ThioJoe’s explanation of Net Neutrality is the best I have found. The future of the Internet as we know it is at stake. It’s time to write to your representatives, and ask them to enact a law prohibiting the Federal Communications Commission from dismantling Net Neutrality. Wayno
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Dear Comcast: Today I interacted via telephone with one of your offshore tech support agents, since I was unable to go online. customer.comcast.net was unable to tell me of any outages in my area. One of my online experiences was with a computer anyway since it failed the Turing test. Your Customer Service mark would […]
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Dec
Comcast removes clear qam channels from their system
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Easy, UncategorizedThe nation’s largest cable tv provider, Comcast provided clear qam (or local channels in High Definition withOUT a cable box) over their cable system. Apparently, that has now come to an end. A channel scan today yielded only 2 channels. Both Comcast info-mercial channels. So if you were counting on tuners like the hdhomerun to […]
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Sep
HDhomerun3 Product Review
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, Misc. other devices/things, Review, Skill Level: Advanced, Skill Level: MediumWith the arrival of the Digital Age, Silicon Dust has a niche market: For those people who want to free themselves from cable bills, Silicon Dust created a digital tuner which can easily be added to a computer network, allowing you to have your own Personal Video Recorder. One of it’s unique features is that […]
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Jan
Comcast live chat fails Turing Test
Posted by Wayno Published in Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: EasyA Turing Test is used to distinguish whether or not I am you are talking to a machine or a human. If the responses would be generally considered that of what a real life person would give, then it is said, to have passed the Turing Test. One of the first machine based artificial intelligence […]
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