Why regulate when you can provide incentives? It will never be economically profitable to send broadband out to rural areas of the US. (Except satellite, which isn't really useful because of the latency times.) Maybe the government (that is, the people of the US) could see that providing broadband to rural areas is a good thing, and give incentives to companies that make it profitable to send broadband out there?
And would you really give to charity and the needy? It's nice to say, but do you really do it? When those commercials with the starving kids come on, do you call up right away and 'adopt' as many as you can afford? Or do you ignore it and change the channel?
What you're asking for is no less than unenforced communism. You want to trust people you've never seen who have no oversight and no reason to give anything to help you help other people.
And stop complaining about taxes. In the 50s, the top income tax bracket was something like 90%. By cutting that, it's raised taxes on everyone else.
Yes, food is THE necessity. But the government provides subsidies to people who can't afford food. Is that wrong? Or should they depend on the kindness of strangers?
Conversely, I don't agree with what the military is doing. Should I deduct that from my income tax? I mean, I should have the option to pay for what I want, right?
How many people live there? While we couldn't justify the cost of getting everyone 8Mb, we could get 95% of the people 3Mb connections, which is a good start.
I think he means that the capitalists who control broadband see no profit in extending it to rural communities. (And there might not be. The cost of running the lines out there would be more than the market could sustain, even if everyone in the area signed up for it.)
The point is that it's not subsidized. These subsidies would provide the money to cover the cost of extending it to smaller communities, so that more people could get it. I imagine this is what South Korea did. Granted, they have a lot less area to cover, but I don't think that it would be too hard for the US to have 98% of its people able to have access to a 3Mb connection, so long as the government made a big push for it.
1) Start Game
2) Go take a leak/get a drink/watch pr0n
3) Profit!!! (If time is money, you just saved five minutes of your time by not watching the logos fade in and out)
If you want to make a difference, focus on events right here at home, not whether some machine destined for a burnball of a planet has got a US flag painted on it somewhere.
It's a symptom of what's wrong with the world today: Nationalist rhetoric that perpetuates injustice in the world. Why take pride in being "us" unless we're better than other people? And if we're better, maybe we should invade and help those poor saps become like us. Or else!
I'm not trying to change the sticker on the probe. I'm just saying why does it have to be a US flag sticker? Why can't it be something global?
yes. I will complain when it's the chinese. Not because I'm anti-American, but because I'm anti-nationalist. A pictogram showing the craft and its planet of origin would be sufficient to show where it's from, kinda like what was on the Voyager probes. That would serve the purpose better, because a flag could come from anywhere, and if someone finds it in the far future, the US might not even exist anymore, but Earth will exist for a long, long time.
1) If we're so great we survive until the sun starts to turn into a red giant, then we would be doing the universe a favor by spreading.
2) Would you rather we satisfy our brute animal urge to kill things with multi-TRILLION dollar budgets, or our animal urge to explore with multi-billion dollar budgets?
I am perfectly aware that no nation can own space. However, why should we put flags all over it? Why not the UN flag, or some other symbol that this thing is from the third rock out? Why should we be so proud that we're from one corner of a speck instead of another?
I am not a Pennsylvanian or an American, but a citizen of the world.
The spacecraft team wanted to leave a flag on Mercury to show, for all time, that Americans were there.
Yes. Because space belongs to America.
I know it's a pretty big accomplishment, but can't we have one spot in the solar system without our flag on it? Maybe? I mean, it's not like we could colonize Mercury. Could we maybe fly the thing into the sun?
One more thing: A higher gain antenna so you get reception in places like, um, buildings. Because most people spend their time there. Now that's intuitive design.
I favor a new labelling system for cell phones. It would have antenna gain, standby time, and talk time clearly visible on all phone displays, kinda like EPA fuel economy for cars. That way, people would be able to make their selection with more information about how the phone performs. Since cell phones are becoming essential pieces of our infrastructure, it's important that people make decisions that reflect what a cell phone is for: Making and receiving calls. In an emergency, I'd trade my camera, Java games, and web browser for a 5Db gain antenna that can get me a clear call to 911.
Funny, that. I just got back from two job interviews, both of which I got because I know Macs, and there are Mac machines all over the place. Granted, one of them was a Mac software company, but still, it was sweet.
So the system has an amplifier and the plant has the role of loudspeaker. I was hoping for a powersaving alternative to my amplifier, but I better stick to it a little longer.
Anxiousness to get home is probably the number one killer of general aviation pilots.
Or you could say overly demanding wives are the number one killer of gen. aviation pilots.
"Where were you? You said you'd be back an hour ago. That plane does 150 knots and you can't make it back for dinner on time?" Heck, I'd rather die than live like that, too.
I don't see the spiral, but there are, um, "tracks" like we found after not sweeping up the drywall dust one night (centipedes made them) in the lower half of the image. Also, the rocks have white crusty spots. Could be mineral deposits, maybe. But it could also be made by bacteria or lichen.
Ballmer is way worse. He's a fat, bald man with a goofy smile in a suit. Jobs' isn't a fat bastard, and he's got this great "I'm so cool" grin on his face.
And Jobs doesn't shriek like a howler monkey while sweating profusely.
Does a Walkman come with games? Can you sync your address book and calendar to it? Can you keep a bootable system on it in the event of a problem? Can you store and view text files on it? Can you upload digital pictures to it?
It's so much more than a walkman. It's my fourth lobe. (My third being my Powerbook.)
The big issue with downloading at my alma mater (PSU) was that it ate up bandwidth. (Or at least that's what they claimed.) Students doing real research didn't have the speeds to do it with.
Streaming doesn't solve this problem, it just exacerbates it. Would you prefer a kid downloading 100 MP3s in 2 hours or streaming those MP3s for 5 hours?
Is this supposed to cover the university's ass? I don't see how. If they make the kids sign agreements not to use the connection to break laws, they've effectively absolved themselves from any liability. And without forcing kids into DRM-hell.
So what problem does this solve, exactly? The problem of finding money for pay increases.
Personally, I liked the idea of a reusable first and second stage heavy-lift vehicle. I always wondered why they couldn't be reusable.
Why reuse what is in effect a pressure tank? Have the engines, pumps, refrigerators, et al saved and throw the tank away. Tanks are cheap, rocket engines aren't. You'd have the advantage of the shuttle (reuse of the expensive stuff) without the disadvantage (throw tons of bricks and wings into orbit and watch them burn up on reentry).
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And would you really give to charity and the needy? It's nice to say, but do you really do it? When those commercials with the starving kids come on, do you call up right away and 'adopt' as many as you can afford? Or do you ignore it and change the channel?
What you're asking for is no less than unenforced communism. You want to trust people you've never seen who have no oversight and no reason to give anything to help you help other people.
And stop complaining about taxes. In the 50s, the top income tax bracket was something like 90%. By cutting that, it's raised taxes on everyone else.
Conversely, I don't agree with what the military is doing. Should I deduct that from my income tax? I mean, I should have the option to pay for what I want, right?
How many people live there? While we couldn't justify the cost of getting everyone 8Mb, we could get 95% of the people 3Mb connections, which is a good start.
The point is that it's not subsidized. These subsidies would provide the money to cover the cost of extending it to smaller communities, so that more people could get it. I imagine this is what South Korea did. Granted, they have a lot less area to cover, but I don't think that it would be too hard for the US to have 98% of its people able to have access to a 3Mb connection, so long as the government made a big push for it.
1) Start Game
2) Go take a leak/get a drink/watch pr0n
3) Profit!!! (If time is money, you just saved five minutes of your time by not watching the logos fade in and out)
It's a symptom of what's wrong with the world today: Nationalist rhetoric that perpetuates injustice in the world. Why take pride in being "us" unless we're better than other people? And if we're better, maybe we should invade and help those poor saps become like us. Or else!
I'm not trying to change the sticker on the probe. I'm just saying why does it have to be a US flag sticker? Why can't it be something global?
then why a flag? Why not a plaque that shows where the craft came from? That would probably last longer, and be relevant farther into the future.
yes. I will complain when it's the chinese. Not because I'm anti-American, but because I'm anti-nationalist. A pictogram showing the craft and its planet of origin would be sufficient to show where it's from, kinda like what was on the Voyager probes. That would serve the purpose better, because a flag could come from anywhere, and if someone finds it in the far future, the US might not even exist anymore, but Earth will exist for a long, long time.
If we want to survive, we *must* develop manned space flight and colonization.
2) Would you rather we satisfy our brute animal urge to kill things with multi-TRILLION dollar budgets, or our animal urge to explore with multi-billion dollar budgets?
Tang tastes way better than orange juice. And you can use it to make Tang Pie.
I am not a Pennsylvanian or an American, but a citizen of the world.
Yes. Because space belongs to America.
I know it's a pretty big accomplishment, but can't we have one spot in the solar system without our flag on it? Maybe? I mean, it's not like we could colonize Mercury. Could we maybe fly the thing into the sun?
I hope they're doing satire there. I'd hate for them to take this movie seriously. It's like doing "The Life of Brian" in Aramaic.
Oh wait, they did that already.
I favor a new labelling system for cell phones. It would have antenna gain, standby time, and talk time clearly visible on all phone displays, kinda like EPA fuel economy for cars. That way, people would be able to make their selection with more information about how the phone performs. Since cell phones are becoming essential pieces of our infrastructure, it's important that people make decisions that reflect what a cell phone is for: Making and receiving calls. In an emergency, I'd trade my camera, Java games, and web browser for a 5Db gain antenna that can get me a clear call to 911.
It doesn't take much because we don't have to deal with lions. I think if we released lions into a heavily populated area, we'd get smart real quick.
Funny, that. I just got back from two job interviews, both of which I got because I know Macs, and there are Mac machines all over the place. Granted, one of them was a Mac software company, but still, it was sweet.
Why not just wire a bunch of potatoes together?
Or you could say overly demanding wives are the number one killer of gen. aviation pilots.
"Where were you? You said you'd be back an hour ago. That plane does 150 knots and you can't make it back for dinner on time?" Heck, I'd rather die than live like that, too.
I don't see the spiral, but there are, um, "tracks" like we found after not sweeping up the drywall dust one night (centipedes made them) in the lower half of the image. Also, the rocks have white crusty spots. Could be mineral deposits, maybe. But it could also be made by bacteria or lichen.
And Jobs doesn't shriek like a howler monkey while sweating profusely.
It's so much more than a walkman. It's my fourth lobe. (My third being my Powerbook.)
Streaming doesn't solve this problem, it just exacerbates it. Would you prefer a kid downloading 100 MP3s in 2 hours or streaming those MP3s for 5 hours?
Is this supposed to cover the university's ass? I don't see how. If they make the kids sign agreements not to use the connection to break laws, they've effectively absolved themselves from any liability. And without forcing kids into DRM-hell.
So what problem does this solve, exactly? The problem of finding money for pay increases.
Why reuse what is in effect a pressure tank? Have the engines, pumps, refrigerators, et al saved and throw the tank away. Tanks are cheap, rocket engines aren't. You'd have the advantage of the shuttle (reuse of the expensive stuff) without the disadvantage (throw tons of bricks and wings into orbit and watch them burn up on reentry).
They sure are. Sometimes I just like to stare at mine. It's everything I've ever wanted in a computer. *sniff*