Tag Archives: Internet

​Loki’s Wager is Why You Can’t Win Arguments on the Internet

Posted on January 14, 2015 by mossjon314159

http://io9.com/lokis-wager-is-why-you-cant-win-arguments-on-the-inter-1679484756 My advice to people tempted to argue in cyberspace is always: “Don’t Feed the Trolls! ” Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

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Comcast and Time Warner Cable hike modem fees as much as 33%. Time to buy your own. January 02

Posted on January 4, 2015 by mossjon314159

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/02/technology/comcast-time-warner-cable-modem/ I guess I’d better scrutinize my Time Warner bill this month.  And maybe start pricing cable modems. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

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Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse | The Verge

Posted on November 2, 2014 by mossjon314159

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7138449/m-lab-netflix-comcast-verizon-isp-business-dispute-congestion-traffic-interconnection ISP interconnection has a substantial impact on consumer internet performance –sometimes a severely negative impact — and that business relationships between ISPs, and not major technical problems, are at the root of the problems we observed. An interesting study … Continue reading →

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Article: How to protect yourself against hackers (or at least make it difficult for them)

Posted on September 3, 2014 by mossjon314159

How to protect yourself against hackers (or at least make it difficult for them) http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/09/03/protect-hackers-least-make-difficult/ My good deed for the day: providing the link above to you and asking you to take note. Better safe than sorry. Posted from WordPress … Continue reading →

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Why the federal court record system PACER is so broken, and how to fix it — Tech News and Analysis

Posted on August 28, 2014 by mossjon314159

http://gigaom.com/2014/08/27/why-the-federal-court-record-system-pacer-is-so-broken-and-how-to-fix-it/ So what happened? Why has the federal courts’ IT system stagnated despite more money? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that the money has gone elsewhere. Bureaucracies and budgets … if there is money unspent in one at the end of … Continue reading →

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Article: Internet down for 12m Americans as Time Warner Cable suffers outage

Posted on August 27, 2014 by mossjon314159

Internet down for 12m Americans as Time Warner Cable suffers outage http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/27/internet-down-time-warner-cable-outage Per my earlier Tweet, we (the Mosses) are victims of this outage. What do you want to bet that my bill will not reflect a credit for the … Continue reading →

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Article: Democrat Warns Data Caps Could Undermine Net Neutrality

Posted on July 29, 2014 by mossjon314159

Democrat Warns Data Caps Could Undermine Net Neutrality http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/democrat-warns-data-caps-could-undermine-net-neutrality-20140729 The Flip Side Of Net Neutrality.  So far Time Warner hasn’t instituted data caps for my home Internet but Comcast could change that in the future. Posted from WordPress for Android … Continue reading →

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Article: Comcast Is Turning The US Into Its Own Private Hotspot

Posted on June 11, 2014 by mossjon314159

Comcast Is Turning The US Into Its Own Private Hotspot http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/11/comcast-is-turning-the-us-into-its-own-private-hotspot/?ncid=rss Reminder to self: make sure Time Warner Road Runner Internet service does NOT include this new feature. If it does (or might soon since Comcast bought them) … opt … Continue reading →

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Article: The 10 Algorithms That Dominate Our World

Posted on May 22, 2014 by mossjon314159

The 10 Algorithms That Dominate Our World http://io9.com/the-10-algorithms-that-dominate-our-world-1580110464 Two of these qualify as scary (if not down right terrifying) … NSA (substitute Big Brother if you prefer) and CRUSH (say Minority Report). Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung … Continue reading →

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Article: The 6 things you need to know about today’s FCC proposal on net neutrality

Posted on May 16, 2014 by mossjon314159

The 6 things you need to know about today’s FCC proposal on net neutrality http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/05/16/6-things-need-know-todays-fcc-ruling-net-neutrality/ Time to write a letter to the FCC.  See the last paragraph of the above article for address information. This is not the news I … Continue reading →

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