Tried to post this as C64_love but due to Moderation Bombing, my karma is -1 and I can only post once a day. Grrr.
ANYWAY: Google (and other corporations) need to be investigated at every opportunity, and their licenses revoked (or broken-apart like ATT) if found guilty. The semi-equivalent of a prison sentence.
>>>Libraries do not have enough legal expenses already, and have ample over-budget to support this initiative./end sarcasm
Fixed that for you.:-) +1 insightful. Libraries don't have enough money to deal with RIAA and MPAA lawsuits.
Personally I think libraries are as obsolete as Blockbuster's physical stores. "Online" is where it's at, like netflix, amazon, hulu, and so on. The web is where people go to find information/knowledge, not physical stores or buildings.
It likely IS a problem but Apple..... like Paypal..... chooses to ignore the abusive, illegal payments. Paypal eventually ended-up before the US DOJ and forced to refund money back to various persons (I got $75). Perhaps the same will happen with Apple in a few years.
>>>they have advertised that they were not doing deceptive advertising
Yeah but it's entirely legal. Clear's contract says they can change the rules anytime they wish. *However* that SAME contract also says the user is no longer bound by the contract, and can therefore terminate within 30 days without penalty.
Clear is a bastard to be charging users penalties.
Hmmm. Are libraries now the 4th rail of politics? You're not allowed to express your honest opinion of them, (that their purpose - to store knowledge - has been replaced by computers/the web), or else you'll be called stupid? Maybe I should censor myself to avoid the criticism, and just conform to the PC view.
>>>>>- Government owns cables that are 50-optics bundled together, and runs them under (or alongside) the government-owned roads. The companies like MSN or AOL or Apple or Comcast or Verizon then lease those lines. That way customers would have upto 50 different companies to choose from --- a true free market. >> >>Monticello got their asses sued off by TDS when they tried it.
Net neutrality is necessary for the same reason why "be neutral" is applies as a rule to the phone service, or electric company, or natural gas provider.
They are government-created monopolies and need to be regulated so they don't abuse their position (as Comcast has done multiple times over the last twenty years).
Although: I'd sooner have this solution:
- Government owns cables that are 50-optics bundled together, and runs them under (or alongside) the government-owned roads. The companies like MSN or AOL or Apple or Comcast or Verizon then lease those lines. That way customers would have upto 50 different companies to choose from - a true free market.
>>>I've always felt upload and download speeds should be the same, like they were in the days of modem access.
Oh really?
V.90 == 56k down/ 33k up. Why? Because the up channel's "width" is not as wide as the down.
Even in the early days (the 80s) we had asymmetry, such as the proprietary Trailblazer modems which offered downloads at ~24,000 bits/second but uploads at only 1200 (the standard speed at the time).
If you don't want my opinion, stop sucking My money out of My wallet which I earned with My labor, and I will no longer comment on the library. BUT as long as my dollars are involved, the product of my own sweat and work, then I will offer my opinion on the matter whenever, however, and wherever I desire.
And in the future, if you or any other Politician tries to silence me, then I will remove him from office at the earliest opportunity because he is no longer listening to the Will of the People.
I agree the library is a great place to visit, and I went there regularly myself in the 80s and 90s to borrow books/videotapes, but technology has advanced since then. - So I stopped going. I don't use horses anymore either. My grandfather did but later he replaced them with engines to move his carriage (car). Likewise the library has moved to the web where you can find virtually any book, song, or video you desire.
>>>My local public library has live readings Audible.com and various authors websites have the same. For example I listen to James Patrick Kelly reading his own stories. Stephen King and Toni Morrison have also read several of their works, which I listen to while driving, working, or just relaxing at home.
>>> local authors (shrug) None of the authors I enjoy are "local" but instead live in far-away in places like Maine, California, etc, and I meet them in convention centers as part of Scifi cons. So I don't feel I'm missing out on anything.
>>>numerous child programs, tutoring That's what online education, school sports/clubs, and tutoring by teachers/teaching aides are for
>internet and computer access Have it at home
>>>study rooms, conference rooms Bedroom, basement, work, local school, local YMCA
>>>inter-library loan Amazon.com will find whatever you request, even obscure titles. Bottom line I simply see nothing a library (or blockbuster) offers that can not be found at home, at school, at work, or via the internet. That's why I stopped going to the library or blockbuster because the technology, like horses, is inconvenient and not as easy to use as the alternatives,.
amazon.com will find whatever you request. Bottom line I simply see nothing a library (or blockbuster) offers that can not be found at home, at school, at work, or via the internet. That's why I stopped going to the library or blockbuster.
"The state is not broke. The country is not broke. There is plenty of money being hoarded by the rich* people. All we have to do is take it from them." - Van Jones, white house adviser.
* * where rich == $125,000 annual income ($250k for married persons)
P.S. I like how they say "39.5" since it sounds smaller than "40 million". The politicians must have learned from marketers - "Oh this radio is only $9.95," sales the salesman. "9 dollar huh? Great!" replies the customer without realizing they just spend 10 dollars (with tax).
I'd rather show them how to get online. i.e. Set them up with a cheap $7 dialup or $20 DSL line, so they can access an entire world of information (wikipedia) or books (random authors websites). Also eliminates the need to burn gasoline driving to the library. ----- Anybody know someone without a computer? Give them an old laptop or PC and get them connected to wikipedia.com and yahoo.com and start exploring. .
>>new sports stadiums and missiles
Waste and waste. End the war and you don't need the missiles except to repel an invader. And sports is fine IF the money comes from the rich Team's Megacorp rather than my pocket.
Libraries are going the same direction was Blockbuster. People will borrow (or just buy) directly from the comfort of their fat recliner. I used to be an avid library patron, visiting at least once a week, but then the Web arrived and now I get all my stuff from amazon (used market) or isohunt (theft) or official websites (legal).
>>.Some of the first CFLs out that I'd been using just got replaced about 8 months ago.
Ditto.
The early CFLs lasted me a long time. It's the newer ones that die quickly, and don't really "live" any longer in my ceiling lights then a standard bulb. They are using cheap resistors, caps which simply don't last (it's typically the cap that leaks and dies).
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It was published in the January 2007 F&SF (fantasy/scifi) magazine, if I recall correctly. It was about a society that "printed" bones and other organs by converting yellow dust into a hard polymer.
Unfortunately this proved to be a disruptive technology, because pretty soon people were printing all kinds of crap like Dishes, pots/pans, even whole houses/shacks. It toppled the scarcity-based economy since everything could be instantly copied for cheap. (Kinda like books, music, and video today.)
It is inevitable that all organizations become corrupt, as they attract people desiring Status or Power. Wikipedia did that as people sought status by become "moderators", and now it's an unfriendly place for contributors, due to these persons acting dictatorial (or bureaucratic - almost as bad).
For example they removed the List of 210 Television designated market areas (DMAs), because Nielsen complained it was copyrighted. Even after I provided a *public domain* version from the Federal Communications Commission (they call them 'television markets' for purposes of regulation), wikipedia still refused to allow it to be posted.
Don't look to wikipedia to challenge corporations. They won't do it.
>>>We can very produce a lightbulb that never dies
Citation please. Using a standard incandescent, the filament eventually burns away, and the bulb dies.
And I've not had much success with compact fluorescents either. Seems they don't last any longer than a normal bulb (most likely because they are in the ceiling and overheat).
"solid-state drives promise greater power efficiency, performance, resistance to physical shock, and run more quietly"
And cost 10 times more. I can buy a 2 terabyte hard disk drive for ~$100. Can I do the same with solid state? Nope. (That is why Nintendo and Sega moved from Solid state cartridges to discs - they cost less per megabyte.)
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Tried to post this as C64_love but due to Moderation Bombing, my karma is -1 and I can only post once a day. Grrr.
ANYWAY: Google (and other corporations) need to be investigated at every opportunity, and their licenses revoked (or broken-apart like ATT) if found guilty. The semi-equivalent of a prison sentence.
>>>Libraries do not have enough legal expenses already, and have ample over-budget to support this initiative. /end sarcasm
Fixed that for you. :-) +1 insightful. Libraries don't have enough money to deal with RIAA and MPAA lawsuits.
Personally I think libraries are as obsolete as Blockbuster's physical stores. "Online" is where it's at, like netflix, amazon, hulu, and so on. The web is where people go to find information/knowledge, not physical stores or buildings.
It likely IS a problem but Apple..... like Paypal..... chooses to ignore the abusive, illegal payments. Paypal eventually ended-up before the US DOJ and forced to refund money back to various persons (I got $75). Perhaps the same will happen with Apple in a few years.
>>>they have advertised that they were not doing deceptive advertising
Yeah but it's entirely legal. Clear's contract says they can change the rules anytime they wish. *However* that SAME contract also says the user is no longer bound by the contract, and can therefore terminate within 30 days without penalty.
Clear is a bastard to be charging users penalties.
Hmmm.
Are libraries now the 4th rail of politics?
You're not allowed to express your honest opinion of them, (that their purpose - to store knowledge - has been replaced by computers/the web), or else you'll be called stupid? Maybe I should censor myself to avoid the criticism, and just conform to the PC view.
+1 insightful
I think libraries are as obsolete as Blockbuster's physical stores. Online is where it's at, like netflix, amazon, hulu, and so on.
>>>he can write a book about the entire thing and get rich off of the idiot lawyers
Wish someone would sue me, so I could get rich too.
>>>>>- Government owns cables that are 50-optics bundled together, and runs them under (or alongside) the government-owned roads. The companies like MSN or AOL or Apple or Comcast or Verizon then lease those lines. That way customers would have upto 50 different companies to choose from --- a true free market.
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>>Monticello got their asses sued off by TDS when they tried it.
Who?
What?
huh?
Net neutrality is necessary for the same reason why "be neutral" is applies as a rule to the phone service, or electric company, or natural gas provider.
They are government-created monopolies and need to be regulated so they don't abuse their position (as Comcast has done multiple times over the last twenty years).
Although: I'd sooner have this solution:
- Government owns cables that are 50-optics bundled together, and runs them under (or alongside) the government-owned roads. The companies like MSN or AOL or Apple or Comcast or Verizon then lease those lines. That way customers would have upto 50 different companies to choose from - a true free market.
>>>I've always felt upload and download speeds should be the same, like they were in the days of modem access.
Oh really?
V.90 == 56k down/ 33k up. Why? Because the up channel's "width" is not as wide as the down.
Even in the early days (the 80s) we had asymmetry, such as the proprietary Trailblazer modems which offered downloads at ~24,000 bits/second but uploads at only 1200 (the standard speed at the time).
>>>No one cares what you would do.
If you don't want my opinion, stop sucking My money out of My wallet which I earned with My labor, and I will no longer comment on the library. BUT as long as my dollars are involved, the product of my own sweat and work, then I will offer my opinion on the matter whenever, however, and wherever I desire.
And in the future, if you or any other Politician tries to silence me, then I will remove him from office at the earliest opportunity because he is no longer listening to the Will of the People.
I agree the library is a great place to visit, and I went there regularly myself in the 80s and 90s to borrow books/videotapes, but technology has advanced since then. - So I stopped going. I don't use horses anymore either. My grandfather did but later he replaced them with engines to move his carriage (car). Likewise the library has moved to the web where you can find virtually any book, song, or video you desire.
>>>My local public library has live readings
Audible.com and various authors websites have the same. For example I listen to James Patrick Kelly reading his own stories. Stephen King and Toni Morrison have also read several of their works, which I listen to while driving, working, or just relaxing at home.
>>> local authors
(shrug) None of the authors I enjoy are "local" but instead live in far-away in places like Maine, California, etc, and I meet them in convention centers as part of Scifi cons. So I don't feel I'm missing out on anything.
>>>numerous child programs, tutoring
That's what online education, school sports/clubs, and tutoring by teachers/teaching aides are for
>internet and computer access
Have it at home
>>>study rooms, conference rooms
Bedroom, basement, work, local school, local YMCA
>>>inter-library loan
Amazon.com will find whatever you request, even obscure titles. Bottom line I simply see nothing a library (or blockbuster) offers that can not be found at home, at school, at work, or via the internet. That's why I stopped going to the library or blockbuster because the technology, like horses, is inconvenient and not as easy to use as the alternatives,.
>>>My local public library has live readings
audible.com and various authors websites have the same
>>> local authors
Not interested in meeting them - would rather follow their website or facebook.
>>>numerous child programs, tutoring
that's what videogames and school/teachers are for
>internet and computer access
have it at home
>>>study rooms, conference rooms
bedroom, basement
>>>inter-library loan
amazon.com will find whatever you request. Bottom line I simply see nothing a library (or blockbuster) offers that can not be found at home, at school, at work, or via the internet. That's why I stopped going to the library or blockbuster.
>>>Illinois is broke dot com
"The state is not broke. The country is not broke. There is plenty of money being hoarded by the rich* people. All we have to do is take it from them." - Van Jones, white house adviser.
*
* where rich == $125,000 annual income ($250k for married persons)
P.S. I like how they say "39.5" since it sounds smaller than "40 million". The politicians must have learned from marketers - "Oh this radio is only $9.95," sales the salesman. "9 dollar huh? Great!" replies the customer without realizing they just spend 10 dollars (with tax).
>>>they target generally lower-income people.
I'd rather show them how to get online. i.e. Set them up with a cheap $7 dialup or $20 DSL line, so they can access an entire world of information (wikipedia) or books (random authors websites). Also eliminates the need to burn gasoline driving to the library. ----- Anybody know someone without a computer? Give them an old laptop or PC and get them connected to wikipedia.com and yahoo.com and start exploring.
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>>new sports stadiums and missiles
Waste and waste. End the war and you don't need the missiles except to repel an invader. And sports is fine IF the money comes from the rich Team's Megacorp rather than my pocket.
Libraries are going the same direction was Blockbuster. People will borrow (or just buy) directly from the comfort of their fat recliner. I used to be an avid library patron, visiting at least once a week, but then the Web arrived and now I get all my stuff from amazon (used market) or isohunt (theft) or official websites (legal).
>>.Some of the first CFLs out that I'd been using just got replaced about 8 months ago.
Ditto.
The early CFLs lasted me a long time. It's the newer ones that die quickly, and don't really "live" any longer in my ceiling lights then a standard bulb. They are using cheap resistors, caps which simply don't last (it's typically the cap that leaks and dies).
It was published in the January 2007 F&SF (fantasy/scifi) magazine, if I recall correctly. It was about a society that "printed" bones and other organs by converting yellow dust into a hard polymer.
Unfortunately this proved to be a disruptive technology, because pretty soon people were printing all kinds of crap like Dishes, pots/pans, even whole houses/shacks. It toppled the scarcity-based economy since everything could be instantly copied for cheap. (Kinda like books, music, and video today.)
Yeah but since it's public domain information "owned" by the US Government rather than a corporation, the case would quickly be thrown-out.
It is inevitable that all organizations become corrupt, as they attract people desiring Status or Power. Wikipedia did that as people sought status by become "moderators", and now it's an unfriendly place for contributors, due to these persons acting dictatorial (or bureaucratic - almost as bad).
Wikipedia doesn't challenge copyright.
For example they removed the List of 210 Television designated market areas (DMAs), because Nielsen complained it was copyrighted. Even after I provided a *public domain* version from the Federal Communications Commission (they call them 'television markets' for purposes of regulation), wikipedia still refused to allow it to be posted.
Don't look to wikipedia to challenge corporations. They won't do it.
The Nokia manager doesn't care.
He's just enjoying his signing bonus & polishing his resume so he can bail ship.
>>>We can very produce a lightbulb that never dies
Citation please. Using a standard incandescent, the filament eventually burns away, and the bulb dies.
And I've not had much success with compact fluorescents either. Seems they don't last any longer than a normal bulb (most likely because they are in the ceiling and overheat).
"solid-state drives promise greater power efficiency, performance, resistance to physical shock, and run more quietly"
And cost 10 times more. I can buy a 2 terabyte hard disk drive for ~$100. Can I do the same with solid state? Nope. (That is why Nintendo and Sega moved from Solid state cartridges to discs - they cost less per megabyte.)