Collaboration with an ISP does look like the only way to pull this off. It limits the cost of the ISP as the data does not leave their domains and it benefits the customer with a very low ping.
I do wonder if the ISPs will be eager to do this. For streaming movie services my ISP already has their own alternative. I can't see them partner with services like Hulu as it would mean cutting into the profits of their own services. As for game streaming, time will tell.
I noticed that the World of Warcraft demo was given with the default UI. I can't imagine having to play WoW without a dozen of addons. Is it possible to use addons? Or mods for other games...
And some of those key combos looked very weird. The first thing I do when I start a game is rebind my keys to the numpad. If I can't change and save those settings I'll pass.
Here in Belgium all major ISPs have monthly download limits. Mine is at 30gb. That means I'll be able to play a few hours before I reach my limit.
Streaming videos or games will not work as long as these caps are there. And seeing how my ISP also delivers us video on demand (which doesn't count towards my download limit) I really can't see them eager to change this.
My university (Belgium) did have a focus on Linux and Windows during my computer science education. Linux was treated as a beginner course (what's list, grep, cron,...) and Windows as an advanced course (what's ldap etc). But some of us end up as system or network admins. So learning to set up a DNS server was done in both Linux & Windows. Programming classes were also divided. For example: C in Linux, C# in Windows, java was free choice: use whichever you prefer. And some people ended up doing their C# tasks in mono anyway.
There wasn't much of a Microsoft lock in. Thesises were advised to be written in Latex. While at my sisters college thesises have to be written in Word.
Oh, Mac wasn't even mentioned.
Just what we need, more sequels...
They'd better just rerelease the old classics or give them new graphics and rerelease them like Lucasarts did. Nothing wrong with a good remake, lots of people never played the originals.
Not all magazines are like that. The magazine (the Belgian PC-Gameplay) I'm reading only has about 4 pages of ads while the rest is filled with articles. Neither has there been any blames of being sell-outs.
It can't work here in Belgium for the simple reason of capped internet. I've got a maximum of 30 gb/month as do all the big isps.
Let's assume that these services need 4 mbit/s. That's like half an hour of playing every day, without downloading anything else.
Unless if they can make a deal with these isps to let their traffic costfree, it just won't work.
My ISP clearly states in their policy that one should not use their line for illegal activities. And under their punishments is a disconnection. I've had a disconnection for a few days five years ago (for file sharing). If I were to repeat it again and I'm facing a week and then a full disconnection. Immediately disconnecting the line on the first crime seems like bad business to me. It's one customer who won't be paying his monthly bill!
I just installed Silverlight and watched the first lecture. Very interesting and I had a couple of laughs. The quality of the movies is pretty good too. And best of all, it's free.
I'll enjoy the rest of the lectures and let all the linux fanboys dish Silverlight in this thread.
Well, without the internet I wouldn't have bought Fahrenheit 451 from a webshop and read it. Books and the internet are both good tools.
But the man does have a point. Just think how much of your time online you actually spend learning and how much time you use for entertainment. Sure, people now spend a part of their television time browsing the nets. But it's for the same reason: entertainment.
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Upgrading the system won't suddenly make a smart admin. I'd be surprised if those deadlocks solve themselves with an upgrade.
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Those statistics could also tell us that 90% of all people have their birthday on the first of january.
We could introduce mindgame.
I've bought the original Fallout games from gog.com a few months ago. And thanks to the lack of DRM you can't deactivate those anymore!
Collaboration with an ISP does look like the only way to pull this off. It limits the cost of the ISP as the data does not leave their domains and it benefits the customer with a very low ping.
I do wonder if the ISPs will be eager to do this. For streaming movie services my ISP already has their own alternative. I can't see them partner with services like Hulu as it would mean cutting into the profits of their own services. As for game streaming, time will tell.
I noticed that the World of Warcraft demo was given with the default UI. I can't imagine having to play WoW without a dozen of addons. Is it possible to use addons? Or mods for other games...
And some of those key combos looked very weird. The first thing I do when I start a game is rebind my keys to the numpad. If I can't change and save those settings I'll pass.
Here in Belgium all major ISPs have monthly download limits. Mine is at 30gb. That means I'll be able to play a few hours before I reach my limit.
Streaming videos or games will not work as long as these caps are there. And seeing how my ISP also delivers us video on demand (which doesn't count towards my download limit) I really can't see them eager to change this.
My university (Belgium) did have a focus on Linux and Windows during my computer science education. Linux was treated as a beginner course (what's list, grep, cron,...) and Windows as an advanced course (what's ldap etc). But some of us end up as system or network admins. So learning to set up a DNS server was done in both Linux & Windows. Programming classes were also divided. For example: C in Linux, C# in Windows, java was free choice: use whichever you prefer. And some people ended up doing their C# tasks in mono anyway. There wasn't much of a Microsoft lock in. Thesises were advised to be written in Latex. While at my sisters college thesises have to be written in Word. Oh, Mac wasn't even mentioned.
I thought Ultrasurf was created to allow people to browse porn at work.
Just what we need, more sequels... They'd better just rerelease the old classics or give them new graphics and rerelease them like Lucasarts did. Nothing wrong with a good remake, lots of people never played the originals.
Not all magazines are like that. The magazine (the Belgian PC-Gameplay) I'm reading only has about 4 pages of ads while the rest is filled with articles. Neither has there been any blames of being sell-outs.
It can't work here in Belgium for the simple reason of capped internet. I've got a maximum of 30 gb/month as do all the big isps. Let's assume that these services need 4 mbit/s. That's like half an hour of playing every day, without downloading anything else. Unless if they can make a deal with these isps to let their traffic costfree, it just won't work.
If it rains in KÃln, it drops in Brussels. I hope this won't come over to our regions as so often is the case.
With the cost of netbooks dropping Microsoft will soon have to refund us more money then the netbook costs.
My ISP clearly states in their policy that one should not use their line for illegal activities. And under their punishments is a disconnection. I've had a disconnection for a few days five years ago (for file sharing). If I were to repeat it again and I'm facing a week and then a full disconnection. Immediately disconnecting the line on the first crime seems like bad business to me. It's one customer who won't be paying his monthly bill!
I was wondering if U2 went bankrupt if Bono needs a to have his lawyer appointed by the court.
I just installed Silverlight and watched the first lecture. Very interesting and I had a couple of laughs. The quality of the movies is pretty good too. And best of all, it's free. I'll enjoy the rest of the lectures and let all the linux fanboys dish Silverlight in this thread.
Well, without the internet I wouldn't have bought Fahrenheit 451 from a webshop and read it. Books and the internet are both good tools. But the man does have a point. Just think how much of your time online you actually spend learning and how much time you use for entertainment. Sure, people now spend a part of their television time browsing the nets. But it's for the same reason: entertainment.