As I understand it, the main issue is the right-of-ways and last mile infrastructure that allows Comcast/Verizon to act like monopolies. With muni-broadband, once the rights to lay down fiber (or whatever medium is used) are secured, actually upgrading the system is considerably cheaper and easier. It's getting past the barriers raised by... and this is very surprising!... existing telcos!
Electric co-ops / utility boards are probably a better example of how it would work for municipal broadband rather than roads. Many many many areas rely on publicly owned co-ops for electrical service, and it works just fine.
Besides, what's happened is we've paid telcos to upgrade their infrastructure, which they didn't do, and now they cry foul anytime there's a bit of competition. I think they had their chance to represent the public interest -- so screw em.
Only if you memorize more than 3 consecutive words, write a summary, or link to it (without prior written approval). Otherwise, you're good to go mister dude.
Not sure if this is a 'whoosh' moment, but should all companies just coast into being irrelevant? If they didn't spend money on tablet/phone/whatever development -- IE new products, eventually their cash-cows will dry up, and they'll be left with nothing.
it absolutely will not be an issue. outside of the (narrow) circle of people both technologically savvy enough to understand what's going on, and of the mindset that privacy and civil liberties matter, no one cares.
The average person does not have a clue what goes on with things like facebook or audio/metadata collection; and to them the idea that the NSA monitors everything is straight out of Enemy of the State, and you should be wearing a tinfoil hat for thinking it was true. (and even if it was, who cares? it's only to catch bad guys.)
You would be absolutely amazed at the number of people who honestly believe "i'm not doing anything wrong, I've got nothing to hide" is the proper approach to privacy. It's endemic. the soccer-mom philosophy of "safety and security blankets for everyone!" is how the NSA is viewed. they are keeping us safe from terrorists. Monitoring phone calls and tracking people stops crime before it happens. Add in an overwhelming paternalistic notion that the government knows what's best, and is going to take care of the people and you get the complacent blissfully naive country that we have today. (at least in regards to this one particular issue.)
Yar, one of the interesting things from 1984 was the massive amount of work spent on doctoring or destroying sources of 'unpopular' information. The Soviets were also masters at retouching photographs (in the 40's and 50's!)
Now none of that is really needed.
There's so much information out there, and it is so easy to (intentionally or not) draw false equivalencies between what's real, and what's fake, that the truth just kind of gets lost in the noise. It makes the 'big lie' infinitely easy for anyone who wants to claim something preposterous, and can get people to parrot the party line.
So if enough people listed Brin or Page's home address as something icky.. like a support group for pedo's, or a west coast branch of the Westboro Baptist Church, Google would do nothing to correct the inaccurate information?:)
A few 'User's choice" campaigns have found first hand the flaw in this type of contest in the 4chan/anon era, maybe one day Google Maps will be abused in similar fashion.
Those small-cities which buy surplus APC's for their 'SWAT' teams beg to differ.
They're the police, and due to their newly found paramilitary status are better able to keep us safe. Like from your dog. Did you know it was a threat? It is.. or was, that's why they shot and killed it when breaking into your house.
Right, and the conditions which sparked the Arab spring are what will cause the have-nots to tear the place apart. But the role this stupid little dome will play? little to none I'd wager. If it's being interpreted as a symbol of income inequality in Dubai, then fine. But look at the skyline of the city, every single one of those ostentatious skyscrapers was built on the backs of the have-nots.
Those have-nots will tear the place apart if they ever get a political voice, and the inequality in income and standard of living continues the way it is.
I too have seen Elysium. (OK i haven't. but this author is describing the plot.) Global warming is measured using terms like "degree" and "decade" (degree, as in singular)
Dubai is ridiculously hot already. The Filipino and Indian laborers are already mistreated and underpaid. They already outnumber Emirati's by 3 to 1 (or more?). If they aren't rioting in the streets yet, a few measly degrees warmer in the coming decades won't do it either.
If this retarded gimmick manages to stand up long enough for one of the hottest areas on the earth to become practically Venusian, That will be an achievement rivaling the pyramids. But it won't. Dubai's economy will eventually tank, once their neighbors oil runs out, and and the real estate market collapses again. THEN the laborers and migrants will riot. But the dome will have fuck-all impact over that.
In this hypothetical, it's douchey to send the pics out. But is that illegal? If you send someone an email is there some kind of implicit legal agreement to delete, or not distribute? Or are embarrassing or indecent pictures special in this regard? -- Aside from common decency and decorum, which shouldn't be legal constructs. Clearly things like correspondence between lawyers/doctors or business concerns etc are a special case.. i'm specifically referring to two private parties.
Pretend this was a ranty, angry email or a love-letter. If he then published it on some site, or forwarded it to someone else -- would that constitute the outrage?
What this seems like to me is basically suing over revealing something told in confidence. And instead of just a few people checking out pictures on a no-name website, now millions of people will get to see them. Awesome.
Side note, there's a shortage of dogs capable of doing real work, like search and rescue. why waste good talent on this shit? I can't think of a reason this should ever be an issue.
Is the end game going to be that whenever going through customs all storage will be scanned and stored "just in case"?:(
But critics disagree with NASA's calculations. "Give me a break. They're making these numbers up," says Michio Kaku, a professor of nuclear physics at the City University of New York, adding that by his calculations of NASA's own accident scenario, some 200,000 people could die if Cassini crashed in an urban area. "This is a science experiment, and we are the guinea pigs."
I would not have expected him to have that kind of outlook.
that oblig xkcd comic about a heavy wrench defeating encryption is more likely. "we'll drop the sentence to 1 year in prison if you give us the keys, or you can fight us, and we'll go for 25 to life."
Yes, but what if the 'law' being broken is one suppressing freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or otherwise reporting on things that uncomfortable for those making the laws?
Things like Tor have an intrinsic value to society. Cases like this show that even in western democracies -- government has an active interest in suppressing hard won liberties:(
Yar, I don't think it's particularly green. it's just paper. paper is stupid easy to recycle, and most is probably derived from farmed tree pulp these days.
Buuuuuut it's the same reason a person will buy a new hybrid north of $30k to 'save money at the pump' rather than a used economy car. Greenwashing =(
As you noticed, they could have achieved the same 'feat' by simply taking a concrete truck, some hoses, and filling in molds. But then no one would care.
no, we just need regulatory bodies that have some teeth and backbone enough to say no to lobbyists and bribes. If a company achieves monopoly status, break them up.
This HAS happened in the past, and all the laws to do it are on still on the books. The only reason it doesn't happen is dick douches like Wheeler get spun around the revolving door of government and corporate America.
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As I understand it, the main issue is the right-of-ways and last mile infrastructure that allows Comcast/Verizon to act like monopolies. With muni-broadband, once the rights to lay down fiber (or whatever medium is used) are secured, actually upgrading the system is considerably cheaper and easier. It's getting past the barriers raised by ... and this is very surprising!... existing telcos!
Electric co-ops / utility boards are probably a better example of how it would work for municipal broadband rather than roads. Many many many areas rely on publicly owned co-ops for electrical service, and it works just fine.
Besides, what's happened is we've paid telcos to upgrade their infrastructure, which they didn't do, and now they cry foul anytime there's a bit of competition. I think they had their chance to represent the public interest -- so screw em.
Only if you memorize more than 3 consecutive words, write a summary, or link to it (without prior written approval). Otherwise, you're good to go mister dude.
Not sure if this is a 'whoosh' moment, but should all companies just coast into being irrelevant? If they didn't spend money on tablet/phone/whatever development -- IE new products, eventually their cash-cows will dry up, and they'll be left with nothing.
Is this possibly why the 'south park channel' on Plex suddenly stopped working? :(
so they're getting there like.. *right now*? awesome.
it absolutely will not be an issue. outside of the (narrow) circle of people both technologically savvy enough to understand what's going on, and of the mindset that privacy and civil liberties matter, no one cares.
The average person does not have a clue what goes on with things like facebook or audio/metadata collection; and to them the idea that the NSA monitors everything is straight out of Enemy of the State, and you should be wearing a tinfoil hat for thinking it was true. (and even if it was, who cares? it's only to catch bad guys.)
You would be absolutely amazed at the number of people who honestly believe "i'm not doing anything wrong, I've got nothing to hide" is the proper approach to privacy. It's endemic. the soccer-mom philosophy of "safety and security blankets for everyone!" is how the NSA is viewed. they are keeping us safe from terrorists. Monitoring phone calls and tracking people stops crime before it happens. Add in an overwhelming paternalistic notion that the government knows what's best, and is going to take care of the people and you get the complacent blissfully naive country that we have today. (at least in regards to this one particular issue.)
Yar, one of the interesting things from 1984 was the massive amount of work spent on doctoring or destroying sources of 'unpopular' information. The Soviets were also masters at retouching photographs (in the 40's and 50's!)
Now none of that is really needed.
There's so much information out there, and it is so easy to (intentionally or not) draw false equivalencies between what's real, and what's fake, that the truth just kind of gets lost in the noise. It makes the 'big lie' infinitely easy for anyone who wants to claim something preposterous, and can get people to parrot the party line.
So if enough people listed Brin or Page's home address as something icky.. like a support group for pedo's, or a west coast branch of the Westboro Baptist Church, Google would do nothing to correct the inaccurate information? :)
A few 'User's choice" campaigns have found first hand the flaw in this type of contest in the 4chan/anon era, maybe one day Google Maps will be abused in similar fashion.
Those small-cities which buy surplus APC's for their 'SWAT' teams beg to differ.
They're the police, and due to their newly found paramilitary status are better able to keep us safe. Like from your dog. Did you know it was a threat? It is.. or was, that's why they shot and killed it when breaking into your house.
Good, IPA's are way too hoppy.
Right, and the conditions which sparked the Arab spring are what will cause the have-nots to tear the place apart. But the role this stupid little dome will play? little to none I'd wager. If it's being interpreted as a symbol of income inequality in Dubai, then fine. But look at the skyline of the city, every single one of those ostentatious skyscrapers was built on the backs of the have-nots.
Those have-nots will tear the place apart if they ever get a political voice, and the inequality in income and standard of living continues the way it is.
I too have seen Elysium. (OK i haven't. but this author is describing the plot.)
Global warming is measured using terms like "degree" and "decade" (degree, as in singular)
Dubai is ridiculously hot already. The Filipino and Indian laborers are already mistreated and underpaid. They already outnumber Emirati's by 3 to 1 (or more?). If they aren't rioting in the streets yet, a few measly degrees warmer in the coming decades won't do it either.
If this retarded gimmick manages to stand up long enough for one of the hottest areas on the earth to become practically Venusian, That will be an achievement rivaling the pyramids. But it won't. Dubai's economy will eventually tank, once their neighbors oil runs out, and and the real estate market collapses again. THEN the laborers and migrants will riot. But the dome will have fuck-all impact over that.
In this hypothetical, it's douchey to send the pics out. But is that illegal? If you send someone an email is there some kind of implicit legal agreement to delete, or not distribute? Or are embarrassing or indecent pictures special in this regard? -- Aside from common decency and decorum, which shouldn't be legal constructs. Clearly things like correspondence between lawyers/doctors or business concerns etc are a special case.. i'm specifically referring to two private parties.
Pretend this was a ranty, angry email or a love-letter. If he then published it on some site, or forwarded it to someone else -- would that constitute the outrage?
What this seems like to me is basically suing over revealing something told in confidence. And instead of just a few people checking out pictures on a no-name website, now millions of people will get to see them. Awesome.
Thomas Aquinas' ghost would like a word with you.
One step closer to 'thoughtcrime' ;(
Side note, there's a shortage of dogs capable of doing real work, like search and rescue. why waste good talent on this shit? I can't think of a reason this should ever be an issue.
Is the end game going to be that whenever going through customs all storage will be scanned and stored "just in case"? :(
Holy shit. reading the linked article:
But critics disagree with NASA's calculations. "Give me a break. They're making these numbers up," says Michio Kaku, a professor of nuclear physics at the City University of New York, adding that by his calculations of NASA's own accident scenario, some 200,000 people could die if Cassini crashed in an urban area. "This is a science experiment, and we are the guinea pigs."
I would not have expected him to have that kind of outlook.
Google not buying them is awesome -- they'd probably shut down the service after two years, or remove support for less than popular languages.
that oblig xkcd comic about a heavy wrench defeating encryption is more likely.
"we'll drop the sentence to 1 year in prison if you give us the keys, or you can fight us, and we'll go for 25 to life."
(protip: the wrench can be a metaphor)
Yes, but what if the 'law' being broken is one suppressing freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or otherwise reporting on things that uncomfortable for those making the laws?
Things like Tor have an intrinsic value to society. Cases like this show that even in western democracies -- government has an active interest in suppressing hard won liberties :(
Yar, I don't think it's particularly green. it's just paper. paper is stupid easy to recycle, and most is probably derived from farmed tree pulp these days.
Buuuuuut it's the same reason a person will buy a new hybrid north of $30k to 'save money at the pump' rather than a used economy car. Greenwashing =(
well, because 3d printing draws the page clicks.
As you noticed, they could have achieved the same 'feat' by simply taking a concrete truck, some hoses, and filling in molds. But then no one would care.
What are your thoughts on insider trading by the way?
I'm guessing about 99% of it is
"because green."
eep. after 45 minutes most meetings are just one growling stomach away from turning into the thunderdome.
no, we just need regulatory bodies that have some teeth and backbone enough to say no to lobbyists and bribes. If a company achieves monopoly status, break them up.
This HAS happened in the past, and all the laws to do it are on still on the books. The only reason it doesn't happen is dick douches like Wheeler get spun around the revolving door of government and corporate America.