... sucking four trillion dollars out of the economy...
The economy is nothing but a gigantic mechanism of distributing wealth. How is changing the distribution "sucking" anything out? Whether it's fat pigs buying jewelry, military buying bombs, or poor people buying food, it's all supporting production and employing workers.
Utter nonsense. 300-400,000 km is NOTHING. The body may have salt corrosion if it's in the rust belt, but otherwise there is no reason for dilapidation unless the owner is a pig. My 1999 TDI has well over 300,000 km. The upholstery is fine, the interior is not torn or stained, the glovebox, sunroof, locks, and trunk release all work fine. The struts for the hatch and the hood are like new. Never touched a CV joint. Brakes and suspension have been (minimally) maintained and are fine.
The engine and transmission run like brand new and have never been touched outside of timing belts, fluid changes, and minor maintenance.
I am a big diesel fan, but your head is up your ass. Diesels ALWAYS generated NOx. ALL of them. Hell, EVERY internal combustion air-breathing engine generates plenty. As long as 4/5 of the atmospheric air they use for combustion is NITROGEN, there is no way in hell you can prevent some of the nitrogen forming oxides.
Compared to average desktop inkjet printers, and laser printers that produce images with a resolution of around 5,000 dots per inch and 20,000 dots per inch...
WTF? 300-600 dpi is the actual state of the art - perhaps 1200 at the outside. Somebody doesn't have a clue in hell about the technology.
micro USB... is probably the mechanically worst of the USB [connectors]
Objectively not so. As Wikipedia points out, "The standard and mini connectors have a design lifetime of 1,500 insertion-removal cycles, the improved Mini-B connectors increased this to 5,000. The micro connectors were designed with frequent charging of portable devices in mind, so have a design life of 10,000 cycles and also place the flexible contacts, which wear out sooner, on the easily replaced cable, while the more durable rigid contacts are located in the receptacles. Likewise, the springy component of the retention mechanism, parts that provide required gripping force, were also moved into plugs on the cable side."
there are actually three different micro-USB connectors that are super hard to tell apart
No there aren't. There is a Micro-A (the normal kind) and a Micro-B just like there is a standard A and standard B. Micro-A and Micro-B are well distinguished if you examine the contacts. There are also the obsolescent Mini-A and Mini-B, which are substantially thicker and shaped differently.
There is the OTG receptacle, which mates with EITHER a Micro-A or Micro-B, but that pretty much "just works", since it switches host/device roles depending on which one is plugged in.
You bunch of pansy surrender monkeys. Too fucking spineless to stand up to an outright invasion by a bunch of ignorant savages. Outsourcing your sovereignty to a bunch of globalist scum.
I take it this stupid article refers to NAT routers, and not cable modems at all.
Anyone with the slightest bit of savvy runs a straight cable modem connected to a completely separate router. And, having suffered with various commodity routers such as Netgear, they all suck donkey balls. Do what I did. Break down and get a real Sonicwall TZ-170 (used/surplus of course).
I am not at all sure that there is any mechanism for ANY authority to "fire" an FCC Commissioner. I know their term is 5 years, but I don't see any evidence that they can be dismissed. That is typically the problem with a lot of the entrenched bureaucracy.
Actually, Congress sets the bounds for what the FCC can fuck with. The Communications Act of 1934 set up the FCC. Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is the basis for Net Neutrality.
So the bunch of blowhards on Capitol Hill is ultimately to blame for this shit, just as it is to blame for all the other shit perpetrated by the Fderal Government. That is where the goddam buck stops. Not the President's desk, and CERTAINLY not with a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats.
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The economy is nothing but a gigantic mechanism of distributing wealth. How is changing the distribution "sucking" anything out? Whether it's fat pigs buying jewelry, military buying bombs, or poor people buying food, it's all supporting production and employing workers.
While we're at it, let's ban all carry-on luggage, handbags, phones, etc.
What do you mean, "if", Kemosabe?
Trump is a stupid helpless infantile bastard. Stick a fork in him. He is DONE. What a goddam disappointment.
The concept of freely-floating out-of-control balloons serving any purpose is downright loony.
I stopped reading right there. Take your delusionary propaganda and stuff it.
Utter nonsense. 300-400,000 km is NOTHING. The body may have salt corrosion if it's in the rust belt, but otherwise there is no reason for dilapidation unless the owner is a pig. My 1999 TDI has well over 300,000 km. The upholstery is fine, the interior is not torn or stained, the glovebox, sunroof, locks, and trunk release all work fine. The struts for the hatch and the hood are like new. Never touched a CV joint. Brakes and suspension have been (minimally) maintained and are fine.
The engine and transmission run like brand new and have never been touched outside of timing belts, fluid changes, and minor maintenance.
Lightning occurs at VARIOUS altitudes, champ. From the ground up to the stratosphere.
I am a big diesel fan, but your head is up your ass. Diesels ALWAYS generated NOx. ALL of them. Hell, EVERY internal combustion air-breathing engine generates plenty. As long as 4/5 of the atmospheric air they use for combustion is NITROGEN, there is no way in hell you can prevent some of the nitrogen forming oxides.
WTF? 300-600 dpi is the actual state of the art - perhaps 1200 at the outside. Somebody doesn't have a clue in hell about the technology.
Objectively not so. As Wikipedia points out, "The standard and mini connectors have a design lifetime of 1,500 insertion-removal cycles, the improved Mini-B connectors increased this to 5,000. The micro connectors were designed with frequent charging of portable devices in mind, so have a design life of 10,000 cycles and also place the flexible contacts, which wear out sooner, on the easily replaced cable, while the more durable rigid contacts are located in the receptacles. Likewise, the springy component of the retention mechanism, parts that provide required gripping force, were also moved into plugs on the cable side."
Bullshit. Thunderbolt 3 is 40 Gbps. USB 3.1 is 10 Gbps.
No there aren't. There is a Micro-A (the normal kind) and a Micro-B just like there is a standard A and standard B. Micro-A and Micro-B are well distinguished if you examine the contacts. There are also the obsolescent Mini-A and Mini-B, which are substantially thicker and shaped differently.
There is the OTG receptacle, which mates with EITHER a Micro-A or Micro-B, but that pretty much "just works", since it switches host/device roles depending on which one is plugged in.
What the hell is wrong than Pidgin? How is this piece of dung better than Pidgin?
Utter bullshit.
Good riddance to filthy garbage. I hope he wallows in disgrace and dies.
Nonsense. 8.8.0 is the one that shows up in the download listing.
At the present instant the download link on the main page is broken, but it took me about 15 seconds to find the actual download listing.
Jeeze, pkg-add was obsoleted years ago. pkg is current.
You bunch of pansy surrender monkeys. Too fucking spineless to stand up to an outright invasion by a bunch of ignorant savages. Outsourcing your sovereignty to a bunch of globalist scum.
It's spelled DMCA, sparky.
I take it this stupid article refers to NAT routers, and not cable modems at all.
Anyone with the slightest bit of savvy runs a straight cable modem connected to a completely separate router. And, having suffered with various commodity routers such as Netgear, they all suck donkey balls. Do what I did. Break down and get a real Sonicwall TZ-170 (used/surplus of course).
More precisely, exactly what were those people doing with ALL THAT LOOT??? Where did it go?
I am not at all sure that there is any mechanism for ANY authority to "fire" an FCC Commissioner. I know their term is 5 years, but I don't see any evidence that they can be dismissed. That is typically the problem with a lot of the entrenched bureaucracy.
Actually, Congress sets the bounds for what the FCC can fuck with. The Communications Act of 1934 set up the FCC. Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is the basis for Net Neutrality.
So the bunch of blowhards on Capitol Hill is ultimately to blame for this shit, just as it is to blame for all the other shit perpetrated by the Fderal Government. That is where the goddam buck stops. Not the President's desk, and CERTAINLY not with a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats.
No, it doesn't "work", dipstick.