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Comment Re:Pave way for Russia's "polite men" (Score 1) 226

So, if Alaskans were facing all (or any?) of those evils, you feel, Russian invasion into Alaska would've been justified?

No. It would be justified only when 1) Kenyans and Havaiians overtake the USA power and begin a real massacre of white Alaskans with slogans such as "Kto ne skache toy eskimos! Eskimyaku na gilyaku!" (The one who does not jump is Eskimo. Hang the Eskimos!) and 2) There is a request from Alaskans for help. You understand that it's a quite fantastic situation.

And BTW. There are afaik no Ukrainian schools in Crimea but there are 20 totally Ukrainian classes in Russian schools. And it's enough for a Russian-speaking region. But Crimean Tatar language is on the rise, with 50 more schools being built. Which is understandable since Russian, Ukrainian and Tatar languages are state languages there. Now compare it with German language in North Dakota.

Comment Re:They don't have the funds for that also that pa (Score 1) 226

I'd like to think that there were 3 stages of Russian capitalism:
1) Wild capitalism where everybody wanted to steal. It ended about 2000.
2) The bureaucratic system where the task to sell Russia and transfer money to USA was a priority, and Putin being not an absolute dictator would give bureaucracy a limited right to steal in exchange to loyalty. It ended with Magnitsky affair when USA gave a clear signal that Russians will not be allowed to incorporate their money to the Western economy. We Russians should be thankful to USA for this signal.
3) The bureaucratic system with the task to entrench itself in Russia.

It has been successfully shown that ALL so called "corruption fighters" are not independent entities. All they have got some money from Uncle Sam. They may be innocent old women that fight the corrupt local major and don't know who helps them with some petty money but all these transactions are traced to Uncle Sam.

And the last; Ukraine. It was NOT Russia who began a Donbass war. It was a local Russian movement that falsely believed that Russia will do for them what she did for Crimeans. And Putin possibly had not enough balls to help them with anything except humanitarian convoys. (My opinion is that Putin simply waits the USA-induced transformation of Ukraine goes to the logical end. It's his style).

Comment Re:Pave way for Russia's "polite men" (Score 1) 226

Have your US federal powers done to Alaskans so much evil that Alaskans should want to secede? You are not required to speak Kenyan or Hawaiian, to serve in army where commands are given in Kenyan, to write official letters in Havaiian, to meet schoolchildren from schools where they are told that their Kenyan-Havaiian ancestors dug the Pacific, and so on (You understand). Why should you invite the polite men?

Comment Re:Become your own WISP (Score 1) 536

I have a gut feeling that you reside somewhere in ex-USSR, probably in Baltic country. In Soviet Russia it would not work for 2 reasons: 1) The business link is expensive. My employer pays 3000 Roubles a month for 3 MBit/s for 20 persons department, I pay 600 Roubles a month for 20 MBit/s for my beloved self (really 10, but it's my fault, not provider's). 2) Due to specifics of Soviet Russian law, I risk severe penalties for everything extremist posted by clients but the tax service may turn the blind eye to me.

In USA it's much more serious than in Soviet Russia since you cannot legally collect Internet fees without proper taxation and US tax is severe. You should consult a lawyer and maybe establish a non-profit.

Comment Re:I can sympathize (Score 1) 536

1. If you can not locate your antenna on a proper side of your building - it's really terrible. At least in Soviet Russia I never had such a terrible problem, some solution has been always found, be it a box installed in a lobby on other side, be it a rooftop installation or a long antenna protruding from the balcony. You also may inebriate an elevator technician or a landlord himself. If you have so bad relation with every one of your neighbors so that they don't let you install the box on their balcony - maybe you should relocate to Soviet Russia?

2. The 512kb/s DSL uprate is a political, not technical decision. The technical limit is 1200kb/s.

Comment Bureaucratic magic (Score 1) 536

The correct bureaucracy makes wonders, at least in Soviet Russia, and it should work in the most lawyerist country of the world. File a written request to brodband.gov to list the providers. File a written request to listed providers. Either at least one of them will serve you or your lawyer would do something against brodband.gov.

Comment Re:Same Thing Almost Happened to Me (Score 1) 536

If he has a lot of acres it's quite possible that some of acres are not obscured from the said microwaves by the said tall building.

My provider is 500 meters from me and is obscured. He gives 400 meters of cable, all other length is mine. If such a config were impossible, I'd install a microwave in my neighbor's house. It's not obscured.

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