Psychics are like martial artists. Everywhere you go, you're going to get people that say "I know kung fu!", "I studied Ninjutsu!", or something similar. Most of them are guys who took a year of classes and can punch through a couple of pine boards. But every once in a while, someone really does know an Art.
I'm not discounting things we can't measure just because there are armies of liars, carnies, and me-toos out there claiming this, that, and the other thing. I just don't trust anyone's smugness.
No, actually usage IS usage. It *is* all just bits. Thinking of bits as bits leads to a robust solution.
What if User B has already downloaded 200MB, but it's actually the first day of the month?...etc
vs.
Now, what if User B has already downloaded 200MB and it's the 20th of the month?
Luckily, this problem has already been solved for you.
What's expensive is not total amount of bandwidth, it's bandwidth over time. Bandwidth is not a bucket of bolts, it's a road. A road is not defined as congested when 2000 cars have passed over it in a month- however it is, if those 2000 cars tried to pass at the same time.
Use a "burst" system. Essentially, limiting of any sort does not kick in until you've used your full capacity for an extended period of time. This would make the structurally sound distinction- excess vs. utility- without placing discriminatory regulations on users' ports or application types. This system also requires no oversight once created- you don't have to stay on top of whatever file sharing flavor of the month does to hamper it, you just manage capacity. This is also far more in line with a "common carrier" concept than any sort of filtering or blanket limiting model.
Should this user be throttled? One could make a case that her usage is more "legitimate" than the usage of the "pirate".
Be careful, to solve this problem, one must realize that the purpose of the transfer is utterly irrelevant to the solution, and in fact adds unnecessary complication. In short, relying on such inapplicable concepts obscures the issue (resource management) and makes the issue into a series of judgments, most of which will be discriminatory and ineffective.
I don't get it. I just don't get it. They spend all this money on getting people to buy 2000, then they turn around and essentially offer what amounts to the Windows 2000 Plus Pack as a new operating system.
And you are advocating a move towards terrorism to achieve your goal (note that I say *your* goal. I doubt anyone agrees with your lovely nihilist "death is the martyr of beauty" stuff.) That's fucking brilliant.
Forget the promise of information everywhere, forget the concept of human knowledge being an open river to drink from, forget the community where you meet people you've never seen before.
Narrow.
The world is always trying to get into your head. Always selling. Always yelling. Always turning the lights on. Cower in your hole, like the mushroom you are.
Hide.
The world's full of differences, what does it matter if I see them? Critical thinking is all about data. If the data's locked down, so are you. If your perspectives narrow, the blinders get thicker.
Cables = Roads, and we're moving more towards a future wherein the roads are metered. Ever lived in a country where roads are badly designed and toll heavy? Living gets mighty expensive. The best example here is Japan. The cost of living is so high because two very important things are expensive.
If I'm under the impression that even trying to rip a CD is going to fiddle badly with some element of my machine's configuration, does anyone think I'll purchase the CD? Hell no, I'll hit IRC first.
Those things are quite real. Go to any market in any decent sized Chinese city and you'll see weird stuff like this. You can also get fabulous things like 30 in 1 game boy cartridges (have a whole library of old games in one cartridge! did I mention that half the games are the same game with different names on the select menu?)
The bottom line is that as a taxpayer I don't want to ever be forced to pay for the water to go to your fancy dancing gold-handled faucets and solid marble Crappers, when all you NEED is a hole and a box over it. And what you propose would do exactly that. Plumbing is definately not a public utility. I mean, Jesus Christ didn't have plumbing, and he created one of the world's most influential religious movements!
1) Retailers lie. The time which they begin to take preorders and the time which the game is released are generally two unrelated events.
2) Quality issues. You know and I know that games are quite often NOT stable on release and even non-playable (Ultima 9 comes to mind.) By pre-ordering (since games are non returnable) you are essentially saying "I don't care! Take this interest-free loan! I'll wait until you patch it and make it into the thing I bought in the store!"
Preordering is reinforcing bad behavior on the part of the retailers ("Those gamers will buy it even when it doesn't exist! Fuckin' a! Put up any old date!") and game companies ("Who cares if the game is unplayable. These fuckers already bought it, release it NOW NOW NOW. We'll patch it in a few weeks.")
Steam does sound a lot like it is a tool that could be turned to the side of evil (i.e. you don't own anything, you pay by the hour to play, la la la) but it is being released by Valve, who's shown that they do understand what the people who play their games want out of them, and what they won't stand for.
I am actually very happy that they've spent the last few years pimping the HL engine rather than making new games- the HL engine is actually still Pretty Damn Good. It's showing its age and has a few large, nagging problems (especially numerous audio bugs) but all in all it works for mod designers.
So, Valve has worked up the credibility to experiment a little. Let's see what comes out.
"Information Service" implies a one-to-many system. The true value of the Internet is not in making it into TV. The cable folks have a weird belief that the Internet's only value lies there- they've spent millions convincing themselves that nothing is changing, and now they figure they may as well refigure the world to match their lack of vision.
People connecting to other people is the true value of the Internet. It is an enabler for communication and commerce, not a videofeed.
As such, the phone and the Internet are merely iterations of the same thing. Why this logic was ignored is obvious:
But I don't think it's all that shocking, given that here's a guy, covered in wires and batteries, getting on a plane post 9/11.
The world post-9/11 is no different from the world pre-9/11, except perhaps for the fact that people are willing to accept any old damn thing in the name of security. After all, The World Is Dangerous, And We Might Die!!!
I guess the Terrorist trump card just got its value doubled. I find it laughable that this game has to be played at all.
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Psychics are like martial artists. Everywhere you go, you're going to get people that say "I know kung fu!", "I studied Ninjutsu!", or something similar. Most of them are guys who took a year of classes and can punch through a couple of pine boards. But every once in a while, someone really does know an Art.
I'm not discounting things we can't measure just because there are armies of liars, carnies, and me-toos out there claiming this, that, and the other thing. I just don't trust anyone's smugness.
They can just tell Microsoft to find a nice corner and autofellate if there is any complaint about "naked PCs".
If they were anything more than a thief team with lawyers, they'd give away their software auditing tools for free.
No sirree bob, they get you coming and going.
No, actually usage IS usage. It *is* all just bits. Thinking of bits as bits leads to a robust solution.
What if User B has already downloaded 200MB, but it's actually the first day of the month?...etc
vs. Now, what if User B has already downloaded 200MB and it's the 20th of the month?Luckily, this problem has already been solved for you.
What's expensive is not total amount of bandwidth, it's bandwidth over time. Bandwidth is not a bucket of bolts, it's a road. A road is not defined as congested when 2000 cars have passed over it in a month- however it is, if those 2000 cars tried to pass at the same time.
Use a "burst" system. Essentially, limiting of any sort does not kick in until you've used your full capacity for an extended period of time. This would make the structurally sound distinction- excess vs. utility- without placing discriminatory regulations on users' ports or application types. This system also requires no oversight once created- you don't have to stay on top of whatever file sharing flavor of the month does to hamper it, you just manage capacity. This is also far more in line with a "common carrier" concept than any sort of filtering or blanket limiting model.
Should this user be throttled? One could make a case that her usage is more "legitimate" than the usage of the "pirate".
Be careful, to solve this problem, one must realize that the purpose of the transfer is utterly irrelevant to the solution, and in fact adds unnecessary complication. In short, relying on such inapplicable concepts obscures the issue (resource management) and makes the issue into a series of judgments, most of which will be discriminatory and ineffective.
Didn't McDonalds do a fine job of spinning that case in their favor, even though they lost?
Now everyone points to it as an example of frivolousness, although it is actually not the best exemplar of this phenomenon.
Nothing new.
You've heard of a non-disclosure agreement, right?
A non-compete clause?
What you do with your brain is terribly contractable.
I don't get it. I just don't get it. They spend all this money on getting people to buy 2000, then they turn around and essentially offer what amounts to the Windows 2000 Plus Pack as a new operating system.
There's the prime example of self competition.
And you are advocating a move towards terrorism to achieve your goal (note that I say *your* goal. I doubt anyone agrees with your lovely nihilist "death is the martyr of beauty" stuff.) That's fucking brilliant.
The GPL never said you had to release anything. All it ever said was that if you do release anything, it has to be with source available.
If you keep the mods internal to your organization, the GPL remains unviolated.
Forget the promise of information everywhere, forget the concept of human knowledge being an open river to drink from, forget the community where you meet people you've never seen before.
Narrow.
The world is always trying to get into your head. Always selling. Always yelling. Always turning the lights on. Cower in your hole, like the mushroom you are.
Hide.
The world's full of differences, what does it matter if I see them? Critical thinking is all about data. If the data's locked down, so are you. If your perspectives narrow, the blinders get thicker.
Balkanize.
I don't like it. Not one bit.
But you knew that already, right?
Cables = Roads, and we're moving more towards a future wherein the roads are metered. Ever lived in a country where roads are badly designed and toll heavy? Living gets mighty expensive. The best example here is Japan. The cost of living is so high because two very important things are expensive.
Real estate and transportation.
If I'm under the impression that even trying to rip a CD is going to fiddle badly with some element of my machine's configuration, does anyone think I'll purchase the CD? Hell no, I'll hit IRC first.
This is what we call A BRILLIANT PLAN.
Those things are quite real. Go to any market in any decent sized Chinese city and you'll see weird stuff like this. You can also get fabulous things like 30 in 1 game boy cartridges (have a whole library of old games in one cartridge! did I mention that half the games are the same game with different names on the select menu?)
It's a fabulous machine for what it is, and a fine companion for an iPod. I also have a thing for historical computers, and this certainly qualifies :)
Now there's nothing there.
I guess there is no "way out".
ZDNet owns com.com, and all their sites branch off of it.
Good one! h0h0
RAMRaid is HERE
The bottom line is that as a taxpayer I don't want to ever be forced to pay for the water to go to your fancy dancing gold-handled faucets and solid marble Crappers, when all you NEED is a hole and a box over it. And what you propose would do exactly that. Plumbing is definately not a public utility. I mean, Jesus Christ didn't have plumbing, and he created one of the world's most influential religious movements!
Two reasons:
1) Retailers lie. The time which they begin to take preorders and the time which the game is released are generally two unrelated events.
2) Quality issues. You know and I know that games are quite often NOT stable on release and even non-playable (Ultima 9 comes to mind.) By pre-ordering (since games are non returnable) you are essentially saying "I don't care! Take this interest-free loan! I'll wait until you patch it and make it into the thing I bought in the store!"
Preordering is reinforcing bad behavior on the part of the retailers ("Those gamers will buy it even when it doesn't exist! Fuckin' a! Put up any old date!") and game companies ("Who cares if the game is unplayable. These fuckers already bought it, release it NOW NOW NOW. We'll patch it in a few weeks.")
Steam does sound a lot like it is a tool that could be turned to the side of evil (i.e. you don't own anything, you pay by the hour to play, la la la) but it is being released by Valve, who's shown that they do understand what the people who play their games want out of them, and what they won't stand for.
I am actually very happy that they've spent the last few years pimping the HL engine rather than making new games- the HL engine is actually still Pretty Damn Good. It's showing its age and has a few large, nagging problems (especially numerous audio bugs) but all in all it works for mod designers.
So, Valve has worked up the credibility to experiment a little. Let's see what comes out.
My girlfriend once worked for the Census Bureau, and she used a laptop for her surveys (carrying 3 spare batteries at all times...)
Given the current state of affairs, this is certainly evolutionary, not revolutionary.
"Information Service" implies a one-to-many system. The true value of the Internet is not in making it into TV. The cable folks have a weird belief that the Internet's only value lies there- they've spent millions convincing themselves that nothing is changing, and now they figure they may as well refigure the world to match their lack of vision.
People connecting to other people is the true value of the Internet. It is an enabler for communication and commerce, not a videofeed.
As such, the phone and the Internet are merely iterations of the same thing. Why this logic was ignored is obvious:
The FCC is owned. Guess by whom?
But I don't think it's all that shocking, given that here's a guy, covered in wires and batteries, getting on a plane post 9/11.
The world post-9/11 is no different from the world pre-9/11, except perhaps for the fact that people are willing to accept any old damn thing in the name of security. After all, The World Is Dangerous, And We Might Die!!!
I guess the Terrorist trump card just got its value doubled. I find it laughable that this game has to be played at all.