Um, no. You are misreading the units of measurement. Lowercase "b" is bit. Uppercase "B" is byte. The unit in the article is byte, and there being 8 bits in one byte. To convert the speed in the article to the units that you are taking about, you would want to multiply by 8. Therefore, Google Fiber averages 20.4 Mb/s in the units that you are referring to. That's a pretty good average for service in the US.
Go back and read the linked article again. The graphic clearly shows the units as Mbps. Bits. The grandparent is correct.
I can't help thinking elevator mirrors have more to do with making the small space not seem so claustrophobic, as well as giving people a mirror in which to groom themselves on their way to work in the morning.
He's talking about the mirrors outside the elevator, for people waiting for the elevator to arrive. Not mirrors inside the elevator.
I do not normally use acroread either (although I do have it installed). I am currently using xpdf, and have used evince successfully as well. I think the same thing is applicable. It isn't because it is acroread that it requires XEmbed, it is because we're trying to use it in Chromium that it requires XEmbed. Try adding the needs_xembed for evince.
Version 1.13.3 adds functionality to allow possible working around mozdev bugs 22065, 22715 and 22723 by adding a new flag needs_xembed. The flag needs to be added or removed from mozpluggerc to allow application keyboard focus for the combination of browser and application used. The default mozpluggerrc does not use the flag so add were required.
Have you tried setting the needs_xembed flag? I think that is linked to why it works correctly in Chromium, so it must be set.
Hmm... I don't know what to tell you. I'm using 1.13.2 and I've successfully used evince, xpdf, and acroread. This is on Gentoo using various nightly chromium builds. When I used older (1.12) versions of mozplugger I had the same result you describe.
I have the same problem with chromium, I don't know what the deal is. Even mozplugger doesn't fix it (and chrome/chromium will use mozilla plugins automagically these days. and they often work — flash does.)
mostly I try to quick view PDFs these days, but that's even worse than downloading the PDF if you have poor bandwidth.
Mozplugger does fix it as long as you use a recent version. Anything 1.13.1 or greater works (returning XEmbed = true to the browser is what fixed it I think).
I have been using xpdf to view PDFs in Chromium for quite a while now.
"Satellite broadband" tends to use dialup as the upstream.
Satellites haven't had to use dialup for the upstream connection for many years now. Until DSL finally became available at my parent's rural location they used Hughes and the satellite connection was used for both.
Also, when redirected to the HK page it is in the style of the mainland page, not the original HK page, and it is in simplified, not traditional, characters. When accessing the page in simplified characters it also gives a message: Welcome to the new home of Google China.
Sounds like you're trying to take a DSL, cable, and possibly a T1 or other technology and trunk them for combined throughput. That isn't possible because you'd have packets in the same stream taking different routes and TCP/IP doesn't allow for that, that I know of. I don't think any technology allows for that. For example an 8mbit DSL, 6mbit cable, and a T1 can't be combined to make a 15.5mbit connection. I suppose the same would be true if you were wirelessly connected to multiple networks.
I think you need to review your basic networking knowledge. We use packet switching, not circuit switching. Different packets within a single TCP/IP connection can most definitely take different routes to their destination. It might not be the optimal situation, but it is built to work that way.
I'd be curious about the relative green-ness of electronic versus paper bill paying.
you used how many watts of energy to have your computer on, to have your screen on, to have the modem on, and then all the downstream electronics from your house, compared to the energy it needed to produce, deliver and process the bill.
Are you assuming that all those electronic components would have been turned off otherwise? I hardly think that is a valid assumption. Whether or not I get an electronic bill, my computer, screen, router, etc. will all be turned on and suckling data from the sweet teat of the Internet.
If I understand it correctly, making changes to documents for tracking purposes isn't the patented part. The method of automating the whole process is what is patented.
Can anyone educate me on why a mandated cutting analog is a requirement of DTV?
The spectrum that analog TV uses was sold off so that companies like Verizon could use it for a new wireless network service. Can't really do that while analog TV broadcasts are still using the spectrum.
My last cross Pacific flights with NWA had Linux in the seats. Wouldn't have known except at one point my seat rebooted itself and I saw a tux logo and a boot sequence.
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Um, no. You are misreading the units of measurement. Lowercase "b" is bit. Uppercase "B" is byte. The unit in the article is byte, and there being 8 bits in one byte. To convert the speed in the article to the units that you are taking about, you would want to multiply by 8. Therefore, Google Fiber averages 20.4 Mb/s in the units that you are referring to. That's a pretty good average for service in the US.
Go back and read the linked article again. The graphic clearly shows the units as Mbps. Bits. The grandparent is correct.
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I can't help thinking elevator mirrors have more to do with making the small space not seem so claustrophobic, as well as giving people a mirror in which to groom themselves on their way to work in the morning.
He's talking about the mirrors outside the elevator, for people waiting for the elevator to arrive. Not mirrors inside the elevator.
Last time the Pakistani government told Pakistani ISPs to block YouTube they ended up hijacking their IP prefix for pretty much the entire Internet.
I do not normally use acroread either (although I do have it installed). I am currently using xpdf, and have used evince successfully as well. I think the same thing is applicable. It isn't because it is acroread that it requires XEmbed, it is because we're trying to use it in Chromium that it requires XEmbed. Try adding the needs_xembed for evince.
Oh, I just noticed this:
(mozplugger changelog)
Version 1.13.3 adds functionality to allow possible working around mozdev bugs 22065, 22715 and 22723 by adding a new flag needs_xembed. The flag needs to be added or removed from mozpluggerc to allow application keyboard focus for the combination of browser and application used. The default mozpluggerrc does not use the flag so add were required.
Have you tried setting the needs_xembed flag? I think that is linked to why it works correctly in Chromium, so it must be set.
See this bug:
https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=22737
Hmm... I don't know what to tell you. I'm using 1.13.2 and I've successfully used evince, xpdf, and acroread. This is on Gentoo using various nightly chromium builds. When I used older (1.12) versions of mozplugger I had the same result you describe.
Use mozplugger (version 1.13.1 or newer). It works with xpdf, acrobat, or any other pdf viewer.
I have the same problem with chromium, I don't know what the deal is. Even mozplugger doesn't fix it (and chrome/chromium will use mozilla plugins automagically these days. and they often work — flash does.)
mostly I try to quick view PDFs these days, but that's even worse than downloading the PDF if you have poor bandwidth.
Mozplugger does fix it as long as you use a recent version. Anything 1.13.1 or greater works (returning XEmbed = true to the browser is what fixed it I think).
I have been using xpdf to view PDFs in Chromium for quite a while now.
You can get cards that you can use at the ATM machine, but that cannot be used as a debit card.
"Satellite broadband" tends to use dialup as the upstream.
Satellites haven't had to use dialup for the upstream connection for many years now. Until DSL finally became available at my parent's rural location they used Hughes and the satellite connection was used for both.
Current Hughes plans.
500 British pounds, not US dollars. Around $750 according to the current exchange rate.
Also, when redirected to the HK page it is in the style of the mainland page, not the original HK page, and it is in simplified, not traditional, characters. When accessing the page in simplified characters it also gives a message: Welcome to the new home of Google China.
I'm in Eugene as well. They may sometimes play large snippets, but it is still snippets and not the entire album.
Please tell me that this is not Sun Microsystems!
It's not Sun Microsystems, Inc. It's SPARC International, Inc.
Sun is just a member company.
Sounds like you're trying to take a DSL, cable, and possibly a T1 or other technology and trunk them for combined throughput. That isn't possible because you'd have packets in the same stream taking different routes and TCP/IP doesn't allow for that, that I know of. I don't think any technology allows for that. For example an 8mbit DSL, 6mbit cable, and a T1 can't be combined to make a 15.5mbit connection. I suppose the same would be true if you were wirelessly connected to multiple networks.
I think you need to review your basic networking knowledge. We use packet switching, not circuit switching. Different packets within a single TCP/IP connection can most definitely take different routes to their destination. It might not be the optimal situation, but it is built to work that way.
Young kids these days and their rock music... Deaf at such an early age.
I'd be curious about the relative green-ness of electronic versus paper bill paying.
you used how many watts of energy to have your computer on, to have your screen on, to have the modem on, and then all the downstream electronics from your house, compared to the energy it needed to produce, deliver and process the bill.
Are you assuming that all those electronic components would have been turned off otherwise? I hardly think that is a valid assumption. Whether or not I get an electronic bill, my computer, screen, router, etc. will all be turned on and suckling data from the sweet teat of the Internet.
If I understand it correctly, making changes to documents for tracking purposes isn't the patented part. The method of automating the whole process is what is patented.
Hey, another low UID Oregonian!
He's probably using Chromium on Linux, not Chrome 2 on Windows.
We now know for sure kdawson is not a Vim user.
Can anyone educate me on why a mandated cutting analog is a requirement of DTV?
The spectrum that analog TV uses was sold off so that companies like Verizon could use it for a new wireless network service. Can't really do that while analog TV broadcasts are still using the spectrum.
For some reason the reference doesn't show up, but it is there if you look at the wiki source.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122826503489174369.html
My last cross Pacific flights with NWA had Linux in the seats. Wouldn't have known except at one point my seat rebooted itself and I saw a tux logo and a boot sequence.