Tell that to my 50s-some-odd cousin who is a musician and dated 2 girls for over 7 years each and never thought he needed to marry. Both relationships ended and he ruined his voice so that he can barely talk. Now he's been alone for over a decade. If he were married (especially to the first girl he dated), they would most likely still be together today, because he really is a pretty good guy and a great conversationalist (voice problems notwithstanding).
Not sure how that study was rigged, but neither I nor anyone I know with Time Warner has ever had a service issue to my knowledge. EVERYONE I know with Comcrap has had a service issue.
I would have to say I'm firmly the opposite of this. My experience with TimeWarner for Internet access has been phenomenal. Decent speeds, no stupid caps and reasonable enough value. My friends with Comcast on the other hand are faced with bandwidth caps, stupidly overpriced prices and horrible support. As a very satisfied user of TimeWarner's Ultimate internet service, I'm quite honestly terrified of the implications of this take over. I would give TimeWarner cable a 7 or 8 when it comes to Internet access in my area, but I'd give Comcast a -3 based on what I've heard from numerous friends.
(Now when it comes to TV and Phone service, they don't hold up as well, but I don't use them for either of those.)
I agree with this wholeheartedly. My internet has only been down once in the past year. At 4 am.
Google isn't trying to get into the broadband game, as much as many of us would like that. They're trying to raise US broadband speeds overall in the cheapest way possible. And they're succeeding. Even a year ago Comcast and TW were acting like they were doing us a big favor giving us over 10.
In the USA? Yes. It's not against the law until you tell them it's trespassing at which point they need to leave immediately or they can be arrested and tried.
In the first case, nobody knew that he saw the login page. So they acquitted him. In the appeal, he admitted to seeing the login page. He was convicted because he knew he was getting around a lock.
I had a student (who had straight A's in college, BTW) constantly missing my class. She didn't do about half her homework and did poorly on tests. At the end of the semester, she and her advisor (chair of the business department) came to me (an adjunct professor) with unbelievable pressure to change her grade to an A. Despite the fact that I posted percentages and letter grades every single class session, and she knew she was getting a C for months. Since she missed 9 class sessions (school rules allowed for an F), I told them that if I changed her grade, it would be to an F and she wouldn't graduate.
Yeah. At my previous job, where my boss was Vietnamese and several of my co-workers were from India and Pakistan, we talked about how "the American education system can't keep up with those in Asia". I asked, "Really? Then why does everything cool come from America while other countries continue to wallow in poverty and never better themselves?"
Eventually we came to the conclusion that American schools teach you how to problem-solve on your feet while Asian schools teach you to regurgitate information. And that while the latter is easier to measure, the former is actually the better education system to improve society.
This was on a single test, not the whole class. The entire class went to the principal's office (high school) and revolted. We demanded (and got) and end to curves.
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Tell that to my 50s-some-odd cousin who is a musician and dated 2 girls for over 7 years each and never thought he needed to marry. Both relationships ended and he ruined his voice so that he can barely talk. Now he's been alone for over a decade. If he were married (especially to the first girl he dated), they would most likely still be together today, because he really is a pretty good guy and a great conversationalist (voice problems notwithstanding).
My 113 Mbps with Time Warner IS high-speed, thank you very much. I'm sure Comcast with screw it up with bandwidth caps.
Time Warner Cable currently has zero ties to Time Warner. They are not tied to a content provider currently.
Not sure how that study was rigged, but neither I nor anyone I know with Time Warner has ever had a service issue to my knowledge. EVERYONE I know with Comcrap has had a service issue.
I would have to say I'm firmly the opposite of this. My experience with TimeWarner for Internet access has been phenomenal. Decent speeds, no stupid caps and reasonable enough value. My friends with Comcast on the other hand are faced with bandwidth caps, stupidly overpriced prices and horrible support. As a very satisfied user of TimeWarner's Ultimate internet service, I'm quite honestly terrified of the implications of this take over. I would give TimeWarner cable a 7 or 8 when it comes to Internet access in my area, but I'd give Comcast a -3 based on what I've heard from numerous friends.
(Now when it comes to TV and Phone service, they don't hold up as well, but I don't use them for either of those.)
I agree with this wholeheartedly. My internet has only been down once in the past year. At 4 am.
That national split was forced upon TimeWarner when they bought Adelphia. They had to trade with Comcast to make the split more fair.
And also bigger than DirecTV/Dish.
I think the government would be hard pressed to provide something WORSE than the current offerings.
Haven't signed up for health insurance yet?
People who already aren't buying broadband (ie poor people) aren't going to buy Google Fiber either.
Google isn't trying to get into the broadband game, as much as many of us would like that. They're trying to raise US broadband speeds overall in the cheapest way possible. And they're succeeding. Even a year ago Comcast and TW were acting like they were doing us a big favor giving us over 10.
The guy isn't holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy awaiting extradition to the US, so I don't think so.
In the USA? Yes. It's not against the law until you tell them it's trespassing at which point they need to leave immediately or they can be arrested and tried.
In the first case, nobody knew that he saw the login page. So they acquitted him. In the appeal, he admitted to seeing the login page. He was convicted because he knew he was getting around a lock.
The irony is, the Amish don't jail anyone. They just shun.
Downloading from TPB is NOT legal in the USA. Downloading from a torrent includes uploading (seeding) which is distribution and violates US law.
This is an excellent analysis. Wish I still had mod points.
More like the door was locked but the window was open.
Then your understanding knows virtually nothing about the case.
In the USA, Obama's DOJ would have given him 50 life sentences and pressured him until he killed himself. €3000 seems cheap by comparison.
I can confirm that I have also seen a Windows 2000 boot loop on San Francisco Rush.
His method will work for classes of 50 or more, and fail miserably for classes of 10 or less.
I had a student (who had straight A's in college, BTW) constantly missing my class. She didn't do about half her homework and did poorly on tests. At the end of the semester, she and her advisor (chair of the business department) came to me (an adjunct professor) with unbelievable pressure to change her grade to an A. Despite the fact that I posted percentages and letter grades every single class session, and she knew she was getting a C for months. Since she missed 9 class sessions (school rules allowed for an F), I told them that if I changed her grade, it would be to an F and she wouldn't graduate.
Yeah. At my previous job, where my boss was Vietnamese and several of my co-workers were from India and Pakistan, we talked about how "the American education system can't keep up with those in Asia". I asked, "Really? Then why does everything cool come from America while other countries continue to wallow in poverty and never better themselves?"
Eventually we came to the conclusion that American schools teach you how to problem-solve on your feet while Asian schools teach you to regurgitate information. And that while the latter is easier to measure, the former is actually the better education system to improve society.
That's what they used to do: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/p...
This was on a single test, not the whole class. The entire class went to the principal's office (high school) and revolted. We demanded (and got) and end to curves.