top the problem and calling the problem solved (it isn't).
It is really easy to solve, and doesn't require FCC (or any other three letter agency) to regulate anything.
How about simply moving the Franchise agreements away from the last mile, and let consumers choose what service / company provides what they want/need?
We wouldn't need "regulators" to "regulate" that which should be free and open competition, rather than creating mroe regulations to fix what regulations (Franchise agreements) have already broken. The answer isn't more regulation, it is moving the problem so that regulation isn't required at all.
The problem is last mile. Currently there is no option for "last mile" other than government granted monopoly. FIX t that problem and all the other problems go a way. It isn't that hard to solve, just have to do it.
Laws only sometimes slow things down. In other cases, the taste of "forbidden fruit" actually amplify said behavior and elicit other harmful behaviors in the process.
We saw this in Prohibition, where normal people didn't want to stop drinking, birthed the Speakeasy and lawless thugs like Al Capone ran empires built around the now illegal alcohol. As bad as Alcohol is for society, making it illegal was actually worse.
The idea that making something illegal slows it down is nice idea, but not always the case.
There's your problem;) Samsung isn't just "android" it is TouchWiz on top.
Having had a Samsung, and having used both Touchwiz and close to stock (CyanogenMod) on it, the differences were remarkable.20% better battery, and it seemed both faster and smoother running CM
And I haven't ever seen Windows Phone in the wild, I can't say anything else about it.
Taxes aren't theft. They are, however "regressive". The rich and powerful can always avoid taxes, the poor don't pay any, and the middle class is stuck with the bulk of them and aren't rich or powerful enough to avoid them, and too wealthy to not pay them.
And this is somehow Hillary's fault because there's an email where she made a vague reference to trying to convince him to not go back to Iran in an email?
Yes. Remember Vallarie Plame? Oh wait that is an (R) so that is bad, but Hillary is (D) so it is excused.
Honestly, the problem here is that people are excusing illegal activity, by pointing to other people's illegal activity as if it were only a binary choice.
Tommy: "Mom, Billy spit in my food" Billy: "Mom, Sam's brother shit in his kitchen and got away with it"
Why does this shit work at all? Because the people actually making the "So and so was worse" argument are just little kids who know what they are doing is wrong and trying to deflect blame are nothing more than grownup children. It is time for adults of the world to send them into a timeout.
Failing to maintain Public Records, and sending and receiving classified information that isn't properly secured (and possibly involved in the murder of a scientist in Iran) actually IS illegal. Her having an email server wasn't the issue. The issue was using that server in an illegal way, which is... illegal.
Quit trying to make it about the actual email server, rather than WHY she set it up, and how she actually used it. I have an email server, it isn't illegal to have an email server. I use that server as a tool in a commission of a crime... that server is important evidence. She shredded that evidence, when she was required.. by law.. to maintain that evidence.
And we all know why she did this, she is on record as saying as much, to avoid congressional oversight (which is ALSO against the law).
So, Email server was legal, all the illegal things she did, was caught doing, reasons for doing... all of that was... illegal.
This is in clear violation of the spirit of the law
Are you one of those that think that Spirit of the Law only applies when you agree with the law, and doesn't apply when you don't. How do you feel about Hillary skirting the applicable laws regarding Security of Secrets? How about Immigration law? How about....
Music... Between all the online streaming sources available, why? Eclectic tastes? Online Streaming has really opened up my sources considerably, something a stock library cannot do.
Photos? That's what my Camera is for. I don't take a lot of photos with my phone, because it is really inadequate compared to a real camera.
Videos? Same as Photos. My Camera does way better video than my phone. In the times I do need to snap a video, I live stream it in case I get arrested for video taping it.. and SD doesn't cut it for security.
SD card, I've had phones with and without them, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why I miss it when it isn't there, and never install one when I do have that ability. I've come to the conclusion that I only want the ability, not that I'll ever use it... just in case. Meh
The internet is creating links between people who otherwise wouldn't get those links in their own "local" tribe. The problem here is that technology we use to connect with others that we like (our tribes), is also used by people who connect up with people they like (their tribes). And while the internet has connected the world up, it is also caused us to disconnect from those around us.
The net positives (Progress) outweighs the negatives (previously isolated "nuts" are now forming their own tribes). You are one of those that simply wants those people to be isolated from the benefits of a globally connected world.
It allows ISIS to recruit and Doctors to collaborate. There is no solution that prevents bad things from happening, just a choice between which bad things are more acceptable. Again, this is part of why I am a Libertarian, you cannot prevent all bad things from happening, and liberty is best for everyone.
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I just went to 411 B Street, and the lady of the house wasn't all that happy with my inquiry about the "services" offered at her fine establishment.
There are very few things that government does that actually work right. Infrastructure is one, given the ability to actually take taxes that are supposed to go to it, and apply it there, without politicians taking the money and misappropriating it. ;)
Nobody has tried what I have been proposing. The scenario presented before was the Municipality owned not only the Transport, but also the broadcast / services being offered. IF they just built "fiber", and offered NO services, then there isn't a problem with public funding under cutting private services.
They can complain all they want, but without Franchise agreements, they have no customers.
That, and our court system is so screwed up with "entitlement" mentality that it actually isn't working any longer.
Municipal owned last mile infrastructure.
Last mile is brought back to a COLO Facility where the competition happens for the customer. Last mile is just a transport media not owned by anyone but the local municipality.
Car analogy, it is a road, and the competition for delivery happens at UPS, FedEx and US Mail. (rough analogy, not perfect)
I used 100% renewable energy, except for the parts where I didn't. It makes perfect sense
Who "owns" the roads everyone drives on?
Who "owns" the right of way leased by CableCo?
Who "owns" public access rights?
Your problem is that you're still locked into the "Franchise Agreements" of years past, when they are no longer suitable for use in modern infrastructure.
Local Municipalities can build out the Fiber Plant, and bring everything back to a COLO facility where ... the competition for the customer happens. The last mile, is owned by the citizens via their local government.
No, the problem isn't TWC can't, it is that they don't want to. They have a cushy Government granted Monopoly (franchise agreement) and have pushed for all sorts of anti-competitive regulations on top of it.
Because we haven't broken the Franchise Agreement problem, we aren't really solving anything by adding regulations on top of regulations to fix the problems caused by regulations (Franchise agreements) caused. The foundation is crumbling, and you're worried about the view out your window.
Canada isn't an option, because the problem is in the Franchised last mile agreements. More regulations aren't really needed if you are able to solve the last mile problem. I have a solution, it is a responsible one, that frees up competition so that there is no government granted monopoly, on which to build additional government granted restrictions to competition. That isn't solving the problem that is building a whole enterprise on top the problem and calling the problem solved (it isn't).
It is really easy to solve, and doesn't require FCC (or any other three letter agency) to regulate anything.
How about simply moving the Franchise agreements away from the last mile, and let consumers choose what service / company provides what they want/need?
We wouldn't need "regulators" to "regulate" that which should be free and open competition, rather than creating mroe regulations to fix what regulations (Franchise agreements) have already broken. The answer isn't more regulation, it is moving the problem so that regulation isn't required at all.
The problem is last mile. Currently there is no option for "last mile" other than government granted monopoly. FIX t that problem and all the other problems go a way. It isn't that hard to solve, just have to do it.
Laws only sometimes slow things down. In other cases, the taste of "forbidden fruit" actually amplify said behavior and elicit other harmful behaviors in the process.
We saw this in Prohibition, where normal people didn't want to stop drinking, birthed the Speakeasy and lawless thugs like Al Capone ran empires built around the now illegal alcohol. As bad as Alcohol is for society, making it illegal was actually worse.
The idea that making something illegal slows it down is nice idea, but not always the case.
new Samsung phone with Android
There's your problem ;) Samsung isn't just "android" it is TouchWiz on top.
Having had a Samsung, and having used both Touchwiz and close to stock (CyanogenMod) on it, the differences were remarkable.20% better battery, and it seemed both faster and smoother running CM
And I haven't ever seen Windows Phone in the wild, I can't say anything else about it.
"there ought to be a law"
And it was so. And the law didn't change a thing, just made nominal activity illegal. And yet, we continue to listen to the logic ...
1) We have to do something
2) This is something (there ought to be a law)
3) Therefore we must do it!
Careful consideration and thoughtful deliberations are being shunned for vain emotional arguments
Taxes aren't theft. They are, however "regressive". The rich and powerful can always avoid taxes, the poor don't pay any, and the middle class is stuck with the bulk of them and aren't rich or powerful enough to avoid them, and too wealthy to not pay them.
Trump .....
I'm voting for Gary Johnson, the ONLY grownup running for President. Nice try though.
And this is somehow Hillary's fault because there's an email where she made a vague reference to trying to convince him to not go back to Iran in an email?
Yes. Remember Vallarie Plame? Oh wait that is an (R) so that is bad, but Hillary is (D) so it is excused.
Honestly, the problem here is that people are excusing illegal activity, by pointing to other people's illegal activity as if it were only a binary choice.
Tommy: "Mom, Billy spit in my food"
Billy: "Mom, Sam's brother shit in his kitchen and got away with it"
Why does this shit work at all? Because the people actually making the "So and so was worse" argument are just little kids who know what they are doing is wrong and trying to deflect blame are nothing more than grownup children. It is time for adults of the world to send them into a timeout.
ry ANYTHING non Android
Translation: "Hi, I am an apple fanboi"
Failing to maintain Public Records, and sending and receiving classified information that isn't properly secured (and possibly involved in the murder of a scientist in Iran) actually IS illegal. Her having an email server wasn't the issue. The issue was using that server in an illegal way, which is ... illegal.
Quit trying to make it about the actual email server, rather than WHY she set it up, and how she actually used it. I have an email server, it isn't illegal to have an email server. I use that server as a tool in a commission of a crime ... that server is important evidence. She shredded that evidence, when she was required .. by law .. to maintain that evidence.
And we all know why she did this, she is on record as saying as much, to avoid congressional oversight (which is ALSO against the law).
So, Email server was legal, all the illegal things she did, was caught doing, reasons for doing ... all of that was ... illegal.
This is in clear violation of the spirit of the law
Are you one of those that think that Spirit of the Law only applies when you agree with the law, and doesn't apply when you don't. How do you feel about Hillary skirting the applicable laws regarding Security of Secrets? How about Immigration law? How about ....
Situational Ethics are messy, for this reason.
Music ... Between all the online streaming sources available, why? Eclectic tastes? Online Streaming has really opened up my sources considerably, something a stock library cannot do.
Photos? That's what my Camera is for. I don't take a lot of photos with my phone, because it is really inadequate compared to a real camera.
Videos? Same as Photos. My Camera does way better video than my phone. In the times I do need to snap a video, I live stream it in case I get arrested for video taping it .. and SD doesn't cut it for security.
Damn you! I have coffee all over my keyboard!
SD card, I've had phones with and without them, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why I miss it when it isn't there, and never install one when I do have that ability. I've come to the conclusion that I only want the ability, not that I'll ever use it ... just in case. Meh
Fine, go ahead and use Lynx all you want. Everything else is spying on you (including /.)
Best Car Name Ever: Bonus points* if you can tell me where it is from:
6000 SUX
* These be worthless "Whose Line" style points.
Gotcha.
The internet is creating links between people who otherwise wouldn't get those links in their own "local" tribe. The problem here is that technology we use to connect with others that we like (our tribes), is also used by people who connect up with people they like (their tribes). And while the internet has connected the world up, it is also caused us to disconnect from those around us.
The net positives (Progress) outweighs the negatives (previously isolated "nuts" are now forming their own tribes). You are one of those that simply wants those people to be isolated from the benefits of a globally connected world.
It allows ISIS to recruit and Doctors to collaborate. There is no solution that prevents bad things from happening, just a choice between which bad things are more acceptable. Again, this is part of why I am a Libertarian, you cannot prevent all bad things from happening, and liberty is best for everyone.