Posted July 20, 2014 This shocked me. I'm not quite sure if it is stupidity, corruption, or a mixture of the two that allowed this (imo) moronic law to get this far. This is the first time I've heard of this, so I thought I'd share it with you guys. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/congresswoman-defends-states-rights-to-protect-isps-from-muni-competition/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Just for this I'm trying to learn how to use spoilers on here so I can have a warning that if it is clicked on you will see horrible vulgar language targeted at this woman and anti-competition laws. Anybody know how to post a spoiler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 I'm tired and confused, is this good or bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Author @Tea1337 Very bad. Very bad indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Just for this I'm trying to learn how to use spoilers on here so I can have a warning that if it is clicked on you will see horrible vulgar language targeted at this woman and anti-competition laws. Anybody know how to post a spoiler? [spoiler='test']test[/spoiler] Turns into: test † Christian Member † For my pertinent links to guides, reviews, and anything similar, go here, and look under the spoiler labeled such. A brief history of Unix and it's relation to OS X by Builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 [spoiler='test']test[/spoiler] Turns into: test Thank you. I changed my mind. No vulgar language. This is just a load of crap. So tired of anti-competition horse crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Lol, only in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 this isn't stupidity because something like this only get passed by sheer corruption and bribes on it owns this is one of the greatest thing that has happened to me recently, and it happened on this forum, those involved have my eternal gratitude http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/198850-update-alex-got-his-moto-g2-lets-get-a-moto-g-for-alexgoeshigh-unofficial/ :') i use to have the second best link in the world here, but it died ;_; its a 404 now but it will always be here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 I'm sorry, so this is in america? This is what I think of Pre-Ordering video games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp98SH3vW2Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 @Tea1337 Very bad. Very bad indeed. why? im confused Case: NZXT Phantom PSU: EVGA G2 650w Motherboard: Asus Z97-Pro (Wifi-AC) CPU: 4690K @4.2ghz/1.2V Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB 1866mhz GPU: Gigabyte G1 GTX970 Storage: (2x) WD Caviar Blue 1TB, Crucial MX100 256GB SSD, Samsung 840 SSD Wifi: TP Link WDN4800 Donkeys are love, Donkeys are life. "No answer means no problem!" - Luke 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 It seems with every passing bill in America it becomes less of a democracy and more of a corporate dictatorship. So much for freedom of choice and healthy competition. Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge. Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 It seems with every passing bill in America it becomes less of a democracy and more of a corporate dictatorship. So much for freedom of choice and healthy competition. By the corporations for the corporations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 why? im confused This isn't terribly bad short term, but i could be in the long run because if they follow this same logic they could modify the law to extend to private ISP vs. private ISP competition. As it is right now, it prevents a city or cities' local governments from setting up their own ISP as it exists in Chattanooga, TN -- the local government offers extremely cheap internet (cheaper than google fiber) because comcast was pretty much a shithole ISP in their city. Praise Duarte! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 It is time for Logan facepalm ------- Current Rig ------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Thank you. I changed my mind. No vulgar language. This is just a load of crap. So tired of anti-competition horse crap. Btw: I have no clue if you found the appropiate place to make spoilers from in the menu above or just copied the code there to make that spoiler, but in any case you press the button called "Special BBCode" to the left of the window for font --> Spoiler --> Insert what you want to call the spoiler --> Procced to put in the text between the spoiler code like shown above. I may just be pointlessly helping now though so anyway OT: Just glad that these laws are still rare in Europe, but shit like this being enacted in the US is bad for us as well... Because a lot of our governments are "try hard" US ones TorCorsair Obsidian 650D - Intel 4770K CPU - Gigabyte G1 Sniper 5 - ASUS GTX 780 Direct CU 2 - Kingston Beast Hyperx Beast 16 GB RAM - Corsair AX 1200i PSU - Samsung EVO drive 750 GB - Corsair AF series 120mm fans - Corsair H100i - Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 edition - Razer Ouroboros - Razer Manticor - Windows 7 - Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 "Land of the Free". Fucking morons. I'm willing to bet that congresswoman is a shill being paid off by one of the corporations. It's the only logical reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 "Land of the Free". Fucking morons. I'm willing to bet that congresswoman is a shill being paid off by one of the corporations. It's the only logical reason. yep "she received $12,500 in contributions from Verizon, $10,000 from AT&T, $7,500 from Comcast, and $7,000 from representatives of Time Warner Cable. (These donations come from the companies' political action committees, employees, or owners.)" Case: Phanteks Evolve X with ITX mount cpu: Ryzen 3900X 4.35ghz all cores Motherboard: MSI X570 Unify gpu: EVGA 1070 SC psu: Phanteks revolt x 1200W Memory: 64GB Kingston Hyper X oc'd to 3600mhz ssd: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ITX System CPU: 4670k Motherboard: some cheap asus h87 Ram: 16gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 If politics were easier to get into in the US, then corporations would be milked dry, unable to finance all of their preferred candidates. There's a reason your founding fathers (Referring to the US) were against political parties and this is starting to show now more than ever. We all need a daily check-up from the neck up to avoid stinkin' thinkin' which ultimately leads to the hardening of attitudes. - Zig Ziglar The sad fact about atheists is that they stand for nothing while standing against things that have brought much good to the world. Now ain't that sad. - Anonymous Replace fear with faith and fear will disappear. - Billy Cox ......................................Also, Legalism, Education-bred Arrogance and Hubris-based Assumption are BULLSHIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 No fucking way this gets passed in the Senate and then the President... No fucking way "It seems we living the American dream, but the people highest up got the lowest self esteem. The prettiest people do the ugliest things, for the road to riches and diamond rings."- Kanye West, "All Falls Down" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 yep "she received $12,500 in contributions from Verizon, $10,000 from AT&T, $7,500 from Comcast, and $7,000 from representatives of Time Warner Cable. (These donations come from the companies' political action committees, employees, or owners.)" Okay so that congress women needs to be removed. A riddle wrapped in an enigma , shot to the moon and made in China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Okay so that congress women needs to be removed. She probably will be as long as this gets big in Tennessee somehow. They won't reelect her to represent them in the House if they know about this. So glad there are layers in the fed government where they can stop shit like this lol "It seems we living the American dream, but the people highest up got the lowest self esteem. The prettiest people do the ugliest things, for the road to riches and diamond rings."- Kanye West, "All Falls Down" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 yep "she received $12,500 in contributions from Verizon, $10,000 from AT&T, $7,500 from Comcast, and $7,000 from representatives of Time Warner Cable. (These donations come from the companies' political action committees, employees, or owners.)" Jesus, they are that cheap? I'd have expected a bribe would at least need to be enough to buy a car. Intel i7 5820K (4.5 GHz) | MSI X99A MPower | 32 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz | Asus RoG STRIX GTX 1080ti OC | Samsung 951 m.2 nVME 512GB | Crucial MX200 1000GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 2000GB | Noctua NH-D15 | Fractal Define R5 | Seasonic 860 Platinum | Logitech G910 | Sennheiser 599 | Blue Yeti | Logitech G502 Nikon D500 | Nikon 300mm f/4 PF | Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 | Nikon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 70-210 f/4 VCII | Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 | Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 | Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD Macro | Neewer 750II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 Oh America thanks for the morning laugh. :lol: PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - Geforce RTX 3090 FE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 When I read this I had to get up and walk away from my computer for a few minutes because I still cannot believe the levels of stupidity I am reading on my computer screen. This law protects the ISP's "right" to not be in competition with any municipal ISP? What the hell is this? Even as I type it now, this doesn't seem real. I knew that the US government was corrupt, like corrupt to its core, but this law literally in no way whatsoever helps or benefits the American people. With every day that passes I get more and more fed up with shit-storm of a society we have, and this is the icing on the cake folks. We've given up nearly complete control of our lives to a governing body that could not possibly care any less about us as long as our politicians are rolling in money. Nothing kills your motivation to do anything quite like the reoccurring realization that you are effectively powerless against a room full of old men. Today is off to a great start isn't it? Quote Ignis (Primary rig) CPU i7-4770K Displays Dell U2312HM + 2x Asus VH236H MB ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Keyboard Rosewill K85 RGB BR RAM G.Skill Ripjaws X 16GB Mouse Razer DeathAdder GPU XFX RX 5700XT Headset V-Moda Crossfade LP2 PSU Lepa G1600 Case Corsair 350D Cooling Corsair H90 Storage PNY CS900 120GB (OS) + WD Blue 1TB Quote Server 01Alpha Server 01Beta Chaos Box (Loaner Rig) Router (pfSense) CPU Xeon X5650 CPU 2x Xeon E5520 CPU Xeon E3-1240V2 CPU Xeon E3-1246V3 MB Asus P6T WS Pro MB EVGA SR-2 MB ASRock H61MV-ITX MB ASRock H81 Pro BTC RAM Kingston unbuffered ECC 24GB RAM G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB RAM Random Ebay RAM 12GB RAM G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB GPU XFX R5 220 GPU EVGA GTX 580 SC GPU Gigabyte R9 295x2 GPU integrated PSU Corsair CX430M PSU Corsair AX1200 PSU Corsair GS700 PSU Antec EA-380D Case Norco RPC-450B 4U Case Rosewill RSV-L4000C Case Modified Bitfenix Prodigy Case Norco RPC-250 2U Cooling Noctua NH-U9S Cooling 2x CM Hyper 212 Evo Cooling EVGA CLC 120mm Cooling stock Storage PNY CS900 120GB (OS) Storage null Storage PNY CS900 120GB (OS) Storage Fujitsu 150GB HDD 8x WD Red 1TB in Raid 6 WD Black 1TB WD Green 2TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 20, 2014 This is bull crap.. CPU: i7 4770k | GPU: Sapphire 290 Tri-X OC | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB | MTB: GA-Z87X-UD5H | COOLER: Noctua NH-D14 | PSU: Corsair 760i | CASE: Corsair 550D | DISPLAY: BenQ XL2420TE Firestrike scores - Graphics: 10781 Physics: 9448 Combined: 4289 "Nvidia, Fuck you" - Linus Torvald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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