Even if part of what you say is true, and I believe that Bell and Rogers still have unstated bandwidth quotas, we are still nowhere near being in the same league as Korea.
Alright, perhaps we're better off that the U.S. and the U.K. But let's not pat ourselves on the back already.
We should note, however, that Canada has a serious problem with respect to "bandwidth caps". Within the past few years, the ISPs have taken to setting caps that they won't tell us about. Despite advertising "unlimited broadband", if you go over a certain amount (which they will not tell you), they will cut off your internet access for one week, then two weeks, then a month, all the while charging your credit card. So, despite any glowing "penetration" statistics, there are some serious problems lurking just below the surface.
The parent post said "community" fiber to the home. Sometimes the impetus came from schools needing faster conenctions. But it could easily be ordinary citizens. The government, of course, needs to be involved if for no other reason than they have the authority to grant or deny the right of way. Imagine, though, if the town gave its people right of way along certain paths, and left it up to us to lay the fiber. I'm sure there are volunteer groups that would jump at the chance to have super high speed to the home. The motivating force to upgrade would be our own innate technolust, not some bottom-line economic motivation, or some political motivations.
I say, find out where the incentives and motivations are, and harness that. In this case, the motivated people are the users themselves. I anticipate someone will argue that if people really wanted it, they would pay for it. My counterargument is that, right now, the market does not offer that option. The current North American experience demonstrates clearly that when there are a handful of players, and the ability to compete depends on a heavily regulated access to right of way, then the corporations will NOT cater to the desires of consumers, but rather strategically limit the options of users to maximize returns. In Canada, the two main broadband ISP's (Rogers and Bell), are either charging people extra for high bandwidth usage, or cutting off service to people who go above a secret, unstated, quota. The profit motive is not causing them to upgrade their service in any serious way. It's only causing them to squeeze the consumer harder.
You need the logitech applet to take full advantage of your MX series mouse. It also allows you to activate/deactivate "cruise control", which I think is how they refer to the two buttons above/below the scroll wheel for scrolling up and down.
http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/ar ti cle.php?articleid=47
What would be great would be a hamster-powered handheld or notebook computer. That way, instead of needing to recharge the batteries, you could just give your hamster a scrap of food. You'd need a fairly energy-efficient computer (transmeta?)--and maybe more than one hamster.
Even better, one could have general-purpose generator that you can hook up to your handheld, cell-phone, or notebook depending on your need.
For flying, if you can carry the unit onto the cabin, maybe could share your in flight munchies with him, and do your computing... I don't know if they'd let you...
The best way for her to be left alone is to make people realize that her website is not associated with the book title katie.com
If the public becomes aware of that fact, they will ignore both the site and the book, and life will return to normal. Public awareness of the controversy would also make the domain name less desirable to penguin because of the associations in the public mind.
You mention people changing careers. Amont those people are many who have already gotten the colelge expereince, taken philosophy, thrown keggers, etc. For those people, this shortened degree seems like a good fit.
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But then the answer would have been obvious.
I was going to mod you down for your lame post, but then I sorta felt sorry for you.
Even if part of what you say is true, and I believe that Bell and Rogers still have unstated bandwidth quotas, we are still nowhere near being in the same league as Korea.
Alright, perhaps we're better off that the U.S. and the U.K. But let's not pat ourselves on the back already.
We should note, however, that Canada has a serious problem with respect to "bandwidth caps". Within the past few years, the ISPs have taken to setting caps that they won't tell us about. Despite advertising "unlimited broadband", if you go over a certain amount (which they will not tell you), they will cut off your internet access for one week, then two weeks, then a month, all the while charging your credit card. So, despite any glowing "penetration" statistics, there are some serious problems lurking just below the surface.
The parent post said "community" fiber to the home. Sometimes the impetus came from schools needing faster conenctions. But it could easily be ordinary citizens. The government, of course, needs to be involved if for no other reason than they have the authority to grant or deny the right of way. Imagine, though, if the town gave its people right of way along certain paths, and left it up to us to lay the fiber. I'm sure there are volunteer groups that would jump at the chance to have super high speed to the home. The motivating force to upgrade would be our own innate technolust, not some bottom-line economic motivation, or some political motivations.
I say, find out where the incentives and motivations are, and harness that. In this case, the motivated people are the users themselves. I anticipate someone will argue that if people really wanted it, they would pay for it. My counterargument is that, right now, the market does not offer that option. The current North American experience demonstrates clearly that when there are a handful of players, and the ability to compete depends on a heavily regulated access to right of way, then the corporations will NOT cater to the desires of consumers, but rather strategically limit the options of users to maximize returns. In Canada, the two main broadband ISP's (Rogers and Bell), are either charging people extra for high bandwidth usage, or cutting off service to people who go above a secret, unstated, quota. The profit motive is not causing them to upgrade their service in any serious way. It's only causing them to squeeze the consumer harder.
Don't forget Cannonsmash, the best table tennis simulation I've yet to see.
http://cannonsmash.sourceforge.net/
You need the logitech applet to take full advantage of your MX series mouse. It also allows you to activate/deactivate "cruise control", which I think is how they refer to the two buttons above/below the scroll wheel for scrolling up and down.
r ti cle.php?articleid=47
http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/a
That mouse is crap. I had one and it sucked/broke.
k u=12108&v pn=931179-0215&manufacture=Logitech
Decent Logitech mice begin at the MX series:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?s
The listed price C$55.61, but I've seen them as low as C$30. That's about US$23.
What would be great would be a hamster-powered handheld or notebook computer. That way, instead of needing to recharge the batteries, you could just give your hamster a scrap of food. You'd need a fairly energy-efficient computer (transmeta?)--and maybe more than one hamster.
Even better, one could have general-purpose generator that you can hook up to your handheld, cell-phone, or notebook depending on your need.
For flying, if you can carry the unit onto the cabin, maybe could share your in flight munchies with him, and do your computing... I don't know if they'd let you...
Do rockets fly?
Behold!
OMFG ROFLMAO! Try it with the "Claire" voice! LOL!
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Wal-Mart = Bush. Costco = Kerry. Costco's Winning.
http://slate.com/id/2104988/
So Walmart sells computers with linux... but maybe we need to get linux into Costco.
Otherwise, maybe you could watching BBC live olympic coverage online too.
Then do you get his house?
How about the license plate on his BMW?
Details, please.
The best way for her to be left alone is to make people realize that her website is not associated with the book title katie.com
If the public becomes aware of that fact, they will ignore both the site and the book, and life will return to normal. Public awareness of the controversy would also make the domain name less desirable to penguin because of the associations in the public mind.
You mention people changing careers. Amont those people are many who have already gotten the colelge expereince, taken philosophy, thrown keggers, etc. For those people, this shortened degree seems like a good fit.
If no one owns the sun, no one will have an incentive to take care of it.
We need a TLD analogous to 555-
Try to bring it under UK court, too.
google: verb. To look at something.
Maybe trusted sources could sign bibliographies. You could add certain contributors to your web of trust.
Maybe corporations need to be programmed to obey Asimov's laws.
Omigod that is so goth it would be awesome I would be so goth.