So, as I understand it, ISPs like Teksavvy are hooking their backbone up to Bell's DSLAM and renting last-mile access. Now, Bell doesn't like Teksavvy's offers and is restricting the connection at the DSLAM? The only way I could find that acceptable in the least is if Teksavvy's traffic is maxing out the DSLAM and affecting Bell's own customers. In that case, Bell ought to prioritize their own traffic over Teksavvy's, but allow Teksavvy to take up all that's left over. They should also give Teksavvy the option to pay for a hardware upgrade. It's not a perfect solution, but what they're doing now seems to be abuse, pure and simple.
While I'm at it, here's the traffic shaping section of MyPlan(TM) for Net Neutrality:
1. Providers may only prioritize based on protocol without respect to origin/destination. 2. Providers may not prevent any type of traffic from utilizing all the bandwidth available, whether that be the hardware's limit or the contracted limit.
It needs a lawyer to translate it to legalese, but you get the idea. Please refer me to Mr. Obama for CIO. Thank you.
In most cases, the network was built with taxpayer dollars or the company was granted a monopoly by the government. All of a sudden they are more than a private corp trying to make money. They are now a private corp serving the public interests, and that brings a large chunk of accountability.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -Ronald Reagan
3D interfaces are nothing but eye candy without a 3D HID. That's the reason people are willing to pay for something like Google Sketchup, which is generally underpowered as a 3D design environment, but has a decent interface to hack a 2D mouse into a 3D environment. We need to get over the idea that 3D interfaces are going to make it big. They will never do that while we are using 2D pointers.
I have a better idea. Instead of ranting over the pros/cons of standby, just make everything that wants to remember something (like the last channel, language selection or something else super-critical) use non-volatile flash instead of RAM. I refuse to believe it's that much more expensive to add a tiny flash chip or a capacitor-powered clock to your device. This would eliminate the need for almost all standby rot and save stress when you have to unplug and move something.
No, EARTH was perfectly tailored to life. The rest of the Universe isn't. Also, 'The universe wants everything to be dead' is generally referred to as the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Recuva for Windows also works well (it even works well in WINE, although I doubt that's recommended). I've salvaged photos and some rather important audio recorded on a cheap MP3 player that corrupted itself.
While I don't know how reliable this sort of thing really is, compared to fingerprints or something, I know that I can most definitely recognize many friends' smells when the are nearby, even outdoors. I think it'd be interesting to perform some 'unscientific' experiments, like sleeping in a different house, using different laundry detergent, etc to see if the smell can be changed. But I also don't know how well such a suggestion might go over.:P
Although it'd be nice to believe that a socialist poltician got his money from the masses, it's not true. Obama's pockets were lined by George Soros's MoveOn.org, . Do some searches like 'obama campaign finance fraud' and 'obama foreign donations'.
It turns out that half of Obama's haul in 2008 has come in contributions of $200 dollars or less. These small donations do not require public disclosure under FEC guidelines, and the Obama campaign refuses to make public its list of contributors. Obama earlier announced he'd accept public financing if the GOP nominee did the same (and then, of course, broke his pledge in June after realizing he'd far surpass previous fundraising records). So there's a pattern. By keeping his donor list secret now, the Illinois senator has heightened speculation of financial impropriety. Not only can Obama's inside operatives organize massive bundling operations outside the law, there are no safeguards against the new "fat cat" contributors who bundle their own cash. Hillary Clinton's Norman Hsu scandal from late-2007 points to the kind of abuses possible under the current regime. A more serious breach of faith may be taking place right now in the Obama camp.
As Scott Mirengoff at Powerline reported on Thursday, the Obama campaign refuses to screen credit card contributions for potential fraudulent transactions, and thus any individual could make unlimited contributions using infinite aliases. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obamas-fundraising-fraud
No, it's perfectly fine, as long as you do as he said. It's also hideously expensive if you don't have the skill to mod your own Wifi equipment and have to pay for D-STAR equipment. Note that IAAH (I Am A Ham).
In case someone from TY is listening: Please use better spools! I purchase a lot of your thermal-printable disks, and they're great, and I certainly wouldn't mind paying another dollar or two if you included a spool that didn't break when it falls over on a desk.
I use WPA2 AES with a 128-bit key, but even the 'advanced' DD-WRT v24sp2 router firmware I'm using had TKIP as the default. I think it's for XP compatibility, but SP3 includes WPA2 and PNRP now.
I heartily agree. I always feel nervous when I see bits of redraw gunk flash by when I open a menu or mouse over something. I get this nagging feeling that I'm about to get a driver error (I've spent too much time trying to fix nv4_disp BSOD's). I honestly would feel much better about using Linux if it responded more like XP Pro with the Classic interface (no menu delays, no artifacts, clicks registered immediately). There's something psychological about smooth UI responses, and it's my biggest con of KDE4.
Could someone please tell me what a CTO would do besides interfere with Our Rights Online? Would he push IPv6? Would he muck around with DCMA notices? Would he ensure IP law compliance? Would he ensure telecos are operating within common carrier restrictions? Would he find reasons to take down websites critical of his O-Master? Would he control funding for government IT depts.? Positions of power must have clear separations of powers, and I see nothing of the sort here.
This smells like another government-as-daddy scheme. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Indeed. I just opened another WRT54GL today (got it for less than $50 from Newegg w/ free shipping), and I'm about to flash DD-WRT to it. I only needed another access point, but I figured that at almost the same price I might as well get something that can be repurposed later.
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So, as I understand it, ISPs like Teksavvy are hooking their backbone up to Bell's DSLAM and renting last-mile access. Now, Bell doesn't like Teksavvy's offers and is restricting the connection at the DSLAM? The only way I could find that acceptable in the least is if Teksavvy's traffic is maxing out the DSLAM and affecting Bell's own customers. In that case, Bell ought to prioritize their own traffic over Teksavvy's, but allow Teksavvy to take up all that's left over. They should also give Teksavvy the option to pay for a hardware upgrade. It's not a perfect solution, but what they're doing now seems to be abuse, pure and simple.
While I'm at it, here's the traffic shaping section of MyPlan(TM) for Net Neutrality:
1. Providers may only prioritize based on protocol without respect to origin/destination.
2. Providers may not prevent any type of traffic from utilizing all the bandwidth available, whether that be the hardware's limit or the contracted limit.
It needs a lawyer to translate it to legalese, but you get the idea. Please refer me to Mr. Obama for CIO. Thank you.
In most cases, the network was built with taxpayer dollars or the company was granted a monopoly by the government. All of a sudden they are more than a private corp trying to make money. They are now a private corp serving the public interests, and that brings a large chunk of accountability.
Note: IACLC (I am a Classic Liberal Capitalist)
Forget to source that?
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
-Ronald Reagan
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag109938.html
http://www.presidentreagan.info/speeches/quotes.cfm
http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html
3D interfaces are nothing but eye candy without a 3D HID. That's the reason people are willing to pay for something like Google Sketchup, which is generally underpowered as a 3D design environment, but has a decent interface to hack a 2D mouse into a 3D environment. We need to get over the idea that 3D interfaces are going to make it big. They will never do that while we are using 2D pointers.
Power squids are nice for wall-warts and include a switch.
I have a better idea. Instead of ranting over the pros/cons of standby, just make everything that wants to remember something (like the last channel, language selection or something else super-critical) use non-volatile flash instead of RAM. I refuse to believe it's that much more expensive to add a tiny flash chip or a capacitor-powered clock to your device. This would eliminate the need for almost all standby rot and save stress when you have to unplug and move something.
Now we have an upset partner, Microsoft destroyed their credibility.
It's still wrong. You've upgraded it from fragment to comma splice.
If it was last night when I had mod points, I'd give you +1 insightful. When did "American" become a lifestyle rather than a place of birth?
I think it was shortly after the American Revolution.
But I thought Creationism was called 'simple'...
No, EARTH was perfectly tailored to life. The rest of the Universe isn't. Also, 'The universe wants everything to be dead' is generally referred to as the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Then you'd think it would happen in a lab every few years at least, especially since they tip the odds by providing non-random conditions.
Communist shill?
Recuva for Windows also works well (it even works well in WINE, although I doubt that's recommended). I've salvaged photos and some rather important audio recorded on a cheap MP3 player that corrupted itself.
While I don't know how reliable this sort of thing really is, compared to fingerprints or something, I know that I can most definitely recognize many friends' smells when the are nearby, even outdoors. I think it'd be interesting to perform some 'unscientific' experiments, like sleeping in a different house, using different laundry detergent, etc to see if the smell can be changed. But I also don't know how well such a suggestion might go over. :P
Thank you.
Of course, if you did, it would have served you right.
Although it'd be nice to believe that a socialist poltician got his money from the masses, it's not true. Obama's pockets were lined by George Soros's MoveOn.org, . Do some searches like 'obama campaign finance fraud' and 'obama foreign donations'.
It turns out that half of Obama's haul in 2008 has come in contributions of $200 dollars or less. These small donations do not require public disclosure under FEC guidelines, and the Obama campaign refuses to make public its list of contributors. Obama earlier announced he'd accept public financing if the GOP nominee did the same (and then, of course, broke his pledge in June after realizing he'd far surpass previous fundraising records). So there's a pattern. By keeping his donor list secret now, the Illinois senator has heightened speculation of financial impropriety. Not only can Obama's inside operatives organize massive bundling operations outside the law, there are no safeguards against the new "fat cat" contributors who bundle their own cash. Hillary Clinton's Norman Hsu scandal from late-2007 points to the kind of abuses possible under the current regime. A more serious breach of faith may be taking place right now in the Obama camp.
As Scott Mirengoff at Powerline reported on Thursday, the Obama campaign refuses to screen credit card contributions for potential fraudulent transactions, and thus any individual could make unlimited contributions using infinite aliases.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obamas-fundraising-fraud
No, it's perfectly fine, as long as you do as he said. It's also hideously expensive if you don't have the skill to mod your own Wifi equipment and have to pay for D-STAR equipment. Note that IAAH (I Am A Ham).
In case someone from TY is listening:
Please use better spools! I purchase a lot of your thermal-printable disks, and they're great, and I certainly wouldn't mind paying another dollar or two if you included a spool that didn't break when it falls over on a desk.
I use WPA2 AES with a 128-bit key, but even the 'advanced' DD-WRT v24sp2 router firmware I'm using had TKIP as the default. I think it's for XP compatibility, but SP3 includes WPA2 and PNRP now.
I heartily agree. I always feel nervous when I see bits of redraw gunk flash by when I open a menu or mouse over something. I get this nagging feeling that I'm about to get a driver error (I've spent too much time trying to fix nv4_disp BSOD's). I honestly would feel much better about using Linux if it responded more like XP Pro with the Classic interface (no menu delays, no artifacts, clicks registered immediately). There's something psychological about smooth UI responses, and it's my biggest con of KDE4.
Could someone please tell me what a CTO would do besides interfere with Our Rights Online? Would he push IPv6? Would he muck around with DCMA notices? Would he ensure IP law compliance? Would he ensure telecos are operating within common carrier restrictions? Would he find reasons to take down websites critical of his O-Master? Would he control funding for government IT depts.? Positions of power must have clear separations of powers, and I see nothing of the sort here.
This smells like another government-as-daddy scheme. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Bruce is my vote for CTO. I'd rather have someone outspoken in the role that's only partially crazy.
The Slashdot server must be psychic. Quote on the bottom of the page:
NEVER RESPOND TO CRITICAL PRESS. IT IS A GAME YOU CAN ONLY LOSE, AND IT MAKES US LOOK BAD. -- Bruce Perens
Exactly. Please mod parent up.
Indeed. I just opened another WRT54GL today (got it for less than $50 from Newegg w/ free shipping), and I'm about to flash DD-WRT to it. I only needed another access point, but I figured that at almost the same price I might as well get something that can be repurposed later.