And two more... SaskTel Max.
The provincial (Saskatchewan, Canada) Telco offers a TV service that I used for about a year. I dropped it because their cable boxes netbooted. So every time the box froze, it would take 8 - 15 minutes to reload the image. The other guy's box stores the OS locally, reboot time is about 15 seconds.
Oh, and Ewwwww!
Thank you. I wish I had Mod Points. Also, scientific consensus used to be that the world was flat. Those who questioned that suffered significant consequences. Now we look back and laugh at those who thought the world was flat. How will this science be judged 400 years from now?
Except that if they decline to do business with Wikileaks because of this type of action, they are in for it as well. All Wikileaks does is say Company X declined to handle our payment processing. Soon, the DDoS targets them. You are correct that it is a no win situation for the processing company. The only way around it is to not randomly discriminate against any one customer. Just process payments and no one gets hurt.
Or just get the existing locks re-keyed to be the same key. When I bought my house I was given 4 keys for the 4 doors with locks on them. I took the locks off (while my wife stayed home) and took them to the local locksmith. An hour later we had one key for all the locks. Total cost, $35.00.
While moves like this will definately have a huge impact on the US Internet, in many ways the rest of the world is unaffected. I live in Canada and have no way of accessing ESPN360 content. While I have no desire to access their content, I'm sure there are others up here who would like to. They are cutting themselves off from the rest of the world.
This may be a sign of the way things go. In the future, there may be a US Internet, and an Internet for the rest of the world. I just hope Canada doesn't follow the lead of the US, the way we normally do.
When I read the summary and looked at the pics, the only thing I could think was that this device was designed to be prescribed to those wishing to end their life. It looks like it should be used inhaler style. Is this just another method for helping those who no longer wish to live fulfill their wish?
You obviously don't get the whole idea behind the Internet. It was created as a method for free exchange of information and ideas. In fact, I remember a time when ALL information on the web was indeed free. I only paid for bandwidth. Then, some people decided to start to charge for content as well. Now, how do we tell the difference between what is avalable as free information exchange and what we need to pay for? Simple, the owner of the content puts measures in place that force us to pay for the content. The default is that it is free. No security means the owner wants us to view it.
And they're well within their legal rights to stop you from doing so either by locking the door or guarding it physically.
Exactly, they have to enforce it. Until they enforce it, it is indeed acceptable. After hours when they lock the door, I am unable to use their bathroom.
Starbucks establishments are not public buildings. Don't ever forget that. They are private property that offer goods to the public. You do not have any more right to be there than the baristas have to be in your living room or using your bathroom.
MY living room and bathroom do not have a sign on the door saying "OPEN".
And, they have no right to tell me to "Stop telling people we have a bathroom."
You got me thinking about exactly how much bandwidth do I use? I live in Saskatchewan and use SaskTel for my Phone / Internet / TV over IP provider. I pay for 3 video streams for tv, and 5Mb/sec down Internet, for a total of 15Mb/sec down. We leave the "cable" boxes on, because of a long boot time, so those 3 video streams are constant whether we are watching TV or not. And I'm sure most customers do the same. Anyhow, since my gateway was last reset 15 days ago, I have downloaded about 650GB.
I have not checked to see if the policy is to cap the Internet bandwidth, but they are definitely not throttling the video streams. If every provider were to treat connections like the video streams I am getting, we would all be much better off.
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But can it play Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock?
Maybe they should check to make sure it isn't sharks with lasers!
And two more... SaskTel Max. The provincial (Saskatchewan, Canada) Telco offers a TV service that I used for about a year. I dropped it because their cable boxes netbooted. So every time the box froze, it would take 8 - 15 minutes to reload the image. The other guy's box stores the OS locally, reboot time is about 15 seconds. Oh, and Ewwwww!
Thank you. I wish I had Mod Points. Also, scientific consensus used to be that the world was flat. Those who questioned that suffered significant consequences. Now we look back and laugh at those who thought the world was flat. How will this science be judged 400 years from now?
Except that if they decline to do business with Wikileaks because of this type of action, they are in for it as well. All Wikileaks does is say Company X declined to handle our payment processing. Soon, the DDoS targets them. You are correct that it is a no win situation for the processing company. The only way around it is to not randomly discriminate against any one customer. Just process payments and no one gets hurt.
Monkeys might fly out my butt!
As someone who has been the Man In The Middle of a pigeon's dropped packet, I can tell you it is not a pleasant experience.
Or just get the existing locks re-keyed to be the same key. When I bought my house I was given 4 keys for the 4 doors with locks on them. I took the locks off (while my wife stayed home) and took them to the local locksmith. An hour later we had one key for all the locks. Total cost, $35.00.
But first you must realize the truth... There is no bullet!
I've been asking people that for years. It is ironic if you are a weather forcaster. Otherwise it is just tragic.
To me this sounds like someone is yanking our chains early. HSX is awefully close to HOAX, and we all know what April 1st is...
The iPad sounds like a place an iBachelor would live. He might even try bring his iDates back to his iPad...
While moves like this will definately have a huge impact on the US Internet, in many ways the rest of the world is unaffected. I live in Canada and have no way of accessing ESPN360 content. While I have no desire to access their content, I'm sure there are others up here who would like to. They are cutting themselves off from the rest of the world.
This may be a sign of the way things go. In the future, there may be a US Internet, and an Internet for the rest of the world. I just hope Canada doesn't follow the lead of the US, the way we normally do.
Is for RIM to disable Obama's phone. "Sorry, when the patent mess is cleaned up, we'll turn it back on."
When I read the summary and looked at the pics, the only thing I could think was that this device was designed to be prescribed to those wishing to end their life. It looks like it should be used inhaler style. Is this just another method for helping those who no longer wish to live fulfill their wish?
Hey! You! Get offa my cloud!
http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/
I took it as a joke. 64 colours in a crayola box, plus 1 for the colour "surprised".
mv ./making-love-to-my-baby.mp3 ./ponies-in-a-meadow.mp3
That should keep you safe. Who cares what the file name is, as long as the tags are correct.
You obviously don't get the whole idea behind the Internet. It was created as a method for free exchange of information and ideas. In fact, I remember a time when ALL information on the web was indeed free. I only paid for bandwidth. Then, some people decided to start to charge for content as well. Now, how do we tell the difference between what is avalable as free information exchange and what we need to pay for? Simple, the owner of the content puts measures in place that force us to pay for the content. The default is that it is free. No security means the owner wants us to view it.
And, they have no right to tell me to "Stop telling people we have a bathroom."
I live in Saskatchewan... No trees. (OK, few trees.) No hills. (OK, small hills) But we still have dead zones and dropped calls.
Tried it in 1812, and failed.
You got me thinking about exactly how much bandwidth do I use? I live in Saskatchewan and use SaskTel for my Phone / Internet / TV over IP provider. I pay for 3 video streams for tv, and 5Mb/sec down Internet, for a total of 15Mb/sec down. We leave the "cable" boxes on, because of a long boot time, so those 3 video streams are constant whether we are watching TV or not. And I'm sure most customers do the same. Anyhow, since my gateway was last reset 15 days ago, I have downloaded about 650GB.
... And no, it does not cost $1,500 / month.
I have not checked to see if the policy is to cap the Internet bandwidth, but they are definitely not throttling the video streams. If every provider were to treat connections like the video streams I am getting, we would all be much better off.
In other news, NTP is now looking for someone to sue over this infringing technology.