~You either can afford what you have or you can't.
Exactly. You can either afford to live in an area where everything is already wired, with a choice of providers, or live somewhere else, and do without.
You don't perchace live in the City do you? I live exactly 8 miles from the nearest Big City (Seattle)(as the crow flies across Puget Sound), and here we are limited as to what we can get in terms of telecom. Its a community of perhaps 20,000 people cut off Telecom wise, even as we can see the lights. The reason for this is Geography. Although we are 8 miles from downtown, fiber must run a good 200 miles (around Puget sound) to get to us. Why oh Why should we get a broadband Backbone? Maybe because many of the programmer here, who commute to Seattle on a daily basis might be able to find a use for it. The question is how much is the for-profit Telecoms willing to pay to put infrastructure. Laying cable is expensive. Because of this, I can see Speakeasy's office fromy my house, but I cant use their service.
~I just can't get over the stupidity of this administration. Bush gives a huge tax cut, most of which goes to very rich people, while Michael Powell wants to do a tax hike on one of the few technologies that might actually fix the economy?
You forget.... Bush doesn't like the internet. It was a particular article on the internet that made him say that famous quote "there ought to be limits to freedom".... Becides, he doesn't like the internet because Gore invented it, right?
~I said that the tax cuts are for the rich, which they are.
You are wrong. Bush has done much to help the poor get out of taxes. After all, those that have been unemployed for more than a year and thus have no income can pay no tax, right?
It brings to mind the question "are you better off today than you were four years ago?"
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~He wasn't impeached because he got a blowjob and lied about it. He was impeached because he deliberately attempted to circumvent the civil rights of another person.
And this is worse than Bush's Contempt of Congress (think WMD), Which is BTW Considered a High Crime, carrying a long prison term?
~However, I don't see what would prevent a local police department from suing someone in civil court who had been caught trafficking or making fake cocaine, in order to recover the money they spent investigating and prosecuting the crime.
Police are involved in Civil Lawsuits? Was this a provision of DCMA?
~If you make a fake with the intent of diverting or otherwise spoofing law enforcement, they are going to be very pissed, and will not by any means think what you are doing is cute or funny.
But the Difference is between criminal Law (Coke v. XO Sugar) and civil (real(and illegaly obtained) v. fake MP3's) The only thing I can think of that puts the kibbosh on the idea is that someone might cite you for trademark violation.
~There are still ways of retrieving data from smashed or damages hard drives
Yes but not wiped systems. One of the functions I do at work is to wipe HDD's of data. My standard procedure is to repartion, Reformat and Overwrite the disk with random files 3 times. This will usually prevent recovery of any 'interesting' files.
~Besides, the numbers most people use on a daily basis are only 7 digits (you only need the area code for long distance).
Not if you live in some large Urban Areas, Like say New York City (212, 646, 917 in manhattan, 718, 348 in the outer Boroughs, and a gazillion outside of NYC)
Anywhere there is an overlay code, everyone dials 10 digits.
The one I find the most amusing is the zip code for Rolling Bay, WA (Its right down the road from me, Less than a mile) 98061. It consists of the post office building. Its a small one story building which only has post office boxes. The Post office gets its mail from the other post office on the island (98110).
~DSL is cheaper than cable modem in my area. DSL doesn't require you to purchase a premium package to get fairly priced high-speed. $29 vs. $50 is competition.
OK, tell me the last time your DSL bill went down?
~Conspiracy theorist always complain about consolidation with claims that it "hurts competition" or "raises prices". But in many cases it does lower costs and lowers prices for consumers.
OK, Let me know when was the last time your Cable bill, or DSL bill dropped for the unmetered services (basic charges)?
~Tell me about it... ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, NYTimes, WashingtonPost... I'm getting tired of being innundated by liberal viewpoints. Its high time for competition!
How many of these corporations even mentioned this vote was coming?
People are Idiots. 75% still believe that Saddam directed the planes into WTC personally. Someone, whose job it is to inform people of the truth, has failed in their job.
Note: to date: no evidence has been uncovered linking Saddam to Al-Qaeda. Nor has anyone caught Saddam, Osama, Omar, or the Anthrax Bomber) I wonder how my friend, who died in 9/11 would feel about being used this way for political gain.
On television, There is Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity, who are fairly good speakers, and generally speak well right of center. right? Now name one Speaker of that caliber, in Primetime (like O'Reilly or Hannity) who is a liberal?
On Radio there is Rush, and Hannity. Who represents the liberals?
Where is this liberal bias people keep talknig about?
~One, the media companies will be effective at giving people what they want. In this case, both consumers and the media companies win.
~The other option is that media companies are not effective at giving people what they want. In this case, people will stop listening to them and the media companies will lose.
I want the media to stop feeding me garbage. I don't need any more Corporate creation Brittney/Christina/Pop Tart dejour infecting the airwaves, with media companies giving payola to the district managers (who control the playlists).
I don't need another bachelor/Joe Millionaire/Mr. Personality, or another Survivor/Boot Camp retred.
I don't need another formulaic Friends/Fraiser/Will and Grace Sitcom, where the laugh tracks cue people as to where to laugh.
Why is is that the few decent shows out there are considered 'cutting edge' aren't really so cutting edge, as they are simply decent drama with maybe a few more explitives.
The RIAA hasn't figured out that the reason that record sales are down is because there is nothing good out there.
The MPAA hasn't figured out that the reason that Movie sales (if you average out the $11.00) ticket sales) are down is because of all the garbage movies out there.
I think it interesting that many people didn't know that this was going to happen. The only thing I can think is this:
Who benefits from the relaxing of the rules? Big Media certainly.
Who is the source of information in most of the country? several large Media corps. Why would ABC/CapCities/Disney, AOLTW/CNN, CBS/Viacom, GE/NBC (and possibly MS), Vivendi, Clear Channel, Sony, and/or FOX care about the rules by which they operate?
something else that passes my mind. Seeing how vengeful the current government is regarding things spoken against them, is it possible that the media has been soft on the Government for precisely this reason?
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~What part of ILLEGAL do they not get. except when it is campign contribs from the PROC.
As opposed to our friend Kathleen Leung who was a major Repub contributer, FBI agent, Adulterer, and incidently a spy for the PRC.
~You either can afford what you have or you can't.
Exactly. You can either afford to live in an area where everything is already wired, with a choice of providers, or live somewhere else, and do without.
You don't perchace live in the City do you? I live exactly 8 miles from the nearest Big City (Seattle)(as the crow flies across Puget Sound), and here we are limited as to what we can get in terms of telecom. Its a community of perhaps 20,000 people cut off Telecom wise, even as we can see the lights. The reason for this is Geography. Although we are 8 miles from downtown, fiber must run a good 200 miles (around Puget sound) to get to us. Why oh Why should we get a broadband Backbone? Maybe because many of the programmer here, who commute to Seattle on a daily basis might be able to find a use for it. The question is how much is the for-profit Telecoms willing to pay to put infrastructure. Laying cable is expensive. Because of this, I can see Speakeasy's office fromy my house, but I cant use their service.
~I just can't get over the stupidity of this administration. Bush gives a huge tax cut, most of which goes to very rich people, while Michael Powell wants to do a tax hike on one of the few technologies that might actually fix the economy?
You forget.... Bush doesn't like the internet. It was a particular article on the internet that made him say that famous quote "there ought to be limits to freedom".... Becides, he doesn't like the internet because Gore invented it, right?
~I said that the tax cuts are for the rich, which they are.
You are wrong. Bush has done much to help the poor get out of taxes. After all, those that have been unemployed for more than a year and thus have no income can pay no tax, right?
It brings to mind the question "are you better off today than you were four years ago?"
~He wasn't impeached because he got a blowjob and lied about it. He was impeached because he deliberately attempted to circumvent the civil rights of another person.
And this is worse than Bush's Contempt of Congress (think WMD), Which is BTW Considered a High Crime, carrying a long prison term?
>>How many people actually know who the senator for their state is, more less voted for them?
>I voted against the scumbag. Does that count?
Any how many people know that there should be, in fact, two senators in your state.
~However, I don't see what would prevent a local police department from suing someone in civil court who had been caught trafficking or making fake cocaine, in order to recover the money they spent investigating and prosecuting the crime.
Police are involved in Civil Lawsuits? Was this a provision of DCMA?
~If you make a fake with the intent of diverting or otherwise spoofing law enforcement, they are going to be very pissed, and will not by any means think what you are doing is cute or funny.
But the Difference is between criminal Law (Coke v. XO Sugar) and civil (real(and illegaly obtained) v. fake MP3's)
The only thing I can think of that puts the kibbosh on the idea is that someone might cite you for trademark violation.
I was thinking about signing it, simply to be discredited by any cross examination. After all, I don't 'do' c Code at all....
~I wonder if SCO is run by Scientologists...
Not Scientologists..... Raelians.
~There are still ways of retrieving data from smashed or damages hard drives
Yes but not wiped systems. One of the functions I do at work is to wipe HDD's of data.
My standard procedure is to repartion, Reformat and Overwrite the disk with random files 3 times. This will usually prevent recovery of any 'interesting' files.
Not once..... Three times, just to be sure.
~ Unless I'm mistaken it's only slander if it's not true.
AFAIK, In order to prove slander/libel, The following things must be proven:
1. The story in question must be proven false.
2. The story in question must have the ability to harm the person.
note: in England, Only #2 must be proven. ergo it can be true and damaging and the author can still be sued for saying it
~New York City numbers start with 1212 and Istanbul numbers start with 212.
NYC numbers start with 1-212, or 1-646, or 1-917.
Istanbul (not Constantinople) numbers start with 011 (at least in the US)
~Besides, the numbers most people use on a daily basis are only 7 digits (you only need the area code for long distance).
Not if you live in some large Urban Areas, Like say New York City (212, 646, 917 in manhattan, 718, 348 in the outer Boroughs, and a gazillion outside of NYC)
Anywhere there is an overlay code, everyone dials 10 digits.
~I once looked up Zip Codes for Manhattan
The one I find the most amusing is the zip code for Rolling Bay, WA (Its right down the road from me, Less than a mile) 98061. It consists of the post office building. Its a small one story building which only has post office boxes. The Post office gets its mail from the other post office on the island (98110).
~Why is 11214, 11215 and 11217 seperated by a few or evena couple miles of other zip codes?
I used to live at 11215 (back in college) you insensitive clod.
~DSL is cheaper than cable modem in my area. DSL doesn't require you to purchase a premium package to get fairly priced high-speed. $29 vs. $50 is competition.
OK, tell me the last time your DSL bill went down?
~ How about another billionaire who is against the huge Bush tax cuts?
George Soros.
~Conspiracy theorist always complain about consolidation with claims that it "hurts competition" or "raises prices". But in many cases it does lower costs and lowers prices for consumers.
OK, Let me know when was the last time your Cable bill, or DSL bill dropped for the unmetered services (basic charges)?
~Tell me about it... ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, NYTimes, WashingtonPost... I'm getting tired of being innundated by liberal viewpoints. Its high time for competition!
How many of these corporations even mentioned this vote was coming?
People are Idiots. 75% still believe that Saddam directed the planes into WTC personally. Someone, whose job it is to inform people of the truth, has failed in their job.
Note: to date: no evidence has been uncovered linking Saddam to Al-Qaeda. Nor has anyone caught Saddam, Osama, Omar, or the Anthrax Bomber) I wonder how my friend, who died in 9/11 would feel about being used this way for political gain.
~You do realize Ted Turner still has sour grapes about losing out in the whole game he played with AOL/TW, right?
Yeah but he was the head of it when CNN was still relevent.
~What planet do you live on?
On television, There is Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity, who are fairly good speakers, and generally speak well right of center. right? Now name one Speaker of that caliber, in Primetime (like O'Reilly or Hannity) who is a liberal?
On Radio there is Rush, and Hannity. Who represents the liberals?
Where is this liberal bias people keep talknig about?
~One, the media companies will be effective at giving people what they want. In this case, both consumers and the media companies win.
~The other option is that media companies are not effective at giving people what they want. In this case, people will stop listening to them and the media companies will lose.
I want the media to stop feeding me garbage. I don't need any more Corporate creation Brittney/Christina/Pop Tart dejour infecting the airwaves, with media companies giving payola to the district managers (who control the playlists).
I don't need another bachelor/Joe Millionaire/Mr. Personality, or another Survivor/Boot Camp retred.
I don't need another formulaic Friends/Fraiser/Will and Grace Sitcom, where the laugh tracks cue people as to where to laugh.
Why is is that the few decent shows out there are considered 'cutting edge' aren't really so cutting edge, as they are simply decent drama with maybe a few more explitives.
The RIAA hasn't figured out that the reason that record sales are down is because there is nothing good out there.
The MPAA hasn't figured out that the reason that Movie sales (if you average out the $11.00) ticket sales) are down is because of all the garbage movies out there.
I think it interesting that many people didn't know that this was going to happen. The only thing I can think is this:
Who benefits from the relaxing of the rules? Big Media certainly.
Who is the source of information in most of the country? several large Media corps. Why would ABC/CapCities/Disney, AOLTW/CNN, CBS/Viacom, GE/NBC (and possibly MS), Vivendi, Clear Channel, Sony, and/or FOX care about the rules by which they operate?
something else that passes my mind. Seeing how vengeful the current government is regarding things spoken against them, is it possible that the media has been soft on the Government for precisely this reason?
The same guy Boies, or something like that, also lost the bush v. gore thing at the supreme court. He cant be THAT good.