"although half of about 200 studies say there is a biological effect from cell phone radiation."
....and what did the other HALF say? I'm betting they said the opposite.
I'm not a researcher but I'd say with confidence that the scientific community is not exactly unanimous on this issue. Of course, from the write-up, it appears at least one person has made up their mind.
Why couldn't we design a p2p system that uses EXISTING protcols, like HTTP, FTP, NNTP, etc (combine them to be effective)? These are already "legal" and they would demonstrate how ridiculous this whole discussion is.
Seems like you could do it as long as you had dedicated ports but I don't really know everything that is involved....
Anyone wanna take a crack at that one? Why couldn't it be done?
"Um, no. In certain states you can't purchase or sell certain pornography. You are allowed to own and view it though."
You sir, are flat wrong. In Oklahoma, it is illegal to "possess" pornography. Paraphasing, pornography is defined as penetraion (oral and other). I am not, sure, however, what the new definition of "possession" is, given the new online world.
But I do know that porno mags and vids fall under this. That's why you CAN NOT BUY hardcore porn in Oklahoma (and why, coincidentally, there are XXX stores on the major interstates, just over the Okla border into Texas)
And in Texas, "sexual stimulation" devices are not allowed. Therefore, everyone just sells their dildos and whatnot as "adult novelty use only". See a recent story about a Cleburne, TX woman who was arrested for hosting passion parties at her home. The police setup a sting to nab this dangerous deviant for selling vibrators (no joke, but I wish I had the link).
The link you posted is rather harsh. To me, the Internet is the greatest "pooling" of human knowledge ever created in the history of the world. Ever.
To decry it as "shit" is just a bit harsh. Yea, there are some internet dead-ends and cesspools, but overall, the world's knowledge is there for you. You just have to find it...
High protein lifestyles (and it is a lifestyle), one flavor of which is the Atkins diet, do work. Of course, it usually only works for "active" people. So the old, tired adage that exercise is required is true.
Nonetheless, I noticed that my weight loss and "get in shape" achievements were much stronger because, in part, of my focus to eat a high protein diet. And I found it really easy because I dig on meat. In fact, I still focus on high protein now - 4 years later and haven't found it to be a pain in the ass like other people. It's pretty simple, really.
I'm not saying it will work for everyone, but count me in too. It worked for me.
I've never thought that humor "translated" well from culture to culture and language to language so I wonder in all seriousness, does Slashdot help you to get a better grasp on American (and Canadian) humor?
(note, if you've spoken English your whole life, it may not be as relevant but what do others think?)
"Why would the bandwidth companies accept a radical increase in their bandwidth costs, and not price their service out of sight? Yes, they SAY that they offer unlimited service, but I guaran-damn-tee you that their backbone connection is not "unlimited"."
Pure speculation. You have no idea what their backend costs are. Perhaps you are right, and it will be costly for them. But then again, perhaps you are wrong, and they'd be more than happy to do that. My bet is as follows: since bandwidth costs go down each year for long haul carriers, I expect that to continue for quite some time.
As to your first comment that Time Warner is beholden. Yes, -- the Time Warner Cable TV group is beholden to them. But I assure you, the Time Warner Cable Internet group (or any ISP) could give a flying crap about the content companies. Remember, the deal is between an ISP, Tivo, the end user, and each individual TV network. That's it. That's all the participants it takes to make this happen.
Notice, you don't see any cable companies in there.
I think you are confusing Time Warner the parent company with each of their business units who also use the Time Warner name. Time Warner owns an ISP (Time Warner Cable Internet), a cable company (Time Warner Cable), a bunch of TV networks (Viacom, MTV, etc), a content creation company (Time Warner Distribution), etc, etc, etc.
While it's easy to think they all walk the same line, in fact, they usually don't. Many times, business units within the same company have competing interests with other business units in the same company. It happens all the time.
Well, normally, I would say yes and agree with you. But, there IS incentive for them to participate. I mean, they are not beholden to the content companies like your cable/sat company is. Rather, they are in the "bandwidth" business and don't care what goes over their lines.
Bascially, it removes the cable company from the content part of delivery. The cable co's responsibility would *only* be to provide bandwidth -- and keep in mind, it's not just the cable co. who can provide bandwidth. Any ISP would have the same role. So, since any ISP could fill this role, there is incentive for the bandwidth providers to go along with it. If they don't their competitors will.
In laymen's terms, the "subscription" for network content would now be between the end user and Tivo only. Tivo negotiates with each network to receive their feed and then sends that over TCP/IP to your Tivo box so you can view it. You pay Tivo for sending it to your box. The cable company would only be supplying the bandwidth (TCP/IP).
This arrangement COMPLETELY sidesteps both the cable co. and satellite. Keep in mind that Cable Internet is not the same as the Cable Company. When I say Cable Company, I am speaking of the people who provide your TV cable only -- not the internet "department".
"Their system would uses repeaters placed every one kilometer, (0.62 miles) and requires power lines to have been modified"
Yea, and if I made the power line into a Cat-5 cable, I could do this too.
ANY solution that requires a major rework of the electrical grid is dead on arrival. The power co's are just not going to foot the bill to change things around. Period.
This is completely possible. Each channel represents a stream and there is no reason Tivo couldn't pipe the live feed to your TV -- or store it on the HD for future viewing. It also opens up the possibility of "pre-loading" shows as well.
Assuming you had a realiable IP network, one could TOTALLY bypass the cable/sat company.
The real question is: will the networks explore this or will they "lock out" this option and stick with ONLY cable/sat distribution? On the positive side, there are incentives in place for networks to try to reach the maximum number of people so perhaps they would consider this because it could expand their base.
"how many people are going to change their dvd players/recorders....meaning they won't be buying this new media format for a while"
Answer: Exactly none.
Consumer: "Uh, let me get this straight. You want me to buy another DVD that has no additional features simply so you can protect the movies that I've legally bought"
"limitless number of performers out there (typical econ fallacy)"
There are, in market terms, a limitless number of actors/actresses. Just judging by the number of people who "wanna make it", it's pretty easy to see that supply outweighs demands. This isn't just true for movies and plays, it seems to be true for ALL the fine arts. In fact, that's one of the reasons why we have starving artists. There's just so damn many artists out there.
Repeat after me: if you have a commodity skill set, you are NOT special. Just calling yourself an artist, actor, or whatever does not automatically mean you can command any price you want. I do not mean to lump all artisans into commodity status because there are many many fine standouts who DO have specialized skills. Commodity status refers to how the buyers perceive the market, not how sellers perceive themselves.
Regarding your comment that I know a lot about Econ, I don't. I know Econ 101. What scares me is that Econ 101 passes for "knowing a lot" in your book. Like I said, get yourself into an Econ 101 class and learn this stuff. It's important because it's HOW the world works. You can argue whether it SHOULD be that way but you are wasting your time because IT IS that way. Period. Now go learn about it...
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So what happens 100 years from now when my grandchildren want to review some of these documents?
"although half of about 200 studies say there is a biological effect from cell phone radiation."
....and what did the other HALF say? I'm betting they said the opposite.
I'm not a researcher but I'd say with confidence that the scientific community is not exactly unanimous on this issue. Of course, from the write-up, it appears at least one person has made up their mind.
Not until they have $35 Billion in the bank. That's with a "B" -- and that's cash.
see here
...and Hunting you morons.
Why couldn't we design a p2p system that uses EXISTING protcols, like HTTP, FTP, NNTP, etc (combine them to be effective)? These are already "legal" and they would demonstrate how ridiculous this whole discussion is.
Seems like you could do it as long as you had dedicated ports but I don't really know everything that is involved....
Anyone wanna take a crack at that one? Why couldn't it be done?
"Um, no. In certain states you can't purchase or sell certain pornography. You are allowed to own and view it though."
You sir, are flat wrong. In Oklahoma, it is illegal to "possess" pornography. Paraphasing, pornography is defined as penetraion (oral and other). I am not, sure, however, what the new definition of "possession" is, given the new online world.
But I do know that porno mags and vids fall under this. That's why you CAN NOT BUY hardcore porn in Oklahoma (and why, coincidentally, there are XXX stores on the major interstates, just over the Okla border into Texas)
And in Texas, "sexual stimulation" devices are not allowed. Therefore, everyone just sells their dildos and whatnot as "adult novelty use only". See a recent story about a Cleburne, TX woman who was arrested for hosting passion parties at her home. The police setup a sting to nab this dangerous deviant for selling vibrators (no joke, but I wish I had the link).
The link you posted is rather harsh. To me, the Internet is the greatest "pooling" of human knowledge ever created in the history of the world. Ever.
To decry it as "shit" is just a bit harsh. Yea, there are some internet dead-ends and cesspools, but overall, the world's knowledge is there for you. You just have to find it...
Perhaps you aren't looking in the right places?!?
if we can only get that stupid "infrastructure" stuff down. Telecom, Power, basic emergency services. Outside of the large cities, it's pretty tough.
Couldn't you have a single server and "stream" to multiple clients? Why couldn't you just stream it?
What part of "will let it pull up an ad when you save the file... " did you miss?
Or use pdf995. It's free as long as you will let it pull up an ad when you save the file...
.pdfs out of anything that you can print (note: it installs itself as a windows printer)
I find that, for free, it's an excellent way to make
High protein lifestyles (and it is a lifestyle), one flavor of which is the Atkins diet, do work. Of course, it usually only works for "active" people. So the old, tired adage that exercise is required is true.
Nonetheless, I noticed that my weight loss and "get in shape" achievements were much stronger because, in part, of my focus to eat a high protein diet. And I found it really easy because I dig on meat. In fact, I still focus on high protein now - 4 years later and haven't found it to be a pain in the ass like other people. It's pretty simple, really.
I'm not saying it will work for everyone, but count me in too. It worked for me.
I've never thought that humor "translated" well from culture to culture and language to language so I wonder in all seriousness, does Slashdot help you to get a better grasp on American (and Canadian) humor?
(note, if you've spoken English your whole life, it may not be as relevant but what do others think?)
" There was strong censorship in our assignments about what we could right about. "
Apparently, English wasn't one of the assignments.
Normally, I'm not a nit but c'mon. How do you not know how to spell "write"? If you did, it would make your comment much more convincing.
You knew this was coming as soon as you saw his picture...
Behold the comparison.
"Once broadband becomes cheap, look for America to become more like Sweden or Denmark--more united against the rich and powerful"
..and who do you think controls the broadband? :-)
Smile! It's not you.
"Why would the bandwidth companies accept a radical increase in their bandwidth costs, and not price their service out of sight? Yes, they SAY that they offer unlimited service, but I guaran-damn-tee you that their backbone connection is not "unlimited"."
Pure speculation. You have no idea what their backend costs are. Perhaps you are right, and it will be costly for them. But then again, perhaps you are wrong, and they'd be more than happy to do that. My bet is as follows: since bandwidth costs go down each year for long haul carriers, I expect that to continue for quite some time.
As to your first comment that Time Warner is beholden. Yes, -- the Time Warner Cable TV group is beholden to them. But I assure you, the Time Warner Cable Internet group (or any ISP) could give a flying crap about the content companies. Remember, the deal is between an ISP, Tivo, the end user, and each individual TV network. That's it. That's all the participants it takes to make this happen.
Notice, you don't see any cable companies in there.
I think you are confusing Time Warner the parent company with each of their business units who also use the Time Warner name. Time Warner owns an ISP (Time Warner Cable Internet), a cable company (Time Warner Cable), a bunch of TV networks (Viacom, MTV, etc), a content creation company (Time Warner Distribution), etc, etc, etc.
While it's easy to think they all walk the same line, in fact, they usually don't. Many times, business units within the same company have competing interests with other business units in the same company. It happens all the time.
Not to be nitpicky, but I think you mean file sharing OF UNAUTHORIZED WORKS.
Contrary to what the xxAA's are telling you, file sharing in and of itself is NOT illegal. And yes, it *IS* a right to share files.
It's not a right to share unauthorized files. The distinction is subtle but very very relevant.
Well, normally, I would say yes and agree with you. But, there IS incentive for them to participate. I mean, they are not beholden to the content companies like your cable/sat company is. Rather, they are in the "bandwidth" business and don't care what goes over their lines.
Bascially, it removes the cable company from the content part of delivery. The cable co's responsibility would *only* be to provide bandwidth -- and keep in mind, it's not just the cable co. who can provide bandwidth. Any ISP would have the same role. So, since any ISP could fill this role, there is incentive for the bandwidth providers to go along with it. If they don't their competitors will.
In laymen's terms, the "subscription" for network content would now be between the end user and Tivo only. Tivo negotiates with each network to receive their feed and then sends that over TCP/IP to your Tivo box so you can view it. You pay Tivo for sending it to your box. The cable company would only be supplying the bandwidth (TCP/IP).
This arrangement COMPLETELY sidesteps both the cable co. and satellite. Keep in mind that Cable Internet is not the same as the Cable Company. When I say Cable Company, I am speaking of the people who provide your TV cable only -- not the internet "department".
"Their system would uses repeaters placed every one kilometer, (0.62 miles) and requires power lines to have been modified"
Yea, and if I made the power line into a Cat-5 cable, I could do this too.
ANY solution that requires a major rework of the electrical grid is dead on arrival. The power co's are just not going to foot the bill to change things around. Period.
This is completely possible. Each channel represents a stream and there is no reason Tivo couldn't pipe the live feed to your TV -- or store it on the HD for future viewing. It also opens up the possibility of "pre-loading" shows as well.
Assuming you had a realiable IP network, one could TOTALLY bypass the cable/sat company.
The real question is: will the networks explore this or will they "lock out" this option and stick with ONLY cable/sat distribution? On the positive side, there are incentives in place for networks to try to reach the maximum number of people so perhaps they would consider this because it could expand their base.
Good point. It's certainly been done before and I am sure it will be done again...
Ahhhh, the masses.
"how many people are going to change their dvd players/recorders....meaning they won't be buying this new media format for a while"
Answer: Exactly none.
Consumer: "Uh, let me get this straight. You want me to buy another DVD that has no additional features simply so you can protect the movies that I've legally bought"
Consumer: "WTF?"
I've always wanted to know whether God created Evil? God is all powerful. God created all things in the universe. So....doesn't that include evil?
I realize evil is an abstract word, but start inserting concrete terms and you still have the same question.
"limitless number of performers out there (typical econ fallacy)"
There are, in market terms, a limitless number of actors/actresses. Just judging by the number of people who "wanna make it", it's pretty easy to see that supply outweighs demands. This isn't just true for movies and plays, it seems to be true for ALL the fine arts. In fact, that's one of the reasons why we have starving artists. There's just so damn many artists out there.
Repeat after me: if you have a commodity skill set, you are NOT special. Just calling yourself an artist, actor, or whatever does not automatically mean you can command any price you want. I do not mean to lump all artisans into commodity status because there are many many fine standouts who DO have specialized skills. Commodity status refers to how the buyers perceive the market, not how sellers perceive themselves.
Regarding your comment that I know a lot about Econ, I don't. I know Econ 101. What scares me is that Econ 101 passes for "knowing a lot" in your book. Like I said, get yourself into an Econ 101 class and learn this stuff. It's important because it's HOW the world works. You can argue whether it SHOULD be that way but you are wasting your time because IT IS that way. Period. Now go learn about it...