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Submission + - After Negative User Response, ChromeOS To Re-Introduce Support For Ext{2,3,4}

NotInHere writes: Only three days after the large public has known about ChromeOS to disable ext2fs support for external drives, and linux users voiced many protests on websites like reddit, slashdot, or the issue tracker, the ChromeOS team now plans to support it again. To quote Ben Goodger's comment:"

Thanks for all of your feedback on this bug. We’ve heard you loud and clear.

We plan to re-enable ext2/3/4 support in Files.app immediately. It will come back, just like it was before, and we’re working to get it into the next stable channel release."

Comment Re:Typical (Score 1) 10

A Christian's generosity wouldn't be so limited either.

Limited? I'm being very generous giving Wendy Davis anything more than a single digit IQ. Her supporters are even dumber.

And you are correct, I'm not a redneck.

But perhaps I should shamelessly rip off a famous redneck....

If you complain about the government mismanaging Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, and yet clamor for even more government.... you might be a liberal.

If you complain that people aren't being compassionate when they don't want their taxes raised, and yet give nothing to charity... you might be a liberal.

If you think that it's not OK to kill an animal for food, but that it is OK to kill an unborn baby for convenience.... you might be a liberal.

They almost write themselves....

Comment Bad analogy time. (Score 1) 204

Say you've got a land full of city states. Verizon-town, Comcast-town, AT&T-town, etc etc.

There is one or more superhighway running into each -town. These super-highways generally meet at an 'interconnect point' or 'peering point.' All of the towns build their own highways to the peering points, and because they all have generally the same amount of traffic trying to go back and forth, they don't really charge each other for them.

There are multiple peering points for various reasons.

Now, if I'm understanding correctly, Netflix-town (think small factory town, like) built a superhighway to a peering point that didn't happen to have a superhighway to Verizon-town. So they argued over who should build that superhighway.

In the mean time, traffic from Netflix-town to Verizon-town had to pass through other towns first, with predictable results.

Netflix has now gotten around to building a superhighway to a peering point that Verizon-town is connected to, and HOLY SHIT, suddenly they can move a ton of traffic into Verizon-town.

But Netflix doesn't take data from Verizon-town, like, say, another large ISP might, so why would Verizon-town pay to build said superhighway?

This isn't net neutrality; that would be the creation and sale of toll-roads *within* the various towns. Once Netflix-town's trucks hit Verizon-town's border, they get on the Verizon-town streets to their ultimate destination, same as everybody else. This just improves Netflix's ability to get delivery trucks to Verizon-town's borders.

Submission + - Flight Attendants Want Stricter Gadget Rules Reinstated

stephendavion writes: You might be super happy to toil away on your phone or tablet the entire time you're on a plane, but not everyone is pleased to see your face buried in your device during takeoff and landing. The Federal Aviation Administration's new, more relaxed rules on gadget use aren't sitting well with one group — flight attendants. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the nation's largest flight attendant union is now suing the FAA to have the ban on gadget use during takeoff and landing reinstated. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA argues that the change has caused many passengers to ignore flight attendants' emergency announcements, and that the new rules violate federal regulations requiring passengers to stow all items during takeoff and landing.

Submission + - Netflix Video Speed on FiOS Doubles After Netflix-Verizon Deal 1

An anonymous reader writes: Verizon now joins AT&T and Time Warner Cable in the list of ISPs on which Netflix streaming has significantly improved after Netflix paid for access to their networks. Ars Technica notes that "[t]he interconnection deals give Netflix a direct connection to the edge of the Internet providers' networks, bypassing congested links, but without receiving priority treatment after entering the networks." The success of these deals, however, gives the ISPs no incentive whatsoever to fix their congested links. Toll roads have, in essence, been created for the internet.

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