as far as I know, there's exactly one us city with an internet provider that is a public utility
2014-09-09 25234, 2014
kepstin-laptop
and iirc comcast is attempting to sue them
2014-09-09 25248, 2014
CallerNo6
that sounds right
2014-09-09 25241, 2014
kepstin-laptop
the big internet providers have already stopped the chattanooga power company from expanding the gigabit internet service to more areas in the city :/
2014-09-09 25239, 2014
hawke2
Suing them for…what, making them look bad?
2014-09-09 25213, 2014
kepstin-laptop
for ... get this ... anticompetitive practices.
2014-09-09 25226, 2014
CatQuest
was
2014-09-09 25234, 2014
CatQuest
(german was)
2014-09-09 25205, 2014
hawke2
Better service for lower cost = anticompetitive?
2014-09-09 25213, 2014
JonnyJD
as in "was der fick?"?
2014-09-09 25220, 2014
CatQuest
ja jøss
2014-09-09 25223, 2014
kepstin-laptop
basically, by making reasonably priced very fast internet available from a public organization, they are making it difficult for private companies to compete in the internet marked
2014-09-09 25232, 2014
kepstin-laptop
market*
2014-09-09 25240, 2014
CatQuest
capitalism at it's fines
2014-09-09 25242, 2014
CatQuest shakes head
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JonnyJD
for anybody learning german: we never say that. We also say WTF..
2014-09-09 25204, 2014
_Dave_
?!?
2014-09-09 25218, 2014
CatQuest
it still loooks/sounds cool
2014-09-09 25227, 2014
_Dave_
I'm boggling at 'anticompetitive practices'
2014-09-09 25230, 2014
CatQuest
wait you SAY doubleU tee eff?
2014-09-09 25201, 2014
CallerNo6
all I'm sayin' is, protest is not the long game (but I guess it's still important)
2014-09-09 25202, 2014
JonnyJD
CatQuest: yes, some (at least me at times) say "Wee Tee Eff"
2014-09-09 25213, 2014
CatQuest
o_O
2014-09-09 25215, 2014
JonnyJD
but usually just what the fuck
2014-09-09 25230, 2014
CatQuest
but like in one word fast right? i do that too heh
2014-09-09 25236, 2014
CatQuest
but now is bed
2014-09-09 25242, 2014
_Dave_
well being an engineer, I tend to trace the apparent problem to the real problem
2014-09-09 25243, 2014
CatQuest
CallerNo6: slutt å tull
2014-09-09 25247, 2014
CatQuest
natta! :D
2014-09-09 25248, 2014
_Dave_
the real problem is economics
2014-09-09 25210, 2014
CallerNo6
yeah, but only in the last 40,000 years. before that it was probably something else.
2014-09-09 25211, 2014
_Dave_
our economic model needs to be drastically different or nothing will ever really change
2014-09-09 25211, 2014
hawke2
nah, the real problem is people.
2014-09-09 25220, 2014
_Dave_
true also Hawke2
2014-09-09 25250, 2014
hawke2
Unrelated: Anyone interested in a copy of Papers Please or Gunpoint?
2014-09-09 25251, 2014
_Dave_
you will have a difficult time evolving the consciousness of people while they are forced to struggle for a living
2014-09-09 25218, 2014
CallerNo6
hey. our first star trek theme of the day.
2014-09-09 25221, 2014
CallerNo6
(I think)
2014-09-09 25211, 2014
JonnyJD
that pornhub coolio is the same one that did gangsters paradise when I was young? Oo
2014-09-09 25255, 2014
derwin
hawke2: yes, I want papers please
2014-09-09 25258, 2014
derwin
please
2014-09-09 25207, 2014
derwin
was deciding whether to BTA to get it
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hawke2
derwin: PM’d
2014-09-09 25251, 2014
derwin
awesome, any time limit on those?
2014-09-09 25256, 2014
hawke2
Not that I know of.
2014-09-09 25217, 2014
derwin
cool, will redeem when I get home
2014-09-09 25247, 2014
derwin
thank you!!!
2014-09-09 25251, 2014
hawke2
Enjoy, it’s a fun game. :-)
2014-09-09 25201, 2014
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hawke2
In that depressing bureaucratic nightmare kind of way. ;-)
2014-09-09 25203, 2014
derwin
yeah, I like that sort of thing
2014-09-09 25231, 2014
Freso
CatQuest: "wait you SAY doubleU tee eff?", actually, in German it'd be more like "dobbel-v te eff".
2014-09-09 25228, 2014
Freso
JonnyJD: I would assume so. I can't imagine any rapper starting out now to take that name...
2014-09-09 25213, 2014
derwin
some people say "double ewe tee eff"
2014-09-09 25210, 2014
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Mineo
Freso: in german "w" is no doppel-anything
2014-09-09 25221, 2014
CallerNo6 says "double ewe tee mutha fukkin eff" unless he's in a hurry
derwin: lol! Of course the CDNs would be all for supporting this.
2014-09-09 25219, 2014
CallerNo6
hawke2: I'm still in the "err on the side of more comments, even if they duplicate structured data" camp
2014-09-09 25237, 2014
derwin
+1
2014-09-09 25215, 2014
hawke2
CallerNo6: I tend to be as well, but in this case I think I know that the structured data already shows up where it’s needed. (maybe there’s somewhere it’s missing, but…)
2014-09-09 25218, 2014
CallerNo6
maybe on MB. do any data clients use disambig comments?
2014-09-09 25230, 2014
kepstin-laptop
language already shows up in all the search places where it would be appropriate, yeah
2014-09-09 25251, 2014
hawke2
Picard? beets? I think they set appropriate tags from the data though (well, mostly)
I’m never sure how to treat those semi-classical tracks. Not sure if it’s just that they’re instrumental, or if the artists seem to be more in a classical vein than typical pop artists are.
2014-09-09 25205, 2014
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2014-09-09 25233, 2014
CallerNo6
hawke2: on that edit, yeah, I don't know when a performance becomes "not classical" or "not composer-centric-soundtrack" enough. But I have a pretty good sense that the composers of those works are not [unknown] :-)
2014-09-09 25203, 2014
hawke2
Right…the composers aren’t unknown, but the question is more of what the track artist should be.
2014-09-09 25218, 2014
hawke2
classical says composer, soundtrack says composer, but only about 4 tracks are clearly soundtrack works.
2014-09-09 25215, 2014
hawke2
8 are more like pop covers, and the rest are fuzzy maybe-classical stuff.
2014-09-09 25256, 2014
CallerNo6
yeah. tough call. the composers /are/ credited on the back cover. that adds a little weight to the "composer-centric" side of the scale.
2014-09-09 25222, 2014
CallerNo6
and it's hard to argue that it's a performer-centric (recital) release if the performer isn't credited
2014-09-09 25258, 2014
hawke2
Yup.
2014-09-09 25202, 2014
CallerNo6
but with all the crossover artists, it's only going to become less clear where the line is
2014-09-09 25227, 2014
CallerNo6
oh well, who wants to be right all the time?
2014-09-09 25241, 2014
hawke2
It *might* be Ed Starink/Star Inc. — but need AcoustIDs to be (more) sure.
