Comment Re:Slippery slope to non-free (Score 2, Insightful) 747
If you want to use my service and my resources, then you don't get to dictate your terms to me.
Sure. But if you want me to use your service and resources, then I do.
Comment Re:I'm glad we standardized on Skype (Score 1) 230
...there aren't many truly international SIP providers...
Really? Even compared to the number of Skype there is?
Comment In space, chickens can fly! (Score 2, Funny) 384
So I wouldn't rule chickens out completely. Think how quickly you can get around a big space station using a chicken for propulsion! Not to mention the chickens are sure to be happy about their new-found flight capability. And if I know anything about poultry it's that a happy chicken is a tasty chicken.
Comment Re:A good idea for a show... (Score 3, Insightful) 109
...the unfortunate consequence is that the move to greater energy efficiency will likely be greatly hampered by the precise trend you've identified.
I disagree.
In the long run old tech will eventually degrade beyond repair and will have to be replaced by whatever is available. Since the old equipment was kept running longer, more advances will have been made by the time the new equipment is purchased. I propose that it is more likely that by leapfrogging from the very old to the very new the energy savings and environmental impact from not manufacturing, transporting, and discarding all the interim equipment will outweigh the inefficiencies of maintaining the old equipment for that duration.
Comment Nothing new under the sun? (Score 1) 610
all of the historical advances made by hobbyists were done decades ago, involving simple concepts. all advances today are not simple, but require the support of an advanced facility, simply because all of the fundamental, simple advances in chemistry have already been scoured
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Circletimessquare, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Your defeatist statement reminds me of similar claims made regarding the writing of new music. There are even fewer musical notes available for combining than there are chemical compounds, yet somehow people keep managing to write new music.
"There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know." -Ambrose Bierce
Submission + - The World's first national Internet election
InternetVoting writes: Expanding on the limited 2005 Internet voting pilot successes, the small European nation of Estonia will become the first country to allow voting in a national parliamentary election via the Internet. From the article:
"Just under 10,000 people voted via the Internet in local elections in October 2005. Computer specialists have estimated 20,000 to 40,000 of 940,000 registered voters will vote via the Internet from February 26 to 28, ahead of the March 4 election day."
Fresh off the new of France's successful primary election using Internet voting and the announcement of 12 new UK election pilots, is Europe leaving the U.S. behind?
"Just under 10,000 people voted via the Internet in local elections in October 2005. Computer specialists have estimated 20,000 to 40,000 of 940,000 registered voters will vote via the Internet from February 26 to 28, ahead of the March 4 election day."
Fresh off the new of France's successful primary election using Internet voting and the announcement of 12 new UK election pilots, is Europe leaving the U.S. behind?
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ICANN OKs Tiered Pricing for .org/.biz/.info 182
wayne writes "As reported on CircleID, Vint Cerf has confirmed that ICANN's new contracts for the .org/.biz/.info domain prices can be tiered, so that google.biz could cost $1 million per year, while sex.biz could cost $100,000/year. This is very similar to how the .tv TLD already works. The domain registrar could also could also use pricing for political purposes, claiming that pricing sex.biz high would be to 'protect the children,' while icann.org could be priced at $1/year. Verisign's contract for .com and .net have recently been renewed, so those domains are safe for now, but I'm sure they would want similar treatment."
