The problem with your position is that since Ma Bell broke up in 1980 NOTHING has stayed unchanged for 5 years, much less 10.
The situation will change from where it is now, guaranteed.
Look at Cricket: showed up out of nowhere, is now a minor player in the cell scene. There will always be options coming and going.
The only thing that'll fuck that up is if you hand over everything to gov't intervention, in which case your taxes will have paid for docsis 2.0 and you'll never be able to pay to rebuild it as some kind of wacky newfangled wireless high speed thing. You'll be stuck with whatever crap your genius local representatives have deigned "best" (meaning, their buddies own the local franchise...).
Assuming that the "only solution" is government interference is kind of fatalistic.
What makes you believe that the current situation will never change? Or that through government interference it will change more quickly?
My guess is half a decade ago you didn't even have the Verizon option. Why do you think the situation will be utterly stagnant 5, 10 years on?
I'm all for the greedy fucks giving back the money they stole from us via Congress, but the market's changing faster and in more unexpected ways than Congress can ever possibly mandate.
10's of millions of people are underserved by high tech. The guys who create the best way to do that will become rich beyond their wildest dreams. That's powerful incentive right there.
You can't actually hire someone straight out because once you're do, you're basically stuck with them and the lies they put on their resume to get the job.
Contractors who are any good get hired permanent once a company realizes it. And by "good" I don't just mean good technically - gods know there are plenty of assholes who can code pretty well. It's personality and compatibility with other human beings. Note that the great-grandparent ranter who started this fails in those regards. HR (who are also shockingly just trying to make a living) are too stupid to even respect? Buh-bye.
It's not the Net's fault that journalists are inherently lazy. It's too easy for them to just cut/paste from some other original work rather than do their own.
Even at the level of the local sports reporters, much of what they seem to "report" is based on stuff found trolling fan boards. I see it all the time (Hi Bucky Gleason, you lazy unoriginal son of a bi...).
You really have no understanding of how X Windows works, do you? Your complaints are just funny to us, particularly wondering why 2 people would EVAR! want to log into a computer at the same time. Priceless!
"pass up the opportunity"? Are you fucking serious? "Most people"
Java development, PHP development. With either of those you'd be stupid to use MS when Eclipse and other fantastic tools are available. And that's just off the top of my head.
Listen, I understand the "need" for government money for research into pure science that industry won't touch for whatever reason.
This is not one of those times.
Industry is researching PV technology like MAD! Can you imagine the first company to make it cheap, reliable, easy to produce, environmentally sound? Think of the billions they'd make! There's plenty of incentive already out there, and, I'd bet, plenty of venture capital (ie what the rich actually spend their money on...).
$14 is nothing but a payoff to a few universities and some pork barrel spending by Congress.
The argument by many here is that gov't should be sponsoring infrastructure investment to improve our broadband. VZ is getting shit from the gov't to do it.
So many here are getting what they want. Plus some of us get to pretend it's still private industry and "market forces". Sounds like a win-win!
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Please to define how Google can possibly "be" Big Brother.
:)
Unless you're paranoid.
I'm an anarcho and I find the average posting in this thread nuts.
I didn't realize it was mandatory for US citizens to use this service.
Good to know.
Also good to know that companies will be using our health history against us. Because they all care about us, individually.
Last I checked that would be extortion, or something similar.
If we don't believe in our system of laws, we might as well blow it all up and start from scratch.
Just like everyone has a link to Russian royalty, right?
Dum dum dum dum Dummmmmmmmmmmmm.
The problem with your position is that since Ma Bell broke up in 1980 NOTHING has stayed unchanged for 5 years, much less 10.
The situation will change from where it is now, guaranteed.
Look at Cricket: showed up out of nowhere, is now a minor player in the cell scene. There will always be options coming and going.
The only thing that'll fuck that up is if you hand over everything to gov't intervention, in which case your taxes will have paid for docsis 2.0 and you'll never be able to pay to rebuild it as some kind of wacky newfangled wireless high speed thing. You'll be stuck with whatever crap your genius local representatives have deigned "best" (meaning, their buddies own the local franchise...).
No thanks.
Assuming that the "only solution" is government interference is kind of fatalistic.
What makes you believe that the current situation will never change? Or that through government interference it will change more quickly?
My guess is half a decade ago you didn't even have the Verizon option. Why do you think the situation will be utterly stagnant 5, 10 years on?
I'm all for the greedy fucks giving back the money they stole from us via Congress, but the market's changing faster and in more unexpected ways than Congress can ever possibly mandate.
10's of millions of people are underserved by high tech. The guys who create the best way to do that will become rich beyond their wildest dreams. That's powerful incentive right there.
You'd think but you would be wrong.... they are still subject to OPM directives...
You write as if "IT staff for the Office of the President of the United States" are not mere mortals, or even worse, mere civil servants....
The point is that there are _constructive_ ways to goof off. RTFA, really.
Thank you, sir.
At least one person understands.
You should be happy that people are actually using the park.
It's never a good idea to pass laws based on a large majority's preference...
So because you don't LIKE it, it should be ILLEGAL and punishable by a court of law?
Okay. Tell us some of the things you DO like so we can fuck with them.
I glad you understand it - it's not that hard, really, and all the "they're evil" nonsense doesn't do anyone any good.
:)
Of course, I'm the guy who's running screaming from your big corp lifestyle, but anyway.....
It's not just cost. It's skill.
You can't actually hire someone straight out because once you're do, you're basically stuck with them and the lies they put on their resume to get the job.
Contractors who are any good get hired permanent once a company realizes it. And by "good" I don't just mean good technically - gods know there are plenty of assholes who can code pretty well. It's personality and compatibility with other human beings. Note that the great-grandparent ranter who started this fails in those regards. HR (who are also shockingly just trying to make a living) are too stupid to even respect? Buh-bye.
It's not the Net's fault that journalists are inherently lazy. It's too easy for them to just cut/paste from some other original work rather than do their own.
Even at the level of the local sports reporters, much of what they seem to "report" is based on stuff found trolling fan boards. I see it all the time (Hi Bucky Gleason, you lazy unoriginal son of a bi...).
Sure, because amount of schooling = smrt. I mean, smart.
God, some folks need a sense of humor transplant.
"solid win"?!?
You marketroid! Be gone, I banish thee!!
Wow, you really told him.
You really have no understanding of how X Windows works, do you? Your complaints are just funny to us, particularly wondering why 2 people would EVAR! want to log into a computer at the same time. Priceless!
"pass up the opportunity"? Are you fucking serious? "Most people"
Java development, PHP development. With either of those you'd be stupid to use MS when Eclipse and other fantastic tools are available. And that's just off the top of my head.
Listen, I understand the "need" for government money for research into pure science that industry won't touch for whatever reason.
This is not one of those times.
Industry is researching PV technology like MAD! Can you imagine the first company to make it cheap, reliable, easy to produce, environmentally sound? Think of the billions they'd make! There's plenty of incentive already out there, and, I'd bet, plenty of venture capital (ie what the rich actually spend their money on...).
$14 is nothing but a payoff to a few universities and some pork barrel spending by Congress.
I guess he's on the most Dangerous Journey of them all. We'll see him around the Multiverse, I expect...
Old school first level characters only sucked to play and DM if you sucked as a player and/or DM.
Some of the greatest adventures in first and second edition where the very low power ones.
Er... WhyTF do you need to know the kid's password? Aren't you root on the machine? If not, why not?
Wait wait wait yourself. :)
The argument by many here is that gov't should be sponsoring infrastructure investment to improve our broadband. VZ is getting shit from the gov't to do it.
So many here are getting what they want. Plus some of us get to pretend it's still private industry and "market forces". Sounds like a win-win!