The question for me, and many others, is when with the DirectTV version incorporate this? The hardware for DirectTV is capable but DirectTV won't rollout the special features.
There has been an unexplainable surge in the price of Aluminum foil. Representative of the Aluminum manufactures of America are at a loss to explain the sudden demand.
In some ways making people aware they are not anonymous when on the net would be a very good thing. Much of the internet is a cesspool because people think they can't be tagged. If they knew their neighbors might see what they are posting I they might think twice.
How do you differentiate the work done in the private sector by that done in the public? I guess you could find people who would rather review applications then prepare them but thats a long shot. Increasing salary is a sure fire way to get, and retain, people.
Personally this is one thing I'll never understand. People refuse to allow our governments to pay competitive salaries and then are upset when they have to stand in line because some clerk is completely incompetent. You get what you pay for!
If people can get something free then they aren't going to pay more than a small amount for that content.
I do think that most the numbers I see on how bad piracy is hurting the MPAA are bogus but thats just because if people couldn't get some of these movies for free they just wouldn't watch them...ever. Most the people I know who download movies just end up wasting their disk space because they never actually watch what they have.
Actually there is a TON os synergy. I'd bet they plan on capitalizing on game delivery rather than creation. As a set-top box this may not even come with DVD/cartridge. All games would be on demand and be charged as a service.
Its really moving the gaming model to be more like a cable TV model.
Well said. I'd moderate this up if I had any points.
The number of people this could benefit far outweigh the number of Ham operators. Being kicked out for the sake of progess sucks but it is sometimes necessary.
The emergency services argument doesn't hold much weight. If something hit a populated area the service could easily be shut off.
Your assuming that these people can get DSL or cable. That may not be the case. As I understand it this technology could enable broadband access for many rural people who have no hope of other solutions in the near future.
Seems it would be pretty easy to put a control valve on this service so if there is a catastrophe then its turned off thus not interfering with emergency operators. It would curtail the use of ham radios as a hobby but I'd bet there are a couple orders of magnitude more people using the internet service than there would be hams in an area.
Every time an article comes up mentioning broadband over powerlines the Ham folks start ranting. Looking at things objectively I think that the benefits of broadband far outweight the benefits ham operators provide.
For many broadband over the powerlines may be the only way to get connected to the information age. I hope, for these peoples sake, that the broadband via powerlines isn't curtailed and that Ham operators are forced to find ways to not interfere with those services.
Well if your work prohibits this browsing than they would be in their rights to fire you....
I didn't hear anyone say humans shouldn't be in the system. Sitting at a bar multiple days in the week when you should be at work is a bit more blatant than sneaking a peak at/. now and them.
Oh, and my work allows casual browsing as long as they don't see an issue in your performance...
The work crews were expecting their actions to be untraceable and they were caught. As a taxpayer I hope all city vehicles are setup with this info. As long as their employment agreement states that the city/state has the right to monitor their vehicles then whats the issue...
Your making an assumption that this would need to be on all cars. Only a small percent of cars would have to have this on, and enabled, for this to be able to monitor conditions.
If a small incentive was given many individuals, or companies, would probably be willing to have their car tracked...
I, for one, am glad someone follows up on these items. Personally I might just have ignored the problem for a cheap part but doing so just encourages companies to have crap support.
I don't like to pay taxes anymore than the next guy but I've always felt a little bad for the brick and motar stores. Not taxing online stores gave them an unfair advantage.
An online store should have to have efficient enough in their operations to run on lower mark-up so that their price + shipping + tax is less than an old brick and motar (price + tax).
In an ideal world the tax rate would go down when more items are taxed (i.e. a revenue neutral change). Of course we all know the increase in tax actually goes to fund someone pissing in a cup and calling it art or maybe a few more jets to fight a cold war that has been over for years...
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The question for me, and many others, is when with the DirectTV version incorporate this? The hardware for DirectTV is capable but DirectTV won't rollout the special features.
There has been an unexplainable surge in the price of Aluminum foil. Representative of the Aluminum manufactures of America are at a loss to explain the sudden demand.
Looks like the service is down...at least when I try I get a server error.
In some ways making people aware they are not anonymous when on the net would be a very good thing. Much of the internet is a cesspool because people think they can't be tagged. If they knew their neighbors might see what they are posting I they might think twice.
I bought a container of disposable, disinfecting wipes. Every couple days I wipe down my keyboard, desk area, and arm rests. Can't hurt.
Wonder if they'll consider outsourcing to India :).
How do you differentiate the work done in the private sector by that done in the public? I guess you could find people who would rather review applications then prepare them but thats a long shot. Increasing salary is a sure fire way to get, and retain, people.
Personally this is one thing I'll never understand. People refuse to allow our governments to pay competitive salaries and then are upset when they have to stand in line because some clerk is completely incompetent. You get what you pay for!
Personally I think the patent process is a house of cards. At some point it will tumble. This bill will hopefully just make it happen faster
Ok, it doesn't have to be McDonald's but if she can locate a wifi spot in a restaurant/coffee shop close by she can just get email that way.
I call BS!
If people can get something free then they aren't going to pay more than a small amount for that content.
I do think that most the numbers I see on how bad piracy is hurting the MPAA are bogus but thats just because if people couldn't get some of these movies for free they just wouldn't watch them...ever. Most the people I know who download movies just end up wasting their disk space because they never actually watch what they have.
While this is a cool idea its not that original
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Bill Price's version actually sounds like it lets through more light but is also harder to work with.
Actually there is a TON os synergy. I'd bet they plan on capitalizing on game delivery rather than creation. As a set-top box this may not even come with DVD/cartridge. All games would be on demand and be charged as a service.
Its really moving the gaming model to be more like a cable TV model.
Well said. I'd moderate this up if I had any points.
The number of people this could benefit far outweigh the number of Ham operators. Being kicked out for the sake of progess sucks but it is sometimes necessary.
The emergency services argument doesn't hold much weight. If something hit a populated area the service could easily be shut off.
Your assuming that these people can get DSL or cable. That may not be the case. As I understand it this technology could enable broadband access for many rural people who have no hope of other solutions in the near future.
Seems it would be pretty easy to put a control valve on this service so if there is a catastrophe then its turned off thus not interfering with emergency operators. It would curtail the use of ham radios as a hobby but I'd bet there are a couple orders of magnitude more people using the internet service than there would be hams in an area.
What moron put this as flamebait? If you can't debate something then try and squash it....
Laws can be rewriten. Licenses can be revoked.
Every time an article comes up mentioning broadband over powerlines the Ham folks start ranting. Looking at things objectively I think that the benefits of broadband far outweight the benefits ham operators provide.
For many broadband over the powerlines may be the only way to get connected to the information age. I hope, for these peoples sake, that the broadband via powerlines isn't curtailed and that Ham operators are forced to find ways to not interfere with those services.
Well if your work prohibits this browsing than they would be in their rights to fire you....
/. now and them.
I didn't hear anyone say humans shouldn't be in the system. Sitting at a bar multiple days in the week when you should be at work is a bit more blatant than sneaking a peak at
Oh, and my work allows casual browsing as long as they don't see an issue in your performance...
Yes, they should have be fired exactly like that.
The work crews were expecting their actions to be untraceable and they were caught. As a taxpayer I hope all city vehicles are setup with this info. As long as their employment agreement states that the city/state has the right to monitor their vehicles then whats the issue...
Your making an assumption that this would need to be on all cars. Only a small percent of cars would have to have this on, and enabled, for this to be able to monitor conditions.
If a small incentive was given many individuals, or companies, would probably be willing to have their car tracked...
I, for one, am glad someone follows up on these items. Personally I might just have ignored the problem for a cheap part but doing so just encourages companies to have crap support.
I don't like to pay taxes anymore than the next guy but I've always felt a little bad for the brick and motar stores. Not taxing online stores gave them an unfair advantage.
An online store should have to have efficient enough in their operations to run on lower mark-up so that their price + shipping + tax is less than an old brick and motar (price + tax).
In an ideal world the tax rate would go down when more items are taxed (i.e. a revenue neutral change). Of course we all know the increase in tax actually goes to fund someone pissing in a cup and calling it art or maybe a few more jets to fight a cold war that has been over for years...
"Using a robot seems like mere automated vandalism"
As opposed to good old fashioned manual vandalism? Yeah, there is a lot of art and challenge in putting up a gang name on every friggin corner.
Don't you mean "recent games" are $50.
You can find a ton of older games that are considered classics for much less. You can also buy used.
I think the point was that the hourly salary would be less becasue of the burdened rate
60/hr * 0.7 = 42/hr
If I leave the door to my house unlocked it isn't an invitation for people to come in. It may be dumb but anyone coming in is still trespassing.