The problem with Internet access in the USA is the local mono/duopolies. There is no reason whatsoever why Internet access should not be the fastest and cheapest found anywhere in the world in the dense population centers. Although many people will say: "but what about the rural areas" -- the reality is that most people live in densely populated areas.
So, what to do about the local mono/dupolies? The obvious place to start is to allow cities to build their own last-mile connections to houses and rent these out to whoever (don't let states pass laws to stop this). Putting in the back-haul is far less expensive so one could expect multiple suppliers to offer services and actually compete with each other.
I am skeptical that forcing a Comcast or AT&T to share wires (allow other companies to run services down the wires) will never work. These companies will make it more expensive or less reliable to use a competitor. A few years ago, I was moving house and wanted to switch phone company at the same time. In the end, I did not change phone company at that time -- why not? Comcast would not release my phone number.
As an alternative to cities putting in the last mile, a private company could do this -- as long as this company is not allowed to ollowed to offer services beyond the last mile. There was a reason that AT&T was split up and I don't believe that the reasons for it no longer exist.
But I think it will be a while, at least for the phones. Just about all cell phones have bluetooth, but I have yet to see one besides the iPhone with wifi.
Then you haven't been looking. T-Mobile offers a Wifi UMA service (Hotspot or whatever they are calling it this week). There are a few blackberries, Nokia and Samsung phones that support this. However, this is traditional WiFi, not any kind of peer-to-peer capability and battery life with the WiFi radio turned on is about half without WiFi.
Name's also Cadence, who had a system to issue time-based licenses automatically based on customer request. EDACard, I think they called it. While not exactly the same, I think that everything describes is obvious based on waht Cadence did with their EDACard program and FlexLM.
... employees themselves can often be the cause of such problems.' I figure this will be an ongoing problem until company management and employees accept their role in keeping company information safe
I figure it will continue to be a problem until company management provides the appropriate motivation and training to employees to keep company data safe. This won't happen until management also has the appropriate motivation. Did anyone in management get fired over the Rocky Mountain bank/Google incident? How much has this cost the bank?
Well, since Broadcom only seem to have one version of the driver on their website (not the 4 that you claimed) and since they suggest that you should normally use the tg3 driver that is included by Red Hat, SUSE, etc, and since you haven't really given any specifics, and since you have a history of anti-Linux postings, I don't believe you.
I've recently been trying to get a Broadcom NIC working on a Red Hat 5 installation..... After downloading and compiling about 4 different versions of the Linux driver, all of which claimed to support my kernel version, the only one that actually gave me an eth0 in my ifconfig listing would hard lock the system as soon as I tried to ping anything on my LAN.
But why is it the journalist's job to spell out that you're reading a press release from a commercial DNS provider denigrating competition.
Because that's the job of a reporter -- to investigate, analyse, interpret and explain the information. Otherwise, the reporter is adding no value and simple economic theory would suggest that his/her job should disappear.
And newspaper owners wonder why they are losing business?
I guess as a slashdot reader I'm supposed to be for "net neutrality" however I trust profit grabbing companies more than I trust the FCC. If I don't like the way a company is routing their traffic I can at least switch companies
Yes, you are correct, there is an almost limitless choice of dial-up ISPs.
In the real world, for most residential customers, there is a duopoly of broadband (Cable/DSL) ISPs, and there is no efective choice.
No, a speed trap is where a officer sits at a change in speed limit in order to enforce the change in speed limit. It is often viewed as a way to trap people unfamiliar with an area who don't see the sign of the lower speed limit.
In the context of California, the GP is correct. California has a specific definition of speed traps and they are illegal. CA law restricts the speed limits that can be imposed (must be based on traffic surveys -- if not survey based RADAR can't be used to enforce) and the methods (does not allow time over distance measurements).
So, then, explain to me why it is impossible to use Google in a way that infringes copyright.
And, if you cannot, why then it is different from these other search providers.
It has nothing to do with technical differences and everything to do with how the tools are used. Yes, P2P has legitimate uses and is used by many for legitimate trading of files. However, the dominant use is illegitimate trading of files.
You get modded down for trash talking MS? On which web forums? Certainly not slashdot.
Yes, you may get modded down on/. for trash talking MS. It's happened to me multiple times. It depends on the topic -- in some topics, one can trash talk MS with impunity, in others the MS supporters will use their mod points against you.
Someone licensed these clips to Apple. Isn't it those people to whom the songwriters and others should be asking for their cut? Or did the songwriters and others already sell those rights and are now attempting to double dip? Oh, wait:
"In the U.S. while we do get paid a mechanical (licensing fee) from ITunes, we are not getting any performance income from Apple yet,"
If I were on a jury and unscrupulously found evidence that could not be admitted, that guaranteed that the defendant were guilty, I would have a hard time ignoring it.
But how do you know that this "evidence" is correct? You saw a news report: did the reporter get his/her facts right? Perhaps you read a blog: does the blogger have some bias? Perhaps you saw a photo on the Internet -- are you sure it wasn't photoshopped?
And then, there is the other part of the problem -- the police raid your house at night, with no warrant, just because they can. If they can get around your constitutional protections by just leaking the illegally obtained evidence to a news reporter, why bother with warrants?
They could do just the opposite and give people a $1.50 reduction in their bill if they opt-in to a paperless billing system.
For me, it's not worth $1.50 to have to deal with T-Mobile's website. It is the most appalling and annoying site that I have visited for quite a while. Features that used to be there no longer exist and, because of all the scripts and flash, it takes forever to navigate. I'm sure someone at T-Mobile likes the way it "looks", but it is the ultimate example of form before function.
My vision for several years is desk-sized screens. Imagine a screen built into a desk with a slight angle -- instead of being vertical. Now the issues of holding your hand up to the display go away. Windows are shuffled like papers on a traditional desk. The only problem is how to distinguish between leaning on the screen and actually trying to put input into the computer.
Say what you will about the effectiveness and appropriateness of the Austrailian web filters... This "70 times more likely to win the national lottery" business was clearly pulled out of someone's ass, and in the process, they made a number of egregiously wrong statements.
It's really not that difficult, but perhaps you could RTFA, since TFA actually has some justification for this figure. Perhaps your posting came from the same orifice that you claim the "70 times" number came from?
Will these proposed devices be capable of being fitted in a positive earth vehicle? I suppose I could convert it to negative earth, but that would detract from its originality
Microsoft are perfectly within their rights to "force" obsolescence onto users by concentrating on more recent versions of their software.
Not when people buying their S/W relied upon Microsoft's published lifecycle documents which claim that XP will be supported for some time yet.
Also, your analogy of Photoshop is not appropriate because Photoshop (as a user application) should not create security risks. If it did create such a risk, then I would expect Adobe to patch it.
Drive-stun capability is available with or without a TASER Cartridge installed. The drive-
stun mode will not cause NMI and generally becomes primarily a pain compliance option.
My daughter's former university claimed to support Linux, but they also used 801.11x authentication on their Ethernet ports. After many problems trying to get Linux to work I came to the conclusion that the 802.11x authentication was working, but the subsequent attempts to lease an IP address through DHCP failed. I suspect that Windows is more persistent in attempting to get a lease and hence the Windows boxes worked.
How do they catch Britons not paying their TV license? Drive-by eavesdropping vehicles listening for sounds in your home from television channels you're not supposed to be receiving.
Well.... there might be a very small number of specially equipped vehicles, but mostly, they compare a list of all the addresses in the UK with a list of license owners and send people out to look through the windows of houses that don't have a license.
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Let's say I send an email from my home mail server to a family member using gmail.
The email leaves my home network is sent to my personal mail server. This transfer uses TLS.
My mail server sends it to GMAIL. This transfer uses TLS.
Gmail stores it. Google promises to only disclose my information with my permission or with other controls on dissemination. See Google's privacy policy and the Gmail privacy policy
I have ensured my family members use https/pops to download from gmail.
How do I not have an expectation of privacy in that transaction?
The problem with Internet access in the USA is the local mono/duopolies. There is no reason whatsoever why Internet access should not be the fastest and cheapest found anywhere in the world in the dense population centers. Although many people will say: "but what about the rural areas" -- the reality is that most people live in densely populated areas.
So, what to do about the local mono/dupolies? The obvious place to start is to allow cities to build their own last-mile connections to houses and rent these out to whoever (don't let states pass laws to stop this). Putting in the back-haul is far less expensive so one could expect multiple suppliers to offer services and actually compete with each other.
I am skeptical that forcing a Comcast or AT&T to share wires (allow other companies to run services down the wires) will never work. These companies will make it more expensive or less reliable to use a competitor. A few years ago, I was moving house and wanted to switch phone company at the same time. In the end, I did not change phone company at that time -- why not? Comcast would not release my phone number.
As an alternative to cities putting in the last mile, a private company could do this -- as long as this company is not allowed to ollowed to offer services beyond the last mile. There was a reason that AT&T was split up and I don't believe that the reasons for it no longer exist.
How typical is an SUV that is driven for only 10000km per year? That's what, less than 7k miles? Average mileage (in the USA is 12k miles or more).
This is just another "study" where the numbers have been "stretched" to make a point.
Then you haven't been looking. T-Mobile offers a Wifi UMA service (Hotspot or whatever they are calling it this week). There are a few blackberries, Nokia and Samsung phones that support this. However, this is traditional WiFi, not any kind of peer-to-peer capability and battery life with the WiFi radio turned on is about half without WiFi.
Name's also Cadence, who had a system to issue time-based licenses automatically based on customer request. EDACard, I think they called it. While not exactly the same, I think that everything describes is obvious based on waht Cadence did with their EDACard program and FlexLM.
I figure it will continue to be a problem until company management provides the appropriate motivation and training to employees to keep company data safe. This won't happen until management also has the appropriate motivation. Did anyone in management get fired over the Rocky Mountain bank/Google incident? How much has this cost the bank?
It appears that this case was transferred from a judge who is fairly clued up (Ronald Whyte) to one who clearly is in need of the cluetrain (Ware)
Well, since Broadcom only seem to have one version of the driver on their website (not the 4 that you claimed) and since they suggest that you should normally use the tg3 driver that is included by Red Hat, SUSE, etc, and since you haven't really given any specifics, and since you have a history of anti-Linux postings, I don't believe you.
Be specific or we can assume you are BS-ing.
Because that's the job of a reporter -- to investigate, analyse, interpret and explain the information. Otherwise, the reporter is adding no value and simple economic theory would suggest that his/her job should disappear.
And newspaper owners wonder why they are losing business?
Yes, you are correct, there is an almost limitless choice of dial-up ISPs.
In the real world, for most residential customers, there is a duopoly of broadband (Cable/DSL) ISPs, and there is no efective choice.
In the context of California, the GP is correct. California has a specific definition of speed traps and they are illegal. CA law restricts the speed limits that can be imposed (must be based on traffic surveys -- if not survey based RADAR can't be used to enforce) and the methods (does not allow time over distance measurements).
It has nothing to do with technical differences and everything to do with how the tools are used. Yes, P2P has legitimate uses and is used by many for legitimate trading of files. However, the dominant use is illegitimate trading of files.
Yes, you may get modded down on /. for trash talking MS. It's happened to me multiple times. It depends on the topic -- in some topics, one can trash talk MS with impunity, in others the MS supporters will use their mod points against you.
Make that triple-dip.
But how do you know that this "evidence" is correct? You saw a news report: did the reporter get his/her facts right? Perhaps you read a blog: does the blogger have some bias? Perhaps you saw a photo on the Internet -- are you sure it wasn't photoshopped?
And then, there is the other part of the problem -- the police raid your house at night, with no warrant, just because they can. If they can get around your constitutional protections by just leaking the illegally obtained evidence to a news reporter, why bother with warrants?
For me, it's not worth $1.50 to have to deal with T-Mobile's website. It is the most appalling and annoying site that I have visited for quite a while. Features that used to be there no longer exist and, because of all the scripts and flash, it takes forever to navigate. I'm sure someone at T-Mobile likes the way it "looks", but it is the ultimate example of form before function.
My vision for several years is desk-sized screens. Imagine a screen built into a desk with a slight angle -- instead of being vertical. Now the issues of holding your hand up to the display go away. Windows are shuffled like papers on a traditional desk. The only problem is how to distinguish between leaning on the screen and actually trying to put input into the computer.
It's really not that difficult, but perhaps you could RTFA, since TFA actually has some justification for this figure. Perhaps your posting came from the same orifice that you claim the "70 times" number came from?
Will these proposed devices be capable of being fitted in a positive earth vehicle? I suppose I could convert it to negative earth, but that would detract from its originality
Not when people buying their S/W relied upon Microsoft's published lifecycle documents which claim that XP will be supported for some time yet.
Also, your analogy of Photoshop is not appropriate because Photoshop (as a user application) should not create security risks. If it did create such a risk, then I would expect Adobe to patch it.
"Pain compliance"? In other words, torture.
My daughter's former university claimed to support Linux, but they also used 801.11x authentication on their Ethernet ports. After many problems trying to get Linux to work I came to the conclusion that the 802.11x authentication was working, but the subsequent attempts to lease an IP address through DHCP failed. I suspect that Windows is more persistent in attempting to get a lease and hence the Windows boxes worked.
I wish I had known about udhcpc.
Since one can never prove that a network is secure, what are they going to do: lock him up forever?
Well.... there might be a very small number of specially equipped vehicles, but mostly, they compare a list of all the addresses in the UK with a list of license owners and send people out to look through the windows of houses that don't have a license.