... condemns the release of any information that could compromise our nation's security.
Keeping some information secret can also "compromise our nation's security". For example, if the TSA is incapable of doing its job, keeping that information secret isn't in the national interest.
If your internet speed is 1Mbps, reducing it by 90% means streaming video goes from "barely possible" to "not really possible". If your internet speed is 25Mbps, reducing it by 90% means it goes from "awesome" to "adequate".
10 years ago, "broadband" was 1 Mbps. 10 years from now, "broadband" will probably be over 1Gbps, and even then it will be because most people won't care about (i.e. pay for) speeds in excess of that, not because it will be technically infeasible to provide it.
I predict video streaming (both the protocols and the providers) will care less and less as time goes on. We will look back at ISPs that throttled instead of expanding capacity, and laugh about how clueless they were. We'll speculate on whether that was responsible for their demise, or whether it was their abysmal customer service.
Performance predictions have an optimistic bias. It's known as the planning fallacy It amazes me how people who should really know better fall for this. For example, if the last time you did it, it took 3 weeks, a good prediction is that this time it's going to take 3 weeks. Yet most people will predict less than 3 weeks - even if you point out the planning fallacy to them before hand. I can almost here the rationalizing; "It's not going to take 3 weeks again, because we aren't going to make the same mistakes again."
But it's far, far, worse than just an inability to predict accurately. Frequently schedules are determined by need rather than reality. As in, we need this done by Tuesday - make the schedule accordingly.
Now that 3D-xpoint is finally available, does anyone have hard numbers for it's read life (how many times it can be read) and/or shelf life (how long it will last without being turned on)?
20 hours a month is worth less than $1000 a month to most people. Not surprisingly, the value people put on time closely follows the (reduced) price they pay for houses that require traveling that amount of time. The change (more people moving outward) is probably a reflection of the unequal rise in the price of housing.
People don't just hate flash because it's buggy, and insecure. They didn't seem to like Java as a web-language either.
When I go to a web page, I usually want to see static text, and maybe some static images. I don't want animation, blinking, buttons that morph, pop-up windows, pop-under windows, or non-scrolling menu bars.
The problem isn't so much the B.S. rules they've chosen for limiting passwords. The problem is they have a very different idea of the importance of whatever it is they're protecting than I do.
I'm just reading your website, not protecting gold bars. What do I care if someone impersonates me on a random blog?
Who am I protecting when I pick a password for my work account?
Advantages that I can see; More places they can go, and the places they go (off the coast) are usually closer to places that want the electricity. If it works, you can scale it by building more spheres. A change in height of 700m is easy to obtain in the ocean. On land, not so much. Out of sight, out of mind - Since fewer people will see it, fewer will complain about it. If a sphere fails, it's far less catastrophic than a dam failing.
I agree that there's too much advertising, but why would anyone cut down? Bandwidth is cheep, serving an ad costs almost nothing. If it's costs $0.0000001, the ad doesn't have to be very effective to be cost effective.
Sure, everyone will complain, and even the advertisers will agree that the world would be better served with fewer adds. But they'll still want to advertise just a bit more than their competitors...
No, you can't marry a rock, not in the legal sense.
In many states (Hawaii in particular) marriage brings emancipation to a minor. If we let children marry rocks they could escape their enslavement, and you know that's not going to fly.
There's not much evidence either way, but let's make two assumptions;
Legal prostitution causes an increase in supply.
Legal prostitution causes an increase in demand.
Price is only going to go down if supply increases more than demand.
... The user's browser will warn the hell out of them...
Exactly. Which is why I find that unacceptable.
The problem lies not with the ability to turn on encryption - that's relatively easy. It's the browser acting as if a self signed certificate is less secure than no certificate.
Let's encrypt may be better, but it depends on how browsers decide to treat domain-validated certificates.
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... condemns the release of any information that could compromise our nation's security.
Keeping some information secret can also "compromise our nation's security".
For example, if the TSA is incapable of doing its job, keeping that information secret isn't in the national interest.
If your internet speed is 1Mbps, reducing it by 90% means streaming video goes from "barely possible" to "not really possible".
If your internet speed is 25Mbps, reducing it by 90% means it goes from "awesome" to "adequate".
10 years ago, "broadband" was 1 Mbps.
10 years from now, "broadband" will probably be over 1Gbps, and even then it will be because most people won't care about (i.e. pay for) speeds in excess of that, not because it will be technically infeasible to provide it.
I predict video streaming (both the protocols and the providers) will care less and less as time goes on.
We will look back at ISPs that throttled instead of expanding capacity, and laugh about how clueless they were.
We'll speculate on whether that was responsible for their demise, or whether it was their abysmal customer service.
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Performance predictions have an optimistic bias.
It's known as the planning fallacy
It amazes me how people who should really know better fall for this.
For example, if the last time you did it, it took 3 weeks, a good prediction is that this time it's going to take 3 weeks.
Yet most people will predict less than 3 weeks - even if you point out the planning fallacy to them before hand.
I can almost here the rationalizing; "It's not going to take 3 weeks again, because we aren't going to make the same mistakes again."
But it's far, far, worse than just an inability to predict accurately.
Frequently schedules are determined by need rather than reality. As in, we need this done by Tuesday - make the schedule accordingly.
According to http://taxformcalculator.com/tax/100000.html someone making $100,000 a year in California has a take home pay of $67,818.01.
If their rent was $5500 they'd have $151 left over each month for expenses.
They'd better move, because they can't afford that place.
Now that 3D-xpoint is finally available, does anyone have hard numbers for it's read life (how many times it can be read) and/or shelf life (how long it will last without being turned on)?
Sure glad I own a stupid TV.
Order of blame;
1.) The error is in the hardware.
2.) The error is in the library routine.
3.) The error is in my code.
Order of probability;
1.) The error is in my code.
2.) The error is in the library routine.
3.) The error is in the hardware.
What's that worth?
20 hours a month is worth less than $1000 a month to most people.
Not surprisingly, the value people put on time closely follows the (reduced) price they pay for houses that require traveling that amount of time.
The change (more people moving outward) is probably a reflection of the unequal rise in the price of housing.
A quick Google search disagrees.
If the Greenland ice sheet melted, sea level would rise 6-7meters. https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/quickfacts/icesheets.html
Much as I hate "citation needed" tags, I would like to know where you got 15m-17m from.
People don't just hate flash because it's buggy, and insecure.
They didn't seem to like Java as a web-language either.
When I go to a web page, I usually want to see static text, and maybe some static images.
I don't want animation, blinking, buttons that morph, pop-up windows, pop-under windows, or non-scrolling menu bars.
The problem isn't so much the B.S. rules they've chosen for limiting passwords.
The problem is they have a very different idea of the importance of whatever it is they're protecting than I do.
I'm just reading your website, not protecting gold bars. What do I care if someone impersonates me on a random blog?
Who am I protecting when I pick a password for my work account?
Why should I suffer to reduce your risk?
If last year I watched a hundred pirated videos, and this year I watched two, this survey would say I still watch pirated video.
And the list of people who think streaming pirate content isn't illegal would seem to include the UK trading standards - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/06/1958209/streaming-pirate-content-isnt-illegal-uk-trading-standards-says
This survey is a streaming pile.
Advantages that I can see;
More places they can go, and the places they go (off the coast) are usually closer to places that want the electricity.
If it works, you can scale it by building more spheres.
A change in height of 700m is easy to obtain in the ocean. On land, not so much.
Out of sight, out of mind - Since fewer people will see it, fewer will complain about it.
If a sphere fails, it's far less catastrophic than a dam failing.
The question isn't "Do we want Netflix and services like it?"
The question is "Do we want Netflix and services like it in our web browsers?"
No, seriously, what are the odds of a cosmic ray flipping a bit?
0.1, 0.000000001, 1e-15, 1e-30?
It's easy to blame cosmic rays, but a subtle bug is far more likely.
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Will they tell you what everyone in the company makes currently?
Will they tell you what anyone in the company makes currently?
I agree that there's too much advertising, but why would anyone cut down?
Bandwidth is cheep, serving an ad costs almost nothing.
If it's costs $0.0000001, the ad doesn't have to be very effective to be cost effective.
Sure, everyone will complain, and even the advertisers will agree that the world would be better served with fewer adds.
But they'll still want to advertise just a bit more than their competitors...
The DOJ has argued that tech companies can avoid valid warrants by storing customer data outside the U.S.
It's not a valid warrant, because the court that issued it doesn't have jurisdiction.
No, you can't marry a rock, not in the legal sense.
In many states (Hawaii in particular) marriage brings emancipation to a minor.
If we let children marry rocks they could escape their enslavement, and you know that's not going to fly.
There's not much evidence either way, but let's make two assumptions;
Legal prostitution causes an increase in supply.
Legal prostitution causes an increase in demand.
Price is only going to go down if supply increases more than demand.
You should be blaming 'big coal.'
That should be "King Coal".
Isn't there something someone can do to shut these clowns down?
Sue them into oblivion, arrest them for false advertising, or libel or something?
Law enforcement needs the right to find out who owns a particular domain name,...
No, it does not.
... The user's browser will warn the hell out of them ...
Exactly. Which is why I find that unacceptable.
The problem lies not with the ability to turn on encryption - that's relatively easy.
It's the browser acting as if a self signed certificate is less secure than no certificate.
Let's encrypt may be better, but it depends on how browsers decide to treat domain-validated certificates.