No. The problem is that there are no more Democrats left. They all turned into social democrats leaving those of us who aren't communists without a liberal party to vote for.
What an absurd statement. You're throwing the word "communist" around and expect to be taken seriously?
Alternate energy sources is the answer and that can only be accomplished with science not regulation.
I do not agree. I think that regulation in some form MUST be a component because as we've all seen, massive corporations are reluctant to make expensive investments unless prodded to do so. Do you honestly believe we'd have had the increases in fuel efficiency or the proliferation of hybrid vehicles without some of the regulations that have been imposed?
No one's talking about banning the internal combustion energy, dude. Just like we didn't just ban CFCs, we phased out the CFC based refrigerants over 20 years, and you know what? It worked.
So, why don't you get that enormous cock off your chest and quit accusing people of being "hippie idealists" who are essentially saying the same thing you are? Any idiot with half a brain recognizes that our planets reliance on fossil fuels is a dead end street, and everyone agrees renewables is the way to go (well.....except those die hard Trumpies.....they just want their coal jobs back...).
1. Why are these infrastructure computers reachable from the Internet? 2. Why this system doesn't fail safe if the controller is taken down? Yet another cautionary tale of IoT woe, but also some seemingly bad design...
Exactly. I've been working in Facilities Management for 16 years. I have a LOT of experience with Building Automation systems and Building Monitoring systems. If these dummies were stupid enough to put their Building Automation System on the Internet and didn't bother to put the infrastructure in place to provide adequate security and/or failsafe modes for controller or communications failures, then they deserve what they got.
This is not the way the pros do it. I've never heard of this management company, and it's clear why.....they suck. There is no reason this should have happened. I'd be willing to bet that someone took a shortcut so he/she wouldn't have to come in after hours to respond to issues, so they grabbed an old copy of PC Anywhere and installed in on a client machine or something stupid like that. Too often, I see cases like this where human laziness ends up being the culprit.
Sure, I'd rather pay $300 up front and get it for free.
That's part of the problem, they've cancelled the "free" option. And they've raised their prices in most markets. They're just getting ready to roll out here in Charlotte, NC, and I was initially excited, but I'm not anymore. Sure, they're offering gigabit speeds, and while you can get that through the others, it's more expensive with them. That said, if they really wanted mass adoption, they should've kept the cheaper plans and lower (but competitive) speeds in place. Why should I switch to them when I'm getting 30 Mbps and 300 digital channels for about $100/month?
Nothing happens.