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Tony Stark, Iron Man: JARVIS --- that was his greatest invention - without JARVIS he couldn't have made his later generation suits.

My title in AD is IT Support Monkey. I figure that's enough.

problem is, we're already paying for bandwidth - now they want to limit how long we can use that bandwidth.

BINGO! We have a winner. If AT&T had adequately provisioned their last mile networks, instead of trying to cram 10K households in a 1K household pipe, it wouldn't matter how much bandwidth an individual used.

maybe blocking open wireless networks is one of their goals. They want to be able to maximize revenue - if a couple of thousand people have to now actually buy access, rather than riding off of their neighbors - it's a win

been there, done that - still working my way out of it.

One thing I have learned, though - this all started because I forgot WHY I was doing what I was doing, and work was EXTREMELY unrewarding (no challenge). My wife handles the bills, so I never see the money. We have kids, so most of our free time is devoted to them, the house, the cars, etc. What I realized was that I had forgotten what I enjoy (beyond video games, which were an incredible time sink). I sat down and started making a list of all the things that I like to do - no matter how small, or how obvious. That's given me something to work for (like saving money to scuba dive, or fix up my bicycle).

I also started back running and weight-training, which helps improve my mood too (more energy). I've started new job responsibilities at work, which has helped get me out of my funk there - it's incredible was hard-working people will do (meaning, they forget that they can automate), so automating most of my new responsibilities is my new mountain to climb.

same thing here - I live a bit North of Atlanta, and work at home most of the time. When I do go into the office, I have a lot of flexibility to determine my hours. I find that I get up much earlier in the Summer, and much later in the Winter.

I deal with datacenters around the world, so my work schedule is not a rigid 9 to 5 (or 8 to 6), so doing this doesn't seem to cause any problems at work. Especially when I have early AM concalls (EU), and late afternoon calls (AN/NZ).

I have five daughters in competitive Gymnastics - they've all been in Gymnastics since around 2-3 years of age(oldest is now 15). I see their 'peers' in the neighborhood and there's no comparing physical fitness between them. It's been great for all of them - there have been injuries, but nothing that bad, so far.

Injuries happen - either get over it and go on, or curl up in a ball and put a cocoon around yourself. This guy had great intestinal fortitude coming back to the sport after those injuries - I commend him.

“There’s going to be a huge bump and a huge increase in the amount and kind of data retailers are going to have.”

And government control too? Count me out.

There are already plenty of people buying things on the web - I don't see a real problem here that the govt needs to fix.

Funny, but I bet this is exactly the way flat earthers argued earlier in history - "Everyone knows the Earth is flat! Unless you're a trained natural philosopher, keep your mouth shut!" Questioning 'facts' is only natural, and right. You should only take as fact that which you are ready to accept - what you've verified, however inexpertly, on your own.

KHAAANNN!!!!!

it's not a flaw - you break the laws, you pay the price. it shouldn't be a vacation.

You can do more than that per month, even if you've never participated in sports in your life - see my comment above: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2008164

I can refute that claim: I went to Marine Corps bootcamp (PI SC), weighing approximately 127 lbs. I left (3 months later) weighing 142lbs - 15 lbs in 3 months. I think if I had gone on double rations I could have gained more.