It's already covered. One of the constitutionally enumerated powers of the federal government is control of interstate trade. I think the parent post was referring to authority that the federal government has assumed (some would say usurped) in areas where the constitution generally reserves for state government, such as education, taxation, drug and medical laws, farming subsidies, etc, etc, etc, etc.
While I agree that the slippery slope argument is bull
Is it? Why couldn't the exact same arguments for legalizing gay marriage be used to legalize polygamy? Or the exact same arguments for legalizing marijuana be used to legalize any drug? Particularly, once the precedent is made. (note: this comment is neither an endorsement or disapproval of the examples given.)
Politicians love to be vague. Does the bill define exactly what "critical infrastructure" is? Exactly how would a network attack result in the loss of "thousands of lives"?
"For each such victory nature takes its revenge on us."
That quote reveals much about the author. Much like the "exploitation of nature" comments above.
The anthropomorphism of "nature" and placing in it an adversarial role with humans is very... Disneyesque. And much like Creationism, it is a not a good vector from which to deal with management of natural resources and legislation.
Using a car analogy, Mr. Gigaba said: 'Cars are already provided with brakes and seatbelts... There is no reason why the internet should be provided without the necessary restrictive mechanisms built into it.'
Cars come with steering wheels that let me go where ever I want, even if it is an off road adventure in some nasty, sticky muck.
Cars come with radiator caps so if too much pressure builds up, the hot fluids are released into an overflow tank.
I think you are right. There is something more to the story. I seriously doubt that the West Allis PD is monitoring their employees' facebook pages. Someone must have complained about it, someone that was out to get her.
I only get OTA televison. 2 of the local affiliates continuously run weather radar and scrolling news on their 480p subchannel. During storms, the coverage there is better than anything I can get on the internet. The best local news coverage on the internet are just web versions of the local newspaper and tv/radio news stations, so I don't think the internet will replace them, but rather just supplement them.
'Once it becomes as easy and satisfying to view a YouTube video on your 50-inch television as it is to watch "Two and a Half Men," audiences will fragment
As satisfying as watching Two and a Half Men? Well, that wouldn't take much. An out of focus, artifact ridden, 6 fps, 320 x 240 puppet show would be as satisfying.
But the review was from a pro-Linux site, so fairness isn't something I should have expected.
Why do you think it was a pro-Linux site? Just because one of the sample pictures had toy penguins in it? I looked at the first 5 pages of the site and it was mostly articles about Windows OS and Windows graphics applications with a few stories about Apple stuff and Twitter. Not a single article about Linux.
I started watching The Net 2.0 and at the beginning they show the protagonist at her bank's web page checking her account balance. She dozes off and the camera zooms in on the computer screen to show her account balance rolling down until it reaches zero. I immediately shut off the DVD player and never finished watching the movie.
We either have more processors in the same space...
Hence the need to embrace parallel processing. But the trend seems to be heading toward multiple low power RISC cores, not offloading processing to the video card.
This is a failure of Congress. What is needed is clear legislation from Congress that enumerate what exactly the FCC is allowed to regulate. Regulation should come from our elected officials, not from the policy statements of unelected commissions.
I spoke too soon. ARM Holdings licenses the ARM architecture to chip manufacturers, like the TI OMAP processors. Although Apple is one of their biggest customers, I don't think they would restrict licensees from making ARM based chips for non-Apple products.
Interesting note: according to wikipedia ARM Holdings was founded as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Inc and VLSI Technology. It didn't say how much of the company Apple currently owns.
Bank CEOs were reckless, the government was allowing it to happen, and a bunch of toxic assets were being rated as AAA bonds.
"s/was allowing/caused/" Weren't those toxic assets created due to bad legislation and wasn't it Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac that bundled those assets with solid ones in order to get them a AAA rating?
It's tough at times finding a product not made in China
Indeed, but "Made in China" often actually means "Assembled in China". Our global economy often makes your decision difficult. For example, according to this article, What the iPod tells us about Britain's economic future, out of the $190 captured value for every iPod (made in China) sold in the US, China actually only earns $4. The rest of the captured value goes to countries where the retailer, product developer and high value component manufacturers are located, primarily the US and Japan.
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It's already covered. One of the constitutionally enumerated powers of the federal government is control of interstate trade.
I think the parent post was referring to authority that the federal government has assumed (some would say usurped) in areas where the constitution generally reserves for state government, such as education, taxation, drug and medical laws, farming subsidies, etc, etc, etc, etc.
This may all be a moot point when black boxes become standard in cars.
But then again, electronic recording devices can be hacked.
Is it? Why couldn't the exact same arguments for legalizing gay marriage be used to legalize polygamy? Or the exact same arguments for legalizing marijuana be used to legalize any drug? Particularly, once the precedent is made.
(note: this comment is neither an endorsement or disapproval of the examples given.)
The internet, as we know it today, will end when Congress figures out how to tax it (without serious political backlash).
Politicians love to be vague.
Does the bill define exactly what "critical infrastructure" is? Exactly how would a network attack result in the loss of "thousands of lives"?
That quote reveals much about the author. Much like the "exploitation of nature" comments above.
The anthropomorphism of "nature" and placing in it an adversarial role with humans is very... Disneyesque.
And much like Creationism, it is a not a good vector from which to deal with management of natural resources and legislation.
Cars come with steering wheels that let me go where ever I want, even if it is an off road adventure in some nasty, sticky muck.
Cars come with radiator caps so if too much pressure builds up, the hot fluids are released into an overflow tank.
Go to any homebrewing forum and you can find recipes that were taken from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
I think you are right. There is something more to the story.
I seriously doubt that the West Allis PD is monitoring their employees' facebook pages. Someone must have complained about it, someone that was out to get her.
I only get OTA televison. 2 of the local affiliates continuously run weather radar and scrolling news on their 480p subchannel. During storms, the coverage there is better than anything I can get on the internet.
The best local news coverage on the internet are just web versions of the local newspaper and tv/radio news stations, so I don't think the internet will replace them, but rather just supplement them.
As satisfying as watching Two and a Half Men? Well, that wouldn't take much. An out of focus, artifact ridden, 6 fps, 320 x 240 puppet show would be as satisfying.
The article says they will be processing banking data.
-what a great idea-
Yep, a natural equilibrium due to predation, disease and starvation.
You see overcoming these things as a disease, others see it as an achievement.
Why do you think it was a pro-Linux site? Just because one of the sample pictures had toy penguins in it?
I looked at the first 5 pages of the site and it was mostly articles about Windows OS and Windows graphics applications with a few stories about Apple stuff and Twitter. Not a single article about Linux.
I started watching The Net 2.0 and at the beginning they show the protagonist at her bank's web page checking her account balance. She dozes off and the camera zooms in on the computer screen to show her account balance rolling down until it reaches zero.
I immediately shut off the DVD player and never finished watching the movie.
Hence the need to embrace parallel processing. But the trend seems to be heading toward multiple low power RISC cores, not offloading processing to the video card.
This is a failure of Congress.
What is needed is clear legislation from Congress that enumerate what exactly the FCC is allowed to regulate. Regulation should come from our elected officials, not from the policy statements of unelected commissions.
The only thing that I can think of is that Apple could control custom designs or retain exclusivity for new features.
I spoke too soon. ARM Holdings licenses the ARM architecture to chip manufacturers, like the TI OMAP processors. Although Apple is one of their biggest customers, I don't think they would restrict licensees from making ARM based chips for non-Apple products.
Interesting note: according to wikipedia ARM Holdings was founded as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Inc and VLSI Technology. It didn't say how much of the company Apple currently owns.
There are always the Texas Instruments OMAP processors. HTC uses them in a lot of their phones.
Yes, why blame Microsoft? The root cause of these working conditions falls squarely on the Chinese government and Chinese culture.
"s/was allowing/caused/"
Weren't those toxic assets created due to bad legislation and wasn't it Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac that bundled those assets with solid ones in order to get them a AAA rating?
But then you wouldn't be able to admire the bad ass virtual vehicle that you're virtually driving.
Indeed, but "Made in China" often actually means "Assembled in China". Our global economy often makes your decision difficult.
For example, according to this article, What the iPod tells us about Britain's economic future, out of the $190 captured value for every iPod (made in China) sold in the US, China actually only earns $4. The rest of the captured value goes to countries where the retailer, product developer and high value component manufacturers are located, primarily the US and Japan.