This has nothing to do with privacy, this has everything to do with the Democrats protecting their greedy lawyer constituency. Wrong. For me it has to do with privacy. A true conservative would understand that Patriot, Patriot II, DMCA, and a whole host of other recently enacted legislation is patently unconstitutional.
The telephone companies should not be able to be held liable for complying with lawful government requests. If you have a beef with whether a request is lawful or not, you need to take that up with Congress or the administration. Actually, redress of grievances (read the Constitution) is handled by the courts.
The other half simply want to protect the greedy lawyers. By your math, this would indicate a third and larger "half" that actually reads the constitution and comprehends its contents.
You are right... "Up to" doesn't mean shit. However, I have CenturyTel fiber service at 10MB. For many months, I was receiving only about 300Kbps. During those months, I called, emailed, online chatted, called, called, etc. and complained as far up the chain as I could get. The user/service agreements states that customers will get "up to 10Mbps" but should receive at least 80% of that service level. Then I had them. It's fixed now.
You would be wise to examine the service agreement to the molecular level and find the loopholes. Also, when dealing with LECs, don't get off the phone. Don't believe them when they say they have put their supervisor on the case for you. The old trick is that they'll put you on hold, ask someone in the cubicle next to them if they want to be the "supervisor" today, and then you talk to YAF (yet another flunkie). Call during regular business hours, and ask for the first and last names, and official title of everyone you speak to. Document everything: your speed tests, what sites you tested with, what time it was, what the speeds were, etc. Document every conversation you have with the phone company.
All this will help you avoid being run in circles. You will be able to call bullshit when they contradict themselves. Don't give up. If you make it cost them more than they're earning from you, they may just fix it. They may also cancel you.
In a way, it's kind of poetic that these trolls are going to get raped by a loan shark (SNCP) at 17% interest. 95 million times 17% times 5 years is 80.75 million dollars, not compounded. That's an ass raping if I ever heard of it. Plus, they're going to have to pay 37 million to Novell, if they lose their appeal. It feels like something much deeper and more sinister is going on here, and it stinks. I just can't put my finger on it yet.
After reading related articles, it seems that they are trying to pick up sediment from the bottom of the river below the dam, but still, will it fix anything?
So there's enough sediment behind the dam to be a problem, and in the process of flushing it, they also can claim to be helping the canyon's ecosystem. Not to be a pessimist, but it looks to me like they're just flushing the sediment. They've done this twice before, according to TFA.
The cash that they'll give you and your shareholders to acquire Yahoo will make the ass-ramming less painful, unless you use Yahoo or work in the trenches at Yahoo. Then it'll just be a regular painful M$ ass-ramming.
The byline on the video clip accompanying TFA says "Does this woman look dead to you?". The clip is of some backwoods-redneck-inbreeder who does indeed look dead, much like Keith Richards. Funny indeed.
I'd agree that one shouldn't trust huge numbers of transactions to Wintel, because the architecture simply won't handle it. But what about big Unix iron? SunFire and SuperDome systems are able to handle mainframe sized loads (and then some). For large, finely tuned batch jobs, maybe the mainframe has Sun or HP beat, but IMHO, Unix has the best bang for OLTP systems, and are easily as reliable.
Big iron Unix servers, and even some larger Wintel servers offer way more competitive pricing and support costs for OLTP systems. However, IBM's support costs for Linux LPARS are about 90% less than the support costs for z/OS.
I've heard numerous mainframe types tout the performance of mainframes over distributed systems, but I don't buy any of it. The comparisons, as they are in many other areas, are always rigged. When you factor in the cost of "MIPS" (the more you use the more you pay) there is no comparison.
I wish I could have found the studies that uphold my statement, but I couldn't. I'd like to see real arguments on both side of this. If anyone has links, please post....
It warms my heart to see someone rightfully take this to the larger topic of privacy, not just IT security and privacy. It is sometimes difficult for me to explain to others why this issue is so important, whether some simpleton thinks it is relevant in modern times or not. You have helped me today Sir Holo, and I will make use of your talking points...damn shame I'm out of moderator points.
I didn't have anything to say about the citizenship, or nationality of the suspect, only that there wasn't enough oversight. Privatization can be a good thing. Without adequate oversight, it's a bad thing, because national security goes out the window, and the only thing left is making money. Espionage just becomes a cost of doing business.
Obviously, we're talking about a non-sustained roll rate of 720 degrees per second, or we'd have to consider an unmanned aircraft. If they do get anywhere close to the barn swallow's (African or European?) 5000 degrees per second, then it's definitely unmanned.
I'm seeing a lot of responses indicating that folks could just go to AT&T DSL instead of Comcast.
In case you didn't know, the Comcast IP network is managed by none other than AT&T. Remember when it WAS AT&T's cable network? (Mike Armstrong anyone?) Well, one of the things that came out of the cable asset sale was a management contract for the IP network. Comcast = AT&T.
Grand Unifying Conspiracy Theory prediction of the day:
The Do Not Call List will be used to determine exactly who is at home during dinner time, and instead of a being a do not call list, it will be a guaranteed to call me during supper list.
According to the/. post from StonyandCher, CIPAV stands for 'Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier'.
Yup...it's a computer....yup it's an IP address. Ok, it'sverified, now what?
What it should be called is CIGS..."Completely Illegal Government Spyware".
If you have an emergency, just have MacGyver help you build a big ass linear amplifier and a signal generator then use whatever portion of the spectrum you see fit.
You are correct about the music business denying customers what they want. They want good music, in an easy, small format that they can play on anything. The music industry wants you to buy the format flavor of the day (record, tape, CD, whatever...full of one or two good songs and 10 crappy ones) and then buy it again in ten years or so when they deem the old one obsolete. They're willing to fight unfairly to prop up their collapsed business model, and are currently doing so.
On a side note, I personally believe the demise of MusicMatch Jukebox is not only due to the factors that you mention, but also the development of iTunes for Windows, which then became the de-facto software for use with an iPod. (Anyone else remember when a Windows iPod shipped with MusicMatch?)
Not trying to troll here, but it would seem that India could use our already sizable knowledge of space exploration, and we can use cheap engineers. I wonder if this has anything to do with the general decline in engineering enrollment at US Universities?
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The telephone companies should not be able to be held liable for complying with lawful government requests. If you have a beef with whether a request is lawful or not, you need to take that up with Congress or the administration. Actually, redress of grievances (read the Constitution) is handled by the courts.
The other half simply want to protect the greedy lawyers. By your math, this would indicate a third and larger "half" that actually reads the constitution and comprehends its contents.
You are right... "Up to" doesn't mean shit. However, I have CenturyTel fiber service at 10MB. For many months, I was receiving only about 300Kbps. During those months, I called, emailed, online chatted, called, called, etc. and complained as far up the chain as I could get. The user/service agreements states that customers will get "up to 10Mbps" but should receive at least 80% of that service level. Then I had them. It's fixed now.
You would be wise to examine the service agreement to the molecular level and find the loopholes. Also, when dealing with LECs, don't get off the phone. Don't believe them when they say they have put their supervisor on the case for you. The old trick is that they'll put you on hold, ask someone in the cubicle next to them if they want to be the "supervisor" today, and then you talk to YAF (yet another flunkie). Call during regular business hours, and ask for the first and last names, and official title of everyone you speak to. Document everything: your speed tests, what sites you tested with, what time it was, what the speeds were, etc. Document every conversation you have with the phone company.
All this will help you avoid being run in circles. You will be able to call bullshit when they contradict themselves. Don't give up. If you make it cost them more than they're earning from you, they may just fix it. They may also cancel you.
mod parent up, this is good shit
In a way, it's kind of poetic that these trolls are going to get raped by a loan shark (SNCP) at 17% interest. 95 million times 17% times 5 years is 80.75 million dollars, not compounded. That's an ass raping if I ever heard of it. Plus, they're going to have to pay 37 million to Novell, if they lose their appeal. It feels like something much deeper and more sinister is going on here, and it stinks. I just can't put my finger on it yet.
Don't think of it as nominating who gets to go. Think of it as nominating who gets evicted from Earth. It's more gratifying that way.
After reading related articles, it seems that they are trying to pick up sediment from the bottom of the river below the dam, but still, will it fix anything?
So there's enough sediment behind the dam to be a problem, and in the process of flushing it, they also can claim to be helping the canyon's ecosystem. Not to be a pessimist, but it looks to me like they're just flushing the sediment. They've done this twice before, according to TFA.
The cash that they'll give you and your shareholders to acquire Yahoo will make the ass-ramming less painful, unless you use Yahoo or work in the trenches at Yahoo. Then it'll just be a regular painful M$ ass-ramming.
The byline on the video clip accompanying TFA says "Does this woman look dead to you?". The clip is of some backwoods-redneck-inbreeder who does indeed look dead, much like Keith Richards. Funny indeed.
I disagree... I question all facts, all the time. I only believe conjecture and speculation.
I'd agree that one shouldn't trust huge numbers of transactions to Wintel, because the architecture simply won't handle it. But what about big Unix iron? SunFire and SuperDome systems are able to handle mainframe sized loads (and then some). For large, finely tuned batch jobs, maybe the mainframe has Sun or HP beat, but IMHO, Unix has the best bang for OLTP systems, and are easily as reliable.
Big iron Unix servers, and even some larger Wintel servers offer way more competitive pricing and support costs for OLTP systems. However, IBM's support costs for Linux LPARS are about 90% less than the support costs for z/OS.
I've heard numerous mainframe types tout the performance of mainframes over distributed systems, but I don't buy any of it. The comparisons, as they are in many other areas, are always rigged. When you factor in the cost of "MIPS" (the more you use the more you pay) there is no comparison.
I wish I could have found the studies that uphold my statement, but I couldn't. I'd like to see real arguments on both side of this. If anyone has links, please post....
It warms my heart to see someone rightfully take this to the larger topic of privacy, not just IT security and privacy. It is sometimes difficult for me to explain to others why this issue is so important, whether some simpleton thinks it is relevant in modern times or not. You have helped me today Sir Holo, and I will make use of your talking points...damn shame I'm out of moderator points.
That's 'cause the idiots are running the asylum.
I loved the defectivebyaccident tag.
Funny, but I think you give them (the Blu-Ray camp) too much credit. It was not accidental.
I didn't have anything to say about the citizenship, or nationality of the suspect, only that there wasn't enough oversight. Privatization can be a good thing. Without adequate oversight, it's a bad thing, because national security goes out the window, and the only thing left is making money. Espionage just becomes a cost of doing business.
too much privatization, and not enough oversight
Obviously, we're talking about a non-sustained roll rate of 720 degrees per second, or we'd have to consider an unmanned aircraft. If they do get anywhere close to the barn swallow's (African or European?) 5000 degrees per second, then it's definitely unmanned.
I'm seeing a lot of responses indicating that folks could just go to AT&T DSL instead of Comcast. In case you didn't know, the Comcast IP network is managed by none other than AT&T. Remember when it WAS AT&T's cable network? (Mike Armstrong anyone?) Well, one of the things that came out of the cable asset sale was a management contract for the IP network. Comcast = AT&T.
Grand Unifying Conspiracy Theory prediction of the day:
The Do Not Call List will be used to determine exactly who is at home during dinner time, and instead of a being a do not call list, it will be a guaranteed to call me during supper list.
According to the /. post from StonyandCher, CIPAV stands for 'Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier'.
Yup...it's a computer....yup it's an IP address. Ok, it'sverified, now what?
What it should be called is CIGS..."Completely Illegal Government Spyware".
If you have an emergency, just have MacGyver help you build a big ass linear amplifier and a signal generator then use whatever portion of the spectrum you see fit.
You are correct about the music business denying customers what they want. They want good music, in an easy, small format that they can play on anything. The music industry wants you to buy the format flavor of the day (record, tape, CD, whatever...full of one or two good songs and 10 crappy ones) and then buy it again in ten years or so when they deem the old one obsolete. They're willing to fight unfairly to prop up their collapsed business model, and are currently doing so.
On a side note, I personally believe the demise of MusicMatch Jukebox is not only due to the factors that you mention, but also the development of iTunes for Windows, which then became the de-facto software for use with an iPod. (Anyone else remember when a Windows iPod shipped with MusicMatch?)
I think this has already been patented.
Not trying to troll here, but it would seem that India could use our already sizable knowledge of space exploration, and we can use cheap engineers. I wonder if this has anything to do with the general decline in engineering enrollment at US Universities?