Great. We're beating cancer, eradicating diseases, living for decades longer than our ancestors - and spending those bonus years playing Insaniquarium.
Tiered bandwidth has been offered to consumers for a long time (e.g., RoadRunner Premium, RoadRunner Lite, multiple flavors of ADSL, etc.), but that has nothing to do with providers charging sites extra money for priority network traffic to/from that site. That's what net neutrality is about.
Here's an example: Amazon.com pays money to Schmo Cable for priority traffic. Newegg.com does not. Traffic to/from Amazon is a lot faster than to/from Newegg, so they get more customers. The smaller businesses that aren't able/willing to pay the "protection" money get fewer customers because their site appears slower. Meanwhile, Schmo Cable is also charging the end user for the internet connection. They're making money from both ends, not unlike a Chinese Finger Trap.
Agreed - the cable companies have been running anti-neutrality ads trying to convince the public that the average consumer will be the one footing the bill for net neutrality. It's good to see the pro-neutrality camp finally showing up to the public discourse in the mainstream (i.e., non-geek-oriented) media.
If it really were "unlimited," they would probably attract more attention by saying "1 terabyte" or "10 terabytes" or "ONE MILLION terabytes." "Unlimited" just sounds less impressive than a huge limit.
And for all those complaining about the ads on Gmail, try the CustomizeGoogle plug-in for Firefox. It even gets rid of the counter on the Spam box.
Actually I think many of the flaws he mentions are also shared by a lot of single-player RPGs. Not wanting to grind and deal with the sphere grid is the reason Final Fantasy X has sat half-finished on my shelf for 2 months, and FFX-2 has has unopened right next to it.
Microsoft should be kicked even when down for jumping on the HD bandwagon with a product (or format) that has nothing whatsoever to do with HD.
HD Radio 4 life!
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E3 was a lot more fun when it was closed to the public, and regular joes had to somehow scam their way in. Not that I would know anything about that.
In Soviet Russia, joke screws YOU up!
Great. We're beating cancer, eradicating diseases, living for decades longer than our ancestors - and spending those bonus years playing Insaniquarium.
PC LOAD LETTER? What the f*ck does that mean?
Tiered bandwidth has been offered to consumers for a long time (e.g., RoadRunner Premium, RoadRunner Lite, multiple flavors of ADSL, etc.), but that has nothing to do with providers charging sites extra money for priority network traffic to/from that site. That's what net neutrality is about.
Here's an example: Amazon.com pays money to Schmo Cable for priority traffic. Newegg.com does not. Traffic to/from Amazon is a lot faster than to/from Newegg, so they get more customers. The smaller businesses that aren't able/willing to pay the "protection" money get fewer customers because their site appears slower. Meanwhile, Schmo Cable is also charging the end user for the internet connection. They're making money from both ends, not unlike a Chinese Finger Trap.
P.S. - Here's the cable company's mumbo jumbo.
Agreed - the cable companies have been running anti-neutrality ads trying to convince the public that the average consumer will be the one footing the bill for net neutrality. It's good to see the pro-neutrality camp finally showing up to the public discourse in the mainstream (i.e., non-geek-oriented) media.
If it really were "unlimited," they would probably attract more attention by saying "1 terabyte" or "10 terabytes" or "ONE MILLION terabytes." "Unlimited" just sounds less impressive than a huge limit.
And for all those complaining about the ads on Gmail, try the CustomizeGoogle plug-in for Firefox. It even gets rid of the counter on the Spam box.
Speaking of corporations trying to "buy" cool...
Actually I think many of the flaws he mentions are also shared by a lot of single-player RPGs. Not wanting to grind and deal with the sphere grid is the reason Final Fantasy X has sat half-finished on my shelf for 2 months, and FFX-2 has has unopened right next to it.
I said, "Mom, what are you doin'? You'll ruin my rep."
She said, "You're only 16, you don't have a rep yet."
Here's a better idea: design an interface that doesn't crash.
After wandering around the links, I came across the following website; http://www.oinfam0uso.moonfruit.com/
FTFS:
THIS SITE HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER
Uh, Slashdotted?T3am Hazard, OWNS Infamous
all they do is steal accounts + fuck with peoples shit
T3am Hazard Will now Be Helping Bungie + Microsoft Help find ALL THOSE WHO STEAL ACCOUNTS ALL NAMES WILL BE ADDED WITH IPS SOON. -Jokerz
Microsoft should be kicked even when down for jumping on the HD bandwagon with a product (or format) that has nothing whatsoever to do with HD. HD Radio 4 life!