This blog struck me so deep I just had to reply (mine's the 4th comment). It was so nice to see a mother's concern for her openly gay son who recently came out and how she should handle something that I wish I could one day do, take my loved one to family gatherings and to feel normal...
I think that's what get's me most about being gay these days. How in so many ways it's better than it used to be, but the negatives are just so negative... it's like living in a country where I'll never be considered normal nor treated normally in love.
I sure hope the next generations have as much progress in their lifetimes as I have seen in mine.
2008-08-29
Comcast limits customers to only 250 gigabyte per month starting October 1, 2008
Wow... I guess Comcast is really committed to defining fair use. Granted 250 GB is a lot of data, this would be analogous to telling each American they could only drive on US roads 10,000 miles a year... That may seem a lot to you and me, but if the limit is so high, why even have one?
Comcast does not offer business grade service in my area, even though I work at home. This effectively prevents anyone in this area from getting more than 250 GB of data a month no matter what their reason is, business or otherwise.
Perhaps they've not heard of data formats like Blue Ray at 8 Gigs a disk or VMWare images for virtual appliances. Really what they're likely trying to do is find another angle to limit bit torrent traffic which can easily crest their "fair use" limits.
However, I say to Comcast, you are short sighted. Offer your high usage users more service for more dollars or wake up and smell the Internet.
The future is massive bandwidth with increasing interconnectedness even among your existing customers.
Don't limit them, learn from them and figure out how you can handle staggering quantities of information. Perhaps it's time to start running localized bit torrent servers in major "hot" spots relieving some of the pressure from your clients many of whom could use bit tunnels between your locations.
Invest in the future, because I guarantee you... The Internet won't get any slower.
And tomorrow's application bandwidth requirements are gonna make today's 250 GB per month seem like a fond memory.
Don't start losing customers like you lost me a few months ago.
We'd hate to have to replace you with an ISP that actually offers unlimited use, NOT what you think is "fair".
Comcast does not offer business grade service in my area, even though I work at home. This effectively prevents anyone in this area from getting more than 250 GB of data a month no matter what their reason is, business or otherwise.
Perhaps they've not heard of data formats like Blue Ray at 8 Gigs a disk or VMWare images for virtual appliances. Really what they're likely trying to do is find another angle to limit bit torrent traffic which can easily crest their "fair use" limits.
However, I say to Comcast, you are short sighted. Offer your high usage users more service for more dollars or wake up and smell the Internet.
The future is massive bandwidth with increasing interconnectedness even among your existing customers.
Don't limit them, learn from them and figure out how you can handle staggering quantities of information. Perhaps it's time to start running localized bit torrent servers in major "hot" spots relieving some of the pressure from your clients many of whom could use bit tunnels between your locations.
Invest in the future, because I guarantee you... The Internet won't get any slower.
And tomorrow's application bandwidth requirements are gonna make today's 250 GB per month seem like a fond memory.
Don't start losing customers like you lost me a few months ago.
We'd hate to have to replace you with an ISP that actually offers unlimited use, NOT what you think is "fair".
2006-11-20
Presidents, Well Known or Not, Will Have Their Day on a Dollar - New York Times
Presidents, Well Known or Not, Will Have Their Day on a Dollar - New York Times: "The United States Mint is unveiling four designs for one-dollar coins today, featuring likenesses of the first four presidents. They begin a series that is to last a decade and portray every deceased president."
2006-11-03
Ask Will : New and Cool for VS2005
I gave a presentation on new and cool things for Visual Studio 2005 at the Capital City .NET User's Group meeting yesterday and presented a number of free and/or open source utilities for VS 2005. Here are the links and some commentary on each item I presented.
2006-10-12
Birds and bees may be gay: museum exhibition | Tech&Sci | Science | Reuters.com
Birds and bees may be gay: museum exhibition | Tech&Sci | Science | Reuters.com: "(Reuters) - The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world's first museum exhibition about homosexuality among animals."
2006-10-10
Neuro Linguistic Programming
| Neuro-Linguistic Programming – or NLP – is a technique that we can use to alter the way we react. NLP looks at the relationship between how we think -neuro, communicate -linguistic and behave -programming. | |
2006-08-06
2006-08-02
Wired News: It's Alive (ish)
Wired News: It's Alive (ish): "Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology figured they could learn more from neuron clumps that acted more like real brains, so they've developed 'neurally controlled animats' -- a few thousand rat neurons grown atop a grid of electrodes and connected to a robot body or computer-simulated virtual environment."
2006-07-19
Invisibility Cloak
VVV - Viridian Vegan Viking: "Check out this video of an Invisibility Cloak being demonstrated at the University of Tokyo.
The wearer is moving in front of a television screen and colored backgrounds.
Observe that his face is not covered by the wallpaper background displayed on the cloak.
Very impressive. Plus, he has mad dance moves."
The wearer is moving in front of a television screen and colored backgrounds.
Observe that his face is not covered by the wallpaper background displayed on the cloak.
Very impressive. Plus, he has mad dance moves."
2006-06-27
Trends: 3D. What is it good for?
Trends: 3D. What is it good for?
Some VERY interesting Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality Interface, Holographic, and other real world inventions and prototypes being developed and coming soon to a store near you :)
Some VERY interesting Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality Interface, Holographic, and other real world inventions and prototypes being developed and coming soon to a store near you :)
Project - Keio Media Design Okude Laboratory
Project - Keio Media Design Okude Laboratory: "At the laboratory, much team project is produced every year and its idea is made into the form.
The project which students created is introduced."
The project which students created is introduced."
2006-06-21
Walt Handelsman: N.S.A. Wiretapping
Walt Handelsman: N.S.A. Wiretapping: "Walt Handelsman: N.S.A. Wiretapping"
Animated political cartoon on NSA eavesdropping. And a song, too.
Animated political cartoon on NSA eavesdropping. And a song, too.
2006-06-19
2006-06-14
GameSpot Forums - PC Games - reasons why it's worth to be a PCgamer in 2007
GameSpot Forums - PC Games - reasons why it's worth to be a PCgamer in 2007: "
Below is a comprehensive list of all(at least I think so)promising PCgames slated for 2007 release.By 'promising' I mean games with big chances of scoring at least AA, while extremely small chances of scoring below 7. I've tried choosing only games made by experienced developers(who made good games in the past) or for other reasons promising."
Below is a comprehensive list of all(at least I think so)promising PCgames slated for 2007 release.By 'promising' I mean games with big chances of scoring at least AA, while extremely small chances of scoring below 7. I've tried choosing only games made by experienced developers(who made good games in the past) or for other reasons promising."
2006-06-09
'Mind over matter' no longer science fiction
'Mind over matter' no longer science fiction: "Sitting stone still under a skull cap fitted with a couple dozen electrodes, American scientist Peter Brunner stares at a laptop computer. Without so much as moving a nostril hair, he suddenly begins to compose a message -- letter by letter -- on a giant screen overhead.
'B-O-N-J-O-U-R' he writes with the power of his mind, much to the amazement of the largely French audience of scientists and curious onlookers gathered at the four-day European Research and Innovation Exhibition in Paris, which opened Thursday. "
'B-O-N-J-O-U-R' he writes with the power of his mind, much to the amazement of the largely French audience of scientists and curious onlookers gathered at the four-day European Research and Innovation Exhibition in Paris, which opened Thursday. "
2006-06-07
Wired News: A Sixth Sense for a Wired World
Wired News: A Sixth Sense for a Wired World:
"What if, seconds before your laptop began stalling, you could feel the hard drive spin up under the load? Or you could tell if an electrical cord was live before you touched it? For the few people who have rare earth magnets implanted in their fingers, these are among the reported effects -- a finger that feels electromagnetic fields along with the normal sense of touch."
"Other sensations were unmistakable from the start. I would circle my finger with a strong magnet and feel the one in my finger spin. In time, bits of my laptop became familiar as tingles and buzzes. Every so often I would pass near something and get an unexpected vibration."
"What if, seconds before your laptop began stalling, you could feel the hard drive spin up under the load? Or you could tell if an electrical cord was live before you touched it? For the few people who have rare earth magnets implanted in their fingers, these are among the reported effects -- a finger that feels electromagnetic fields along with the normal sense of touch."
"Other sensations were unmistakable from the start. I would circle my finger with a strong magnet and feel the one in my finger spin. In time, bits of my laptop became familiar as tingles and buzzes. Every so often I would pass near something and get an unexpected vibration."
2006-06-04
2006-06-02
Gays Not The Origin of HIV
Gays Not The Origin of HIV: "Gays Not The Origin of HIV
After 25 years of speculation, an international scientific team has traced the origin of HIV to wild chimpanzees in a remote area of Cameroon, Africa. The first human to be infected with the virus is believed to be a hunter who came into contact (by bite or cut) with an infected chimp. In the early 80s, HIV was seen as a gay disease or a 'rare cancer that affected homosexuals' as stated in the documentary Gay Sex in the 70s. So, why is the link between chimps and HIV an important discovery? In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, it's crucial that we all realize HIV/AIDS can affect anyone, not just gay people. And though there is still no cure for AIDS, learning the origin of the deadly virus may bring us one step closer to saving countless lives."
After 25 years of speculation, an international scientific team has traced the origin of HIV to wild chimpanzees in a remote area of Cameroon, Africa. The first human to be infected with the virus is believed to be a hunter who came into contact (by bite or cut) with an infected chimp. In the early 80s, HIV was seen as a gay disease or a 'rare cancer that affected homosexuals' as stated in the documentary Gay Sex in the 70s. So, why is the link between chimps and HIV an important discovery? In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, it's crucial that we all realize HIV/AIDS can affect anyone, not just gay people. And though there is still no cure for AIDS, learning the origin of the deadly virus may bring us one step closer to saving countless lives."
Home - 2006 Tallahassee .NET CodeCamp - 2nd Annual
I'll be speaking at the
Home - 2006 Tallahassee .NET CodeCamp - 2nd Annual: Tallahassee .NET CodeCamp #2
All day Saturday, June 17th
FSU, Tallahassee, FL
Home - 2006 Tallahassee .NET CodeCamp - 2nd Annual: Tallahassee .NET CodeCamp #2
All day Saturday, June 17th
FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2006-06-01
ZUG: Comedy Articles: Electronic Road Signs and Me
ZUG: Comedy Articles: Electronic Road Signs and Me: "I found a deliciously inviting handheld keypad, then took a wild guess and pushed a button labeled STOP. The display on the control box flashed ENTER PASSWORD. I was about to give up in disgust when I noticed that someone had written the password in large Sharpie lettering above the box.
I entered the password, and lo! The sign ceased its flashing and turned itself off. SELECT FUNCTION, the keypad blinked, and great was my joy!"
I entered the password, and lo! The sign ceased its flashing and turned itself off. SELECT FUNCTION, the keypad blinked, and great was my joy!"
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