I have Philips bulbs. I timed my 60watt-equivalent (13 watt actual) and it took 4 minutes to reach full brightness.
How long does it take them to turn on and put out useful light? That should be instantaneous. And the fact that they don't achieve 100% full brightness instantaneously is easier on darkness-adjusted eyes.
The only way I mastered calculus was through a CC, I flunked it a couple times at two different engineering schools before taking it with someone who could actually teach at the local CC.
I had the opposite experience. I flunked Calc 2 a couple of times at the local community college (MCC) before taking it at the nearby university (ASU) and passing with an A.
The linked article goes into how that 1/2 second gap can add up to a full minute to load a single web page.
But the article claims that web browsers request only one object from a web page at a time. In Firefox, the default is 4, not 1.
Even if you go by their own estimates, HughesNet basic home satellite network service loads an idealized 100K web page in 5 seconds, approximately 3 times faster than 56k dialup. That puts it in the realm of 168kbps, or nowhere near the federal government's paultry definition of Broadband.
You chose the slowest option (1.0 Mbps). The next step up (1.2 Mbps) loads that same web page in 1 second, which is 800 Kbps, which fits the definition of broadband. The fastest option is 3.0 Mbps.
Most things casual users do with their broadband connection work just fine with satellite broadband, which makes it competition for cable and DSL. They aren't perfect substitutes, but they don't have to be.
...satellite internet is basically a stopgap measure between dial-up and a real broadband connection.
You do realize that the vast majority of "independent" ISPs are merely leasing lines from the incumbent provider? That leads to such joy as "Sorry you have such issues with your line, but it's up to ATT to send a technician out to fix this line. I wouldn't hold my breath."
Satellite is a substandard product compared to DSL and cable due to it's high latencies and other issues. It's really not a direct competitor.
The latency and slow upstream doesn't affect many casual Internet users. For them, satellite broadband is a good substitute, therefore, a direct competitor, of DSL and cable.
The third party companies are usually marginalized somewhat because of the deck being stacked against them in this way.
Fixing that would create even more competition within DSL than exists today.
Here is the biggest issue with the competition argument: in the vast majority of markets, there is at best a duopoly (cable and dsl).
If you ignore the fact that satellite is available everywhere and DSL usually (if not always) is provided by more than one ISP (the local telco plus other ISPs such as Covad), then you would be correct.
Can you imagine the howl from GM if anybody managed to seriously propose that GM be liable for car accidents involving their vehicle?
GM wouldn't care. They would pass the cost onto their customers in the form of a monthly payment and call it "liability insurance." Guess who would care? The insurance companies.
Generally I use tabs for logical indentation, then spaces for visual alignment. That way the code will align properly no matter what tab spacing is used by the person reading the code.
I wish I could mod your post up. I use your way, and it works well, at least until we get elastic tabstops.
When bikers pay into the highway system, then they can have bike lanes.
I'm a biker. I'm also a motorist, so I pay into the highway system.
Even bikers pay into the roads through Arizona's Prop 400 half cent sales tax.
Bicyclists don't need bike lanes to be on the road. A lone bicyclist can ride in the middle of a regular traffic lane whenever necessary, such as when the road is too narrow for a bicycle and a car to fit side by side. Do you really want roads like that?
The trouble is that once the principle is established that this is acceptable behaviour, every cable owner on the planet will want a piece of the action. When that happens, your internet fees go up.
In a free market, a seller cannot increase his or her profit margin without attracting other sellers. The profit margin disappears as they compete by lowering their prices or improving their service. Which reminds me of a third option: setup a community broadband cooperative.
And they're not going to shape SSL traffic because...?
Your ISP can't shape SSL traffic because they can't inspect the contents. They would have no way of knowing which bytes are going to which web site.
What were you going to do if you wanted a package where your packets don't get throttled by third party providers with whom you have no direct financial agreement relationship?
Switch to an ISP with a different upstream provider. Or subscribe to a VPN tunneling service.
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How long does it take them to turn on and put out useful light? That should be instantaneous. And the fact that they don't achieve 100% full brightness instantaneously is easier on darkness-adjusted eyes.
Stops or stations? Express trains don't stop at every station.
That's probably true, but with so many stations in-between, nobody will have to.
I'll pay $60 a month then.
Or more telecommuting.
I had the opposite experience. I flunked Calc 2 a couple of times at the local community college (MCC) before taking it at the nearby university (ASU) and passing with an A.
But the article claims that web browsers request only one object from a web page at a time. In Firefox, the default is 4, not 1.
You chose the slowest option (1.0 Mbps). The next step up (1.2 Mbps) loads that same web page in 1 second, which is 800 Kbps, which fits the definition of broadband. The fastest option is 3.0 Mbps.
Most things casual users do with their broadband connection work just fine with satellite broadband, which makes it competition for cable and DSL. They aren't perfect substitutes, but they don't have to be.
Define "real broadband connection." The FCC says it's broadband if it's 768kbps in one direction. How does 1+ Mbps satellite broadband not meet that definition?
While true, that's unrelated to net neutrality.
If other local DSL providers even exist, then so does competition.
The latency and slow upstream doesn't affect many casual Internet users. For them, satellite broadband is a good substitute, therefore, a direct competitor, of DSL and cable.
Fixing that would create even more competition within DSL than exists today.
If you ignore the fact that satellite is available everywhere and DSL usually (if not always) is provided by more than one ISP (the local telco plus other ISPs such as Covad), then you would be correct.
You lease a circuit to your Internet provider of choice, perhaps to the same one Pirate Bay uses if you don't want any traffic blocked.
GM wouldn't care. They would pass the cost onto their customers in the form of a monthly payment and call it "liability insurance." Guess who would care? The insurance companies.
Yeah, what's this "corrective lenses" restriction on my license? Aren't we all equals?
I wish I could mod your post up. I use your way, and it works well, at least until we get elastic tabstops.
Won't the effect of the pulse gun be more like running out of gas?
From the specs:
I was hoping for something energy efficient like the summary claimed.
Unscented baby wipes and a change of clothes and deodorant will take care of that. The only other thing you need is an empty bathroom stall.
Sounds like a good place to put a plainclothes police officer on a bike! As long as the locals don't complain of "entrapment," that is.
Clearly they are suffering not from the effects of radiomagnetic radiation, but from withdrawal! Quick, turn it back on!
The problem is, if you ask a Cisco person to do it, you'll get a Cisco solution, even if it isn't the best solution for the task.
In a free market, a seller cannot increase his or her profit margin without attracting other sellers. The profit margin disappears as they compete by lowering their prices or improving their service. Which reminds me of a third option: setup a community broadband cooperative.
Your ISP can't shape SSL traffic because they can't inspect the contents. They would have no way of knowing which bytes are going to which web site.
Switch to an ISP with a different upstream provider. Or subscribe to a VPN tunneling service.