Running cable clear out here, at $45/foot, would cost around $4M. How much does a used jumbo jet go for? Or my own satellite? I don't need fancy features, like engines or onboard processing.
"This is the dirty little secret of digital broadcast TV. Multipath is going to KILL digital broadcast TV in heavily populated areas with large buildings. It's also going to KILL digital broadcast TV for people in mountainous regions."
Much to the delight, I'm sure, of cable and satellite companies.
Of course, that only fixes things for 1) people who live in their service areas, which is a far cry from everyone, and 2) who can afford/justify the added expense (tough to do when the economy isn't good).
One also has to wonder how many small or marginal broadcasters will go out of business, when ad revenue contracts along with the reception area.
I need an outdoor antenna the size of a 747 to get analog signals as it is, and even so the picture is none too good. What kind of antenna will I need to get a barely viewable digital signal??
In my high school, we seniors who maintained a B average or better could do whatever we pleased with "study hall" time, including leave the campus. Funny thing, most of us went to the "quiet room" and [gasp] studied!!
Maybe that's why my broker is always after me to "diversify";)
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I didn't know they had a package that small and cheap -- good to know for people who just want the most basic service! I have several friends who need the basics but can't afford even the $3/mo. account.
And yeah, they've been nothing but great the whole time I've had my hosting there. Tech support may take a day or two to get back to you, but it's always a Real Human With A Clue.
And they're reasonable about billing screwups too. Mine got out of whack a while back and rather than cancel my account like most places would, they made an extra effort to contact me A SECOND TIME (their first effort had apparently been eaten by the Space Moose) and get it straightened out. That made me really happy!
I don't play the market. I've had the same stocks for a long time -- some for over 35 years (mostly stuff like Exxon and Philip-Morris). Bought a small chunk of M$ about 10-12 years ago, but it's not a major investment by any stretch. And 2% per split isn't a bad cost to pay when your money is being doubled every 6 months, as used to be the case with M$. I don't think it will ever do that again, but I'd like to see it up in its midrange before I'd consider selling it (if I do so). I've observed that it's never good policy to sell when an overall-sound company's stock is in a doldrum... because eventually it WILL go back up, and by selling early you did nothing but screw yourself.
I'm not a fan of rapid stock market growth, tho -- I like steady and reliable and stable, so the company isn't utterly at the mercy of people who just want quick profits. IMO companies being beholden first and foremost to shareholders, and therefore to improving the short-term bottom line rather than looking to the company's long-term health, has done a lot of damage.
I have web hosting with 1&1, which includes both a free domain name and shitloads of email boxes. I use one of my domains there for a "my very own" email. The most basic service is about $3/month. For $5/month, I get 120GB of space, 1200 mailboxes (WTF am I going to do with all those?!) with POP3, webmail, and forwarding among other features, instant control over all my mailboxes, and good customer service. I've had the service for almost 5 years now and no complaints.
In short, register whatever domain suits your fancy, and use it with whatever name you want on your mailbox. Ignore the hosting if you don't need it. (But it is SO nice to have all that handy space...)
So my small bit of M$ stock should go up in value, yes?
When I bought it, it was doubling and splitting regularly, and was a good investment; along came XP and activation and M$'s stock went flat and has stayed that way ever since. I'd like to see it earn its keep again for a while before I sell it.
I couldn't agree more. Don't come to MY country and tell ME to change my ways. And if your old country ways are so superior, STAY IN THE OLD COUNTRY. Don't tell me that *I* have to be tolerant of *you*, then come here and force me to live under YOUR standards.
We've gotta stop this crap, before we get drowned in it.
BTW it's not just immigrants. City folks move out to rural areas and do the same thing -- can't have those cows making noise and stinks, so let's get rid of the dairy farm that we knowingly moved in next door to!
And that's why I'm not a Libertarian. While I agree with many of the LP concepts, the idea of outsourcing law enforcement to private interests scares me a whole lot more than does the current trend toward overbearing police powers.
In fact, we've already had outsourced law enforcement; it's called the Mafia. (Well, they DID keep the crime rate down in Vegas...)
I agree... given the choice between the disaster who at least has a clue where the money comes from, and the catastrophe who thinks you just take money from anyone who has it and give it to anyone who doesn't... a lousy choice, but still an obvious one. Money is, ultimately, THE point that gives you individual freedom. If someone takes it, they take your freedom -- your freedom to act, to travel, to own stuff.
And furthermore... Stole this from your blog to save myself typing:)
"5. Prior executive experience - This is absolutely an imperative in my mind. We have had many Governors and Generals as President and very few Senators. There's a reason for that. The Presidency is not an entry-level executive position and anyone who hasn't run a state, a large company, a military branch, or something equivalent, has no business even running for the Oval Office. Vice-presidents count, obviously."
Actually, WordPerfect works perfectly dandy as a text editor. Good old WP5.1 is my editor of choice for large textfiles, as once the textfile gets into the several-megs size, other editors slow down, whereas WP does not. It can save in either UNIX or DOS text formats (ie. without or with line breaks) and can handle the complete range of special characters, including an EOF marker in mid-document -- that chokes most text editors. It can do fuzzy search and replace; its macros can be set up to perform all sorts of tasks, including formatting and "fill in the blanks"; it includes primitive spreadsheet functions. It doesn't mind being called by other apps or run in a poor-man's multitasker like DesqView, or run in a modern environment like WinXP. And it is essentially bug-free and uncrashable.
I use it so routinely as a text editor from inside other apps, that I have a Handy WP Macro to save back to the original location as DOS-text and exit back to the parent app.
Plain old MS-DOS 7 (as found under Win9x) is more stable (it will run for YEARS without needing a reboot -- crashes are symptomatic of bad system RAM), is essentially bug-free, handles FAT32 partitions of any size up to the safe FAT32 limit (which is 32GB -- larger partitions can experience data-wrapping/loss), and in my long experience is the fastest of the DOS variants. The ancient OAKCDROM.SYS and MSCDEX driver and interface (found with DOS6 and later) work fine with single-session CDs and DVDs, and the old M$ Mouse driver v8.2 works perfect.
This is the basic setup I still put on any machine that needs a DOS boot -- which I still use for old games, and sometimes because I'm in a hurry and like the OP, just want a text editor!
Exactly what I meant. People often argue about such stuff because the very argument reinforces what they already believe, and you're not going to change their minds -- they can always come up with more examples to validate their beliefs, and you won't change their minds.
So.. I'm with you, I don't care any more, let idiots believe whatever kark they want -- so long as their beliefs aren't imposed on me!!
On a related note, something I've noticed, and the more left-leaning the Dem, the more likely this is:
A Republican (of any leaning) will say of the Dem candidate, "He's stupid because [list of reasons, which may or may not be valid, but still there ARE reasons]"
A Democrat will say of the Rep candidate, "He's stupid." No reasons given. If you ask for the reason they think this, the response is some variant on "He's stupid, that's all!"
In short, one side runs on reason (misguided or not) and the other side runs on pure emotion.
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Finally, a useful suggestion! ;)
Running cable clear out here, at $45/foot, would cost around $4M. How much does a used jumbo jet go for? Or my own satellite? I don't need fancy features, like engines or onboard processing.
"This is the dirty little secret of digital broadcast TV. Multipath is going to KILL digital broadcast TV in heavily populated areas with large buildings. It's also going to KILL digital broadcast TV for people in mountainous regions."
Much to the delight, I'm sure, of cable and satellite companies.
Of course, that only fixes things for 1) people who live in their service areas, which is a far cry from everyone, and 2) who can afford/justify the added expense (tough to do when the economy isn't good).
One also has to wonder how many small or marginal broadcasters will go out of business, when ad revenue contracts along with the reception area.
I need an outdoor antenna the size of a 747 to get analog signals as it is, and even so the picture is none too good. What kind of antenna will I need to get a barely viewable digital signal??
Got an A in Ethics, at least ;)
In my high school, we seniors who maintained a B average or better could do whatever we pleased with "study hall" time, including leave the campus. Funny thing, most of us went to the "quiet room" and [gasp] studied!!
"Dude! Like, something went wrong!"
No shit, that's what it said!
Another time when it was refusing to read a CD, the error message suggested unloading the CDROM driver to improve matters. [scratching head]
Maybe that's why my broker is always after me to "diversify" ;)
I didn't know they had a package that small and cheap -- good to know for people who just want the most basic service! I have several friends who need the basics but can't afford even the $3/mo. account.
And yeah, they've been nothing but great the whole time I've had my hosting there. Tech support may take a day or two to get back to you, but it's always a Real Human With A Clue.
And they're reasonable about billing screwups too. Mine got out of whack a while back and rather than cancel my account like most places would, they made an extra effort to contact me A SECOND TIME (their first effort had apparently been eaten by the Space Moose) and get it straightened out. That made me really happy!
I don't play the market. I've had the same stocks for a long time -- some for over 35 years (mostly stuff like Exxon and Philip-Morris). Bought a small chunk of M$ about 10-12 years ago, but it's not a major investment by any stretch. And 2% per split isn't a bad cost to pay when your money is being doubled every 6 months, as used to be the case with M$. I don't think it will ever do that again, but I'd like to see it up in its midrange before I'd consider selling it (if I do so). I've observed that it's never good policy to sell when an overall-sound company's stock is in a doldrum... because eventually it WILL go back up, and by selling early you did nothing but screw yourself.
I'm not a fan of rapid stock market growth, tho -- I like steady and reliable and stable, so the company isn't utterly at the mercy of people who just want quick profits. IMO companies being beholden first and foremost to shareholders, and therefore to improving the short-term bottom line rather than looking to the company's long-term health, has done a lot of damage.
Likewise, that a mature technology wouldn't be abused every bit as much as an immature one.
Or even just "Pissed off because they don't like being subjected to security theatre".
I have web hosting with 1&1, which includes both a free domain name and shitloads of email boxes. I use one of my domains there for a "my very own" email. The most basic service is about $3/month. For $5/month, I get 120GB of space, 1200 mailboxes (WTF am I going to do with all those?!) with POP3, webmail, and forwarding among other features, instant control over all my mailboxes, and good customer service. I've had the service for almost 5 years now and no complaints.
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In short, register whatever domain suits your fancy, and use it with whatever name you want on your mailbox. Ignore the hosting if you don't need it. (But it is SO nice to have all that handy space...)
So my small bit of M$ stock should go up in value, yes?
When I bought it, it was doubling and splitting regularly, and was a good investment; along came XP and activation and M$'s stock went flat and has stayed that way ever since. I'd like to see it earn its keep again for a while before I sell it.
Mako? Wow. When I was a kid I really liked him -- he was a fine actor. Hadn't seen him on TV in many years.. seems he passed away a couple years ago :(
... is "To Serve Man". Delicious.
You need only look at our Rust Belt to see the truth of that. Once a big contributor to the GNP; now a sinkhole for social welfare.
"This is the kind of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put!"
-- attrib. Winston Churchill
I couldn't agree more. Don't come to MY country and tell ME to change my ways. And if your old country ways are so superior, STAY IN THE OLD COUNTRY. Don't tell me that *I* have to be tolerant of *you*, then come here and force me to live under YOUR standards.
We've gotta stop this crap, before we get drowned in it.
BTW it's not just immigrants. City folks move out to rural areas and do the same thing -- can't have those cows making noise and stinks, so let's get rid of the dairy farm that we knowingly moved in next door to!
And that's why I'm not a Libertarian. While I agree with many of the LP concepts, the idea of outsourcing law enforcement to private interests scares me a whole lot more than does the current trend toward overbearing police powers.
In fact, we've already had outsourced law enforcement; it's called the Mafia. (Well, they DID keep the crime rate down in Vegas...)
I agree... given the choice between the disaster who at least has a clue where the money comes from, and the catastrophe who thinks you just take money from anyone who has it and give it to anyone who doesn't... a lousy choice, but still an obvious one. Money is, ultimately, THE point that gives you individual freedom. If someone takes it, they take your freedom -- your freedom to act, to travel, to own stuff.
And furthermore... Stole this from your blog to save myself typing :)
"5. Prior executive experience - This is absolutely an imperative in my mind. We have had many Governors and Generals as President and very few Senators. There's a reason for that. The Presidency is not an entry-level executive position and anyone who hasn't run a state, a large company, a military branch, or something equivalent, has no business even running for the Oval Office. Vice-presidents count, obviously."
Actually, WordPerfect works perfectly dandy as a text editor. Good old WP5.1 is my editor of choice for large textfiles, as once the textfile gets into the several-megs size, other editors slow down, whereas WP does not. It can save in either UNIX or DOS text formats (ie. without or with line breaks) and can handle the complete range of special characters, including an EOF marker in mid-document -- that chokes most text editors. It can do fuzzy search and replace; its macros can be set up to perform all sorts of tasks, including formatting and "fill in the blanks"; it includes primitive spreadsheet functions. It doesn't mind being called by other apps or run in a poor-man's multitasker like DesqView, or run in a modern environment like WinXP. And it is essentially bug-free and uncrashable.
I use it so routinely as a text editor from inside other apps, that I have a Handy WP Macro to save back to the original location as DOS-text and exit back to the parent app.
Plain old MS-DOS 7 (as found under Win9x) is more stable (it will run for YEARS without needing a reboot -- crashes are symptomatic of bad system RAM), is essentially bug-free, handles FAT32 partitions of any size up to the safe FAT32 limit (which is 32GB -- larger partitions can experience data-wrapping/loss), and in my long experience is the fastest of the DOS variants. The ancient OAKCDROM.SYS and MSCDEX driver and interface (found with DOS6 and later) work fine with single-session CDs and DVDs, and the old M$ Mouse driver v8.2 works perfect.
This is the basic setup I still put on any machine that needs a DOS boot -- which I still use for old games, and sometimes because I'm in a hurry and like the OP, just want a text editor!
Exactly what I meant. People often argue about such stuff because the very argument reinforces what they already believe, and you're not going to change their minds -- they can always come up with more examples to validate their beliefs, and you won't change their minds.
So.. I'm with you, I don't care any more, let idiots believe whatever kark they want -- so long as their beliefs aren't imposed on me!!
On a related note, something I've noticed, and the more left-leaning the Dem, the more likely this is:
A Republican (of any leaning) will say of the Dem candidate, "He's stupid because [list of reasons, which may or may not be valid, but still there ARE reasons]"
A Democrat will say of the Rep candidate, "He's stupid." No reasons given. If you ask for the reason they think this, the response is some variant on "He's stupid, that's all!"
In short, one side runs on reason (misguided or not) and the other side runs on pure emotion.