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When are people going to wake up to the fact that political parties serve no other true purpose in today's government than to keep the general populace divided and complacent? The sooner you realize that it doesn't matter what the party affiliation is, that they're all corrupt, that they do not have your interests at...
It should be noted that by expressly stating our "Internet rights" we automatically deny ourselves any rights not present or interpretable. I agree that what we need is to keep the internet open, and our rights as citizens shouldn't be impeded upon in our digital or physical manifestation.
You are an idiot. He openly admits where he gets his information, generally google news or reddit. The reason why he makes money off it is because he compiles it into a segment under ten minutes, adds his own commentary to lighten the situation and give the show depth, and henceforth makes news that most would otherwis...
I literally said it in the post above. It is because people like the device they are getting enough to warrant the price. Some people actually prefer ios and are prepared to pay more for it. People like flawless hardware integration and are prepared to pay more for it. The fact that you consider iphones to be inheren...
From this thread,]( "The molten salt used as a moderator/coolant is fairly corrosive over time. Probably the biggest hurdle to LFTR right now is materials science research into an appropriate metal that can be used to build the containment vessel, which needs to hold up to constant neutron bombardment and corrosive s...
Honestly, I don't give a damn about anyone noticing I download copyrighted materials, as ethics are still present here in the Netherlands and downloading copyrighted materials - with the exception of software - is legal. I download content, and I purchase content. With that said, I'm looking forward to using MEGA for...
without needing a power cycle for months now. When this is a criteria by which you measure the quality of hardware, it's easy to discern good from Bad. >incentive to shittify their consumer products I don't believe it's intentional, it's the nature of building something that regular people can afford, that does 8...
I'm not sure how it works in the US, but isn't a phone only locked if you received it on a contract? I.e. You didn't purchase the phone outright, rather it was loaned to you as part of a contract with the carrier, and you get to keep it only if you complete the contract? (At which point it would become unlocked?)
one of those rare moments i'm actually proud to live in israel. some time ago a law passed that says all carriers Must unlock cell phones on request(or perhaps even sell 'em unlocked). also, all "contracts" are not obligatory and if some cell company signs you , you can take your contract and move with it to other c...
Here's an Ultimate advice mallard for your asses. If you own a cellphone on contract from say ATT or T-Mobile and for some reason you wish to unlock it to use on a prepaid network like Simple Mobile or Net10.... I have some news for you(you don't need to)NET10,RedPocket,H2o,Straight Talk = AT&T MVNO, while Simple Mobil...
AOL was stagnant and didn't go with the flow. It died away because of lack of vision. Napster was sued into oblivion because of their blatantly illegal business. However, Napster did change the entire media industry as consumers tasted digital downloads and created demand for a shift away from physical media. The mov...
Not sure why you are getting downvoted for this comment. Entities don't send cease and desist letters to be bullies, they send it to protect equity and assets simply originating from the incentives set up in our legal and corporate system.
That sort of happened to me in grade school, except I skipped the day they introduced subtraction. I actually flunked the first unit quiz because I went through and changed all of the "-'s" to "+'s" and solved the problems as if they were addition questions.
Haha, it's funny you say that. I've been in trouble twice in my life. The first was for a DWI. I was pretty scared and immediately lawyered up. The guy i hired seemed good but eventually turned into a sketchball. He was late for EVERY court appearance by at least 45 mins. He never returned my calls. He got me a prett...
This. Automating network security is tedious, if done correctly. Fortunately we now have the means to do so, but automation for such a large user base will present problems if done on an end user to end user basis. These problems would present end users with things like lag or shit call quality, which would lead de...
The world needs more engineers commenting on why things are the way they are, instead of armchair techies trying to figure out things for them. It would be sweet if this guy did an AMA.
Google Chrome > Proprietary Have they never heard of Chromium? Also, TorBrowser is Firefox with Tor. > Diaspora :/ They've had so many security issue they might as well be part of PRISM anyway. > Google Android > CyanogenMod facepalm CyanogenMod is Android.
I really do not give a shit. They make top quality phones, fridges, microwaves, cameras, and even stoves. I am sure we are all are well aware of Wal Mart and their shady business practices, but we all still shop there.
Maybe we should stop focusing so much on benchmarks and look at real world performance instead That's the problem, it's all anecdotal at best. My hobby is following cell phones and cell phone trends, so I keep up on the major release schedules. Every 6 months a company releases their flagship and the reviewers will...
Awwww I hope not! It
OK. I've been in the US for 44 years. Nothing that I have seen about the way law enforcement and the government act in those years lead me to be surprised by any of this. All the anti communist, tough on crime, war on drugs, war on terror rhetoric has been leading to this. I'm no tinfoil hat guy but this society has al...
I posted this shortly after SOPA started up and so far it's rang true: This as an evolutionary system. The internet is the brain of humanity. We are strong enough that we want to protect it from pathogens. The government wants to be the brain of humanity. It wants to infect us. If we destroy a virus they send out(S...
Anti-piracy laws just get stricter and stricter all around the world. Meanwhile in Hungary, it is not a criminal offense to download movies and music as long as you don't try to profit from them (like burning the files to DVDs and selling them). They recently amended this law, so now it includes sharing. They likely di...
Down voted mostly because it's not true. What's really happening is that Google is testing the waters in places where they're able to build cheap, and are need most. This made Kansas a prime example. This is also to a try to shove internet companies into better deals and speed because competition is good. (There is n...
Yes! There is! Time for a quick Lesson on bit rates v. Transfer rates , reddit! b = bit = 0 or 1. B = Byte = 8 bits. e.g. 00010101 Let's talk about how data gets transferred over large networks. Electrical signals passing through copper, or light passing through fiber optic wires, represent these 0's and...
Cable providers know that consumers want internet speeds to reach 1 Gbps, and they know that it will come one day. No matter what they do, it will come, but they do want to delay it. They already have hundreds of millions of homes that are wired for cable, and that is a huge sunk cost. They simply want to get as much m...
The telecoms did spend the money, it looks like it all disappeared because it was spent at the wrong time. I get the impression that a lot of people decrying the wasted funding for fiber networks are forgetting the implosion of the telecom industry in the early 2000's. The dot-com bubble is well known but the closure o...
Erm, no, I couldn't give a shit about 1gbps. I have a 2mbps / 30 mbps connection, and while I wouldn't mind something a little faster, it's more than enough for multiple Netflix devices and gaming. Half my computers are on WiFi, which is realistically about 75 mbps with my router / devices - you're going to have to plu...
I had windstream and was able to dump them and get fiber. Went from less than 5 to over 20 and saved 20 per month!
ubuntu user here. the problem with ubuntu is that the devs make the occasional mistake that becomes highly publicized (within the linux community) and highly controversial*. for example, amazon integration in the search bar in saucy salamander (I use the lts, so i haven't seen this for myself). sure, you can disable ...
Telecommunications act of 1996 did do this. Every copper phone line in the country is now an ILEC and can be leased, at well documented and prescribed rates, to CLEC. There are entire companies that offer "broadband" without owning a single wire. The reason there are few obvious effects is simple, really, the twiste...
I've heard this suggestion many times but can someone explain what we think it'll actually do? Do we think people will switch ISPs if Facebook tells them their current one is playing unfairly? Many people have little to no choice (for me it's Verizon or Comcast if I want broadband... or maybe satellite if I could liv...
I hate wal-Mart, but they're simply giving consumers what they want, which is low prices. If you don't support their business model then don't spend money there. Unfortunately most people simply care about the direct price hit to their wallet because they're not educated enough to consider the external costs of that lo...
Sure, and shame on whoever down voted you. You have to start with the break from Copper Wire to Cable/DSL. Copper cable was required by law to be shared between providers so there won't be interruption in phone service, they were classified as "Common Carriers". This regulation disappeared when the FCC decided fiber ...
Canadian here. Needless to say I hope one day google starts into canada. I Pay $60 a month for what speedtest.netted to about 8mb down, 0.4mb up, Rogers. My cap is 150gb per month. My ISP doesn't have a over-billing option of any kind and doesn't really care if you go over unless it's extensive. I went and checked the...
I simply called TWC and mentioned Google Fiber and that I was unhappy with their service. Even though I am not in a market that Google has announced expansion in TWC promptly increased my speed like the chart in this article. Went from 3x1 to 10x1 at no additional cost.
They're probably trying to offer a standardized product that can be sold to 90% of their service area without trouble calls. DSL can go much higher, but then they have to actually have accurate loop distance databases to know what every customer is eligible for (poor excuse....). 22x2 on a single copper pair is app...
OK first, you keep mentioning a "baseline." That does not exist. There is no baseline defined by the FCC. So baseline could be "Well, we'll get it to you within the year." > But they can't just discriminate against certain companies with these laws, that is outlawed. They're not discriminating against companies tha...
Ok guys, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this in my honest opinion. ISPs all over the world charge for bandwidth, not throughput, and even their contract says so. ISPs cannot guarantee throughput because there are many factors that play into affecting throughput. As for the difference between the 2, think of it ...
EDIT: You are not fine. The below comment was not valid. This can be exploited via dhcp. Watch your broadcast domains till you patch <pants shat> You're not understanding him. This is not exploitable on nearly every machine because there is no way to exploit it. Very few hosts are running cgi scripts in bash o...
I can't find the article now, but I have read several things that show the AVERAGE kid is actually LESS tech savvy now than 10 years ago...Sure, 3-4 year olds may now how to unlock an iPhone and find Angry Birds, but when I was 4, I knew how to type the commands to launch games on my parents Commadore 64 and was using ...
but isn't that the point of capitalism, to maximize what you can obtain. If your goal is to have max profits to appease the share holders, you'll do whatever you can to do that. > Not saying I agree with it > Again, not saying it's right, > Again I don't agree with it Sounds like there's a voice nagging you in ...
I work at a campus network service building. We order at least 20 cisco switches per week. We had to hire new students whose sole purpose is to unbox them and throw away/recycle the excess packaging.
Actually, on the contrary. The short "Brown" or "Orange & Purple" tips cause more damage. China to US are usually done on pallets in a container, unlike domestic shipments, which have a delivery driver climbing all over them. True story, I work for a small IT company which supports some regional banks, and we have a c...
I teach 6th grade and we have issued iPads to every 6th grader at my school. There is a lot of potential with them, but they are also a HUGE pain in the ass!! Students email each other in class, downloading porn, playing video games. It's a great idea, but there needs to be a better way of keeping the students from ...
Honest questions here: >"If cyber devices communicated in near real-time with each other about attacks, and took coordinated security-hardening response actions consistent with a defined policy framework, then critical business, mission and privacy objectives could be better supported, and many security risks could b...
YouTube's content is streamed with the permission of the copyright holder except when a user breaks the terms of use. Which is all of the time. Under present rules, YouTube can receive a complaint and take it down. Under the new proposed rules, they're willing capitulators. And no, I don't really find it all that odd...
That is a horrible plan. Tor and I2P are still experimental solutions, and may not be mature enough to weather NSA attacks (though Tor might be exempt, it was invented by the US Navy for a reason). The first problem is that it might be possible to identify encrypted packets as Tor/I2P packets. Such packets must h...
I like the idea but we have to remember there are other people who would be affected by this. The people who work at theaters, book stores, and thousands of other places would lose a large amount of revenue. Cashiers and all the other people dont make that much anyway, im speaking from experience. So we should find a w...
Conservatism isn't the rejection of progressiveness, conservatism (before it got hijacked by the anti-progressives) was very much a rejection of radicalism, at a time when untested and extreme concepts/ideas were being pushed by liberals and socialists a voice for caution came from conservatism. Indeed once many of t...
The reason for your post is fine. The bit that is not is just one word... > ...outrage... The change in format is a mild inconvenience for you that doesn't stop you from watching all the same shows you did last week. You have no right to be outraged that you are watching them on a slightly less comfortable chair wh...
Let's be honest here Please never use this again, mostly for your own good. I don't care if you look like an idiot on the internet, but I will point it out. Using this figure of speech serves to invalidate the rest of your post by immediately informing the reader that you are honest, which, if the reader exceeds the ...
You missed my point. Let me reiterate/rephrase: if you show up at work and take no deliveries or get stiffed 100%, you make minimum wage. If you show up at work and bust ass and make just enough tips to be counted as minimum wage, then your employer isn't paying you (minimum wage). If you do the same and make way more ...
Firstly, I am extremely interested to see if this idea will work. I would love it to, however I am sceptical purely due to the fact there is minimal evidence (7yrs is NOT long), and I have concerns that those going in to have this procedure trialled on them, are not aware that 'not knowing' what risks may come up 10-20...
For our economy to function, there has to be a flow of currency and if things are being pirated, there's less of a flow. Why is that? You're assuming people who pirate would have purchased the product anyway. A percentage of them would have, but I'd like to know how that figure is offset by the increase in revenue ge...
Just an FYI if a call or message is not from the area represented by the Senator or Representative it will not get logged and will most likely be deleted on the spot. Do not call Lieberman's office. You should call your own senator or representative and tell them to vote it down. If you don't know who that is, or the...
Right. I'm just saying that promoting these stories tell us that bullying is the only problem we need to fix, when in fact we need to deal with the suicide obsession among teenagers and educate them about depression and recognizing when they need help. The help system also needs to change to make sure that each and eve...
I hate to be "that guy", but Microsoft doesn't seem to be learning from it's mistakes either. Both the 360 and PS3 were ridiculously underpriced (cost of production was much higher than retail price at launch), so much so that they might be breaking even now, I haven't really checked, and it's looking like they'll be...
Used copies were already purchased by someone else. It's the equivalent of me buying someone's game off of them, except there's a third party involved, profiting $10-30. If you love the games industry, buy digital. It's cheaper on both ends. >Secondly, games are sold below their worth. On the other hand, if your ...
The telecom companies like to pretend the "last mile" is prohibitively expensive, but it's a lie. There's a significant initial investment, but once the lines are installed (particularly if it's fiber) they won't need to be replaced for decades . The companies can easily cover these costs with installation charges (wh...
You can get this speed from Verizon FiOS, which is available only in a very few select areas. The closest plan to this is 150/65, (or 75/35) - extra note, the 150.65 is not available to be bundled with TV or Phone, so it will cost you more: 150/65 -> $100 USD (+ approx $5 in tax) 290 channels (the middle packag...
I don't believe so. I tried to wade through the poorly maintained website. It has way too much going on and I couldn't even find a link for residential service. It looks like it more oriented towards fiber TV. It's expensive for their TV service too.
and you think uncensored internet access is something to even consider worrying about? YES . Because in the entire list of things that North Korean citizens need, even if there are many many things more important than Internet access, providing Internet access is STILL a progression, a solution to that entire list of...
Here’s one side effect of this that Anonymous might not have considered. South Korea has had, since the student revolution days of the ‘80s (and even before), a certain subculture of super-intense ultra-liberals. In general, these liberals are good guys, if a little pompous. They’re progressive in a lot of ways and s...
I don't think that true at all. Sure the app store is a walled-garden, but what mobile app store isn't? Microsoft wouldn't dare to kill the desktop, it is their bread and butter. You seriously expect businesses to move to mobile style computing? What Microsoft is probably really doing, is looking to the future. They ...
I hated Windows 8 when I first installed on my desktop. My attitude progressed to satisfied once I installed a third party start menu, letting me avoid Metro completely. Then I bought a new laptop. A touchscreen laptop/tablet combo actually, the Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro. Blown away. Windows 8 finally makes sense on...
Just because you like it doesn't mean it is good . The problem here isn't the home user. Plenty of people on Reddit come from a business IT background. W8 is a failure for business - these people and their opinions aren't wrong, these people are the decision makers for their businesses. You can't keep telling them...
Do I need 5 second bootup? I restart my computer once a week at best. Does I consider any pre-installed apps an "OS feature" - fuck no. No one with a brain does. It's an app, those who want it, will install it. Multi Monitor support - don't need them. My current monitors are already huge enough for me to do everything ...
It's not Windows 8 that did this, it's the manufacturers, and they're trying to shift blame. For years, people that go shopping for laptops have had to choose (largely) from bulky, plasticky machines with awful screens, keyboards, and touchpads, and the lame excuse that "they're faster and cheaper than Macs", even thou...
Go to your little Win+Q. Type in "hidden files" and tell me what comes up. Nothing, because it's not the fucking start menu. It's an entirely unnecessary part of the OS that is separated from the core that people who actually require a PC need. Starting with Vista MS started doing things we had wanted for years, like...
Pc sales were trending downward before windows 8 came out. Tablet sales were cannibalizing PC sales even for apple. People are sticking on to their old PC's for longer as there is no need to upgrade- Although we are following Moores law for processors that doesn't mean we are not getting diminishing returns on the b...
You're just making up an arbitrary list and saying fail after them. I could do that about anything. Not at all. A new file system WinFS was supposed to be the biggest feature of Windows 8. One of the big (and few) complaints about Windows 7 was the way in which it handled networking. The introduction of the 'home...
that is not a thing a normal, or even slightly power, user does on a day to day basis. The file explorer work very well for what it does. And here people are complaining that now things are TOO COMPLICATED, adding this sort of features to on of the most basic things of the OS would only make things worse. I think it's ...
You know, at first I was on the 'I hate it because change is scary' bandwagon. But recently my wife's computer went to crap and we needed a new one. Sure enough the one we got came with windows 8, it took me about half an hour but I started getting used to the new interface. It really is intuitive and a heck of a lot f...
I think anyone complaining about Windows 8 is ignorant and is just complaining to complain. I used 95, 98, 2000 ME, XP, Vista, and I used Windows 7 for about 4-5 years and loved it as by far my favorite OS from Microsoft. I installed Windows 8 last year and I would say that it honestly is faster, runs better, and loo...
It's true. Videogames have always contributed to pushing the limits of both software and hardware. Since the console market really exploded, most AAA developers focus there, and PC either gets ports, or free 2 play games that try to focus on being accessible to everyone even if they have a an ancient rig. This last c...
And you CANNOT do some things as fast or efficient with a GUI than with a bash shell. Nevertheless, one has pretty much completely replaced the other, because it is far easier to use for most people. ...because the use case for Desktop PC's is different from servers. > And therefore, I applaud Microsoft for taking ...
several thing must be taken into account. (am in small buisness computer seller mainly for residancial customer canada) For lenovo is simple. a good ressiliant mid and high end laptop. in fack most of my used sell laptop come from buinesse getting rib of their 3-4 years old laptop. Windows 8. i got about 20% custom...
Seeing that the NSA is only supposed to use information like that in the defense of national security, no evidence obtained that way could be used in court. Also, your average FBI agent doesn't need to know something so highly sensitive. Just receiving decrypted facebook wiretaps would reveal that capability to someone...
Grew up in oakland and went through the education system. Im glad i made the move with my parents in my early twenties and got out of oakland. Many have already said it here: the police have a bad rapport with the communities (african american and latino). Most of my friends I went to school with got out. I dont th...
You're comparing apples to oranges. Cops go through a background check of some sort before becoming officers. As such, they can (presumably) be trusted not to use the license-plate-tracking system to hunt down somebody they have a grudge on and kill them in their sleep. Releasing the same kind of data to the genera...
Yeah. It sucks that your government can't see the history of increased surveillance on keeping the peace. A police state results in people not supporting the police. Less trust in the police leads to greater incidents of violence. Police violence leads to greater incidents of criminal prosecution and lawsuits aga...
It's always interesting to see people's reactions to "Oakland" news. As someone who lives in Oakland and spends most of his time/money in Oakland, it's always disheartening to see the attitude, "Well, it is Oakland, so..." First, Oakland has a crime problem, but it's also a major part of one of the wealthiest major ...
Yeah I can't stand the Oakland bashing that everyone seems to jump into whenever the town is mentioned. There's a reason why all the 20-somethings who aren't working in tech, finance, or corporate business live in Oakland and not San Francisco. Cheap rent Great restaurants, bars Exploding music scene ...
I don't have all day to find the exact articles. And it's not outlandish at all. My friend Chris just demonstrated how he can take control of every system in a Toyata Prius. It's all over the news recently, In fact, they actually wrecked a car in the process of testing the hacks. ( Warning: Video Auto-plays. Annoying...
Okay, look buddy. If you leave the Earth's magnetic field you suddenly have a lot of radiation, so if your components are not especially hardened against radiation they'll fail. If you want something to work on a foreign planet it needs to be very resilient. It also needs to work, rebooting it is not an option. L...
It's not about the company making a profit, of course a company would do it if they could make a profit. It is about the Brazillian economy encouraging local business. If Sony chooses not to produce PS4s there they either have to pay for that, or they have to open a factory there. The question they have to ask is by no...
The real problem in Brazil is that government keeps encouraging consumption under the banner of easy credit, so the industry keeps rolling. Long term that's a really shitty strategy because it'll drive prices above their real value while not really encouraging the industry itself. Unless other measures are taken (and ...
It is quite common that foreign companies blame the taxes for their huge prices in Brazil ("Custo-Brazil", or "Brazil-Cost"), but the truth IN THIS CASE is that brazilians accept paying such prices and that is why prices are high. This is called "Lucro-Brasil" (Brazil-Profit) [1] and is quite common with cars [2]. Wh...
Sure if you want to compare the x86 version of Windows 8 to two ARM OS's then I suppose it is more "full featured." However if we are to compare equals. ARM windows 8 is indeed bloated compared. Honestly my expericne with windows 8 is similar to others, underwelmed by the desktop experince and underwelmed by the mobile...
For what reason? You can't fix the hardware yourself? I manage over 300 iPads and I absolutely love them. There's no headache involved. They just overhauled the buying system. And if there happens to be a hardware problem, which happens pretty infrequently, Apple care takes care of it no questions asked. EVERY. TIME. ...
truth, i just bought one (should be delivered today). But I'm using it for a work only machine; data fitting, spreadsheets, etc. I'm fine with sacrificing space for portability and ease of use. I do have a 3TB external at my desk I can use, and I believe you can do up to an additional 64 gig on an SD card as well.
I'm in Ireland and last year all of the teachers in my school got iPads after it being tested on five select teachers before. The system we have is great and it's being introduced as a whole school thing in a couple of years. Wifi was the only original problem but now we have modems in almost every classroom and things...
I've owned two HP laptops - never again.. They design piss poor ventilation, the mouse track pads are inferior, the case is cheap plastic, the monitor couldn't go higher than 59mhz refresh rate, which meant I couldn't play many popular games (battlefield or counterstrike). As soon as i qued up a video, the fan would ki...
The thing is, it's legit to ask how some things would be without piracy. Mp3 on the internet started thanks to piracy. Then when they started to be sold legally people wanted it DRM free and we broke the law once again to get it. Eventually companies caved in. And nowadays, after FIFTEEN years, after all this we have s...
If that were true, all unlimited plans would not exist, and companies that only offered limited data would have stock through the roof. I dont think I even know how cellular companies operate, it's an entire industry. So, all I say is IMHO and I do believe there is a somewhat-free market reason for it.
I guess its a matter of preference. I wad with tmobile for 4 years. When my contract was up, my wife and i decided to go and renew and get new phones. We wanted the iphone 5 and GS4. Tmobile refused to let us have a contract under this new thing theyre doing. We had 2 options. Buy the phones outright for 1200 dollars, ...
me too. i had started their 4g service when they got the htc thunderbolt (headaches!) but then just got a sim cutter and bought some galaxy s3's off craigslist in my area for around $250. been considering upgrading to a couple new phones this past year but kept passing because the s3 still does everything i need. ...
As is so often the case, the problems are Power, Heat and Interconnects. Given the size of '3 pizza boxes,' they are not getting even 500 chips in that space. 25 Watt processor or fpga @ 1.25 Volts = 20 Amps * 500 chips = 10,000 Amps of Power. 25 Watt processor = 25 Watts * 500 chips = 12,500 Watts of power New...
Most likely it's not a full "Watson" but rather a network appliance that slots into a rack. Watson is powered by 2,880 8-core IBM POWER7 processors, which AFAIK haven't received a core bump or a die shrink since their introduction in 2011.