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Comment Re:so what is ipv6 good for? (Score 1) 236

Should we just let the problem get worse until we reach the breaking point?

All mobile devices with the intent of being a phone intended to be sold in America, but manufactured perhaps 18 months after the bill passes, would be required to be IPv6 enabled by default with or without the option for IPv4. Waivers available for companies that would feel an undue hardship.

Comment Re:so what is ipv6 good for? (Score 1) 236

I haven't read all of your post, but I caught the part about mobile phones. I strongly agree. I agree so much I feel Congress should enact a law mandating all cell phones to be IPv6 enabled by default. That's not to say they can't switch to IPv4, but the less phones that rely on IPv4, the more IPv4 numbers we have freed up for those who cannot transition.

Some legacy devices don't work with IPv6.

In other news, I found out about IPv6 when www.google.com wouldn't regularly load, and doing a ping in cmd.exe resolved to a weird number. Looks like I'm stuck with IPv4 at least with my browser, and hence my whole machine. Although, I don't know if it's really my computer, or some hardware, or my ISP, down the line.

Comment Re:Irrefutable fact (Score 1) 386

I'm going to disagree. Try Tesla âEdison. By the way, how do I type that? I had to find a site to copy â and supposedly the UTF-8 or whatever is 8811. I've tried alt+8811; no luck.

And previewing my post makes it look like a-hat. Oh well, I'm still going to post. I'm not going to potentially spend hours trying to get it to post correctly. Maybe someone can get it to work for me.

Comment Re:looks like pretty low-value accounts (Score 1) 66

Well, looks like people have a list of 55,000 strong passwords to choose from now.

People who have memorization issues should start with perhaps a weaker password, then make it longer over time. I don't think password aging is a good idea as people will just choose weak passwords slightly modifying them each time.

A six digit, easy-to-read captcha seems like it should be easy for spammers to crack. Maybe twitter should require account verification using a mobile phone number? With no more than one account created per phone number per week.

Comment Re:Happened to me trying to get hired at Apple (Score 1) 541

That seems hard to believe. Didn't you have your actual diploma as proof? Oh wait, I don't think it mentions major, does it? Just the specific college you graduated from.

If a university is withholding transcripts based on past-due student loans, they should have some sort of policy where something can be worked out to get you back in good standing. With Direct loans, there's that 25 year repayment plan where I believe if you have under $20k income/year, it's effectively $0. With Perkins loans, there are deferrals that can be done. And as I've heard on TV, private loans are "poison".

Here are some ideas...
1. 0% interest on Direct loans if all payments in the 10 year plan are on-time.
2. Triple the aggregate amount that can be borrowed from Direct subsidized loans and Direct unsubsidized loans. This should result in less need to do private borrowing.
3. First two years of tuition at accredited not-for-profit colleges paid for by the federal government. Limited to the average tuition rate in the region/state.
4. A new loan option to pay like 6% of your taxable income over 20 years with no opt-out option if opted in. Can only be opted in within the first two years after graduation. Once opted in, the 20 year countdown begins.
5. Federal block grants to public universities in order to help lower tuition rates.

I'd prefer we seek the creative path opposed to the war/neo-imperialism path. So if we could cut "defense" spending, enough said.

That's only part of the problem. The other part of the problem lies with k-12 schooling. Not just the lack of funding, but the type of schooling. Another commenter in this article mentioned something I'm essentially going to repeat. We need to teach the "why" and "how" rather than "rote memorization". Some history teachers teach history, while others teach us the lessons of history. Some math teachers teach us how to do math, while other teach us why it works.

Comment Re:Wrong (Score 1) 148

It all depends on what the definition of "named after" is.

If, for example, "named after" means to give a label to something or someone based on the previous existence of something, then I could say the following: A was named after B. A is not necessarily B, and B is not necessarily A.

If, for example, "named after" means the word "is", then someone could say the following: I named my child Barack Obama. Therefore, my child is President!

By the way fellow Americans, don't forget April 17th named after tax day this year.

Comment Re:I'm surprised so many people have widescreen (Score 1) 382

Wait, what about the cost to recycle the old product? Eventually it's going to need to be recycled after it falls out of use.

I also say there is nothing wrong with using an old product until it dies or becomes a problem. But that can be a personal choice that isn't inflicted on anyone else.

How many 5+ year old pieces of technology do you use?
NEC MultiSync LCD1760V since November 2006.
eMachines T1090 since February 2002.
Panasonic RC-6310 alarm clock since the 1990s.
A Galaxy brand microwave from 2006/2007, not much used anymore, but still works good enough.

I also have a Nokia 6030 cell phone that is 4.5 years old, and a Skype CIT400 phone that is 4 years old, if I recall correctly.

Oh, and when I got a laptop years back, I upgraded my backpack because the old one wouldn't do not being made for a laptop. Plus, it had a hole in it and it was probably time anyways, not that I threw it away yet.

Comment Re:Damn unfortunate (Score 1) 714

I don't know the full story. But if the article is of any indication, it sounds like it was voyeurism.

What I question is why Clementi committed suicide. Some of the comments on WSJ indicate it may not have been related to Ravi, and yet the jury was biased because they didn't see the suicide notes. Read the comment that starts with "If you carefully read the statements from Tylerâ(TM)s parents" on the article page.

On another note, should motivation make a crime, or should motivation only be used for sentencing?

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