On a 56k Modem you can bring down about 9 GB in a month if it's on 24/7. I know it's really not that practical, but I have never heard of limiting usage on a modem. Maybe it's cause all pirates are impatient and use cable.
I did hear some noise made about this, actually, though it was some years ago. It wasn't the bandwidth that ISPs were worried about, though; it was having one less telephone line available for other paying customers.
By the by, ISPs talked about dropping flat-rate plans at the time, but it never happened. So don't panic--because unless every company buys into the variable-rate pricing at once, I don't think it's going to happen at all.
The whole concept behind broadband was that we, the user, would have high bandwidth to do with as we like. But now this idea is completely lost.
No, the concept behind broadband was that they, the corporations, would make money from selling you high-speed internet access. When they no longer make money doing this, they will either stop providing the service altogether or will change their pricing plan so they make money again.
The goods was NOT magically shipped to Middle East electronically, it's sending to a real address physically. The supplier must be well aware what goods is to be shipped to what destination.
You know, since it's being shipped to a physical address, maybe we can arrange a special delivery aka Major Ass Kicker, USMC.
Doesn't matter whether you're talking about a database, an operating system, or a bank vault. The only way to make something unbreakable is not to make it in the first place.
This article has it all. "MPAA/RIAA bad," check. "Cheap movies good," check. Oh, and of course, since the MPAA/RIAA are doing something distasteful, it's okay for everyone else to throw their scruples out the window.
I don't like the MPAA/RIAA, either. But I'd much rather give them my $5 than see a red cent line the pockets of the Iranian government. As unsavory as the entertainment business can be, at least they only pretend to blow people up.
So yeah, you're a criminal--happy?
If you want cheap movies, go to the damned matinee.
No, it just means Slashdot hasn't won a web award since April of 2000.
**Shrugs** I don't know why most web awards matter to Marketroids, since all they really are is a method of advertising the websites that give out the awards. Just think of Danielle's Rainbows and Unicorns website--all those awards little Danielle collected, all pointed back to the other Unicorns and Rainbows websites that gave them to her. It's about as meaningful as a banner exchange.
The Webbies are a special case--people actually vote for this stuff, therefore the number of votes relates pretty closely to the traffic each website receives. And that is what matters, since website traffic == advertising opportunity.
So whether SlashDot wins awards or not doesn't mean that it's the best, or that it's going downhill. It probably just means their advertising rates since April of 2000 have been a bit lower.
"Please sign this EULA before you buy this car." Its coming.
More likely we'll see something like this:
By driving this car, you agree to the following End-User License Agreement (EULA):
User assumes all responsibility for any defects on the part of the Vehicle, including defects sold to the User as Features;
The User may not sue the Seller under any existing or future laws that ever existed or ever will;
User may not user the Vehicle in a manner which violates any laws, bylaws, whims of our Corporate Dictatorship, or guidelines of Grannie Mae, that ever existed or ever will;
We reserve the right to remotely detonate the Vehicle if the User is found in violation of the EULA. If later determination finds that the User did not violate the EULA, we will modify the EULA retroactively.
What I want to know is, what was that wisp of smoke doing hiding in my set in the first place?
That's a silly question. If you've ever done any electronics or computer repair work, you'd know: the smoke is what makes the electronics work in the first place.
I read a copy of the article posted on MSNBC. This doesn't just affect AT&T broadband: Cox Communications and Comcast Cable also get mentions. The reason you haven't heard about it through the news before, though, is that cable providers are only now figuring out how to circumvent this sort of "freebie."
That said, I can't bring myself to feel sorry for all the people who will now have to pay for their cable TV service. In a word, wahh.
Would this be the begining of the end of "free" over the air tv? I personally know of only a couple of people who do not have cable/satellite, is OTATV a dinosaur anyway?
Good point--cable television is widespread and fairly affordable; and it offers high signal quality even if the content does suck.
I really hope the TV broadcasters don't take a cue from web advertising. I can imagine it now:
Joe SixPack hits "power" button on remote to turn off his TV, only to get bombarded with six pop-up advertisements. He hits the power button to get rid of the pop-ups, and gets two more for every one he "turns off." The whole TV display goes blue and dumps a whole bunch of technical gibbersh, then goes black as a wisp of smoke escapes from the back of the set.
"Hampered by legal constraints"? Huh? I mean, the kids don't seem to be hampered by legal constraints--why can't the librarians yank the twerps away by their ears and administer a Butt-kicking for Goodness?
As far as I can tell, this decision will loosen the EU's protections against surveillance, but does not implement any spying itself - national governments are free to NOT spy on their citizens, in the (perhaps unlikely) event that they don't want to do so.
A government is like a small child--give it an inch, and it will take a mile. A good case in point is Carnivore, here in the United States, which we already know intercepts non-suspects' e-mails despite FBI promises to the contrary.
Really, I'm surprised. Slashdot editors are usually the first ones I can count on to sound the alarm when this kind of blatant Big-Brotherism is passed into law. Maybe it doesn't matter to them because it's not happening in the U.S., yet?
For all the good current protection methods are doing them, the Big Media companies should just include condoms with their CDs. That alone would probably stump about 90% of the people who have the technical know-how to break their other copy-protection schemes in the first place. ..
First, the earth's internal heat is created by radioactive isotopes in the planet's core--radioactive iron and/or nickel, if memory serves. Gravity alone isn't enough to create geothermal energy--otherwise the moon would have a molten core, and it doesn't.
Second, geothermal energy is already there It's not something that only flows when we tap into it--it flows constantly. Just like a river flows as long as it has water in it, the earth will radiate geothermal heat as long as it there's radioactive material in its core to generate that energy.
How is keeping mail that I didn't ask for, don't want, and have to pay for out of my inbox an "unconstitutional restriction on speech"? If they want to put their shit in my mailbox, they can at least have the good graces to pay the (e-)postage themselves.
The right of someone else to spend my money without my permission is exactly nil.
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On a 56k Modem you can bring down about 9 GB in a month if it's on 24/7. I know it's really not that practical, but I have never heard of limiting usage on a modem. Maybe it's cause all pirates are impatient and use cable.
I did hear some noise made about this, actually, though it was some years ago. It wasn't the bandwidth that ISPs were worried about, though; it was having one less telephone line available for other paying customers.
By the by, ISPs talked about dropping flat-rate plans at the time, but it never happened. So don't panic--because unless every company buys into the variable-rate pricing at once, I don't think it's going to happen at all.
The whole concept behind broadband was that we, the user, would have high bandwidth to do with as we like. But now this idea is completely lost.
No, the concept behind broadband was that they, the corporations, would make money from selling you high-speed internet access. When they no longer make money doing this, they will either stop providing the service altogether or will change their pricing plan so they make money again.
The goods was NOT magically shipped to Middle East electronically, it's sending to a real address physically. The supplier must be well aware what goods is to be shipped to what destination.
You know, since it's being shipped to a physical address, maybe we can arrange a special delivery aka Major Ass Kicker, USMC.
Unbreakable isn't.
Doesn't matter whether you're talking about a database, an operating system, or a bank vault. The only way to make something unbreakable is not to make it in the first place.
This article has it all. "MPAA/RIAA bad," check. "Cheap movies good," check. Oh, and of course, since the MPAA/RIAA are doing something distasteful, it's okay for everyone else to throw their scruples out the window.
I don't like the MPAA/RIAA, either. But I'd much rather give them my $5 than see a red cent line the pockets of the Iranian government. As unsavory as the entertainment business can be, at least they only pretend to blow people up.
So yeah, you're a criminal--happy?
If you want cheap movies, go to the damned matinee.
No, it just means Slashdot hasn't won a web award since April of 2000.
**Shrugs** I don't know why most web awards matter to Marketroids, since all they really are is a method of advertising the websites that give out the awards. Just think of Danielle's Rainbows and Unicorns website--all those awards little Danielle collected, all pointed back to the other Unicorns and Rainbows websites that gave them to her. It's about as meaningful as a banner exchange.
The Webbies are a special case--people actually vote for this stuff, therefore the number of votes relates pretty closely to the traffic each website receives. And that is what matters, since website traffic == advertising opportunity.
So whether SlashDot wins awards or not doesn't mean that it's the best, or that it's going downhill. It probably just means their advertising rates since April of 2000 have been a bit lower.
I think the fact that these people are using Microsoft Money...
. . .along with the ineptly-named Microsft Works. . .
. . .Mozilla could advertise itself as the most Gopher-Friendly browser on the market!
You're damned straight. If I've given a business my money, I'm entitled to a reasonable exchange in products and/or services.
"Please sign this EULA before you buy this car." Its coming.
More likely we'll see something like this:
By driving this car, you agree to the following End-User License Agreement (EULA):
What I want to know is, what was that wisp of smoke doing hiding in my set in the first place?
That's a silly question. If you've ever done any electronics or computer repair work, you'd know: the smoke is what makes the electronics work in the first place.
I read a copy of the article posted on MSNBC. This doesn't just affect AT&T broadband: Cox Communications and Comcast Cable also get mentions. The reason you haven't heard about it through the news before, though, is that cable providers are only now figuring out how to circumvent this sort of "freebie."
That said, I can't bring myself to feel sorry for all the people who will now have to pay for their cable TV service. In a word, wahh.
The last time I read anything on Planck Time, it was 10 E-42 second. Has that figure changed?
This is why friends don't let friends use early-model Pentium chips. . .
Would this be the begining of the end of "free" over the air tv? I personally know of only a couple of people who do not have cable/satellite, is OTATV a dinosaur anyway?
Good point--cable television is widespread and fairly affordable; and it offers high signal quality even if the content does suck.
I really hope the TV broadcasters don't take a cue from web advertising. I can imagine it now:
Joe SixPack hits "power" button on remote to turn off his TV, only to get bombarded with six pop-up advertisements. He hits the power button to get rid of the pop-ups, and gets two more for every one he "turns off." The whole TV display goes blue and dumps a whole bunch of technical gibbersh, then goes black as a wisp of smoke escapes from the back of the set.
Slashdot didn't repeat a story. You cited a temporary stay--this is a permanent ruling which overturns the lower court.
<sarcasm> Sheesh. To hell with reading the articles, let's not even bother reading the editorial blurbs anymore. </sarcasm>
Baaaaa, humbug.
"Hampered by legal constraints"? Huh? I mean, the kids don't seem to be hampered by legal constraints--why can't the librarians yank the twerps away by their ears and administer a Butt-kicking for Goodness?
What's sickening is being subjected to all this Finklestein vs. Sims Egotist Deathmatch in the first place. Jeez, get a room ya lovebirds.
As far as I can tell, this decision will loosen the EU's protections against surveillance, but does not implement any spying itself - national governments are free to NOT spy on their citizens, in the (perhaps unlikely) event that they don't want to do so.
A government is like a small child--give it an inch, and it will take a mile. A good case in point is Carnivore, here in the United States, which we already know intercepts non-suspects' e-mails despite FBI promises to the contrary.
Really, I'm surprised. Slashdot editors are usually the first ones I can count on to sound the alarm when this kind of blatant Big-Brotherism is passed into law. Maybe it doesn't matter to them because it's not happening in the U.S., yet?
For all the good current protection methods are doing them, the Big Media companies should just include condoms with their CDs. That alone would probably stump about 90% of the people who have the technical know-how to break their other copy-protection schemes in the first place. . .
What a steaming load of molten rock.
Hey, don't blame your ignorance of geology on me; look it up for yourself.
At least in your scenario, there's one less spammer in the world.
First, the earth's internal heat is created by radioactive isotopes in the planet's core--radioactive iron and/or nickel, if memory serves. Gravity alone isn't enough to create geothermal energy--otherwise the moon would have a molten core, and it doesn't.
Second, geothermal energy is already there It's not something that only flows when we tap into it--it flows constantly. Just like a river flows as long as it has water in it, the earth will radiate geothermal heat as long as it there's radioactive material in its core to generate that energy.
How is keeping mail that I didn't ask for, don't want, and have to pay for out of my inbox an "unconstitutional restriction on speech"? If they want to put their shit in my mailbox, they can at least have the good graces to pay the (e-)postage themselves.
The right of someone else to spend my money without my permission is exactly nil.