I see that, and don't blame you. Sorry for the snark.
As I see it, the worst is we get to go back to 2015 and take it from there.
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As I see it, the worst is we get to go back to 2015 and take it from there.
OK lets go with that. Anything I said recently that was stupid was not me, but a software glitch. -Can I use that going forward too?
LOL ... might want to, if you can prove it.
Use your browser to inspect the block of text in the actual page of the html code with the quote in question and you see that the blockquote text (which we know that was actually written by Younggun) shows the data-author = Renegade in line 11.
That can't be anything but a software bug/glitch, as we know without question you did not write it, yet the quote on the page is erroneously attributed to you:
Anyone else feel free to check it out themselves. Not the place to go into it here, but I have a theory on how this happens, if an Admin is interested.
Per Obama & FCC 'net neutrality' rule is to control content, not price. You still 'buy' your 'speed'. ~15 yrs ago, France and Germany had a 'net' infrastructure battle, one lost and the other had to tear up and replace their hardware network. Not cheap. Net neutrality is just a political maneuver for businesses. Loss of control of the IP assignment structure is the real 'bad boy' anymore. Last time I looked at the list of 'bad' IPs, was >50 printer pages long.
LOL ... might want to, if you can prove it.
Use your browser to inspect the block of text in the actual page of the html code with the quote in question and you see that the blockquote text (which we know that was actually written by Younggun) shows the data-author = Renegade in line 11.
That can't be anything but a software bug/glitch, as we know without question you did not write it, yet the quote on the page is erroneously attributed to you:
View attachment 127050
Anyone else feel free to check it out themselves. Not the place to go into it here, but I have a theory on how this happens, if an Admin is interested.
Don't fool yourself in to thinking the admin know anything about IT, lol.
I'm not sure what time frames you guys are discussing but Minitel existed in some form from 1978 to 2012, was widely distributed, very popular, and much loved. BTX was from 1983 to 2001 and afaik no one ever really cared for it.
Yep. The Internet Engineering Task Force is responsible for "the internet" as we know it today, and it is not associated with any government or corporation. NASA didn't invent Tang either...
IETF was created by the IAB in 1986 to coordinate the development of protocols funded by the DOD's Advanced Research Projects Agency. While it was not a government entity, per se, its existence was dependent upon existing government involvement and funding of the ARPANET until it became part of the Internet Society (ISOC) in the early 1990's, as it remains today.
When the path is dark and the load is heavy and you have to make decisions without complete information there is one simple truth to lean on. It shines in the night like a divine lighthouse in the helacious storm that leads you to safety.
Always remember that more government control never leds to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It always leads to less freedom and happiness. Make you decision from that position and you will be safe.
Always remember that more government control never leds to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It always leads to less freedom and happiness. Make you decision from that position and you will be safe.
Anything I said recently that was stupid was not me, but a software glitch. -
broadly speaking, yesRomania has the fastest network access in Europe. It got that way not because of the virtues of social programs, but because of the lack of them. The Romanian government was struggling to re-organize itself in the 90s and it initially missed regulating internet telecommunications. That caused a grey market to pop up, with every neighborhood having it's own ISP and sometimes multiple ISPs. These neighborhood ISPs would run the cabling themselves and peer with other ISPs voluntarily, because that's just how the internet works.
The lack of regulation allowed for a dense and well meshed infrastructure to emerge organically. Telecommunications regulations we have here in the US pretty much guarantee we'll never see competing neighborhood level ISPs. Only the giant corporations can afford to play.
When regulators try to come in and manage these neighborhood ISPs in Romania and other countries with similar internet histories, they get chased out of town with gardening implements. That would never happen here. If you think the IRS is bad, try messing with the FCC...
The lack of regulation allowed for a dense and well meshed infrastructure to emerge organically. Telecommunications regulations we have here in the US pretty much guarantee we'll never see competing neighborhood level ISPs. Only the giant corporations can afford to play.
When regulators try to come in and manage these neighborhood ISPs in Romania and other countries with similar internet histories, they get chased out of town with gardening implements. That would never happen here. If you think the IRS is bad, try messing with the FCC...
Basically what those of us who did not have academic accounts in the mid to late 80's did. Many of us who ran BBS' until the mid 90's offered dial up access portals to the Internet from our own accounts through outfits like Worldcom.
My company in those days paid for 4 T-1 lines, some of that paid for ($800 +/- month each) by providing an access point to the Internet to other companies in the office complex.
Pretty much my sentiment, stated in post #5
We can only wish ... as long as the big players can buy local politicians, it ain't gonna happen. Been to too many city council meetings where presentations were made by the likes of Verizon, AT&T and ComCast, ostensibly to provide Internet service, but cleverly hiding the fact their proposals would preclude competition in any form.
It's getting better, but it is doubtful we'll ever get there as long as the almighty pursuit of an increase in the "tax base" is more important to our elected officials and city management than a benefit to the consumer by ISP competition.
That takes me back... I used to be king of Barren Realms Elite on our local BBS.
My programming buddy and I ran "Programmers Attic" and a mail only FidoNet node as well.
AAMOF, we developed the very first "Windows" Fidonet mail client.
Aptly called "WinMail", too bad software patent's were unheard of at the time.
