I was reading on Macrumors today about the data plan pricing structure. $15/mo for 250MB or $30/mo for unlimited. With NO CONTRACT.. all month to month and you can stop and start on a monthly basis at will, and upgrade/downgrade as you choose.
So I can see the hardware clones coming out of the woodwork, but it is going to take some serious corporate muscle to iron out similar data plans deals like that.
Totally off topic and inflammatory, and edited to make Americans look dumb - but check out The Chasers : War on Everything -Americans Where they interview people on the street and ask them simple questions - Like name a country that starts with the letter "U" (United States of America anyone?? anyone????) and it goes downhill from there
Though sadly I think that the answer to your question is really "yes"
Surely, those Net Admins at Comcast will be looking at this and figuring out where the test is connecting to, and then modifying their configurations so that their filtering/slowdown settings do not interfere with a users ability to get FULL speed just to the testing site.
Now, to figure out how to use broadband.gov as a proxy..
Well all you have to do is to hack into the website and install your own proxy software. Then shortly after that you will find that all your broadband speed issues have disappeared - along with a few other things of course.
What's the story here? He blabbed on a security issue without approval...
The firing seems heavy-handed. Don't you want your Chief Information Security Officer participating in industry security conferences, selectively sharing the experiences of your organization with security professionals so as to help find long term solutions?
Do you want this happening while there is apparently an on going investigation? There are reasons why there are approval rules and they aren't about old bureaucracy and control freaks
The problem with the US market when it comes to broadband, wireless tech, etc vs. Europe or Japan is population density. US cities (It's an American mentality, I suppose) tend to sprawl out, and most of the country is rural, but still fairly populated.
I can buy that argument for the rural areas of the US, but when you areas such as NYC I can't fathom as to why they don't apparently have the population density and size to support all the fancy technologies that seem to spring up elsewhere in the world. If anything NYC should be showcasing to the rest of the world as to what high population densities and capitalism can do for technology. But then again, I suppose the technology they have actually *does* showcase the tech that the companies want to install, and that basically the companies couldn't give a flying fuck about providing the best shiny and newest technology.
You really don't see the story? This is a security breach involving a public computer system THERE SHOULD BE NO SECRETS WHEN TAXPAYERS' MONEY IS INVOLVED.
Do you really want the taxpayers having the root password?
(had to make sure I hit the "Post Anonymously" button...)
I'm one of many server administrators for LUTX, the (US) Federal Government IT "swat team" that was put in place during the Clinton Administration. One day I was working on a code-blue 456 system using the X-K-Red-27 technique and suddenly a bunch of drunken Canadian's broke in and try to SSH the HTTPS server. Well, as you can imagine, all hell broke loose and we had to double-slot the uranium deuteride fast on the flip-flop before the Russkies could notice.
I hope I don't get fired for sharing this amazing story with Slashdot
Its times like this that I really want to apply a Post Humously moderation
Up here in Canada, we already have HSPA+ in urban areas... strange that we are so much in advance, we are known to usually adopt technologies well after the US...
Shhh.. the US likes top think that it gets all the cool new technologies first and that the rest of the world can barely use electric lights. If you let on that you have advanced technology then they will start to feel inadequate.
Because I do not watch 90% of the cable channels I opted for "Limited Service". Under that service level, networks shows are only available in SD (Although Fios actually has them in HD for the equivalent price).
Oops I just realized that I misremembered the need for CableCard - it is to do with the fact that while Comcast does transmit network shows in HD in Basic Cable, Tivo can't see the advanced programming information for those channels unless you have a CableCard. From what I understand this is a technical limitation/decision of how Comcast identifies digital channels. Its a stupid situation where I think that Comcast is exploiting a loophole in the law - yeah they have local networks in their "limited service" package (as legally required), oh but you want to see them in HD? Thats $$$ please.
I subcontract to a company and on Monday morning I'm going to walk right in (actually send an email) and tell them that all that code I have developed for them over the last several years is actually mine and that if they want the source code then they need to pay me a $$$ more money.
I'll try to remember to keep my head high when I am kicked out of my home and am sitting starving on the side of the road!
In theory, practice is the same as theory. In practice, it differs.
there are a few ghetto channels that need a CAM, but I can't imagine anyone caring about that.
If you are a cable company in the US then you care a lot about people stealing your product. And while by law they have to distribute the free to air channels (maybe 10 or so channels) via cable for a nominal fee ($15/mo in my case - which represents the entry cost into getting cable TV), my provider (Comcast) only does that in SD. If I want to see those channels in HD I need to either sell my soul to Comcast or have a CableCard enabled device. I could theoretically get HD over the air, but my local geography is such that I wouldn't get decent reception from the transmitters.
Being someone who won't buy Sony products, I would *love* to see them implement their new demo system in exactly this way. Nags to get me to buy something when I am trying to play, what a great idea.
If you don't buy Sony products on principle, why are you running a demo of one? Or is there some hidden shame fetish that you aren't admitting to?
Yes it is a DRM device. Although cable companies seem to be trying to kill it. It is basically a roughly PCMCIA sized card that slots into a (non cable company owned) device for decoding "premium" digital cable streams. Where "premium" basically means anything from the cable company.
Tivo are dying, all the cable companies will let you have a box that records simultaneous HD streams..
So you are saying that even MythTV is a waste of time because the cable company lets you do all that stuff? You do realize that the cable companies offer you that stuff because you pay for it, and you don't pay cheaply
So I get $898 to play with. I need to spend a premium on quiet gear, and slimline cases, PSU etc. Then I can keep it forever, upgrade incrementally, and all the geek chicks will want to come to my place to admire my e-penis.
Not a difficult choice.
I'm curious, how is your cablecard support done in this solution?
Yes, the MythTV software is free, but how much would you pay for the equivalent TiVo hardware (including remote control) ? I'll go out on a limb and posit that you can't match the TiVo package price for the same form-factor and functionality.
And now you know exactly why California's bankrupt. Remember: only in San Francisco would Nancy Pelosi be considered mainstream.
Funny I would have thought that it was because California and Californians basically pay the federal government a shitload more money than they get back in benefits.
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Another technology where the US is the world leader!
Go USA! Go USA!
I was reading on Macrumors today about the data plan pricing structure. $15/mo for 250MB or $30/mo for unlimited. With NO CONTRACT .. all month to month and you can stop and start on a monthly basis at will, and upgrade/downgrade as you choose.
So I can see the hardware clones coming out of the woodwork, but it is going to take some serious corporate muscle to iron out similar data plans deals like that.
Is it really that bad in the US?
Totally off topic and inflammatory, and edited to make Americans look dumb - but check out The Chasers : War on Everything -Americans Where they interview people on the street and ask them simple questions - Like name a country that starts with the letter "U" (United States of America anyone?? anyone????) and it goes downhill from there
Though sadly I think that the answer to your question is really "yes"
Surely, those Net Admins at Comcast will be looking at this and figuring out where the test is connecting to, and then modifying their configurations so that their filtering/slowdown settings do not interfere with a users ability to get FULL speed just to the testing site.
Now, to figure out how to use broadband.gov as a proxy..
Well all you have to do is to hack into the website and install your own proxy software. Then shortly after that you will find that all your broadband speed issues have disappeared - along with a few other things of course.
The firing seems heavy-handed. Don't you want your Chief Information Security Officer participating in industry security conferences, selectively sharing the experiences of your organization with security professionals so as to help find long term solutions?
Do you want this happening while there is apparently an on going investigation? There are reasons why there are approval rules and they aren't about old bureaucracy and control freaks
The problem with the US market when it comes to broadband, wireless tech, etc vs. Europe or Japan is population density. US cities (It's an American mentality, I suppose) tend to sprawl out, and most of the country is rural, but still fairly populated.
I can buy that argument for the rural areas of the US, but when you areas such as NYC I can't fathom as to why they don't apparently have the population density and size to support all the fancy technologies that seem to spring up elsewhere in the world. If anything NYC should be showcasing to the rest of the world as to what high population densities and capitalism can do for technology. But then again, I suppose the technology they have actually *does* showcase the tech that the companies want to install, and that basically the companies couldn't give a flying fuck about providing the best shiny and newest technology.
You really don't see the story? This is a security breach involving a public computer system THERE SHOULD BE NO SECRETS WHEN TAXPAYERS' MONEY IS INVOLVED.
Do you really want the taxpayers having the root password?
(had to make sure I hit the "Post Anonymously" button...) I'm one of many server administrators for LUTX, the (US) Federal Government IT "swat team" that was put in place during the Clinton Administration. One day I was working on a code-blue 456 system using the X-K-Red-27 technique and suddenly a bunch of drunken Canadian's broke in and try to SSH the HTTPS server. Well, as you can imagine, all hell broke loose and we had to double-slot the uranium deuteride fast on the flip-flop before the Russkies could notice. I hope I don't get fired for sharing this amazing story with Slashdot
Its times like this that I really want to apply a Post Humously moderation
Up here in Canada, we already have HSPA+ in urban areas... strange that we are so much in advance, we are known to usually adopt technologies well after the US...
Shhh .. the US likes top think that it gets all the cool new technologies first and that the rest of the world can barely use electric lights. If you let on that you have advanced technology then they will start to feel inadequate.
They really do fly this time!!
Just listen to the sound track on the training video - even sounds like it was scripted by the show
"But... if you can't trust the Governments of the world, who can you trust?"
FIFY
YEAH! I know it by heart! You got a problem with that?
No sir! Anyone who will admit to knowing Yahoo Serious by heart is a tougher hombre than I.
Know it by heart - yeah I know it too. I also have the soundtrack CD
Apparently you think the Mariposa botnet is a... Linux distro? What are you smoking?
Probably something similar to the (now ex-) QA employees
Flat battery
Well .. you just carry a spare battery to swap out when you need it ... oh .. never mind.
When will they make iDildo?
They already have. iDildo
Because I do not watch 90% of the cable channels I opted for "Limited Service". Under that service level, networks shows are only available in SD (Although Fios actually has them in HD for the equivalent price) .
Oops I just realized that I misremembered the need for CableCard - it is to do with the fact that while Comcast does transmit network shows in HD in Basic Cable, Tivo can't see the advanced programming information for those channels unless you have a CableCard. From what I understand this is a technical limitation/decision of how Comcast identifies digital channels. Its a stupid situation where I think that Comcast is exploiting a loophole in the law - yeah they have local networks in their "limited service" package (as legally required), oh but you want to see them in HD? Thats $$$ please.
I subcontract to a company and on Monday morning I'm going to walk right in (actually send an email) and tell them that all that code I have developed for them over the last several years is actually mine and that if they want the source code then they need to pay me a $$$ more money.
I'll try to remember to keep my head high when I am kicked out of my home and am sitting starving on the side of the road!
In theory, practice is the same as theory. In practice, it differs.
there are a few ghetto channels that need a CAM, but I can't imagine anyone caring about that.
If you are a cable company in the US then you care a lot about people stealing your product. And while by law they have to distribute the free to air channels (maybe 10 or so channels) via cable for a nominal fee ($15/mo in my case - which represents the entry cost into getting cable TV), my provider (Comcast) only does that in SD. If I want to see those channels in HD I need to either sell my soul to Comcast or have a CableCard enabled device. I could theoretically get HD over the air, but my local geography is such that I wouldn't get decent reception from the transmitters.
Being someone who won't buy Sony products, I would *love* to see them implement their new demo system in exactly this way. Nags to get me to buy something when I am trying to play, what a great idea.
If you don't buy Sony products on principle, why are you running a demo of one? Or is there some hidden shame fetish that you aren't admitting to?
Don't crack dealers have prior art on this business model?
I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of businesses who have prior art over crack dealers on this.
Cablecard? Is that some sort of DRM device?
Yes it is a DRM device. Although cable companies seem to be trying to kill it. It is basically a roughly PCMCIA sized card that slots into a (non cable company owned) device for decoding "premium" digital cable streams. Where "premium" basically means anything from the cable company.
Forgot to add .. wives don't care about e-penises
Tivo are dying, all the cable companies will let you have a box that records simultaneous HD streams ..
So you are saying that even MythTV is a waste of time because the cable company lets you do all that stuff? You do realize that the cable companies offer you that stuff because you pay for it, and you don't pay cheaply
So I get $898 to play with. I need to spend a premium on quiet gear, and slimline cases, PSU etc. Then I can keep it forever, upgrade incrementally, and all the geek chicks will want to come to my place to admire my e-penis.
Not a difficult choice.
I'm curious, how is your cablecard support done in this solution?
Pinch more pennies and ditch TiVo for MythTV:
Yes, the MythTV software is free, but how much would you pay for the equivalent TiVo hardware (including remote control) ? I'll go out on a limb and posit that you can't match the TiVo package price for the same form-factor and functionality.
In a state that is bankrupt no less...
And now you know exactly why California's bankrupt. Remember: only in San Francisco would Nancy Pelosi be considered mainstream.
Funny I would have thought that it was because California and Californians basically pay the federal government a shitload more money than they get back in benefits.