"'You get in this vehicle, there's no vibration, takes you up and what's most exciting is your kind of being lifted up from below [...]'"
And:
"But he thought he'd ask anyways."
Gotta love that rigorous editing at CBS. I wasn't sure whether or not I had left Slashdot until I double-checked the address bar. Then I had to check again to make sure I hadn't wandered into a Limp Bizkit forum somewhere.
"But the fact is, TANSTAAFL. If you want "free" content, you'll have to *pay* for it somehow."
All the sites I've run since 1994 have been ad-free, and always will be. Many other people do this as well--Maddox is a well-known example. I'm pretty sure Jason Scott is ad-free as well, and that fucker registers sites like I drink water. "TANSTAAFL" applies here only in that end-users pay for their own bandwidth (or someone pays it for them), but it seems like you're implying the end-users must see ads and that's that.
"I just can't read news when there's stuff flashing all around the article."
So true. If a site I'm visiting has one or two small image ads I don't sweat it, even though I have the adblock extension installed. If there's an animated ad, or Flash garbage, or excessive graphical adds cluttering up the entire page and breaking the text of what I'm reading, I can and will block *all* images from the site instead of trying to ferret out which ones are ads (not all sites are considerate enough to stick them in an "ads/" subdirectory).
Speakeasy goes to 6Mbps down, at least in my area. I don't know what Clowncast has available. The difference in customer support alone should get you on Speakeasy.
"I bet if they wanted to forbid jews from entering the store, nothing (except of losing 99% of customers) would stop them from doing so."
I'm assuming from your website's URL that you're in Poland, so I won't flame you the way I would if you were American and should have known better...but you're still talking out of your ass.
"According to the draft, the duo want ISPs and network operators to 'enforce terms of service that prohibit a subscriber from operating a server, or from consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth where such consumption is a good indicator of infringing activities.'"
Good thing my ISP expressly *permits* me to run any server I choose to. And I can think of 3 things immediately off the top of my head that consume "excessive" bandwidth: perfectly legal p2p filesharing (my own IP; certain linux distros, etc.), transferring large data files to a physically separate backup server, and downloading large data files from a central FTP repository shared by a group of people who own the IP (i.e., several people in different locations who are working on a project and need a central FTP site to share their work with the rest of the team). I do all of these things and run servers on my home connection. I'd be more than happy to tell these fucktards to shove it if my ISP didn't.
"How come no one just creates a p2p network where all data is encrypted with a simple algorithm."
There are several, using strong encryption. The best I've seen is Waste. Due to its nature, you really only want to invite trusted sources because it's nearly impossible to get rid of someone once they're on.
Our picture tube died on the old TV, and it was a month before I got around to replacing it. Other than the occasional "I wonder which of the 15 Simpsons reruns Fox has in rotation tonight," I didn't miss much.
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Maybe not at a state park, but if you're in an RV and are driving to, say, Fort Gay, WV, you might be SOL at a rest stop.
"'You get in this vehicle, there's no vibration, takes you up and what's most exciting is your kind of being lifted up from below [...]'"
And:
"But he thought he'd ask anyways."
Gotta love that rigorous editing at CBS. I wasn't sure whether or not I had left Slashdot until I double-checked the address bar. Then I had to check again to make sure I hadn't wandered into a Limp Bizkit forum somewhere.
"honestly, if you need porn, the park/rest stop is probably not the best place anyway."
That would be fine if content filters actually worked correctly, I guess.
From Jackson's Findings of Fact:
"Microsoft enjoys monopoly power in the relevant market."
I can't tell if you're a troll or if you're retarded. Please enlighten me.
Irony.
"I have 3 words for this guy. Get a job."
"Eat a dick" works, too.
This is a big reason why we still need manned missions.
Hey, it's NASA. They airlifted the fuel from Houston.
"But the fact is, TANSTAAFL. If you want "free" content, you'll have to *pay* for it somehow."
All the sites I've run since 1994 have been ad-free, and always will be. Many other people do this as well--Maddox is a well-known example. I'm pretty sure Jason Scott is ad-free as well, and that fucker registers sites like I drink water. "TANSTAAFL" applies here only in that end-users pay for their own bandwidth (or someone pays it for them), but it seems like you're implying the end-users must see ads and that's that.
"I pay full price to watch AND I have to watch ads? If that was a TV channel idea the investors would laugh you out of the room"
It's called cable (and satellite) TV. I'm baffled as to why people still pay for that shit.
"I just can't read news when there's stuff flashing all around the article."
So true. If a site I'm visiting has one or two small image ads I don't sweat it, even though I have the adblock extension installed. If there's an animated ad, or Flash garbage, or excessive graphical adds cluttering up the entire page and breaking the text of what I'm reading, I can and will block *all* images from the site instead of trying to ferret out which ones are ads (not all sites are considerate enough to stick them in an "ads/" subdirectory).
"I'm also suprised that noone has thought to look at the possible wiretapping laws in regards to gathering data this way."
For the 500th time, wiretapping laws only apply to law enforcement.
And it's fucking spelled "warrant."
Speakeasy goes to 6Mbps down, at least in my area. I don't know what Clowncast has available. The difference in customer support alone should get you on Speakeasy.
Disclaimer: I don't work for either company.
"I bet if they wanted to forbid jews from entering the store, nothing (except of losing 99% of customers) would stop them from doing so."
I'm assuming from your website's URL that you're in Poland, so I won't flame you the way I would if you were American and should have known better...but you're still talking out of your ass.
A screener is leaked, seeded and in the hands of BT users worldwide in hours.
Oh, you mean legit. Nevermind.
I honestly have no idea what you're babbling about. Sorry.
"damning cell"...?
http://www.quatlosers.com/larken_rose.htm
Convicted of abusing its *monopoly*. Six of one, half-dozen of the other. Where are your facts coming from?
"According to the draft, the duo want ISPs and network operators to 'enforce terms of service that prohibit a subscriber from operating a server, or from consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth where such consumption is a good indicator of infringing activities.'"
Good thing my ISP expressly *permits* me to run any server I choose to. And I can think of 3 things immediately off the top of my head that consume "excessive" bandwidth: perfectly legal p2p filesharing (my own IP; certain linux distros, etc.), transferring large data files to a physically separate backup server, and downloading large data files from a central FTP repository shared by a group of people who own the IP (i.e., several people in different locations who are working on a project and need a central FTP site to share their work with the rest of the team). I do all of these things and run servers on my home connection. I'd be more than happy to tell these fucktards to shove it if my ISP didn't.
"How come no one just creates a p2p network where all data is encrypted with a simple algorithm."
There are several, using strong encryption. The best I've seen is Waste. Due to its nature, you really only want to invite trusted sources because it's nearly impossible to get rid of someone once they're on.
"The **IA's"
Who?
Congratulations on a successful humorectomy.
Our picture tube died on the old TV, and it was a month before I got around to replacing it. Other than the occasional "I wonder which of the 15 Simpsons reruns Fox has in rotation tonight," I didn't miss much.
"there are only so many CEO positions available in the US."
And only one "President of the United States" position.
List them, you tease.