I wish I could ad-block YouTube ads that don't let me "skip" in 5 seconds (that seems to be a good measure of my tolerance). The ads I do remember, and maybe the most effective, are the ones that only run for 5 seconds. "Tropicana" ran a 5 seconds ad for it's juice: very effective; I still remember it, I like their juice. There is a lot of content I'll not even bother to watch because I can't stand the pre-advertisement.
I love YouTube for catching up on the late night talk shows, checking out the latest Cyanide and Happiness shorts, or watching cool documentary; I used to spend hours watching content. Lately, however, I can't stand to stay for one or two videos, because the ads are so offensive. I'll close the app/website and find something else to do.
A few years ago I cut my satellite service, and now I refuse to subscribe to cable/satellite again. I have local, over-the-air channels, but I don't watch them anymore either. After being a few years without that kind of TV advertising, I realise how obnoxious advertising really is. It's a total assault on the senses! Advertising on the Internet is heading this way, and I'm equally disgusted.
I used to work as a network analyst for a company providing high speed Internet for hotels across North and South America. The default network policies were quite aggressive (to limit network (ab)use). Other than opening up specific ports for various VPNs, the greatest number of calls received was to enable network access for gaming consoles.
Next time, give the front desk a call and ask. In an industry where customer satisfaction _really_ is a concern, they should be more than happy to forward your call to someone like me to help. :)
No it was another family who tried to hook up the XBox 360. I didn't think to tell them to ask the front desk to unblock the ports. It was years ago, and my son is in high school now and left the middle school behind.
Next time I encounter that situation I will advise them to call the front desk to unblock the ports.
I think that GPS would be accurate enough, in many cases, like traffic accidents. However, GPS capabilities require Wireless Phase II, which is not always available. Otherwise, the location being presented to the PSAP is that of the cell phone tower.
Speaking on the disappearance of land-lines, another issue is the increase of VoIP subscribers. Keeping address information up-to-date is the responsibility of the subscriber. If they take their VoIP service to the cottage, and call 911, emergency service could be dispatched to their home residence instead.
How about a system that ranks the "popularity" and activity on all the forks, and simply lists/suggests these forks when a repository is considered inactive? The community will figure it out ("this fork is the suggested source"), and no action is required on behalf of the owner of the original repository.
