Anyone who parrots that "golden age" industry wank (I wish I could remember which sock-puppet kicked it off a few years back) unironically clearly didn't live through the Age of Legends (Gen 3-4 with Atari/Intellivision/Odyssey/et al as Gen 1).

You keep repeating this, while ignoring the fact that, until the early 2000s, it DID fall under it already. The whole "information service" Title I reclassification came about because the ISPs said "the regulations are holding us back, we promise we'll play nice if you cut us some slack." Instead, they delivered conflicts of interest and asterisks all the way down.

There are exemptions in FTC regulations for Common Carriers.

FTC is suing AT&T.

AT&T says "Step off, FTC. We're under the FCC until we win our lawsuit fighting it"

Judge says "Fuck you, you weren't Common Carriers when you pulled your scam."

It depends where you are. I recently finally got tired of Sprint's bullshit (like charging me a $10 "4G" fee because my phone was WiMax - i.e. has never, ever worked as a 4G phone) and switched to T-Mobile. It works pretty well around home and the office, but it has a lot of spotty coverage in the "in between" areas, and none at all at the SO's apartment. Wifi calling didn't work right there, either, probably because of having 20+ SSIDs pumping through her living room. So coverage can still be a very real concern for them.

OTOH, they seem to have the self-awareness to realize this: When I called them about the problem, they hooked me up with a "free loan" (i.e. I have to send it back if I change carriers) of a 5gHz WAP. Hopefully that nails down the problem, but it's sure a nice surprise either way.

You and siblings missed the gag: capital "F" on fuck was to troll the AC complaining about capitalization, the "American spelling" would be "capitalise," with an "s" in the UK.

Actually, I know exactly what Free Software is (at least as defined by the FSF): I think you're just using the letter of the definition to ignore the spirit of it. You're conflating not distributing modified versions of released software with not distributing your own software - nothing wrong with that, we all have one-off scripts the universe at large isn't interested in - but there's nothing about that software that's "free" other than your statement that it is - If you decided that you weren't going to release it under the Oracle "We reserve the right to eat your Firstborn " license, the end result would be identical - no one else can run, copy, distribute,study, change, or improve it.

It contributes nothing to the software ecosystem or to society as a whole, which is the entire point of Free Software.

I'm just puzzled that I actually ate a downmod for that post. It's amazing what people take personally on the internet these days.

These days, the word "female" in TFS seems to be showing good success.

I did that for my niece. My brother looked at me like I was Satan incarnate, and instantly developed a psychosomatic limp...

Being unreleased, it doesn't have any distribution license, so one else can do anything with it, so it's not "free software."

Which step is it that installs the customized thermal sensors?

Less reliable than they say, in my case.

Having been in one of those "serious situations," my TDE, according to the common formula I found from just about every resource, was in the high 2000s. My first target was 1800 kcal, and I still either maintained or gained weight. It wasn't after dropping it to 1000 for a month (up to 12 for five months after that) that I started having any weight loss.

Not that I particularly recommend that approach. I lost weight, yes, but I spent six months feeling like a bear with a tranq in my ass.

OMG, just because they all come in the same bag doesn't mean it's monolithic! The chips are separate! If you want to take out one Dorito chip and replace it with a Pringles, you totally can (after using another Dorito chip to grind it down into the right shape).

And I thought it couldn't get any more useless and idiotic than the original Bechdel test!

Learning something new every day!