Why not spend $20 or so on an old low-end Pentium? My Internet gateway cost me a grand total of $42 Australian ($30 for computer w/o hard drive, $12 for NIC) and it's a Pentium 200 with USB etc... and even that's overkill for just a router...
You think it's okay for American corporations to disrupt activities of American citizens?
What about foreign citizens? American laws don't apply outside American borders, but it sounds like Senator Hatch (not to mention the RIAA and their ilk) doesn't care about that simple fact...
...has one interesting side effect:
It heavily increases the amount of dexamphetamines entering the market, and makes it a lot easier for non-ADHD people to get them for cheap from friends who are prescribed drugs and don't need them...
I live in Australia. Unless they can somehow convince the Australian Federal Government/Military/Police/whatever that I have somehow caused a breach to the ANZUS treaty, the US government can do absolutely jack fuck to me.
Payola already is common (how do you think MTV TRL works? I'll give you a clue: those ain't requests) - and unless it's well hidden, nobody's getting nailed by the FCC for it (perhaps the FCC is getting paid off too?)
Your maths is fucked.
All bandwidths are measured in megabits per second, hence 1.5mbit DSL is about the same speed as a T1, or about 27 times as fast as a 56k modem.
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Why not spend $20 or so on an old low-end Pentium? My Internet gateway cost me a grand total of $42 Australian ($30 for computer w/o hard drive, $12 for NIC) and it's a Pentium 200 with USB etc... and even that's overkill for just a router...
According to this guy, it's even worse than that.
Metallica are signed with Elektra Records. The last time I checked, Elektra were a huge record label...
What about foreign citizens? American laws don't apply outside American borders, but it sounds like Senator Hatch (not to mention the RIAA and their ilk) doesn't care about that simple fact...
...has one interesting side effect: It heavily increases the amount of dexamphetamines entering the market, and makes it a lot easier for non-ADHD people to get them for cheap from friends who are prescribed drugs and don't need them...
Last albums? Queen's last album of new material came out in 1995. We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions date back to the 1970s...
Jokes miss anonymous posters!
My country is allied with the US....
I live in Australia. Unless they can somehow convince the Australian Federal Government/Military/Police/whatever that I have somehow caused a breach to the ANZUS treaty, the US government can do absolutely jack fuck to me.
Payola already is common (how do you think MTV TRL works? I'll give you a clue: those ain't requests) - and unless it's well hidden, nobody's getting nailed by the FCC for it (perhaps the FCC is getting paid off too?)
11 "funny" comments in a row. And now to make this comment topical: arse.
Your maths is fucked. All bandwidths are measured in megabits per second, hence 1.5mbit DSL is about the same speed as a T1, or about 27 times as fast as a 56k modem.