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by smutticus 12y ago
I don't think you're wrong describing it as a shakedown. It is a shakedown. It's the specifics of the shakedown that interest me. The DPML is a weird beast in that each registry chooses how they will run their program individ
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by smutticus 12y ago
The reporting on the new .sucks domain has been terrible, so here's what's going on. The new gTLD Program from ICANN did more than just instantiate new domains. It created new processes and most importantly the Trademark Clearingh
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by smutticus 12y ago
Good general overview of prison labor: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/04/04/prison-labor... More detailed account of prison labor in Nevada regarding casinos and construction. http:/&#x2
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by smutticus 12y ago
Someone should make a chart of all the bogeymen the USG has and show how they compete with each other. With regard to fear, how effective are terrorists v. hackers? Or kiddie porn v. ISIS? Russia v. Anonymous? If I'm Obama I need to kn
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by smutticus 12y ago
Yes. Per-capital carbon production is lowest in dense urban environments. Suburbia and low density rural areas are the real carbon pigs on a per-capita basis. We need to change the wrong headed notion that dense urbanity is somehow bad for
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by smutticus 12y ago
Thanks to Shari and everyone else at the EFF who continue to do amazing work.
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by smutticus 12y ago
It's a great filter for nonsense. Usually sites that cause problems for NoScript are crap anyways. Not always, but often enough that I see it as a net benefit.
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by smutticus 12y ago
Is there someone you could talk with at the company who won't judge you for being honest? If you're going to leave anyways if it doesn't work out, then talking with someone there who might sympathize with you cannot hurt. If
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by smutticus 12y ago
I feel like I've needed that since I first started coding PHP 17 years ago!
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by smutticus 12y ago
How about that "Rent software before you buy" ad. I remember those places as operating in somewhat questionable legal territory, but here is a full page ad on page 117.
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by smutticus 12y ago
I had a strange run in with Amtrak police once. My wife and I reserved a cabin car for a long trip from Oakland to Denver. After entering the cabin in Oakland there was a knock on our door. I opened the door and a man identified himself as
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by smutticus 12y ago
This video changed my attitude about TED when I initially saw it.
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by smutticus 12y ago
The #1 reason not to use FB is you cannot bitch about FB. I have little patience or sympathy for people who use FB and constantly complain about it. They should stop using it. I don't use FB, which means I have little reason to bitch a
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by smutticus 12y ago
It's paragraph 56, page 17.
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by smutticus 12y ago
BrandX challenged the rules you quote which eventually went to SCOTUS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cable_%26_Telecommuni... The FCC fought all the way to the Supreme Court to ensure last-mile ISPs don't
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by smutticus 12y ago
Sorry about that. I can't edit my comment for some reason, oh well.
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by smutticus 12y ago
snowwrestler gets it right, but imagine if the FCC didn't have this language? What would happen if Congress or the courts ruled traffic as unlawful and mandated ISPs to block it? The ISPs would be stuck in a jam. Either they run afoul
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by smutticus 12y ago
So are you OK with Comcast dropping all of my packets from Netflix? If you're not, then how can we go about setting up a system where they can't do that? Verizon sued and won when the FCC issued the 2010 Open Internet rules. The c
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by smutticus 12y ago
There are many different ways of dealing with monopolies. Sometimes breaking them up is not the best solution. Unbundling like we had with DSL, is another way to deal with telecom monopolies that doesn't result in breaking them up. Unf
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by smutticus 12y ago
You make an important distinction. Perhaps I should have said, "The FCC missed an opportunity to regulate a natural monopoly." Because you're right in that last-mile Internet delivery is a natural monopoly. Just like last-mil
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by smutticus 12y ago
The opinions of the dissenting FCC commissioners are exactly what you expect. They claim the FCC is engaging in over reach. I'm curious to hear more about the '15 "Broadband Subscriber Access Services" pages' you me
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by smutticus 12y ago
This gets brought up on HN whenever these rules get mentioned. The point is that the FCC cannot stop ISPs from blocking unlawful content. If an ISP is under some other obligation to block unlawful content these FCC rules cannot overrule tha
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by smutticus 12y ago
> In November 2012, without explanation, Clinton's private email account was reconfigured to use Google's servers as a backup in case her own personal email server failed, according to Internet records. I took "Internet Re
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by smutticus 12y ago
Some of these resumes are just terrible. Just look at the use of carriage returns in Bobbie Workley's CV. A resume should be just a clear and simple representation of you. Fancy does not always mean better.
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by smutticus 12y ago
"cleverer" or "more clever" I think I prefer more clever.
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by smutticus 12y ago
They're given public rights of way and tax write offs to build their infrastructure. So yeah, they have a public duty.
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by smutticus 12y ago
So their only argument is the "slippery slope" one. That's pretty weak given how difficult it was to get these rules passed. Also, in Verizon v. FCC SCOTUS essentially reinforced the Chevron doctrine even more. So there essen
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by smutticus 12y ago
The new rules are very clear that broadband providers are not subject to rate setting. >Rate Regulation: >the Order makes clear that broadband providers shall not be subject to utility-style rate regulation, including rate regulation,
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by smutticus 12y ago
Maybe we have different definitions of what dense means. But 5,000 housing units is barely a fraction of what MV needs. They should be looking at a number closer to 50,000. As should the other MV communities.
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by smutticus 12y ago
As a bay area resident who regularly has to listen to people whine about 'all them outsiders moving in', I have no sympathy for the residents of MV. Build some dense housing around here and stop whining. We don't all need ran

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