I am constantly amazed at how much hype goes into every new, expensive conventional rocket, when the DC-X & DC-Y (the Delta Clipper) experimental SSTO's were canned because they were TOO INEXPENSIVE and had a ground crew that was TOO SMALL.
This really points to the disturbing trend (Palladium anyone?) that says you have to connect to the internet to even use your computer. Half of time I'm using my computer at home, I'm not connected to the internet (yes I still have dial up).
I'm with you on this.
Until recently, I couldn't even connect to the net at home. Phone lines were so noisy that I couldn't even connect at 9600, and SWBell refused to do anything about it until the trunk line got so bad that half the neighborhood lost ALL service.
I'm not going to let MS (or anyone else) tell me that I can't use my computer just because I refuse to deal with a company (Comcast) that has previously told me they don't want to take my money.
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I am constantly amazed at how much hype goes into every new, expensive conventional rocket, when the DC-X & DC-Y (the Delta Clipper) experimental SSTO's were canned because they were TOO INEXPENSIVE and had a ground crew that was TOO SMALL.
This really points to the disturbing trend (Palladium anyone?) that says you have to connect to the internet to even use your computer. Half of time I'm using my computer at home, I'm not connected to the internet (yes I still have dial up).
I'm with you on this.
Until recently, I couldn't even connect to the net at home. Phone lines were so noisy that I couldn't even connect at 9600, and SWBell refused to do anything about it until the trunk line got so bad that half the neighborhood lost ALL service.
I'm not going to let MS (or anyone else) tell me that I can't use my computer just because I refuse to deal with a company (Comcast) that has previously told me they don't want to take my money.