Hmm, do you think this has anything to do with the fact that (partially hydrogenated) vegetable oil comes from corn and soybeans, two farm subsidy crops? I think that's a triple play-- Good for Big Agribusiness, Good for Big "Food" and Good for Big Pharma (when we all go on phentermine and high blood pressure meds) and bad for everybody else.
You might have some fun with Pandora, but you do need decent broadband. Create a channel for each type of music you like, enter the artists you feel represent that channel, and Pandora plays songs by them AND by other artists that share their characteristics. Then you "tune" your channel by thumbs up and thumbs down to the individual songs. I have it playing in the background all day and have discovered a bunch of new artists I would have never heard of, many from small indie labels, from Pandora. Perfect for the person who doesn't have time to ferret.
This may make sense to you but it will put a LOT of small businesses OUT of business because of the extra bookkeeping and other chores associated with it. Sales tax charged by a state should only be assessed on purchases made within that state. Doing it any other way is madness.
It also doesn't take into account the variations in state sales tax laws. PA doesn't charge tax on clothing, grocery type food (as opposed to restaurant food) and a few other things (prescription drugs, maybe? can't remember.) New York City charges larger tax and it's on every damn thing. Delaware has no sales tax at all. So whatever is done, someone is gonna be a loser here. Most of the burden will fall on the little guy.
Did you actually READ that PA Cable Act that got shot down? It would have allowed Verizon to cherrypick good areas, it would have flattened franchising fees which would have raised everyone's taxes whether they got TV service or not, there was no net neutrality provision, no local access provision, and a lot of other things that cable companies have routinely had to do in order to receive a franchise. Why should Verizon get preferential treatment? And why should everyone redlined out of the service have to subsidize those who do?
That PA Cable Act was basically written by Verizon. Why anyone would think voting it in would be a good idea is mind boggling.
There have been numerous reports on the SEO forums of IE7 coughing up false positives, which can completely trash someone's rep and undeservedly. Apparently the DANGER SIGNS IN BIG RED LETTERS came pretty deep into the payment process, where a website owner wouldn't necessarily check often if they know the site works. And it seems to be stupid stuff kicking it off, nothing that should. In order to report a false positive you have to find the page with the warning and click a link from there. MS is apparently responding to these, but by then the damage could be done.
Google didn't just buy dark fiber, Google also leased space in NYC in one of its largest buildings that happens to sit right on top of the 9th Avenue Fiber Highway and boasts one of the biggest Global Peering Facilities. From the article:
For the time being, by installing itself above Chelsea's broadband "fiber highway" at 111 Eighth Avenue, St. Arnaud explained, Google can bypass many of the major telecommunications firms and interface directly with Tier 2 service providers such as Level 3 Communications or XO Communications, which also are located in the building. This will significantly cut down the costs associated with reaching business customers on Wall Street and in the media and fashion worlds, and generally throughout the Northeast power corridor from D.C. to Boston. The arrangement also suits the Tier 2 providers, which are "thrilled because they can get content directly from Google and bypass" the major telecom and cable Tier 1 providers, St. Arnaud says.
I think this is Google's way of telling Ed Whitacre to "put this in your Pipes and smoke it." Y'all notice the date on that Voice article, I submitted it here the day after. Oh, and Google's been posting lots of NYC jobs on their website, though none are tech postings.
And anyone who works in front end webdev KNOWS what good code Microsoft products produce *cough*
Not to mention how well their browser interprets that code . . . *something else to hack for*
No, that's not the problem. The problem is "the last mile" and the regulations that have protected the Telecomms and cable companies. There is no true competition in the US, like there is in other countries where there's Local Loop Unbundling regulation and the last mile is (usually) owned by the municipality and its cost shared across all who wish to compete to use it.
I'd love it if those of you in Europe and Asia would tell us US folks how many choices you have of broadband provider. That'll really tell the tale.
I think you should go for it, but I think you need to be more creative in how you approach this. Read about Kyle and how he traded one red paper clip for a house.
There are a lot of folks who will want you to succeed (and I'm definitely one of them) some of whom maybe have more than you do, so if you come up with the creative angle and blog the hell out of it, create a meme people can love . . . you just might get what you wish for.
And the launching pad is right here.
And if a bunch of academics or a startup do this, and make it viable for all of us in the US who don't want Stevens to clog our pipes with commercials and the Home Shopping Network, they'll be the next internet wonderstartup-- until they go public and start selling stock options.
This sounds like the party line the Telecommuncations Companies have been spewing. They promised broadband fiber buildout in exchange for all those tax incentives that the government granted them in '96 and only built a miniscule portion of the network, a far cry from the "broadband in every home" that they promised so they'd get that dough. What the hell makes you think these corporate liars are going to keep their promises this time?
Oh yah, they need the money for franchising, and they'll use it to build out the network as long as they can create a two tiered system and milk us all for another megabillion dollar hunk of cash. Not to mention turning the internet as we know it into yet another version of the Home Shopping Network and Infomercial Hell.
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That argument does not hold water.
Shooting the Messenger, busting Telecomm Talking Head Myths.
Hmm, do you think this has anything to do with the fact that (partially hydrogenated) vegetable oil comes from corn and soybeans, two farm subsidy crops? I think that's a triple play-- Good for Big Agribusiness, Good for Big "Food" and Good for Big Pharma (when we all go on phentermine and high blood pressure meds) and bad for everybody else.
You might have some fun with Pandora, but you do need decent broadband. Create a channel for each type of music you like, enter the artists you feel represent that channel, and Pandora plays songs by them AND by other artists that share their characteristics. Then you "tune" your channel by thumbs up and thumbs down to the individual songs. I have it playing in the background all day and have discovered a bunch of new artists I would have never heard of, many from small indie labels, from Pandora. Perfect for the person who doesn't have time to ferret.
This may make sense to you but it will put a LOT of small businesses OUT of business because of the extra bookkeeping and other chores associated with it. Sales tax charged by a state should only be assessed on purchases made within that state. Doing it any other way is madness.
It also doesn't take into account the variations in state sales tax laws. PA doesn't charge tax on clothing, grocery type food (as opposed to restaurant food) and a few other things (prescription drugs, maybe? can't remember.) New York City charges larger tax and it's on every damn thing. Delaware has no sales tax at all. So whatever is done, someone is gonna be a loser here. Most of the burden will fall on the little guy.
Geez, leave this ALONE, it's a CAN OF WORMS.
Um, did you KNOW that Santorum was one of the 20 Most Corrupt Politicians last year? So "just trying to help AccuWeather profit" was most likely putting dough in his own campaign chest or wherever.
Did you actually READ that PA Cable Act that got shot down? It would have allowed Verizon to cherrypick good areas, it would have flattened franchising fees which would have raised everyone's taxes whether they got TV service or not, there was no net neutrality provision, no local access provision, and a lot of other things that cable companies have routinely had to do in order to receive a franchise. Why should Verizon get preferential treatment? And why should everyone redlined out of the service have to subsidize those who do? That PA Cable Act was basically written by Verizon. Why anyone would think voting it in would be a good idea is mind boggling.
There have been numerous reports on the SEO forums of IE7 coughing up false positives, which can completely trash someone's rep and undeservedly. Apparently the DANGER SIGNS IN BIG RED LETTERS came pretty deep into the payment process, where a website owner wouldn't necessarily check often if they know the site works. And it seems to be stupid stuff kicking it off, nothing that should. In order to report a false positive you have to find the page with the warning and click a link from there. MS is apparently responding to these, but by then the damage could be done.
I hope FF does a better job in this regard.
Google didn't just buy dark fiber, Google also leased space in NYC in one of its largest buildings that happens to sit right on top of the 9th Avenue Fiber Highway and boasts one of the biggest Global Peering Facilities. From the article:
I think this is Google's way of telling Ed Whitacre to "put this in your Pipes and smoke it." Y'all notice the date on that Voice article, I submitted it here the day after. Oh, and Google's been posting lots of NYC jobs on their website, though none are tech postings.
And anyone who works in front end webdev KNOWS what good code Microsoft products produce *cough* Not to mention how well their browser interprets that code . . . *something else to hack for*
No, that's not the problem. The problem is "the last mile" and the regulations that have protected the Telecomms and cable companies. There is no true competition in the US, like there is in other countries where there's Local Loop Unbundling regulation and the last mile is (usually) owned by the municipality and its cost shared across all who wish to compete to use it. I'd love it if those of you in Europe and Asia would tell us US folks how many choices you have of broadband provider. That'll really tell the tale.
I think you should go for it, but I think you need to be more creative in how you approach this. Read about Kyle and how he traded one red paper clip for a house. There are a lot of folks who will want you to succeed (and I'm definitely one of them) some of whom maybe have more than you do, so if you come up with the creative angle and blog the hell out of it, create a meme people can love . . . you just might get what you wish for. And the launching pad is right here.
And if a bunch of academics or a startup do this, and make it viable for all of us in the US who don't want Stevens to clog our pipes with commercials and the Home Shopping Network, they'll be the next internet wonderstartup-- until they go public and start selling stock options.
This sounds like the party line the Telecommuncations Companies have been spewing. They promised broadband fiber buildout in exchange for all those tax incentives that the government granted them in '96 and only built a miniscule portion of the network, a far cry from the "broadband in every home" that they promised so they'd get that dough. What the hell makes you think these corporate liars are going to keep their promises this time? Oh yah, they need the money for franchising, and they'll use it to build out the network as long as they can create a two tiered system and milk us all for another megabillion dollar hunk of cash. Not to mention turning the internet as we know it into yet another version of the Home Shopping Network and Infomercial Hell.
Seven of Stevens' top 20 campaign contributors were Telecommunications and Media/Cable Companies.