We are past the point where the avionics that planes have is small enough to be integrated into any drone capable of flying over a hundred feet up. I know it would add cost but as someone else said why doesn't the FAA require a license and transponders on drones so that everyone knows what's in the air and who owns it?
This is called "double dipping". These providers are not supposed to be able to do this according to the common carrier rules. The subscriber pays and they get their allotment. Any other payments to "overlook" a data cap that are made by a third party violates the common carrier rules because it creates an unfair advantage for large companies. They can afford to pay a fee to basically make the little guy penalized (having the little guys data count against the subscriber). If the subscribers complained to the FCC this pilot project would be stopped dead in its tracks.
I fear though that the only people that would care are the technically minded subscribers. The others would be snowed by some marketing speak.
Companies like the ones you mentioned are all about not paying someone to do what to you and I would be something simple: Moderate the discussion. They also don't want the readership doing the moderation because that could potentially be at odds with the publications owners views.
And in other news a new disease called "Life" was discovered. It has proven to be fatal in 100% of those infected. Scientists are searching for a cure.
I can understand a lot of the comments here suggesting that you write an app, contribute to an OSS project, etc. How about learning a musical instrument. Something you have never played. It's a skill that you can share with others and pass down to your children.
The US used to be a technological super power. Now the US is all about suing everyone into submission. I have friends from abroad that won't travel to the US because of the draconian process they have to go through to enter the country. TSA agents taking high tech electronics. Invasive searches and questioning. All for what? A false sense of security. The TSA rent-a-cops didn't stop the guy over Christmas 2009. The passengers of the flight did. And having government officials police copyright is laughable. How can they tell what is legit and what is not? This will just make air travel that much more irrelevant. I will be taking a train when travelling from now on. I don't travel outside the US, so that will work for me. Yeah it takes more time. Oh well.
It's not about "race." It's about heritage. Last I looked we were all from the HUMAN race. What makes us distinct is our heritage, genetic or otherwise. People make more conflicts about the color of ones skin or what they believe happens in the afterlife than most other things these days.
Slashdotters are so good at wanting the right terms used when describing "hackers." Same should apply here. Sooner we all realize we are of one race the better.
SIP provides the control part of the stream as well as messaging (think SMS or IM). RTP is used along side SIP for media. That media can be voice or video. Throw in some QoS so that the data that is along side the SIP and RTP media doesn't overwhelm the pipe and you have a workable, scalable solution based on open standards. No need to come up with a brand new protocol when one already exists and is in use on IP networks around the world.
Many years ago I played EQ whenever I had a spare moment. People brandished the words addiction around when speaking of me. I would think up ways to not have to do things just so I could sit home and play.
You know what? I got over the game. It didn't ruin my life. I wasn't put on meds to combat the urge to play. I simply found other things that interested me and moved on. Do I still play MMO's. Yep. 2-3 hours a week. Not per day. I spend most of my time reading books (yeah dead tree books), designing compact computing devices and enjoying my dogs.
I think you need to be understanding and maybe find out what your friend is getting from the game that he/she isn't getting in RL. I figured that out for myself. Maybe they need your help.
If the RIAA wants to make it illegal to record what is broadcast over the airwaves then they need to say: "The following may not be recorded on any medium for any purpose." before any content they do not want to have people record. I admit this will get tedious but it will ensure that they are protected and consumers know that they do not have the rights to record what they are listening to. Clear cut and simple to implement.
I am not on their side. I am just trying to point out there are ways to accomplish what they want without making more stupid laws.
In dense population areas would it not be easy to setup mesh networking and have a few people have connections to the Internet? I live in a community where we do this now. People deeper in my subdivision can't get any highspeed access. A few of us near the main road are just on the fringes and can get highspeed access. We have the access points and supply signal to others. Before you complain about bandwidth know that most of the people are not IT guru's that need 10MB/s. Most are home users that like a faster connection than 56K.
Instead of everyone complaining about how "big bad business" is killing your services do something about it. I am sure if you got enough tech savvy people together and went out petitioning neighbors you could get something like this going in your town.
There has always been a class division between players. Before the division was those that play eight hours a day and those that play a few hours a week. The ones that play all day every day will have more in game items and currency than those that only play a few hours a week. Is it fair? That is debatable. People play for different reasons. For some it's to be better than everyone else. There is a certain amount of pride they feel being able to show off some great item they recently acquired. The people that see these items in game usually ask the age old questions: Where did you get it? How much do you want for it? Upon finding that they cannot get it themselves it comes down to the other player selling the item. Casual players don't have the in game currency to purchase the item. The may have the means to purchase it with real world currency. I think that SOE is doing the responsible thing here. Rather than a black market exist where people can get deceived SOE is providing a secure means for these transactions to occur.
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We are past the point where the avionics that planes have is small enough to be integrated into any drone capable of flying over a hundred feet up. I know it would add cost but as someone else said why doesn't the FAA require a license and transponders on drones so that everyone knows what's in the air and who owns it?
AT&T isn't just an ISP. They are a top tier carrier. I would hope that the same rules apply.
This is called "double dipping". These providers are not supposed to be able to do this according to the common carrier rules. The subscriber pays and they get their allotment. Any other payments to "overlook" a data cap that are made by a third party violates the common carrier rules because it creates an unfair advantage for large companies. They can afford to pay a fee to basically make the little guy penalized (having the little guys data count against the subscriber). If the subscribers complained to the FCC this pilot project would be stopped dead in its tracks.
I fear though that the only people that would care are the technically minded subscribers. The others would be snowed by some marketing speak.
My intent was to show that people here moderate for a for-profit business all the time.
People moderate for /. all the time that are not paid. /. is a for-profit business.
Companies like the ones you mentioned are all about not paying someone to do what to you and I would be something simple: Moderate the discussion. They also don't want the readership doing the moderation because that could potentially be at odds with the publications owners views.
And in other news a new disease called "Life" was discovered. It has proven to be fatal in 100% of those infected. Scientists are searching for a cure.
I can understand a lot of the comments here suggesting that you write an app, contribute to an OSS project, etc. How about learning a musical instrument. Something you have never played. It's a skill that you can share with others and pass down to your children.
Just my $0.02
The US used to be a technological super power. Now the US is all about suing everyone into submission. I have friends from abroad that won't travel to the US because of the draconian process they have to go through to enter the country. TSA agents taking high tech electronics. Invasive searches and questioning. All for what? A false sense of security. The TSA rent-a-cops didn't stop the guy over Christmas 2009. The passengers of the flight did. And having government officials police copyright is laughable. How can they tell what is legit and what is not? This will just make air travel that much more irrelevant. I will be taking a train when travelling from now on. I don't travel outside the US, so that will work for me. Yeah it takes more time. Oh well.
90% of all US currency has traces of cocaine.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/14/cocaine.traces.money/index.html
DAMN! Now Gramps can't use his rock-salt shotgun to keep those nosey kids off the farm.
Aiding the enemy during a time of war is considered treason and according to US laws treason is punishable by death. NOT prison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Three_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_3:_Treason
It's not about "race." It's about heritage. Last I looked we were all from the HUMAN race. What makes us distinct is our heritage, genetic or otherwise. People make more conflicts about the color of ones skin or what they believe happens in the afterlife than most other things these days.
Slashdotters are so good at wanting the right terms used when describing "hackers." Same should apply here. Sooner we all realize we are of one race the better.
SIP provides the control part of the stream as well as messaging (think SMS or IM). RTP is used along side SIP for media. That media can be voice or video. Throw in some QoS so that the data that is along side the SIP and RTP media doesn't overwhelm the pipe and you have a workable, scalable solution based on open standards. No need to come up with a brand new protocol when one already exists and is in use on IP networks around the world.
Many years ago I played EQ whenever I had a spare moment. People brandished the words addiction around when speaking of me. I would think up ways to not have to do things just so I could sit home and play.
You know what? I got over the game. It didn't ruin my life. I wasn't put on meds to combat the urge to play. I simply found other things that interested me and moved on. Do I still play MMO's. Yep. 2-3 hours a week. Not per day. I spend most of my time reading books (yeah dead tree books), designing compact computing devices and enjoying my dogs.
I think you need to be understanding and maybe find out what your friend is getting from the game that he/she isn't getting in RL. I figured that out for myself. Maybe they need your help.
Just be understanding.
Part of my daily duties as a systems administrator was auditing connection logs for odd behavior. Don't admins do that anymore?
Check out Squeak.
DHTML != Flash
Cloverfield. 01-18-08 is the release date.
I was simply stating that like the NFL they could place a disclaimer on the broadcast limiting the rights to reproduce it.
If the RIAA wants to make it illegal to record what is broadcast over the airwaves then they need to say: "The following may not be recorded on any medium for any purpose." before any content they do not want to have people record. I admit this will get tedious but it will ensure that they are protected and consumers know that they do not have the rights to record what they are listening to. Clear cut and simple to implement.
I am not on their side. I am just trying to point out there are ways to accomplish what they want without making more stupid laws.
Actually there is a process running that listens for button presses. It's there in the process list for my PC and MAC.
...I don't have to bother with daylight savings. The heat sucks but hey it's a tradeoff.
In dense population areas would it not be easy to setup mesh networking and have a few people have connections to the Internet? I live in a community where we do this now. People deeper in my subdivision can't get any highspeed access. A few of us near the main road are just on the fringes and can get highspeed access. We have the access points and supply signal to others. Before you complain about bandwidth know that most of the people are not IT guru's that need 10MB/s. Most are home users that like a faster connection than 56K.
Instead of everyone complaining about how "big bad business" is killing your services do something about it. I am sure if you got enough tech savvy people together and went out petitioning neighbors you could get something like this going in your town.
Just my $0.02.
There has always been a class division between players. Before the division was those that play eight hours a day and those that play a few hours a week. The ones that play all day every day will have more in game items and currency than those that only play a few hours a week. Is it fair? That is debatable. People play for different reasons. For some it's to be better than everyone else. There is a certain amount of pride they feel being able to show off some great item they recently acquired. The people that see these items in game usually ask the age old questions: Where did you get it? How much do you want for it? Upon finding that they cannot get it themselves it comes down to the other player selling the item. Casual players don't have the in game currency to purchase the item. The may have the means to purchase it with real world currency. I think that SOE is doing the responsible thing here. Rather than a black market exist where people can get deceived SOE is providing a secure means for these transactions to occur.