I have to wonder how that will affect the aeronautics industry, including its impact on flight simulation and training. Databases are updated constantly, and a lot of them include satellite photos. Especially in simulation (you don't need to fake the environment you're flying in when you're really flying in it). But nav databases include accurate, up-to-date geospatial information, and critically so.
(Also, "phenomenon" is singular; whomever wrote that paragraph wants "phenomena".)
Happy with Ting. Which BTW is an MVNO for both aforementioned companies.
Meantime... This reeks of political campaigns. Vote for me because the other guy sucks instead of vote for me because of my values. Not a way to sell yourself, you just look petty.
I guess it's time for a non-governmental clearinghouse, since the government won't do it. Obviously said clearinghouse won't want to share with the government, so the government will be cut out of the loop... and then will complain loud and long about the selfish citizenry.
We (my employer) recently moved from a place literally 1 block away from active Comcast service (they offered to extend it for a low, low price of $30,000 to pay for their equipment installation -- just that, a flat fee for extending their network, we'd have to pay for the monthly service as usual) to a place completely surrounded by Comcast. Guess how much trouble we had getting Comcast? Of course they told us when we were planning to move in that Comcast was available there, hey, no problem.
Then it turns out the nearest junction box was across the street. So naturally getting a cable strung from one side of the street to the other required a freaking act of Congress. (Metaphorically speaking.)
Only took a couple months while we waited, kept picking at them, looked into alternatives (another company in our building was being fed by some third party using fiber from AT&T, but it was horribly expensive) and used a wireless connection as a stopgap. That was... annoying, to say the least.
Apparently one issue was that Rancho Cordova has been having problems with contractors not properly repairing the streets after digging them up, costing the city a lot of money to fix. The city's solution to this problem is... to drag their feet before issuing permits, which is terribly effective at solving the problem. Because businesses will be having trouble getting the infrastructure they need to operate, which will discourage them setting up shop in Rancho. Much better than arranging an inspection and fining violations. You'd think a bureacracy would LOVE adding paperwork and issuing fines, but then bureacracies are also really good at inertia. So, I guess they went with what they do best.
Anyway, that's the city and its contractors, not Comcast. Which finally got the connection all the way across 100 ft., then screwed up our settings by assigning us an IP block that was already in use.
And that's competition at its finest.
The Comcast sales drone got a few choice remarks when he showed at my door the other day and asked why I'd left them. (That sounds more... confrontational than what really happened, but it's the gist.) But at least he didn't try to sell me anything. Pretty obvious I wasn't going to buy.
Oddly enough, if Netflix hadn't done this, I probably wouldn't have bothered looking for ways around it. As it is, I can now access their entire catalogue -- with or without VPN active. Before they did this, I didn't really pay much attention, and would have continued to settle for the U.S. catalogue. For the most part.
I was using a U.S. IP address while in the U.S., so I'm not sure how I was actually violating any regional restrictions. But now? Fuck 'em. They asked for this.
Actually he's not asking for an extra set of keys under the mat. Nor even an unlocked back door. He's asking that every house in the world be fitted with a lock that accepts a skeleton key, and all locks accept the same skeleton key. Then copies of that key will be given to every law enforcement department, agency and every police station in the U.S. along with a key copy machine and unlimited blanks.
And then he's saying that we'll be safe in our houses because all those police and agencies can be trusted not to abuse the keys nor share them with any unauthorized persons.
And of course we all know that criminals and terrorists will not install locks incompatible with those keys, because That Would Be Illegal.
"And when presented with the opportunity to highlight why CBS should be considered the innovation gold standard, the company stepped on its dick and fell flat on its face."
I've been using my daughter's account. First thing I did was pay for that upgrade.
She's sharing it with three friends as well, but only three of us (out of five) use it regularly.
My next door neighbor wants to cut the cord, and one of the first things I'll be doing is setting her up with a Netflix account. Because they give good value for price.
And yeah, that's "rite" of passage. Curse those homophones!
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(Also, "phenomenon" is singular; whomever wrote that paragraph wants "phenomena".)
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The weather forecast
GWX Control Panel FTW.
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Meantime... This reeks of political campaigns. Vote for me because the other guy sucks instead of vote for me because of my values. Not a way to sell yourself, you just look petty.
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Then it turns out the nearest junction box was across the street. So naturally getting a cable strung from one side of the street to the other required a freaking act of Congress. (Metaphorically speaking.)
Only took a couple months while we waited, kept picking at them, looked into alternatives (another company in our building was being fed by some third party using fiber from AT&T, but it was horribly expensive) and used a wireless connection as a stopgap. That was... annoying, to say the least.
Apparently one issue was that Rancho Cordova has been having problems with contractors not properly repairing the streets after digging them up, costing the city a lot of money to fix. The city's solution to this problem is... to drag their feet before issuing permits, which is terribly effective at solving the problem. Because businesses will be having trouble getting the infrastructure they need to operate, which will discourage them setting up shop in Rancho. Much better than arranging an inspection and fining violations. You'd think a bureacracy would LOVE adding paperwork and issuing fines, but then bureacracies are also really good at inertia. So, I guess they went with what they do best.
Anyway, that's the city and its contractors, not Comcast. Which finally got the connection all the way across 100 ft., then screwed up our settings by assigning us an IP block that was already in use.
And that's competition at its finest.
The Comcast sales drone got a few choice remarks when he showed at my door the other day and asked why I'd left them. (That sounds more... confrontational than what really happened, but it's the gist.) But at least he didn't try to sell me anything. Pretty obvious I wasn't going to buy.
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I was using a U.S. IP address while in the U.S., so I'm not sure how I was actually violating any regional restrictions. But now? Fuck 'em. They asked for this.
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And then he's saying that we'll be safe in our houses because all those police and agencies can be trusted not to abuse the keys nor share them with any unauthorized persons.
And of course we all know that criminals and terrorists will not install locks incompatible with those keys, because That Would Be Illegal.
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FTFY
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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2368220.Mutant_59
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She's sharing it with three friends as well, but only three of us (out of five) use it regularly.
My next door neighbor wants to cut the cord, and one of the first things I'll be doing is setting her up with a Netflix account. Because they give good value for price.
And yeah, that's "rite" of passage. Curse those homophones!
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... Or cat pr0n. All those horny furries...
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