Your intense paranoia is so ridiculous it makes me laugh. Denying yourself a service because you're worried that anyone cares who you are or what you're doing is pathetic. On a side note: Your existence is insignificant.
Dude, financial losses? Bankrupty? Are you just trolling or are you seriously unaware of the previous threads detailing the costs to cable companies of providing broadband and upgrading their network?
These companies make incredible amounts of profit, and providing internet service is incredibly cheap. In fact the costs of maintaining their networks continues to go down year after year. Docsis 3.0 is itself a network upgrade that costs very little to implement. It's not like they're offering higher speeds with the same network.
And that's the basic issue with tiered pricing or metered bandwidth schemes. It's the heavy users that encourage/force ISPs to use even a fraction of their billions in dollars of profit to upgrade their networks. Without heavy users constantly demanding better services, we'd all be stuck with connections barely fast enough to let us access e-mail and browse the basic web.
You don't know much about fiber optic able do you? The amount of bandwidth you can transfer through a fiber line is near limitless. It's all about the equipment used at both ends of the line. They've managed to reach 25 tbps in lab tests.
Why is it the common theme on slashdot and in western society in general is this strange sort of rotating polyandry supported by the likes of nerds like yourself?
Are you aware 50% of severe abuse between married couples is perpetrated by females?
Their costs have been going down you brainless ninny. Did you even RTFA? Just look at their latest financial reports. Their profits *increased* from last year, despite the economic downturn, to over $4 billion. They only invest $200 million in infrastructure. You don't think there's something wrong with that?
In a normal free market some companies succeed while others fail. That's how the market derives the best and fairest services possible. Yet all these ISPs are profiting like oil companies. The public is getting gouged for services that cost many times more than it does in other countries. The "market" exists for the betterment of society. Most people here believe a "free market" or something similar to one is best for us. Otherwise we'd all be communists. As for the internet backbone, peak usage and average usage have gone down for the last 2 years in a row, and costs of maintenance are getting cheaper.
When I said "it wasn't possible" I was referring to their concensus attitudes towards how people think and act. It was ridiculous and idiotic, and insanely biased (especially Voyager). It was also intensely self-serving and strongly suggested a form of neo-imperialism, in which one nation believes its ideals are supreme and should be spread around to the rest of the world, invading other cultures and doing away with old traditions. Just because *you* believe your values are the right ones, doesn't mean they are.
I could get into specifics of what I disliked, but that would only result in a contentious and drawn-out argument half-filled with inane comments. I prefer to stick to my previous statements about how it ripped out ideals from Eastern cultures, twisted and mutilated them, and self-servingly applied it to its own screwed up and impossible world. People don't act or think the way Star Trek's universe depicts. Men and women are not the same, the same kind of government doesn't work everywhere, the western version of responsibility and guilt/blame is not a universal one. To think otherwise is extremely narrow-minded and idiotic, which is exactly what Star Trek was.
Here:
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/13/bethesda-deals-with-pirates/
Last week, âoeFallout 3âproduct manager Pete Hines told me that some development studios now calculate that up to half of their customer support calls involve dealing with people who have pirated copies of the game.
From arstechnica:
Correction: Stardock contacted us to say that the 18,000 number referred to concurrent users, not sales. We have corrected the sentence accordingly. Brad Wardell also released some new information that clarifies the issue. On Day 0 there were around 140,000 concurrent users, with 18,000 validated users. The pirates couldn't update their game or play online, but they could still "touch the servers."
"So over the first 24 hours, we had to essentially scrap together a doppleganger of the infrastructure dedicated to Demigod's multiplayer network needs, release an update to legitimate users to point them to it..." he wrote. "Now today, day 3, it's pretty much taken care of. Users are connecting in multiplayer, the servers are pretty responsive and we're adding more in preparation for the weekend."
Look, Star Trek was an idiotic series which stole and mutilated ideals from eastern cultures while combining it with values from western ones. None of what it espouses is possible or real. *None of it*. The very fact that you referenced Star Trek demonstrates how deluded you are about real life.
Did you even bother to read the summary? Their servers couldn't even handle all the people who connected. The ones who legitimately purchased the game ended up with a sub-standard, laggy experience. And Stardock's game suffered rating drops in the various gaming magazines and websites because of that. Obviously that affected their bottom line.
This situation reminds me of the 9/11 blood donation issue. For a few months after the attack, people were extremely willing to donate blood, more than the Red Cross even needed. But after the initial passionate feelings faded away, the Red Cross found itself having severe shortage issues once again.
People claim that they only pirate because of DRM, and when a company like Stardock makes a big PR splash by releasing a DRM-free game they encounter a great deal of initial success. But once the feverish anti-DRM banter dies down people return to their ever inconsiderate, selfish, and pirating ways.
IIRC, when Bethesda released Oblivion, over 1/3 of the people who called customer support for help had pirated the game and thus had no registration to account for.
People are greedy. Not just the rich, but the poor, the middle-class, the sick, the paraplegic, they're *all* opportunistically greedy. Life in a nutshell folks.
No they shouldn't. Those "hogs" encourage the development of new technologies to meet their needs, like Hulu and Netflix. Those hogs' internet habits eventually trickles down to others, until the "average" person uses just as much bandwidth. Capping or tier-based schemes simply allow a company like TWC to avoid spending money on infrastructure. They're already making billions in profit, and spending a miniscule % of that on expanding their network. It's only the "hogs" who push them to continue to expand, which in the long run allows everyone to benefit from new technologies.
The internet backbone is NOT CONGESTED!!! Freaking read up on it at arstechnica. The last two years average utilization and peak utilization of the backbone has DECREASED!! Argh I want to strangle people who just buy into the PR spin of companies like TWC!
Maybe you would, but quite possibly the mother wouldn't. Not too long ago women were unselfish and self-sacrificing, and if they found themselves in this "do I die or does my baby die" situation they would willingly die for the sake of their (as of yet unborn) child.
Of course closet masochists like most slashdotters have subserviently spoiled women so much that now all they really care about is themselves.
I don't...think you understand how many specific issues a bill has to address. There are so many different parties effected by each bill. They have to be that long lest they leave things to be misinterpreted and misapplied by those in charge of enforcing the rules. It's impossible for every member of congress to read every single line written about every bill, so it's left up to committees to go through the nitty gritty details. That's why lobbyists can have such a large effect. All they need to do is influence/bribe the head of a specific committee to get their needs addressed in whatever bill is being drawn up. The truth is it's impossible to avoid this kind of situation with such a huge population. You could legally ban lobbying, but then it would all end up going underground. The best you can do is limit it.
You can't fault them entirely for that. Bills tend to be exorbitantly long and detailed (we're talking hundreds of pages). They would have to spend far more time than they have to read *every* *single* *detail* on *every* bill. That's why they have underlings. They're *supposed* to worry about the details and prevent loopholes like this from occurring. Of course no one's perfect (as if you haven't made mistakes before). Congress's problem isn't that they make mistakes. It's that it takes a god-forsaking long time for them to correct their mistakes (in part due to lobbyists and such).
If I see one more slashdotter start off a reply with "not really", the accumulation of evanescent arrogance and pomposity is going to blow my brains up.
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Your intense paranoia is so ridiculous it makes me laugh. Denying yourself a service because you're worried that anyone cares who you are or what you're doing is pathetic. On a side note: Your existence is insignificant.
Dude, financial losses? Bankrupty? Are you just trolling or are you seriously unaware of the previous threads detailing the costs to cable companies of providing broadband and upgrading their network? These companies make incredible amounts of profit, and providing internet service is incredibly cheap. In fact the costs of maintaining their networks continues to go down year after year. Docsis 3.0 is itself a network upgrade that costs very little to implement. It's not like they're offering higher speeds with the same network.
I bet they're feeling real good about themselves right now. *snickers*
You're not allowed to speak if you don't know the difference between "you're" and "your".
The "needs of your family" eh? It's always interesting watching feminist zealots conceal their agenda with platitudes of conservative religion.
And that's the basic issue with tiered pricing or metered bandwidth schemes. It's the heavy users that encourage/force ISPs to use even a fraction of their billions in dollars of profit to upgrade their networks. Without heavy users constantly demanding better services, we'd all be stuck with connections barely fast enough to let us access e-mail and browse the basic web.
You don't know much about fiber optic able do you? The amount of bandwidth you can transfer through a fiber line is near limitless. It's all about the equipment used at both ends of the line. They've managed to reach 25 tbps in lab tests.
Why is it the common theme on slashdot and in western society in general is this strange sort of rotating polyandry supported by the likes of nerds like yourself? Are you aware 50% of severe abuse between married couples is perpetrated by females?
Their costs have been going down you brainless ninny. Did you even RTFA? Just look at their latest financial reports. Their profits *increased* from last year, despite the economic downturn, to over $4 billion. They only invest $200 million in infrastructure. You don't think there's something wrong with that? In a normal free market some companies succeed while others fail. That's how the market derives the best and fairest services possible. Yet all these ISPs are profiting like oil companies. The public is getting gouged for services that cost many times more than it does in other countries. The "market" exists for the betterment of society. Most people here believe a "free market" or something similar to one is best for us. Otherwise we'd all be communists. As for the internet backbone, peak usage and average usage have gone down for the last 2 years in a row, and costs of maintenance are getting cheaper.
When I said "it wasn't possible" I was referring to their concensus attitudes towards how people think and act. It was ridiculous and idiotic, and insanely biased (especially Voyager). It was also intensely self-serving and strongly suggested a form of neo-imperialism, in which one nation believes its ideals are supreme and should be spread around to the rest of the world, invading other cultures and doing away with old traditions. Just because *you* believe your values are the right ones, doesn't mean they are. I could get into specifics of what I disliked, but that would only result in a contentious and drawn-out argument half-filled with inane comments. I prefer to stick to my previous statements about how it ripped out ideals from Eastern cultures, twisted and mutilated them, and self-servingly applied it to its own screwed up and impossible world. People don't act or think the way Star Trek's universe depicts. Men and women are not the same, the same kind of government doesn't work everywhere, the western version of responsibility and guilt/blame is not a universal one. To think otherwise is extremely narrow-minded and idiotic, which is exactly what Star Trek was.
Here: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/13/bethesda-deals-with-pirates/ Last week, âoeFallout 3âproduct manager Pete Hines told me that some development studios now calculate that up to half of their customer support calls involve dealing with people who have pirated copies of the game.
From arstechnica: Correction: Stardock contacted us to say that the 18,000 number referred to concurrent users, not sales. We have corrected the sentence accordingly. Brad Wardell also released some new information that clarifies the issue. On Day 0 there were around 140,000 concurrent users, with 18,000 validated users. The pirates couldn't update their game or play online, but they could still "touch the servers." "So over the first 24 hours, we had to essentially scrap together a doppleganger of the infrastructure dedicated to Demigod's multiplayer network needs, release an update to legitimate users to point them to it..." he wrote. "Now today, day 3, it's pretty much taken care of. Users are connecting in multiplayer, the servers are pretty responsive and we're adding more in preparation for the weekend."
Look, Star Trek was an idiotic series which stole and mutilated ideals from eastern cultures while combining it with values from western ones. None of what it espouses is possible or real. *None of it*. The very fact that you referenced Star Trek demonstrates how deluded you are about real life.
Did you even bother to read the summary? Their servers couldn't even handle all the people who connected. The ones who legitimately purchased the game ended up with a sub-standard, laggy experience. And Stardock's game suffered rating drops in the various gaming magazines and websites because of that. Obviously that affected their bottom line.
This situation reminds me of the 9/11 blood donation issue. For a few months after the attack, people were extremely willing to donate blood, more than the Red Cross even needed. But after the initial passionate feelings faded away, the Red Cross found itself having severe shortage issues once again. People claim that they only pirate because of DRM, and when a company like Stardock makes a big PR splash by releasing a DRM-free game they encounter a great deal of initial success. But once the feverish anti-DRM banter dies down people return to their ever inconsiderate, selfish, and pirating ways. IIRC, when Bethesda released Oblivion, over 1/3 of the people who called customer support for help had pirated the game and thus had no registration to account for. People are greedy. Not just the rich, but the poor, the middle-class, the sick, the paraplegic, they're *all* opportunistically greedy. Life in a nutshell folks.
Incidentally, both 1 and 2 sound like most married women I've known.
No they shouldn't. Those "hogs" encourage the development of new technologies to meet their needs, like Hulu and Netflix. Those hogs' internet habits eventually trickles down to others, until the "average" person uses just as much bandwidth. Capping or tier-based schemes simply allow a company like TWC to avoid spending money on infrastructure. They're already making billions in profit, and spending a miniscule % of that on expanding their network. It's only the "hogs" who push them to continue to expand, which in the long run allows everyone to benefit from new technologies.
The internet backbone is NOT CONGESTED!!! Freaking read up on it at arstechnica. The last two years average utilization and peak utilization of the backbone has DECREASED!! Argh I want to strangle people who just buy into the PR spin of companies like TWC!
Maybe you would, but quite possibly the mother wouldn't. Not too long ago women were unselfish and self-sacrificing, and if they found themselves in this "do I die or does my baby die" situation they would willingly die for the sake of their (as of yet unborn) child. Of course closet masochists like most slashdotters have subserviently spoiled women so much that now all they really care about is themselves.
I don't...think you understand how many specific issues a bill has to address. There are so many different parties effected by each bill. They have to be that long lest they leave things to be misinterpreted and misapplied by those in charge of enforcing the rules. It's impossible for every member of congress to read every single line written about every bill, so it's left up to committees to go through the nitty gritty details. That's why lobbyists can have such a large effect. All they need to do is influence/bribe the head of a specific committee to get their needs addressed in whatever bill is being drawn up. The truth is it's impossible to avoid this kind of situation with such a huge population. You could legally ban lobbying, but then it would all end up going underground. The best you can do is limit it.
You can't fault them entirely for that. Bills tend to be exorbitantly long and detailed (we're talking hundreds of pages). They would have to spend far more time than they have to read *every* *single* *detail* on *every* bill. That's why they have underlings. They're *supposed* to worry about the details and prevent loopholes like this from occurring. Of course no one's perfect (as if you haven't made mistakes before). Congress's problem isn't that they make mistakes. It's that it takes a god-forsaking long time for them to correct their mistakes (in part due to lobbyists and such).
...I was just imitating one of those mastercard commercials. The prices are absolutely meaningless.
Sounds like a way for MS to make even more money.
A snazzy Blackberry Storm- $100 A brand new netbook with Linux installed = $300 2 extremely low ID slashdotters warring against each other? Priceless
If I see one more slashdotter start off a reply with "not really", the accumulation of evanescent arrogance and pomposity is going to blow my brains up.