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by webXL 12y ago
The power to prevent others from copying the arrangement is an incentive to arrange in the first place. But it should be limited. Property rights allow me to restrict your speech when your literally on my government sanctioned land. I do
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by webXL 12y ago
As much as I loathe the immorality and idiocy of these programs, there is no reason to lose all historical perspective. > This stuff would make Gestapo, KGB and Stasi proud. A big difference is that those groups tortured and killed many
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by webXL 12y ago
Here we go again, more Uber drama. The only reason why this is a story is the (pardon the term) disruption of a protected industry, and the misplaced attention on the supply-side. Consumers are awash in convenience and choice right now, but
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by webXL 12y ago
So we give more power to an incompetent agency to solve what, exactly? To get what we pay for? Is the level of service going to improve, or will prices fall to match the current level of service? Or will service degrade and prices increase?
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by webXL 12y ago
Exactly. It's what happened with banks. The government passes regulation after regulation, and pretty soon it's hard to tell the difference between the bankers and the regulators except for what kind of car they drive (now), and g
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by webXL 12y ago
Communications industries are different, and too important. More important than shelter, food and energy? We draw a line as to what the government should provide/subsidize/control and what the private sector provides in those se
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by webXL 12y ago
This sounds like it will create a marketplace for votes. But I might be OK with that, as long as bureaucracies can't buy themselves more power, which happens from time to time with the current system via campaign contributions. Besides
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by webXL 12y ago
I agree completely. I hear "celebrate diversity" all the time, but when you want to get to know someone, you usually try to find things in common. Commonality is just as important.
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by webXL 12y ago
Good for him. At first my reaction was "meh", but I think this is a net win for gays and Apple. Homophobes probably weren't buying many Apple products to begin with, and potential/reasonable homophobes now see another su
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by webXL 12y ago
Besides the landscape content not being oriented to your eyes when your forearm is across your body, a la Samsung Gear Fit, this looks very nice. The orientation obviously depends on how you wear it (the screen on the top or bottom of your
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by webXL 12y ago
Yes, hard to believe by looking out at my parking lot and what I notice on the freeway, but pickups are about an eighth of the market, according to this: http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.
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by webXL 12y ago
I think you mean undeserved wealth , via inheritance, rent-seeking and downright theft. The wealth was created and actually earned by someone. The sheer number of sports/movie stars, well-off politicians and entrepreneurs in the US wi
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by webXL 12y ago
> A representative government is supposed represent all of its constituents equally Yes, "supposed to", but the representation comes through the voting process, and not everyone votes, so they really represent the voters. And I
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by webXL 12y ago
I would imagine as long as the video card has similar specs as the new iMac, and the computer had Thunderbolt 2, then yes (at 5k). Otherwise, it would be scaled somehow or just not work at all.
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by webXL 12y ago
But you can get the 3 in GOLD! Gold, Jerry... Gold! Edit: Okay, some people are a little sensitive about the lack of new iPad mini features or don't get the reference. It's from Seinfeld. And it's worth noting that Gold is an
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by webXL 12y ago
Their political ideas aren't their own, and I highly doubt they would put so much of their resources into them if there wasn't a large base of support there already. Government spending in the US as a percentage of GDP has almost
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by webXL 12y ago
That's what ASP.net ViewState does more or less. There's a lot of overhead and little gain IMO. I think it's best to transfer as little state as possible across the wire for simplicity.
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by webXL 12y ago
I think having the AI to accomplish that would be the really interesting bit. That makes a lot more technological advancements possible. And yes, this is just finding new applications for the web and expanding its value/reach.
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by webXL 12y ago
This is great. I wonder if they'll take other "productivity boosting" measures like blocking access to sites like... reddit.
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by webXL 12y ago
I might pull the trigger now. I was thinking about waiting for the Apple Watch, but I think it will take a while to work out the kinks there. This has a bunch of apps and great battery life, plus I need something right now to control/c
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by webXL 12y ago
Did they promise that you would always be able to drive 100mph? Does any product marketer promise or infer that you will be able use 100% of the capabilities all the time and forever, even those outside it's control like congestion and
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by webXL 12y ago
And it frightens me to see a blatant ad hominem attack without any substance to back it up, and it's not down-voted. Your comment adds no value to the discussion, and actually harms "a tech forum like HN".
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by webXL 12y ago
Refusing to add capacity is not the same as blocking. If I don't sell my car to you, I'm not depriving you of transportation. If I don't upgrade my car, I am not blocking the company making the upgrade that you want to buy al
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by webXL 12y ago
> Verizon FIOS effectively blocks Netflix RIGHT FUCKING NOW. How so? > Shooting your self in the face on principle... Please don't be so hyperbolic. We're talking about equal access to information here (entertainment in this
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by webXL 12y ago
> If they can't get external data fast enough for supplying your connection, TW has lied to you, and isn't delivering the service you paid for Is it really possible that everyone who pays for 50Mbit connection can get M0Mbit&#x
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by webXL 12y ago
> Again, I pay Time Warner for a 50Mbit connection, why can Time Warner say what I can use it for? At any given moment, there's a fixed amount of bandwidth that can enter and exit TW's network: only so much data between consume
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by webXL 12y ago
1. Why don't we have this now? 2. Why should ISPs be forced to provide more bandwidth for some companies at the same price? There are already tiers of service at the consumer level. Why not at the content producer level?
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by webXL 12y ago
> Net Neutraility, Bandwidth saturation & peering link negotiation is far more complicated than what is being presented by this campaign. Perhaps the complexity is the problem. I'm fairly tech savvy and when I've never hear
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by webXL 12y ago
What does one have to do with the other? I can't afford practically anything Bill Gates can, but that doesn't mean I should automatically oppose what he wants to do with future government tax revenue. Many of the 6500 workers at t
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by webXL 12y ago
Not when you factor in benefits, which should be done. Not sure if it was done in this case, or if the benefits are that good.

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