With no government, paper money has no value, and corporations have nothing to pay employees.
The only difference would be that minimum wage would be 1/64 of a goat per hour. Or perhaps we'd all be paid in bitcoins because last I checked, that wasn't government regulated and seems to be doing fairly well.
I think the problem is that people think of the antitrust ruling as being a punishment for Microsoft including IE into Windows and stifling choice. However, today we have iOS and ChromeOS which not only include their own browsers, but they make it impossible to replace them with another browser at all, which is actually much worse than what most people think the antitrust ruling against Microsoft was for. Yet, people throw around "convicted Monopolist" around, when in reality, their perceived transgressions were either much milder than their current competition, and/or were nothing more than just being ahead of the curve.
That said, the antitrust ruling had very very little to do with IE, and more with start screens and marketing/advertising campaigns.
No, I do think that people should live within their means, and there is nothing wrong with families living together. You do realize that the US is pretty much alone in the world with children NOT living with their parents, right?
Are you aware that the current US unemployment rate is just slightly over HALF the european unemployment rate, and is almost (but not quite) back to normal pre-collapse levels?
Are you aware, that if you are working a minumim wage job, and you skip starbucks, iPhones, and live with either your parents, or roommate(s), that you can indeed get by quite well?
Yes, I know minimum wage workers, all of them have iPhones or iPads, cable tv, cars, etc and don't collect food stamps or use medicaid for health care, do you?
Is it fair that you can have two similarly-skilled, similarly-trained, similarly-experienced programmers working side by side but they have a difference in pay?
The problem there is people often have an inflated sense of self-worth, or skill in any particular area. I remember reading one study that showed that when asked a large pool of people how well they knew a subject, the people that rated themselves the highest actually knew the least. As people actually get better at their field, they understood better what they didn't actually know, and rated themselves much lower.
I have really never met two similarly skilled, similarly trained, similarly experience programmers working in the same place. That however, didn't stop one of them from thinking they were as good, and often much better than the other one.
Some people don't like that, and want everyone to be paid based on a standardized table of years of work experience and years of education; look up where they cross, that is your salary.
And usually the people that I find that advocate that type of arrangement are the absolute worst of the bunch. Just because they went to school, and learned nothing (or things that are mostly irrelevant), and sat in a chair in front of a computer for 20 years does not make them better than the guy next to him that lives and breathes it 24x7 for the past 5.
Supply and demand. Because if you don't like the job, you can leave, and they can replace you in a couple hours. I fail to see how that is greed when so many people are willing to work for that, and get by on it.
Sorry. Didn't read your whole message because it's based on faulty assumptions. The connection between most ISPs and Netflix is direct. The only data (or the very large majority) in that pipe is Netflix, hence why it SEEMS they are selectively throttled. I forget which other services also flow through that pipe, but you can google it.
So now you are going to make it so that any pipe the ISP has, if it becomes saturated with data, they are legally required to upgrade it to a larger pipe?
No? Because that is how netflix is being "throttled" today. They just don't have a large enough pipe to them to satisfy all the requests.
Anonymity on a large network. Using NAT, you can't tell from the outside which of the machines on the internal network is the one doing the connection.
All your internal services that can't use DNS, should likely be using a link-local IPv6 address. It's the one that starts with fe80:. That won't change no matter what your ISP does.
"A sinkhole about 40 feet wide — and 30 feet deep — opened up inside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY early Thursday morning, swallowing eight vehicles that were sitting inside. At least one of these cars is one of a kind, and due to its location the fire department allowed its removal. The sinkhole is remarkable in that it has left the surrounding ground which supports the circular structure intact, although that assessment may change up on investigation. Security footage from inside the museum shows the collapse as it happened."
Wow, this happened again on Thursday morning, just 1 day after it happened on Wednesday? That place is starting to look like swiss cheese!
I don't like cell phone use on an airplane any more than the next guy, I also don't feel like it is congresses job nor right to pass such a law. Airplanes are private property, owned by a private company. It should be left to the company to decide whether to allow cell phone usage on the plane or not. I don't understand how this isn't common sense.
Until you can board a plane without a ticket, and without going through TSA, an airplane is not a public place, and the first amendment does not apply. Please read it, thanks.
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With no government, paper money has no value, and corporations have nothing to pay employees.
The only difference would be that minimum wage would be 1/64 of a goat per hour. Or perhaps we'd all be paid in bitcoins because last I checked, that wasn't government regulated and seems to be doing fairly well.
I think the problem is that people think of the antitrust ruling as being a punishment for Microsoft including IE into Windows and stifling choice. However, today we have iOS and ChromeOS which not only include their own browsers, but they make it impossible to replace them with another browser at all, which is actually much worse than what most people think the antitrust ruling against Microsoft was for. Yet, people throw around "convicted Monopolist" around, when in reality, their perceived transgressions were either much milder than their current competition, and/or were nothing more than just being ahead of the curve.
That said, the antitrust ruling had very very little to do with IE, and more with start screens and marketing/advertising campaigns.
VP9 is *almost* as good as h.264, not h.265. h.265 is much much better than both. You need to recheck your facts.
I'm not sure why more desktops and notebooks don't have hardware decoders for most of the popular formats.
They do. Most desktops, notebook, and smartphones have hardware decoders for the most popular format. VP8/9 isn't it.
If you want to grow wealth, the secret is simple. Live below your means. It's difficult for many to do.
Thank you halltk. So tired of hearing how something PROVES something when they don't even understand the basics of how the Internet even works.
No, I do think that people should live within their means, and there is nothing wrong with families living together. You do realize that the US is pretty much alone in the world with children NOT living with their parents, right?
Are you aware that the current US unemployment rate is just slightly over HALF the european unemployment rate, and is almost (but not quite) back to normal pre-collapse levels?
Are you aware, that if you are working a minumim wage job, and you skip starbucks, iPhones, and live with either your parents, or roommate(s), that you can indeed get by quite well?
Yes, I know minimum wage workers, all of them have iPhones or iPads, cable tv, cars, etc and don't collect food stamps or use medicaid for health care, do you?
Seriously, learn what a straw man defense is, and then go away.
Is it fair that you can have two similarly-skilled, similarly-trained, similarly-experienced programmers working side by side but they have a difference in pay?
The problem there is people often have an inflated sense of self-worth, or skill in any particular area. I remember reading one study that showed that when asked a large pool of people how well they knew a subject, the people that rated themselves the highest actually knew the least. As people actually get better at their field, they understood better what they didn't actually know, and rated themselves much lower.
I have really never met two similarly skilled, similarly trained, similarly experience programmers working in the same place. That however, didn't stop one of them from thinking they were as good, and often much better than the other one.
Some people don't like that, and want everyone to be paid based on a standardized table of years of work experience and years of education; look up where they cross, that is your salary.
And usually the people that I find that advocate that type of arrangement are the absolute worst of the bunch. Just because they went to school, and learned nothing (or things that are mostly irrelevant), and sat in a chair in front of a computer for 20 years does not make them better than the guy next to him that lives and breathes it 24x7 for the past 5.
Supply and demand. Because if you don't like the job, you can leave, and they can replace you in a couple hours. I fail to see how that is greed when so many people are willing to work for that, and get by on it.
Sorry. Didn't read your whole message because it's based on faulty assumptions. The connection between most ISPs and Netflix is direct. The only data (or the very large majority) in that pipe is Netflix, hence why it SEEMS they are selectively throttled. I forget which other services also flow through that pipe, but you can google it.
Only if the same copy is watched more than once, otherwise, I suspect the torrent overhead is worse, much worse.
So now you are going to make it so that any pipe the ISP has, if it becomes saturated with data, they are legally required to upgrade it to a larger pipe?
No? Because that is how netflix is being "throttled" today. They just don't have a large enough pipe to them to satisfy all the requests.
And having a police department and a justice system hasn't prevented crime, so we should abolish it because it didn't work 100% of the time.
Anonymity on a large network. Using NAT, you can't tell from the outside which of the machines on the internal network is the one doing the connection.
All your internal services that can't use DNS, should likely be using a link-local IPv6 address. It's the one that starts with fe80:. That won't change no matter what your ISP does.
No, windows N is windows without a media player.
About 10 years ago.
I was just there a couple months ago. Shame really, the dome was one of my favorite places in the museum.
Proud owner of a 2014 Corvette Stingray, 410 RWHP, soon to be 750.
When it was done, it was the fastest time ever recorded, by any car. Since then, it has been broken many times, but never by a car close to its price.
"A sinkhole about 40 feet wide — and 30 feet deep — opened up inside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY early Thursday morning, swallowing eight vehicles that were sitting inside. At least one of these cars is one of a kind, and due to its location the fire department allowed its removal. The sinkhole is remarkable in that it has left the surrounding ground which supports the circular structure intact, although that assessment may change up on investigation. Security footage from inside the museum shows the collapse as it happened."
Wow, this happened again on Thursday morning, just 1 day after it happened on Wednesday? That place is starting to look like swiss cheese!
Windows Phone obviously didn't have a high enough level of malware, so they are importing Android apps.
I don't like cell phone use on an airplane any more than the next guy, I also don't feel like it is congresses job nor right to pass such a law. Airplanes are private property, owned by a private company. It should be left to the company to decide whether to allow cell phone usage on the plane or not. I don't understand how this isn't common sense.
Until you can board a plane without a ticket, and without going through TSA, an airplane is not a public place, and the first amendment does not apply. Please read it, thanks.