Comcast chief technology officer Tony Werner said the proposed "bill of rights and responsibilities," to be released later this year, is in the best interest of service providers, peer-to-peer companies and consumers.
How could anything possibly be in the best interest of all of those groups? Consumers want cheap, unlimited, unfiltered connections. ISPs want to oversell their capacity and charge too much for their service while secretly throttling connections.
In that case I'm never going outside again. I've experienced what fiber can do to your outsides (ever had to pull some out of your finger that you can hardly see with some tweezers?) so I can only imagine how horrible it would be inside me. Now that I know how horrible sunlight is I'm going shopping for a nice burka.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Over The Air HD does NOT take up bandwidth because it is "over the air." You just need an antenna and an HD tuner to get it. It's similar to FM radio. Do they have to provide more bandwidth for each radio that is tuning in? No, because the tuner is just picking up the frequency and receiving it. Internet radio on the other hand requires additional bandwidth for each individual player that is receiving the music. You can liken internet radio to cable programming in this case to see how they differ from OTA.
So why would they want to stop sending OTA HD? In a lot of places the OTA is BETTER than what you are able to get with the cable provider (see the article on Comcast's crappy compression.)
Because bandwidth is not a resource that can be used up. I'm already paying extra for my 30mbps connection. If you just want to get email and surf the web you can go for those $15-25 DSL packages.
We don't need per-byte pricing. Some realistic bandwidth shaping and upgraded networks that guarantee every user a minimum speed would solve most of the problems. But the ISPs are greedy.
Even with the correct figures I don't think they would be making as much profit in that scenario. How many pirates will be willing to pay over $100 a month? $200 a month? The list gets pretty small. Why pirate all that stuff when you can spend less to go out and buy it. It would be a very good way to smite piracy but in the end the ISPs will suffer.
Why is it a bad idea? He's utilizing resources that would otherwise be unused. What incentive do the ISPs have to increase speeds and improve infrastructure if no one is using it?
For the record I don't believe bandwidth should be compared to electric or water. When you use your water you are making use of something which has a finite supply and the bit you used can not be used again (untill it goes through all the filtering and whatnot.) The same goes for electricity, depending on how your electricity is made. The only way you can compare them is if you take into account the costs for running equipment (electricity for power and cooling). But I believe the difference between a router/switch transferring a lot of data and sitting idly isn't high enough to require pay-per-byte on that basis alone. Upgrading to newer technology will also reduce these power consumption costs (chips shrink and require less power and cooling.)
Why so late? It's an iPhone, one of the most expensive phones on the market. I would expect to get 3G if I'm paying that much for a phone regardless of market penetration.
How do you prove you recorded something if it's just some stuff on paper that you can't play back? Even if we knew about this recording previously it wouldn't be proof of a recording until we were able to play it back. I think he should now be credited with the first recording, but Edison still has the first playback right?
It wouldn't surprise me if the docking station for it has DVI. I have docking stations for T43s that have DVI. I have yet to see a laptop with a DVI port on it. But I also don't go looking at laptops at stores nor do I ever look at Macbooks. I do however have some new HPs with an HDMI port which is even better than DVI (yes, it has audio output on the HDMI as well.)
I didn't say everyone should use OpenDNS. I just asked why anyone would still be using the DNS from their ISP. If you have a better solution that's great. For myself I don't need anything beyond OpenDNS. I know it works and I don't have to have my own DNS server running. If you have any good alternatives to OpenDNS which you do trust, please share.
Why is anyone still using the DNS info provided by their ISP? I have been happy with OpenDNS for quite a while now. A lot of people may not think about what DNS server they're using untill something like this happens. My old ISP (Cox) is what made me use OpenDNS. They started blocking access to some certain questionable sites (relating to cracking programs.) They had good reason to though because the site was full of popups which always make my anti-virus go crazy. But since I use Opera I didn't see any of them unless I wanted to.
Most people who download lots of stuff on bittorrent are already paying more than grandma on MSN. I pay extra for the highest speed I can get. Someone who isn't a geek can get the much cheaper ~$20 DSL or whatever is available.
I don't believe bandwidth should be metered and charged like electricity or water. The difference between utilities and bandwidth is bandwidth is not a natural resource that may be non-renewable. If I use 4GB of bandwidth in one day that bandwidth isn't gone, it was just in use for the time I was downloading. That same bandwidth will be available to everybody else as soon as I'm done with it. And how saturated are the backbones anyway? Chances are I can max out my connection all day long and nobody else will notice.
That's one good thing about living in a large metropolitan area. I was on Cox cable but Verizon got FiOS up and running in our apartments so I immediately switched to that. I know for a fact there are at least 3 major DSL providers in this area as well.
When I upgraded to a new gaming system my old one turned into my file server. The only reason I used that particular system is because of the motherboard and case though. I have 10 hard drives installed with just over 3TB total (well, not nearly 3TB after using RAID5 and formatting disks.) The system is running Ubuntu Feisty and has been running great for quite a while. It's sitting in my laundry room hooked up to an UPS so I pretty much don't have to touch it for anything.
I know this isn't exactly a small, cheap, home server. But you don't have to use a high end motherboard or fill up the case with hard drives to achieve the same results.
Someone has to work on the aircraft and fly them (at least the current ones still have pilots.) There are also many flying jobs that will not be taken over by unmanned aircraft for a long time at least (cargo planes come to mind.) And the Air Force does a whole lot more than just flying planes.
I own a Windows Mobile device with a slide out keyboard as well as an on-screen keyboard. I never have any problems with that because the slide out keyboard offers a tactile response and the on-screen keyboard makes use of a stylus which helps with accuracy.
I have used iPhones on several occasions and I always spend about 3x as much time typing in stuff than I would on my phone. You can't use a stylus to improve accuracy, the buttons are too small for large fingers, and the autocorrect feature can be quite annoying.
Honestly I don't feel that this belongs on the front page. I don't come to slashdot to be redirected to webcomics. I check the comics I like on my own.
I have been running Ubuntu for a while now (Dapper, Edgy, and Feisty) and I would not recommend Ubuntu (or any other Linux distros) to anyone I know who doesn't work in IT or to half of the people I know who do work in IT. I have had so many little issues with it it's not even funny. Considering the troubleshooting skills and general computer knowledge of most of my friends and family they would be completely lost with any of the issues I've had with Ubuntu. And they're not just issues with advanced applications and settings. Just getting my video card to display my LCD's native resolution took several hours (ATI card.)
I do admit that they've come a long way, but there's still too many problems for the average user.
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In that case I'm never going outside again. I've experienced what fiber can do to your outsides (ever had to pull some out of your finger that you can hardly see with some tweezers?) so I can only imagine how horrible it would be inside me. Now that I know how horrible sunlight is I'm going shopping for a nice burka.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Over The Air HD does NOT take up bandwidth because it is "over the air." You just need an antenna and an HD tuner to get it. It's similar to FM radio. Do they have to provide more bandwidth for each radio that is tuning in? No, because the tuner is just picking up the frequency and receiving it. Internet radio on the other hand requires additional bandwidth for each individual player that is receiving the music. You can liken internet radio to cable programming in this case to see how they differ from OTA. So why would they want to stop sending OTA HD? In a lot of places the OTA is BETTER than what you are able to get with the cable provider (see the article on Comcast's crappy compression.)
Because bandwidth is not a resource that can be used up. I'm already paying extra for my 30mbps connection. If you just want to get email and surf the web you can go for those $15-25 DSL packages. We don't need per-byte pricing. Some realistic bandwidth shaping and upgraded networks that guarantee every user a minimum speed would solve most of the problems. But the ISPs are greedy.
Even with the correct figures I don't think they would be making as much profit in that scenario. How many pirates will be willing to pay over $100 a month? $200 a month? The list gets pretty small. Why pirate all that stuff when you can spend less to go out and buy it. It would be a very good way to smite piracy but in the end the ISPs will suffer.
I admit I have no idea how to figure out how many colors there are with 6 bits per pixel...but I did find this website which talks about 8bit and 6bit LCDs: http://compreviews.about.com/od/multimedia/a/LCDColor.htm
Why is it a bad idea? He's utilizing resources that would otherwise be unused. What incentive do the ISPs have to increase speeds and improve infrastructure if no one is using it?
For the record I don't believe bandwidth should be compared to electric or water. When you use your water you are making use of something which has a finite supply and the bit you used can not be used again (untill it goes through all the filtering and whatnot.) The same goes for electricity, depending on how your electricity is made. The only way you can compare them is if you take into account the costs for running equipment (electricity for power and cooling). But I believe the difference between a router/switch transferring a lot of data and sitting idly isn't high enough to require pay-per-byte on that basis alone. Upgrading to newer technology will also reduce these power consumption costs (chips shrink and require less power and cooling.)
Why so late? It's an iPhone, one of the most expensive phones on the market. I would expect to get 3G if I'm paying that much for a phone regardless of market penetration.
How do you prove you recorded something if it's just some stuff on paper that you can't play back? Even if we knew about this recording previously it wouldn't be proof of a recording until we were able to play it back. I think he should now be credited with the first recording, but Edison still has the first playback right?
Well I would be all for letting the hippies live like that. Surely they will all die shortly and won't be able to procreate.
Thank god. For a minute there I thought I'd have to build a faraday cage in my apartment.
Not only did you not RTFA, you didn't even make it through the summary. The Army wants a 6" bat.
It wouldn't surprise me if the docking station for it has DVI. I have docking stations for T43s that have DVI. I have yet to see a laptop with a DVI port on it. But I also don't go looking at laptops at stores nor do I ever look at Macbooks. I do however have some new HPs with an HDMI port which is even better than DVI (yes, it has audio output on the HDMI as well.)
I think you misunderstood. Try reading the GP again. Obama doesn't want them to have retroactive immunity.
I didn't say everyone should use OpenDNS. I just asked why anyone would still be using the DNS from their ISP. If you have a better solution that's great. For myself I don't need anything beyond OpenDNS. I know it works and I don't have to have my own DNS server running. If you have any good alternatives to OpenDNS which you do trust, please share.
Why is anyone still using the DNS info provided by their ISP? I have been happy with OpenDNS for quite a while now. A lot of people may not think about what DNS server they're using untill something like this happens. My old ISP (Cox) is what made me use OpenDNS. They started blocking access to some certain questionable sites (relating to cracking programs.) They had good reason to though because the site was full of popups which always make my anti-virus go crazy. But since I use Opera I didn't see any of them unless I wanted to.
Most people who download lots of stuff on bittorrent are already paying more than grandma on MSN. I pay extra for the highest speed I can get. Someone who isn't a geek can get the much cheaper ~$20 DSL or whatever is available. I don't believe bandwidth should be metered and charged like electricity or water. The difference between utilities and bandwidth is bandwidth is not a natural resource that may be non-renewable. If I use 4GB of bandwidth in one day that bandwidth isn't gone, it was just in use for the time I was downloading. That same bandwidth will be available to everybody else as soon as I'm done with it. And how saturated are the backbones anyway? Chances are I can max out my connection all day long and nobody else will notice.
That's one good thing about living in a large metropolitan area. I was on Cox cable but Verizon got FiOS up and running in our apartments so I immediately switched to that. I know for a fact there are at least 3 major DSL providers in this area as well.
When I upgraded to a new gaming system my old one turned into my file server. The only reason I used that particular system is because of the motherboard and case though. I have 10 hard drives installed with just over 3TB total (well, not nearly 3TB after using RAID5 and formatting disks.) The system is running Ubuntu Feisty and has been running great for quite a while. It's sitting in my laundry room hooked up to an UPS so I pretty much don't have to touch it for anything. I know this isn't exactly a small, cheap, home server. But you don't have to use a high end motherboard or fill up the case with hard drives to achieve the same results.
Someone has to work on the aircraft and fly them (at least the current ones still have pilots.) There are also many flying jobs that will not be taken over by unmanned aircraft for a long time at least (cargo planes come to mind.) And the Air Force does a whole lot more than just flying planes.
I believe that is the number for the US and the 1.8 million is worldwide. I could be wrong though.
I own a Windows Mobile device with a slide out keyboard as well as an on-screen keyboard. I never have any problems with that because the slide out keyboard offers a tactile response and the on-screen keyboard makes use of a stylus which helps with accuracy. I have used iPhones on several occasions and I always spend about 3x as much time typing in stuff than I would on my phone. You can't use a stylus to improve accuracy, the buttons are too small for large fingers, and the autocorrect feature can be quite annoying.
Honestly I don't feel that this belongs on the front page. I don't come to slashdot to be redirected to webcomics. I check the comics I like on my own.
I have been running Ubuntu for a while now (Dapper, Edgy, and Feisty) and I would not recommend Ubuntu (or any other Linux distros) to anyone I know who doesn't work in IT or to half of the people I know who do work in IT. I have had so many little issues with it it's not even funny. Considering the troubleshooting skills and general computer knowledge of most of my friends and family they would be completely lost with any of the issues I've had with Ubuntu. And they're not just issues with advanced applications and settings. Just getting my video card to display my LCD's native resolution took several hours (ATI card.)
I do admit that they've come a long way, but there's still too many problems for the average user.