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The lie: I got drunk and hurt myself while trying to surf in the court house fountain with an ironing board.
The truth: I was lying in bed trying to read the fine print on a bottle of Tylenol when I reached for my reading glasses.
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I'd laugh but my lower back hurts too.
At least I have a decent reason: Raking leaves and other assorted yard work.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I have my wife do all of that.
But then again, I run my own home. 
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Ouch! I hurt mine almost 40 years ago stupidly trying to lift a 600 pound canvas Army tent. It healed, sort of, and then about 20 years ago I had a major episode while lifting something off a shelf. MRI showed two bulging discs in my lower back. It still hurts, but stretching and exercise helps a lot.
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The fact you tried to lift a 600lb tent and only hurt your back makes your more of a man than I'll ever be.
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I got a sore back from constantly coughing for two weeks straight...
My stomach muscles hurt too, but that has gone away.
My back is still killing me with every cough though.
Got some pills from my doctor this afternoon. They should fix the coughing after which my back will get better too I hope.
Good luck with your back 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I had a coughing fit like that for about a month.
Turns out I was lactose intolerant.
Within 24hrs of quitting milk products I was free of the coughing.
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Wow, pretty bizarre... Just like that?
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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The stomach acid was causing reflux.
The coughing quit that fast.
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go cycling. best exercise there is for backs.
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I hurt my back lifting my bike out of my Subaru.
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I got my back hurt when I sneezed. Couldn't recover for about 3 months. finally, cured when I hit the gym.
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I've had a stiff neck for the last few weeks, that got so bad that I actually fitted a mirror on my bike.
Also, I keep getting the near-irresistible urge to talk like Pee-Wee Herman.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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[^] "At the crux of the debate over Net neutrality is Title II of the Telecommunications Act. The section, which is more than 100 pages long, regulates how common carriers must conduct business across all forms of communication in order to act "in the public interest." Net neutrality supporters say that the language is vague and could be used to sidestep a free and open Internet and give ISPs the opportunity to sign deals with Internet companies that would provide for prioritization of traffic."
« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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The Net Neutrality thing always sounds good in whiteboard terms. But I'm very wary of anything the federal government has ever done "in the public interest" as it's remarkably rare that it's actually the case.
I can smell the rat, but I don't see it yet.
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mikepwilson wrote: I'm very wary of anything the federal government has ever done "in the public interest" as it's remarkably rare that it's actually the case.
Perhaps reading a few history books is in order.
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mikepwilson wrote: But I'm very wary of anything the federal government has ever done "in the public interest" as it's remarkably rare that it's actually the case.
I can smell the rat, but I don't see it yet.
Myself as for the first part of the above I am partial to food inspection laws. In part because without them smelling a rat, an actual rat, might be the lesser part of the problem.
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And no one saw this coming?
Also expect it to be taxed soon "The Internet Tax Freedom Act"! It will happen.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Whenever the government gets involved, expect things to get over complicated and turned to sh*t.
Jeremy Falcon
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Read my sig...
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I like the premise of all traffic being treated equally. But I fear having the feds regulate ISP's will stifle innovation... and probably worse things I have not thought of yet. For example I am highly looking forward to more widespread roll out of fiber to the house networks. What happens to those efforts?
Imagine a situation where a Level 3 type provider is down and we have to wait on congress to appropriate funding to fix the issue! /cringe
Comcast/Time Warner/AT&T/Verizon/etc are worse actors than the feds (imo). These companies have a track record resembling the trail of tears. However we at least have the option of taking our business elsewhere... well depends on where you live I suppose. So they're bad, but largely accountable. The feds are rarely if ever held accountable for anything.
Will we continue to have options (aka power to hold providers accountable) if internet becomes a utility? I cannot remember ever having multiple choices for who I get water/gas/electric from at any residence I have had.
Guess I am torn, I am interested in compelling arguments for/against this.
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Rowdy Raider wrote: Imagine a situation where a Level 3 type provider is down and we have to wait on congress to appropriate funding to fix the issue! /cringe
That's quite a misunderstanding of government you're harboring there. Regulated utilities do not require Congressional approval to perform maintenance. That's just dumb.
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A) If there is a misunderstanding on my part it is not with regard to government. I can fully accept that I lack knowledge around how utilities work.
B) Unless you know some technicians who work for free then explain how we can guarantee the utilities have funding for said maintenance. Remember that whole government shutdown thing?
It is my understanding that in many cases governments subsidize utilities. My cynical side would not put it past the carries to start pointing their fingers at congress saying "we cant fix it because we don't have the money". Which requires what? Funding - from congress. It takes a couple steps to get there I know.
I want to be educated here, but calling names is only going to dilute your own argument.
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Rowdy Raider wrote: Unless you know some technicians who work for free then explain how we can guarantee the utilities have funding for said maintenance. Remember that whole government shutdown thing?
First of course even though the government "shutdown" that didn't mean that every single government worker was furloughed.
Second natural gas, electricity and water are regulated industry in every city in the US where those industries are significant (natural gas isn't everywhere.) But that only means that the government has controls on the industry. It doesn't mean they run it. A shutdown of the government would have zero impact on the industry. And regulation of those is by the municipalities (or perhaps state) not the federal government.
Rowdy Raider wrote: It is my understanding that in many cases governments subsidize utilities
There is very little in business in the US that is not subsidized in some way at some time. As just one example look to the "Small Business Administration". So what would you point be there in terms of utilities?
Rowdy Raider wrote: My cynical side would not put it past the carries to start pointing their fingers at congress saying "we cant fix it because we don't have the money".
Many businesses blame the government for their actual or marketing failures. Regardless of whether they are regulated or not.
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jschell wrote: A shutdown of the government would have zero impact on the industry. And regulation of those is by the municipalities (or perhaps state) not the federal government.
FCC is the federal government. This is a great point to draw out. The analogies to other utilities are all imperfect for the reasons you state. Think about it there are vast human differences as well. If you shut off a houses electric there is a real human cost there, spoiled food, damaged electronics, possibly medical emergencies. Shutting off a houses internet - not so much.
jschell wrote: So what would you point be there in terms of utilities?
Regulations -> subsidies -> appropriations. If the appropriations dry up (which does happen for various political reasons) what is the impact? It is not a point as much as an area of unknown I want to explore. I think trying to dismiss these potential knock-on effects is short sighted.
jschell wrote: Many businesses blame the government for their actual or marketing failures. Regardless of whether they are regulated or not.
It's not about assigning blame. It's about creating a legal framework which could potentially legally allow the providers to extort (of course extort would not be their word) money from the public. Or I should say figuring out how regs if any that do come out do not allow for this type of scenario. Think about it... a decade or two from now we the tax payers could end up bailing out the ISP's.
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