Reminds me of that advertisement for the drug Optivo. "A chance to live longer". Then you read the fine print. 2-3 months longer. Let's say 6 months to be generous. Sorry, but to me that's not worth it. I want a cure/remission. Why all the research to postpone the inevitable?
That's also why I believe advanced directives should include a clause that if there is a clear, terminal illness at play (no cure, no hope of cure, x months to live) give me that morphine IV, leave me alone in the room, and tell me what dial not to touch...:) No way I'm going to burden my family with this shit.
That's why I've always maintained that the government should be using mainframes. Two factor auth (similar to rsa secureid). Encrypted connections, etc. I don't care that you can't figure out the 3270 screens. You don't need to watch cat videos when you're doing serious government business. If you insist, mainframes can use the web nowadays to interface those applications to a browser but I'd prefer not unless you're working with document or data that just doesn't lend itself to green screen.... but it still needs to be encrypted, two factor auth etc. Why they would even consider using the cloud, Windows or general purpose workstations (PC's) for this totally just makes me facepalm.
That's ok. Depending on the frequency (the article did not say anything other than "high frequency").... take your legal 1500W amp, key down and AT&T won't have to worry about Internet access for most of the town. This power line shit has been tried over and over but due to the fact power lines are big antennas not only will they splatter all over the radio bands, they also must ACCEPT any interference that they "hear".
Guess it's time for me to set up some beacons that randomly transmit full legal power for identification purposes....
Someone had said "They welcome saving money by having to sign up for "content packages""
This was my reply:
Screw content packages.
I want a Dumb. Pipe.... and I do not want to pay extra for it, because I don't have to at present.
I do tech for a living. If I want to have something on my home network that opens port 6543 on my firewall that if you TCP connect to it it spits out the word "BULLSHIT" 10 times and then disconnects, I want to be able to do that. No one should be able to tell me otherwise. I shouldn't have to subscribe to some "Enthusiast Plan" to do this.
If I want to do VoIP....
DECNet over IP via Multinet (think OpenVMS)?
Let's play with the VM/370 Sixpack on Hercules and run RSCS over IP... Sure!
I could go on. My point is - if I'm paying for a connection I want to do whatever I want with it, whenever I desire to do so.
Apologies if this sounds a bit rant-y... but unless I'm going to save SERIOUS money, I want no part of content packages. My Internet portion of my cable bill is now what, $50/mo? Unless you're dropping that to $10 or $20 a month, I'm not interested in your "packages". Leave my Internet alone, thanks.
If the Internet goes "walled garden" i.e. AOL style unless you pony up more money, I will just go without.
Give me a dumb pipe where I can do what I please, thank you very much.
I still maintain the lawsuits will fly if this gets repealed, tying it up in court for years (and hopefully long enough where there will be a different administration in the WH)
... and that's why we won't be upgrading to W10 until absolutely needed. All that extra $ for Win10 Enterprise to be able to control it how we want to, not at Microsofts whims. The powers that be here really do not like being controlled by other companies, so it's going to be interesting. Microsoft will bend to us, not the other way around or we'll search for alternatives. Seriously.
Do you really think the vast majority of people are going to pay extra on top of their already somewhat expensive Internet plans to browse Slashdot, YouTube, Reddit, etc, FASTER? I for one, despite being in the tech field, will not. I think you're going to find a lot of people that will not. Site usage will go down, and the lawsuits and injunctions will start to pile on. If they screw with my net connection too much I will either try to route around it (proxies, port trickery, etc) or just go without.
Roll the clock back six months, didn't I read about this before?
I give it 10 days for another article to come out saying "No, we're staying with Linux."
I am always suspicious of things like this because someone is probably getting paid by Microsoft (nothing as obvious as cash, more like items of tangible value) to do the switch.
Damn I wish I hadn't burnt my last mod point. AC or not I would have modded you up to the moon.
I was having this discussion with an old boss (that I'm obviously on good terms with) just a few days ago - it almost seems you are "better off" (in quotes) if you don't save like mad, because if you don't have money saved, there's no money to spend on that expensive medical condition, and you'll either get help from the government or just die. I don't know which is worse - dying or having your life savings wiped out, losing your house, etc (and witnessing that) because of some expensive medical condition, and then of course dying anyway.
The US needs to wake up and straighten out this us vs. them shit. I would gladly pay x% in higher taxes to know that everyone no matter their ability to pay would at least be able to live a comfortable life. That's also a reason assisted suicide should be legal. No way I'm going to let myself linger because of a terminal illness (100% certainty of death within X number of years) of the kind that takes years or decades to kill me. Screw that.
Slashdot Mirror
Now that's cool. Loved that card. Also loved that it had native MOD (and other tracker type formats) support.
You're really, really, are making me want to get that old PC out!
-Miser
Seconded. That's the first thing I thought also. I still have my upgraded GUS (with 256kilobytes) in my original first 486 PC.
I really need to put in a new power supply in that thing (to prevent smoke) and fire that puppy up for some nostalgia.
Exactly!
I have more often than not used a line from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
"You have to learn WHY things work on a starship."
And I would usually ad ... "And NOT just what buttons to push."
Concepts. Teach concepts and it doesn't matter what word processor you're using. WordPerfect, Word, WordStar, LibreOffice, etc.
-Miser
I am inclined to agree with you.
Reminds me of that advertisement for the drug Optivo. "A chance to live longer". Then you read the fine print. 2-3 months longer. Let's say 6 months to be generous. Sorry, but to me that's not worth it. I want a cure/remission. Why all the research to postpone the inevitable?
That's also why I believe advanced directives should include a clause that if there is a clear, terminal illness at play (no cure, no hope of cure, x months to live) give me that morphine IV, leave me alone in the room, and tell me what dial not to touch ... :) No way I'm going to burden my family with this shit.
Me too! (says an AOL'er) :)
I had the first same impression, then read the article (shock! horror!) and thought to myself "I thought SIP was for VoIP & such...."
I welcome you on my lawn.
-Miser
... with synergy!
I do not know what a SILVER alert is, but will add this to the list of alerts I ignore ....
( I do pay attention to the weather alerts however )
What the hell. Why are you posting this shit in multiple unrelated postings?
Yup. Sounds like someone got a talking to .... :)
If you have convictions, you stick with them. Obviously his bread is being buttered by someone else .....
That's why I've always maintained that the government should be using mainframes. Two factor auth (similar to rsa secureid). Encrypted connections, etc. I don't care that you can't figure out the 3270 screens. You don't need to watch cat videos when you're doing serious government business. If you insist, mainframes can use the web nowadays to interface those applications to a browser but I'd prefer not unless you're working with document or data that just doesn't lend itself to green screen. ... but it still needs to be encrypted, two factor auth etc. Why they would even consider using the cloud, Windows or general purpose workstations (PC's) for this totally just makes me facepalm.
Spaceballs the flame thrower!
(the kids are gonna love this one ....)
That's ok. Depending on the frequency (the article did not say anything other than "high frequency") .... take your legal 1500W amp, key down and AT&T won't have to worry about Internet access for most of the town. This power line shit has been tried over and over but due to the fact power lines are big antennas not only will they splatter all over the radio bands, they also must ACCEPT any interference that they "hear".
Guess it's time for me to set up some beacons that randomly transmit full legal power for identification purposes ....
Someone had said "They welcome saving money by having to sign up for "content packages""
This was my reply:
Screw content packages.
I want a Dumb. Pipe. ... and I do not want to pay extra for it, because I don't have to at present.
I do tech for a living. If I want to have something on my home network that opens port 6543 on my firewall that if you TCP connect to it it spits out the word "BULLSHIT" 10 times and then disconnects, I want to be able to do that. No one should be able to tell me otherwise. I shouldn't have to subscribe to some "Enthusiast Plan" to do this.
If I want to do VoIP ....
DECNet over IP via Multinet (think OpenVMS)?
Let's play with the VM/370 Sixpack on Hercules and run RSCS over IP ... Sure!
I could go on. My point is - if I'm paying for a connection I want to do whatever I want with it, whenever I desire to do so.
Apologies if this sounds a bit rant-y ... but unless I'm going to save SERIOUS money, I want no part of content packages. My Internet portion of my cable bill is now what, $50/mo? Unless you're dropping that to $10 or $20 a month, I'm not interested in your "packages". Leave my Internet alone, thanks.
Pretty simple. Don't use an email client that supports that bullshit, problem solved. :)
Disconnect my Internet fee: priceless
I've said it before, and will continue to say it.
If the Internet goes "walled garden" i.e. AOL style unless you pony up more money, I will just go without.
Give me a dumb pipe where I can do what I please, thank you very much.
I still maintain the lawsuits will fly if this gets repealed, tying it up in court for years (and hopefully long enough where there will be a different administration in the WH)
... and that's why we won't be upgrading to W10 until absolutely needed. All that extra $ for Win10 Enterprise to be able to control it how we want to, not at Microsofts whims. The powers that be here really do not like being controlled by other companies, so it's going to be interesting. Microsoft will bend to us, not the other way around or we'll search for alternatives. Seriously.
OLD CS1
(this is probably too short ... filling in .... for a TI 99/4A)
Hear me out ...
Do you really think the vast majority of people are going to pay extra on top of their already somewhat expensive Internet plans to browse Slashdot, YouTube, Reddit, etc, FASTER? I for one, despite being in the tech field, will not. I think you're going to find a lot of people that will not. Site usage will go down, and the lawsuits and injunctions will start to pile on. If they screw with my net connection too much I will either try to route around it (proxies, port trickery, etc) or just go without.
"... but I don't know where it is...."
Like he gives two shits about 0.5BTC. Seriously.
Just because they artificially move the goal posts doesn't mean I have high blood pressure.
Unless it's really high (under the old guidelines) I will not be taking an un-needed pharma pills.
Nice try big pharma, but NO thank you.
-Miser
What I wouldn't give to get a copy of the Compuserve software that ran on those SC40's into SIMH.
Compuserve could get resurrected at live again!! :)
Roll the clock back six months, didn't I read about this before?
I give it 10 days for another article to come out saying "No, we're staying with Linux."
I am always suspicious of things like this because someone is probably getting paid by Microsoft (nothing as obvious as cash, more like items of tangible value) to do the switch.
Also, first post? :)
Damn I wish I hadn't burnt my last mod point. AC or not I would have modded you up to the moon.
I was having this discussion with an old boss (that I'm obviously on good terms with) just a few days ago - it almost seems you are "better off" (in quotes) if you don't save like mad, because if you don't have money saved, there's no money to spend on that expensive medical condition, and you'll either get help from the government or just die. I don't know which is worse - dying or having your life savings wiped out, losing your house, etc (and witnessing that) because of some expensive medical condition, and then of course dying anyway.
The US needs to wake up and straighten out this us vs. them shit. I would gladly pay x% in higher taxes to know that everyone no matter their ability to pay would at least be able to live a comfortable life. That's also a reason assisted suicide should be legal. No way I'm going to let myself linger because of a terminal illness (100% certainty of death within X number of years) of the kind that takes years or decades to kill me. Screw that.
I believe in the olden days of tech they called it a "man trap".