Well, I can only speak for AT&T's cable, living here in Seattle, WA USA, and apparently I was a "band-width hog". and I topped 3000 to 5000 kbs (uh, about 3 to 5 meg-a-bits a second for you stupid people). And that was actually just running newsbin pro (a binaries file getters off of usenet) mostly. Of course I had irc going, but then, who doesn't?
Now I and all the other AT&T users are capped at 1.5 mbs. sucks. not to mention that they cut my broadband down, they also impossed a 3 gigs/ 3 days limit on usenet downloads.
So now I don't download screeners or divx or vcd. Still grab MP3's. copys of software I need. Occasionally when I grab Dr Who episodes, and of course, comic scans.
Don't get to download all the cartoons I'd love to own, or the anime I've never seen. and of course, porn VCD's or DiVX's are too big, but I can still get the pictures! =)
This could be the start of the end for MS. Since Full Disclosure is obviously the only way to go, and seeing as MS's software is pretty buggy and not very secure (mainly out of the box), they are proving to the world that they don't want people to know just exactly how buggy their software is.
It's pretty funny, how people like to say sharing software, music, movies, whatever takes money away from those who made it.
Wrong!
I will NOT buy software without testing it first. So I download warez. If I like the software, I will buy it. Generally, I don't because either the software is crappy, or it just plain sucks.
Movies: I don't buy movies. I'll rent them, and that money goes to the rental store.
Music: I buy used CD's from stores. That money doesn't go to the artist.
Once these stupid companys realize this, maybe they change how they do business.
But it doesn't matter, sharing files is here to stay. Almost nothing will change that. Software copy protection doesn't work. Someone will always find away to circumvent it.
But the the American way (sorry, can only speak for my country) is to never admit they are wrong, and if it doesn't work, put more money in to it. A good example is the war on drugs. There is more drug problems today then there was when that war started.
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that's funny, I'm American and wish I was Canadian sometimes.
Well, I can only speak for AT&T's cable, living here in Seattle, WA USA, and apparently I was a "band-width hog". and I topped 3000 to 5000 kbs (uh, about 3 to 5 meg-a-bits a second for you stupid people). And that was actually just running newsbin pro (a binaries file getters off of usenet) mostly. Of course I had irc going, but then, who doesn't?
Now I and all the other AT&T users are capped at 1.5 mbs. sucks. not to mention that they cut my broadband down, they also impossed a 3 gigs/ 3 days limit on usenet downloads.
So now I don't download screeners or divx or vcd. Still grab MP3's. copys of software I need. Occasionally when I grab Dr Who episodes, and of course, comic scans.
Don't get to download all the cartoons I'd love to own, or the anime I've never seen. and of course, porn VCD's or DiVX's are too big, but I can still get the pictures! =)
ooh, I'm an idiot. That hurts, mr. Anonymous Coward.
This could be the start of the end for MS. Since Full Disclosure is obviously the only way to go, and seeing as MS's software is pretty buggy and not very secure (mainly out of the box), they are proving to the world that they don't want people to know just exactly how buggy their software is.
As stated in the subject, they played the trailer during the news here in Seattle. Stupid trailer.
It's pretty funny, how people like to say sharing software, music, movies, whatever takes money away from those who made it. Wrong! I will NOT buy software without testing it first. So I download warez. If I like the software, I will buy it. Generally, I don't because either the software is crappy, or it just plain sucks. Movies: I don't buy movies. I'll rent them, and that money goes to the rental store. Music: I buy used CD's from stores. That money doesn't go to the artist. Once these stupid companys realize this, maybe they change how they do business. But it doesn't matter, sharing files is here to stay. Almost nothing will change that. Software copy protection doesn't work. Someone will always find away to circumvent it. But the the American way (sorry, can only speak for my country) is to never admit they are wrong, and if it doesn't work, put more money in to it. A good example is the war on drugs. There is more drug problems today then there was when that war started.