The only reasonable assumption today is that the NSA captures all traffic on the internet at the ISP-customer borders,
That would be a rather dumb place to capture the data. Much simpler to capture it at the ISP-Backbone border. Or, better yet, at the interlinks between tier-1 backbone providers.
It's common either in burger or fried form at Florida tourist traps.
Hell, it's not exactly hard to find up in Iowa and Illinois. Not cheap, but not hard to find. Off the top of my head I can name half a dozen grocery stores that carry it, and 2 or 3 bars that serve it.
Where I live, in order to make a phone call I have to go outside and walk a few hundred yards. From that location (hope it's not raining) I have a clear line of sight to a sprint tower less than a mile away. It's still hit or miss whether my call will go through.
As for unlimited data, it's easy to see how they can offer that. I could tether to my laptop and download as fast as possible 24/7 for an entire month, and a quick, back-of-envelope calculation tells me I would still come nowhere close to where other carriers are capped at.
For the first time since I've been a cellular customer, I am actually *happy* when I see the roaming icon pop up on my phone, because that's the only time it works worth a shit.
Switching carriers on Friday, and they can shove their ETF up their ass.
Plus... it's nice to eradicate the human race anyway - there are just too many such vermins on this planet anyway
You go first. The rest of us could do with fewer of you self-loathing, emo douchebags.
Me? I don't give 2 shits about "the planet" aside from its use as a suitable habitat for human life. I also don't' give a crap about other life, except for its function in maintaining a suitable ecosystem for humans to thrive in.
In short, if you eradicate humans, would the planet be better off? The correct answer to this question is "Who gives a fuck?"
...thereby also increasing your intake of dozens of other chemicals, some of which may also have deleterious effects if over-taken, and at lower levels than C.
Which is why I've given up and adopted the following approach:
I'll eat what tastes good, and I'll die when I die. It's just not worth the headache of trying to keep track of which things that were good for me last week are bad for me now.
I'm in pretty much the same boat, except that I no longer differentiate between Democrats and Republicans. None of them represent my beliefs. In fact, after many years of watching politics in this country, I have come to the conclusion that they all share the same beliefs and goals. The differences presented to us in the media are just a bit of theater meant to keep us playing the game while distracting us from what they're really up to behind the scenes.
I was born and lived during a time of freedom so I can be thankful for being at the right part of the cycle AND that is all. If young people don't pick up the fight that is literally their loss. In fact, I'm of the opinion now that we may as well accelerate the process. Let's just take away people freedom so people finally get the point. We can try to hold on to dwindling freedom or we can aim for a revolution and a new start.
This is pretty much where I'm at.
When I was young, naive, and idealistic, my opinion would have been that we should try to fix the situation.
As I've gotten older, I've become more of a realist than an idealist, and it is now crystal clear to me that the vast majority of the public never opens their eyes enough to realize that there's anything broken that needs fixing. As a result, in realistic terms, the situation is effectively unfixable.
Should a revolution spring up, I will gladly and enthusiastically do my part. But as a realist, I see no chance of that happening during my lifetime. I have little choice but to build up my own tiny little corner of the world into a place where I can be reasonably comfortable, and insulate myself from the decline of this nation as best I can. The ignorant masses who value a false sense of security over actual freedom outnumber people like me, and are going to get their way.
The best I can do at this point is find myself a few peaceful acres out in the country somewhere, and try to let it affect me as little as possible.
Never been to Delaware, but I concur on your assessment of Pennsylvania.
It's not quite like that here in Iowa. Sure, there are plenty of places that are 30 minutes or more from a home depot, but most people are no more than 10 or 15 minutes away from shopping for "the basics". I find that I can get places faster, for the most part, living in the country than I ever could living in a city and fighting the traffic.
are while you're locked away in your cramped steel-box livingroom-on-wheels.
I'm not sure which TV show you've been watching, but you've clearly been watching far too much of it if that's your idea of what life in the country is like.
Not sure why I would drive 25 miles to work, that would be an awfully roundabout way to go when 5 miles gets me there just fine. Also not sure where this urban sprawl you're talking about is. There's certainly none around here. Last time I saw any of that was a few years back when I visited the east coast.
Depends. Since they're most commonly sold and used for hiking and other outdoorsy activities, there is a significant population of attractive and physically fit women who wouldn't find them at all dorky.
Those glasses on the other hand. Dorky everywhere, no getting around it.
If you're turning on the lights, who cares about your night vision?
Anyone with a tiny bit of common sense who is trying to get a description of the guy that was trying to break into their garage.
With dark adapted eyes, I have a chance of doing that. After having been blasted by your 1000 watt searchlight, it's a lost cause as soon as the thief makes his way into a dark area, which common sense should tell you he will be doing very quickly.
AT&T should be expected to EARN their revenue by offering a quality service at a competitive price. They should not be "guaranteed" revenue.
If AT&T can't figure out a way to derive profit from ownership of a taxpayer-subsidized Internet backbone, then control of that backbone should be handed off to a company with competent management.
There is no such thing as light pollution. Just some libtard wanting government to have more control over your life.
Wow. Congratulations. You win the prize for "biggest fucking idiot I've seen on slashdot all day".
I am as far from being a "libtard" as one can get. And I still absolutely despise light pollution.
It has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with excessive and unnecessary lighting fucking up my quality and enjoyment of life. All due to supposedly grown adults who never managed to get over their fear of the boogey man and still find it necessary to sleep with a night light on.
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Please tell me where I can purchase fresh kidney bean leaves in Iowa, in January, and in large quantities.
Just because a solution exists does not mean it's practical, or even possible to implement.
The only reasonable assumption today is that the NSA captures all traffic on the internet at the ISP-customer borders,
That would be a rather dumb place to capture the data. Much simpler to capture it at the ISP-Backbone border. Or, better yet, at the interlinks between tier-1 backbone providers.
Trouble is that I'm yet to find a VAR that does the VA bit of the acronym.
The value they add is to their own pocket.
You thought they were adding value for YOU?
The local UAW office has 5 reserved parking spaces for foreign cars. All the way in the back of a rather large parking lot.
And they get VERY serious about enforcing that rule.
It's common either in burger or fried form at Florida tourist traps.
Hell, it's not exactly hard to find up in Iowa and Illinois. Not cheap, but not hard to find. Off the top of my head I can name half a dozen grocery stores that carry it, and 2 or 3 bars that serve it.
that will bring LTE to almost every cell site by the end of 2014
I would not recommend holding your breath on that.
Sounds about right...
Where I live, in order to make a phone call I have to go outside and walk a few hundred yards. From that location (hope it's not raining) I have a clear line of sight to a sprint tower less than a mile away. It's still hit or miss whether my call will go through.
As for unlimited data, it's easy to see how they can offer that. I could tether to my laptop and download as fast as possible 24/7 for an entire month, and a quick, back-of-envelope calculation tells me I would still come nowhere close to where other carriers are capped at.
For the first time since I've been a cellular customer, I am actually *happy* when I see the roaming icon pop up on my phone, because that's the only time it works worth a shit.
Switching carriers on Friday, and they can shove their ETF up their ass.
Plus... it's nice to eradicate the human race anyway - there are just too many such vermins on this planet anyway
You go first. The rest of us could do with fewer of you self-loathing, emo douchebags.
Me? I don't give 2 shits about "the planet" aside from its use as a suitable habitat for human life. I also don't' give a crap about other life, except for its function in maintaining a suitable ecosystem for humans to thrive in.
In short, if you eradicate humans, would the planet be better off? The correct answer to this question is "Who gives a fuck?"
...thereby also increasing your intake of dozens of other chemicals, some of which may also have deleterious effects if over-taken, and at lower levels than C.
Which is why I've given up and adopted the following approach:
I'll eat what tastes good, and I'll die when I die. It's just not worth the headache of trying to keep track of which things that were good for me last week are bad for me now.
Got tired of saying good bye so I learned to never say hello.
That sounds like the recipe for a boring, lonely, empty life.
I'm in pretty much the same boat, except that I no longer differentiate between Democrats and Republicans. None of them represent my beliefs. In fact, after many years of watching politics in this country, I have come to the conclusion that they all share the same beliefs and goals. The differences presented to us in the media are just a bit of theater meant to keep us playing the game while distracting us from what they're really up to behind the scenes.
Pull the battery. Turning it off isn't enough.
To be on the safe side, leave it at home that day.
I was born and lived during a time of freedom so I can be thankful for being at the right part of the cycle AND that is all. If young people don't pick up the fight that is literally their loss. In fact, I'm of the opinion now that we may as well accelerate the process. Let's just take away people freedom so people finally get the point. We can try to hold on to dwindling freedom or we can aim for a revolution and a new start.
This is pretty much where I'm at.
When I was young, naive, and idealistic, my opinion would have been that we should try to fix the situation.
As I've gotten older, I've become more of a realist than an idealist, and it is now crystal clear to me that the vast majority of the public never opens their eyes enough to realize that there's anything broken that needs fixing. As a result, in realistic terms, the situation is effectively unfixable.
Should a revolution spring up, I will gladly and enthusiastically do my part. But as a realist, I see no chance of that happening during my lifetime. I have little choice but to build up my own tiny little corner of the world into a place where I can be reasonably comfortable, and insulate myself from the decline of this nation as best I can. The ignorant masses who value a false sense of security over actual freedom outnumber people like me, and are going to get their way.
The best I can do at this point is find myself a few peaceful acres out in the country somewhere, and try to let it affect me as little as possible.
That's what parking tickets are for.
Never been to Delaware, but I concur on your assessment of Pennsylvania.
It's not quite like that here in Iowa. Sure, there are plenty of places that are 30 minutes or more from a home depot, but most people are no more than 10 or 15 minutes away from shopping for "the basics". I find that I can get places faster, for the most part, living in the country than I ever could living in a city and fighting the traffic.
To me that shows a healthier development community of in the LO camp.
Maybe so, but let's not draw focus away from the biggest problem with LO.
When are they going to give the project a less retarded name?
OK, that's all well and good, but what scenario do you propose that would make the 5 1/4" floppy disk a useful tool again?
are while you're locked away in your cramped steel-box livingroom-on-wheels.
I'm not sure which TV show you've been watching, but you've clearly been watching far too much of it if that's your idea of what life in the country is like.
Not sure why I would drive 25 miles to work, that would be an awfully roundabout way to go when 5 miles gets me there just fine. Also not sure where this urban sprawl you're talking about is. There's certainly none around here. Last time I saw any of that was a few years back when I visited the east coast.
Depends. Since they're most commonly sold and used for hiking and other outdoorsy activities, there is a significant population of attractive and physically fit women who wouldn't find them at all dorky.
Those glasses on the other hand. Dorky everywhere, no getting around it.
If you're turning on the lights, who cares about your night vision?
Anyone with a tiny bit of common sense who is trying to get a description of the guy that was trying to break into their garage.
With dark adapted eyes, I have a chance of doing that. After having been blasted by your 1000 watt searchlight, it's a lost cause as soon as the thief makes his way into a dark area, which common sense should tell you he will be doing very quickly.
This sounds much more reasonable.
AT&T should be expected to EARN their revenue by offering a quality service at a competitive price. They should not be "guaranteed" revenue.
If AT&T can't figure out a way to derive profit from ownership of a taxpayer-subsidized Internet backbone, then control of that backbone should be handed off to a company with competent management.
Some things just need to die.
There is no such thing as light pollution. Just some libtard wanting government to have more control over your life.
Wow. Congratulations. You win the prize for "biggest fucking idiot I've seen on slashdot all day".
I am as far from being a "libtard" as one can get. And I still absolutely despise light pollution.
It has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with excessive and unnecessary lighting fucking up my quality and enjoyment of life. All due to supposedly grown adults who never managed to get over their fear of the boogey man and still find it necessary to sleep with a night light on.
This is the very problem that CO2 powered air rifles were invented to solve.
So I don't need to light up the places where criminals may hide where no-one will see them?
Just be aware that your floodlight is also doing other things besides lighting up an area.
First, it's ruining the night vision of anyone in the area. Then, along with that, it's creating super dark shadows.
To a burglar with even a little common sense, your flood lights will actually make it easier to stay concealed.