Art Bell was about entertainment and giving talk radio a way to make money. Let the crazies rant, bring in fringe ideas and let listeners decide. It was "Ancient Aliens" of the time and even had science guests.
The downfall of "Coast to Coast (..)" was the departure of Art Bell and the new guys drinking the cool-aid of the Lizard People and area 51 - Basically anything was worthy of a segment.
The "Tablet Computer" comes from Asimov, See Foundation books. The assistant took out a stylus and entered the equations into his tablet ... preformed the math. This is a how I recall that scene but the book is on the shelf if I need to photograph the page.
Star Trek was more of an make stuff seem commonplace more than be inventive.
In last post I was going to make a joke that today Old East Germany who lived under the thumb of secret police wonders what the Fk is going on in America.
I did not think a joke was any good and nobody here believes in putting up walls. Silly me, Washington DC does. In the video only the segment about walls is interesting, the remainder is just political yammering. https://youtu.be/5qe606rug1g (FOX News -7min)
This is a situation that ThePowersThatBe created post 911. All the bad TV ads about if you see something suspicious report it, billboards too probably.
From 2015 this billboard (I bet there was a problem with calls from people fitting articles Walmart person.)
-- https://www.crimestopperspbc.com/human-trafficking-billboard/
So, all the be aware advice flipped on its head in the way demonstrated in that "crazy woman and the black birdwatcher video".
I bet it gets worse. Ye, I meant to type the topic label that way.
"Senator Thom Tillis in announcing the bill, stated that by 2020, these sites were taking away more than US$30 billion from copyright holders annually, justifying the need for closing the loophole.[3]"
Re: 'Regulations are great!... when they benefit us!'
All bought and paid for be telco and comca()T <<-- I tied to make a joke. Impossible to channel George Carlin.
It does not mater which party is in or out (Trump was GOTyou }, laws are written by the lobby - music, movie, Internet and copyright.
Current supply of high cost internet with slow speed is not changing in cities.Co-ops face the stupid bill like this one that uses emergency services as the "Child-p0rn" argument. That is enough FUD for any Mayor. This is an end run around markets that do not have laws restricting build community build.
If state has communities that have no broadband but there is (telco or ISP) in the market "no local building of networks. Also local counts a competing with private builds. So, AT&T wireless counts as broadband supply.
See, Congress is being paid what amounts to protection money - election year.
There is no reason to even submit this bill. On, /rant
Use proper protocol - cover page, offer solution instead of word soup that wastes time. A couple of short paragraphs an aid will notice when looking at it.
Can't get through the signal2noise ratio by spamming. Believe it or not mail hard copy. USPS was created to process letters to representatives way back - Ever hear of "Registered Delivery"?
I believe no telco or ISP wants federal loans to communities without broadband so they, the residents, can build it. In 1936 a mile of all the components electrify one farm $2,000, now multiply by miles from grid to farm -- the farm and or co-op had to pay. After "Rural Electrification Act" cost was $600.
Using something proven to work in one instance is not proof that it would work "out in the boonies).
So here we are again, electric was new tech at farm level -- machines run by people instead of people trying to do more with animal power. Fast broadband (internet services) is what electric was in 1936.
Not a rant just a little history for those who believe history needs to be revised instead of studying it.
The rural broadband situation made me thing about the "Rural Electrification Act" "The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States. The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, hundreds of which still exist today."
More at -- Rural Electrification: the long struggle -- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/667902
My point? The most successful program ever must not be used as a model for rural coop-broadband. Big ISP (all their names) wrote law for states to insure nothing gets built.
The cost of a mile of electric in 1936 was $2,000 to farmer, The Act reduced cost to $600.
Gee golly, lose money says cash fat ISP, no way coop-broadband can be allowed to happen.
Re: DOE says it's caused by frozen NATURAL GAS well heads....
More than just "freeze-off". Add in turbine icing up. It's like someone said it ain't gonna get real cold or thought ice storms are for cold places like east coast.
My take on climate: Weather happens, climate changes. Some ignore both.
This is where I dump science on everyone and take policy out of the topic.
Dr. Nate Lewis has been telling the science of energy generation for years. Naturally the not-glitzy lectures don't trend on Twitter. Here are the links:
Some economical data has probably changed, new science may exist, the lecture is about showing the magnitude of energy consumption and how it takes many solutions not just renewable (not an accurate label but we are stuck with it)
Just something to ponder when politics is driving the bus.
New Title: Wheeler's Catch and Release Summer Fishing Trip (What will the fish bite?)
Reckon bait.
Caught lawyers.
Anyone, I mean authority, writing gibberish like Mr. Wheeler wrote has a reason. Fuckit, this is why fun stuff gets so crazy that it becomes /dev/null.
Re: Re: It's rational people not stampeded by MINOR virus.
You are not asking the right question. What is Florid's major revenue source?
All that insane taxes out of state people pay getting around, hotel/condos, hard stop. Hospitality industry collects the state's percentage at the door, workers give the state money instead of receiving unemployment money from the state. Empty resorts and hotels is not an option in the Governors mind.
He may as well eat his pistol, however, taking a scare the shit out of some scientist in a big flashy way, have "your science team" ready for the years worth of court .... Roll the dice. HIS position is next spring nobody cares and he will NOT be called evil because tax buckets are full.
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Re: Re: Human stupidity predates the internet
Art Bell was about entertainment and giving talk radio a way to make money. Let the crazies rant, bring in fringe ideas and let listeners decide. It was "Ancient Aliens" of the time and even had science guests.
The downfall of "Coast to Coast (..)" was the departure of Art Bell and the new guys drinking the cool-aid of the Lizard People and area 51 - Basically anything was worthy of a segment.
The "Tablet Computer" comes from Asimov, See Foundation books. The assistant took out a stylus and entered the equations into his tablet ... preformed the math. This is a how I recall that scene but the book is on the shelf if I need to photograph the page.
Star Trek was more of an make stuff seem commonplace more than be inventive.
On the post: $3.2 Billion FCC Program Helps The Poor Afford Broadband, But...
Re: Your first two links are twice indirect by grifters!
Yes, a one page Press Release that is labeled not official.
Go to the full text document located somewhere.
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Berlin Wall Joke DOA
In last post I was going to make a joke that today Old East Germany who lived under the thumb of secret police wonders what the Fk is going on in America.
I did not think a joke was any good and nobody here believes in putting up walls. Silly me, Washington DC does. In the video only the segment about walls is interesting, the remainder is just political yammering.
https://youtu.be/5qe606rug1g (FOX News -7min)
My first reaction - Figures. SSDD
On the post: Law Enforcement, Social Media Users Turn An Act Of Kindness Into A Human Trafficking Investigation
Crime Stoppers: Amateur Night
This is a situation that ThePowersThatBe created post 911. All the bad TV ads about if you see something suspicious report it, billboards too probably.
From 2015 this billboard (I bet there was a problem with calls from people fitting articles Walmart person.)
-- https://www.crimestopperspbc.com/human-trafficking-billboard/
So, all the be aware advice flipped on its head in the way demonstrated in that "crazy woman and the black birdwatcher video".
I bet it gets worse. Ye, I meant to type the topic label that way.
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Re: It's all fun and games until copyright maximalism goes too f
My favorite sentence from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_Lawful_Streaming_Act
"Senator Thom Tillis in announcing the bill, stated that by 2020, these sites were taking away more than US$30 billion from copyright holders annually, justifying the need for closing the loophole.[3]"
That's All Folks -- Tired of it all.
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Re: 'Regulations are great!... when they benefit us!'
All bought and paid for be telco and comca()T <<-- I tied to make a joke. Impossible to channel George Carlin.
It does not mater which party is in or out (Trump was GOTyou }, laws are written by the lobby - music, movie, Internet and copyright.
Current supply of high cost internet with slow speed is not changing in cities.Co-ops face the stupid bill like this one that uses emergency services as the "Child-p0rn" argument. That is enough FUD for any Mayor. This is an end run around markets that do not have laws restricting build community build.
If state has communities that have no broadband but there is (telco or ISP) in the market "no local building of networks. Also local counts a competing with private builds. So, AT&T wireless counts as broadband supply.
See, Congress is being paid what amounts to protection money - election year.
There is no reason to even submit this bill. On, /rant
On the post: New Bill Tries To Ban Community Broadband. During A Pandemic.
Re: Force feed this message
It will be Spam filer'd to delete.
Use proper protocol - cover page, offer solution instead of word soup that wastes time. A couple of short paragraphs an aid will notice when looking at it.
Can't get through the signal2noise ratio by spamming. Believe it or not mail hard copy. USPS was created to process letters to representatives way back - Ever hear of "Registered Delivery"?
google
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Re: getsearch DOT in
Whatever it is it acts like malware -- top result as function.
I isolated browser and looked at site out of curiosity (I'm a cat). Yikes what a piece of FlimFlam.
In a comment (First Word)
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210209/08295446215/chattanooga-built-own-broadband-network-now- top-ranked-work-home-city-us.shtml#comments
I believe no telco or ISP wants federal loans to communities without broadband so they, the residents, can build it. In 1936 a mile of all the components electrify one farm $2,000, now multiply by miles from grid to farm -- the farm and or co-op had to pay. After "Rural Electrification Act" cost was $600.
Using something proven to work in one instance is not proof that it would work "out in the boonies).
So here we are again, electric was new tech at farm level -- machines run by people instead of people trying to do more with animal power. Fast broadband (internet services) is what electric was in 1936.
Not a rant just a little history for those who believe history needs to be revised instead of studying it.
On the post: A Teenaged Tech CEO Tries To Sneak In After Curfew And Finds His Mom Waited Up For Him
And the,as long as you live under my roof you do as I say, rule
That about sums up how most committees act. Sit down I want to talk to you about your behavior, not your brother telecom because it does NatSec.
After watching too many of these meetings I stopped. They act like city state judgement boards. Also without any expertise or with lobby notes.
Well, landed a new rover on Mars so the future looks good to move out. Problem: empty real estate.
On the post: Chattanooga Built Its Own Broadband Network. Now It's The Top Ranked 'Work From Home' City In The US
All spelling and grammer belong to me
oops, pressed rong button and post is :AS IS"
On the post: Chattanooga Built Its Own Broadband Network. Now It's The Top Ranked 'Work From Home' City In The US
But Elon riding on a rocket will deliver GIg level
Actually not really. https://www.starlink.com/ is an experiment today but who knows.
The rural broadband situation made me thing about the "Rural Electrification Act" "The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States. The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, hundreds of which still exist today."
More at -- Rural Electrification: the long struggle -- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/667902
My point? The most successful program ever must not be used as a model for rural coop-broadband. Big ISP (all their names) wrote law for states to insure nothing gets built.
The cost of a mile of electric in 1936 was $2,000 to farmer, The Act reduced cost to $600.
Gee golly, lose money says cash fat ISP, no way coop-broadband can be allowed to happen.
And here we are.
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Google results has a feature that makes refine easier.
Must include "term'"' and missing "term" they are clickable,
Reckon that is new + and - commands.
On the post: Dumb New GOP Talking Point: If You Restore Net Neutrality, You HAVE To Kill Section 230. Just Because!
After reading all of the comments I have only one thing to add.
Laurie Anderson figured it out years ago.
https://youtu.be/KvOoR8m0oms
On the post: Texas Power, Phone Outages Again Highlight How Infrastructure Underinvestment Will Be Fatal Moving Forward
Re: DOE says it's caused by frozen NATURAL GAS well heads....
More than just "freeze-off". Add in turbine icing up. It's like someone said it ain't gonna get real cold or thought ice storms are for cold places like east coast.
Smoke and Mirror approach failed experiment.
On the post: Texas Power, Phone Outages Again Highlight How Infrastructure Underinvestment Will Be Fatal Moving Forward
Current Energy Science from Dr. Nate Lewis
December 2020 interview on status of energy and carbon dioxide:
https://www.verdexchange.org/news/caltech%E2%80%99s-nate-lewis-converting-scalable-sunlight -fuel-green-hydrogen
Of interest is DOT redirecting talent to fuel. Just remember science has policy toss in because government is fickle.
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New Rules: Inspections
My take on climate: Weather happens, climate changes. Some ignore both.
This is where I dump science on everyone and take policy out of the topic.
Dr. Nate Lewis has been telling the science of energy generation for years. Naturally the not-glitzy lectures don't trend on Twitter. Here are the links:
Source material -- http://nsl.caltech.edu/energy
(all science with some humor and Q and A.
-- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/alternative-renewable-energy-sources-for-earth
Some economical data has probably changed, new science may exist, the lecture is about showing the magnitude of energy consumption and how it takes many solutions not just renewable (not an accurate label but we are stuck with it)
Just something to ponder when politics is driving the bus.
On the post: Conservative News Outlet Ordered To Pay More Than $250,000 In Legal Fees To Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
What kind of Herring
Is Herring Networks a red herring or a blue herring?
On the post: Former FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Continues To Misunderstand And Misrepresent Section 230 And The Challenges Of Content Moderation
New Title: Wheeler's Catch and Release Summer Fishing Trip (What will the fish bite?)
Reckon bait.
Caught lawyers.
Anyone, I mean authority, writing gibberish like Mr. Wheeler wrote has a reason. Fuckit, this is why fun stuff gets so crazy that it becomes /dev/null.
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Re:
The Antitrust Legislation you seek is not here (because it does not apply).
On the post: Florida State Police Raid Home Of COVID Whistleblower, Point Guns At Her & Her Family, Seize All Her Computer Equipment
Re: Re: It's rational people not stampeded by MINOR virus.
You are not asking the right question. What is Florid's major revenue source?
All that insane taxes out of state people pay getting around, hotel/condos, hard stop. Hospitality industry collects the state's percentage at the door, workers give the state money instead of receiving unemployment money from the state. Empty resorts and hotels is not an option in the Governors mind.
He may as well eat his pistol, however, taking a scare the shit out of some scientist in a big flashy way, have "your science team" ready for the years worth of court .... Roll the dice. HIS position is next spring nobody cares and he will NOT be called evil because tax buckets are full.
Florida the Orange Banana Republic.
G'night
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