Comment Re:By the time version 1 arrives, in 10 years ... (Score 1) 117
If I remeber just right, everyone used to say that everone else would forget about e17.
On Monday, AT&T Customers Enter Era of Broadband Caps 537
theodp writes "The Age of Broadband Caps begins Monday, with AT&T imposing a 150 GB cap on DSL subscribers and 250 GB for UVerse users, and keeping the meter running after that. The move comes as AT&T's 16+ million customers are increasingly turning to online video such as Hulu and Netflix on-demand streaming service instead of paying for cable. With AT&T's Man in the White House, some fear there's a 'digital dirt road' in America's future. Already, the enforcement of data caps in Canada has prompted Netflix to default to lower-quality streaming video to shield its users from overage fees."
Crowdsourcing the Censors: A Contest 111
Frequent contributor Bennett Haselton is back with an article about how sites with huge amounts of user-generated content struggle to deal with abuse complaints, and could benefit from a crowd-sourced policing system similar to Slashdot's meta-moderation. He writes
"In The Net Delusion, Evgeny Morozov cites examples of online mobs that filed phony abuse complaints in order to shut down pro-democracy Facebook groups and YouTube videos criticizing the Saudi royal family. I've got an idea for an algorithm that would help solve the problem, and I'm offering $100 (or a donation to a charity of your choice) for the best suggested improvement, or alternative, or criticism of the idea proposed in this article."
Hit the link below to read the rest of his thoughts.
Comment Re:I liked 2012 (Score 1) 610
Because many people take the whole 2012 thing seriously.
Comment My near-death experience (Score 1) 473
I'm a man, mid-20's, some college, atheist. There was a time earlier this year where I had convinced myself that I was going to die. I didn't cry, panic, or anything like that. I also didn't start praying; the thought of an afterlife never crossed my mind. The only thing that I was concerned about was hiding the medical records on my computer.
Overall, I'm very happy with how I handled the situation.
Overall, I'm very happy with how I handled the situation.
Comment Re:I'm getting old. (Score 1) 385
I do exactly the same thing and I have been diagnosed as having severe adult ADHD.
