Last time I moved it was from a place where the best internet I could get was 12M DSL from CenturyLink, and that was with two bonded lines. I moved to a place that had up to 1G cable available and potentially fiber in the future.
When I called to cancel they asked where I was moving, I humored them to and gave them the address. They proudly announced they could continue service for me at my new house. I asked what the service was and they said 3M DSL. I explained I'm switching from 12M DSL to 1G cable, and asked do you think I want that offer.
The rep paused for longer than it should have taken before replying that yeah I probably didn't want that and proceeded with the cancellation.
They like the KJV because it sounds fanciful and has the most misogyny, and is what Grandpappy used. It was created purposefully to confirm the power of King James as the head of the Church of England and is widely held as a bad translation, let alone that the 17th century language in it is even harder for modern people to understand and the meaning of words has changed. Remember it is from Shakespeare times. That's why it's mostly evangelical groups that cling to it.
More modern translations are widely accepted as more faithful, accurate, and more easily understood because the use current vernacular. But it's harder to twist the meanings of words people use in every day life.
Several Presidents swore their oath on something other than the bible.
Adams swore on a book of law and the Constitution
Pierce affirmed the oath rather than swear on anything
T Roosevelt didn't use anything for his first swearing in
Johnson swore on a Catholic missal
Funnily enough Congressman Keith Ellison, a Muslim, took his oath with his hand on a Qur'an that belonged to Thomas Jefferson.
This one's always a treat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0
Except they didn't reject it for those reasons. They rejected it for the made up reason of "they have enough already". That implies that they recognize the validity of the sign as complying with the law and normally they'd be required to display it. It's obvious there is plenty of space for them to display it, so they came up with an excuse. But it's worse because the excuse isn't valid itself, because the law makes no exceptions lack of space.
That app is on the specific formatting of that word for use in merchandise. Likely related to the upcoming movie. Like the previous person said they trademarked a specific aspect they designed, not the generic idea of Cinderella
The bullshit about "Let the people decide" when they let Merrick Garland's SCOTUS nomination sit for over a year. Then to turn around an cram through Amy Barrett in less than a month showed how much they and their constituents don't give two shits about hypocrisy, as long as they get their way.
I live about 30min south of Seattle. Neighbors up the street from me can get gigabit from Comcast. Best I can get is 12M DSL from CenturyLink, and that is only because I had a second phone line run and using bonding to turn two 6M DSL lines into a single 12M connection. Now no one else in my neighborhood can get better than 10M.
So you are saying a site hosted by the Anti Defamation League will be required to host content from Nazis. Or a Sesame Street has host the Communist Manifesto.
Nah they'll open it up to the public. After a couple years it will well reviewed and a solid theme park that is very popular with a small group of people. But because it isn't as popular as Disney World they will tear it down and replace it with a new park. They will claim this park is even better than the first with all the same attractions as the first park. But half the attractions will only be partly finished, and several of the most popular attractions from the previous park will be gone.
I don't discount this was a heinously stupid action by the CBP. I'm just pointing out the quote
you'd think there would be far more dangerous "dangers" that they could be focusing their efforts on.
is shortsighted because they were doing their jobs. Doing them badly yes, but it isn't distracting them from other things.
It's like saying to a highway patrol officer that pulls you over for speeding "shouldn't you be off catching bad guys". Regardless of how you feel about the police (believe me I'm firmly in the camp we need reform), that highway patrol office shouldn't be off somewhere else catching bad guys, they're department purpose is traffic enforcement and his job is pulling people over and ticketing them.
You can criticize for how well they do their job (like seizing perfectly legal goods) but you can't criticize for not doing their job when they did do their job
This comment is a bit shortsighted.
There are certainly a lot of problems with the CBP, but the seizure of counterfeit goods is literally one of their jobs that they are supposed to be focused on. It's in the name Customs and Border Protection. They have agents whose entire job is finding an seizing counterfeit and illegal goods.
If their intent is to clarify what Congress intended with Section 230, there is no need to have the FCC or anyone else attempt to clarify it. The authors of Section 230 are still alive and well. Wyden is even still a Senator.
You really need to research how Starlink will work before you spew this old nonsense. I've seen someone spew this every time Starlink comes up. This IS NOT the old style 1-3 geostationary satellites which have to contend with the laws of physics creating huge lag. This, as stated in the article, hundreds and eventually thousands of low earth orbit sats with latency around 20-30ms similar to cable internet now. The latency in between continents, E.G. NY to London, is actually expected to be faster than the existing fiber lines because speed of light in a vacuum (between the satellites) is about twice as fast a the speed of light in glass.
The article is actually off by several orders of magnitude for the full constillation. SpaceX plans to have 12,000 LEO satellites launched by the mid 2020s. 800 is just the minimum to provide moderate coverage. That being said they can launch 60 at a time from a standard Falcon. They only need to do 14 launches, assuming no losses, to hit that number and they plan on 24 launches next year.
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Last time I moved it was from a place where the best internet I could get was 12M DSL from CenturyLink, and that was with two bonded lines. I moved to a place that had up to 1G cable available and potentially fiber in the future. When I called to cancel they asked where I was moving, I humored them to and gave them the address. They proudly announced they could continue service for me at my new house. I asked what the service was and they said 3M DSL. I explained I'm switching from 12M DSL to 1G cable, and asked do you think I want that offer. The rep paused for longer than it should have taken before replying that yeah I probably didn't want that and proceeded with the cancellation.
They like the KJV because it sounds fanciful and has the most misogyny, and is what Grandpappy used. It was created purposefully to confirm the power of King James as the head of the Church of England and is widely held as a bad translation, let alone that the 17th century language in it is even harder for modern people to understand and the meaning of words has changed. Remember it is from Shakespeare times. That's why it's mostly evangelical groups that cling to it. More modern translations are widely accepted as more faithful, accurate, and more easily understood because the use current vernacular. But it's harder to twist the meanings of words people use in every day life.
Might want to ask Thomas Jefferson that
He owned several Qur'ans. One of which has been by officials who are Muslim to take their oaths of office.
Not all presidents sworn in on a Bible
Several Presidents swore their oath on something other than the bible. Adams swore on a book of law and the Constitution Pierce affirmed the oath rather than swear on anything T Roosevelt didn't use anything for his first swearing in Johnson swore on a Catholic missal Funnily enough Congressman Keith Ellison, a Muslim, took his oath with his hand on a Qur'an that belonged to Thomas Jefferson. This one's always a treat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0
Except they didn't reject it for those reasons. They rejected it for the made up reason of "they have enough already". That implies that they recognize the validity of the sign as complying with the law and normally they'd be required to display it. It's obvious there is plenty of space for them to display it, so they came up with an excuse. But it's worse because the excuse isn't valid itself, because the law makes no exceptions lack of space.
On a specific rendition of the word
That app is on the specific formatting of that word for use in merchandise. Likely related to the upcoming movie. Like the previous person said they trademarked a specific aspect they designed, not the generic idea of Cinderella
The bullshit about "Let the people decide" when they let Merrick Garland's SCOTUS nomination sit for over a year. Then to turn around an cram through Amy Barrett in less than a month showed how much they and their constituents don't give two shits about hypocrisy, as long as they get their way.
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I live about 30min south of Seattle. Neighbors up the street from me can get gigabit from Comcast. Best I can get is 12M DSL from CenturyLink, and that is only because I had a second phone line run and using bonding to turn two 6M DSL lines into a single 12M connection. Now no one else in my neighborhood can get better than 10M.
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So you are saying a site hosted by the Anti Defamation League will be required to host content from Nazis. Or a Sesame Street has host the Communist Manifesto.
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Nah they'll open it up to the public. After a couple years it will well reviewed and a solid theme park that is very popular with a small group of people. But because it isn't as popular as Disney World they will tear it down and replace it with a new park. They will claim this park is even better than the first with all the same attractions as the first park. But half the attractions will only be partly finished, and several of the most popular attractions from the previous park will be gone.
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I don't discount this was a heinously stupid action by the CBP. I'm just pointing out the quote
is shortsighted because they were doing their jobs. Doing them badly yes, but it isn't distracting them from other things. It's like saying to a highway patrol officer that pulls you over for speeding "shouldn't you be off catching bad guys". Regardless of how you feel about the police (believe me I'm firmly in the camp we need reform), that highway patrol office shouldn't be off somewhere else catching bad guys, they're department purpose is traffic enforcement and his job is pulling people over and ticketing them. You can criticize for how well they do their job (like seizing perfectly legal goods) but you can't criticize for not doing their job when they did do their jobRe:
This comment is a bit shortsighted. There are certainly a lot of problems with the CBP, but the seizure of counterfeit goods is literally one of their jobs that they are supposed to be focused on. It's in the name Customs and Border Protection. They have agents whose entire job is finding an seizing counterfeit and illegal goods.
Go ask Wyden and Cox what it means
If their intent is to clarify what Congress intended with Section 230, there is no need to have the FCC or anyone else attempt to clarify it. The authors of Section 230 are still alive and well. Wyden is even still a Senator.
Re: To much math..
You really need to research how Starlink will work before you spew this old nonsense. I've seen someone spew this every time Starlink comes up. This IS NOT the old style 1-3 geostationary satellites which have to contend with the laws of physics creating huge lag. This, as stated in the article, hundreds and eventually thousands of low earth orbit sats with latency around 20-30ms similar to cable internet now. The latency in between continents, E.G. NY to London, is actually expected to be faster than the existing fiber lines because speed of light in a vacuum (between the satellites) is about twice as fast a the speed of light in glass.
Re: 800 low orbit satellites will not eventuate.
The article is actually off by several orders of magnitude for the full constillation. SpaceX plans to have 12,000 LEO satellites launched by the mid 2020s. 800 is just the minimum to provide moderate coverage. That being said they can launch 60 at a time from a standard Falcon. They only need to do 14 launches, assuming no losses, to hit that number and they plan on 24 launches next year.