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- Raptor codes will defeat rapacious telcos
- Raptor codes will defeat rapacious telcosYour assumption on saving in retransmits is incorrect...Most video streaming in this world uses UDP. While FEC may be able to help video quality - it is not going to help reduce bandwidth use because udp never retransmits dropped packets.don't see the real innovationI...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, NETWORKING, Raptor, rapacious telco, Federal Election Commission, telecommunications company, UDP
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- FEC: Unaffiliated bloggers safe from campaign laws
- Are partisan bloggers just independent blowhards or should they actually be monitored by the Federal Elections Commission? In two recent decisions, the FEC said bloggers don't need to register as political committees, Ars Technica reports. In one complaint, John Bambenek asked the FEC to find that the liberal blog...
- Tags: Blog, Federal Election Commission, Blogger, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- FEC tries out utility computing
- The Federal Election Commission is experimenting with what may become a big deal in government IT trends - utility or virtualized computing. The FEC is dipping its pinky toe into utility waters with a five-year, $4.48 million contract with Savvis Federal Systems Inc. In this project, FTP and email will...
- Tags: utility computing, Federal Election Commission
- Blog posts 2006-04-26
- Performance of NLOS OFDM Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Systems With Concatenated FEC Coding
- The challenge for new generation broadband fixed wireless access systems, typically operating in Non Line Of Sight NLOS conditions, lies in providing high data rate and reliable transmission. The adoption of OFDM modulation combined with a powerful channel coding technique represents an attractive solution to counteract the severe NLOS channel...
- Tags: Performance, Telenor, Federal Election Commission, Modulation, Wireless Access, Performance Management, OFDM, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-04-04
- FEC leaves Internet largely free from campaign rules
- Almost all online political activity - except advertising - will remain unregulated, the FEC unanimously voted Monday, the Washington Post reports. Perhaps most important, the commission effectively granted media exemptions to bloggers and other activists using the Web to allow them to praise and criticize politicians,...
- Tags: Internet, Federal Election Commission, political activity
- Blog posts 2006-03-29
- Feds approve liberal election rules for Net
- Feds approve liberal election rules for NetThere Are No 'Federal' ElectionsBy Ben DoubleCrossedPlease encourage your Congressman to co-sponsor Representative Roscoe Bartlett's “First Amendment Restoration Act” — HR 46.There are no 'Federal' elections, only elections for federal office held in the states. The Federal Election Commission is not the solution to...
- Tags: Corporate law, Federal Election Commission, Nixon, Newspaper Preservation Act, federal politician
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- Election commission takes light touch with Net regs
- Election commission takes light touch with Net regsGlad they....didn't cornhole us too lubelessly.They were gentle, compassionately conservative, and not so censoring. Too bad. Maybe they'll get us next time ;-)Campaign Reform: I Call It FraudThere are no 'Federal' elections, only elections for federal office held in the states. The Federal...
- Tags: Amendment 10, Federal Election Commission, Election Commission
- Discussion threads 2006-03-24
- Bill to exempt online speech from campaign regs passes House committee
- The House Administration committee approved a today that would exempt blogs, email and other Internet speech from campaign finance regulations, Congressional Quarterly reports. Passage of HR 1606 comes a week before the Federal Election Commission FEC will release its own decision on the issue. According...
- Tags: Federal Election Commission
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- Congress looks askance at firms that bow to China
- Congress looks askance at firms that bow to ChinantSo our government is allowed to do this, but companies aren't?...Freedom Starts at HomeAs recently as last year US bloggers had to fight the Federal Election Commission to keep the internet free for political discussion in America.Although the FEC has dropped regulating...
- Tags: Government, INTERNET, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Congress, Federal Election Commission
- Discussion threads 2006-01-12
- Upstream FEC Errors and SNR as Ways to Ensure Data Quality and Throughput
- To operate a High Speed Data HSD network over a Hybrid Fiber/Coaxial HFC cable plant requires a significant level of quality control to ensure data integrity and the highest level of data throughput. The two generally accepted means by which cable operators can measure data quality is by monitoring either...
- Tags: Data Quality, IP, DOCSIS, Federal Election Commission, Cable, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking
- White papers 2005-09-30
- FEC's Bradley Smith calls it quits
- FEC's Bradley Smith calls it quitsToo BadSmith was one of the few regulators, who actually thought about what he was doing. He will be missed.
- Tags: Regulations, Bradley Smith, Federal Election Commission
- Discussion threads 2005-06-15
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- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures
- The Commerce Department is considering deploying digital signatures to make DNS less susceptible to hacking, ComputerWorld reports. Under the proposal, DNS records would be signed by DNSSEC Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions. There have been some commitments to the system for the following top-level domains:...
- Tags: Digital Signature, DNS, ICANN, Domain Names, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- easyStock Game (exe)
- easyStockGame is a stock trading simulator. Use it to compete against real time data. Use it to check indicators and or you skills with indicators. Try various included end of day data to trade for swing and trend trading. The user can specify and save commission costs, slippage, profit stop,...
- Tags: Indicator, Commission, easyStockDater, easyStock Game, easyStockGame, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-10-10
- What's a Little Money Between Friends?
- Gaming Incentive Systems Joel Spolsky (www.inc.com/keyword/spolsky) wrote a nice piece in the October 2008 issue of Inc. magazine. The article, Sins of Commissions, provides a cautionary tale to executives who are contemplating the addition of or changes to sales incentives in their workforce. ...
- Tags: Incentive, Commission, Joe, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Up on the rooftop: Brightening prospects for solar technology
- It's midnight, do you know where your solar panel is? I read somewhere yesterday where thefts of solar panels are on the rise, no doubt due to the rather dear price that they still command. Hopefully, that's on a pace for change, given that many of us...
- Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- IBM: Beats earnings target but...
- IBM said that it will beat Wall Street's earnings estimates for the third quarter, but there were enough nuggets disclosed to raise a few eyebrows. First, the headlines. IBM statement said it would report earnings of $2.05 a share, a good 3 cents better than estimates. Revenue,...
- Tags: Revenue, Earnings, IBM Corp., Thomas Weisel, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computer
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computerprobably an arrogant kidI doubt that other kids don't wanna hang around with him due to his smartness. He probably likes to put other kids down trying to show-off himself. Why leave a computer logged into the school server? If you...
- Tags: Kernell, e-mail, school computer, Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...
- Tags: Obama, Sarah Palin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
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