My Samsung A650 52" LCD has a network jack, and can do firmware upgrades. Samsung is building the ability to watch Netflix Watch It Now *directly into their new LCD TVs*.
True. But I spend quite a bit of time in the Caribbean (Virgin Islands, Barbados, etc) and almost all sailboats use a small wind turbine onboard to charge batteries used for radios and other electrical loads.
I'm on time of day metering from ComEd in northern Illinois, and between midnight and 5am I pay 1 cent per kWh (nuclear-powered). Since nuclear is low-carbon, I have no problem using it, although I do dump money into renewable energy projects (as I'm not a fan of coal or oil).
Why should I pay a higher sales tax because someone shops inefficiently in person instead of online? I don't favor raising any taxes. I insist my government actually reduces their spending. Taxpayers are not a blank check.
The whole system fails if these elements are not provided. If they're not going to be funded by a sales tax, how would you LIKE the state to get the money to pay for it?
1. The legal authority to run lines across private property even if the land-owners do not like it.
There's a cost associated with having legal authority? Wrong. Once an easement has been established, there is no upkeep cost.
2. The regulatory framework to keep the company that owns those lines from abusing the customer.
Covered by the telcom taxes I have to pay on my internet connection.
3. The roads that are used to haul the copper in, as well to move the equipment and labor required to install and maintain it.
Covered by fuel taxes.
4. The regulatory framework to handle production and distribution of electricity that runs down that line.
Covered by taxes on electricity
5. Protection for those lines from vandals and angry landowners.
Paid for by property taxes to fund local police departments
6. A workforce educated at public expense to provide the labor for installation and maintenance.
Paid for by property taxes, and to a lesser extent the federal government.
Why should I pay sales tax for goods from another state when the infrastructure I'm using has *already* been paid for through other taxes?
Of course the state provides infrastructure. Do you think Amazon's website just magically shows up on your computer without anything in between you and them?
Yes, thanks to the private companies who contract for bandwidth services between me and Amazon. So now I should be thankful the government let someone put copper/fiber down on the ground? And they want a piece of the pie because of that? Fark. that.
I have to agree with the other poster who responded to this. iPhone users are non-technical users, Android users are technical users. DRM your app? Watch the open source clone replace it.
Exactly. It's like how the human ear can protect itself if the decibel level increases quickly. It *can't* protect itself if there's no time to react. Large populations of American Indians lost their hearing in Alaska because they switched to using guns for hunting fish (seriously). Because of little to no background noise before the instant gunfire, their eardrums had to time to react to protect themselves.
Off the cuff idea. The navy should dump a shit ton of money into figuring out how whales can hear so well over so far, instead of just turning their sonar up to 11. But heh, I ain't no four star general, what do I know.
Costs are also much lower for colo/hosting providers. I know this because I own a hosting/colo business, and would dare not venture into something capital intensive like an ISP with their own physical plant without a huge pile of cash behind me.
Yes, we do have an understanding enshrined in the law - but it's not what most people think it is. Just because someone is in your house without unknown intentions does not give you the right to use deadly force indiscriminately.
Your opinion. I am more than happy to argue that I was well within my right to a jury of 12 of my peers.
In the US, if you exceed the legal boundaries in what force you are allowed to use to defend yourself (as above, much tighter than many people think), *you* end up in jail.
I'm OK with this outcome if it means my family is safe. I'm not going to try to debate legal boundaries when someone has broken into my house in the middle of the night. Don't want to be dead? Don't break into someone's home. It's that fucking simple.
At which point you can say, "What I'm doing is completely legal" and you'd be on your way. Of course, the police could arrest you anyway, but most police departments doing like dealing with false arrest prosecutions, nor the resulting $high_dollar_amount lawsuits.
Once you break into my home, I have no idea what your intentions are. I reserve the right to utilize lethal force. Of course, in the US, we have some common sense about this. In the UK, you try to protect yourself, and *you* end up in jail. Fark the Brits.
I wonder how long I would stay out of court (or jail, for that matter) if I would photograph random private residences and post the photos online, accompanied by location details.
You would stay out of court forever. Public is public. Suck it up.
Most cable providers (Comcast especially) have been rolling fiber out to the neighborhood nodes. This is not cheap. If you have a problem with what TW is doing, run your own copper/fiber/wireless. Don't complain if you're not willing to do something about it.
Hell, my T-Mobile Blackberry Curve and talk over WiFi back to their mobile network with an IPSec Tunnel. I'm sure that's enough to get by whatever VoIP "blocking" Gogo/Aircell has in place.
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My Samsung A650 52" LCD has a network jack, and can do firmware upgrades. Samsung is building the ability to watch Netflix Watch It Now *directly into their new LCD TVs*.
According to the DOE, with fuel reprocessing we have several *centuries* of available fuel.
True. But I spend quite a bit of time in the Caribbean (Virgin Islands, Barbados, etc) and almost all sailboats use a small wind turbine onboard to charge batteries used for radios and other electrical loads.
I'm on time of day metering from ComEd in northern Illinois, and between midnight and 5am I pay 1 cent per kWh (nuclear-powered). Since nuclear is low-carbon, I have no problem using it, although I do dump money into renewable energy projects (as I'm not a fan of coal or oil).
Why should I pay a higher sales tax because someone shops inefficiently in person instead of online? I don't favor raising any taxes. I insist my government actually reduces their spending. Taxpayers are not a blank check.
The whole system fails if these elements are not provided. If they're not going to be funded by a sales tax, how would you LIKE the state to get the money to pay for it?
1. The legal authority to run lines across private property even if the land-owners do not like it.
There's a cost associated with having legal authority? Wrong. Once an easement has been established, there is no upkeep cost.
2. The regulatory framework to keep the company that owns those lines from abusing the customer.
Covered by the telcom taxes I have to pay on my internet connection.
3. The roads that are used to haul the copper in, as well to move the equipment and labor required to install and maintain it.
Covered by fuel taxes.
4. The regulatory framework to handle production and distribution of electricity that runs down that line.
Covered by taxes on electricity
5. Protection for those lines from vandals and angry landowners.
Paid for by property taxes to fund local police departments
6. A workforce educated at public expense to provide the labor for installation and maintenance.
Paid for by property taxes, and to a lesser extent the federal government.
Why should I pay sales tax for goods from another state when the infrastructure I'm using has *already* been paid for through other taxes?
Cloud computing works when you control the equipment.
Of course the state provides infrastructure. Do you think Amazon's website just magically shows up on your computer without anything in between you and them?
Yes, thanks to the private companies who contract for bandwidth services between me and Amazon. So now I should be thankful the government let someone put copper/fiber down on the ground? And they want a piece of the pie because of that? Fark. that.
Food *is* taxes in most jurisdictions, just at a lower rate (1-2%).
Yes, I'm sure the majority of my taxes go to education and fighting Somali pirates
I have to agree with the other poster who responded to this. iPhone users are non-technical users, Android users are technical users. DRM your app? Watch the open source clone replace it.
Scary. I wasn't the only one thinking it.
It's not panicky if you want 1 ping only ;)
Exactly. It's like how the human ear can protect itself if the decibel level increases quickly. It *can't* protect itself if there's no time to react. Large populations of American Indians lost their hearing in Alaska because they switched to using guns for hunting fish (seriously). Because of little to no background noise before the instant gunfire, their eardrums had to time to react to protect themselves.
Off the cuff idea. The navy should dump a shit ton of money into figuring out how whales can hear so well over so far, instead of just turning their sonar up to 11. But heh, I ain't no four star general, what do I know.
Costs are also much lower for colo/hosting providers. I know this because I own a hosting/colo business, and would dare not venture into something capital intensive like an ISP with their own physical plant without a huge pile of cash behind me.
Yes, we do have an understanding enshrined in the law - but it's not what most people think it is. Just because someone is in your house without unknown intentions does not give you the right to use deadly force indiscriminately.
Your opinion. I am more than happy to argue that I was well within my right to a jury of 12 of my peers.
In the US, if you exceed the legal boundaries in what force you are allowed to use to defend yourself (as above, much tighter than many people think), *you* end up in jail.
I'm OK with this outcome if it means my family is safe. I'm not going to try to debate legal boundaries when someone has broken into my house in the middle of the night. Don't want to be dead? Don't break into someone's home. It's that fucking simple.
At which point you can say, "What I'm doing is completely legal" and you'd be on your way. Of course, the police could arrest you anyway, but most police departments doing like dealing with false arrest prosecutions, nor the resulting $high_dollar_amount lawsuits.
Once you break into my home, I have no idea what your intentions are. I reserve the right to utilize lethal force. Of course, in the US, we have some common sense about this. In the UK, you try to protect yourself, and *you* end up in jail. Fark the Brits.
I wonder how long I would stay out of court (or jail, for that matter) if I would photograph random private residences and post the photos online, accompanied by location details.
You would stay out of court forever. Public is public. Suck it up.
Most cable providers (Comcast especially) have been rolling fiber out to the neighborhood nodes. This is not cheap. If you have a problem with what TW is doing, run your own copper/fiber/wireless. Don't complain if you're not willing to do something about it.
Because colo providers have much lower capital expenditure costs than cable/DSL ISPs who have to roll out coax/fiber to everyone.
What about the DCMA provision allowing decryption/circumvention to provide interoperability?
And that would be different than RIAA protection money (pay us a couple grand or will sue you into oblivion) how? =)
Hell, my T-Mobile Blackberry Curve and talk over WiFi back to their mobile network with an IPSec Tunnel. I'm sure that's enough to get by whatever VoIP "blocking" Gogo/Aircell has in place.