"Initially payments would be by credit card, but in the future downloads would be automatically detected and a charge added to the monthly internet service provider bill."
Do ya know when every single ISP will have the infrastructure to invite online services to tack on categorized fees?
Teh Nehvar.
If it sounds like bullshit, and quacks like bullshit...
The people who modded that post Troll and mod you Off-Topic are basically the worst kind of people on SlashDot, the TrollMods, or Trods. It's what happens when most everybody gets a chance to express their opinion/vote. just like in the presidential races, there's always going to be some dipshit who writes in Mickey Mouse, or votes for the White Power party du jour. They're so excited about actually having some sort of power over someone else's outcome that they can't handle it. But, as you and I see, the adults came over and rectified the issue. Doesn't always work out the right way. But then again, no system is perfect.
"Interestingly enough, there is no set limit, but just a subjective limit of 'more than the average user.'"
I hate to say it, but this really is completely fair. Of all the utilities where your usage affects your neighbors/fellow clients of Provider X, none is just given away unlimited for a flat rate/month.
The way this was phrased made me think of time-based caps, based on average usage per user per hour or half-hour or whatever; caps based on this would be much more fair than a 24-hour cap. And honestly, I'd rather get capped than get random harassing "You used too much." letters. My upstream is already capped, as is that of most people. If they want me downstreaming less, cap me, or stfu.
Thank you for that list. I just sent the following message:
Subject: New policy of typosquatting
Body: To whom it concerns:
I am DEEPLY disturbed with your latest decision/practice to typosquat, and I hope you will reconsider. It is extremely arrogant to think that you, as a corporation, have a right to do this. Any page sent on request for a non-existing domain should represent ALL of that TLD's registrars or NONE. As it stands, this is equivalent to all wrong numbers dialed *anywhere in the world* getting a message from a Pennsylvania phone company. It's global hijacking, plain and simple, and I hope the backlash will teach you an obviously much-needed lesson.
"My 2c worth: Fix the planes - turning off the mobiles just hides the problem. The only defence against this is to harden the plane's electronics so that it can withstand this sort of thing."
You're in a country that weakly encrypts all your private data and then just makes it illegal to break the encryption. Our gov't is accustomed to putting twigs in padlock loops and making it illegal to snap the twig. What makes you think they'll change when a mere ~200 lives are at risk?
Not a problem. I like to teach physics stuff. I know we're not born knowing all this wavelength crap:)
To elaborate: the colors are, from lowest to highest frequency, commonly referred to as the ROY G. BIV scale, or Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. Light is actually a radio wave, and your eyes are directional antennas. (Cool, huh?) Technically, any radio waves below red are "infrared" and any above violet are "ultraviolet," but there are other segments such as X-Rays, Radio Waves, UHF, VHF, etc. But it's all the same stuff.:)
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"Initially payments would be by credit card, but in the future downloads would be automatically detected and a charge added to the monthly internet service provider bill."
Do ya know when every single ISP will have the infrastructure to invite online services to tack on categorized fees?
Teh Nehvar.
If it sounds like bullshit, and quacks like bullshit...
No apostrophe?!!!! YES!!!!! WE GRAMMAR NAZIS ARE making a DIFFERENCE!!
Oh joy of joys. Oh wonder of wonders.
*grin!*
While this is funny and makes you wonder, it's really pretty sensible. Folger's Coffee sure as hell isn't going to do the study.
According to the FCC, you can say 'fucking' now... (pdf)
"How awesome is that!"
That's a question. Therefore, it should end with a question mark. Funny how that works.
"What does the geeks of Slashdot use for writing?"
I uses a good grammar book. Want to borrow it?
"They are in a position to seariously mess up the DNS system."
Oh crap! They're already worming their way into spell-check!
Well, they must've fixed it before I woke up, 'cause it's a beautiful Fall day in Tampa :)
"The rise of commercial-skipping Tivo has resulted in greater reliance on 'product placement'."
Yeah, I'm sure that fraction of a fraction of a percent of TV viewers with a Tivo is really bending advertisers' bottom line.
And Napster is why CDs still aren't selling, right?
It's clear now that Tivo has become the TV Networks' Napsteresque scapegoat. Look out below.
"Vote for ? in 2004. "
Heh. You've inspired me.
"Vote for !Bush in '04!"
Guy 1: Shouldn't that be "Bush!"
Guy 2: Nope.
"How did these bums get a .org registry?!"
Gee, I don't know.
- Forgot (Writhes hands madly.)
- Forgot obligatory Mr. Burns joke
What's happenning to this place?"ATMs used a unix like OS from Intel called RMX"
Huh?
What?
Ohhhhh! Here's a hyphen for you to use in the future:
-
2.) Patch Windows often
Should be:
2.) Use Linux.
Then the problem would be software X won't run and the easy answer would be 2.) Switch builds.
Much better.
The people who modded that post Troll and mod you Off-Topic are basically the worst kind of people on SlashDot, the TrollMods, or Trods. It's what happens when most everybody gets a chance to express their opinion/vote. just like in the presidential races, there's always going to be some dipshit who writes in Mickey Mouse, or votes for the White Power party du jour. They're so excited about actually having some sort of power over someone else's outcome that they can't handle it. But, as you and I see, the adults came over and rectified the issue. Doesn't always work out the right way. But then again, no system is perfect.
"Interestingly enough, there is no set limit, but just a subjective limit of 'more than the average user.'"
I hate to say it, but this really is completely fair. Of all the utilities where your usage affects your neighbors/fellow clients of Provider X, none is just given away unlimited for a flat rate/month.
The way this was phrased made me think of time-based caps, based on average usage per user per hour or half-hour or whatever; caps based on this would be much more fair than a 24-hour cap. And honestly, I'd rather get capped than get random harassing "You used too much." letters. My upstream is already capped, as is that of most people. If they want me downstreaming less, cap me, or stfu.
Thank you for that list. I just sent the following message:
Subject:
New policy of typosquatting
Body:
To whom it concerns:
I am DEEPLY disturbed with your latest decision/practice to typosquat, and I hope you will reconsider. It is extremely arrogant to think that you, as a corporation, have a right to do this. Any page sent on request for a non-existing domain should represent ALL of that TLD's registrars or NONE. As it stands, this is equivalent to all wrong numbers dialed *anywhere in the world* getting a message from a Pennsylvania phone company. It's global hijacking, plain and simple, and I hope the backlash will teach you an obviously much-needed lesson.
Thank you for your time
'However, I can use my clairvoyance to tell you where they will be. They'll be in the last place that you look.'
That's not clairvoyance. It's logic. If I found them, why would I continue to look?
Thanks :) Can you guess when Ceren gets mentioned in a Score-5 post?
:)
This post can no more be deemed "troll" than its parent post. They both beg the question of whether Islam encourages violence against "non-believers."
Actually I might not be.
Response A
Response B: You probably are, regardless of where you are.
"My 2c worth: Fix the planes - turning off the mobiles just hides the problem. The only defence against this is to harden the plane's electronics so that it can withstand this sort of thing."
You're in a country that weakly encrypts all your private data and then just makes it illegal to break the encryption. Our gov't is accustomed to putting twigs in padlock loops and making it illegal to snap the twig. What makes you think they'll change when a mere ~200 lives are at risk?
*sigh*
Islam != terrorism.
Yeah, and Santa != presents.
"Given how widespread mobile phone use has become, will we even have an adequate control group 50 years from now to gauge what the effects have been?"
Of course we will! People in the rainfore..
oh. nevermind.
Not a problem. I like to teach physics stuff. I know we're not born knowing all this wavelength crap :)
:)
/end_nerd
To elaborate: the colors are, from lowest to highest frequency, commonly referred to as the ROY G. BIV scale, or Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. Light is actually a radio wave, and your eyes are directional antennas. (Cool, huh?) Technically, any radio waves below red are "infrared" and any above violet are "ultraviolet," but there are other segments such as X-Rays, Radio Waves, UHF, VHF, etc. But it's all the same stuff.