From the way I see it, Net Neutrality protects an ISP from being responsible for the contents of the packets it carries. Once neutrality goes away, that protection goes away. So, once any company develops tech to selectively deliver packets, all ISPs will be expected to be able to filter out content that would be illegal, such as child pornography, or any pornography in a township that has declared such as illegal, or liquor ads in dry areas. Of course, the case(s) would need to make it to court. A small town mayor in a dry town may consider trying to figure out the logistics of passing a law in that town that fined telecommunications providers each time a liquor/beer ad makes it to a computer screen in that town. Enforcement against the big telecommunications providers might be an issue for the town, but the local providers might not fare as well.
Civil action would also be very likely. Companies could file lawsuits when malware (especially ransom-ware) makes it past the ISPs filters; as net-neutrality would be dead, a good lawyer could show that as the telecommunications provider had the opportunity and ability to filter packets and did not do so, and passively let damage occur to the plaintiff, the telecommunications company was negligent and therefore responsible for the thousands of lost hours of productivity that the corporation lost. Individuals in dry areas could file civil suits stating that they were offended by advertisements which are offensive to their faith.
Once the lawsuits start, the telecommunication companies would likely start blocking anything that could be offensive to anyone, or have a page display that asks that you acknowledge that the telecommunications provider is delivering content requested by you and that you agree not to hold them legally responsible for delivering the content that you are about to see.
The fact that Pai hasn't figured this out indicates that he has other motives or is not that bright. In either case, he needs to be removed from his position. Stockholders from the major telecommunications companies may want to start unloading stock shortly after the bill passes as the "this is good for me, right?" peak hits before everyone figures out that the telecommunications companies were not careful in what they wished for. Their CEOs and boards (if they supported this), may need to be voted out at the next stockholders meeting.
I don't know if I would call it fake, but I wouldn't call it news. I have no reason not to believe that the NSA and other government agencies recruit top talent in important fields from college, and I would expect agencies from other countries to recruit top talent in important fields from their colleges.
Your comment expresses the idea that I have heard from others that lead to my comment. Hopefully, lawmakers will realize the wisdom of this idea. Unfortunately, I don't think this will happen, as the unintelligent and uneducated get an equal vote, and both parties in the US will gladly take the vote of the unintelligent and uneducated rather than try to enlighten and risk losing the vote.
Marriage seems to be becoming less relevant. So, I believe that while folks may have relations with robots, the concept of "marriage" may be irrelevant. Others will likely disagree
I agree. The next question in my mind is how mild of a cold war will this be? I think the result will be similar to the Hainan Island Incident, only without people, unless China continues to display power through confiscation. If the confiscation results in harm or detention of a living U.S. citizen, I believe trade will suffer greatly.
Also please remember that during Obama's first two years he had a Democrat House and Senate, and used that to pass the Affordable Care Act. They could have passed any other legislation during those two years regardless of Republican objection. Apparently the Democrats didn't have a solution during that time, either.
The building's developer, Millennium Partners, insists the building is safe for occupancy and could withstand an earthquake.
In this context, I would guess "developer" is used similarly to "business development" which means sales. Personally, I would prefer an engineer to make a safety assessment rather than a developer in the assumed context, but I could be wrong about context. I didn't see Millennium Partners engineering firms on the first page of a Google search, though.
Maybe they mean safe in a context similar to "perfectly safe" from Zaphod Plays It Safe.
I agree, this isn't an IT-specific issue. PHBs frequently make executive decisions base on what is promoted in trade magazines, which is a bummer for the workers who have to follow policy influenced by a marketing major.
Probably will bankrupt every truck stop along major freeways costing another 200k jobs.
The trucks will still need to be fueled for the long trips, so fueling stops will still be needed, but the food, showers, and restaurants won't be needed as much.
Of course, depending upon technology level, a driver may be needed for the highway exit-fuel-onramp legs until the technology level is ready for the trucks to find fuel stops and refuel successfully.
You are missing the point. It is more efficient to burn some types of coal than others. I acknowledge that the plants are relatively inefficient. The "clean coal" argument is that if you are going to burn coal, burn anthracite rather than other types, such as lignite. Personally, if coal is going to be used as a fuel, I hope it is anthracite.
To clarify the (assumed) sarcasm. NOAA is the government agency that is responsible for the U.S. weather service, and maintaining climatological records. NOAA operates the weather satellites, NASA (or a soon to be contractor,) just puts them in orbit.
On a side note, NASA requests "good old fashion" weather balloon data when launching rockets.
I don't think humans are bad sensors, but you are right about NASA not focusing solely on manned missions. The unmanned missions advance science, though, and will hopefully lead to manned missions.
IF the election results show an anomaly, why would we automatically assume hacking of voting machines instead of ballot-stuffing or other issues at polling places without electronic voting?
The most profitable routes for supersonic aircraft are mainly over oceans, so the aircraft won't be supersonic over land for those routes. I don't know how they would handle a Los Angeles to New York route, though.
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From the way I see it, Net Neutrality protects an ISP from being responsible for the contents of the packets it carries. Once neutrality goes away, that protection goes away. So, once any company develops tech to selectively deliver packets, all ISPs will be expected to be able to filter out content that would be illegal, such as child pornography, or any pornography in a township that has declared such as illegal, or liquor ads in dry areas. Of course, the case(s) would need to make it to court. A small town mayor in a dry town may consider trying to figure out the logistics of passing a law in that town that fined telecommunications providers each time a liquor/beer ad makes it to a computer screen in that town. Enforcement against the big telecommunications providers might be an issue for the town, but the local providers might not fare as well.
Civil action would also be very likely. Companies could file lawsuits when malware (especially ransom-ware) makes it past the ISPs filters; as net-neutrality would be dead, a good lawyer could show that as the telecommunications provider had the opportunity and ability to filter packets and did not do so, and passively let damage occur to the plaintiff, the telecommunications company was negligent and therefore responsible for the thousands of lost hours of productivity that the corporation lost. Individuals in dry areas could file civil suits stating that they were offended by advertisements which are offensive to their faith.
Once the lawsuits start, the telecommunication companies would likely start blocking anything that could be offensive to anyone, or have a page display that asks that you acknowledge that the telecommunications provider is delivering content requested by you and that you agree not to hold them legally responsible for delivering the content that you are about to see.
The fact that Pai hasn't figured this out indicates that he has other motives or is not that bright. In either case, he needs to be removed from his position. Stockholders from the major telecommunications companies may want to start unloading stock shortly after the bill passes as the "this is good for me, right?" peak hits before everyone figures out that the telecommunications companies were not careful in what they wished for. Their CEOs and boards (if they supported this), may need to be voted out at the next stockholders meeting.
Or, I could be wrong. It is up to you to decide.
The link in the summary is to the New York Post .
I don't know if I would call it fake, but I wouldn't call it news. I have no reason not to believe that the NSA and other government agencies recruit top talent in important fields from college, and I would expect agencies from other countries to recruit top talent in important fields from their colleges.
Your comment expresses the idea that I have heard from others that lead to my comment. Hopefully, lawmakers will realize the wisdom of this idea. Unfortunately, I don't think this will happen, as the unintelligent and uneducated get an equal vote, and both parties in the US will gladly take the vote of the unintelligent and uneducated rather than try to enlighten and risk losing the vote.
Marriage seems to be becoming less relevant. So, I believe that while folks may have relations with robots, the concept of "marriage" may be irrelevant. Others will likely disagree
This is standard cold war stuff.
I agree. The next question in my mind is how mild of a cold war will this be? I think the result will be similar to the Hainan Island Incident, only without people, unless China continues to display power through confiscation. If the confiscation results in harm or detention of a living U.S. citizen, I believe trade will suffer greatly.
Also please remember that during Obama's first two years he had a Democrat House and Senate, and used that to pass the Affordable Care Act. They could have passed any other legislation during those two years regardless of Republican objection. Apparently the Democrats didn't have a solution during that time, either.
I think the first was Californium
The building's developer, Millennium Partners, insists the building is safe for occupancy and could withstand an earthquake.
In this context, I would guess "developer" is used similarly to "business development" which means sales. Personally, I would prefer an engineer to make a safety assessment rather than a developer in the assumed context, but I could be wrong about context. I didn't see Millennium Partners engineering firms on the first page of a Google search, though.
Maybe they mean safe in a context similar to "perfectly safe" from Zaphod Plays It Safe.
Why?
Masochism?
I agree, this isn't an IT-specific issue. PHBs frequently make executive decisions base on what is promoted in trade magazines, which is a bummer for the workers who have to follow policy influenced by a marketing major.
Probably will bankrupt every truck stop along major freeways costing another 200k jobs.
The trucks will still need to be fueled for the long trips, so fueling stops will still be needed, but the food, showers, and restaurants won't be needed as much.
Of course, depending upon technology level, a driver may be needed for the highway exit-fuel-onramp legs until the technology level is ready for the trucks to find fuel stops and refuel successfully.
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I have tried to explain to you, but I can't understand energy output for type of coal for you, or its relevance. I give up.
You are missing the point. It is more efficient to burn some types of coal than others. I acknowledge that the plants are relatively inefficient. The "clean coal" argument is that if you are going to burn coal, burn anthracite rather than other types, such as lignite. Personally, if coal is going to be used as a fuel, I hope it is anthracite.
the only practical way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal is to get more energy out of each pound of coal
...the efficiency of typical coal plants has peaked at about 33 percent,
That still doesn't address the lignite/anthracite (fuel) difference, it addresses the plant (engine) difference.
So, burning lignite for power is the same as burning anthracite as far as emissions?
To clarify the (assumed) sarcasm. NOAA is the government agency that is responsible for the U.S. weather service, and maintaining climatological records. NOAA operates the weather satellites, NASA (or a soon to be contractor,) just puts them in orbit.
On a side note, NASA requests "good old fashion" weather balloon data when launching rockets.
I don't think humans are bad sensors, but you are right about NASA not focusing solely on manned missions. The unmanned missions advance science, though, and will hopefully lead to manned missions.
Because the planet we are on isn't a part of space.
It is not space as far as congressional budgeting, which is the point of the discussion.
In the case of NASA, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration is focused on human travel through those mediums. Climate is handled by NOAA.
You are wrong. Weather satellites for Earth fall under NOAA, not NASA.
Shutting down NASA Earth Science moves it over to NOAA.
...Where it should be. NASA is aeronautics and space, NOAA is oceanographics and weather. Climate is not aeronautics or space, but IS weather.
IF the election results show an anomaly, why would we automatically assume hacking of voting machines instead of ballot-stuffing or other issues at polling places without electronic voting?
The most profitable routes for supersonic aircraft are mainly over oceans, so the aircraft won't be supersonic over land for those routes. I don't know how they would handle a Los Angeles to New York route, though.