It honestly depends on _where_ in the country you are.
Most anywhere on the coasts, or in medium-to-large cities, you can usually get pretty decent internet. Rural areas are going to be worse (e.g. just DSL, or if you're particularly unlucky, satellite) -- and well, there's a lot of that in the US.
Around here, the cable companies are starting off at 400 mbps for $65/month (although it's $45 for the first year) -- plus local taxes, etc (note, the US has varying sales tax depending on where you are in the country -- we do not have a set tax rate for the entire country). Although, the local cable ISP also has a 100mbps plan that I cannot select for some reason. Finally, there's a 900 mbps plan for $125 / mo.
Real quick check against BT in the UK, looks like the best they'll offer is ~67 mbps for 55 GBP. (approx $70). Not sure if BT has tax included or not. I didn't check through their fine print.
Now, that's not really a fair comparison, since BT is just DSL -- which we don't get here (the former DSL provider rolled out FTTH in the area, it starts at 100mbps for $50, plus tax).
NOTE -> I didn't bother looking at data caps or the like.
[...] with my Utopian vision of how people were going to use the Internet; to share and exchange new ideas and information and further human understanding [...]P
br/
And then you stumbled on your first goatse link.
That's fine. We're already good with that.
If Bob and Larry are getting charged different rates because of the time of day / color of car / manufacturer / etc. (while both vehicles fall into the same class and go the same distance) , that's what people are up in arms about.
Unless there is some kind of Super Secret Linux Conspiracy[...]
I think that rather than "conspiracy", a lot of the distros starting to use it can be attributed to systemd making themselves a dependency of so much, coupled to the general problems of getting a distro out the door, and you simply ended up with the devs going "fuck it, I'm tired of tearing out all this crap". In addition, since it's simply easier to take from upstream (and add your "flavor" on top), it ends up simply being a cascade -- oh, Debian stable is systemd, so now Ubuntu 16.04 is, and in turn Mint 18 is (and whatever other distros that're downstream of Debian Stable or Ubuntu)
So, you end up with the only way to get away from it is either something completely different (e.g. Slackware), or a fork (e.g. Devuan), and then, if you so choose, further forking and re-building the things that systemd has hooked itself into (or forgoing those things in favor of something else). And well, that takes a lot of effort, and not everyone is inclined to provide the effort, or has the means to help even if they want to; not to mention the inability (for reasons outside their control) to wait for these things to be "fixed".
But ten thousand people using a phrase one way while only one person clings to using it the old way does make them right. Language evolves and popular usage becomes the correct usage over time.
And in 500 years, we'll be watering plants with Brawndo - because it has what plants crave, it has electrolytes.
Devuan (beta) is solid. Default is sysvinit, but you can change as you wish.
Their package management has systemd pinned upstream, so you don't have to worry much about it sneaking in either.
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It honestly depends on _where_ in the country you are.
Most anywhere on the coasts, or in medium-to-large cities, you can usually get pretty decent internet. Rural areas are going to be worse (e.g. just DSL, or if you're particularly unlucky, satellite) -- and well, there's a lot of that in the US.
Around here, the cable companies are starting off at 400 mbps for $65/month (although it's $45 for the first year) -- plus local taxes, etc (note, the US has varying sales tax depending on where you are in the country -- we do not have a set tax rate for the entire country). Although, the local cable ISP also has a 100mbps plan that I cannot select for some reason. Finally, there's a 900 mbps plan for $125 / mo.
Real quick check against BT in the UK, looks like the best they'll offer is ~67 mbps for 55 GBP. (approx $70). Not sure if BT has tax included or not. I didn't check through their fine print.
Now, that's not really a fair comparison, since BT is just DSL -- which we don't get here (the former DSL provider rolled out FTTH in the area, it starts at 100mbps for $50, plus tax).
NOTE -> I didn't bother looking at data caps or the like.
it is possible that life is everywhere, all around us in forms we don't recognize...
. . . maybe other life won't recognize us as life either . . . and instead see us as a tasty snack . . .
We'll call them popplers!
[...] with my Utopian vision of how people were going to use the Internet; to share and exchange new ideas and information and further human understanding [...]P
br/ And then you stumbled on your first goatse link.
Obviously you're setting the phones down on the table wrong.
Maybe they want to develop an immunity, like with iocane powder.
As our Granddads believed it was.
"but doc, all the best stuff is made in Japan!"
In other news, we have always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia.
Too bad "Would you kindly ..." doesn't work on them.
That's fine. We're already good with that. If Bob and Larry are getting charged different rates because of the time of day / color of car / manufacturer / etc. (while both vehicles fall into the same class and go the same distance) , that's what people are up in arms about.
You forgot "on a platform that is only 5 years old" ;)
sysyemd is bett....
Hahahaha, no can't do it.
Yeah... you can't really strongarm a planet which has Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator technology.
Where was the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!
blacklist teamviewer connections from india?
That would totally work -- except so many companies are outsourcing their legitimate support to India as well.
Not seeing a problem here,TBH.
Lua iterator construction is bordering on beautiful. I always feel like I've crafted something when I finish with lua code, not all languages do that.
I feel the same about Java ... granted, that something would be right at home in the 9th circle of hell ...
The situation was handled though.
"Grown men who are 13 at heart", huh? That's like all of us.
Seems natural selection went for "carnivorous" (see venus flytrap, sundew, etc).
Thirded.
Smith isn't gonna help you much, you need Anderson.
Check box in the controller (site settings page / tab ) - disable status LED.
And yet, many distributions are moving to it.
Unless there is some kind of Super Secret Linux Conspiracy[...]
I think that rather than "conspiracy", a lot of the distros starting to use it can be attributed to systemd making themselves a dependency of so much, coupled to the general problems of getting a distro out the door, and you simply ended up with the devs going "fuck it, I'm tired of tearing out all this crap". In addition, since it's simply easier to take from upstream (and add your "flavor" on top), it ends up simply being a cascade -- oh, Debian stable is systemd, so now Ubuntu 16.04 is, and in turn Mint 18 is (and whatever other distros that're downstream of Debian Stable or Ubuntu)
So, you end up with the only way to get away from it is either something completely different (e.g. Slackware), or a fork (e.g. Devuan), and then, if you so choose, further forking and re-building the things that systemd has hooked itself into (or forgoing those things in favor of something else). And well, that takes a lot of effort, and not everyone is inclined to provide the effort, or has the means to help even if they want to; not to mention the inability (for reasons outside their control) to wait for these things to be "fixed".
I'd take the fisher price tools over excel any day.
or "stuff that matters" ... although, that part of the tag-line may be long dead these days.
But ten thousand people using a phrase one way while only one person clings to using it the old way does make them right. Language evolves and popular usage becomes the correct usage over time.
And in 500 years, we'll be watering plants with Brawndo - because it has what plants crave, it has electrolytes.
Devuan (beta) is solid. Default is sysvinit, but you can change as you wish. Their package management has systemd pinned upstream, so you don't have to worry much about it sneaking in either.