Whats needed is an independant ombudsman for Telecoms. I dont know if you have one over there in the USA, but over here ours is called OfCom. Also all of our ISP's and telecoms providers are required to be in an ADR scheme, An Alternative Dispute Resolution service, where if your ISP just isnt going to solve your problem they will with sanctions and fines etc. Then the statistics from these ADR's is analyzed by OfCom and if theres a problem they give the Providers a chance to change, and if they dont they lay the smackdown.
We also have the ISPA, which is an optional service ISP's can become part of to say "Look, our service is good". For a huge ISP losing ISPA certification would be a major blow.
The whole process is hugely drawn out and needlessly complicated, with it not always working as it should. But hey, its better than nothing.
That is until we are pushed into a Treaty without referendum.
If he doesnt call a referendum on this we will be seeing protests we havent seen since the Poll taxes.
Im not against the EU, if the country votes for the treaty fine. Im for the right to choose on thing that could possibly drastically change the way the country is run.
Sorry for the off topic, but It had to be pointed out that England isn't one of the better ones.
a) You actually believed jobs or b) You linked directly to the apple PR Machine.
You see the thing is about this announcement Jobs, wasnt really fighting for the consumer. DRM has been very good to steve and apple. The DRM on the iPod basically meant that anyone trying to interoperate with the DRM infection on the ipod gets sued into the ground. Apples DRM is about putting up walls to stifle the competition. You could count the devices able to get songs from, or put songs onto the ipod, besides itunes on one hand. Even if you had no fingers.
Like i said DRM has been very good to the iPod, squishing all that pesky competition which leads to interoperability.
So why did apple want this wonderful DRM gone then i hear you ask? Because Norway and the rest of europe wasnt having it. They were about to be forced to share their dity DRM secrets with competitiors. Open = bad for Apple. So, instead they are trying to take out DRM. No DRM, no being forced to open to competitiors. So why fight fair, when you can change the battlefield and still fight dirty?
Tuesday, we get about 8 patches on average, how can any end user co. be expected to test out all these on their production networks?
That's not an end user's job. That's the IT staff's job. End users shouldn't be applying patches. Period. End of story. That's what the IT staff is there for.
If you notice it says "Any End user Co." Co. Standing for company. Not end user within the Company's network.
Currently the EU is being very, very, very controlling and surveillance. They are being totally draconian.
I live in the UK and ive just had about enough of this EU bs. Do you know what they have been up to this weekend? They have been meeting with the German Chancellor (Its germanys turn to be EU leader bods) to find a way to push through this new EU treaty.
Basically it means they can push through the EU constitution that was thrown out by voters in 2 of the countries last time, without the pesky annoyances of, oh lets say, the people of the EU voting on the matter through those annoying referendums. Annoyingly, voters dont seem to want a Draconian controlling EU, where only a majority of countries are needed for things to be agreed upon not unanimous, and are able to force through anti privacy laws without needing for one of those Referendum things that dont go their way.
We EVEN have a memo from this Cow of a chancellor who ADMITTED to forcing the main points of the constitution through without the need for those annoying voters having a say.
This is an insult to the freedoms our heros fought for during the two world wars. They are slowly eroding them with "Directives" and "Treatys"
Im sick of it.
If a DJ is based in America but the server that people tune into is based in the UK are they still liable? As the DJ is sending the RIAA music from America where it will matter to this law but its being Broadcast from the UK.
If they aren't liable all i predict is a mass move of server locations to the UK. All that reduces is going to be US tax revenue on the server rental.
The real military application of any sort of mind interface, will, i imagine be linked with some sort of remote control interface.
So our pilots can control planes on the ground in safety. The extra space that you have gained from this can be used for more fuel and or weapons. The only problems i can see with this are the potential hacking of the system and enemies controlling planes (some form of advanced encryption maybe, i dont know, not in that business) and that remote control isnt to this form of range/bandwidth yet. But I imagine that before we will have a workable interface to control something as complex as a plane maybe we will have it.
I think we all know the answer to that question. People are just going to crack it. They are gonna take it to a local repair shop who are going to say that "Microsoft has discontinued your product, but I can make it work again".
The Corporations are really going to feel it when MS end-of-lifes XP. But they usually have standardised hardware on all of their machines anyway and windows may not notice.
I think that was the point...
Some people read into things too much, others dont read into them enough.
I think (Well hope actually, else I could of modded it redundant) that the Parent was specifically making that joke, since we are all neurone impulse driven.
www.vispa.net
They are a small specialised ISP who do truly unlimited broadband at fixed speeds.
Its not cheap but you get what you pay for, Unbelievable customer service (the good kind of Unbelievable) and excellent speeds and connection.
Moved there after EFH got bought out by 186k, and then 186k's migration plan was written on the back of a napkin, which was then lost.
Remember, they are only losing in court cases, there are ALOT of settlements out there. Their aim is working, they are taking a few people to court to make sure the rest of the lemmings fall in line. People will settle out of court although they have done nothing wrong, just to stay out of court and all the expense this brings.
They may be losing in the courtroom but out of it they are raking in money.
Oh dear, you violated one of the most sacred of all troll posts.
How can you profit sequence without the ???'s?! its the ??? that makes it funny.
Observe:
1) Invent a device to stab trolls in the face through the internet
2) ???
3) Profit!
Its just that easy.
((I will imagine I will get modded down for flaimbait for this... but im going ahead anyway as its a traditional British joke.))
Indeed, the French provide a valuable service. They let us know when is the best time to surrender..... This would be great, except for they ALWAYS tell us to surrender.
So basically your debating someones right to live based on the cost incurred? Capital punishment is wrong. Wrong because it doesnt provide the closest of the family with any *real* satisfaction. It Provides them with a hollow feeling that will last no time at all. Killing the murderer doesnt bring the victim back, and to be honest, its a pretty easy way out. Now if you locked the person in a cell and told them that they would never be free again, that would be a much more fightening thought for me than being killed.
Murderers are not nessecarily evil people, some may have mental problems, so every effort should be made to try and rehabilitate them back into the mainstream of society, and if they cant they should be locked up forever. Killing your problems is what Dictators and all those nasty goverments do.
Anything above 600 bit/s is technically broadband. As Broadband is sending multiple pieces of data at the same time to increase the rate of transfer, without nessecarily changing the rate of the data.
Although in the modern world Broadband colloquially means where you split your phone line into 2 "channels" one for phone communication and one for data. Allowing you to do both at the same time. And this can be of wildly varying speeds. Anything from about 64kb/s to whatever speed your line can support.
And as for your other point, IP Address wouldnt tell anyone that You were on broadband or not if its dynamic, as when you disconnect you lose that number and get assigned a new one when you reconnect. And anyway with a Static IP address the only way to find out what package they are on is to.... you guessed it, Go and ask the ISP.
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I dunno, burning some chairs is going to send more of a statement. What will ballmer use in their Developer powered chair cannons now?
You sir, are the single most epic person ive ever seen.
Fixed that for ya
America? BUYing fuel? America doesn't buy fuel they Invade middle eastern countries when they run out.
Oh in other news Iran IS building the death star, although they cant find it they are sure its there.
Thus the shuttle program has fuel for another several years.
Dis someone say Relakks? Works as a VPN. The speed hit is there, but not huge, not as much as Tor.
Whats needed is an independant ombudsman for Telecoms. I dont know if you have one over there in the USA, but over here ours is called OfCom. Also all of our ISP's and telecoms providers are required to be in an ADR scheme, An Alternative Dispute Resolution service, where if your ISP just isnt going to solve your problem they will with sanctions and fines etc. Then the statistics from these ADR's is analyzed by OfCom and if theres a problem they give the Providers a chance to change, and if they dont they lay the smackdown.
We also have the ISPA, which is an optional service ISP's can become part of to say "Look, our service is good". For a huge ISP losing ISPA certification would be a major blow.
The whole process is hugely drawn out and needlessly complicated, with it not always working as it should. But hey, its better than nothing.
That is until we are pushed into a Treaty without referendum. If he doesnt call a referendum on this we will be seeing protests we havent seen since the Poll taxes. Im not against the EU, if the country votes for the treaty fine. Im for the right to choose on thing that could possibly drastically change the way the country is run. Sorry for the off topic, but It had to be pointed out that England isn't one of the better ones.
Oh dear me, I dont know whats worse...
a) You actually believed jobs or
b) You linked directly to the apple PR Machine.
You see the thing is about this announcement Jobs, wasnt really fighting for the consumer.
DRM has been very good to steve and apple. The DRM on the iPod basically meant that anyone trying to interoperate with the DRM infection on the ipod gets sued into the ground. Apples DRM is about putting up walls to stifle the competition. You could count the devices able to get songs from, or put songs onto the ipod, besides itunes on one hand. Even if you had no fingers.
Like i said DRM has been very good to the iPod, squishing all that pesky competition which leads to interoperability.
So why did apple want this wonderful DRM gone then i hear you ask? Because Norway and the rest of europe wasnt having it. They were about to be forced to share their dity DRM secrets with competitiors. Open = bad for Apple. So, instead they are trying to take out DRM. No DRM, no being forced to open to competitiors. So why fight fair, when you can change the battlefield and still fight dirty?
If you notice it says "Any End user Co." Co. Standing for company. Not end user within the Company's network.
Why is this modded troll? He is right you know.
This just in, they are historically better than nVidia with drivers.
Currently the EU is being very, very, very controlling and surveillance. They are being totally draconian. I live in the UK and ive just had about enough of this EU bs. Do you know what they have been up to this weekend? They have been meeting with the German Chancellor (Its germanys turn to be EU leader bods) to find a way to push through this new EU treaty. Basically it means they can push through the EU constitution that was thrown out by voters in 2 of the countries last time, without the pesky annoyances of, oh lets say, the people of the EU voting on the matter through those annoying referendums. Annoyingly, voters dont seem to want a Draconian controlling EU, where only a majority of countries are needed for things to be agreed upon not unanimous, and are able to force through anti privacy laws without needing for one of those Referendum things that dont go their way. We EVEN have a memo from this Cow of a chancellor who ADMITTED to forcing the main points of the constitution through without the need for those annoying voters having a say. This is an insult to the freedoms our heros fought for during the two world wars. They are slowly eroding them with "Directives" and "Treatys" Im sick of it.
If a DJ is based in America but the server that people tune into is based in the UK are they still liable? As the DJ is sending the RIAA music from America where it will matter to this law but its being Broadcast from the UK. If they aren't liable all i predict is a mass move of server locations to the UK. All that reduces is going to be US tax revenue on the server rental.
The real military application of any sort of mind interface, will, i imagine be linked with some sort of remote control interface. So our pilots can control planes on the ground in safety. The extra space that you have gained from this can be used for more fuel and or weapons. The only problems i can see with this are the potential hacking of the system and enemies controlling planes (some form of advanced encryption maybe, i dont know, not in that business) and that remote control isnt to this form of range/bandwidth yet. But I imagine that before we will have a workable interface to control something as complex as a plane maybe we will have it.
I think we all know the answer to that question. People are just going to crack it. They are gonna take it to a local repair shop who are going to say that "Microsoft has discontinued your product, but I can make it work again". The Corporations are really going to feel it when MS end-of-lifes XP. But they usually have standardised hardware on all of their machines anyway and windows may not notice.
I think that was the point... Some people read into things too much, others dont read into them enough. I think (Well hope actually, else I could of modded it redundant) that the Parent was specifically making that joke, since we are all neurone impulse driven.
www.vispa.net They are a small specialised ISP who do truly unlimited broadband at fixed speeds. Its not cheap but you get what you pay for, Unbelievable customer service (the good kind of Unbelievable) and excellent speeds and connection. Moved there after EFH got bought out by 186k, and then 186k's migration plan was written on the back of a napkin, which was then lost.
"The trolls are out I see." Is not a question AFAIK. Thats why you need an explanation.
Except iraq
Remember, they are only losing in court cases, there are ALOT of settlements out there. Their aim is working, they are taking a few people to court to make sure the rest of the lemmings fall in line. People will settle out of court although they have done nothing wrong, just to stay out of court and all the expense this brings. They may be losing in the courtroom but out of it they are raking in money.
Oh dear, you violated one of the most sacred of all troll posts. How can you profit sequence without the ???'s?! its the ??? that makes it funny. Observe: 1) Invent a device to stab trolls in the face through the internet 2) ??? 3) Profit! Its just that easy.
((I will imagine I will get modded down for flaimbait for this... but im going ahead anyway as its a traditional British joke.))
Indeed, the French provide a valuable service. They let us know when is the best time to surrender..... This would be great, except for they ALWAYS tell us to surrender.
So basically your debating someones right to live based on the cost incurred? Capital punishment is wrong. Wrong because it doesnt provide the closest of the family with any *real* satisfaction. It Provides them with a hollow feeling that will last no time at all. Killing the murderer doesnt bring the victim back, and to be honest, its a pretty easy way out. Now if you locked the person in a cell and told them that they would never be free again, that would be a much more fightening thought for me than being killed.
Murderers are not nessecarily evil people, some may have mental problems, so every effort should be made to try and rehabilitate them back into the mainstream of society, and if they cant they should be locked up forever. Killing your problems is what Dictators and all those nasty goverments do.
Anything above 600 bit/s is technically broadband. As Broadband is sending multiple pieces of data at the same time to increase the rate of transfer, without nessecarily changing the rate of the data. Although in the modern world Broadband colloquially means where you split your phone line into 2 "channels" one for phone communication and one for data. Allowing you to do both at the same time. And this can be of wildly varying speeds. Anything from about 64kb/s to whatever speed your line can support. And as for your other point, IP Address wouldnt tell anyone that You were on broadband or not if its dynamic, as when you disconnect you lose that number and get assigned a new one when you reconnect. And anyway with a Static IP address the only way to find out what package they are on is to.... you guessed it, Go and ask the ISP.
The earth is about 4.5 billion years old, So yeh, its just a small magnitude larger than 6000 >_