Do you really think that politicians are going to pass laws that take money AWAY from them? Get real. These clowns passed the laws ALLOWING this virtual bribery in the first place. Maybe a pol gets into office with the best of intentions, but they quickly discover graft..and it goes downhill from there.
Personally, Gray Davis is the biggest disappointment here.
Look at the choice I have in November for governor: Davis (a democrat and a crook) or Simon (a republican and a crook). If a state of over 35 million people can't do any better then these two clowns, why even bother to vote?
And they wonder why so many people don't even bother to vote any more......
Hey big business! We're Congress...and we're OPEN for business! All it takes ia a few mil and you can pass any law you want!
I'm glad to see Covad coming back. For DSL to survive intact it needs to have numbers, both in subscribers and suppliers. Covad always provided good service to their customers and I hope this pattern continues, as it's a rare thing among telecoms today!
Which is why it's going down...fast.
In their desire to control everything, they biggered and biggered and merged and merged, taking on billions in debt in the process.
Now they can't afford to pay it so they play 'funny accounting'.
AOL..so easy to lose (it)...No wonder it's
# none.
Patent Attorneys should be barred from getting patents themselves, because they obviously know how to abuse the (very abuseable) patent system.
The U.S. Patent Office needs to be scrapped and rebuilt from scratch. This antiquated office now stifles innovation instead of encouraging it.
When you call Sprint PCS, 'claire' answers the phone. She's supposed to respond to voice commands and give you your balance, payment info, etc. Problem is, most everyone that uses Sprint PCS gets billed incorrectly, and claire can't help you with that. When you ask for a real person believe it or not, claire argues with you!
I have discovered that she does understand the work 'fuck' however (as in "give me a fucking person, claire").
All in all, I can't possibly understand why anyone likes this robobitch.
Or are they taking stupid injections?
Really now, this makes no sense for 1001 reasons. First off, the obvious one that says this will be a dud. But even more important, this opens Pandora's box for the DRM crowd, giving them just what they want.
On the other hand, they might realize this and wait for this crap to bomb, just to say: "See DRM people, your ideas are a flop".
Who do you believe that the RIAA primarily works for? The artists or the labels, and how do you think that this can be changed? (or should it even be changed?)
Thank you.
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That's all they want...... Oh, and (of course) cable TV...with HBO.
"The controversy was created by the removal of this line in the old MP3 royalty licensing page from the current version: "No license fee is expected for desktop software mp3 decoders/players that are distributed free-of-charge via the Internet for personal use of end-users."
Hmmm..let me remove a few more lines (removed ones in brackets[ ])....
Please [Remember to give Mr. Jones his heart pills] before feeding Mr. Jones any food. Make sure his bib is on.
When opening the transmitter door [Make sure the high voltage is off]. Remember to discharge the capacitor with a clip lead.
[Oncoming traffic during rush hour in] Express lane.
Point made Thomson?
According to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, telecommunications services have to grant open access to their facilities, but information services do not. By defining telephone broadband as an information service--a designation originally intended for content providers like LexisNexis--the FCC removed it from regulation, allowing the Baby Bells to ban other ISPs from transmitting over their lines.
The next month Powell struck again--getting his majority to declare that cable-based broadband was "an interstate information service" and not either a "telecommunication service" or a "cable service." Here again, by defining cable broadband as an information rather than a telecommunication service, Powell permitted cable to ban other providers from using their lines. Moreover, by defining cable as an "interstate" information service rather than a "cable service," he removed it from any local regulation over prices and service.
I rest my case....
The FCC determined that the Internet wasn't a 'telecommunications service' hence the Comm. Act of 1996 doesn't apply to it.
They've already cut back cable TV's requirement to allow competing ISP's onto the cable...and Chairman Powell came out with a statement that ILEC's "can do the best job of providing broadband".
I guess that the Qwest/MSN alliance can give me the best broadband experience? Let me clue you in: I had it and it simply sucked!
The CLEC'S well know that things are tenuous for them....trust me..I know my DSL ISP and they're bummed that the FCC is probably going to leave them out in the cold..and they do a great job, too!
As far as my land grab statement: The Comm Act of 1996 also deregulated Radio and TV allowing companies like Clear Channel to happen.
And guess what? The FCC is not only allowing them to do this, they're actually encouraging it! Why? Well, it seems that a couple of months ago, the FCC determined that the Communications Act of 1996 doesn't apply to the Internet. Remember all that bullshit about Clinton using the 'net to digitally 'sign' said act? Remember him saying how this act was going to revolutionize the 'net? Not any more. It turns out that the act was just a big land grab for companies like Clear Channel Communications and CBS.
Was that in the '80's the Beta/VHS battle was more of an east coast/west coast thing..with the east firmly in the VHS camp and the west going for beta. Betamax was always a superior format picture wise too...proof of this is the fact that Betacam always outsold (and continues to outsell) the M format in broadcast/pro use.
The beta/VHS battle is a model for marketing.,.in that the technically superior format lost to the better marketed one...
and it's easy to put between the HV side and the LV side of a transformer.
Colleges have been doing this trick for decades..ever hear of Carrier Current AM signals?
I'm typing this on a homemade computer that uses an AMD K6-3/350 overclocked to 392 Mhz. For what I do (web browsing, word processing, email, simple games like Tetris and listening to streams and MP3's) it works great!
Why would I want to buy one of these? I'd much rather take a trip to Hawaii with my honey then blow a couple of grand on a Pentium 4 computer. Besides, let's get real...in about three months this will be obsolete...replaced by the newest whiz bang 3.0 GHZ processor that works about 7% faster then this one does.
I think I'll wait until a real reason comes along to justify my spending a lot of $$ on a processor this powerful. For what I do, I simply don't need this much power. Do you?
Their only option was to align with a big player like Real...who could afford the CARP stuff.
Only the big players will be left standing....this is the way that the RIAA wants things and we all know that we (they?) have the best government that money can BUY!
It's sad to see the 'net prostituted like they're doing to it. It had real promise as everyman's nirvana, but big business in concert with the politicians they've bought and paid for are ruining it. In many ways the early 2000 era U.S. government is worse then the late 1900's government of the Soviet Union. At least the soviets knew that their govt. was corrupt. The U.S. citizens still believe the bullshit that's being told them.
The model I think works best is the subscription model like the BBC and other countries use.
This could be used in combination with other revenue models. Look what's happening to radio for example. XM anf Sirius are beginning to make it. Also look at all the original programming on HBO and the other subscription networks (The Sopranos, etc.). This programming is also beginning to find its audience.
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What I mean by this is since this is digital, is it encrypted by default? If this is so, how will the DMCA affect this type of radio?
Right now? Nothing. LOL!
Do you really think that politicians are going to pass laws that take money AWAY from them? Get real. These clowns passed the laws ALLOWING this virtual bribery in the first place. Maybe a pol gets into office with the best of intentions, but they quickly discover graft..and it goes downhill from there. Personally, Gray Davis is the biggest disappointment here. Look at the choice I have in November for governor: Davis (a democrat and a crook) or Simon (a republican and a crook). If a state of over 35 million people can't do any better then these two clowns, why even bother to vote?
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And they wonder why so many people don't even bother to vote any more...... Hey big business! We're Congress...and we're OPEN for business! All it takes ia a few mil and you can pass any law you want!
I'm glad to see Covad coming back. For DSL to survive intact it needs to have numbers, both in subscribers and suppliers. Covad always provided good service to their customers and I hope this pattern continues, as it's a rare thing among telecoms today!
With this chip, how long before a disposable phone? Seems to me that this is what that industry has been begging for.
Which is why it's going down...fast. In their desire to control everything, they biggered and biggered and merged and merged, taking on billions in debt in the process. Now they can't afford to pay it so they play 'funny accounting'. AOL..so easy to lose (it)...No wonder it's # none.
Patent Attorneys should be barred from getting patents themselves, because they obviously know how to abuse the (very abuseable) patent system. The U.S. Patent Office needs to be scrapped and rebuilt from scratch. This antiquated office now stifles innovation instead of encouraging it.
When you call Sprint PCS, 'claire' answers the phone. She's supposed to respond to voice commands and give you your balance, payment info, etc. Problem is, most everyone that uses Sprint PCS gets billed incorrectly, and claire can't help you with that. When you ask for a real person believe it or not, claire argues with you! I have discovered that she does understand the work 'fuck' however (as in "give me a fucking person, claire"). All in all, I can't possibly understand why anyone likes this robobitch.
'Claire' of Sprint PCS. If I had my way, I would evicerate the servers she lives on... s l o w l y... Until she screamed in pain!
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Or are they taking stupid injections? Really now, this makes no sense for 1001 reasons. First off, the obvious one that says this will be a dud. But even more important, this opens Pandora's box for the DRM crowd, giving them just what they want. On the other hand, they might realize this and wait for this crap to bomb, just to say: "See DRM people, your ideas are a flop".
Who do you believe that the RIAA primarily works for? The artists or the labels, and how do you think that this can be changed? (or should it even be changed?) Thank you.
That's all they want......
Oh, and (of course) cable TV...with HBO.
"The controversy was created by the removal of this line in the old MP3 royalty licensing page from the current version: "No license fee is expected for desktop software mp3 decoders/players that are distributed free-of-charge via the Internet for personal use of end-users." Hmmm..let me remove a few more lines (removed ones in brackets[ ]).... Please [Remember to give Mr. Jones his heart pills] before feeding Mr. Jones any food. Make sure his bib is on. When opening the transmitter door [Make sure the high voltage is off]. Remember to discharge the capacitor with a clip lead. [Oncoming traffic during rush hour in] Express lane. Point made Thomson?
So I've heard...
According to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, telecommunications services have to grant open access to their facilities, but information services do not. By defining telephone broadband as an information service--a designation originally intended for content providers like LexisNexis--the FCC removed it from regulation, allowing the Baby Bells to ban other ISPs from transmitting over their lines. The next month Powell struck again--getting his majority to declare that cable-based broadband was "an interstate information service" and not either a "telecommunication service" or a "cable service." Here again, by defining cable broadband as an information rather than a telecommunication service, Powell permitted cable to ban other providers from using their lines. Moreover, by defining cable as an "interstate" information service rather than a "cable service," he removed it from any local regulation over prices and service. I rest my case....
The FCC determined that the Internet wasn't a 'telecommunications service' hence the Comm. Act of 1996 doesn't apply to it. They've already cut back cable TV's requirement to allow competing ISP's onto the cable...and Chairman Powell came out with a statement that ILEC's "can do the best job of providing broadband". I guess that the Qwest/MSN alliance can give me the best broadband experience? Let me clue you in: I had it and it simply sucked! The CLEC'S well know that things are tenuous for them....trust me..I know my DSL ISP and they're bummed that the FCC is probably going to leave them out in the cold..and they do a great job, too! As far as my land grab statement: The Comm Act of 1996 also deregulated Radio and TV allowing companies like Clear Channel to happen.
And guess what? The FCC is not only allowing them to do this, they're actually encouraging it!
Why? Well, it seems that a couple of months ago, the FCC determined that the Communications Act of 1996 doesn't apply to the Internet. Remember all that bullshit about Clinton using the 'net to digitally 'sign' said act? Remember him saying how this act was going to revolutionize the 'net? Not any more. It turns out that the act was just a big land grab for companies like Clear Channel Communications and CBS.
Was that in the '80's the Beta/VHS battle was more of an east coast/west coast thing..with the east firmly in the VHS camp and the west going for beta. Betamax was always a superior format picture wise too...proof of this is the fact that Betacam always outsold (and continues to outsell) the M format in broadcast/pro use. The beta/VHS battle is a model for marketing.,.in that the technically superior format lost to the better marketed one...
and it's easy to put between the HV side and the LV side of a transformer. Colleges have been doing this trick for decades..ever hear of Carrier Current AM signals?
I'm typing this on a homemade computer that uses an AMD K6-3/350 overclocked to 392 Mhz. For what I do (web browsing, word processing, email, simple games like Tetris and listening to streams and MP3's) it works great! Why would I want to buy one of these? I'd much rather take a trip to Hawaii with my honey then blow a couple of grand on a Pentium 4 computer. Besides, let's get real...in about three months this will be obsolete...replaced by the newest whiz bang 3.0 GHZ processor that works about 7% faster then this one does. I think I'll wait until a real reason comes along to justify my spending a lot of $$ on a processor this powerful. For what I do, I simply don't need this much power. Do you?
Their only option was to align with a big player like Real...who could afford the CARP stuff. Only the big players will be left standing....this is the way that the RIAA wants things and we all know that we (they?) have the best government that money can BUY! It's sad to see the 'net prostituted like they're doing to it. It had real promise as everyman's nirvana, but big business in concert with the politicians they've bought and paid for are ruining it. In many ways the early 2000 era U.S. government is worse then the late 1900's government of the Soviet Union. At least the soviets knew that their govt. was corrupt. The U.S. citizens still believe the bullshit that's being told them.
The model I think works best is the subscription model like the BBC and other countries use. This could be used in combination with other revenue models. Look what's happening to radio for example. XM anf Sirius are beginning to make it. Also look at all the original programming on HBO and the other subscription networks (The Sopranos, etc.). This programming is also beginning to find its audience.