Oh really? How so? They are a monopoly, and if they can keep the stranglehold on content and distribution ( and upcoming laws ) long enough to mould the next generation by 'reeducation', they have it licked.
As far as integrity of the internet, that was broken long ago. Pretty much day 2 after it was opened to commerce.
Do they take any public money ( including tax abatements )? If so, they should be held to a higher standard. If not, i agree, it sux to be their users.
The whole point of 'the web' was to move processing out to the 'cloud' ( sorry for the buzzword use ). Ideas like this only would continue the backwards trend of moving the processing back onto the client, which personally i feel is the wrong direction.
I would be willing to bet that the same thing will happen that happened when they lost the CP/M case. They paid the 'injured' off, continued to ship product during the entire episode ( in that case, decades ), made far more then the pay off was and it was all swept under the carpet, chalking it up to 'cost of doing business'.
It's almost as if cellphones need some sort of onboard switch that allows you to selectively decide when it's ON or OFF... No, that's probably too futuristic for most people to comprehend anyway.
Why would you want to turn your phone off and render its tracking signal unreadable by your friendly government? Are you a terrorist or something?
In the end, there will be one huge provider that has control over both ends, as well as content. And it will be 'regulated' by the government as a 'required monopoly'.
We the people will lose out, as always. But it was fun while it lasted! Anyone else miss the early BBS days when freedom was a given?
Or at least going thru the schematic on an FPGA. While not the same as the 'real' experience with solder in your nose for hours on end, at least you would have to understand how the components interact and play together as a team.
Could even delve deeper into the chips, like the 6502, that way.
Doing it from scratch is a dying art. These days ( well, for a while now ) the idea of 'low level classes' is where they pass around a Pentium chip "this is the CPU".
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So is the cat ahead or the mouse?
and the MTA isnt one of them .
Supported in part by public taxes. So, its public data.
I cant find the reference, but i remember seeing something like that using 'building blocks' in an old Byte, early 80's
Oh really? How so? They are a monopoly, and if they can keep the stranglehold on content and distribution ( and upcoming laws ) long enough to mould the next generation by 'reeducation', they have it licked.
As far as integrity of the internet, that was broken long ago. Pretty much day 2 after it was opened to commerce.
TPB is about to be neutered.
Yup, a corporation can be a hypocrite.
Do they take any public money ( including tax abatements )? If so, they should be held to a higher standard. If not, i agree, it sux to be their users.
Dont you mean bury it?
Get real, TPB was only there due to piracy, if that is gone, its of ZERO value.
Entitlement.
By linking the processing power, and accessing it via terminals, as it was in the beginning, id say i'm correct in its intent.
Disagree all you want, but you are wrong :) Terminals for everyone.
The whole point of 'the web' was to move processing out to the 'cloud' ( sorry for the buzzword use ). Ideas like this only would continue the backwards trend of moving the processing back onto the client, which personally i feel is the wrong direction.
They also don't go looking for trouble. They wait for people to call in tips. ( unless their tactics have changed lately.. )
BS. Of course they do. Its human nature. But, people are willing to pay when they have to.
I would be willing to bet that the same thing will happen that happened when they lost the CP/M case. They paid the 'injured' off, continued to ship product during the entire episode ( in that case, decades ), made far more then the pay off was and it was all swept under the carpet, chalking it up to 'cost of doing business'.
Normal operating procedures for a monopoly.
It's almost as if cellphones need some sort of onboard switch that allows you to selectively decide when it's ON or OFF... No, that's probably too futuristic for most people to comprehend anyway.
Why would you want to turn your phone off and render its tracking signal unreadable by your friendly government? Are you a terrorist or something?
Or they follow directions and just don't bring them to school.
In the end, there will be one huge provider that has control over both ends, as well as content. And it will be 'regulated' by the government as a 'required monopoly'.
We the people will lose out, as always. But it was fun while it lasted! Anyone else miss the early BBS days when freedom was a given?
Oh, like Freenet? Its a nice idea to take it back, except they will just throttle any alternatives out of existence.
Isn't this the trend in general? Not that i approve, but why are we sitting here acting surprised? This is what tiered service is all about.
Because the market supports it.
Or at least going thru the schematic on an FPGA. While not the same as the 'real' experience with solder in your nose for hours on end, at least you would have to understand how the components interact and play together as a team.
Could even delve deeper into the chips, like the 6502, that way.
But IP copyrights live forever :)
Doing it from scratch is a dying art. These days ( well, for a while now ) the idea of 'low level classes' is where they pass around a Pentium chip "this is the CPU".
Sad really.