They are killing the program the public is aware of, but the satellites will continue to operate over the USA. The data will still be collected. The data or analysis of the data will still be forwarded to law enforcement using a mechanism that obscures the origin of the data (info laundering?). There just won't be an official federal program for law suits to target.
Some of us use our phones for - can you believe it - communication
But at some point you probably sung Happy Birthday to your child over the phone. As an unauthorized public performance that allows the RIAA to sell your children into slavery. This is all covered by the brief filed in their case "RIAA vs. All of Humanity".
Electricity -- I've never lived in an area where the city controlled it.
In Austin, TX the city runs the electric service. The residential rate is 3.5 cents per kwh for under 500 kwh, and 7.5 cents per kwh over 500. Providers adjacent to Austin average about 10 cents per kwh. Near Dallas (no city power company) the average is about 15 cents per khw.
Keep in mind that Austin Electric transfers about 10% of their revenue to the city's general fund. The service is good and the rates are significantly less, even when siphoning off that 10%.
On the plus side, the contents of all those Hot Pockets, Cheetos, and Twinkies will help preserve my cancer ridden corpse for centuries. I just hope no joker poses me in an undignified position.
A joke is that another name for Army recruiters is "liar."
My recruiter drove me to the MEPS on my first day. I had drunk too much the night before and was nauseous, so I chugged some Pepto-Bismol before he picked me up. Close to the end of the drive, it was too much and I spewed huge amounts of pink, alcohol reeking vomit onto the floorboards. There was so much material, it formed a clumpy, steaming pool. There was not enough time for anything other than a pissed off look from the recruiter as I was wisked away for processing.
Through the boring and crappy assignments of my service, that memory always made me smile.
I feel your pain. The unfolding truth seems to be that they were always there and humanity really sucks for the most part. The internet just makes it easier to tally the grim statistics.
"...but can you tell the difference between CD and 256Kbps MP3?"
Probably not. I guess my main point is that I have been buying at a certain quality for 25 years! Now, in 2009, they may offer (a guess as they have not given details) quality *almost* as good as that. Why not just *erase* that issue with FLAC or equivalent. It would not be just as good then, it would be *better* because you would not need to rip or travel to Best Buy.
Everything is in place to do this, so why not get the ball rolling by offering a product that has actually improved over the last quarter century?
"128kbit lossy is more than enough quality, the only kind of people who would need anything more than that would be audiophiles and other people who love placebo effects.
Wow! If you can't easily tell the difference between a CD and a 128Kbit MP3, you are either listening through cheap ear buds or are hearing impaired. That is not "Monster Cable" audiophile or a placebo effect. The artifacts on a 128Kbit MP3 are obvious and annoying, 160Kbit AAC is very listenable for mobile players, but CD quality is the *baseline* for purchased music, at least for me.
Unfortunately, audiophile has become a loaded term meaning people who buy goofy stuff for high prices that makes little or no difference. I don't think preferring CD quality over a 128Kbit MP3 qualifies as that.
What format for the download? 128Kbit lossy compression? I could not find any mention of that. For it to really work out, I would want at least CD quality lossless compression.
"The New Mexico state capital has more Californians, Texans, and East Coast turquoise fetishists living there than actual New Mexicans."
Chuckle. I see this sentiment every place with population growth. Colorado complains about people from California and Texas. Texas complains about people from California and the East coast. Kazakhs complaining about Uzbeks, Etc. It's always "those strange people" moving in and changing things.
I expect Michigan would be happy to have that kind of problem now.
"Mites, like viruses, can infect or inoculate people."
At birth you will be infected with government approved nanomites to help regulate your body. I'm betting there will be a built in kill switch in case you become disruptive to the common good.
1541 used a 300 baud serial interface to the pc itself.
That did not sound right. According to Wikipedia, it used a proprietary
serial version of IEEE-488. "Without hardware modifications, some "fast loader" utilities managed to achieve speeds of up to 4 kB/s."
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They are killing the program the public is aware of, but the satellites will continue to operate over the USA. The data will still be collected. The data or analysis of the data will still be forwarded to law enforcement using a mechanism that obscures the origin of the data (info laundering?). There just won't be an official federal program for law suits to target.
For a more intense sensation, you might prefer Iron Maiden brand.
I'm sure you've seen the advertisements: "Iron Maiden, for the really bad boy."
Some of us use our phones for - can you believe it - communication
But at some point you probably sung Happy Birthday to your child over the phone. As an unauthorized public performance that allows the RIAA to sell your children into slavery. This is all covered by the brief filed in their case "RIAA vs. All of Humanity".
Electricity -- I've never lived in an area where the city controlled it.
In Austin, TX the city runs the electric service. The residential rate is 3.5 cents per kwh for under 500 kwh, and 7.5 cents per kwh over 500. Providers adjacent to Austin average about 10 cents per kwh. Near Dallas (no city power company) the average is about 15 cents per khw.
Keep in mind that Austin Electric transfers about 10% of their revenue to the city's general fund. The service is good and the rates are significantly less, even when siphoning off that 10%.
I just wanted to sound fair.
Ha! Rookie mistake.
You'll have to do better to earn your troll merit badge.
One man's tang is another man's taint.
On the plus side, the contents of all those Hot Pockets, Cheetos, and Twinkies will help preserve my cancer ridden corpse for centuries.
I just hope no joker poses me in an undignified position.
He should have had dear old dad stuffed, mounted, and fitted with a dart board. Maybe even add a beer tap coming out of the head.
"Jobs laughed with reporters, before eating their tasty, tasty brains."
So that's how he stays so thin!
I'm not sure that's enough for most people to survive on.
A joke is that another name for Army recruiters is "liar."
My recruiter drove me to the MEPS on my first day. I had drunk too much the night before and was nauseous, so I chugged some Pepto-Bismol before he picked me up. Close to the end of the drive, it was too much and I spewed huge amounts of pink, alcohol reeking vomit onto the floorboards. There was so much material, it formed a clumpy, steaming pool. There was not enough time for anything other than a pissed off look from the recruiter as I was wisked away for processing.
Through the boring and crappy assignments of my service, that memory always made me smile.
I don't mean to pick on you, but I think you are being overly picky. He meant the first pick of the modern Dr. Who.
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Gaming of a deregulated energy system by crooked companies like Enron played a major part in those rolling brown-outs.
"Oh wait, someone is knocking at the door...
MiB: Pizza man!
AC: [peers out peephole] Where is the pizza?
MiB: In our awesome van! Come on out and get it...
AC: Well, I do like pizza and vans.
I feel your pain. The unfolding truth seems to be that they were always there and humanity really sucks for the most part. The internet just makes it easier to tally the grim statistics.
"...but can you tell the difference between CD and 256Kbps MP3?"
Probably not. I guess my main point is that I have been buying at a certain quality for 25 years! Now, in 2009, they may offer (a guess as they have not given details) quality *almost* as good as that. Why not just *erase* that issue with FLAC or equivalent. It would not be just as good then, it would be *better* because you would not need to rip or travel to Best Buy.
Everything is in place to do this, so why not get the ball rolling by offering a product that has actually improved over the last quarter century?
"128kbit lossy is more than enough quality, the only kind of people who would need anything more than that would be audiophiles and other people who love placebo effects.
Wow! If you can't easily tell the difference between a CD and a 128Kbit MP3, you are either listening through cheap ear buds or are hearing impaired. That is not "Monster Cable" audiophile or a placebo effect. The artifacts on a 128Kbit MP3 are obvious and annoying, 160Kbit AAC is very listenable for mobile players, but CD quality is the *baseline* for purchased music, at least for me.
Unfortunately, audiophile has become a loaded term meaning people who buy goofy stuff for high prices that makes little or no difference. I don't think preferring CD quality over a 128Kbit MP3 qualifies as that.
What format for the download? 128Kbit lossy compression? I could not find any mention of that. For it to really work out, I would want at least CD quality lossless compression.
"The New Mexico state capital has more Californians, Texans, and East Coast turquoise fetishists living there than actual New Mexicans."
Chuckle. I see this sentiment every place with population growth. Colorado complains about people from California and Texas. Texas complains about people from California and the East coast. Kazakhs complaining about Uzbeks, Etc. It's always "those strange people" moving in and changing things.
I expect Michigan would be happy to have that kind of problem now.
Bring it on, Mr. Ellison!
You're asking for Larry's grey goo?
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"Mites, like viruses, can infect or inoculate people."
At birth you will be infected with government approved nanomites to help regulate your body. I'm betting there will be a built in kill switch in case you become disruptive to the common good.
Now everyone will experience beautiful, high resolution broadcast video of quality programming.
Ha, ha! Just kidding, I made that second part up.
1541 used a 300 baud serial interface to the pc itself.
That did not sound right. According to Wikipedia, it used a proprietary serial version of IEEE-488. "Without hardware modifications, some "fast loader" utilities managed to achieve speeds of up to 4 kB/s."
What sort of caveman could possible have a use for it?
Og tweet about playing Ultima III:
Og swallowed by whirlpool.
Og now mad and smash phone.
How about geek with pendulous tits?
That is still gender neutral.