they just would pay as much as they wanted to use. simple. now they are dling everything and hoarding, many content they dl actually dont even get used. just stored in hard disks.
Oh, it would work fine. They'd still squeal at the suggestion, though.
Thereby causing the many slashdotters who believe that downloading TBs of unauthorized copies of movies and music at no extra cost is a basic human right to squeal and squall.
> It's only drive makers and a committee that try to redefine that.
The prefixes were defined long ago by the BIPM.
When we started using "kilobyte" to refer to 1024 bytes interchangeably with 1000 bytes we understood that it was an approximation. Same with "megabyte". "kilobyte" has always meant 1000 bytes, "megabyte" has always meant 1000,000 bytes, "gigabyte" has always meant 1000,000,000 bytes, and "terabyte" 1000,000,000,000 bytes. KB, MB, GB, and TB have always been the abbreviations.
If we were still using DDT there'd be no songbirds. Without a billion songbirds to eat those 420,000 cats would starve. As a bonus, without cats to eat the coyotes would starve.
That's so 2001. The new hotness is to listen to bands that only released one album, and then broke up after the lead singer's death by heroin overdose.
If you lose your bank card, a thief has access to your bank account anyway, so what's the harm in putting your online banking password in the same place?
Except that when your wallet is stolen you usually know about it promptly and may be able to change your passwords (and cancel the cards) before they get used. When your easy to remember (and therefor easy to guess) password is guessed you don't know about it until too late.
> What I want to know is, WHO is getting kickbacks for creating this bill?
No one. They are getting votes. Supporting it will gain you votes and lose you none. Opposing it will lose you votes and gain you none. Why would any politician who wants to be reelected (the primary goal of any politician) oppose it?
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Twice every decade or so? Not a big deal.
Others will find it convenient as well. Handling your affairs over a distance, that is.
> Or a heavier metal (lead, silver, gold...)
No. Steel. You want a magnetic material.
Oh, it would work fine. They'd still squeal at the suggestion, though.
> ...I wouldn't mind it if the price was fair.
There is no such thing as a fair (or unfair) price.
> just charge per bandwidth.
Thereby causing the many slashdotters who believe that downloading TBs of unauthorized copies of movies and music at no extra cost is a basic human right to squeal and squall.
> No, 1024GB.
No, 1000GB.
> It's only drive makers and a committee that try to redefine that.
The prefixes were defined long ago by the BIPM.
When we started using "kilobyte" to refer to 1024 bytes interchangeably with 1000 bytes we understood that it was an approximation. Same with "megabyte". "kilobyte" has always meant 1000 bytes, "megabyte" has always meant 1000,000 bytes, "gigabyte" has always meant 1000,000,000 bytes, and "terabyte" 1000,000,000,000 bytes. KB, MB, GB, and TB have always been the abbreviations.
But many slashdotters become hysterical at the suggestion of metered service (which I would prefer, being a low-volume user).
> A trekkie troll in a Star Wars article?
There are no significant differences. One kind of Hollywood "syfy" blurs into another.
I realize that typical trekkies (and average Slashdotters) would be unaware of this, but most women like it slooow.
I do like the idea of trekkies having themselves committed, though.
Neither. Drink it out of a styrofoam cup.
Disease, most likely.
In the absence of any other limit the population will grow to the limit of the food supply.
The coyote population won't decline.
Better to vasectomize the males. That way they continue to cover the females (cats are induced ovulators) and defend territories.
Cheaper to just kill them, though.
If we were still using DDT there'd be no songbirds. Without a billion songbirds to eat those 420,000 cats would starve. As a bonus, without cats to eat the coyotes would starve.
"Hell is other people." They wouldn't be Hell if we didn't need them.
Some actual facts. Thank you.
It means that the reporter hasn't the foggiest idea how it works but had to write some sort of balderdash anyway.
...that the mean and the median are both less than the maximum? Not surprising.
The pot ale may be a problem but spent distiller's grains are excellent livestock feed.
> What?
High school.
> The posts that are after a +5 whatever are frequently not worth reading.
I beg to differ. A "+5 Troll" is a prize worth fighting for.
Sounds more like 1971.
Yes. You are.
Except that when your wallet is stolen you usually know about it promptly and may be able to change your passwords (and cancel the cards) before they get used. When your easy to remember (and therefor easy to guess) password is guessed you don't know about it until too late.
No particular reason. Brown, blue; whatever.
That, of course, is where you should keep your little black book.
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> What I want to know is, WHO is getting kickbacks for creating this bill?
No one. They are getting votes. Supporting it will gain you votes and lose you none. Opposing it will lose you votes and gain you none. Why would any politician who wants to be reelected (the primary goal of any politician) oppose it?