Comment Losing net neutrality is like pissing in your pant (Score 5, Funny) 361
It's warm and feels good to let it flow.
But after a while you realize that in the end you will stink and be dirty.
Don't do it!
It's warm and feels good to let it flow.
But after a while you realize that in the end you will stink and be dirty.
Don't do it!
Knowing which is the oldest object in the world is like doing archaeology.
Looking at old objects we humans can determine more about how the world looked like when the object was created. The materials that was used. The way the object was formed.
It's important information that helps give a greater understanding of our universe and how it was created and the condition that then existed.
Hi,
So, it is tempting to resurrect Technocrat.net now that Slashdot stinks worse than the last two times I shut down technocrat.net
If you remember, we didn't get very many readers. We didn't get them because not enough people submitted usable articles.
As it happens, we don't just need a better Slashdot. We need a replacement for Groklaw. And I personally would be happier reading something with the absolute minimum of Javascript except perhaps in the submission editor. Maybe I'm old-fashioned.
I know that I can do it technically, and I have the server, and Cloudflare should be able to help me handle the load. But if it is like last time, and my wife observes that I'm talking to the same dozen guys all of the time, it's not going to work.
What do you think?
Yes, of course its trivial to block. Many already does that.
The name of the domain makes it easy to just block all content from just that domain.
Doesnt matter if they call it ad.name.com or partners.name.com or media.name.com or whatever.name.com
If its all ads from one of the "legit" subdomains, its easy to block just that domain.
If that is hidden behind a URL scheme with www.name.com/ads/ (or
If ads is added bya specific script file that all webpages include - just block that script file.
Blocking ads speed up the browsing. If you never intend to buy from internet-ads anyway and instead
always use consumer compare sites for selecting which product to buy - who needs ads anyway ?
You could do this using FRS walkie talkies, as long as they have microphone and earphone connections. Or analog telephones. It's been tested multiple times on ham FM walkie talkies. Anything that carries voice should work. The bandwidth is only 1.25 kHz and I think the low end starts at about 700 Hz.
MOS is only for people who want to pay a lot of money. Of the automated processes, the one available to us isn't validated for less than 4K bps codecs.
It would be a great improvement to MOS if there was an open version of POQLA. But the actual customer base for the codec have never even heard of MOS and thus we aren't volunteering to write that. The folks who want to put it in expensive government support systems yet aren't willing to help with testing don't get our sympathy.
To restore a sense of reality, I think Walt Disney should have a Hardluckland. -- Jack Paar