So lemme get this straight. The Government wants ALL our networks (public & private) connected to theirs. So if I'm a hacker, all I have to do is hack 1 system to get all the information I need instead of hacking 30?
We all know how secure the government networks are, dont we?
If you start from the overall pricing, including overhead and other fixed costs, then you're not basing the price on what the consumer values -- and, more importantly, you're taking away your own incentives to become more efficient and decrease costs. Instead, you're just "baking them in." But the most important reason not to base pricing on overhead costs is that your competitors won't do that, and they'll under cut your price and then you're in serious trouble.
Except when your competition undercuts you, you call infringement and sue based on copyright/trademark violations, issure DMCA takedowns, and other foolish things to protect the children from the pirates!!!
The next time I plan on flying, I'm going to wear the same pair of socks for 2 weeks. I'm gonna love the fun in the airport when they have me take my shoes off...
Your Internet is unicast, just to you. Bits you use cannot be shared by your neighbors. This costs more.
Then explain to me why your speed drops when everyone in your "neighborhood" is downloading stuff? Cable internet is a "shared" resource among "nodes" You share your connection with 8-15 other people. DSL is unicast, which is why thier speeds are more constant (although slower)
This is exactly what the telcos want. They want you to use less data so they don't have to spend millions of dollars on network upgrades.
As for the bandwidth analogy, the perfect analogy that no one uses is freeways. That's what bandwidth is...Freeways. When everyone is driving on them at the same time, no one gets anywhere. During off-peak hours (non-rush hour) you have no problem going the speed limit (your download limit)
Theoretically, if your car didn't require fuel or maintenance, there would be no cost for driving (for you) The freeway system would be maintained by the city (ISP) What ISP's are trying to do is charge you for the milage driven.
The only scarcity is the number of cars that can be on the road at the same time - (bandwidth), not what you have in your car - (data).
a study on Intellectual Property and the US Economy, put together by the US Patent and Trademark Office
Wait a minute...Isn't this the same as saying the tobacco industry put out a study on how cigarette smoke no longer causes cancer? A little biased, don't you think?
That's a great idea. I fully support deleting all references on the internet for [redacted]. While we're at it, can we add [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], and [redacted] to the list also?
Also, [redacted] makes the best popcorn. You can go to [redacted] as they have the best price for popcorn.
And this folks...is why we have those blurry little boxes all over the place on "reality" TV shows. I'd think the companies would actually LIKE the free advertising. Bluring out the brand names that are basically backgrounds or props in a movie/TV show has to be one of the dumbest things ever.
Yeah, Hollywood can't come up with anything original anymore. I mean they're remaking Total Recall for heaven's sake!!! Same story, same character...It's not even a sequal!!
Total recall: (2012) http://www.welcometorecall.com/
Plot Summary: "Total Recall" is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
Total Recall: (1990) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/plotsummary
Plot Summary: Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie.
That's a good point. Unless I'm mistaken, patents only last 20 years. If that's true, then AOL made out like a bandit for selling patents that are about to expire for $1 billion.
Yeah, How else am I supposed to get Windows 3.1 for my 386. I had 3 floppy disks that went bad and couldn't re-install the OS. I downloaded the whole OS onto 1 CD-ROM. Now I only need the boot floppy disk to install windows.
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We all know how secure the government networks are, dont we?
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Except when your competition undercuts you, you call infringement and sue based on copyright/trademark violations, issure DMCA takedowns, and other foolish things to protect the children from the pirates!!!
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Re: Re: Data caps harm economies & education
Then explain to me why your speed drops when everyone in your "neighborhood" is downloading stuff? Cable internet is a "shared" resource among "nodes" You share your connection with 8-15 other people. DSL is unicast, which is why thier speeds are more constant (although slower)
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Re: Mr. Oizo
A kilogram is not 1024 grams. It's 1000.
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Re: It won't stop until it costs them money...
As for the bandwidth analogy, the perfect analogy that no one uses is freeways. That's what bandwidth is...Freeways. When everyone is driving on them at the same time, no one gets anywhere. During off-peak hours (non-rush hour) you have no problem going the speed limit (your download limit)
Theoretically, if your car didn't require fuel or maintenance, there would be no cost for driving (for you) The freeway system would be maintained by the city (ISP) What ISP's are trying to do is charge you for the milage driven.
The only scarcity is the number of cars that can be on the road at the same time - (bandwidth), not what you have in your car - (data).
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On the post: Ridiculous White House Report Pretends Getting Copyrights, Patents & Trademarks Means You Benefit From Them
Wait a minute...Isn't this the same as saying the tobacco industry put out a study on how cigarette smoke no longer causes cancer? A little biased, don't you think?
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Re: Re: Re: Maybe we'll get lucky ...
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Re: Maybe we'll get lucky ...
Also, [redacted] makes the best popcorn. You can go to [redacted] as they have the best price for popcorn.
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Re: Originality?
Total recall: (2012) http://www.welcometorecall.com/
Plot Summary: "Total Recall" is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
Total Recall: (1990) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/plotsummary
Plot Summary: Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie.
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Re: comment held for moderation?
Trying to link infringing content on techdirt...PIRATE!!!
/sarcasm
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On the post: AOL Sells Its Patents To Microsoft For $1 Billion: Microsoft Now Owns Netscape IP
Wait...what???
This will get interesting...
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Re: Re: Wow! I guess the government schools don't want free speech.
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Why do you think they're pushing so hard to be able to search laptops and cell phones at the borders now??
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/sarcasm
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