which shows (Figure 10) that 75% of BitTorrent users don't upload as much as they download, or put another way,
I'm not surprised. One of the reasons I, and my ilk, dispise the bittorent system is because we have a very capped upload. Getting the World of Warcraft client (from Blizzard, don't start) took a day and half, where it could have taken two hours if it had been a direct download.
The bittorent system is for people who run sites - I can understand they love it, but its not for the users.
I don't know the inside details, but they opened up their beta test to something like 10,000 people on January 1st while promising 58,000 more that they would get in as the week progressed.
Eight days later the project is cancelled.
Sounds like somebody got their first bandwidth bill.
Naa, surely they know the greed of the american ISP's - it sounds more like they threw a party but nobody showed up.
Tescos want everyone to be happy with their purchases. They want everyone to be happy with their cheap 30 pound player. Everyone is happy, including me.
It'll probably only be a matter of time before the EU dictates that they are not allowed to do that. They have already specified that companies in the EU should not be allowed to import and sell DVDs with other region codes than 2 (though nto all member states have complied yet I believe)
... the EU has said that it's illegal for companies to import DVD's with a region code other than 2 - and here at least the goverment is enforcing that.
The same thing has happened with multi-region DVD players here in Europe. If it doesn't have a way to get round the illegal-restriction-of-trade technology, then people simply won't touch it.
That's just you projecting your own opinion. I know a lot of people who have a DVD player that can only play region 2 - they don't care, they just get a region 2 disk or do without. Sure i know a few geeks who must have a it tweaked, but that vast majority don't know and don't care that much.
) The lens. This becomes less elastic as we age and because of this, we have problems focusing. Depending upon the shape of the lens, people have problems focusing near or far or both. These problems can be fixed by reshaping the lens.
And how do you reshape the lens? Is that surgery or "exercise"?
The first rule of the shadow internet is, you do not talk about the shadow internet. The second rule of the shadow internet is, you DO NOT talk about the shadow internet.
The third rule is: Keep releasing Gigli because we hate the world.
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Okay, at the risk of pissing off the tin foil hat crowd, I have to ask: what's the problem here?
Nothing if you like a police state, which most of you seem to do over there.
For a general dip into fractal image compression try to get and read 'Fractal Image Compression By Yuval Fisher'. Damn good read.
;)
If you can't sleep
I think the real issue with the Blizzard implementation is that they try to force you not to download any more than you upload.
Hm, I thought that was how all bittorent implementation worked?
which shows (Figure 10) that 75% of BitTorrent users don't upload as much as they download, or put another way,
I'm not surprised. One of the reasons I, and my ilk, dispise the bittorent system is because we have a very capped upload. Getting the World of Warcraft client (from Blizzard, don't start) took a day and half, where it could have taken two hours if it had been a direct download.
The bittorent system is for people who run sites - I can understand they love it, but its not for the users.
...life generally sucks.
They start playing as soon as they press the keyboard and look at the screen at the same time.
I don't know the inside details, but they opened up their beta test to something like 10,000 people on January 1st while promising 58,000 more that they would get in as the week progressed.
Eight days later the project is cancelled.
Sounds like somebody got their first bandwidth bill.
Naa, surely they know the greed of the american ISP's - it sounds more like they threw a party but nobody showed up.
And maybe somebody can explain to me what makes France such an obvious goddamned scapegoat?
Frightened people need someone to blame, they just chose the first ones who came along.
You are not the BWJones with an all flash website, are you? ;)
... but how much do they pay them? Poor abused robots!
Hey Zonk, what happened to that Will Wheaton interview, part deux? :)
Tescos want everyone to be happy with their purchases. They want everyone to be happy with their cheap 30 pound player. Everyone is happy, including me.
It'll probably only be a matter of time before the EU dictates that they are not allowed to do that. They have already specified that companies in the EU should not be allowed to import and sell DVDs with other region codes than 2 (though nto all member states have complied yet I believe)
... the EU has said that it's illegal for companies to import DVD's with a region code other than 2 - and here at least the goverment is enforcing that.
...and they will drop this like a hot potato.
I don't think so. The majority don't give a damn.
The same thing has happened with multi-region DVD players here in Europe. If it doesn't have a way to get round the illegal-restriction-of-trade technology, then people simply won't touch it.
That's just you projecting your own opinion. I know a lot of people who have a DVD player that can only play region 2 - they don't care, they just get a region 2 disk or do without. Sure i know a few geeks who must have a it tweaked, but that vast majority don't know and don't care that much.
Sure you are not just surfing suspect warez sites?
In the last year I've only gotte a suspect file once *knock on wood*
And this is on a not overly patched ie and XP - though there is a firewall stopping suspect tings from calling out.
LOL - Slashdot in a nutshell, for once someone says something funny and it doesn't get a mod +Funny :)
And then there is George Bush
"No plan violently exe...done today is better than a plan."
) The lens. This becomes less elastic as we age and because of this, we have problems focusing. Depending upon the shape of the lens, people have problems focusing near or far or both. These problems can be fixed by reshaping the lens.
And how do you reshape the lens? Is that surgery or "exercise"?
Elephants communicating in infrasound is another thing that comes to mind.
So whats with that loud trumpeting noise they do?
So why do our eyes get worse?
And is there any truth to the notion that one can *train* ones eyes better?
But the cost of bandwidth is falling.
Finally? That's good - it seems the US has been way behind on that one.
Drat!
... or failing that, do anyone know someone apart from Google who indexses usenet?
The first rule of the shadow internet is, you do not talk about the shadow internet.
The second rule of the shadow internet is, you DO NOT talk about the shadow internet.
The third rule is: Keep releasing Gigli because we hate the world.
you want a kid to use his imagination buy them a book,
Except most people just read the pre-digested words and do not imaging anything.