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by jeromec 16y ago
Thanks for elaborating. Hmm, I suppose that is fair since it is their wiring investment at the "last mile". I like the idea of a minimum QoS for the different data traffic. As long as consumers could transparently see, expect, and receive
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by jeromec 16y ago
I'm not sure I like that allowance, if that's indeed what the terms are. Are you saying the broadband carrier, like AT&T or Verizon can prioritize the delivery of their TV service as needed, to always be faster than say a Google or YC b
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by jeromec 16y ago
Perhaps we might even need a new business model, a variation on Internet cafes which charge a more reasonable rate for Internet access. Coffee shops may not be ideal because they already profit from focusing on coffee -- and the atmosphere
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by jeromec 16y ago
If you rephrase the problem so that B picks after A and you ask the question "is B likely to pick a larger number than A" before B picks then the answer should be "yes". I agree, but that wasn't what was stated. You've "moved the goal pos
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by jeromec 16y ago
That's true, but what te_platt said was "two people (A and B) choose two positive integers at random" If two people, A and B, have chosen -- that's choose in the past tense -- two positive integers, there are not infinitely more positive
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by jeromec 16y ago
So A tells his number. Now the probability that A>B seems to jump to 0 because there are finitely many numbers smaller than A but infinitely many larger. This is not correct. You said B chose a positive integer. Therefore, there are n
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by jeromec 16y ago
It doesn't eliminate probability because it's the exact same envelope experiment. ;) In other words, there is still a 50% probability of gaining or losing. My post above isn't an argument, it's an explanation. The "undefined variable" is es
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by jeromec 16y ago
This doesn't eliminate probability, and it's really the same flaw, just with different wording. The flaw is still that the variable is undefined (or infinite probability) in one part of the word problem, but treated as defined in another.
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by jeromec 16y ago
That's what I was afraid of. Thanks for the info.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yes, from when I looked into it the bottleneck seemed to be the SMSC (short message service center), which receives the message then sends it out to users when they are available. Apparently, SMSC's often became overloaded with the populari
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yeah, I imagine the technology should have improved from a few years ago when the delays seemed prevalent. You're also right that some messages may not go through at all. I'll probably need to research deeper into the current technology and
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by jeromec 16y ago
Hey Jason (or anyone else) SMS was mentioned as part of immediate communications. Is this true yet today? A sticking point for me with SMS was that messages were randomly subject to hours of delay upon being sent because of the SMS distribu
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by jeromec 16y ago
What happens if every state has the same law?
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by jeromec 16y ago
The election of President is not a direct election by U.S. citizens. See Electoral College: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_%28United_Sta... Also, each presidential term is limited to 4 years.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Interestingly, Eurozone members like Greece can't hyperinflate their currency, since members share common currency, but can't simply print it on their own. The worst they can do is default, which would still have a nasty financial domino e
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by jeromec 16y ago
World police? Earlier you alluded to leaving Saddam Hussein in power. Was he the only source of wrongdoing in the world? The only person we needed to police? Do you know what atrocities continue in Saudi Arabia -- our close "ally"? As for b
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by jeromec 16y ago
Not isolationism, just having a standard we go by -- which is supposed to be the Constitution -- so we don't get into ill-advised conflicts. If war is only fought when declared, we know what we're getting into. Is it really a necessary stra
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by jeromec 16y ago
That's just it. In the U.S. we the people uniquely can make a difference. The U.S. is currently deployed in over 150 countries around the world; we've been in Korea since the 50's. When Congressman Ron Paul ran for president it exposed ma
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by jeromec 16y ago
"War Powers Act needs fixing, bipartisan panel says" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/08/war.powers/ Excerpt: The United States needs a new law requiring that the president consult with Congress before going to war, a blue-ribbon pane
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by jeromec 16y ago
The formal difference is great. Without declaring war you get ambiguity, and unpopular wars like Vietnam, where veterans came home to be despised and spat on by their fellow American citizens. Like my comment above says, if the people want
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by jeromec 16y ago
Arguably, yes, which is a reason we have such a mess and situations like WikiLeaks. Former presidential candidate, Congressman Ron Paul advocates sensible advice saying that if the people want a war, then declare one; fight it, win it, the
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by jeromec 16y ago
When a country decides to go to war That's just it, we as a country never declared war. Bush went to war under resolutions. I highly recommend a read of this article "Is Bush's War Illegal? Let Us Count the Ways" by Francis Boyle, a profe
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yeah, I agree it could just be bad password management. I've got the spam from 3 different people so far, so I thought it might be some similar and widespread attack.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yeah, you may be right about there being no way to completely be rid of spam, since some form of sender/receipt opening is always necessary for legitimate mail.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Wow, your email experience is more fascinating. That's a more creative/elaborate spam scheme. Nice of you to go ahead and physically check, too. I'm thinking these people may have somehow embedded spyware on the victim's computers, and moni
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Ask HN: What is this email virus?
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by jeromec 16y ago
Central banks do not control the entire economy. There is much more involved, and economics is so complex that even experts vigorously disagree much of the time. Presidents themselves do not usually possess a high degree of economic insight
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by jeromec 16y ago
That article sounds like politics in general is bad for business with which I agree. That original article didn't mention politics at all, either. It seems like you're the one reading that into it. The huffingtonpost.com link does mention
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by jeromec 16y ago
Whether or not it's true, the overall sentiment is that Obama is bad for business. That article didn't mention President Obama once. Would you care to cite a reference to back up your sentiment claim? After all, it was republicans who rec
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by jeromec 16y ago
A lot of the results look great, like ikea.com, for example. However, trying tougher queries yields no results. Php.net has no results (message still says 500 results found), and the message explains results were filtered for the tag 'php';

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