Is there a successful version of this? I've been interested in getting into some Pen and Paper RPGs, but I don't know anyone else who plays, and I've not found where geeks congregate in my town.
My employer let go of 90% of the future projects staff, which equated to 75-90 people. No VoiP, or WiFi in the near future, PC/Laptop refreshes were put on hold, server refresh abandoned, the plan to change the entire server OS on file/print servers from 2000 to 2003 was abandoned...and some other stuff that I can't remember.
First, I'll admit that I didn't read the article, but I think I have the general idea.
But even if the internet reaches some bandwidth critical mass on the hardware scale, it won't cause a huge permanent slowdown. If things start to get out of hand, software solutions are going to start popping up. Better compresion, smarter routing, better bandwidth management, etc.
I see it like this....Let's say Netflix has HD video on demand, the files are whatever size 40gB or whatever. Billy decides to watch one of the HD movies, and 40gB are then transferred to him. He gets full hi-def, and he's happy. Well, then there's a bandwidth cruch. Billy can't get his full hi-def video as easily, so he gets mad and leaves Netflix.
So the Netflix guys decide that they need to cram the video into a smaller size. The come up with some compression that gets 99% of the quality at 90% of the size. Also, they decide that instead though the movie has English, Spanish, German, Dutch, and Yiddish audio availible, they only send one audio track at a time. And subtitles, they decide not to transmit the Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Farsi, and Sanskrit unless requested. Suddenly, that 40gB file has been reduced to 30, 99% hi-def is back and easily accessible, and Billy is back. Everybody is happy!
And that's just PC/Server stuff. Think about new routing protocols, and the work that can be done within the IPv6 setup.
Sure, there are costs to developing software, but software is part of the solution that some of the FUD guys want to ignore.
How long do you think it will be before someone comes up with a way to automatically view, save, and organize/categorize all these clips?
Open DShowDL
Wait X hours
Ding! Everything!
I feel a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
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Is there a successful version of this? I've been interested in getting into some Pen and Paper RPGs, but I don't know anyone else who plays, and I've not found where geeks congregate in my town.
...and not loving it.
My body is a temple.
No, it's an amusement park.
Yes, this coaster can hold 25 glasses or cups, as opposed to the 1 glass or cup that a normal coaster can hold.
No, that's the jar. I'm talking about the tray, the pennies for everybody.
My employer let go of 90% of the future projects staff, which equated to 75-90 people. No VoiP, or WiFi in the near future, PC/Laptop refreshes were put on hold, server refresh abandoned, the plan to change the entire server OS on file/print servers from 2000 to 2003 was abandoned...and some other stuff that I can't remember.
First, I'll admit that I didn't read the article, but I think I have the general idea. But even if the internet reaches some bandwidth critical mass on the hardware scale, it won't cause a huge permanent slowdown. If things start to get out of hand, software solutions are going to start popping up. Better compresion, smarter routing, better bandwidth management, etc. I see it like this....Let's say Netflix has HD video on demand, the files are whatever size 40gB or whatever. Billy decides to watch one of the HD movies, and 40gB are then transferred to him. He gets full hi-def, and he's happy. Well, then there's a bandwidth cruch. Billy can't get his full hi-def video as easily, so he gets mad and leaves Netflix. So the Netflix guys decide that they need to cram the video into a smaller size. The come up with some compression that gets 99% of the quality at 90% of the size. Also, they decide that instead though the movie has English, Spanish, German, Dutch, and Yiddish audio availible, they only send one audio track at a time. And subtitles, they decide not to transmit the Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Farsi, and Sanskrit unless requested. Suddenly, that 40gB file has been reduced to 30, 99% hi-def is back and easily accessible, and Billy is back. Everybody is happy! And that's just PC/Server stuff. Think about new routing protocols, and the work that can be done within the IPv6 setup. Sure, there are costs to developing software, but software is part of the solution that some of the FUD guys want to ignore.
How long do you think it will be before someone comes up with a way to automatically view, save, and organize/categorize all these clips? Open DShowDL Wait X hours Ding! Everything!
I feel a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
...Bears are evil killing machines. I can't want to see Stephen Colbert's take on this story.
I was immediately reminded of this http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/20070506 /cx_db_uc/db20070506