I am no expert, as my posts will attest, but I'm not seeing anything major to complain about. It's a bit complex but I don't see any complaint other than it is a bit complex. The grammar, spelling, and punctuation look not just fine but exceptionally fine, considering that it is just a Slashdot post.
See, if I were a monster then I'd argue that it's good to keep the plebs occupied with circuses and beer so that they don't notice when I'm robbing them blind and stealing from their future generations to enrich myself, my friends, and consolidate power. But your argument works.;-)
For the record - I do not think that is a *good* thing, just that one can make a reasoned argument for such and still be logically consistent.
Heh... You're old.:P I've got a place in Henderson and have been talking about going there before going back home in the spring. I may just have to hit you up. And, of course, it'll be on me. Anything less would be uncivilized. I'll try shaking the email and seeing what falls out tomorrow or something like that. I'm afraid I'd send only gibberish at this point, it's been a long day and my brain is mush.
That sounds great but I live in a town with 0 kids. I don't even live in a town - I'm in an unincorporated township, about 24 miles from a small village. The village does have a school and I provide them with lots of goodies. They're cute little buggers and invite me to their plays, concerts, and games. In return, well, I've outfitted the entire school with iPads, netbooks before that, and will probably do the Macbook next time around. (Apple gives a pretty decent discount - I've interacted with them before, it's a little slow but not bad.)
I do, on the other hand, let people use my shop if they ask - and if they can do so safely. I also let them use my garage and tools so long as they're safe and clean up after themselves. It's a *very* small community. There are six houses with full-time residents. The closest is about a half mile and I've reached an agreement to buy their property. I'm not a recluse so much as I like space to stretch out.
Oh, I'm sure I will. You may not be familiar with it but I've posted some pics. See, I actually own what can only be called a "stable" of automobiles. I'm retired and an automobile aficionado. Except, unlike most/many, I don't own any trailer queens - every vehicle I own gets driven for some specific purpose and I have very specific model years in my collection. They'd make no sense to most anyone unless they were a driving enthusiast.
My MOS was in motor pool and I was a driver. Since then, I've taken many, many advanced driving courses - including open wheel, rally, rock climbing, defensive, and even courses designed for asset protection. I've driven on courses, been a member of a rally club, and a whole bunch of things like that. I've even gone to Germany specifically to drive on the Autobahn, to the West Coast to drive the PCH, the hills of Appalachia to hit the Blueridge Parkway, and even from the south to the northern most tip of Australia.
In short, I love the automobile and love driving. It seems strange to some but, frankly, how could I, an automotive enthusiast, not want an EV? How could I not have one in my collection? I actually plan on buying an Oshkosh firetruck (airport type - no specific model but probably from government surplus when I see one). I can't buy an MRAP (I've looked into this) so the firetruck it is. How can I not want and get an EV?
'Snot a problem. Hope it helped. It's thrown some varied errors for a few different people. There's a slightly longer thread in the poll about stamps. No, I have no idea why it is that thread in particular except I think someone wanted to see if they could post in polls.
Absolutely. I noticed someone saying something earlier about how they didn't want to be held accountable for their beliefs, basically. What? Then those are conveniences and not beliefs.
I no longer own any specific company really. I do employ a few people and they're employed by a LLC but we'll ignore that for simplicity sake. I can't imagine firing someone for something they said while off the clock. No, I don't even care if they're a racist asshole. I hired them to do a job, not think or believe like I do. Now, I'd fire them if they were representing themselves as an employee and speaking like that - because they're no longer speaking for themselves but speaking on my behalf or in place of my business.
Oh, I got your point (I think) but I found it unusual that a site would actually block Google - a site of that nature. I've not looked into it but I presume it must? I've literally never gotten a result from there - as far as I know. I don't actually follow twitter so I don't know if they actually *do* block Google or not but I presume they must (I'd never thought of it before) and find it an odd choice.
Assuming they do, I wonder what the motivation is?
HAMs are actually tasked with, as part of their license agreement, handling communications in the event of an emergency. You can, if you wanted, even run a network over them - or bridge it to the internet so that others could use it. It's not the 70s any more. Then again, I think they were doing acoustic coupling even back in the 1970s.
I'm not a HAM but I've got a bunch of nice toys and what they call a "cold backup" in case it is needed for friends of mine who are a member of some local and national group. They've done some neat things here - including a contest to see how far they could get and how many signs they could collect. I sometimes listen but it would be in violation of the law for me to touch either the key or the microphone - unless supervised. And only on some frequencies. And some frequencies I don't need any help at all but, buggered if I know what they are so I don't play with the microphone or the key.
I have considered learning and that's how I acquired the toys.
Hmm... If I am understanding properly, isn't this actually not a good idea? There are, unless I'm missing something, already communication protocols that IoT could use - right in that same spectrum. Isn't moving this, a separate and different protocol, into that spectrum going to screw up existing things?:/
Fortunately, at home, I'm in a pretty quiet radio zone. It's not so quiet here, where I am right now, but I don't really do much here except laze around. Back home, in NW Maine, I'm pretty good to go - there's not much chance at me seeing any wireless interference unless I made it. There's not a whole lot of radio activity, comparatively speaking.
And yet there are some who will never, ever, learn or be able to do anything. We're talking people who can't speak or move - like Hawkins only without the brains. They will, literally, not remember the colors of the rainbow the next day and yet parents force the public schools to accommodate them - at great expense. Somewhere, I don't know where, should be a line. It's a very subjective line and one to be laid carefully by people more adept than I but there should be a point where we say, "This far and no further." Even if it makes us out to be monsters.
Heh... Wait until they force a rollout of the smart grid and smart appliances.:/
That said, I've never seen "unlimited" advertised. I have seen "unlimited*" advertised lots of times. That asterisk is important and usually means that there are, in fact, limits and it's up to you to decide if you want to pay them or not. Of course, that means you have to read the little tiny print and that can take a while. I have, in fact, sat there and read that tiny print. In hindsight, that was probably because I'm an ass but, in my defense, if they're gonna have tiny print then it may take me a while to read and understand it before I agree to sign something.
Yes, I read slower (I might even mouth out the words) the more frequently they tell me that it is not important. I've even been known to cross a line or two out and initial it before signing. No, I will not absolve you of all fiduciary responsibility. None of that has gone to court yet but the person behind the counter usually looks a little flustered and just takes it by that point.
The benefits of being a crotchety old man are few but that's one of 'em. Another is you get to hit on the women from ages 18 to 80. You're an old creeper anyhow, you might as well make the most of it.
Boohoo! I've given directions to both my house in Maine and the place that I'm at right now - in Florida. Not that I have a dog in this fight but I suspect you don't have the balls to do shit. Internet Tough Guy syndrome is silly and you're not fooling anyone except maybe yourself. Let's be adults here and not pretend that you have the courage to do anything of the sort.
Hell, there are enough descriptions in my posts that I'll even narrow it down for you. Find the NYE thread and find where I invited Slashdot to come blow stuff up with me. A few people actually came. It was pretty fun. Not one of them shorted out my house, pissed in my plant pots, killed my dog, molested my girlfriend, or even shouted a bunch of obscenities. Hell, not one word about cows, GNAA, Yoda in the ass, first post, or large black cocks was even spoken. At least not that I noticed.
If you want, later on this spring, I may even be out in Henderson, NV. If that's closer then I'll give you directions there. I still don't think you've got the berries to do anything more than run your mouth on Slashdot. Or maybe send me pizza. That's fine, the last time I went through that I found I actually like this stuff called "Hawaiian Pizza." Seriously, good stuff. It has pineapple and ham. Whodathunkit?
You can pretty much bet your ass that if you were causing your neighbors to brown out then the power company would, indeed, come knocking at your door.
I think the difference is, and this is important, is that they do not pay *extra* when this is enabled. Normally, to consume that much additional bandwidth would put them well over their quota - or so I have been told. I do not, of course, use T-Mobile. They do not service my home area and have no peering agreement and will shut me off for constantly roaming. So, no T-Mobile for me. No AT&T either.
As long as we're pointing out logical fallacies, your false dichotomy (above) was cute. Just because one doesn't want things to progress in the same way you do does not mean that they don't want things to progress in another way. People who disagree with you are not, necessarily, regressive. Seeing as we're on the subject of fallacies and all.
There's something to be said for Beer and Circuses. I imagine that, with some work, you could make a logically sound argument for doing things to keep the populace entertained. You'd have to be a pretty cold bastard to do so but, well, I don't think it would be philosophically inconsistent for certain people to reason their way to concluding that such is an essential piece of infrastructure.
I give a bit of money specifically earmarked for a program that does that. I'd found out, through a friend, that they were sorely lacking in funds in the State of Maine so I decided to fix that. They still need funds but they're generally able to cover their budget fairly well. The charity? Goodwill Industries.
I was rather fortunate in life - to the point where I retired 8 years ago and I'm just turned 58. So, I try to look for ways to help - things that are of importance to me. I do use it to minimize my tax obligations but I don't actually like to always donate with my name attached so not all donations are written off. To be frank, I pay Capital Gains rates (long-term investment rates) only, for the most part, so it's not like I'm heavily burdened.
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I am no expert, as my posts will attest, but I'm not seeing anything major to complain about. It's a bit complex but I don't see any complaint other than it is a bit complex. The grammar, spelling, and punctuation look not just fine but exceptionally fine, considering that it is just a Slashdot post.
See, if I were a monster then I'd argue that it's good to keep the plebs occupied with circuses and beer so that they don't notice when I'm robbing them blind and stealing from their future generations to enrich myself, my friends, and consolidate power. But your argument works. ;-)
For the record - I do not think that is a *good* thing, just that one can make a reasoned argument for such and still be logically consistent.
Given that I used to date a midwife, I'm going to have to argue the mandated part.
Heh... You're old. :P I've got a place in Henderson and have been talking about going there before going back home in the spring. I may just have to hit you up. And, of course, it'll be on me. Anything less would be uncivilized. I'll try shaking the email and seeing what falls out tomorrow or something like that. I'm afraid I'd send only gibberish at this point, it's been a long day and my brain is mush.
I have seen that video before! I'll see it again. Damned curiosity!
That sounds great but I live in a town with 0 kids. I don't even live in a town - I'm in an unincorporated township, about 24 miles from a small village. The village does have a school and I provide them with lots of goodies. They're cute little buggers and invite me to their plays, concerts, and games. In return, well, I've outfitted the entire school with iPads, netbooks before that, and will probably do the Macbook next time around. (Apple gives a pretty decent discount - I've interacted with them before, it's a little slow but not bad.)
I do, on the other hand, let people use my shop if they ask - and if they can do so safely. I also let them use my garage and tools so long as they're safe and clean up after themselves. It's a *very* small community. There are six houses with full-time residents. The closest is about a half mile and I've reached an agreement to buy their property. I'm not a recluse so much as I like space to stretch out.
Oh, I'm sure I will. You may not be familiar with it but I've posted some pics. See, I actually own what can only be called a "stable" of automobiles. I'm retired and an automobile aficionado. Except, unlike most/many, I don't own any trailer queens - every vehicle I own gets driven for some specific purpose and I have very specific model years in my collection. They'd make no sense to most anyone unless they were a driving enthusiast.
My MOS was in motor pool and I was a driver. Since then, I've taken many, many advanced driving courses - including open wheel, rally, rock climbing, defensive, and even courses designed for asset protection. I've driven on courses, been a member of a rally club, and a whole bunch of things like that. I've even gone to Germany specifically to drive on the Autobahn, to the West Coast to drive the PCH, the hills of Appalachia to hit the Blueridge Parkway, and even from the south to the northern most tip of Australia.
In short, I love the automobile and love driving. It seems strange to some but, frankly, how could I, an automotive enthusiast, not want an EV? How could I not have one in my collection? I actually plan on buying an Oshkosh firetruck (airport type - no specific model but probably from government surplus when I see one). I can't buy an MRAP (I've looked into this) so the firetruck it is. How can I not want and get an EV?
'Snot a problem. Hope it helped. It's thrown some varied errors for a few different people. There's a slightly longer thread in the poll about stamps. No, I have no idea why it is that thread in particular except I think someone wanted to see if they could post in polls.
Absolutely. I noticed someone saying something earlier about how they didn't want to be held accountable for their beliefs, basically. What? Then those are conveniences and not beliefs.
I no longer own any specific company really. I do employ a few people and they're employed by a LLC but we'll ignore that for simplicity sake. I can't imagine firing someone for something they said while off the clock. No, I don't even care if they're a racist asshole. I hired them to do a job, not think or believe like I do. Now, I'd fire them if they were representing themselves as an employee and speaking like that - because they're no longer speaking for themselves but speaking on my behalf or in place of my business.
That said, I like your style.
Oh, I got your point (I think) but I found it unusual that a site would actually block Google - a site of that nature. I've not looked into it but I presume it must? I've literally never gotten a result from there - as far as I know. I don't actually follow twitter so I don't know if they actually *do* block Google or not but I presume they must (I'd never thought of it before) and find it an odd choice.
Assuming they do, I wonder what the motivation is?
HAMs are actually tasked with, as part of their license agreement, handling communications in the event of an emergency. You can, if you wanted, even run a network over them - or bridge it to the internet so that others could use it. It's not the 70s any more. Then again, I think they were doing acoustic coupling even back in the 1970s.
I'm not a HAM but I've got a bunch of nice toys and what they call a "cold backup" in case it is needed for friends of mine who are a member of some local and national group. They've done some neat things here - including a contest to see how far they could get and how many signs they could collect. I sometimes listen but it would be in violation of the law for me to touch either the key or the microphone - unless supervised. And only on some frequencies. And some frequencies I don't need any help at all but, buggered if I know what they are so I don't play with the microphone or the key.
I have considered learning and that's how I acquired the toys.
Hmm... If I am understanding properly, isn't this actually not a good idea? There are, unless I'm missing something, already communication protocols that IoT could use - right in that same spectrum. Isn't moving this, a separate and different protocol, into that spectrum going to screw up existing things? :/
Fortunately, at home, I'm in a pretty quiet radio zone. It's not so quiet here, where I am right now, but I don't really do much here except laze around. Back home, in NW Maine, I'm pretty good to go - there's not much chance at me seeing any wireless interference unless I made it. There's not a whole lot of radio activity, comparatively speaking.
And yet there are some who will never, ever, learn or be able to do anything. We're talking people who can't speak or move - like Hawkins only without the brains. They will, literally, not remember the colors of the rainbow the next day and yet parents force the public schools to accommodate them - at great expense. Somewhere, I don't know where, should be a line. It's a very subjective line and one to be laid carefully by people more adept than I but there should be a point where we say, "This far and no further." Even if it makes us out to be monsters.
I know the movie but, alas, I've never seen it. I don't think that's a documentary, actually.
They don't sell unlimited. I bet you've never, ever, seen "Unlimited" in your country.
It's "Unlimited*."
As I mentioned above, that asterisk is important. I'm not saying it's right, but that is how it is.
Heh... Wait until they force a rollout of the smart grid and smart appliances. :/
That said, I've never seen "unlimited" advertised. I have seen "unlimited*" advertised lots of times. That asterisk is important and usually means that there are, in fact, limits and it's up to you to decide if you want to pay them or not. Of course, that means you have to read the little tiny print and that can take a while. I have, in fact, sat there and read that tiny print. In hindsight, that was probably because I'm an ass but, in my defense, if they're gonna have tiny print then it may take me a while to read and understand it before I agree to sign something.
Yes, I read slower (I might even mouth out the words) the more frequently they tell me that it is not important. I've even been known to cross a line or two out and initial it before signing. No, I will not absolve you of all fiduciary responsibility. None of that has gone to court yet but the person behind the counter usually looks a little flustered and just takes it by that point.
The benefits of being a crotchety old man are few but that's one of 'em. Another is you get to hit on the women from ages 18 to 80. You're an old creeper anyhow, you might as well make the most of it.
Boohoo! I've given directions to both my house in Maine and the place that I'm at right now - in Florida. Not that I have a dog in this fight but I suspect you don't have the balls to do shit. Internet Tough Guy syndrome is silly and you're not fooling anyone except maybe yourself. Let's be adults here and not pretend that you have the courage to do anything of the sort.
Hell, there are enough descriptions in my posts that I'll even narrow it down for you. Find the NYE thread and find where I invited Slashdot to come blow stuff up with me. A few people actually came. It was pretty fun. Not one of them shorted out my house, pissed in my plant pots, killed my dog, molested my girlfriend, or even shouted a bunch of obscenities. Hell, not one word about cows, GNAA, Yoda in the ass, first post, or large black cocks was even spoken. At least not that I noticed.
If you want, later on this spring, I may even be out in Henderson, NV. If that's closer then I'll give you directions there. I still don't think you've got the berries to do anything more than run your mouth on Slashdot. Or maybe send me pizza. That's fine, the last time I went through that I found I actually like this stuff called "Hawaiian Pizza." Seriously, good stuff. It has pineapple and ham. Whodathunkit?
You can pretty much bet your ass that if you were causing your neighbors to brown out then the power company would, indeed, come knocking at your door.
I think the difference is, and this is important, is that they do not pay *extra* when this is enabled. Normally, to consume that much additional bandwidth would put them well over their quota - or so I have been told. I do not, of course, use T-Mobile. They do not service my home area and have no peering agreement and will shut me off for constantly roaming. So, no T-Mobile for me. No AT&T either.
The Force that Awakens appears to be referencing the Marketing Force. It turns out to be pretty strong.
As long as we're pointing out logical fallacies, your false dichotomy (above) was cute. Just because one doesn't want things to progress in the same way you do does not mean that they don't want things to progress in another way. People who disagree with you are not, necessarily, regressive. Seeing as we're on the subject of fallacies and all.
There's something to be said for Beer and Circuses. I imagine that, with some work, you could make a logically sound argument for doing things to keep the populace entertained. You'd have to be a pretty cold bastard to do so but, well, I don't think it would be philosophically inconsistent for certain people to reason their way to concluding that such is an essential piece of infrastructure.
I give a bit of money specifically earmarked for a program that does that. I'd found out, through a friend, that they were sorely lacking in funds in the State of Maine so I decided to fix that. They still need funds but they're generally able to cover their budget fairly well. The charity? Goodwill Industries.
I was rather fortunate in life - to the point where I retired 8 years ago and I'm just turned 58. So, I try to look for ways to help - things that are of importance to me. I do use it to minimize my tax obligations but I don't actually like to always donate with my name attached so not all donations are written off. To be frank, I pay Capital Gains rates (long-term investment rates) only, for the most part, so it's not like I'm heavily burdened.
Ah good. Oddly enough, I have that book. I ordered and received it not long ago. The site is added to my favorites. Thanks!
Point conceded. ;-)