First the advertisers will stalk us, then the government will, then the revolution? (or more likely, circus and bread intensifies, and idiocracy results.)
and if anything guarantee's failure, it would be that it's a joint venture between comcast and EA, the two most hated companies in the us (literally, i believe.). See the above stalin/hitler reference.
I think you'll find a fair number of democrats with their ties to the content industry who salivate over a tiered internet, or turning the internet into cable TV 2.0. but the rest of it, yeah i'd agree.
You know, i was going to post a snarky reply about how an ultrabook probably meets that requirement -- then i read the bit about an extra monitor.:(
Is it possible to buy an external monitor that's essentially a tablet with mini HDMI *IN*, with the backlight powered by battery? because that sounds really cool.
Since by and large the public paid for the infrastructure -- nationalize it,and grant leases to companies like Comcast to administer it. That way they'd have to actually compete on price and service.
Think MNVO's for internet service. Internet access is basically approaching the rank of necessity, and frankly leaving necessities in the hands of for-profit monopolies sounds like a recipe for gouging consumers.
For some reason the summary reminds me of Camazotz from "a wrinkle in time" -- mainly how out of place someone without a lojack/smart phone would feel walking around.. noticing people talking to fucking streetlamps like a PCP addled loony.
Real question is.. why? what purpose does this serve? Oh right tracking+advertising -- the holy grail of modern civilization.
well that's why you buy two bmi i3's tow the spare, and siphon its battery -- duh?
OR you upgrade to the bmw i5 (or i7 if you're really loaded).
You'd think on a site for nerds people would realize that the i3 is underpowered, and the performance / price sweet spot is really the i5. (i7 being for the enthusiast market)
because with a 2 year contract they only need about 20 minutes of customer service. without a contract, they have to constantly woo you, else you'll run off to the next trollopy cell phone carrier.
service contracts with ETF's are the most customer UNFRIENDLY fucking invention of the ever.
At the end of WWII there were huge numbers of allied troops moving east, while a huge number of Russian troops were moving west through Germany. Once the common enemy was defeated, the ideological differences between the west and the USSR became relevant again. Just in time for the armies to meet in the middle..
With China; due to lacking a (blue water) navy, a war of any size would pretty much have to take place within their borders... something the US is not going to want to engage in.. then there's trade, too much money is made on trade between the US and China -- that never existed with the USSR. You don't shoot the hand that feeds you.
how on earth does an anti-vaxxer get a PHD.:( (neuroscience from what i remember, so not exactly a mickey-mouse marketing/business/social science fluffpaper.)
an industry that is becoming increasingly 'winner take all' (IE, the sporadic mega-hit surrounded by a sea of also rans) is not a sign of health. The success of something like "frozen" just goes to prove my point.
Reality is probably closer to: "we'll try ever harsher and dumber DRM and rights constriction in order to stay the eventual decline of our business model."
Or: "Only suckers will pay the premium, everyone else will just pirate to their little hearts content. This change will do nothing but increase the number of people paying 0 dollars."
comets have killed 0 people in the last 50 years... With nuclear the probability for a serious accident is non zero, and the stakes are much higher than coal for instance.
it can and should be done, but let's not whitewash the risks here. it's sufficiently risky that perhaps it should be done on a government level, and letting private companies cut corners on safety and inspections isn't in our best interest.
I'm very much pro-nuclear and pro-reprocessing -- but i don't think that it's wise to say that because nothing serious has happened yet, means that something serious won't happen at all.
well no shit. but leaking details on how to circumvent what you're doing is not the solution. Sometimes the opportunity to snark outweighs reading comprehension i guess.
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That this is news to anyone is interesting.
First the advertisers will stalk us, then the government will, then the revolution? (or more likely, circus and bread intensifies, and idiocracy results.)
and if anything guarantee's failure, it would be that it's a joint venture between comcast and EA, the two most hated companies in the us (literally, i believe.). See the above stalin/hitler reference.
this has been done by multiple companies, in various iterations, and all have failed. This will too of course.
the group of folks who are into FIFA and/or Madden already have consoles. with real controllers. without streaming induced latency.
Though Comcast and EA teaming up .. has historical precedent, Poland should be very very concerned. :(
I think you'll find a fair number of democrats with their ties to the content industry who salivate over a tiered internet, or turning the internet into cable TV 2.0. but the rest of it, yeah i'd agree.
You know, i was going to post a snarky reply about how an ultrabook probably meets that requirement -- then i read the bit about an extra monitor. :(
Is it possible to buy an external monitor that's essentially a tablet with mini HDMI *IN*, with the backlight powered by battery? because that sounds really cool.
Since by and large the public paid for the infrastructure -- nationalize it ,and grant leases to companies like Comcast to administer it. That way they'd have to actually compete on price and service.
Think MNVO's for internet service. Internet access is basically approaching the rank of necessity, and frankly leaving necessities in the hands of for-profit monopolies sounds like a recipe for gouging consumers.
please don't make it sound like the american public is in favor of this kind of crap. We're divided into 3 camps.
1. those who don't care (95%)
2. those who are against it (4.999999%);
3. the guilty greedy fucks who are implementing it. (0.000001%)
cool. my point was more that some people clearly wanted to drink Pepsi, else Pepsi wouldn't have been able to afford to buy those restaurant chains.
For some reason the summary reminds me of Camazotz from "a wrinkle in time" -- mainly how out of place someone without a lojack/smart phone would feel walking around .. noticing people talking to fucking streetlamps like a PCP addled loony.
Real question is.. why? what purpose does this serve? Oh right tracking+advertising -- the holy grail of modern civilization.
well, if you don't listen to them, they'll put you in a building filled with people that have guns -- that will compel you to listen to THEM.
well that's why you buy two bmi i3's tow the spare, and siphon its battery -- duh?
OR you upgrade to the bmw i5 (or i7 if you're really loaded).
You'd think on a site for nerds people would realize that the i3 is underpowered, and the performance / price sweet spot is really the i5. (i7 being for the enthusiast market)
with all of those non-dollars they earned from non-customers not-buying their product of course, right? :)
Woah, can you actually use cable cards sstill? figured comcast would have figured out a way to nix that entirely.
because with a 2 year contract they only need about 20 minutes of customer service. without a contract, they have to constantly woo you, else you'll run off to the next trollopy cell phone carrier.
service contracts with ETF's are the most customer UNFRIENDLY fucking invention of the ever.
is it toxic? or did those humans die due to a lack of oxygen, IE, they asphyxiated, vs being poisoned?
(there's also been plenty of times in the planet's past where the CO2 levels were vastly higher than now... just saying.)
At the end of WWII there were huge numbers of allied troops moving east, while a huge number of Russian troops were moving west through Germany. Once the common enemy was defeated, the ideological differences between the west and the USSR became relevant again. Just in time for the armies to meet in the middle..
With China; due to lacking a (blue water) navy, a war of any size would pretty much have to take place within their borders... something the US is not going to want to engage in.. then there's trade, too much money is made on trade between the US and China -- that never existed with the USSR. You don't shoot the hand that feeds you.
how on earth does an anti-vaxxer get a PHD. :( (neuroscience from what i remember, so not exactly a mickey-mouse marketing/business/social science fluffpaper.)
an industry that is becoming increasingly 'winner take all' (IE, the sporadic mega-hit surrounded by a sea of also rans) is not a sign of health. The success of something like "frozen" just goes to prove my point.
Reality is probably closer to:
"we'll try ever harsher and dumber DRM and rights constriction in order to stay the eventual decline of our business model."
Or:
"Only suckers will pay the premium, everyone else will just pirate to their little hearts content. This change will do nothing but increase the number of people paying 0 dollars."
perhaps it's because i've never had anything go wrong in terms of online shopping, but that program is such a pain in the ass.
i'm not against nuclear, at all.
solar fucking thermal.
comets have killed 0 people in the last 50 years... With nuclear the probability for a serious accident is non zero, and the stakes are much higher than coal for instance.
it can and should be done, but let's not whitewash the risks here. it's sufficiently risky that perhaps it should be done on a government level, and letting private companies cut corners on safety and inspections isn't in our best interest.
I'm very much pro-nuclear and pro-reprocessing -- but i don't think that it's wise to say that because nothing serious has happened yet, means that something serious won't happen at all.
being 2nd is usually better. you can copy what works, throw out what doesn't -- and still be new enough to grow the market yourself.
well no shit. but leaking details on how to circumvent what you're doing is not the solution. Sometimes the opportunity to snark outweighs reading comprehension i guess.