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back in the 80's it was as pure as the virgin mary. no tie in toys by Hasbro or Kenner. No tie in fast food. no lines to see ROTJ because of full page ads in the newspaper. George Lucas made the movies out of pure love of his fans
not really
mobile gaming is where console and PC gaming was in the late 90's. Especially when Sony flooded the market with games for the original Playstation. after most of the early developers and publishers went out of business because there weren't enough people to play all those games, we got constant sequels and longer cycles for releases
dedicated CDN servers to host the data close to the users, dedicated network equipment and circuits so the traffic doesn't degrade their other network traffic. Netflix and Hulu are probably picking up part of the cost of this being that you need this at multiple locations around the country. and it helps Netflix and Hulu as well since a lot of customers will use less data and will delay upgrading their CDN infrastructure
chances are google doesn't want to participate
contrary to luser belief, when you stream content it doesn't come from the other side of the country to make you feel cool and like an "advanced user"
saving bandwidth and saving them money from buying new CDN servers. they are probably at the point where a lot of their servers are running at capacity and it's cheaper to lower the bitrate than buy new servers, routers and pay for the installation and everything that goes along with it
my guess is that cartoons, especially older cartoons have large parts of the frame with the same color which can be compressed more easily. or they will simply stream cartoons at lower bitrates
the 50mb cable wire is identical to the 300mb one. who says comcast is setting the speed you pay for at the client? maybe they are doing it on their edge routers or devices which is why anything inside their network is faster?
if you use VPN and try a speedtest not only is the routing different from the speedtest back to your computer, but you're also going through the VPN provider which will slow the speed down.
so who is going to be dumb enough to buy tickets the day they go on sale? and being that music is a business, musicians want their tickets sold out as fast as possible to reduce the risks of putting on a concert
same as google or anyone else. when you don't want to spend the cash to develop your language or platform, open source it and let some other sucker do the work for you
CAF was originally created to fight the mafia and rich drug dealers who had the money to hire the best lawyers and to take their assets away so they wouldn't have anything to come back to after jail.
it's like everything, after the problem goes away you find new ways to enforce laws
the problem is not that it is seen as a sign of poverty, it's that the trains don't go where people need them to go. most jobs are far from the stations so it doesn't make sense to take the train. instead of sitting in traffic you would have to drive to a park and ride, pay money for parking, take the train and then a bus or whatever to your job instead of simply driving all the way.
this is around NYC as well. taking the train into manhattan isn't that big a deal, it's taking the train outside of NYC if you work there that is the problem. a lot of the job parks and malls are miles from the train. and if you don't brown bag lunch then all the lunch places are miles from the job parks so you have to drive to lunch as well
if you want trains in the suburbs you have to build free parking lots as well and price the trains to compete with driving and work with employers to build office buildings close to the station.
while this is true, it's perfectly legal to issue a subpoena or some other court order to collect evidence of a crime or a plan of future criminal activity. that's what a NSL is. and you are not searching anyone's home or property under an NSL, you are searching the records of their public interactions with the rest of society. so unless you search the inside of their car or the data on their cell phone, you don't need a warrant
now go back to elementary school and maybe post those stupid meme's of the founders' quotes that are taken out of context. first thing your precious founders did after the USA was established was pass the Sedition Act of 1798. go look it up.
the courts have ruled for hundreds of years that the founders knew the constitution is not a suicide pact and the government has a right to collect evidence of crimes and other illegal activity including terrorism
most of the cameras are privately owned to watch over someone's property. the data is deleted within a few days unless it catches a crime and the cops ask for the feed. at least in the USA
except it stays with the property owner who isn't paying taxes on your rent income. renting in real apartment buildings via management companies means you have to pay by check which leaves a trail.
but you can probably find some place to rent without a background check. just don't walk in the area at night.
NYC is full of illegal and semi-legal rentals where people who own a home rent out their basements to help make the payments. you can get buy with showing your ID and a simple credit/criminal check for legal reasons. the payments can be made in cash. illegal immigrants do it all the time.
kids just want to live in hyped up neighborhoods full of snooty bars and restaurants and shop online because they are too lazy to walk to the local store for anything
in NYC you can find a basement to rent in a private home for cash and a lot of times a minimal background check. buy a burner cell phone or use only a home phone and pay cash for everything. but gift cards to shop online or walk to the local store. metro card machines take cash. live life like your parents did.
used to be they were only for governments and large corporations. now the military is buying the same tech as everyone else because it's better than their custom made stuff.
same thing with commercial space. there will be a lot of investment which will drop the costs of launches and it will get ahead of NASA
it's $199 retail. when you buy a new computer the included windows license costs your OEM a lot less. more like $50 or less depending on volume and discounts
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crazy back in the 80's it was as pure as the virgin mary. no tie in toys by Hasbro or Kenner. No tie in fast food. no lines to see ROTJ because of full page ads in the newspaper. George Lucas made the movies out of pure love of his fans
not really mobile gaming is where console and PC gaming was in the late 90's. Especially when Sony flooded the market with games for the original Playstation. after most of the early developers and publishers went out of business because there weren't enough people to play all those games, we got constant sequels and longer cycles for releases
This and most car companies use a lot of common parts between them. More electric car makers means cheaper parts for tesla
used to be the domain of grandmas, now it's hipsters showing off their newest toy
and they fixed it too 30 years ago no one cared about these minor mistakes, but with the Internet,,,,,,,,,
dedicated CDN servers to host the data close to the users, dedicated network equipment and circuits so the traffic doesn't degrade their other network traffic. Netflix and Hulu are probably picking up part of the cost of this being that you need this at multiple locations around the country. and it helps Netflix and Hulu as well since a lot of customers will use less data and will delay upgrading their CDN infrastructure chances are google doesn't want to participate contrary to luser belief, when you stream content it doesn't come from the other side of the country to make you feel cool and like an "advanced user"
saving bandwidth and saving them money from buying new CDN servers. they are probably at the point where a lot of their servers are running at capacity and it's cheaper to lower the bitrate than buy new servers, routers and pay for the installation and everything that goes along with it
my guess is that cartoons, especially older cartoons have large parts of the frame with the same color which can be compressed more easily. or they will simply stream cartoons at lower bitrates
the 50mb cable wire is identical to the 300mb one. who says comcast is setting the speed you pay for at the client? maybe they are doing it on their edge routers or devices which is why anything inside their network is faster?
how do you know it's the ISP and not the server you're downloading from?
if you use VPN and try a speedtest not only is the routing different from the speedtest back to your computer, but you're also going through the VPN provider which will slow the speed down.
most localities have noise ordinances. record some proof about the dog, call the city and they will come and take the dog away to kill it
so who is going to be dumb enough to buy tickets the day they go on sale? and being that music is a business, musicians want their tickets sold out as fast as possible to reduce the risks of putting on a concert
same as google or anyone else. when you don't want to spend the cash to develop your language or platform, open source it and let some other sucker do the work for you
CAF was originally created to fight the mafia and rich drug dealers who had the money to hire the best lawyers and to take their assets away so they wouldn't have anything to come back to after jail. it's like everything, after the problem goes away you find new ways to enforce laws
the problem is not that it is seen as a sign of poverty, it's that the trains don't go where people need them to go. most jobs are far from the stations so it doesn't make sense to take the train. instead of sitting in traffic you would have to drive to a park and ride, pay money for parking, take the train and then a bus or whatever to your job instead of simply driving all the way. this is around NYC as well. taking the train into manhattan isn't that big a deal, it's taking the train outside of NYC if you work there that is the problem. a lot of the job parks and malls are miles from the train. and if you don't brown bag lunch then all the lunch places are miles from the job parks so you have to drive to lunch as well if you want trains in the suburbs you have to build free parking lots as well and price the trains to compete with driving and work with employers to build office buildings close to the station.
while this is true, it's perfectly legal to issue a subpoena or some other court order to collect evidence of a crime or a plan of future criminal activity. that's what a NSL is. and you are not searching anyone's home or property under an NSL, you are searching the records of their public interactions with the rest of society. so unless you search the inside of their car or the data on their cell phone, you don't need a warrant now go back to elementary school and maybe post those stupid meme's of the founders' quotes that are taken out of context. first thing your precious founders did after the USA was established was pass the Sedition Act of 1798. go look it up. the courts have ruled for hundreds of years that the founders knew the constitution is not a suicide pact and the government has a right to collect evidence of crimes and other illegal activity including terrorism
most of the cameras are privately owned to watch over someone's property. the data is deleted within a few days unless it catches a crime and the cops ask for the feed. at least in the USA
except it stays with the property owner who isn't paying taxes on your rent income. renting in real apartment buildings via management companies means you have to pay by check which leaves a trail. but you can probably find some place to rent without a background check. just don't walk in the area at night.
NYC is full of illegal and semi-legal rentals where people who own a home rent out their basements to help make the payments. you can get buy with showing your ID and a simple credit/criminal check for legal reasons. the payments can be made in cash. illegal immigrants do it all the time. kids just want to live in hyped up neighborhoods full of snooty bars and restaurants and shop online because they are too lazy to walk to the local store for anything
in NYC you can find a basement to rent in a private home for cash and a lot of times a minimal background check. buy a burner cell phone or use only a home phone and pay cash for everything. but gift cards to shop online or walk to the local store. metro card machines take cash. live life like your parents did.
except it does it in China, and not in the USA big difference
i have a iphone 6S and Galaxy S6 I use daily. I use the iphone 6s a lot more because of the screen.
used to be they were only for governments and large corporations. now the military is buying the same tech as everyone else because it's better than their custom made stuff. same thing with commercial space. there will be a lot of investment which will drop the costs of launches and it will get ahead of NASA
it's $199 retail. when you buy a new computer the included windows license costs your OEM a lot less. more like $50 or less depending on volume and discounts