Sure you can. A good quality (not insane quality, but good) movie at 720p is typically encoded to fill a DVD5 (4.37GB)
4.37GB = 4474.88MB = 35799.04Mb
So we need to stuff 35799 megabits down a pipe in 2 hours or so.
2 hours = 120 minutes = 7200 seconds
35799/7200 = 4.97208 Mb/sec
So you need a sustained transfer rate of about 5 megabits per second to stream a 4.37GB movie in 2 hours.
Methinks you've got the bits and bytes a bit mixed up there...
Fortunately, 802.11g would (theoretically) be able to handle ~40Mbit/s required for your example. 802.11n should be able to handle even top quality 720p.
Funniest part is when they argue your site is a better resource than any musty old stack of books because it's *~on the internet~*.
Hell, you could pay Lulu $50 and turn all your website content into your own stack books. Oh, you're implying that if you convince a publishing company that your writings will sell copies/make-them-money that means your ideas/conclusions have greater encyclopaedic merit? I keep forgetting that part...
Linux and Apple are blips and while they continue to make headway, it's extremely slow and not that large of a threat.
Assuming this is true (has Ballmer ever admitted he/MS feels "threatened" by anyone?!), even $10 million/year is only "a blip" in their $6.6 billion/year research budget
For those of you not getting the reference, a link to the original posting of the GP from way back in 2002. It's even more hilarious with the links, even if most of them no longer exists, the name of the URLs adds to the humor of the satire.
Exactly. And as a polar bear, I believe that we should be given sovereignty over our future ocean. Also we will require personal submarines with built-in seal-seeking missiles. And a pony.
I use Sprint Wireless Boradband, as well. I switched after Verizon started throttling my speeds after the first 10-15GB in a month. I regularly sustain 1.1-1.3mbps, and get bursts of up to 2.5mbps. I've never experienced less than 800kbps on the EVDO Rev.A network. I've been using it for my home (wherever that may be) connection for about 2 years now. With it I've been able to sever the accursed chain of my calling/voice-plan provider. My Setup:
1. Free (with contract) PCMCIA Card
2. Airlink AR360W3G Router (cheapest EVDO/3G wireless router ~$70)
3. 2x (4 AA NiMH Battery Pack) Each pack allows me ~1hr running of the Airlink router (for when I'm at the park/beach/hiking)
4. Power inverter in car connected to 2 deep-cycle batteries (router plugs in to here during workday/etc)
5. Nokia n810 with Skype Unlimited and SkypeIn.
Final Result:
$60/mo(Sprint) + $6/mo(Skype) = Broadband everywhere I go, that I can share with others if I want + Unlimited calling without having to deal with a cellular provider
In this case, likely state officials feel as if they're not getting their "cut", or this is somehow cutting into other revenues.
If all those Minnesotans playing online are as bad at poker as the Minnesotans I've played against, I have not doubt that the state is losing tax revenue, from the out-of-state 'donations' their online gamblers are making with the money they'd normally have spent locally on alcohol, firearms, toques, etc. In fact, they (or any state, even) could indirectly increase their sales/etc tax revenue by teaching their resident online gamblers how to play a better game of poker, and by limiting them to playing only in games against non-Minnesotans...
that's what they all say! And therefore you have just proven his point by denying it.
Bah! This is what all "mainstream-media conspiracy theorists" say. Which proves my point about mainstream-media conspiracy theorists being shills for the Elven Galactic Homosapien-Abolitionists of Daxxon-1, whose sole purpose is to make us humans
look like a bunch of lunatics and fools to the rest of the Galaxy to justify their proposed extermination of our species in 2012.
It's like when you walk into a Tube station and see ten of the Met's finest standing there. In theory you ought to feel safer, but in practice you wonder what's happening that you don't know about.
See, I had this image of a bunch of guys dressed like the Three Tenors standing around in a subway, and couldn't figure out why that would make someone feel safe...
I guess the Met makes more sense than the Met.
I was wondering how anyone but an opposing team would feel safer facing 10 Mets. Of course, I'd definitely be confused about their appearance in England, though. For that matter, I'd be confused about my own appearance there...
Libertarians have a hard time bowing to authority and being labeled.
Brilliant comment! I find myself giving in to these exact two temptations when discussing my political inclinations with others. So end up saying something along the lines of: "Well, if you have to put me in a category, I'm more philosophically in-line with the Libertarian party, but there are important issues that I disagree with the party platform..."
And, of course, I don't actively participate/volunteer to help the party mostly because I don't want to be bossed around by anyone but myself. Not to say that laziness doesn't also play a part, but it is mostly the anti-authoritarian/independent-at-all-costs mindset.
I don't know about you, but I'll almost always trade a few more cycles for a bit more reliability and security.
Those who would trade cycles for security deserve neither and will lose both - due to feature bloat and failed updates.
-Benjamin Franklin (from Poor Richard Stallman's Almanack)
There is no "silver bullet" that will allow us to win.
Uh...ever heard of Fat Man and Little Boy? I know it's a very different war (which is why nukes are not the "silver bullet" for this war) but that's not to say that there can't be one. And besides, I didn't see anyone claiming that this tool would win the war, just help to reduce casualties and increase the effectiveness (by increasing the environmental awareness) of the troops on the ground.
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Ye gods! I'm an idiot... /facepalm
Sure you can. A good quality (not insane quality, but good) movie at 720p is typically encoded to fill a DVD5 (4.37GB)
4.37GB = 4474.88MB = 35799.04Mb
So we need to stuff 35799 megabits down a pipe in 2 hours or so.
2 hours = 120 minutes = 7200 seconds
35799/7200 = 4.97208 Mb/sec
So you need a sustained transfer rate of about 5 megabits per second to stream a 4.37GB movie in 2 hours.
Methinks you've got the bits and bytes a bit mixed up there...
Fortunately, 802.11g would (theoretically) be able to handle ~40Mbit/s required for your example. 802.11n should be able to handle even top quality 720p.
The problem with socialism is that it requires perfect people to work. I only know of one guy who has ever met that requirement.
I appreciate your honesty, but because you have chosen to remain anonymous I won't be able to remember when/where you met me.
What a shocker. Not.
Apparently, you retained some of your witticisms from when you were 15, as well. That's da bomb!!
Funniest part is when they argue your site is a better resource than any musty old stack of books because it's *~on the internet~*.
Hell, you could pay Lulu $50 and turn all your website content into your own stack books. Oh, you're implying that if you convince a publishing company that your writings will sell copies/make-them-money that means your ideas/conclusions have greater encyclopaedic merit? I keep forgetting that part...
I live in Calgary, AB, Canada. Who should I write to?
Anyone that can get you the hell out of there?
Linux and Apple are blips and while they continue to make headway, it's extremely slow and not that large of a threat.
Assuming this is true (has Ballmer ever admitted he/MS feels "threatened" by anyone?!), even $10 million/year is only "a blip" in their $6.6 billion/year research budget
There it is! The most intelligent 1st post ever created.
Although the analogy of the consequences of using a, admittedly daft, word is a little over the top.
Your right. However, your abuse of commas, use of the word "analogy", and lack of use of the word "an", did make me vomit blood.
More like +1 Adequate
For those of you not getting the reference, a link to the original posting of the GP from way back in 2002. It's even more hilarious with the links, even if most of them no longer exists, the name of the URLs adds to the humor of the satire.
Enjoy!
Depends who you ask I guess
Exactly. And as a polar bear, I believe that we should be given sovereignty over our future ocean. Also we will require personal submarines with built-in seal-seeking missiles. And a pony.
... I think we need to notify the authorities.
I dunno, maybe we should vote on that.
I'd hate to see Slashdot supporting these wreckless drunks just because they claim to be l33t haX0rs.
Well, if they haven't been in an actual car accident it does seem that they shouldn't be as vilified as you're implying...
This flu is actually two parts swine flu, one part bird flu and one part human flu.
If this is true then we have no choice but to name it accordingly...
...ManBirdPig Flu!!
As I unfortunately found out yesterday, one of the more common ways the virus spreads is through removable drives.
You must be new here. FFS it was even '60 Minutes' did a piece on it.
tl;dr Turn in your geek card at the door.
Wow. You are really butt-hurt about not being modded Funny for your anonymously-posted, misspelled, generic joke.
I use Sprint Wireless Boradband, as well. I switched after Verizon started throttling my speeds after the first 10-15GB in a month. I regularly sustain 1.1-1.3mbps, and get bursts of up to 2.5mbps. I've never experienced less than 800kbps on the EVDO Rev.A network. I've been using it for my home (wherever that may be) connection for about 2 years now. With it I've been able to sever the accursed chain of my calling/voice-plan provider.
My Setup:
1. Free (with contract) PCMCIA Card
2. Airlink AR360W3G Router (cheapest EVDO/3G wireless router ~$70)
3. 2x (4 AA NiMH Battery Pack) Each pack allows me ~1hr running of the Airlink router (for when I'm at the park/beach/hiking)
4. Power inverter in car connected to 2 deep-cycle batteries (router plugs in to here during workday/etc)
5. Nokia n810 with Skype Unlimited and SkypeIn.
Final Result: $60/mo(Sprint) + $6/mo(Skype) = Broadband everywhere I go, that I can share with others if I want + Unlimited calling without having to deal with a cellular provider
In this case, likely state officials feel as if they're not getting their "cut", or this is somehow cutting into other revenues.
If all those Minnesotans playing online are as bad at poker as the Minnesotans I've played against, I have not doubt that the state is losing tax revenue, from the out-of-state 'donations' their online gamblers are making with the money they'd normally have spent locally on alcohol, firearms, toques, etc. In fact, they (or any state, even) could indirectly increase their sales/etc tax revenue by teaching their resident online gamblers how to play a better game of poker, and by limiting them to playing only in games against non-Minnesotans...
that's what they all say! And therefore you have just proven his point by denying it.
Bah! This is what all "mainstream-media conspiracy theorists" say. Which proves my point about mainstream-media conspiracy theorists being shills for the Elven Galactic Homosapien-Abolitionists of Daxxon-1, whose sole purpose is to make us humans look like a bunch of lunatics and fools to the rest of the Galaxy to justify their proposed extermination of our species in 2012.
It's like when you walk into a Tube station and see ten of the Met's finest standing there. In theory you ought to feel safer, but in practice you wonder what's happening that you don't know about.
See, I had this image of a bunch of guys dressed like the Three Tenors standing around in a subway, and couldn't figure out why that would make someone feel safe... I guess the Met makes more sense than the Met.
I was wondering how anyone but an opposing team would feel safer facing 10 Mets. Of course, I'd definitely be confused about their appearance in England, though. For that matter, I'd be confused about my own appearance there...
Libertarians have a hard time bowing to authority and being labeled.
Brilliant comment! I find myself giving in to these exact two temptations when discussing my political inclinations with others. So end up saying something along the lines of:
"Well, if you have to put me in a category, I'm more philosophically in-line with the Libertarian party, but there are important issues that I disagree with the party platform..."
And, of course, I don't actively participate/volunteer to help the party mostly because I don't want to be bossed around by anyone but myself. Not to say that laziness doesn't also play a part, but it is mostly the anti-authoritarian/independent-at-all-costs mindset.
Mod parent up!
I know I'll get modded down for this, but, hmmm...Let's test this out...
I don't know about you, but I'll almost always trade a few more cycles for a bit more reliability and security.
Those who would trade cycles for security deserve neither and will lose both - due to feature bloat and failed updates.
-Benjamin Franklin (from Poor Richard Stallman's Almanack)
But if we tell you we liked it, and you eat your own ass, won't we just be feeding the trolls?
There is no "silver bullet" that will allow us to win.
Uh...ever heard of Fat Man and Little Boy? I know it's a very different war (which is why nukes are not the "silver bullet" for this war) but that's not to say that there can't be one. And besides, I didn't see anyone claiming that this tool would win the war, just help to reduce casualties and increase the effectiveness (by increasing the environmental awareness) of the troops on the ground.