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  1. Re:Frivolous on First Net Neutrality Lawsuit Will Target Time Warner Cable · · Score: 1

    Not upgrading is not actively impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic. It's stagnating. It's a lack of action.

  2. Re:Frivolous on First Net Neutrality Lawsuit Will Target Time Warner Cable · · Score: 2

    Netflix first offered to put a CDN within the Verizon network, at Verizon's cost. Saying "Here, take my rackmount server and stick it in your network, but I'm not going to pay you your rate for hosting a data intensive colocated server". Fuck that.

    And, not, technically speaking, that is not throttling and paid prioritization. It may be in spirit, I don't deny that, but it's also something that you can't really police. You can't force companies to upgrade all of their peers to maximum incoming and outgoing bandwidth at their own cost. It's not an industry practice, it's not lawful, it's not reasonable.

  3. Re:Frivolous on First Net Neutrality Lawsuit Will Target Time Warner Cable · · Score: 1

    If I want to guarantee a level of service to a certain customer I buy space within the specific network's data center. If I want to guarantee general connectivity, I stick it in random data center built out of a former Sear's Auto Center hooked up to some commercial cable network

  4. Re:Frivolous on First Net Neutrality Lawsuit Will Target Time Warner Cable · · Score: 1

    Not really, settlement free peering has industry accepted practices.

  5. Frivolous on First Net Neutrality Lawsuit Will Target Time Warner Cable · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a frivolous suit. The net neutrality rules have nothing to do with peering, they have everything to do with throttling. There is no throttling here, only a service provider that is hosted in low grade facilities with low grade connections because they won't pay to be on major network

  6. Re:Not compatible with my Nexus 5 (Lollipop 5.1) on Facebook Has a New Private Mobile Photo-Sharing App, and They Built It In C++ · · Score: 1

    Doesn't seem to be directly C++ on Android, rather it's converted. It's just that the tools exist to convert C++ to Java and allow them to manage a single codebase.

  7. They don't claim best tool, you did. They made something based on the skillset they possess and the requirements in front of them. The fact that C++, a powerful, flexible language, has the tools available isn't a bad thing. I'm not sure why you would think it was

  8. Re:Eh ... on GameStop Swoops In To Buy ThinkGeek For $140 Million · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's still there, just like you can find goth shit at Hot Topic still, but it's no longer the focus of the store and generally buried behind mounds of licensed merch.

    Front page and focus of the store to back page and afterthought.

  9. Re:Eh ... on GameStop Swoops In To Buy ThinkGeek For $140 Million · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Have you been on ThinkGeek lately? It's basically the modern Hot Topic in internet form. The front page of both websites contains Doctor Who, Marvel, Minecraft, Star Wars, and a number of other primary properties. The days of USB rocket launchers are in the past. Hot Topic was a great buyer for ThinkGeek(and awful for all of the other properties). Much better than GameStop from that perspective

  10. Re:Type C or mini B on Android M To Embrace USB Type-C and MIDI · · Score: 1

    Yes, plugged in to a USB 2.0 slot on my computer charging my phone. I never stated overtly or insinuated that I had a type A slot on my phone. That's stupid and ridiculous. Again, OP said USB 3.0 cables don't work on USB 2.0 slots. The default cable type is type A, with special non-standard connectors on the other end for nearly every major manufacturer. Without specifying a specific type, the only assumption to be made is type A, and type A is backward compatible.

  11. Re:Type C or mini B on Android M To Embrace USB Type-C and MIDI · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it did.

    OP said: Probably Apple looked at what they did for USB 3.0 and decided it was fairly stupid, since now a USB 3.0 cable won't fit in anything other than USB 3 ports.

    I said since when since my USB 3.0 cable works just fine in USB 2.0 ports. No one said anything about micro or mini.

  12. Re:Good heavens on Billboard Advertising Banned Products In Russia Hides If It Recognizes Cops · · Score: 1

    Indeed. My brain hurts. "Billboard Advertising" is a common term. Perhaps should have went with "Billboard displaying".

  13. Re:Type C or mini B on Android M To Embrace USB Type-C and MIDI · · Score: 1

    ? USB cables typically have A connectors on one end and another on the other end(in this case, micro B). USB 3.0 A works in standard USB 2 or USB 3 ports.

  14. Re:Type C or mini B on Android M To Embrace USB Type-C and MIDI · · Score: 1

    He didn't say mini

  15. Re:Type C or mini B on Android M To Embrace USB Type-C and MIDI · · Score: 1

    Probably Apple looked at what they did for USB 3.0 and decided it was fairly stupid, since now a USB 3.0 cable won't fit in anything other than USB 3 ports.

    When did this happen? I've got a USB 3.0 cable plugged in to a USB 2.0 slot charging my phone right now.

  16. Re:There can be only one. on Choosing the Right IDE · · Score: 2

    That's not Borland 4.5

  17. Re:All of you should buy AMD whenever possible on AMD Details High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) DRAM, Pushes Over 100GB/s Per Stack · · Score: 1

    ? People don't use Matrox for linux? What year is it?

  18. Sabotage? on Navy's New Laser Weapon: Hype Or Reality? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Professor Hathaway was apparently foiled again

  19. Re:Certification for programmers on Ask Slashdot: Security Certification For an Old Grad? · · Score: 2

    MCSA (get the 2008 version; the 2012 version is a lot harder and isn't any more valuable, mainly because nobody actually uses Windows Server 2012)

    I work in government, which is usually the last to get any new software. Basically everyone is on 2012 now.

  20. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 2

    What does "should" mean? In California, curriculum requirements include the history of the state, but that is not part of Common Core. Nationalized standards do not care about locale.

  21. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 0

    Standards drive the curriculum. Since teachers are graded off standards, anything not in standard is no longer in the curriculum. This is the fault of the standards, not the implementation.

  22. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    "Some faults". You obviously don't have a kid in school. The only benefit of Common Core is that it's not the cancer that is Everyday Math

  23. Re:Fascinating on Extreme Exoplanet Volcanism Possibly Detected On 55 Cancri E · · Score: 1

    Speaking of Spock, it sounds like this planet is the Genesis device

  24. Learn DataBASIC on Is It Worth Learning a Little-Known Programming Language? · · Score: 1

    Learn DataBASIC and you can work on PICK. All 15 companies that still sell PICK based products

  25. Re:'Hidden city' explanation on Judge Tosses United Airlines Lawsuit Over 'Hidden City' Tickets · · Score: 1

    Which is why you make it a carryon. That said, given 50-70$ fees for checked luggage, you can bet your ass you're still saving money