I'm writing this comment over a Comcast provided Internet link, that is supposedly 100Mb, but never gets me more than 6mpbs down, even if downloading from the nearest Comcast hub.
Being a Texan with a conservative view, I would like to say it is time to break-up Comcast, and regulate Internet service providers to encourage competition and discourage monopolies.
Mod Parent UP.
I took a look at about 20 of the "Dumps", they are pieces of uncorrelated information, tables of web pages served dynamically, a few emails from visitors, a few uncorrelated phone numbers, etc. Nothing usable, and definitely nothing anyone worth the name "hacker" would be proud of.
My OCZ 128GB with Windows XP SP3 lasted for 4 months in my Dell laptop, then it stopped booting. After trying to re-load it three times, I gave up and re-installed the original Laptop HD.
The SSD still works, it but it won't boot. It seems to me that specific boot sectors went bad.
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Lessons from the masters: Jump-starting your PC will actually burn it
That sounds soooooo nice.
And when any of this will start happening? I mean, the plan sounds terrific, but the praxis seems a bit slow.
He has been 9 years in power.
Isn't 9 years enough to at least show some results?
Did RCTV really call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez? I'd be very interested in seeing proof of this, being a Venezuela and as a follower of the politics in my country.
Can you point us to some evidence to this respect?
Funny thing, calling for the assassination of anyone is a grave punishable crime in Venezuela. An not a single law suit was started by the government.
This post about technologies enabling alternatives when freedom of speech is blocked is great, shows me that what might seems frivolous (what I thought of YouTube just months ago) can actually be of great service to society. And even save lives.
I mean, we all knew MySpace was headed for the top, as we all know Madonna is not really English, even if she now has an English fake accent. So, is this a case of reality being announced before the news get it?
> If the internet was separated into regions, how much would you lose?
Too much, the world is no longer a number of separated entities living together, it's a single entity with a few demarcations called countries.
> How often do you visit other countries' web sites?
Everyday
How often do you e-mail people in other countries?
Everyday
> Do you ever search in a language other than English, and if you do, how often does it turn up foreign vs domestic sites?
Half and half, depending on what you call "domestic". For me, domestic means worldwide.
> What would foreigners lose by not being able to visit US-hosted sites, and how quickly would they be able to recreate what they lost?
They will loose access to the largest part of the Internet (in terms of content creation). It's unlikely that content will be recreated: it's a symbiosis.
> What other process that we are not normally aware of depend on a borderless internet?
Not much, other than Knowledge exchange... and minor things like trade.
> I find that although I often read in-depth news about other countries, the sites I get that news from are usually hosted in USA, and I only bother to read in English.
And most people in the World speak, or at least can read, English.
> Would the Americans who report world news be hindered by a segregated internet, or do they already have the means to overcome such barriers?
All media outlets will have a hard time reporting what's going on in other places/countries.
> How much more expensive and complicated would it be to access sites outside of 'your' internet, and how much slower would it be?
Depending on the implementation, it would range from a minor annoyance (i.e: change your DNS server) to impossible (filters at ISP level).
Are you thinking China? You better think dictators (Cuba, Venezuela, Korea and the like).
Segregation is already happening in the Internet world.... just when we thought we could be free.......
As I see it, Internet is no so far from 'conventional' news sources, yes, there are thousands of sites you can visit and get an independent, not business controlled, point of view on the widest range of subject, but the problem here is that it's not mainstream.
The number of hits that a site gets is directly proportional to the number of people that know of its existence and use it regurlarly ('cos they like it, it's useful, they have no other options, or whatever reason). How many hits did Slashdot get? How many CNN?
What I'm saying here is that the mainstream sites are (in 100% cases) owned by big (BIG) companies, and those are the sites that most people know, and trust.
None is forbidden to print news at home and start distributing them, but how big will be the market reached? Same thing happens with Internet, unless you have the insfrastructure and resources, you won't get to the masses. And getting to the masses usually means having a well known brand.
How does people get to know brands? In other words, how do you promote your product (news in this case). In my opinion, TV is the strongest competitor here, and will be for a long time, until 'digital content' and 'normal content' are truly integrated. I don't have to type in a single letter to access CNN, I just turn the TV on and select the right channel. To access CNN website, I have to turn on the Computer, get an Internet connection, launch my broswer, type in the URL, and in the process pray that nothing goes wrong.
It's the same reason why I still write my contacts on a piece of paper instead of using my PDA. Faster, and not much goes wrong using the paper (unless you can't find a pen, I don't worry much about the actual piece of paper, the back of the hand server well for that purpose).
Anyway, some random thoughts. And I read Slashdot every day, not CNN.
While not a Perl advocate, I can say I see the logic in going this way: learning true (whatever that means) programming, and preparing your mind for base programming techniques is always useful, if want you want is to go the 'Developer's Way'
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I'm writing this comment over a Comcast provided Internet link, that is supposedly 100Mb, but never gets me more than 6mpbs down, even if downloading from the nearest Comcast hub. Being a Texan with a conservative view, I would like to say it is time to break-up Comcast, and regulate Internet service providers to encourage competition and discourage monopolies.
Mod Parent UP. I took a look at about 20 of the "Dumps", they are pieces of uncorrelated information, tables of web pages served dynamically, a few emails from visitors, a few uncorrelated phone numbers, etc. Nothing usable, and definitely nothing anyone worth the name "hacker" would be proud of.
The SSD still works, it but it won't boot. It seems to me that specific boot sectors went bad.
-- Lessons from the masters: Jump-starting your PC will actually burn it
That sounds soooooo nice. And when any of this will start happening? I mean, the plan sounds terrific, but the praxis seems a bit slow. He has been 9 years in power. Isn't 9 years enough to at least show some results?
Did RCTV really call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez? I'd be very interested in seeing proof of this, being a Venezuela and as a follower of the politics in my country.
Can you point us to some evidence to this respect?
Funny thing, calling for the assassination of anyone is a grave punishable crime in Venezuela. An not a single law suit was started by the government.
This post about technologies enabling alternatives when freedom of speech is blocked is great, shows me that what might seems frivolous (what I thought of YouTube just months ago) can actually be of great service to society. And even save lives.
Informative? Slashdot reviewer. This is funny, not informative. Read the whole comment before rating it!
I mean, we all knew MySpace was headed for the top, as we all know Madonna is not really English, even if she now has an English fake accent. So, is this a case of reality being announced before the news get it?
> If the internet was separated into regions, how much would you lose?
Too much, the world is no longer a number of separated entities living together, it's a single entity with a few demarcations called countries.
> How often do you visit other countries' web sites?
Everyday
How often do you e-mail people in other countries?
Everyday
> Do you ever search in a language other than English, and if you do, how often does it turn up foreign vs domestic sites?
Half and half, depending on what you call "domestic". For me, domestic means worldwide.
> What would foreigners lose by not being able to visit US-hosted sites, and how quickly would they be able to recreate what they lost?
They will loose access to the largest part of the Internet (in terms of content creation). It's unlikely that content will be recreated: it's a symbiosis.
> What other process that we are not normally aware of depend on a borderless internet?
Not much, other than Knowledge exchange... and minor things like trade.
> I find that although I often read in-depth news about other countries, the sites I get that news from are usually hosted in USA, and I only bother to read in English.
And most people in the World speak, or at least can read, English.
> Would the Americans who report world news be hindered by a segregated internet, or do they already have the means to overcome such barriers?
All media outlets will have a hard time reporting what's going on in other places/countries.
> How much more expensive and complicated would it be to access sites outside of 'your' internet, and how much slower would it be?
Depending on the implementation, it would range from a minor annoyance (i.e: change your DNS server) to impossible (filters at ISP level). Are you thinking China? You better think dictators (Cuba, Venezuela, Korea and the like). Segregation is already happening in the Internet world.... just when we thought we could be free.......
Re: sig: Nice fractal!
How many Intel based PCs around? How many Macs? How many Suns?
You know see were the case stands.
As I see it, Internet is no so far from 'conventional' news sources, yes, there are thousands of sites you can visit and get an independent, not business controlled, point of view on the widest range of subject, but the problem here is that it's not mainstream.
The number of hits that a site gets is directly proportional to the number of people that know of its existence and use it regurlarly ('cos they like it, it's useful, they have no other options, or whatever reason). How many hits did Slashdot get? How many CNN?
What I'm saying here is that the mainstream sites are (in 100% cases) owned by big (BIG) companies, and those are the sites that most people know, and trust.
None is forbidden to print news at home and start distributing them, but how big will be the market reached? Same thing happens with Internet, unless you have the insfrastructure and resources, you won't get to the masses. And getting to the masses usually means having a well known brand.
How does people get to know brands? In other words, how do you promote your product (news in this case). In my opinion, TV is the strongest competitor here, and will be for a long time, until 'digital content' and 'normal content' are truly integrated. I don't have to type in a single letter to access CNN, I just turn the TV on and select the right channel. To access CNN website, I have to turn on the Computer, get an Internet connection, launch my broswer, type in the URL, and in the process pray that nothing goes wrong.
It's the same reason why I still write my contacts on a piece of paper instead of using my PDA. Faster, and not much goes wrong using the paper (unless you can't find a pen, I don't worry much about the actual piece of paper, the back of the hand server well for that purpose).
Anyway, some random thoughts. And I read Slashdot every day, not CNN.
Do you work for a news agency? :-)
In any case, learn something!!
Mine too!!! Is the govt. already spying over my shoulders? I had to laugh!