No amount of petitioning is going to work. $ILEC owns the last mile, case closed. You either take their "service" (enjoyment or lack thereof notwithstanding) or you do without. You can go to $CLEC, but $CLEC has to lease $ILEC's loops. There is no way to lay additional loops such that a competitor can gain ownership of the last mile.
No one's forcing payment, but that's where the consumer's choice ends. If the consumer pays, $ILEC gets money, no matter which phone company provides the service.
That said, the govt shouldn't just steal infrastructure they didn't pay for. Now if they BUY the infrastructure from $ILEC, then that's a different story.
Back in "my day," I carried around 5MB in double-sided 140k 5.25" floppies. Really. Riding downtown to the library was interesting with a big disk box strapped to my back.:o)
I'll bet $1 that all these buisiness people 1) aren't in the prisons you and I would go to if we did the same thing; 2) get to keep their money after they're done so they don't have to worry about never being employable again.
Tough shit. If I buy hardware for use in MY home, I get to modify it as I see fit.
Now, if I do stupid shit like turn that hardware into the biggest FTP site of pirated software evar, I fully expect to be arrested for that. But if I buy the software and don't distribute it (and don't subject my hacked hardware and software to others via online gaming), I see no reason why I can't avail myself of the convenience associated with a given hack, or do whatever I want with the stuff I bought when it's in my house.
It the xbox indeed has a EULA like that, I'm GLAD I didn't buy it. Lack of decent-to-me games was already an issue with this system...
Some Intel employees seem to have another take on the R&R process, as well as having the general concensus that being put on CAP is equivalent to being targeted for termination.
bahamut, at least, supports some form of encryption as well as gzip compression for server links. Other irc daemons probably support server link encryption as well.
You answered your own question. This is Slashdot, where one is free from accountability.
I don't exactly hate religion. I do respect others' rights to practice whatever religion they want as long as they respect my right to be free from religion.
And you seem to think that consumers will blindly obey (and blindly accept) every mandate of a given company just because said company put out a product.
It's too bad for corporations in certain areas of business (like music and movies) that I, the consumer, can do whatever I wish with my property (the content isn't mine, but the ability to use it is) when it's in my home. Now I realize if I play some game online, I have to bow to the will of whoever's running the show (I'm using their content in conjunction with THEIR servers now; it's no longer in my home), but I can also choose not to be subject to those rules, and thus not play.
We consumers do not owe any company our money just because a product comes with limitations that may be unacceptable to us. In this case, the "unacceptable limitations" are enforceable. In other cases, such as CD and DVD use, they're not (no matter what the DMCA would have you believe).
The (perhaps sad) thing is, the ancient games from the 1980s I play are actually more fun for me than the FPS of the day. For FPS action, I fire up DOOM.
That's for the PC, though. While there's a similar thing going on for consoles (I have a 6-switch Atari and a Genesis, and every other modern system except the xbox), it's much more likely I'll have new games for my PS2 or GameCube.
I stand the real chance of not having the parts to make old games work in the future, though. I really had to struggle to get a "retro PC games" machine built. The original board was a K6-233, which worked fine, except it was TOO FAST for the Reveal sound card, so MIDI sounds in Jill would sound like complete garbage. I couldn't have Jill without the music, so downgraded to a Cyrix P166+. I hope it holds for a few decades:o)
How much risk (falling credit score, may have to file for bankruptcy, etc) does a consumer have to take to justify the reward of $NEW_THING? Are they reasonable and responsible?
The government wins because it can use this fake prosperity to say, "Hey, consumer spending is up! The economy is doing great!" when in fact consumer DEBT is up.
I have no problem with the way you would run your business, under one condition: you be honest. If you hide from me the fact that you think I'm too poor to shop at your store, I'll not only be insulted, but I'll vote with my feet and do you the favour of never setting foot in your store again. Benefit of the doubt, and all...
Anyway, it is the crap attitudes of brick and mortar businesses as a whole that is driving me to shop online. I can shop in my underwear and say what I -really- think about a certain price. Then again, I'm not generally one to abuse a given business.
I do agree that certain "customers" should be fired in certain cases.
I'm a big fan of the SOYO Kiky X-Series USB adapter. It works in Linux, Windows and MacOS X, and has allowed me to use the PSX pads I like with my games.
How would they enforce such a restriction? Outlook Express doesn't have features that basically will you to use it, like Outlook has. Unless you're somehow using Exchange and their calendar system...
Personally, I'd rather continue using mutt than have anything to do with HTML email. I wish some graphical mail client would have a feature where all HTML email is converted to text before being presented (of course this would be configurable, and there would be a "View as HTML" option)
No one gives a shit when perception overrules fact.
It's perceived that Homeland Security's job is to protect the nation from terrorists. That's how the administration billed the agency when it was created. Whether they have additional (or even completely different) duties or not is lost on about 99% of your audience.
In any event, I think the government has too much time on its hands in some respects, and this incident highlights that.
"His job is to act in the best interests of the United States"
If by "United States" you mean "big business", he's done a fine job.
It's a shame we the people are stuck with the low opinion the rest of the world has for us just because of the crap representation that passes for our government, which we'll never know whether or not it was properly elected.
"The guy in the Oval Office gets to make that decision"
I'll quote out of context just to say that I'll be at the pollbooth on Tuesday to let Chief know how he did by making the decision to get rid of his crappy administration (gee... it's not even the guy in the Oval Office I have a problem with, but vote for the guy, vote for his administration)
I'm not firing a bad guy as much as I am choosing a different liar and thus a different set of lies to be annoyed with.
It can be argued that no one has a "right" to a web site's content, but we the people (of the US) and they the people (of every other country affected by the US) have the right to know what's going on with this government. Even though it's an unfair comparison, the PR damage (hey goodie, Bush's puppetmasters are hiding more stuff!) is already done. Unfair and perhaps untrue, but perception is as good as reality in this instance.
The Alpha I ran NT4 on is the fastest I've seen Windows go. Ever. I forget how fast it was clock-wise, but it was probably 500MHz or so.
Sad that it'll be the fastest I'll ever see Windows go, possibly for a few decades. Not even the quad Xeon CPUs nor the Itanium IIs we have here are as fast as the Alpha was (in perception, not clock speed). I mean, I'd login and *BAM* the desktop was right there, ready to use. Dialogs and windows were displayed instantly in response to my input.
This Alpha dated from 1997. The best x86 boxes I've used still are dog-slow perception-wise as a result.
I have no proof, but I highly doubt that North Korea the government gives even a half-baked shit about North Korea the populace. The only interest is in the govt keeping the populace barely alive so they have subjects to rule.
You mean they're here to help themselves to my bedroom and my wallet.
*click*
That's the ominous sound of my TV no longer receiving cable. It doesn't receive OTA channels either, because I don't have an antenna hooked to it. The radio has been left in the OFF position for over a decade here. I'd like to see them censor that.:o)
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No amount of petitioning is going to work. $ILEC owns the last mile, case closed. You either take their "service" (enjoyment or lack thereof notwithstanding) or you do without. You can go to $CLEC, but $CLEC has to lease $ILEC's loops. There is no way to lay additional loops such that a competitor can gain ownership of the last mile.
No one's forcing payment, but that's where the consumer's choice ends. If the consumer pays, $ILEC gets money, no matter which phone company provides the service.
That said, the govt shouldn't just steal infrastructure they didn't pay for. Now if they BUY the infrastructure from $ILEC, then that's a different story.
Back in "my day," I carried around 5MB in double-sided 140k 5.25" floppies. Really. Riding downtown to the library was interesting with a big disk box strapped to my back. :o)
I'll bet $1 that all these buisiness people 1) aren't in the prisons you and I would go to if we did the same thing; 2) get to keep their money after they're done so they don't have to worry about never being employable again.
Crime pays if you're working the right racket.
Tough shit. If I buy hardware for use in MY home, I get to modify it as I see fit.
Now, if I do stupid shit like turn that hardware into the biggest FTP site of pirated software evar, I fully expect to be arrested for that. But if I buy the software and don't distribute it (and don't subject my hacked hardware and software to others via online gaming), I see no reason why I can't avail myself of the convenience associated with a given hack, or do whatever I want with the stuff I bought when it's in my house.
It the xbox indeed has a EULA like that, I'm GLAD I didn't buy it. Lack of decent-to-me games was already an issue with this system...
Too bad this form doesn't say what WILL work, although if I get its drift properly, "do nothing" is what it's advocating.
Some Intel employees seem to have another take on the R&R process, as well as having the general concensus that being put on CAP is equivalent to being targeted for termination.
bahamut, at least, supports some form of encryption as well as gzip compression for server links. Other irc daemons probably support server link encryption as well.
You answered your own question. This is Slashdot, where one is free from accountability.
I don't exactly hate religion. I do respect others' rights to practice whatever religion they want as long as they respect my right to be free from religion.
And you seem to think that consumers will blindly obey (and blindly accept) every mandate of a given company just because said company put out a product.
It's too bad for corporations in certain areas of business (like music and movies) that I, the consumer, can do whatever I wish with my property (the content isn't mine, but the ability to use it is) when it's in my home. Now I realize if I play some game online, I have to bow to the will of whoever's running the show (I'm using their content in conjunction with THEIR servers now; it's no longer in my home), but I can also choose not to be subject to those rules, and thus not play.
We consumers do not owe any company our money just because a product comes with limitations that may be unacceptable to us. In this case, the "unacceptable limitations" are enforceable. In other cases, such as CD and DVD use, they're not (no matter what the DMCA would have you believe).
The (perhaps sad) thing is, the ancient games from the 1980s I play are actually more fun for me than the FPS of the day. For FPS action, I fire up DOOM.
:o)
That's for the PC, though. While there's a similar thing going on for consoles (I have a 6-switch Atari and a Genesis, and every other modern system except the xbox), it's much more likely I'll have new games for my PS2 or GameCube.
I stand the real chance of not having the parts to make old games work in the future, though. I really had to struggle to get a "retro PC games" machine built. The original board was a K6-233, which worked fine, except it was TOO FAST for the Reveal sound card, so MIDI sounds in Jill would sound like complete garbage. I couldn't have Jill without the music, so downgraded to a Cyrix P166+. I hope it holds for a few decades
How much risk (falling credit score, may have to file for bankruptcy, etc) does a consumer have to take to justify the reward of $NEW_THING? Are they reasonable and responsible?
The government wins because it can use this fake prosperity to say, "Hey, consumer spending is up! The economy is doing great!" when in fact consumer DEBT is up.
I have no problem with the way you would run your business, under one condition: you be honest. If you hide from me the fact that you think I'm too poor to shop at your store, I'll not only be insulted, but I'll vote with my feet and do you the favour of never setting foot in your store again. Benefit of the doubt, and all...
Anyway, it is the crap attitudes of brick and mortar businesses as a whole that is driving me to shop online. I can shop in my underwear and say what I -really- think about a certain price. Then again, I'm not generally one to abuse a given business.
I do agree that certain "customers" should be fired in certain cases.
I'm a big fan of the SOYO Kiky X-Series USB adapter. It works in Linux, Windows and MacOS X, and has allowed me to use the PSX pads I like with my games.
Isn't emacs trying to evolve into GNU/HURD?
MacOS X does consult /etc/hosts if you put FFAgent in the LookupOrder for Netinfo. I've done this. It's not the default for MacOS X, though.
No, the users are vulnerable to the Taliban virus and other cross-platform "let's identify the stupid people" things like that there.
How would they enforce such a restriction? Outlook Express doesn't have features that basically will you to use it, like Outlook has. Unless you're somehow using Exchange and their calendar system...
Personally, I'd rather continue using mutt than have anything to do with HTML email. I wish some graphical mail client would have a feature where all HTML email is converted to text before being presented (of course this would be configurable, and there would be a "View as HTML" option)
Email is a text medium, and always will be.
No one gives a shit when perception overrules fact.
It's perceived that Homeland Security's job is to protect the nation from terrorists. That's how the administration billed the agency when it was created. Whether they have additional (or even completely different) duties or not is lost on about 99% of your audience.
In any event, I think the government has too much time on its hands in some respects, and this incident highlights that.
"His job is to act in the best interests of the United States"
If by "United States" you mean "big business", he's done a fine job.
It's a shame we the people are stuck with the low opinion the rest of the world has for us just because of the crap representation that passes for our government, which we'll never know whether or not it was properly elected.
"The guy in the Oval Office gets to make that decision"
I'll quote out of context just to say that I'll be at the pollbooth on Tuesday to let Chief know how he did by making the decision to get rid of his crappy administration (gee... it's not even the guy in the Oval Office I have a problem with, but vote for the guy, vote for his administration)
I'm not firing a bad guy as much as I am choosing a different liar and thus a different set of lies to be annoyed with.
So the strategy in voting here is "Who do I vote for so I can be the 'somebody else' that gets your money?"
Quality.
Politics sucks. Outright robbery would be more honest.
It can be argued that no one has a "right" to a web site's content, but we the people (of the US) and they the people (of every other country affected by the US) have the right to know what's going on with this government. Even though it's an unfair comparison, the PR damage (hey goodie, Bush's puppetmasters are hiding more stuff!) is already done. Unfair and perhaps untrue, but perception is as good as reality in this instance.
I believe all of Atari's 8bit computers were 6502-based. Apple and Atari (and of course CBM) were huge 6502 players back before the 68k came along.
(and then Atari STILL used the 6502 in their arcade machines as the sound CPU on many models)
The Alpha I ran NT4 on is the fastest I've seen Windows go. Ever. I forget how fast it was clock-wise, but it was probably 500MHz or so.
Sad that it'll be the fastest I'll ever see Windows go, possibly for a few decades. Not even the quad Xeon CPUs nor the Itanium IIs we have here are as fast as the Alpha was (in perception, not clock speed). I mean, I'd login and *BAM* the desktop was right there, ready to use. Dialogs and windows were displayed instantly in response to my input.
This Alpha dated from 1997. The best x86 boxes I've used still are dog-slow perception-wise as a result.
I have no proof, but I highly doubt that North Korea the government gives even a half-baked shit about North Korea the populace. The only interest is in the govt keeping the populace barely alive so they have subjects to rule.
You mean they're here to help themselves to my bedroom and my wallet.
:o)
*click*
That's the ominous sound of my TV no longer receiving cable. It doesn't receive OTA channels either, because I don't have an antenna hooked to it. The radio has been left in the OFF position for over a decade here. I'd like to see them censor that.