Keep in mind that this was the same country that was notorious for Nazi collaboration. Their WWII statue should probably feature a Dutchman pointing to a house.
Netflix at the highest bit rate is similar to BluRay
If you can't tell the difference between Netflix's HD streaming and bluray then you're either blind, have a really shitty TV, or you're sitting too far away. I would actually rate Netflix HD as more comparable to a good anamorphic DVD than a bluray.
Compression schemes may improve, but bandwidth usage for streaming continues to go up. Companies like Netflix just use better compression to deliver better quality.
GP is right (at least in the U.S.). Our bandwidth infrastructure simply isn't keeping up. The whole attitude of "Oh don't worry, the market will sort it out" is going to bite us hard in the ass soon. It would be a shame if the country that pioneered most aspects of the internet became a third-world country for actual internet access. The rest of the civilized world will be streaming everything at gigabit speeds, and we'll still be fucktarding along with mbps speeds worrying about hitting our tiny bandwidth caps.
If I'm a contractor and a state tells any company looking to contract me that they'll be punished if they do, it most definitely DOES punish me (whether it's MEANT to or not).
No, they should have one H1B Visa REVOKED for every employee laid off, and be banned for applying for new ones for at least 10 years. You shouldn't be allowed to run to Congress crying that you can't find workers when you're laying off the ones you already have.
Myhrvold then turned to what he called “the truly personal computer—something which has the size and weight appropriate to be carried with you at all times.” This wireless “digital wallet,” as he called it, would allow anyone to communicate, untethered to a wire, by voice, video, fax, E-mail, or pager. The device would be a clock, an alarm, a schedule manager, a notepad, an archive of phone numbers and records, and a library of music and books.
Yeah, he was just encouraging MS to make their own Palm Pilot, which it was already out when he wrote this. He wasn't predicting the smartphone, he was just imitating the PDA.
It's like crediting someone in in 1900 for predicting the airplane because he wrote about "Skies full of great flying boats"--not realizing that he's talking about comtemporary dirigibles, not airplanes.
Yeah, but Amazon and Netflix don't give you the privilege of watching several minutes of unskippable commercials for your $8/month. It's a bonus you only get with Hulu!
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It's not an open sewer, it's a mutli-household composting stream and cholera species sanctuary.
Yes, but there is also a 290% higher chance of hitting a kangaroo than on cooler continents, which could really slow you down. So I think it balances.
Every time I see one of these new doomsday scenarios pop up, I know there is a media-savvy researcher somewhere looking to score a big grant.
If you don't believe AGW, then you do NOT understand science at all. SPORT.
And it is precisely that attitude that makes AGW a religion, NOT a science.
Real science doesn't have an unassailable, unquestionable dogma. SPORT
Yeah. You just keep telling yourself that your government would never do anything like this, that it's just an American thing.
Keep in mind that this was the same country that was notorious for Nazi collaboration. Their WWII statue should probably feature a Dutchman pointing to a house.
You think Snowden 2.0 is more likely than a judge forcing them to respond to FOIA requests?
Depends. Does the judge in question have an army on hand to enforce that ruling?
UN Investigator: We heard this man wasn't given due process.
Warlord: Nonsense! He was duly tried by me and sentenced to death.
Them interviewing us? Always thought it would be the other way around.
It has our gratitude.
Netflix at the highest bit rate is similar to BluRay
If you can't tell the difference between Netflix's HD streaming and bluray then you're either blind, have a really shitty TV, or you're sitting too far away. I would actually rate Netflix HD as more comparable to a good anamorphic DVD than a bluray.
Compression schemes may improve, but bandwidth usage for streaming continues to go up. Companies like Netflix just use better compression to deliver better quality.
GP is right (at least in the U.S.). Our bandwidth infrastructure simply isn't keeping up. The whole attitude of "Oh don't worry, the market will sort it out" is going to bite us hard in the ass soon. It would be a shame if the country that pioneered most aspects of the internet became a third-world country for actual internet access. The rest of the civilized world will be streaming everything at gigabit speeds, and we'll still be fucktarding along with mbps speeds worrying about hitting our tiny bandwidth caps.
Oh, Stacey's GOING to be a whore.
Many have tried. All have ended up mounted on Bill Gates' Trophy Room wall.
If my new position at Microsoft was polishing Balmer's balls
A lot of people would kill for that job, just for all the inside dope they would overhear while quietly polishing away.
Welcome to Microsoft!
If I'm a contractor and a state tells any company looking to contract me that they'll be punished if they do, it most definitely DOES punish me (whether it's MEANT to or not).
No, they should have one H1B Visa REVOKED for every employee laid off, and be banned for applying for new ones for at least 10 years. You shouldn't be allowed to run to Congress crying that you can't find workers when you're laying off the ones you already have.
You would have gotten the same results giving them each their own smartphone or computer.
Netflix has *yet* to pull up a dump-truck full of money to Verizon HQ.
Myhrvold then turned to what he called “the truly personal computer—something which has the size and weight appropriate to be carried with you at all times.” This wireless “digital wallet,” as he called it, would allow anyone to communicate, untethered to a wire, by voice, video, fax, E-mail, or pager. The device would be a clock, an alarm, a schedule manager, a notepad, an archive of phone numbers and records, and a library of music and books.
Yeah, he was just encouraging MS to make their own Palm Pilot, which it was already out when he wrote this. He wasn't predicting the smartphone, he was just imitating the PDA.
It's like crediting someone in in 1900 for predicting the airplane because he wrote about "Skies full of great flying boats"--not realizing that he's talking about comtemporary dirigibles, not airplanes.
The summary makes mention that we haven't noted any substantial signs of this material
They're just pointing out that it CAN exist, like unicorns and the Loch Ness monster.
I'm still not able to log on to Star Wars Galaxies.
God started it, when he made Miley Cyrus rich and famous.
Yeah, but Amazon and Netflix don't give you the privilege of watching several minutes of unskippable commercials for your $8/month. It's a bonus you only get with Hulu!