Cable internet access is designed to be weighted in one direction. That's what I meant. They need to keep the upstream usage to a minimum to maintain their bandwidth contracts. You're perverting my words - ICQ, AIM, etc would not be a problem.
Eastlink must have negotiated different bandwidth deals. I've never heard of them, myself. If they're smaller, maybe their providers don't care as much about their up/down ratio. The bigger providers, the ones that have to arrange peering and transit interrelationships and make them profitable, do care, and care very much.
I highly, _highly_ doubt that T1 service is not available in your area if cable modem is. So, sorry, I don't buy it. Maybe you're not in the US - that'd be the only way I could wrap my brain around that.
You want unrestricted, free hosting for your MP3s. You won't even let them require registration. Well, sorry, I can't help you, and it's likely nobody can.
1) Cable isn't designed for hosting. They disallow servers, too.
2) Cable is not the only high-speed access in your region. You ignore T1s and the like - it can cost the same to string up a T1 and sell wireless service to your neighbors (in an apartment complex, perhaps), too.
3) There are plenty of places that will let you host MP3s, many for free, and all available from your region. It won't come straight off your computer, but that's better for you anyways.
FWIW, free sites do this because they're being abused. There are Japanese warez groups that upload fake JPGs and GIFs, with valid headers, that contain nothing but warez. They have some custom program that assembles the pictures and uncompresses them. I've yet to see the actual program, but I've seen the massive amounts of bandwidth this sort of thing costs.
Really, in a case I know about, warez ends up being about 30% of a "free hosting" site's traffic. (With naked kiddies taking up the rest of the majority).
Heh, what are they gonna do, send out an e-mail. "You've used 125GB of bandwidth this month. Do you think this is effective?" Of course they decide what excessive use is.
I disagree... The MPAA was being lazy going after the software developers before. Now they're moving towards going after the actual offenders. They're getting closer and closer to the actual infringers. Granted, they're doing it slowly, but they're getting there.
'A quick note about FrontPage: it's fine to use FrontPage to generate your site, but when it comes to uploading the files that FrontPage generated, you'll need to use a regular FTP program. To enhance your sites' security and performance, "FrontPage extensions" are not enabled on your server.'
"RETURN & REFUND POLICY If you are not satisfied with your Apple purchase of a pre-built product, please call 1-800-676-2775 for a Return Material Authorization (RMA) request within 10 business days of the receipt of the product. [snip] Please note that Apple does not permit the return of or offer refunds for the following products:
1. Product that is custom configured to your specifications"
They also have the usual restocking fee for an opened box. They won't refund your money if you open any software packages that come with it (I don't know if any do..)
Go through the order process a few times and watch the final model number - it changes to something starting with a Z (Z03D for example) - this means custom. They don't list the Apple Speakers or Spanish OSX as seperate line items - they're bundled to create the custom product.
Also, slightly related but more or less acceptable:
"CUSTOM-CONFIGURED PRODUCT We are pleased to offer product that is custom-configured to your specifications, and we encourage you to review your order carefully. Since the product is built to your specifications, the order cannot be changed, modified, or canceled once your order is in production."
This is false information. You cannot return your Apple Store purchase if you've customized it.
Keep in mind, you customize it by changing anything about your order. Ordered 128MB more RAM with your iMac (built in w/ the initial order)? That's custom! Bought the Spanish version of Mac OSX (also in the initial order)? Custom! Added the Apple Pro Speakers? You guessed it, that's a custom order, too. (They call these changes "Personalise" rather than Custom, but it's the same thing.)
So if you're going to buy a Mac thinking you might want to return it, make sure you buy the base models only (and, make sure you don't buy one of the base models that are labeled "Custom Built".)
perl -pi -e 's/bitchx/FamilyFunX/' `find . -type f -print`
I'd think any average user could cut and paste that.:) Of course, changing BitchX to FamilyFunX won't change the fact that IRC is not meant for children, and that you should not let children on IRC AT ALL* if you're concerned about them seeing the word "Bitch". They'll see much worse.
* Of course, you shouldn't let them on IRC or any other chat without supervision, but y'all knew that.
Jeez man. Why do you go to a theater at all? Why don't you take your own advice and rent the movie and watch it in your Fortress of Solitude? I hope your walls are soundproof though, just in case your neighbor has a refrigerator (they can get awfully noisy!!)
Clue: My job is important, if for nothing else than to pay my rent and my bills.
Deactivation is what I'm most curious about. They never covered that on STTNG. I can just picture the bridge crew calling Riker, and then rolling their eyes while he says goodbye to his date.
You must be in some other country than the US I guess. I'm seeing many so-called "Tier 2" web host companies selling bandwidth for 50 cents per GB - they couldn't do that if they weren't making up for it (there's really no "upselling" in hosting).
$4/GB works out to around $1200/Mbit/s/mo. Prices like that haven't been seen in years.
Linking to a page with a 870+KB image is really lame. Could have at least linked to a page that just described what the map was, so the user could click on to the map. Save cluelessmailers.org some big money.
With the sizes of company websites these days (do they forget most people still use modems?) they could probably just replace everything with imagemap'd JPEGs and 1) have pages render 'perfectly' and 2) perhaps even save bandwidth.
Slashdot Mirror
Cogent. They're generally regarded as craptacular, but they are indeed cheap where you can get 'em.
I can't believe this was -1'd. Hahaha.
Sorry, Politechbot is wrong - it is still happening, I just tried it a few seconds ago.
Yes, verified. It does do this. It has done this for months! I first heard about it from people at Sun.
Cable internet access is designed to be weighted in one direction. That's what I meant. They need to keep the upstream usage to a minimum to maintain their bandwidth contracts. You're perverting my words - ICQ, AIM, etc would not be a problem.
Eastlink must have negotiated different bandwidth deals. I've never heard of them, myself. If they're smaller, maybe their providers don't care as much about their up/down ratio. The bigger providers, the ones that have to arrange peering and transit interrelationships and make them profitable, do care, and care very much.
I highly, _highly_ doubt that T1 service is not available in your area if cable modem is. So, sorry, I don't buy it. Maybe you're not in the US - that'd be the only way I could wrap my brain around that.
You want unrestricted, free hosting for your MP3s. You won't even let them require registration. Well, sorry, I can't help you, and it's likely nobody can.
1) Cable isn't designed for hosting. They disallow servers, too.
2) Cable is not the only high-speed access in your region. You ignore T1s and the like - it can cost the same to string up a T1 and sell wireless service to your neighbors (in an apartment complex, perhaps), too.
3) There are plenty of places that will let you host MP3s, many for free, and all available from your region. It won't come straight off your computer, but that's better for you anyways.
FWIW, free sites do this because they're being abused. There are Japanese warez groups that upload fake JPGs and GIFs, with valid headers, that contain nothing but warez. They have some custom program that assembles the pictures and uncompresses them. I've yet to see the actual program, but I've seen the massive amounts of bandwidth this sort of thing costs.
Really, in a case I know about, warez ends up being about 30% of a "free hosting" site's traffic. (With naked kiddies taking up the rest of the majority).
Previewing is hard. s/effective/excessive/
Heh, what are they gonna do, send out an e-mail. "You've used 125GB of bandwidth this month. Do you think this is effective?" Of course they decide what excessive use is.
I disagree... The MPAA was being lazy going after the software developers before. Now they're moving towards going after the actual offenders. They're getting closer and closer to the actual infringers. Granted, they're doing it slowly, but they're getting there.
You know, you can rent Jaguars from Budget for around $70/day.
Inflated costs are hard to justify if you don't treat them as "Big Deals" throughout the entire operation. It's all part of the show...
'A quick note about FrontPage: it's fine to use FrontPage to generate your site, but when it comes to uploading the files that FrontPage generated, you'll need to use a regular FTP program. To enhance your sites' security and performance, "FrontPage extensions" are not enabled on your server.'
how about this one, think jerry fallwell will want it?
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespoli cies.html
"RETURN & REFUND POLICY
If you are not satisfied with your Apple purchase of a pre-built product, please call 1-800-676-2775 for a Return Material Authorization (RMA) request within 10 business days of the receipt of the product.
[snip]
Please note that Apple does not permit the return of or offer refunds for the following products:
1. Product that is custom configured to your specifications"
They also have the usual restocking fee for an opened box. They won't refund your money if you open any software packages that come with it (I don't know if any do..)
Go through the order process a few times and watch the final model number - it changes to something starting with a Z (Z03D for example) - this means custom. They don't list the Apple Speakers or Spanish OSX as seperate line items - they're bundled to create the custom product.
Also, slightly related but more or less acceptable:
"CUSTOM-CONFIGURED PRODUCT
We are pleased to offer product that is custom-configured to your specifications, and we encourage you to review your order carefully. Since the product is built to your specifications, the order cannot be changed, modified, or canceled once your order is in production."
This is false information. You cannot return your Apple Store purchase if you've customized it.
Keep in mind, you customize it by changing anything about your order. Ordered 128MB more RAM with your iMac (built in w/ the initial order)? That's custom! Bought the Spanish version of Mac OSX (also in the initial order)? Custom! Added the Apple Pro Speakers? You guessed it, that's a custom order, too. (They call these changes "Personalise" rather than Custom, but it's the same thing.)
So if you're going to buy a Mac thinking you might want to return it, make sure you buy the base models only (and, make sure you don't buy one of the base models that are labeled "Custom Built".)
perl -pi -e 's/bitchx/FamilyFunX/' `find . -type f -print`
:) Of course, changing BitchX to FamilyFunX won't change the fact that IRC is not meant for children, and that you should not let children on IRC AT ALL* if you're concerned about them seeing the word "Bitch". They'll see much worse.
I'd think any average user could cut and paste that.
* Of course, you shouldn't let them on IRC or any other chat without supervision, but y'all knew that.
And it doesn't distract them any more than someone using the restroom, which you've already said is acceptable. So, problem solved.
Now about this nasty cell phone blocking...
Jeez man. Why do you go to a theater at all? Why don't you take your own advice and rent the movie and watch it in your Fortress of Solitude? I hope your walls are soundproof though, just in case your neighbor has a refrigerator (they can get awfully noisy!!)
Clue: My job is important, if for nothing else than to pay my rent and my bills.
PS: Good for you. I keep mine in my pocket.
Um. Woah. Ok. Even if you made all that shit up, I'm impressed.
Deactivation is what I'm most curious about. They never covered that on STTNG. I can just picture the bridge crew calling Riker, and then rolling their eyes while he says goodbye to his date.
You must be in some other country than the US I guess. I'm seeing many so-called "Tier 2" web host companies selling bandwidth for 50 cents per GB - they couldn't do that if they weren't making up for it (there's really no "upselling" in hosting).
$4/GB works out to around $1200/Mbit/s/mo. Prices like that haven't been seen in years.
You're right. I was critical without providing anything constructive. Feel free to mod me down or whatever.
Linking to a page with a 870+KB image is really lame. Could have at least linked to a page that just described what the map was, so the user could click on to the map. Save cluelessmailers.org some big money.
With the sizes of company websites these days (do they forget most people still use modems?) they could probably just replace everything with imagemap'd JPEGs and 1) have pages render 'perfectly' and 2) perhaps even save bandwidth.
That would/will sulck.