"It is, of course, possible that Congress could do a good job rewriting the Telecommunications Act, but since when has anyone believed that Congress was competent about issues like this?"
Oh, about in 1790 perhaps, before electronic communications was invented...
Well, my first "smart" phone was a Nexus One that Google gave me some years ago at the Linux Collaboration Summit (conference swag). I have used it since, though I have upgraded recently to a OnePlusOne. A great phone (both)!
Parrots live so long if you get a young one, be prepare to include them in the will! I think they live up to 70 or more. And they are much more human-friendly than lobsters I do believe!
So why aren't these AG's being prosecuted for corruption? Oh yes, the AG in their state would have to do that... Sorry, but I'm not going to prosecute myself. That would be a conflict of interest!
Why are we surprised when our favorite 3-letter acronymic gasbags lie to us? I think the word dissemble should be part of their names, just so we will remember that they are not upholders of truth, justice, and the American Way...
If he didn't do the work (frame and take the picture, no matter if his camera was used), then he doesn't own it. If the monkey can't own it, then it has to be public domain!
It sounds like this person is working on behalf of the police in order to derail the implementation of body cams in Seattle, which has a seriously bad history of police misbehavior.
The "government" (or should I say "mis-government"?) wants encrypted phones. They just don't want the rest of us to have them so they can more easily spy on us. IE, what's good for the goose is not good for the gander, and since we know what a goose does to a gander...
The Drury Park Plaza Hotel has lost another customer. We visit the St. Louis area fairly frequently for various music events and to visit friends. Guess what DPPH, we won't be staying with you in the future...
Myself, I like passwords from 2000 year dead languages that are only relevant to myself, unguessable, and seeded with non-alphabetic characters. The chances of them being broken in a period shorter than that via a brute-force attack is unlikely. However, they are easy for me to remember, and the only way that they can be captured is if my system has had a key-logger installed that I don't know about. Given that all of my systems are not Windows-based, and have serious major anti-malware software and LAN hardware firewalls installed, the chances of that is pretty low...
I pay for bandwidth, NOT data volumes. If you are charging me for a specified bandwidth, or unlimited as is my AT&T account provides, then I should get whatever is available, network congestion issues included in the equation, with no limitations. I don't expect to get more than others when the current network links are saturated, but I expect to get the appropriate proportional rates at the time and place(s) in question, data caps notwithstanding.
And don't feed me a bunch of nonsensical gobbledygook. I am a professional network and mobile phone engineer with 30+ years experience in the field. I also have taught AT&T techs classes on cellular, wifi, tcp/ip, and other networking technologies.
I'm sure that Verrilli will be amply rewarded with a lucrative position in the entertainment industry after he leaves his currently underpaid government position. A little bit of quid-pro-quo here?
Given how these assholes have betrayed their agency, their oaths of office, and the people they are supposed to serve and protect, they have a LOT of damn gall to condemn Soltani! I won't be happy until Alexander and the rest of that cadre of thugs are in prison for life.
The "authorities" have just added a new arrow to the quiver of real terrorists - they can shut down just about every airport in the world by seemingly innocuous actions of oblivious passengers.
"Besides, we already have an "audiovisual interactive format for music that can't be pirated," and it's called a concert."
Actually, with a good seating position and a decent digital stereo recorder, you can pirate a concert. It won't sound as good, but it will probably be decent. One caveat - just don't get caught!
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Since When?
Oh, about in 1790 perhaps, before electronic communications was invented...
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Is it environmental?
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Google and the Nexus One
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Parrots
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And so, the big lie goes on
Yes, but how many illegal ones did he ask?
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So why?
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Why are we surprised?
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My opinion is simple
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Working for the police?
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Why I don't purchase any e-cruft from Amazon
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What do you want to bet
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Who gets it?
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Guess what?
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Secret decoder ring
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Bandwidth != data volume
And don't feed me a bunch of nonsensical gobbledygook. I am a professional network and mobile phone engineer with 30+ years experience in the field. I also have taught AT&T techs classes on cellular, wifi, tcp/ip, and other networking technologies.
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Revolving door
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The pot is calling the kettle black
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A new arrow
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Just rename it
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Piracy of a concert
Actually, with a good seating position and a decent digital stereo recorder, you can pirate a concert. It won't sound as good, but it will probably be decent. One caveat - just don't get caught!
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