Ham radio HF comm is far from "antiquated." There are plenty of error correcting digital protocols, and associated services use ALE, digitized voice, store and forward BBS systems, and other new technology. However, all these nets will be put out of business with BPL - this is not my analysis, this is the conclusion of FEMA. With the long range nets discontinued, messages to and from family members in affected areas will end. Think about how it would feel if someone in your family was isolated after a disaster and you didn't hear from them for several weeks, only hearing of casualties and scores of missing. Don't be so quick to discount those who would help you and others, because one day you may wish you hadn't.
All HF nets will be wiped out. CAP, MARS, and all other emergency nets will be gone. The FCC has totally and completely caved in to money interests. Whatever happened to the concept that the airwaves are "public?" The FCC just privatized the entire HF spectrum! And they are giving it away for free!
Some net apps require Microsoft extensions or are written using proprietary IE calls and absolutely MUST be run on IE. And don't tell me changing the browser id string will make it work. That will eliminate the warning messages but not make things work. I am having to deal with this issue right at this moment.
If congress does ANYTHING based on this manipulative, inaccurate letter then I humbly suggest we have far greater problems in this country than some greedy asshole in Utah.
I get fax calls in the middle of the night on numbers never used for a fax machine. No fun when you have ill parents to have the phone ring at 1:30 AM.
The worst part is that the calling number is completely hidden, both to caller ID and even to the phone company! The call CANNOT be reported as an annoyance call because it is UNTRACEABLE!
I hold the telephone company (Verizon locally) responsible for allowing this.
Why is everyone so surprised Forbes sides with a business over consumers? This is purely about money and the desire to get as much as possible regardless of morals and ethics and the strategy of using government to achieve those ends.
Let me give you an example and you tell me what you think I should do.
I recently bought a whole series of DVDs for my kids for the holidays. Lots of Disney DVDs. Bought them retail, and online.
They open them, pop them in the player, and they are all messed up. So I contact the Disney help line and they tell me my old Sony TV will not be able to play them because the Macrovision interferes with it. They tell me I must buy a newer TV.
I reply that the TV is fine and I would rather return the DVDs and they tell me they cannot do that and I must go back to the store. The store tells me "No returns if opened."
So, I bought movies which do not work. They do not say they will only work on some TVs, they do not even say they have Macrovision on them. But I am out well over a hundred bucks and have some mighty disappointed kids.
So. Do I have the right to get a Macrovision-removal box and watch the movies I paid for? Or is it, "tough luck, sucker?" Or should they provide me with VHS replacements? (They refused this option also)
Remember, I have absolutely no intention of making copies, all I want to do is use the product which I paid for.
Tell me your answer and I will tell you what I did, and the results of that decision.
It may sound scary, in terms of loss of freedom and micromanagement possibilities, but there are also benefits. Figuring out the best places to put antennas and the ability to track equipment inventory are some of the ways it can help us in our everyday jobs. The smart managers, as you point out, will tend to not micromanage their people into lower productivity.
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Ham radio HF comm is far from "antiquated." There are plenty of error correcting digital protocols, and associated services use ALE, digitized voice, store and forward BBS systems, and other new technology. However, all these nets will be put out of business with BPL - this is not my analysis, this is the conclusion of FEMA. With the long range nets discontinued, messages to and from family members in affected areas will end. Think about how it would feel if someone in your family was isolated after a disaster and you didn't hear from them for several weeks, only hearing of casualties and scores of missing. Don't be so quick to discount those who would help you and others, because one day you may wish you hadn't.
All HF nets will be wiped out. CAP, MARS, and all other emergency nets will be gone. The FCC has totally and completely caved in to money interests. Whatever happened to the concept that the airwaves are "public?" The FCC just privatized the entire HF spectrum! And they are giving it away for free!
Some net apps require Microsoft extensions or are written using proprietary IE calls and absolutely MUST be run on IE. And don't tell me changing the browser id string will make it work. That will eliminate the warning messages but not make things work. I am having to deal with this issue right at this moment.
I think I blew one away thinking it was spam
Used is definitely the way to go.
Money crimes are very serious in this country.
If congress does ANYTHING based on this manipulative, inaccurate letter then I humbly suggest we have far greater problems in this country than some greedy asshole in Utah.
And I am dead serious when I say this.
I get fax calls in the middle of the night on numbers never used for a fax machine. No fun when you have ill parents to have the phone ring at 1:30 AM.
The worst part is that the calling number is completely hidden, both to caller ID and even to the phone company! The call CANNOT be reported as an annoyance call because it is UNTRACEABLE!
I hold the telephone company (Verizon locally) responsible for allowing this.
Why is everyone so surprised Forbes sides with a business over consumers? This is purely about money and the desire to get as much as possible regardless of morals and ethics and the strategy of using government to achieve those ends.
Let me give you an example and you tell me what you think I should do. I recently bought a whole series of DVDs for my kids for the holidays. Lots of Disney DVDs. Bought them retail, and online. They open them, pop them in the player, and they are all messed up. So I contact the Disney help line and they tell me my old Sony TV will not be able to play them because the Macrovision interferes with it. They tell me I must buy a newer TV. I reply that the TV is fine and I would rather return the DVDs and they tell me they cannot do that and I must go back to the store. The store tells me "No returns if opened." So, I bought movies which do not work. They do not say they will only work on some TVs, they do not even say they have Macrovision on them. But I am out well over a hundred bucks and have some mighty disappointed kids. So. Do I have the right to get a Macrovision-removal box and watch the movies I paid for? Or is it, "tough luck, sucker?" Or should they provide me with VHS replacements? (They refused this option also) Remember, I have absolutely no intention of making copies, all I want to do is use the product which I paid for. Tell me your answer and I will tell you what I did, and the results of that decision.
Send the message encrypted in a virus, a virus that makes the message widely avialable both in itself and in the contents of web-accessible locations.
It may sound scary, in terms of loss of freedom and micromanagement possibilities, but there are also benefits. Figuring out the best places to put antennas and the ability to track equipment inventory are some of the ways it can help us in our everyday jobs. The smart managers, as you point out, will tend to not micromanage their people into lower productivity.