The alternative to the FCC was complete control of the airwaves by the military.
No, before the FRC, the predecessor to the FCC was created courts were already ruling for homesteaders. The first person who broadcast on a specific frequency in a specific area was allowed to use that frequency there. If someone else in the same area started broadcasting on the same freq they could be forced to stop broadcasting on it.
I think that's the FTCs jack-of-all-trades card, not the FCC.
I disagree the feds have the authority, but I agree if it does it should be as part of the FTC. Fact is is before the Federal Radio Commission, the predecessor of the FCC, US courts were acknowledging and upholding homesteading rights to the first person who broadcast on a set frequency in a given location. Of course big businesses such as RCA, now NBC, didn't like the competition so they lobbied government to create a new government bureaucracy and license the airwaves. One of the commissioners on the FRC was Dr. Orestes H. Caldwell, who "designed the lighting system that gave the Rainbow Room at the top of the RCA building (now known as the GE building) its name."
The creation of the FRC and FCC as well as licensing the airwaves was all about concentrating money and power.
The FCC was created to enforce communications law, with the most important goal of restricting the RF spectrum because if it was a free-for-all environment, too many people would be transmitting on the same part of the spectrum at the same time and nothing would work.
This is BS! Before the FCC was even created courts were already ruling that the first person broadcasting on a certain frequency had the right to that frequency. It's called homesteading the airwaves.
US Citizens don't have the right to go on military bases, and top secret facilities
She didn't do any of these. Records she got were publicly available and she took photos in public.
I would want to protect undercover cops
If she could expose undercover cops then their covers were bad. That's their fault not hers. Oh, I get it, she has a spy pointing out to her the undercover cops. Arrest the spy then.
Yes, but... the police aren't broadcasting 24/7 on the internet, are they?
That does not matter. They wanted a society of surveillance so they should be under the same surveillance. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Shouldn't there be FCC regulations against this potential nightmare scenario? If not, why not?
No there shouldn't be any FCC regulations preventing this. Actually the FCC should not exist, it was created for mass media businesses, there is no Constitutional authority granted to the government to create the FCC.
Under your present system costs have already "skyrocketed".
Ah but the US does not have a free market in health care and medicine. I said as much in the post you replied to. I want the system reformed, but by opening up the markets.
In Europe, we just happen to think that our health systems are best managed by people who answer to the electorate
And I suppose you want democracy to manage your life as well. I however want to live free. So long as I am not harming anyone else government has no business in how I live. But that's what government does when it takes the money I work to earn and gives it to someone else.
I think that's called "democracy" rather than "socialism".
Hitler and the NAZIs, National Socialists, came to power in a democracy. As a matter of fact democracy is a system of government whereas socialism is an economic system. Therefore theoretically you can have both.
I never encountered any problems, but I'm sure incompatibilities exist. I'm running windows 7 64 right now and I was pretty shocked at how seamless everything was.
That's Windows though not Ubuntu. Just because 32 bit Windows apps can run in Windows-64 doesn't mean the same is true for Ubuntu.
Small nuclear munitions would not really be all that powerful.
The attack on the WTC and Pentagon wasn't that powerful either, but we live the results of it. Neither was the first bombing of the WTC or the Oklahoma City bombing. The psychological damage from a nuclear explosion in a US port would be even worse.
Wikipedia gives the yield of a small nuke at Heck
I've never herd of the atomic unit heck, what is it?
the Mexican narco-terriorists have bazookas, grenades, and rocket launchers.
Why did you copy and paste this from another post of mine?
You have not addressed the issue I brought up, so I conclude you're trolling and will not response any more.
I see Dell's OEM prices going up, or HP (those loyal chaps), Acer and Lenovo going down.
With a market cap of more than $27 Billion and second only to HP in world wide market share Dell may be too big for Microsoft to effectively threaten. And as for HP, they have supported Linux and Unix for years, they work with Suse, Redhat, the old DEC's Tru64 as well as HP's own HP-UX.
I bet a lot of people here will be happy getting rid of their x86s.
Yea, I imagine some are like this. As for me what counts is cost and speed. Oh, and support.
there are already Linux alternatives to every major Windows application out there.
Not for every major Windows app. There certainly isn't one for pro print photographers. Gimp is fine for web work but it's not so good for print. After more than 10 years of promises Gimp 2.6 finally has some 32 bit support. It also doesn't support CYMK separation natively but uses a plug-in for it.
Oh, hold on. I see there's finally a Mac OS X port for Gimp, so now I'll try it out again. I tried it on Windows but preferred Paint Shop Pro.
While I don't want one I can see 2 appeals for them, cost and battery life. On the other hand if Apple came out with a 21" MacBook Pro, I'd want to get one.
For the majority of consumers, that means they want to run exactly the same e-mail program, the same browser, the same IM program(s)...
I do. When I used Windows I used Firefox, Eudora, and OpenOffice. When I switched to Linux and OS X, I used the same apps. Well for email I started using Penelope which was based on Eudora before switching to Thunderbird.
For Linux, Windows NT, or both? I tried to install Netscape on my Alpha in NT4 but couldn't get it to install. So I called Netscape support and they said it would not run on Alphas. And they didn't say anything about a download version that would work. Luckily I had a laptop I installed it on, otherwise I would have wasted money buying it.
Netscape was a problem on alphas, on both Windows and Linux
I didn't try Netscape in Linux on my Alpha but I didn't get it to run in Windows. It was the same with almost all of the commercial, proprietary, software I bought. Shareware was another matter, almost all of the shareware programs did install and run. What I found weird was that the only proprietary software I was able to use on my Alpha was Borland C++ Powerbuilder.
I've been researching about installing Ubuntu Studio on my computer and one of the things I came across is that there are not 64 bit versions of some software and there are problems running 32 bit versions on 64 bit Ubuntu. I found this article on how to How to Run 32-bit Apps in 64-bit Linux.
They can continue to make their interface ever shinier, but it's still the same old broken NT kernel underneath
NT 4 was the only version of Windows I liked and did not have a problem with. I haven't used Vista but even XP froze the first tyme I used it. I know it was supposed to be based on the NT kernel but if so MS screwed it up.
but most users stopped caring about speed ten years ago.
I don't know if you were paying attention, but Apple switched to Intels from PowerPC because Freescale and IBM could not provide Apple with CPUs as fast as Intel's that did not get hot enough to fry an egg on. Apple released G5 desktops and towers but they were not able make a laptop because of heat. Even today years after the switch programmers push the envelop on CPU power. Heck, even netbooks and the new smartbooks have more power than computers from just a few years ago.
A lot of the non-geeks I know stopped complaining that their computer was too slow around then.
Yet how many replaced their PCs, vs how many are using only a 5 year old PC?
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The alternative to the FCC was complete control of the airwaves by the military.
No, before the FRC, the predecessor to the FCC was created courts were already ruling for homesteaders. The first person who broadcast on a specific frequency in a specific area was allowed to use that frequency there. If someone else in the same area started broadcasting on the same freq they could be forced to stop broadcasting on it.
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If you read the article, she was doing this to undercover officers as well.
And how did she known who were undercover officers? A spy? Then arrest the spy, but they didn't.
I would have to assume there is some part of the law to prevent this sort of thing. Interfering in an investigation or the like.
However she was not charged any sort of law like that.
Falcon
If you read the article, she was doing this to undercover officers as well.
And how did she find who the undercover officers were? A spy in the police? Arrest the spy then not her.
Falcon
I think that's the FTCs jack-of-all-trades card, not the FCC.
I disagree the feds have the authority, but I agree if it does it should be as part of the FTC. Fact is is before the Federal Radio Commission, the predecessor of the FCC, US courts were acknowledging and upholding homesteading rights to the first person who broadcast on a set frequency in a given location. Of course big businesses such as RCA, now NBC, didn't like the competition so they lobbied government to create a new government bureaucracy and license the airwaves. One of the commissioners on the FRC was Dr. Orestes H. Caldwell, who "designed the lighting system that gave the Rainbow Room at the top of the RCA building (now known as the GE building) its name."
The creation of the FRC and FCC as well as licensing the airwaves was all about concentrating money and power.
Falcon
The FCC was created to enforce communications law, with the most important goal of restricting the RF spectrum because if it was a free-for-all environment, too many people would be transmitting on the same part of the spectrum at the same time and nothing would work.
This is BS! Before the FCC was even created courts were already ruling that the first person broadcasting on a certain frequency had the right to that frequency. It's called homesteading the airwaves.
Falcon
US Citizens don't have the right to go on military bases, and top secret facilities
She didn't do any of these. Records she got were publicly available and she took photos in public.
I would want to protect undercover cops
If she could expose undercover cops then their covers were bad. That's their fault not hers. Oh, I get it, she has a spy pointing out to her the undercover cops. Arrest the spy then.
Falcon
Yes, but... the police aren't broadcasting 24/7 on the internet, are they?
That does not matter. They wanted a society of surveillance so they should be under the same surveillance. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Falcon
She did nothing illegal so she should not have been arrested.
If, as the post article says, she supports a separate all-white-nation I hate her politics but I support her right to free speech.
Falcon
Shouldn't there be FCC regulations against this potential nightmare scenario? If not, why not?
No there shouldn't be any FCC regulations preventing this. Actually the FCC should not exist, it was created for mass media businesses, there is no Constitutional authority granted to the government to create the FCC.
Falcon
Under your present system costs have already "skyrocketed".
Ah but the US does not have a free market in health care and medicine. I said as much in the post you replied to. I want the system reformed, but by opening up the markets.
In Europe, we just happen to think that our health systems are best managed by people who answer to the electorate
And I suppose you want democracy to manage your life as well. I however want to live free. So long as I am not harming anyone else government has no business in how I live. But that's what government does when it takes the money I work to earn and gives it to someone else.
I think that's called "democracy" rather than "socialism".
Hitler and the NAZIs, National Socialists, came to power in a democracy. As a matter of fact democracy is a system of government whereas socialism is an economic system. Therefore theoretically you can have both.
Falcon
I never encountered any problems, but I'm sure incompatibilities exist. I'm running windows 7 64 right now and I was pretty shocked at how seamless everything was.
That's Windows though not Ubuntu. Just because 32 bit Windows apps can run in Windows-64 doesn't mean the same is true for Ubuntu.
Falcon
Small nuclear munitions would not really be all that powerful.
The attack on the WTC and Pentagon wasn't that powerful either, but we live the results of it. Neither was the first bombing of the WTC or the Oklahoma City bombing. The psychological damage from a nuclear explosion in a US port would be even worse.
Wikipedia gives the yield of a small nuke at Heck
I've never herd of the atomic unit heck, what is it?
the Mexican narco-terriorists have bazookas, grenades, and rocket launchers.
Why did you copy and paste this from another post of mine?
You have not addressed the issue I brought up, so I conclude you're trolling and will not response any more.
Falcon
I see Dell's OEM prices going up, or HP (those loyal chaps), Acer and Lenovo going down.
With a market cap of more than $27 Billion and second only to HP in world wide market share Dell may be too big for Microsoft to effectively threaten. And as for HP, they have supported Linux and Unix for years, they work with Suse, Redhat, the old DEC's Tru64 as well as HP's own HP-UX.
I bet a lot of people here will be happy getting rid of their x86s.
Yea, I imagine some are like this. As for me what counts is cost and speed. Oh, and support.
Falcon
No it won't. Because as usual with Apple products, they will cost twice a fortune, and still be rather low-end.
1989 wants it mime back. Similarly configured Macs and PCs are similarly priced. And Macs last longer than Windows OEM PCs.
Falcon
Also take in consideration the total failure the iPhone is in Japan, the leader in mobile technology.
Japan may be the leader in mobile tech now but China is the largest market and Apple is working on a deal with China Unicom to market iPhones.
Falcon
there are already Linux alternatives to every major Windows application out there.
Not for every major Windows app. There certainly isn't one for pro print photographers. Gimp is fine for web work but it's not so good for print. After more than 10 years of promises Gimp 2.6 finally has some 32 bit support. It also doesn't support CYMK separation natively but uses a plug-in for it.
Oh, hold on. I see there's finally a Mac OS X port for Gimp, so now I'll try it out again. I tried it on Windows but preferred Paint Shop Pro.
Falcon
While I don't want one I can see 2 appeals for them, cost and battery life. On the other hand if Apple came out with a 21" MacBook Pro, I'd want to get one.
For the majority of consumers, that means they want to run exactly the same e-mail program, the same browser, the same IM program(s)...
I do. When I used Windows I used Firefox, Eudora, and OpenOffice. When I switched to Linux and OS X, I used the same apps. Well for email I started using Penelope which was based on Eudora before switching to Thunderbird.
Falcon
For Linux, Windows NT, or both? I tried to install Netscape on my Alpha in NT4 but couldn't get it to install. So I called Netscape support and they said it would not run on Alphas. And they didn't say anything about a download version that would work. Luckily I had a laptop I installed it on, otherwise I would have wasted money buying it.
Falcon
Netscape was a problem on alphas, on both Windows and Linux
I didn't try Netscape in Linux on my Alpha but I didn't get it to run in Windows. It was the same with almost all of the commercial, proprietary, software I bought. Shareware was another matter, almost all of the shareware programs did install and run. What I found weird was that the only proprietary software I was able to use on my Alpha was Borland C++ Powerbuilder.
Falcon
Flash is becoming more and more obsolete anyway.
Maybe after html5 is released. Say, 10 or 20 years later. Some people still aren't using html4 well.
Falcon
With x86-64 you can run 32-bit apps seamlessly.
I've been researching about installing Ubuntu Studio on my computer and one of the things I came across is that there are not 64 bit versions of some software and there are problems running 32 bit versions on 64 bit Ubuntu. I found this article on how to How to Run 32-bit Apps in 64-bit Linux.
Falcon
They can continue to make their interface ever shinier, but it's still the same old broken NT kernel underneath
NT 4 was the only version of Windows I liked and did not have a problem with. I haven't used Vista but even XP froze the first tyme I used it. I know it was supposed to be based on the NT kernel but if so MS screwed it up.
Falcon
...Windows?
I don't care if it runs Windows, I'm sick and tired of MS Bullshit.
Falcon
the music industry convinced the Canadian government to put a tax on all CD-Rs (DVDs too?)
The US also has taxes on black media. It started with cassette and video tapes, moved to CDs, and now there's a tax on blank DVDs.
Falcon
but most users stopped caring about speed ten years ago.
I don't know if you were paying attention, but Apple switched to Intels from PowerPC because Freescale and IBM could not provide Apple with CPUs as fast as Intel's that did not get hot enough to fry an egg on. Apple released G5 desktops and towers but they were not able make a laptop because of heat. Even today years after the switch programmers push the envelop on CPU power. Heck, even netbooks and the new smartbooks have more power than computers from just a few years ago.
A lot of the non-geeks I know stopped complaining that their computer was too slow around then.
Yet how many replaced their PCs, vs how many are using only a 5 year old PC?
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