but if the US is out of power for 14 months because no one can get the transformers rebuilt
Not so much a transformer damage problem. We know how to protect transmission systems and related equipment. Breakers will trip open* to prevent geomagnetically induced currents (GIS) from causing damage. The big problem is that this won't be one single solar flare event type incident. I'm not sure anyone knows how long geomagnetic fields take to reverse and rebuild. It could be years. And during this time, we will experience repeated blackouts. Or perhaps one big one.
*This is predicated upon implementation of NERC recommendations for improved system protection against GIS. Currently (no pun intended) NERC has limited authority to enforce compliance. And utilities tend to fall largely into the anti regulation political camp.
Let me guess: So that a site without a Hollywood approved security certificate can't make use of HTTPS to encrypt and circumvent mandatory Hollywood file inspection?
It's not like credentials aren't available cheap on the dark web already. Shame the government didn't have the foresight to ban every f*kig business from collecting my taxpayer ID.
They could do that. But then I could always run my 'What if' test cases with some other SSN. And then cut and paste the final numbers into my own form. I like to use the number I found in my wallet.
Too many 3rd party apps and devices out there for Netflix to keep track of them. Particularly if it's Apple managing the connections. Netflix may not be able to certify proper DRM function through Apple, so they just dropped the support.
With the end of Net Neutrality (hopefully not permanently), your Xfinity cable internet service
I have FTTH from the local phone company. It was an uphill fight when Verizon ran the system. Because they were always cutting non-compete deals with Comcast (they promise not to do phones, we promise not to actually connect DSL service). But when Frontier took over, things got better.
This is not really a problem. I expect corporations in which I have an ownership stake (shareholder) to operate up to the limits allowed by laws* to maximize profits. Nothing more, nothing less. Not wasting money or avoiding opportunities based on some unquantifiable touchy-feely nonsense.
*Whose laws? Facebook is a US corporation. The fact that an Australian, located in New Zealand chose to use it as a streaming platform isn't the fault of FB. And we have a culture of free speech and honesty here instead of covering up societies warts with some rose-colored glasses and censorship. Unlike some of the more totalitarian regimes that attempt to sweep their problems under the rug.
No, it stopped having to be realtime in the 1970s.
This.
I have rabbit ears and a PVR. I've 'watched TV' this way since the 1980's. Back then, the broadcast industry pitched a bunch of propaganda that this wasn't legitimately 'watching TV' because they were in a war for eyeballs with competitors. One network would schedule their hit show opposite that of another to capture their viewers. Huge amounts of effort went into program planning for exactly this purpose. So they could command more from the pool of advertising dollars.
I remember in the 1980's, one of our local independent stations aired good movies in the middle of the night. They called it VCR Theater. Network broadcasters raged. They were 'stealing' viewers in a way that their planners couldn't work around.
I used to think that it would be great to attract more users to Linux. But then that brought us stuff like Pulse Audio, Wayland and systemd. And gamers. My applications run just fine on Linux and X. Stop screwing it up just to get some FPS crap to run on it.
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but if the US is out of power for 14 months because no one can get the transformers rebuilt
Not so much a transformer damage problem. We know how to protect transmission systems and related equipment. Breakers will trip open* to prevent geomagnetically induced currents (GIS) from causing damage. The big problem is that this won't be one single solar flare event type incident. I'm not sure anyone knows how long geomagnetic fields take to reverse and rebuild. It could be years. And during this time, we will experience repeated blackouts. Or perhaps one big one.
*This is predicated upon implementation of NERC recommendations for improved system protection against GIS. Currently (no pun intended) NERC has limited authority to enforce compliance. And utilities tend to fall largely into the anti regulation political camp.
stop pilots from having headsets
Because they can't hear horns or emergency vehicles?
False flag or not, your gas prices are going up.
Let me guess: So that a site without a Hollywood approved security certificate can't make use of HTTPS to encrypt and circumvent mandatory Hollywood file inspection?
" ... if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
As always the only REAL truth to be found is in the Bible
Posts as AC.
I recall something about the necessity to "proclaim your Christian faith". No?
It's not like credentials aren't available cheap on the dark web already. Shame the government didn't have the foresight to ban every f*kig business from collecting my taxpayer ID.
They could do that. But then I could always run my 'What if' test cases with some other SSN. And then cut and paste the final numbers into my own form. I like to use the number I found in my wallet.
Chicago voters are rolling over in their graves.
Get Rolls Royce to build one.
So what's the difference?
Too many 3rd party apps and devices out there for Netflix to keep track of them. Particularly if it's Apple managing the connections. Netflix may not be able to certify proper DRM function through Apple, so they just dropped the support.
We hate when you pretend your tax liability is somehow our problem.
Why? You may very well have voted for the people that imposed these taxes. So here are the consequences. Don't like them? Vote differently next time.
You can plug a Chromecast into anything, right?
Anything that can negotiate a secure connection between the Chromecast dongle and the display device over the HDMI port.
With the end of Net Neutrality (hopefully not permanently), your Xfinity cable internet service
I have FTTH from the local phone company. It was an uphill fight when Verizon ran the system. Because they were always cutting non-compete deals with Comcast (they promise not to do phones, we promise not to actually connect DSL service). But when Frontier took over, things got better.
Just use 'corporation'. It takes less keystrokes.
This is not really a problem. I expect corporations in which I have an ownership stake (shareholder) to operate up to the limits allowed by laws* to maximize profits. Nothing more, nothing less. Not wasting money or avoiding opportunities based on some unquantifiable touchy-feely nonsense.
*Whose laws? Facebook is a US corporation. The fact that an Australian, located in New Zealand chose to use it as a streaming platform isn't the fault of FB. And we have a culture of free speech and honesty here instead of covering up societies warts with some rose-colored glasses and censorship. Unlike some of the more totalitarian regimes that attempt to sweep their problems under the rug.
No, it stopped having to be realtime in the 1970s.
This.
I have rabbit ears and a PVR. I've 'watched TV' this way since the 1980's. Back then, the broadcast industry pitched a bunch of propaganda that this wasn't legitimately 'watching TV' because they were in a war for eyeballs with competitors. One network would schedule their hit show opposite that of another to capture their viewers. Huge amounts of effort went into program planning for exactly this purpose. So they could command more from the pool of advertising dollars.
I remember in the 1980's, one of our local independent stations aired good movies in the middle of the night. They called it VCR Theater. Network broadcasters raged. They were 'stealing' viewers in a way that their planners couldn't work around.
Stay with Windows.
I used to think that it would be great to attract more users to Linux. But then that brought us stuff like Pulse Audio, Wayland and systemd. And gamers. My applications run just fine on Linux and X. Stop screwing it up just to get some FPS crap to run on it.
I have to know: Does Lenny ever catch the duck?
Software is like sex. Make just one mistake and you've got to provide support for a lifetime.
having a lot of Puritanical shitstains
But it's the kids that are protesting. And then standing behind the governor, smiling when he signs the latest 21 year old bill into law.
like setting the drinking age back to 18 in states that want it.
That's the wrong direction.
Drinking: 21.
Smoking: 21 (just passed in WA state).
Semi-auto weapons: 21
Pot: 21.
Pretty soon.
Voting: 21.
Sign contracts: 21.
Age of consent: 21.
And kids have been asking for this. Who better to decide when they are not ready for something than a person that is self aware?
The last thing we need is more regulation.
Nice little business you've got there. I don't suppose you'd mind us collecting a fee to make sure it doesn't burn down.
Shame there isn't a rule against that sort of behavior, right?