I've had 100Mbps (down AND up, with no caps) fiber for years for about the same cost of dinner and a few drinks after work. I had 8Mbps ADSL 6 years ago. I've never had an outage and never get spam since the ISP filtering is superb.
Of course, I don't live in either North America or Europe.
I must be doing something wrong... I have never purchased or used any anti-virus software, yet I've never had a virus or worm since Windows 3.1. I get some tracking cookies, but nothing else.
I don't use ActiveX, I don't use scripting, I don't use html mail, I don't open attachments and I don't get spam or phishing mail because my provider does a great job of doing what they should do - strip them out.
What are you people doing to get a virus?
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that some of the websites considered to be the greatest in the world don't work using the most popular browser (IE) with security set at what it should be to reduce the greatest security threats of the internet - no scripting and no ActiveX?
Examining your own writing may help you teach writing better. Condensing your 5 paragraphs into 2 by eliminating information unecessary to the reader is a good start. Engineers can grasp the economic style.
Let's look at the first two sentences.
"I teach several sections of a first-year writing course at a small, private college where most of the students are, or plan to be, some flavor of engineer. Right now, I'm planning next year's courses and wondering what has (and hasn't) helped Slashdot readers become better writers."
Does it matter to the reader that:
You teach one or several sections? Your school is small or private? Does "flavor of" add anything? What is the difference between "Right now," and "Now?"
"I teach writing to mostly engineers or engineering students and was wondering what has helped the technically-minded readers of Slashdot to become better writers.
Who decided "bandwidth isn't free?"
It doesn't cost anything more to talk all day long on a local call in the US. How about all that bandwidth?
This is such nonsense. I live in the most expensive country in the world and have 100Mbps (up and down) fiber with no limits for less than US$70/month. It feels like dinner for two once a month because of the cost of living.
The only difference is that US and European companies don't want to invest and try to suck every last penny from outdated technology.
First, the argument was, "We can't *possibly* run fiber to your home! What are you, nuts? The country is too big!" How in the hell do you think everyone got a phone line or a sewer line?
Then, it switched to, "Well, okay, but you only get 1Mbps down and 256k up because it's too expensive and that's all you need!" Yeah, right.... broadband, schmodbrand.
"Well, well... It's unlimited! Really!" Liars. Huge friggin' pack of lying snakes.
I love this argument that bandwidth "costs so much." A fabricated industry and business model from the telecoms with meters on the brain.
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I've had 100Mbps (down AND up, with no caps) fiber for years for about the same cost of dinner and a few drinks after work. I had 8Mbps ADSL 6 years ago. I've never had an outage and never get spam since the ISP filtering is superb.
Of course, I don't live in either North America or Europe.
I must be doing something wrong... I have never purchased or used any anti-virus software, yet I've never had a virus or worm since Windows 3.1. I get some tracking cookies, but nothing else. I don't use ActiveX, I don't use scripting, I don't use html mail, I don't open attachments and I don't get spam or phishing mail because my provider does a great job of doing what they should do - strip them out. What are you people doing to get a virus?
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that some of the websites considered to be the greatest in the world don't work using the most popular browser (IE) with security set at what it should be to reduce the greatest security threats of the internet - no scripting and no ActiveX?
$hecky,
Examining your own writing may help you teach writing better. Condensing your 5 paragraphs into 2 by eliminating information unecessary to the reader is a good start. Engineers can grasp the economic style.
Let's look at the first two sentences.
"I teach several sections of a first-year writing course at a small, private college where most of the students are, or plan to be, some flavor of engineer. Right now, I'm planning next year's courses and wondering what has (and hasn't) helped Slashdot readers become better writers."
Does it matter to the reader that:
You teach one or several sections?
Your school is small or private?
Does "flavor of" add anything?
What is the difference between "Right now," and "Now?"
"I teach writing to mostly engineers or engineering students and was wondering what has helped the technically-minded readers of Slashdot to become better writers.
A 50% reduction of reading and writing.
Who decided "bandwidth isn't free?" It doesn't cost anything more to talk all day long on a local call in the US. How about all that bandwidth? This is such nonsense. I live in the most expensive country in the world and have 100Mbps (up and down) fiber with no limits for less than US$70/month. It feels like dinner for two once a month because of the cost of living. The only difference is that US and European companies don't want to invest and try to suck every last penny from outdated technology. First, the argument was, "We can't *possibly* run fiber to your home! What are you, nuts? The country is too big!" How in the hell do you think everyone got a phone line or a sewer line? Then, it switched to, "Well, okay, but you only get 1Mbps down and 256k up because it's too expensive and that's all you need!" Yeah, right.... broadband, schmodbrand. "Well, well... It's unlimited! Really!" Liars. Huge friggin' pack of lying snakes. I love this argument that bandwidth "costs so much." A fabricated industry and business model from the telecoms with meters on the brain.