"'..."I don't believe so," Feinstein said during an appearance on NBC's Meet the
Press. "The president has very clearly said that he wants to continue to recieve
the funding provided by the contractors who supply the equipment, software and
bodies involved in this billion-dollar operation. So I think we would agree with
him. I know a dominant majority of the - everybody, virtually, except two or
three, on the Senate Intelligence Committee would agree with that."... "A lot
of the privacy people, perhaps, don't understand that we still need massive
amounts of campaign funds going into this next election cycle", Feinstein said.
"We need to be prepared. Television spots and Youtube ads are frickin'
expensive!"'"
If ISPs want to experiment with data-caps and pay-to-play systems, let them. If there's 10 ISPs in town they can all offer different packages. Competition and market-forces will do the rest.
Now it's going to be harder to find people to amaze by showing them how they can swap between applications without taking their hands off the keyboard.
I'm expecting something like this to topple Facebook.
With a terabyte of storage on a handheld device and a local application, you could replicate FB's service without the ads, limitations and privacy issues.
It wasn't all that long ago that browsing the internet with Linux was seriously crippled
Many sites in the early days used Active-X, Microsoft's "answer" to Java, which was only readable by IE and IE for Mac.
I remember not being able to use government services and banking sites because of this.
Because of the huge installed base of MS products, many govs and businesses just rolled out MS-centric solutions without any care for Unix, Linux or Mac.
Trust me, you don't want the web to go back to that.
It may not be MS at the helm this time, but it's easy to see that if there is a content-restrictive standard instituted for the web, there will be great pressure for it to be applied (even in places where it may not be needed!) and the collateral damage is inestimable.
It's my understanding that it is a lack of competition in the broadband marketplace which is to blame for the slow pace of advancement. When so much of urban US is serviced by two (and in many places one) provider(s), there is not much incentive to improve access and service.
I also believe that if the FCC were to re-instate the line-sharing rules they scrapped years ago, it would go a long ways towards promoting competition which would lead to improvement.
Techdirt has tons of articles and stories about the subject:
Slashdot Mirror
It's called "Hypermiling"
And it's difficult to do when everyone around you is hell bent on getting to that next red light before it turns green.
If you can't make money off copies of your work, don't release copies of your work.
Musicians should only perform live and Hollywood movies should only be shown in theaters.
The rest of us like our internet just the way it is, thank you very much.
Nowadays I only write scripts (PHP, Perl, Python, Bash, sh) and I debug with print, error_log, echo and exit/quit().
...Shark Tank?
"'..."I don't believe so," Feinstein said during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press. "The president has very clearly said that he wants to continue to recieve the funding provided by the contractors who supply the equipment, software and bodies involved in this billion-dollar operation. So I think we would agree with him. I know a dominant majority of the - everybody, virtually, except two or three, on the Senate Intelligence Committee would agree with that." ... "A lot
of the privacy people, perhaps, don't understand that we still need massive
amounts of campaign funds going into this next election cycle", Feinstein said.
"We need to be prepared. Television spots and Youtube ads are frickin'
expensive!"'"
I can't say it enough.
Line sharing, line sharing, line sharing.
From a 2009 Ars Technica article:
"...mandating "open access" to broadband networks works really, really well as a way to boost speeds and lower costs."
Link
If ISPs want to experiment with data-caps and pay-to-play systems, let them. If there's 10 ISPs in town they can all offer different packages. Competition and market-forces will do the rest.
You went and spilled the beans about 'alt-tab'!
Now it's going to be harder to find people to amaze by showing them how they can swap between applications without taking their hands off the keyboard.
Ruined all my fun...
Well, not exactly
I'm expecting something like this to topple Facebook.
With a terabyte of storage on a handheld device and a local application, you could replicate FB's service without the ads, limitations and privacy issues.
The Yahoo weather app for tablets/phones is aesthetically gorgeous and efficiently laid out.
Ditto for the Flickr app and the Flickr makeover.
Not a fan-boy, but definitely want to give props to a few things I have been enjoying using lately.
Just as long as the pods are not giant white balls
DARPA is focused on miniaturizing the technology, as well as 'developing high-precision target tracking...
If they miniaturize and precisionize them enough to do Lasik, could they call it a "surgical strike"?
Ha! I got a million of 'em!
Told you there was a legitimate use for torrents.
Also, a marginally related image that I just posted this morning!
Sha! Pocket sand!
That sounds sadistic.
Aside:Your handle is "Catbeller" That's pretty cool. I do a cat drawing every (S)Caturday
Can't see anything for "Catbeller" however. Hm. Catbell?
It wasn't all that long ago that browsing the internet with Linux was seriously crippled
Many sites in the early days used Active-X, Microsoft's "answer" to Java, which was only readable by IE and IE for Mac.
I remember not being able to use government services and banking sites because of this.
Because of the huge installed base of MS products, many govs and businesses just rolled out MS-centric solutions without any care for Unix, Linux or Mac.
Trust me, you don't want the web to go back to that.
It may not be MS at the helm this time, but it's easy to see that if there is a content-restrictive standard instituted for the web, there will be great pressure for it to be applied (even in places where it may not be needed!) and the collateral damage is inestimable.
I made a logo, if anyone wants to use it.
I love Drupal. I've been using Drupal 6 since 2008, running Botaday on it since February of 2012.
Heh. Did this a couple weeks ago.
I knew it would come in handy.
Why would it not synchronize all the time?
Is that too much to ask of a mobile device/connection?
Asking because I really don't know - don't have anything mobile other than an old flip-phone.
This is the thing that could cause people to ditch Facebook.
Just imagine an FB-like app on a mobile device that can store all your data, your friend's data and your family's data.
Who needs a cloud?
It's my understanding that it is a lack of competition in the broadband marketplace which is to blame for the slow pace of advancement. When so much of urban US is serviced by two (and in many places one) provider(s), there is not much incentive to improve access and service.
I also believe that if the FCC were to re-instate the line-sharing rules they scrapped years ago, it would go a long ways towards promoting competition which would lead to improvement.
Techdirt has tons of articles and stories about the subject:
http://www.techdirt.com/search-g.php?q=line+sharing
Tying the horse to a tree is certainly one way to avoid a race condition
Microsoft is putting its interests ahead of its customers???
Has anyone talked to Balmer or Gates about this?
I keep reading it as, "Natalie Wood Battery"
As long as we still have caffeine.
We still have caffeine, right?
Right???
Science is trying to pump out new technologies faster than governments can ban them or corporations can lock them up with patents.
This is really starting to get interesting...
Doesn't there need to be a movie made about this before the general public becomes aware enough that the police see the need to shut it down?
Something's out of sync, here.