Regardless of how buffet made his cash, the point is that he pays as much in taxes as his secretary, and he recognizes the injustice - he's rich and knows he should pay more taxes. Pirate he may be, but even he realizes that there's a problem, while a lot of people who will never reach his level whinge about paying more taxes than the average guy. We call these people republicans.
You do keep the fruits of your labor; just not as much of the fruit above 250k bananas. This is rolling back some of bush's tax changes, not some nasty 'take all the money from the rich' scheme.
Change ISPs you say - they all have terrible terms and they all insert that crap about changing their terms at will, so there isn't much point in analyzing the thing, since they can just update it. As a bonus, no actual paper contract is ever presented - all I have is a URL, so good luck proving that some terms are actually what I remember them as.
Oh yeah, and the biggest problem of all, it takes PEOPLE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. Something most people of the world CAN'T seem to grasp as a fact of life.
So should I accept my personal responsibility to abide by a contract that can be updated unilaterally at any time? Seriously, are you insane?
People in the UK either don't read the contracts they sign, don't question things they don't understand (the fine print), and just sign, so they can get on the internet.
Funny, I've never signed a paper contract, or even met a company rep f2f. Are you saying that people in the UK do that?
Dedicated bandwidth costs a lot more. Go price a DS-3 and see.
Last I checked, bandwidth was around 20-25c/GB in bulk, so using 100G/mo in traffic should cost around $25 in bandwidth (plus some more for physical infr.). Anyway, that's not the point - if it's not unlimited, say so, don't say 'do anything you like' and then punish people for taking you at your word.
If I had a nickle for every time I heard a geek claim Aspergers, I'd have roughly 500 cents.
I had some people speculate that I had assburgers at one point, but the symptoms don't fit - I like being around people and am fairly intuitive and empathic, which is a polar opposite to assburgers. It just worked out that I was socially awkward for whatever reason and needed some practice in small talk (people have said that a conversation with me can be exhausting due to the mental effort required, which doesn't go over well at a party). I expect that I'm far from unusual in that regard, and it's easier to claim a trendy condition than admit to being awkward.
A poof of mildly radioactive gas released into the environment, and a demonstration that the design was sound, since it worked in spite of the monkeys running it.
If your server has 128GB of ram then a 256GB swap file is 'normal'.
No it isn't. If you're using more than about 100M of swap, you probably need more memory. Agreed on the multidisk thing, but it's mostly a matter of reliability - raid5 is cheap insurance, raid1 even cheaper.
Having a 750k connection is not torture at all. Everything works just fine, and I watch live tv over that same connection without flaw.
It's fine for you. That's no reason to limit others to your trickle.
Yes, because I'm paying the bill for your dorm internet.
For someone else's internet.
My wallet is being emptied by taxes to support your college education. That gives me at least some right to express an opinion about how the money is spent (or in this case: wasted). Since I can only afford a 750k line, I see no reason why MY taxes should be used to buy something faster than what I have. You don't need (key word) faster, more-expensive connections in your dorm.
Where to start... Firstly, the cost of a fast dorm connection is essentially zero - even if the effective BW to the world is 128k when everybody is using it, the actual dorms are wired with 100Mb ethernet; during slack times, your hypothetical student can do what he wants with the 100Mb to the world (less, possibly - T3s are pricy, but students pay a fair bit for internet and housing). Your connection is a cable or DSL one - different tech and logistics, so you don't count. If you want to complain about your taxes funding things you don't like, fine - it's a common thing for old stuck in the mud people. That doesn't change the fact that internet speeds are way down on the list of moneywasters. Hell, we could save more money by not minting pennies and nickels.
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Regardless of how buffet made his cash, the point is that he pays as much in taxes as his secretary, and he recognizes the injustice - he's rich and knows he should pay more taxes. Pirate he may be, but even he realizes that there's a problem, while a lot of people who will never reach his level whinge about paying more taxes than the average guy. We call these people republicans.
yeah, basically. I don't see how it's that big a deal - even people like buffet think it's a good idea.
Or someone at the CSEA wanted some dope on old Joe.
You do keep the fruits of your labor; just not as much of the fruit above 250k bananas. This is rolling back some of bush's tax changes, not some nasty 'take all the money from the rich' scheme.
Change ISPs you say - they all have terrible terms and they all insert that crap about changing their terms at will, so there isn't much point in analyzing the thing, since they can just update it. As a bonus, no actual paper contract is ever presented - all I have is a URL, so good luck proving that some terms are actually what I remember them as.
Oh yeah, and the biggest problem of all, it takes PEOPLE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. Something most people of the world CAN'T seem to grasp as a fact of life.
So should I accept my personal responsibility to abide by a contract that can be updated unilaterally at any time? Seriously, are you insane?
People in the UK either don't read the contracts they sign, don't question things they don't understand (the fine print), and just sign, so they can get on the internet.
Funny, I've never signed a paper contract, or even met a company rep f2f. Are you saying that people in the UK do that?
Where I am (near Washington, D.C.), it would cost me about $400/month to get dedicated, non-oversubscribed 50Mbps symmetric service.
That's about 13T of potential transit - that's a shitload of bandwidth. You sure it's only $400?
Dedicated bandwidth costs a lot more. Go price a DS-3 and see.
Last I checked, bandwidth was around 20-25c/GB in bulk, so using 100G/mo in traffic should cost around $25 in bandwidth (plus some more for physical infr.). Anyway, that's not the point - if it's not unlimited, say so, don't say 'do anything you like' and then punish people for taking you at your word.
And he could sue them for fraudulent credit report entries. Ahh, the circle of life.
But I'll start taking them seriously when they step on and do work on behalf of the Heller decision.
What for? The NRA has that covered.
According to the popup, Maryland is not 100% covered, but it comes close.
How many people live in western MD? i've been there - there isn't much to do.
It's quite possible that they're in places the gub can't touch, like Russia - you going to wake the Bear over some scum making kiddy porn?
If I had a nickle for every time I heard a geek claim Aspergers, I'd have roughly 500 cents.
I had some people speculate that I had assburgers at one point, but the symptoms don't fit - I like being around people and am fairly intuitive and empathic, which is a polar opposite to assburgers. It just worked out that I was socially awkward for whatever reason and needed some practice in small talk (people have said that a conversation with me can be exhausting due to the mental effort required, which doesn't go over well at a party). I expect that I'm far from unusual in that regard, and it's easier to claim a trendy condition than admit to being awkward.
As someone else pointed out, if they'd just paid their sub, they'd never get caught.
People still live near chernobyl; anyway, you can't seriously think Chernobyl is representative of nuclear power in general, can you?
A poof of mildly radioactive gas released into the environment, and a demonstration that the design was sound, since it worked in spite of the monkeys running it.
No, it was a minor incident.
We already have a solution to the waste problem - it's called reprocessing.
Read the post again - he said that home burned DVDs are good for 3 years, tops. This is called media life.
If your server has 128GB of ram then a 256GB swap file is 'normal'.
No it isn't. If you're using more than about 100M of swap, you probably need more memory. Agreed on the multidisk thing, but it's mostly a matter of reliability - raid5 is cheap insurance, raid1 even cheaper.
Can it paint your girlfriend and buy me a house?
No they can't. CallerID is spoofable. ANI is not.
Having a 750k connection is not torture at all. Everything works just fine, and I watch live tv over that same connection without flaw.
It's fine for you. That's no reason to limit others to your trickle.
Yes, because I'm paying the bill for your dorm internet.
For someone else's internet.
My wallet is being emptied by taxes to support your college education. That gives me at least some right to express an opinion about how the money is spent (or in this case: wasted). Since I can only afford a 750k line, I see no reason why MY taxes should be used to buy something faster than what I have. You don't need (key word) faster, more-expensive connections in your dorm.
Where to start... Firstly, the cost of a fast dorm connection is essentially zero - even if the effective BW to the world is 128k when everybody is using it, the actual dorms are wired with 100Mb ethernet; during slack times, your hypothetical student can do what he wants with the 100Mb to the world (less, possibly - T3s are pricy, but students pay a fair bit for internet and housing). Your connection is a cable or DSL one - different tech and logistics, so you don't count. If you want to complain about your taxes funding things you don't like, fine - it's a common thing for old stuck in the mud people. That doesn't change the fact that internet speeds are way down on the list of moneywasters. Hell, we could save more money by not minting pennies and nickels.
ahh, "I suffered and so should you".