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  1. Long distance charges ... thats all it is. on AT&T To Introduce Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    This is just like charging more for long distance.

    If you use U-Verse TV/PPV, you stay local, on their network, they don't have to pay anyone else.

    You use netflix, they have to send it to a peer, which is roughly the same to making a long distance call.

    I realize most people get free long distance now, but its not really difficult to understand that it costs AT&T less to provide you service that stays exclusively on their network than it does to send it through a peer.

  2. Re:This isn't about bandwidth, it's about usage on AT&T To Introduce Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    Bandwidth from AT&Ts U-Verse TV servers does not require them to pay for transitting traffic across the Internet as it never goes across those links, its all internal traffic.

    Netflix traffic comes from outside AT&Ts network, over links to their peers, which means their peering links will need to be bigger and they'll need to pay more.

    Its not a last mile bandwidth issue, its a peering link bandwidth issue.

    I admit, its a bullshit issue, but its not anything like you make it out to be.

    Netflix requires Internet communication. U-Verse simply requires the data make it to the local data center, not ever hitting the Internet or those peering links.

  3. Re:I wonder.. on AT&T To Introduce Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    Sadly, from a network management perspective it makes a little sense.

    They have to pay for peering to the other parts of the Internet, data over those links costs them money.

    Data over their own internal network does not (well, not in a metered sort of way, obviously they have to build the infrastructure to carry it).

    So while it does seem anti-competitive it really does make sense, and lets point out, you pay extra for their TV and PPV services, so its not like you get either one for free as a way to suck you in.

    It costs them more to give you data from the internet than it costs them to send you a movie located in their local data centers which is distributed internally all on their own wires.

    On that same note though, they shouldn't charge you extra for communicating with other AT&T customers if they aren't going to charge you for communicating with their services (They DO charge you for TV and PPV though)

  4. Re:Third blast? on Third Blast At Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    Local to the reactor, probably not ... but slashdot regularly makes it to the top of the list on Google News so its fairly likely it will spread to some extent.

  5. Re:Will this really reduce power usage? on Electricity Rationing Starting Monday In Tokyo · · Score: 1

    Portable devices are typically 'less' than their always connected counterparts.

    They also tend to be more energy efficient since they want to stretch the life of the batteries.

    There are also less portable devices than wired devices in most cases.

    And the idea is that everyone is going to draw all the power they can when its on, and they accept that, so they manage it by simply limiting the duty cycle so that you just don't have the time to suck down the same power you normally would.

  6. Re:Sounds like there will be a baby boom in 9 mont on Electricity Rationing Starting Monday In Tokyo · · Score: 1

    Negative population growth isn't a problem on an over populated island thats completely incapable of sustaining itself without the rest of the world providing imports for it.

  7. Sticks and stones ... on First Brit Prosecuted Over Twitter Libel · · Score: -1, Troll

    What ever happened to:

    Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

    When did we all turn into a bunch of pussies who are unable to shrug off this sort of bullshit?

  8. Re:Other reasons on Doom Creator Says Direct3D Is Now Better Than OpenGL · · Score: 1

    id tech 5 (The doom 4 engine) is used by many games that iD doesn't make. They license it to others much like Epic licenses the Unreal engine to others.

    iD makes the engine, someone else makes the games that use it.

  9. Re:OpenGL ES 2.0 breaks compatibility... on Doom Creator Says Direct3D Is Now Better Than OpenGL · · Score: 1

    As does OpenGL 3.0, completely throws out backwards compatibility.

  10. Re:I hope the defendant's lawyer is EXPENSIVE. on Copyright Troll Complains of Defendant's Legal Fees · · Score: 1

    No you wouldn't. You wouldn't be the same person if you were a lawyer. By the time you become an effective lawyer you've learned to twist everything to your advantage as a matter of instinct.

    You would do what you say because you are not a lawyer. Lawyers on the other hand are wired to take full advantage of every possible situation they encounter, right or wrong.

  11. Re:Occam's Razor on Why Men Don't Have Sensory Whiskers and Spiny Genitals · · Score: 1

    Neither, it was stronger sperm that led to better fertilization by the first one in that led to the demise of the spines.

    Female ovulation is far from 'concealed' if you have any clue what so ever to look for, just because modern men don't bother to understand it doesn't mean its not there. Be a little more observant and you'll find the task far easier to accomplish.

    The stronger sperm (think bigger tails) meant that once you had your way with her, it was very difficult for anyone elses sperm to beat yours to the mark, so spines left behind in the vagina were no longer needed to keep other men out.

  12. Re:Human touch is seen as empathetic on How Do People Respond To Being Touched By a Robot? · · Score: 1

    We emotionally connect to pet rocks and the abandoned lamp in the IKEA commercial

    We do not.

    You might, but we do not.

  13. Re:Lets face it : Apple got served. on Safari/MacBook First To Fall At Pwn2Own 2011 · · Score: 2

    Yep, and the lesson here is, people really want to win the Mac, so it gets the most attacks to start with ... THEN people go after the others.

    Its the same thing ever year and well understood. Its also well ignored by most who would rather assume that its bad security.

    All of them fall pretty quickly once people target them, as has already been pointed out, people are sitting on exploits waiting for pwn2own in order to win the machines they want. The macs are well sought after, hence they go first.

    God forbid, don't let reality obscure your perspective though.

  14. Re:Looks like... on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that.

    CodeWarrior for OSX was discontinued in 2005 ... and even if they wanted to sell you a version, they sold their intel compiler tech to Nokia that same year.

    In short, anything you make with CodeWarrior for OS X is likely to never get used since its 6 years past obsolete.

  15. Re:Xcode no longer free on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    I've been paying upto $2500 for a decent dev environment for years, and I'd fucking be HAPPY to pay it again if XCode was like VisualStudio.

    Sorry if you don't like paying for other peoples work, in that case you can cobble together GCC and the related crap to get it working.

    Me? I'll be happy that XCode 4 finally doesn't require 18 windows and I can have everything in 1.

    There are no free IDEs that don't suck ass, if you think there are, its only cause you've never used one that doesn't suck ass.

  16. Re:Unwanted feature - the D word on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 2

    That 30% your bitching about BARELY covers the iTunes store operating expenses. Its not like they are making a killing on that 30%. It pays for hosting and bandwidth for paid and free apps.

    Get over yourself, running a business costs money.

  17. Re:"Personal Not So Hot Spot" for the 3GS on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    Personal hotspot requires an iPhone 4, its documented, did you bother to read that part?

  18. Secure GPS on Are We Too Reliant On GPS? · · Score: 1

    Its important to note, the military has authenticated GPS.

    Its only commercial/civilian GPS that can not authenticate the signal.

  19. Re:First to file versus first to invent? on Senate Passes Landmark Patent Reform Bill · · Score: 1

    Of course ... you would actually have to PROVE the person didn't invent it which is far easier said than done, don't you think?

  20. Seriously? Could the summary be any more biased? on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 0

    No where, NO WHERE in the article does it say anything about the law being passed because of the word 'Democrat'.

    When the fuck did CmdrTaco and Slashdot turn into a FUD spreading cess pool? And WHY did it? Why not just allow any random post to go straight to the front page since no one is bothering to verify anything about whats submitted?

    Time to spend my browsing time elsewhere, I suspect I'm not the first and I'm certain I won't be the last to ditch slashdot and leave it to the angsty teenagers to warp statements into sensationalizing lies.

  21. Re:What the hell? on Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations · · Score: 3, Informative

    APL, Section 4.1 ... you must include a copy of the apache license.

    Section 4.4 ... if you give attribution to anyone, you must give attribution to the original work you used. I.E. if you credit yourself you have to credit the original authors as well.

    Its REALLY easy to comply with, but I've failed to comply in early releases of both open and closed source software myself simply because I forgot to add attribution and the license file. Of course, as soon as I or anyone else noticed, I fixed it as it is an honest mistake but ... its still REALLY easy to violate the license in a clearly defined way.

  22. Re:Isn't linking allowed? on Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations · · Score: 1

    A GPL'd JSON library would require the app to be GPLd, a LGPLd library would not.

    So clearly, its confusing as you didn't even get it right.

  23. Re:"FOSS licenses are easy to comply with, certain on Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not sure why you're modded Funny because your statement pretty much matches my experience.

    I've found commercial licenses far easier to deal with than GPL, and that alone is why our company doesn't bother with anything that has GPL attached to it, its just not worth the effort.

    Generally, there are BSD licensed equivilents of the major GPL libraries anyway so why screw with it?

    Even Apples licensing is far easier to deal with than GPL, its just a minefield.

    I realize I'm picking on GPL, but its true of just about all Copy-left licenses, which are most of the time more restrictive than commercial licenses I've dealt with.

    Its sad that its far cheaper overall for our company to pay 100k in licensing fees than to use a copy-left license.

    I'm sure I'll get marked as a troll but the reality of it is, copy-left is a fucking pain in the ass unless you are also copy-left. More software isn't than is.

  24. Re:Not just with video games, but in general on Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex? · · Score: 1

    'girl in training' sounds to me more like a guy trying to become a girl.

    I'm pretty sure that 'out of the box' girls know how to be girls so no training would be required. One can then only assume that 'girlintraining' was previously or is currently not a girl, but is looking to become one at some point in the future.

  25. Re:Not just with video games, but in general on Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex? · · Score: 1

    I wonder why religions even have made sex to look like a bad thing.

    Population control and preventing the spread of disease.

    Most things relating to religion are actually means of keeping the populous doing the right thing for civilization as a whole rather than spiraling out of control.

    You want to deter baby making if you have a limited supply of resources and population growth would result in starvation.

    Rather than making people understand that if they impregnate a bunch of women due to casual sex the village is going to starve, you convince them that God doesn't want them to do so.

    Now ... we have birth control, that changes things considerably, but because people don't really understand that religion was just another control mechanism they don't realize that you can accomplish the same thing with a pill.

    Most laws relating to food in Judaism are for the same reason, it was unhealthy to consume those foods during ancient times and things like that.