Universal Service is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) http://www.usac.org/about/.
"To implement the 1996 Telecom Act, the FCC established four programs:
- High Cost, for rural areas (transitioning into the Connect America Fund)
- Lifeline (for low-income consumers), including initiatives to expand phone service for Native Americans
- Rural Health Care
- Schools and Libraries (commonly referred to as "E-rate")
Money to pay for universal service programs comes from the universal service fund (USF). The USF is paid for by contributions from telecommunications carriers, including wireline and wireless companies, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers, including cable companies that provide voice service, based on an assessment of their interstate and international end-user revenues". ---------------- Kind of interesting how they don't explicitly state that "money to pay for universal service programs" comes from customers (it's a line item on phone bills). Actually, it used to be two line items, one for universal access (phones for the poor) and one for E-rate (Internet for schools, libraries and rural healthcare).
For the love of God, NO! Don't believe the post above! Please, future information seeker, I'm talking to you...
The person above was KIDDING! Do not dry your baby, cat, dog, hamster, mouse, whatever, in a microwave! It will kill them! Okay, maybe that's slightly too broad a statement. For some odd reason it works fine for drying Pekingese dogs.
"When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." -Mark Twain
If your car is a Prius, just hit the Park button and the car will immediately go into Neutral (even at full throttle). Other pushbutton cars may work the same way.
Like we have some kind of spacecraft that can make it to the sun and back in one night? No, we'll have to wait for the winter solstice and go from the North Pole. That'll give us plenty of time for the round trip.
For a small bundle like a rolled up mouse or keyboard cable, a "tin-tie" peeled off a coffee bag (ie Starbucks) works nicely if you just wrap it around the bundle like a boa constrictor (not twisted on itself like a "twist-tie"). Easy to adjust and reuse.
The Acer Iconia A500 is too fat (13.3mm) and weighs more than an iPad, but otherwise: 1280x800 display 10 hour battery life $399.99 at Staples
It also has: hdmi 1080p / Dolby Mobile output full-size USB so you can hook up standard keyboards, hard drives, etc. microSD card slot wifi, bluetooth, dual core, cameras, etc, etc.
A quick check of Wikipedia says different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt In straight dollar terms, the national debt started dropping after WWII (Truman) and kept decreasing until about 1975. As a percentage of GDP, it decreased year on year until it went up slightly under Ford. After decreasing during Carter's term, it began to climb after Reagan was elected and continued to climb under GHW Bush. During Clinton's term, the curve was reversed and the debt began decreasing again. Since 2000 it has been back on an upward climb.
I remember the jungle gym of my elementary playground. Looking at it from today's perspective, it was a frickin' deathtrap. Basically a 4x4 cube of metal bars, probably about 12-15 feet high. It's hard to imagine anyone surviving climbing in it; one slip and you're done for. Then again, in the seven years I went there (K-6), I don't think anyone got so much as a bruise. You had to respect that thing or die.
It would be nice to be able to whitelist something like "safesearch.google.com", where safesearch is always selected by default. And safesearch.youtube.com, of course. Not that it would block everything objectionable for kids, but it would help. Better than having to configure safesearch on every machine in a school, for instance...
Kidding about what? When this kind of technology becomes affordable, and it will, you might need someone (ie, a nurse) to describe the visible symptoms and translate the patient's complaints to the Digital Doctor (tm). If need be, the DD will review digitized x-rays, cat scans or mri's and then come up with a diagnosis and treatment that is probably at least as good as a doctor and will be less expensive.
Sometimes I think I'd actually like something like this if it can do a better job than a human. At the local clinic, the doctors and nurses seem utterly clueless unless there's a broken bone sticking out or something obvious like that.
Except for stuff I need to keep for taxes (which are filed in a folder named "Income Tax"), I run everything through an easy-to-use, one-way-encryption device I got at WalMart. Once the bag containing the encrypted paper gets full, it goes to the recycling center.
Seriously though, I used to keep filing cabinets full of this stuff and finally realized that I never, ever needed something that I couldn't get another copy from the source. Big trip to the recycling center and life is simpler.
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Universal Service is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) http://www.usac.org/about/.
"To implement the 1996 Telecom Act, the FCC established four programs:
- High Cost, for rural areas (transitioning into the Connect America Fund)
- Lifeline (for low-income consumers), including initiatives to expand phone service for Native Americans
- Rural Health Care
- Schools and Libraries (commonly referred to as "E-rate")
Money to pay for universal service programs comes from the universal service fund (USF). The USF is paid for by contributions from telecommunications carriers, including wireline and wireless companies, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers, including cable companies that provide voice service, based on an assessment of their interstate and international end-user revenues".
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Kind of interesting how they don't explicitly state that "money to pay for universal service programs" comes from customers (it's a line item on phone bills). Actually, it used to be two line items, one for universal access (phones for the poor) and one for E-rate (Internet for schools, libraries and rural healthcare).
My dad used a wooden dowel rod or broomstick to listen to the hard-to-reach spots.
What makes them sick is knowing that their neighbor is getting $5K per year per machine and they aren't.
RSX-11M, DEC's multiuser real-time OS for the PDP-11 line of mini-computers
"It's very special, because as you can see, the numbers all go to -1, right across the board".
Say no more.
Nah, the adrenaline rush comes when you're napping and the car's computer has a kernel panic.
For the love of God, NO! Don't believe the post above!
Please, future information seeker, I'm talking to you...
The person above was KIDDING! Do not dry your baby, cat, dog, hamster, mouse, whatever, in a microwave! It will kill them!
Okay, maybe that's slightly too broad a statement. For some odd reason it works fine for drying Pekingese dogs.
"When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
-Mark Twain
If your car is a Prius, just hit the Park button and the car will immediately go into Neutral (even at full throttle). Other pushbutton cars may work the same way.
Yup, sounds like intimidation.
Like we have some kind of spacecraft that can make it to the sun and back in one night? No, we'll have to wait for the winter solstice and go from the North Pole. That'll give us plenty of time for the round trip.
For a small bundle like a rolled up mouse or keyboard cable, a "tin-tie" peeled off a coffee bag (ie Starbucks) works nicely if you just wrap it around the bundle like a boa constrictor (not twisted on itself like a "twist-tie"). Easy to adjust and reuse.
Second!
FTFY
The Acer Iconia A500 is too fat (13.3mm) and weighs more than an iPad, but otherwise:
1280x800 display
10 hour battery life
$399.99 at Staples
It also has:
hdmi 1080p / Dolby Mobile output
full-size USB so you can hook up standard keyboards, hard drives, etc.
microSD card slot
wifi, bluetooth, dual core, cameras, etc, etc.
Those figures appear to be "actual dollars" uncorrected for inflation. So you're technically correct, but if you want to compare years, the Wikipedia graph is a more accurate way to look at it. And it's not just Wikipedia. Other sources which have corrected for inflation look the same.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/Government-Debt-Graphic/39255812/1
http://www.supportingevidence.com/Government/fed_debt_over_time.html
This site looks at the debt in a lot of different ways: http://www.marktaw.com/culture_and_media/TheNationalDebt.html
A quick check of Wikipedia says different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt
In straight dollar terms, the national debt started dropping after WWII (Truman) and kept decreasing until about 1975. As a percentage of GDP, it decreased year on year until it went up slightly under Ford. After decreasing during Carter's term, it began to climb after Reagan was elected and continued to climb under GHW Bush. During Clinton's term, the curve was reversed and the debt began decreasing again. Since 2000 it has been back on an upward climb.
I remember the jungle gym of my elementary playground. Looking at it from today's perspective, it was a frickin' deathtrap. Basically a 4x4 cube of metal bars, probably about 12-15 feet high. It's hard to imagine anyone surviving climbing in it; one slip and you're done for. Then again, in the seven years I went there (K-6), I don't think anyone got so much as a bruise. You had to respect that thing or die.
Wow, that was fast! Thanks!
phbrown, gmail, 'nuff said
Many thanks!
It would be nice to be able to whitelist something like "safesearch.google.com", where safesearch is always selected by default. And safesearch.youtube.com, of course. Not that it would block everything objectionable for kids, but it would help. Better than having to configure safesearch on every machine in a school, for instance...
Kidding about what? When this kind of technology becomes affordable, and it will, you might need someone (ie, a nurse) to describe the visible symptoms and translate the patient's complaints to the Digital Doctor (tm). If need be, the DD will review digitized x-rays, cat scans or mri's and then come up with a diagnosis and treatment that is probably at least as good as a doctor and will be less expensive.
Sometimes I think I'd actually like something like this if it can do a better job than a human. At the local clinic, the doctors and nurses seem utterly clueless unless there's a broken bone sticking out or something obvious like that.
We're not hating, we're just asking them to make this sacrifice for the greater good. They will be remembered as martyrs.
FTFY
"I can steal her money and spend it on groceries..."
FTFY
Except for stuff I need to keep for taxes (which are filed in a folder named "Income Tax"), I run everything through an easy-to-use, one-way-encryption device I got at WalMart. Once the bag containing the encrypted paper gets full, it goes to the recycling center.
Seriously though, I used to keep filing cabinets full of this stuff and finally realized that I never, ever needed something that I couldn't get another copy from the source. Big trip to the recycling center and life is simpler.