Comment Re:Back in my day (Score 1) 142
i have 20/2 and netflix only needs 5 down for HD
i can stream netflix and live TV or hbo go at the same time with no problems
i have 20/2 and netflix only needs 5 down for HD
i can stream netflix and live TV or hbo go at the same time with no problems
why can't these republicans, and the rural areas are almost fully republican who preach the evils of taxes and high government spending not pay for it themselves? all the tea party nonsense is how bad the blue high tax parts of the country are and yet it's the red states that suck up most of the federal government money for airports that like 5 people use in a year and bridges with one car a day of traffic
when i explained what a smart TV was to my mom all she said was that it was a way to make you spend more money, which is true
all the faster connections do is make impulsive challenged people buy something NOW and spend more money
yep, they do this close to schools where kids might be crossing
they do this in NYC after 9am. all the lights are computer controlled
stupid people can't wait to cross the street and the few that die cause everyone to have to drive slower. on weekends some major roads in NYC are insane where the lights are timed to make you stop at almost every light
because the whole point is to slow traffic down in residential areas so you don't hit anyone who is walking
even at stop signs in some places people get wild and almost run pedestrians over
city airports are paid for by debt backed by the fees that travelers pay to use them
some of these startups are trying to use the infrastructure and avoid the fees
they aren't libertarians, just leeches
it's simple
unless you're in one of the best high schools in the USA and one of the top people in the school in math and want to be a CS major, don't bother applying to the best CS programs unless you have scholarships and your parents have money to pay
you are better off going to your state school and taking out less loans you will have to repay
i imagine they have to run the camera to the dash and wire it into the transmission so that every time you go into R it automatically switches to the display. and test the whole thing
not true
back in the day people used to cut entire forests down to burn the wood in the winter time and make land for farming
you missed the article
these aren't the old guard doing HFT, but the younger people starting up their own hedge funds and taking the stock purchases away from the bigger banks
how exactly is this rigged for the longer term investor?
hedge funds have always been about finding some unknown niche with tiny profit potential and making it up on volume with borrowed money
uber wasn't free market either
they were shown to have told drivers to stay home on high demand days so they could jack the prices and keep the profits for themselves
we have this in NYC in some areas with time warner having to unbundle its wires to others. the others are more expensive than time warner
yeah, meanwhile all the heroic family owned businesses in NYC are fighting a new proposed law to give employees at any business with more than 5 employees 5 paid sick days per year separate from vacation days
and i hear they all offer at least some health, pension benefits and the ability to be promoted into management of the family business
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.