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gotbeer

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  1. With how things get earlier and earlier. You know some retailers will toy with making Single's day the official kick off to the Christmas season. Then they could be good guys and give their workers Thanksgiving off. But when you consider that Alibaba did more business than they will do on Black Friday combined, it's just a matter of time.
  2. Ebola. 14 more days till the quarantine period is over. Infection delays return of Corey Perry, Francois Beauchemin to Ducks
  3. Brewhouse? Or did they forget to put the green plus up?
  4. ESPN Deals a Major Blow to Comcast Actually not just to Comcast. But ESPN is going to offer internet streaming.
  5. This is also part of the problem with net neutrality. Right now, there is no reason for ISP's to change what they are doing now. I believe that part of the net neutrality debate, might be wrong and it might be a totally different set of rules, is the definition of broadband. FCC wants to change that definition from I think around 1 mbps to 10-25 mbps and even up to 1 gbps. DSL is fighting this, since it would make them obsolete. Cable is fighting it, because they know they are next. And fiber is pushing for it because they get the 1 gbps. In the end, on the consumer side, we are stuck with dinosaurs and are watching as a meteor comes closer and closer. Most households are limited on their selection of ISP's. I know in my area, and this is Los Angeles mind you not some rural nowhere area, the choice is DSL or cable, with only one cable company supplying. They have fiber to the junction box, but since that box is about 150 yards away, the fiber speed is still the same as dsl. On top of that, the flip side is that the ISP's want to charge the websites for bandwidth. So even if you have fiber, if Netflix doesn't pay say Google to keep them in the fast lane, you could still have DSL speeds to them. Now multiply that by tens or even hundreds of ISP's that Netflix has to pay. And imagine if you are a startup tech company, how much you have to pay just to stay competitive. Because in games, apps, websites, if you are slow, you got to go. This situation is going to get ugly. And the Dems might have just found the right topic to send the voters back their way in 2 years.
  6. The real reason that US internet service providers are terrified of strong net neutrality Makes cents.
  7. We rage against what we don't know, don't care to learn, or vote for Buchanan. In other words, 3/4 of the U.S. population.
  8. Alibaba's 'Single's Day' bigger than Black Friday
  9. 'Dingaling' Puts Glow Stick In Microwave, The Obvious Happens (VIDEO)
  10. Breaking: Obamacare architect admits Obama lied about his signature law /sigh
  11. I hate when I have to wear a sweater in 70 degree weather.
  12. That's a lot of mexican hookers and blow that he could buy to feel better about touring those 35 dates.
  13. This is like Prop 8. most people didn't know if voting yes meant it was for giving gays the right to marry. Or if it was voting yes meant no you can't marry. Net Neutrality, people don't know if being for Net neutrality means a neutral net, or for Net Neutrality means in favor of a new set of rules that the FCC is considering.
  14. Ted Cruz just called net neutrality 'Obamacare for the internet' and that's bad news for everyone
  15. Man, just by reading the comments. I can see why you asked the question Geoff. It's like all of the US went to Florida and voted on Buchanan. And they don't still know who to vote for.
  16. And am i wrong here. But couldn't the president just sign something to make net neutrality open. Instead of waiting for the FCC?
  17. I think, and I'm probably wrong here. But the telecoms like Verizon, ATT, Time Warner etc wanted to be able to limit the use on web access. you go over so so a month, and they can throttle you down. Also, Verizon, ATT, Time Warner etc wanted to charge say Netflix a $$ amount to make sure that their content streamed at top speed. If websites did not pay the providers, they would put them in the slow lane. In other words, if net neutrality didn't go through and the telecoms won. The After Dark section would load a lot slower. That alone should make you vote for net neutrality.
  18. Was he a fence jumper? Or did he happen to be riding in the same elevator?
  19. Ducks move Perry (illness) to injured reserve He probably has Ebola.
  20. Turn Text into an Instant Video Mashup with the Help of Homer Simpson and the Guy from ‘300’ This is not a program for everyone
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