Hi, So I wonder, if they start throttling file sharing, will it improve the experience (reduce network latency) on sensitive apps like gaming and VoIP?
It seems like it hurts more to have your game experience be crushingly laggy versus having your ISO download take 5 extra minutes.
Of course I'm biased, but what's the rush to swap files?
I dumped cable after my internet (with too much lag to be effective on XBL) plus cable tv was $140. I went to DSL (slower, but less latency) for $35/month and OTA HD tv with a series 3 tivo. its' great. There are a few shows I kind of miss, but with a DVR, there's still enough on. I also wanted to get off the couch more, so i'm saving about $100/month and have gotten some free time back. I might do netflix in the winter.
Good thing the UK outlawed firearms so that people are safe from hijacking...
Truly, I'm very sorry your family had to go through this but he should have had some way to avoid that beating if his government didn't "know better" what to do.
Actually, while causing some issues, having a very cold area near a really hot area would seem to lend itself to incredible power production due to the winds or even vai a carnot cycle. This would give a plentiful resource for the settlers to use to terraform with.
do you feel hot or is your temperature actually high? If your body is actually cooler, perhaps the room "feels" more hot to you since it's a larger differential.
for $399 you get an xbox with a HDD and a wireless controller, headset (how much more will PS3 games be if they have to each include a headset, ala SOCOM, which was $10 more, HD Component audio cables, etc. XBOX live is indeed an additional cost (for Gold), but it's optional, and you get some features for free in Silver, so I guess you have to decide what you need. So far, Xbox Live is unique in the market IMHO, and while not perfect at all, is a unique value.
I agree, you are going to spend 400-450 for a nice xbox setup, so you can "get going" with the Wii for much less $$$. It is however, much less than a PS3 (per the rumors) when you get similar accessories.
I think that many folks will buy either an Xbox or a PS3, and many of them will buy Wii's as secondary or "the kids'" consoles. YOu'll also get a lot of casual gamers if done right.
Lastly, I think if I had younger children, I would lean towards Nintendo as a gaming platform for them, as it has a more friendly attitude.
There are some native 1080p tv's out there. I have on order a sony SXRD (Liquid Crystal over Silicon) projection tv that will do native 1080p.
I would encourage anyone looking at hdtv's to look at more than just the three mentioned. LCD panel, plasma panel are both good for tight spaces, but projection tv's are much better value if you have space.
There are 4 projection technologies in use today. CRT projection (falling out of favor), DLP (industry leader, but some people suffer from rainbow effects (i'm one of these people), black levels vary by set, some are great, some not. LCD projection, some folks have screen door effect issues, black levels and refresh rates are important to investigate, and finally, LCoS which sony sells a version of call SXRD. This is a chip that they reflect the light off of onto the screen, and of the projection sets, was the picture i personally prefered. The main point I'd give anyone buying an HDTV is to do your research (avsforum.com is great for this, they have a thread on almost every tv sold in north america) and to actually go WATCH the tv's you are interested in, you may be surprised at which tv you prefer. one note, the tv's in the showroom are usually way out of calibration, so sometimes the picture is better at home if you get a calibration done.
that's a great way to live, until there is civil or supply disruption. I'm not saying you should be a mountain man, and fresh food is the best, but make sure you've got some canned stuff stashed in the pantry at all times.
It's worked fine for me in the past. XP is usable as a web browser/email/light document machine on a pentium 200 with 64 mb of RAM. Just don't install acrobat, realplayer, bonzi buddy, etc.
I think he's just being honest. He can't be authoratative on the business practices of every BB store in the world. He can only speak to what he has seen, observed and concluded based on his view of his job at his store.
many exploits are made by examining the patch, so in most cases, it's better if everyone gets the patch at the same time (crackers and legitimate users) rather than the crackers getting it ahead of business users.
Also, to the GP, your price likely includes taxes. Just to give you a reference, here's what US prices look like:
360 games = $60 USD plus "sales tax" in most states of about 7% = $64 USD Xbox 1 titles (when new) were $50 plus sales tax = $53 USD
I think most european countries have a hidden VAT (value added tax) built into that price of $83. I've heard that VAT is around 17% in many parts of western europe and this would explain much of the price difference.
Thanks for the information. This is very helpful and well reasoned. I still don't believe we should need to pay according to GDP, but appreciate the education.
Why exactly should we be carrying 25% of the total cost of the UN?
I'll bet that there is no reason we should pay 25%. We are one of 185 countries. We are one of I believe 7 on the permanent security council. The US I doubt has 25% of world economic output either, so I can't determine any other reason other than "the US should pay". Nice logic.
I don't get the sense of entitlement people have. What's your country paying?
in college (or "at university" for the europeans), i owned a 90 geo metro, got 40mpg in the city from the 1L 3 cylinder engine and got 52-55MPG on the highway, although it was usually floored the whole time to keep it at 70MPH. It was a manual by the way, my guess is you rented an auto.
It might be worth looking at the Network Quarantine service in WS2003. I think WS R2 might have it available for the LAN side as well, which would enable you to do a quarantine and inspection before people with laptops can run amok through the network.
No, most americans would tell you that the police officers' job is to enforce the law.
I do agree that the speed limit is crazy in this country, and i'd rather see people written up for not merging correctly, driving unsafe in various conditions, etc rather than for disobeying a speed number that is purposefully low.
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Hi, So I wonder, if they start throttling file sharing, will it improve the experience (reduce network latency) on sensitive apps like gaming and VoIP?
It seems like it hurts more to have your game experience be crushingly laggy versus having your ISO download take 5 extra minutes.
Of course I'm biased, but what's the rush to swap files?
I dumped cable after my internet (with too much lag to be effective on XBL) plus cable tv was $140. I went to DSL (slower, but less latency) for $35/month and OTA HD tv with a series 3 tivo. its' great. There are a few shows I kind of miss, but with a DVR, there's still enough on. I also wanted to get off the couch more, so i'm saving about $100/month and have gotten some free time back. I might do netflix in the winter.
Good thing the UK outlawed firearms so that people are safe from hijacking...
Truly, I'm very sorry your family had to go through this but he should have had some way to avoid that beating if his government didn't "know better" what to do.
on number 1, a lot of people are finding the pc-decrapifier, which is a few clicks and a few minutes to get all of the junk off.
Actually, while causing some issues, having a very cold area near a really hot area would seem to lend itself to incredible power production due to the winds or even vai a carnot cycle. This would give a plentiful resource for the settlers to use to terraform with.
I'm 100% with you. I so want to see HD DVD in 1080p on the SXRD.
I really, really hope they come out with an HDMI kit.
The TV's pretty fabulous, though, eh?
do you feel hot or is your temperature actually high? If your body is actually cooler, perhaps the room "feels" more hot to you since it's a larger differential.
Also, they offer a pretty long support window for that initial cost. www.microsoft.com/lifecycle
It's like 7-10 years of patches you get for the price of the OS.
I love this software. Adobe has gotten to bloated and pushy... it offers toolbars and junk. I just want to read files.
Foxit works great, I have it on several machines at home and work.
for $399 you get an xbox with a HDD and a wireless controller, headset (how much more will PS3 games be if they have to each include a headset, ala SOCOM, which was $10 more, HD Component audio cables, etc. XBOX live is indeed an additional cost (for Gold), but it's optional, and you get some features for free in Silver, so I guess you have to decide what you need. So far, Xbox Live is unique in the market IMHO, and while not perfect at all, is a unique value.
I agree, you are going to spend 400-450 for a nice xbox setup, so you can "get going" with the Wii for much less $$$. It is however, much less than a PS3 (per the rumors) when you get similar accessories.
I think that many folks will buy either an Xbox or a PS3, and many of them will buy Wii's as secondary or "the kids'" consoles. YOu'll also get a lot of casual gamers if done right.
Lastly, I think if I had younger children, I would lean towards Nintendo as a gaming platform for them, as it has a more friendly attitude.
Just my two cents.
My tv will only accept up to 1080i on component, it will take 1080p via HDMI though, so for me, it matters. By the way, I have a sony TV.
Very Cool!
It's great that there are some of us readers still out there!
Looks like it's time to reread them all again.
There are some native 1080p tv's out there. I have on order a sony SXRD (Liquid Crystal over Silicon) projection tv that will do native 1080p.
I would encourage anyone looking at hdtv's to look at more than just the three mentioned. LCD panel, plasma panel are both good for tight spaces, but projection tv's are much better value if you have space.
There are 4 projection technologies in use today. CRT projection (falling out of favor), DLP (industry leader, but some people suffer from rainbow effects (i'm one of these people), black levels vary by set, some are great, some not. LCD projection, some folks have screen door effect issues, black levels and refresh rates are important to investigate, and finally, LCoS which sony sells a version of call SXRD. This is a chip that they reflect the light off of onto the screen, and of the projection sets, was the picture i personally prefered. The main point I'd give anyone buying an HDTV is to do your research (avsforum.com is great for this, they have a thread on almost every tv sold in north america) and to actually go WATCH the tv's you are interested in, you may be surprised at which tv you prefer. one note, the tv's in the showroom are usually way out of calibration, so sometimes the picture is better at home if you get a calibration done.
that's a great way to live, until there is civil or supply disruption. I'm not saying you should be a mountain man, and fresh food is the best, but make sure you've got some canned stuff stashed in the pantry at all times.
It's worked fine for me in the past. XP is usable as a web browser/email/light document machine on a pentium 200 with 64 mb of RAM. Just don't install acrobat, realplayer, bonzi buddy, etc.
I think he's just being honest. He can't be authoratative on the business practices of every BB store in the world. He can only speak to what he has seen, observed and concluded based on his view of his job at his store.
yes...
many exploits are made by examining the patch, so in most cases, it's better if everyone gets the patch at the same time (crackers and legitimate users) rather than the crackers getting it ahead of business users.
and 3 terminals!! woohooo
Just curious...
Did office go up in price, or did the other products lower their price when they started to lose share?
Also, to the GP, your price likely includes taxes. Just to give you a reference, here's what US prices look like:
360 games = $60 USD plus "sales tax" in most states of about 7% = $64 USD
Xbox 1 titles (when new) were $50 plus sales tax = $53 USD
I think most european countries have a hidden VAT (value added tax) built into that price of $83. I've heard that VAT is around 17% in many parts of western europe and this would explain much of the price difference.
Thanks for the information. This is very helpful and well reasoned. I still don't believe we should need to pay according to GDP, but appreciate the education.
Why exactly should we be carrying 25% of the total cost of the UN?
I'll bet that there is no reason we should pay 25%. We are one of 185 countries. We are one of I believe 7 on the permanent security council. The US I doubt has 25% of world economic output either, so I can't determine any other reason other than "the US should pay". Nice logic.
I don't get the sense of entitlement people have. What's your country paying?
wow, they must have really messed it up.
in college (or "at university" for the europeans), i owned a 90 geo metro, got 40mpg in the city from the 1L 3 cylinder engine and got 52-55MPG on the highway, although it was usually floored the whole time to keep it at 70MPH. It was a manual by the way, my guess is you rented an auto.
It might be worth looking at the Network Quarantine service in WS2003. I think WS R2 might have it available for the LAN side as well, which would enable you to do a quarantine and inspection before people with laptops can run amok through the network.
No, most americans would tell you that the police officers' job is to enforce the law.
I do agree that the speed limit is crazy in this country, and i'd rather see people written up for not merging correctly, driving unsafe in various conditions, etc rather than for disobeying a speed number that is purposefully low.