..unless you purchase XYZ product (which we've thoughtfully selected for you, based on all the personally identifiable information you've so graciously provided us with) in which case you'll live up to* 50 more years!
* Not to be used for medical diagnosis purposes. For entertainment only. Your mileage may vary. Illegal in some states. You won't read this anyway. BUY OUR STUFF!!!1!
Considering that I clearly remember not more than a few years a go some State congress trying to legally and officially make 'Pi' equal to 3.00000000, it wouldn't at all surprise me that such a complicated concept</sarcasm> like 'inverse square law' would make some peoples' heads vapor-lock. Memo to Luddites: Don't go around hugging and licking high-power broadcast antennas, and you'll probably not have a 'shorter lifespan'.
Studies have shown that your lifespan will be SEVERELY attenuated by standing in front of a microwave dish when they take the transmitter out of Standby.
Actually you don't understand, EMPLOYERS pay into the Unemployment fund. If they had their way they'd say 'fuck that' and not pay at all, screw you if you're unemployed, they don't care, and that's one more bit of leverage they'd have over you: do as we say, take what we give you, or you'll be HOMELESS and DIE in the streets.
But we don't live in that world do we? Unemployment benefits are insurance, yes; social insurance, because it's good for society as a whole for people to not be homeless, because then they can't get work again, and the viscious cycle continues indefiintely.
A little subsidy so people who are desperately poor can afford Internet? That's also social insurance, guaranteeing that at least their children will have the benefit of the Internet for their education.. and also so that the working adults of the household can have a better chance of getting better work, or work of any kind when they find themselves out of work. Try getting a job these days with no Internet; you basically can't.
It's a small amount of money per household and you're not seeing the big picture. Or do you want more homeless people in your city, actually begging for handouts, so their kids don't starve? Or do you just not give a shit about anyone but yourself?
The two things go hand-in-hand is the problem, and you're not going to convince these people that they should part with their money or their power, not anytime soon, and not easily.
Have you ever been out of work and your Unemployment Benefits checks were all that kept you from being homeless? How would you feel if that had been taken away from you because it's 'socialism' or 'communism'? You think you'd be spouting the bullshit you're spouting here if you'd been homeless? Likely not. Now all we're talking about is a few bucks a month to help poor people have internet so maybe they can get a job (try getting a job without internet these days) or maybe their kids get a decent education and are NOT POOR when they're adults. Sound more like an INVESTMENT, now, instead of welfare handouts? Get correct.
Your 'alternative solution' is a non-starter. Why, you ask? Because U.S. ISPs won't allow it, for one; they demand everyone PAY, PAY, PAY, and they price-gouge everyone compared to so many other countries. Another reason is the Conservative and Religious agendas. Conservatives will not put up with ANYTHING that even remotely looks like socialism or welfare, and 'money for the poor' is Socialism so far as they're concerned; the poor can get fucked so far as they're concerned. The Religious agenda is that Poor People must have angered God, and He is punishing them for their transgressions (whatever the fuck they supposedly were) so you don't 'help them', that would be going against God's Will. So either way no 'free' anything for The Poor -- and that would definitely include 'free public WiFi internet'. It's just never going to happen, not in the current socio-political climate.
Yeah sure who gives a fuck if half a dozen generations down the road the Earth is becoming unlivable so long as you can keep driving your clownishly large SUV that gets 8 miles to the gallon and leaves a trail of smoke behind it everywhere you go! Moron.
The Religious Right and the Dominionists believe that if you're poor then you must have done something to anger God, your misfortune is His punishment, and it would therefore be wrong to actually help you (i.e. it would be going against the Will of God if you help poor people); you're supposed to suffer, it's all part of God's Plan for you, and when (if?) you finally Repent for whatever it is you did to piss off God, He might relent and stop punishing you. Or not. Coin flip, really.
It's bullshit, total and complete bullshit. Give the poor their Internet, so maybe them or their kids won't have to be poor, generation after generation.
Yep. Keep the un(der)educated poor people poor and un(der)educated cradle-to-grave, because poor and dumb is easier to control, especially when they don't have access to a wide selection of news sources to keep themselves informed. It's a very old authoritarian tactic.
Let's roll back the calendar to the Good Olde Days (approximately 50 to 75 years, that is), when we were totally ignorant about the impact we have on the planet we have to live on, we did what we wanted because that's the American Way, and God had the last word on everything!
That's also what this is.
The Dominionists should love this, it's one more thing to check off their to-do list: hasten destruction of the Earth, so Zombie Jesus will come back to them and take them Home that much sooner.
We have to get the Trump administration out as soon as possible, while it may still be possible to repair the damage being done to pretty much everything.
Fuck off. We're talking about half-assed pseudo-intelligent computer programs that have been RUSHED TO MARKET and has now killed a human being. GET THEM OFF THE ROADS and keep them off until we have REAL AI that can actually THINK and REASON like a human being. This crap they keep trotting out can't do any of that, and has to come to a complete stop and 'phone home' because it can't handle something, have a real human being take over remotely? What the fuck is that? It's GARBAGE, get it off the roads and KEEP IT OFF.
BTW I'm saying that the actual regulation/law text will be worded in a way that sounds perfectly reasonable -- then Comcast will violate the spirit of it, spinning it any way they have to, to get what they want, much in the same way a preacher spins the Bible to make it mean what they want it to mean.
LOL, let them screw with VoIP; that's literally a public utility now, and doing so would make a great argument for making Internet a public utility, too.
..no, shocked, shocked I tell you, that Ajit Pai didn't specifically and categorically deny SpaceX from doing this, then turn around and announce that Verizon, or AT&T, or Comcast is going to do precisely the same thing, and how it'll "increase competition and innovation".
Yes, it does, if for no other reason than to establish precedent for the next time this happens (and it WILL, don't doubt it). There needs to be a paper trail of liability starting NOW, so when it's finally determined that these pseudo-intelligent machines aren't up to the task, it'll be easier to ban them.
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..unless you purchase XYZ product (which we've thoughtfully selected for you, based on all the personally identifiable information you've so graciously provided us with) in which case you'll live up to* 50 more years!
* Not to be used for medical diagnosis purposes. For entertainment only. Your mileage may vary. Illegal in some states. You won't read this anyway. BUY OUR STUFF!!!1!
Sardonically funny. Sadly funny. Too soon..
Considering that I clearly remember not more than a few years a go some State congress trying to legally and officially make 'Pi' equal to 3.00000000, it wouldn't at all surprise me that such a complicated concept</sarcasm> like 'inverse square law' would make some peoples' heads vapor-lock.
Memo to Luddites: Don't go around hugging and licking high-power broadcast antennas, and you'll probably not have a 'shorter lifespan'.
Studies have shown that your lifespan will be SEVERELY attenuated by standing in front of a microwave dish when they take the transmitter out of Standby.
It's a con-job and you're dumb if you fall for it.
There are plenty of conservatives and religious types that believe all such things should be banned and you should just be left to starve.
Actually you don't understand, EMPLOYERS pay into the Unemployment fund. If they had their way they'd say 'fuck that' and not pay at all, screw you if you're unemployed, they don't care, and that's one more bit of leverage they'd have over you: do as we say, take what we give you, or you'll be HOMELESS and DIE in the streets.
But we don't live in that world do we? Unemployment benefits are insurance, yes; social insurance, because it's good for society as a whole for people to not be homeless, because then they can't get work again, and the viscious cycle continues indefiintely.
A little subsidy so people who are desperately poor can afford Internet? That's also social insurance, guaranteeing that at least their children will have the benefit of the Internet for their education.. and also so that the working adults of the household can have a better chance of getting better work, or work of any kind when they find themselves out of work. Try getting a job these days with no Internet; you basically can't.
It's a small amount of money per household and you're not seeing the big picture. Or do you want more homeless people in your city, actually begging for handouts, so their kids don't starve? Or do you just not give a shit about anyone but yourself?
The two things go hand-in-hand is the problem, and you're not going to convince these people that they should part with their money or their power, not anytime soon, and not easily.
..yeah, you've got the strength of your convictions SO MUCH that you post as Anonymous Coward. Trollolol. Lurk Moar.
Have you ever had to collect Unemployment benefits?
Have you ever been out of work and your Unemployment Benefits checks were all that kept you from being homeless? How would you feel if that had been taken away from you because it's 'socialism' or 'communism'? You think you'd be spouting the bullshit you're spouting here if you'd been homeless? Likely not. Now all we're talking about is a few bucks a month to help poor people have internet so maybe they can get a job (try getting a job without internet these days) or maybe their kids get a decent education and are NOT POOR when they're adults. Sound more like an INVESTMENT, now, instead of welfare handouts? Get correct.
Taking away public welfare in favor of corporate welfare.
Mod this guy up, because it's a totally valid point.
Your 'alternative solution' is a non-starter. Why, you ask? Because U.S. ISPs won't allow it, for one; they demand everyone PAY, PAY, PAY, and they price-gouge everyone compared to so many other countries. Another reason is the Conservative and Religious agendas. Conservatives will not put up with ANYTHING that even remotely looks like socialism or welfare, and 'money for the poor' is Socialism so far as they're concerned; the poor can get fucked so far as they're concerned. The Religious agenda is that Poor People must have angered God, and He is punishing them for their transgressions (whatever the fuck they supposedly were) so you don't 'help them', that would be going against God's Will. So either way no 'free' anything for The Poor -- and that would definitely include 'free public WiFi internet'. It's just never going to happen, not in the current socio-political climate.
Yeah sure who gives a fuck if half a dozen generations down the road the Earth is becoming unlivable so long as you can keep driving your clownishly large SUV that gets 8 miles to the gallon and leaves a trail of smoke behind it everywhere you go! Moron.
The Religious Right and the Dominionists believe that if you're poor then you must have done something to anger God, your misfortune is His punishment, and it would therefore be wrong to actually help you (i.e. it would be going against the Will of God if you help poor people); you're supposed to suffer, it's all part of God's Plan for you, and when (if?) you finally Repent for whatever it is you did to piss off God, He might relent and stop punishing you. Or not. Coin flip, really.
It's bullshit, total and complete bullshit. Give the poor their Internet, so maybe them or their kids won't have to be poor, generation after generation.
Yep. Keep the un(der)educated poor people poor and un(der)educated cradle-to-grave, because poor and dumb is easier to control, especially when they don't have access to a wide selection of news sources to keep themselves informed. It's a very old authoritarian tactic.
Black Box, slap the 'AI' label on it, and ship, ship, ship! No worries, people are dumb, they'll never know the difference..
Let's roll back the calendar to the Good Olde Days (approximately 50 to 75 years, that is), when we were totally ignorant about the impact we have on the planet we have to live on, we did what we wanted because that's the American Way, and God had the last word on everything!
That's also what this is.
The Dominionists should love this, it's one more thing to check off their to-do list: hasten destruction of the Earth, so Zombie Jesus will come back to them and take them Home that much sooner.
We have to get the Trump administration out as soon as possible, while it may still be possible to repair the damage being done to pretty much everything.
Fuck off. We're talking about half-assed pseudo-intelligent computer programs that have been RUSHED TO MARKET and has now killed a human being. GET THEM OFF THE ROADS and keep them off until we have REAL AI that can actually THINK and REASON like a human being. This crap they keep trotting out can't do any of that, and has to come to a complete stop and 'phone home' because it can't handle something, have a real human being take over remotely? What the fuck is that? It's GARBAGE, get it off the roads and KEEP IT OFF.
BTW I'm saying that the actual regulation/law text will be worded in a way that sounds perfectly reasonable -- then Comcast will violate the spirit of it, spinning it any way they have to, to get what they want, much in the same way a preacher spins the Bible to make it mean what they want it to mean.
LOL, let them screw with VoIP; that's literally a public utility now, and doing so would make a great argument for making Internet a public utility, too.
..no, shocked, shocked I tell you, that Ajit Pai didn't specifically and categorically deny SpaceX from doing this, then turn around and announce that Verizon, or AT&T, or Comcast is going to do precisely the same thing, and how it'll "increase competition and innovation".
Yes, it did precisely what it was programmed to do: be half-assed, leading to a human death. GET THEM OFF THE ROADS AND KEEP THEM OFF.
Give them this and it's guaranteed they'll abuse it above and beyond the stated intent.
Yes, it does, if for no other reason than to establish precedent for the next time this happens (and it WILL, don't doubt it). There needs to be a paper trail of liability starting NOW, so when it's finally determined that these pseudo-intelligent machines aren't up to the task, it'll be easier to ban them.