tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post951404806635819298..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Netting the NetTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-871898151680915302014-01-19T23:53:37.134-06:002014-01-19T23:53:37.134-06:00RJ Adams ~ Yes, all bought and paid for! :-(
RJ Adams ~ Yes, all bought and paid for! :-(<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-76364927375105618202014-01-19T23:53:24.621-06:002014-01-19T23:53:24.621-06:00RJ Adams ~ Yes, all bought and paid for! :-(
RJ Adams ~ Yes, all bought and paid for! :-(<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39259286076874687402014-01-19T22:12:16.942-06:002014-01-19T22:12:16.942-06:00Sickening, isn't it? Another case of the so-ca...Sickening, isn't it? Another case of the so-called "Justice System" being in the corporate pocket?R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-72653881138198317662014-01-17T15:58:21.414-06:002014-01-17T15:58:21.414-06:00LB ~ It's not a good outlook. As you say, int...LB ~ It's not a good outlook. As you say, internet access, as it is now, is expensive enough, out of reach for some, but at least once in we can go wherever we please for the price we've already paid. In future, unless the new ruling is overturned on appeal or FCC goes at it via some other route, we'll still be paying what we pay now, plus extras for sites THEY deem worth more - or would wish to make it hard for people like us to access by slowing speed to access them to impossible levels.<br /><br />The internet is a danger to certain factions - it's too much of an aid to dissent and organisation of same. This might not be the immediate thought behind it all (or maybe it is) but I'd bet that it'd come to that eventually.....unless stopped now, right at the beginning. But there's not a lot of noise being made about it, more's the pity. People will realise only what they should have been doing when it's too late. As is the case in so many other areas. :-(<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-76499636568076515512014-01-17T14:09:00.724-06:002014-01-17T14:09:00.724-06:00Just to clarify, when I said "computer",...Just to clarify, when I said "computer", I meant any electronic device that allows access to the internet and provides a way to communicate. A lot of people (especially the younger ones?) just use their phones.LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-10107108575288754302014-01-17T14:01:53.850-06:002014-01-17T14:01:53.850-06:00Twilight ~ Thanks for posting this.:) Next they&#...Twilight ~ Thanks for posting this.:) Next they'll be trying to charge us for using the library . . . or is that already happening in some places? Or the radio.:0 <br /><br />All this means is more and more low-income folks will have a harder time staying informed and/or 'connected' to certain aspects of the world. Try finding a job, doctor or health plan without a computer - you really can't, which means you get what you get. When I tried calling the main phone number for our so-called "health plan" last week, I received a recording telling me to call back another DAY!<br /><br />As it is, I already know quite a few lower-income folks who can't afford cable (no TV) and even a few older ones who can't afford either cable *or* internet service and who go to the library for the latter whenever they need access.<br /><br />We can't comfortably afford these things either, but so far we've toughed it out. No antenna reception in our lower unit would mean no TV, not even PBS or the news, and I'm not ready to go cold-turkey just yet.LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-7785784506630402862014-01-17T09:08:05.017-06:002014-01-17T09:08:05.017-06:00ex-Chomp ~ Yes, yet another blot on the horizon. ...ex-Chomp ~ Yes, yet another blot on the horizon. :-/<br /><br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-11024839270245901232014-01-17T02:52:57.220-06:002014-01-17T02:52:57.220-06:00You are right, this will be the trend ahead, no do...You are right, this will be the trend ahead, no doubt on it. <br /><br />ex-Chompnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-69403140034578140812014-01-16T14:30:01.238-06:002014-01-16T14:30:01.238-06:00mike (again) ~ Oh - my sincere sympathies! I'...mike (again) ~ Oh - my sincere sympathies! I've been on the wrong end of malware, viruses, phishing and credit card theft before, and tearing out my hair because of it. Things have been better for me since I bought Norton 360 software (after husband nagged me into doing so). It's more expensive than the software I'd been using (several kinds over time) but the only one strong enough for today's threats it seems - especially for someone like me who scoots around sites a lot looking for info, illustrations, etc etc.<br /><br />I hope you manage to get completely rid of any intruders, and stay free of them. <br /><br />It's a jungle out there alright!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-66291756489536854222014-01-16T14:21:59.072-06:002014-01-16T14:21:59.072-06:00mike ~ Thanks for the link. although there's...mike ~ Thanks for the link. although there's quite a bit of coverage on this topic today, I'd have expected more. No "trending" on Twitter as far as I can see, and less general coverage than reports of Oscar nominations! As you mention, it seems people are so used to being trampled on, they can't be bothered to care any more - if they ever did.<br /><br />I've signed a petition, but not sure how much good online petitions can do - it costs nothing and can't do any harm.<br /><br />From Michael Winship's article at common Dreams today<br /><br />http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/16 <br /><br /><i>Wheeler, after the court’s decision was announced, said, “We will consider all available options, including those for appeal, to ensure that these networks on which the Internet depends continue to provide a free and open platform for innovation and expression, and operate in the interest of all Americans.”<br /><br />But there will be congressional opposition. And the FCC has a long, sad track record of spinning pro-industry positions to make them sound good and good for you. It’s too soon to tell on which side Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the mobile phone and cable TV industries, ultimately will come down. Which means that once again, as has been the case so many times since this fight began, people have to stand up and be heard.<br /><br />You can start by contacting the FCC chairman’s office and demanding that he and his colleagues stand resolute and forthright in favor of net neutrality, an Internet open to all.<br /><br />Send an e-mail at the FCC’s website. Or tweet @TomWheelerFCC.<br /></i> Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-69361632806977701702014-01-16T13:41:33.366-06:002014-01-16T13:41:33.366-06:00BTW - If the corporations don't completely rea...BTW - If the corporations don't completely ream us, the thieves on the internet will. I received an email this morning...didn't open it, because I thought it was a bit suspicious (right click and "inspect element" or "view message source" allows for the email to be read without opening, which is what I did). email said to read a message left for me on my credit card's website. I opened my link in my bookmarks for that site, logged-on and realized I'd been had once I saw the robber's page. The log-in page looked perfectly like it should have looked.<br /><br />I called my credit card company...they confirmed no emails had been sent to me. Requested that I change passwords, which I did. No robber's activity on my account at that point.<br /><br />I'm running a virus scan now...not complete, but there is a warning that "malicious or potentially unwanted software has been detected". I'm hopeful that I can fix this and be on with it. I've been at this for several hours today.<br /><br />I run a scan once a week, so I have no idea where this came from. I didn't open the email or use any links other than my old link to my credit card's website. Baffling.<br /><br />Watch-out, Twilight...they are out to get us one way or another. I keep reading and seeing on the news about all of the credit card theft of late.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-67999318341438852962014-01-16T12:20:50.241-06:002014-01-16T12:20:50.241-06:00Yes, this sucks big! But, the public is becoming ...Yes, this sucks big! But, the public is becoming used to things sucking big in many other arenas, too. The FCC should reclassify internet access as a "Title 2 Telecommunications Service" and the push is on to do just that.<br /><br />An oddity to this challenge to potentially redefine the internet as telecommunications service (utility service), is that the laws governing utilities such as a land-line telephone are quite different from current internet laws. The NSA is exempt from certain legal aspects of data collecting of internet and cell phone users and is more restricted with those legalities when collecting data of land-line telephone users.<br /><br />A current example I just read is concerning splitting of signals. Internet and cell phone providers are allowed to split the connection (convenient for the NSA), whereas the land-line signal is not legally allowed to be split.<br /><br />From https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/abridy/is-there-a-future-for-net-neutrality-after-verizon-v-fcc/<br />"By reclassifying the connectivity component as a telecommunications service, the FCC would be operating squarely within the bounds of its statutory authority to impose anti-blocking and non-discrimination obligations on broadband providers. The FCC has the authority to modify its previous classification, as long as it gives a good reason for doing so, which it can do, if only it has the will. This is an opportunity for the FCC’s new Chairman, Tom Wheeler, to make good on President Obama’s past promises to support net neutrality."mikenoreply@blogger.com