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by bcook 11y ago
On the latency front, CoDel exists for consumer/edge routers. Backbones solve their latency concerns by always having excess bandwidth available. AFAIK, there has been no network queuing advancements that allow for link saturation with
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by bcook 11y ago
Are you saying, if something is popular enough it no longer needs moral justification?
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by bcook 11y ago
I agree. I would expect the affluent to have a much more intelligent argument than "well... everyone else pirates (with differing levels of justification) and life goes on". Piracy is an alternative... not a solution.
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by bcook 11y ago
If media is popular, everyone is entitled to it? Piracy will be rampant even if everyone is able to legally download all media. PS - I am one of those who are not "well educated with high earning potential". Even as a "poor&q
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by bcook 11y ago
Wow. Can you share a reference to that insane price?
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by bcook 11y ago
Juniper's Junos OS is based on FreeBSD. Honest question though: Does the popularity of an OS really tell us anything useful? I often use the "if it's popular, it's probably good" metric, but I know I am just being l
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by bcook 11y ago
Library Genesis has torrent & edonkey URL's. Yes, lack of seeders is a problem.
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by bcook 11y ago
No, you just said my posts were poisonous and you repeatedly begged me to stop, which is completely unconstructive criticism, bordering on plain old insults, which I never resorted to. Just because I disagree with you, you think you can bul
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by bcook 11y ago
I always thought a statement of someone's ignorance was more or less a statement of fact, vs questioning someone's abilities or intelligence, which are considered insults. Whether the implication was intended to be negative... I d
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by bcook 11y ago
Top thread refers the title being "insulting", which is what set this whole thing in motion. I am not ranting & raving. I am having a logical conversation. Stop treating me like I am out of control. I am happy to have a logica
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by bcook 11y ago
My comment about the elderly was intended to show that the poster was overly focused sexism when the title may have been referencing ageism or perhaps something else or perhaps nothing negative at all.
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by bcook 11y ago
I thought that if so many were being offended on the behalf of others (women, parents, elderly, I dunno), the implication was that there was something that needed attention.
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by bcook 11y ago
Personally, I am much more bothered by the caustic atmosphere created by the overly Politically Correct backlash when an insignificant implication is made...
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by bcook 11y ago
I make a point to attempt being offended only when I am sure that offense was intended. Look for ways to be offended, or look for ways to understand. You seem to be doing the former, which is wasteful.
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by bcook 11y ago
My mom is not tech savvy. Can I get your permission to laugh at the link's title or do I need to be wildly offended?
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by bcook 11y ago
What's offensive about being ignorant of technical matters?
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by bcook 11y ago
I do not give you permission to be offended on my behalf. Any jokes about my particular demographic will be allowed without criticism and I may even laugh at the joke myself.
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by bcook 11y ago
Does being kind & understanding mean allowing someone to make a joke about you? I often allow jokes at my expense if the intent was not malicious. Also, I perceived the joke to be making fun of the elderly, not women. Honestly, you post
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by bcook 11y ago
You are offended by sexism? I only see ageism.
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by bcook 11y ago
Technical correctness is moot when the majority already (mis)understands a word's meaning. Regardless, "internet" is just a laughably generic abbreviation of "interconnected (computer) network". On the technical fro
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by bcook 11y ago
Well, something I quickly learned while running; I am trying to improve my life directly, not by comparison. I am not a conquerer of worlds. :) Strange that being "average" is virtually a sin... Life is funny (or fucking awful, de
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by bcook 11y ago
It's like a drug addiction (Facebook, & to a lesser extent, cell phones). I enjoy it, but I do not accomplish anything I am proud of. I tell myself that I am more useful when I focus on making meaningful contributions to something,
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by bcook 11y ago
Regarding "some people are naturally better..."; it took me ~4 months, "running" 4 days a week, to be able to jog a 3 mile (~5K) run in ~30 minutes. My age then was 28. My friend, who never worked out in any way, woke up
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by bcook 11y ago
Damn straight. Eventually, I was running 3 miles every other day. I never experienced the runners high either. Running never got easier. As I got better, I was simply able to prolong the amount of torture before succumbing... My friends say
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by bcook 11y ago
You gave the device access (to yourself), you must take it away... From the other side, I have very little social interaction (no phone or Facebook) and I'm not so sure it's a better choice. Sure, I have free time, but I am also &
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by bcook 11y ago
IIRC, those machines have a severely limited distance & flight time.
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by bcook 11y ago
My takeaway would've been; use some sort of protection, like NoScript, uBlock, etc. The choice of web-browser engine seems less important when you globally allow javascript or other similar capabilities.
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by bcook 11y ago
I usually upvote the comments section of a post, rather than the linked URL's information.
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by bcook 11y ago
You should probably put that in quotes, since those words are not your own.
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by bcook 11y ago
I think the "not giving a damn" statement belies that you do actually care. Like someone saying "I don't care" implies... yes, you do care, otherwise you would not state such a thing.

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