Dude, you got Claire Danes with crazy NHO's in the rain. What more could you ask of a movie like Spiderman? All you get in AOTC is Natalie Portman's bare midriff. Which one has more spank potential?
You're missing the point. I *know* the speed is aggregate somewhere in the headend. The point is that people on cable are bitching about the speed of their connections and it's because the bandwidth distribution isn't controlled or segmented. Actually from what I know about Cox's network, they have X amount of bandwidth per node and most nodes support about 1k users. So all it takes is one or two dorks in your neighborhood on your node to suck up most of the bandwidth because these nodes are rarely maxed out. I think they aim for ~60% capacity at any given time and are supposed to split the node if it gets higher. This is to prevent the very problem they're faced with now.
The dilemma they're faced with, as I understand it, isn't the total bandwidth usage per month. They're having trouble with individuals on each node flooding the node with traffic through (what some might call) excessive leeching. It could be that they didn't expect people to actually take advantage of the bandwidth they have on tap..but that's just bad planning. We all know big corps never make planning mistakes don't we?;P
Get dsl and quit whining. When you get dsl you get your chunk of bandwidth and no more, which is actually a better plan if you see it from the ISP's side. You can still leech all you want but you're not killing other user's bandwidth. You can get cut-rate, crap bandwidth connection packages or full-blown speed (price commensurate of course). The concept of above-t1 speeds for $50 a month or less is a fallacy and no companies could afford it unless everyone had their service. They're just now starting to feel the pain of professional leeches and this is the first volley in what is sure to become a total war on bandwidth hogs.
In the end it's lack of planning and prediction on the ISP's part that's causing this. Blame your local leecher second and your ISP first. If the leecher couldn't pull down mad bandwidth all the time, he wouldn't leech all the time. I say implement a 200K cap on everyone's downstream at the headend.
The funny thing about all this is to think that with all this computerization, video, etc., there's still not enough bandwidth for decent video over the net. People are *still* listening to 'radio' after all this time. Internet radio is a precious resource and I doubt better video will change that. It'll be nice if/when XM satellite radio receivers start shipping on pcmcia cards.
If things keep going the way they are now, you'll only get crap like Dark Angel and Everybody Loves Raymond in higher definition. Who gives a shit? Get good programming first that drives the demand for HDTV.
While the radio to tv transition was probably much more dramatic, it was also a paradigm shift. You went from only hearing to hearing and seeing. Kinda like the difference between reading the book and watching the movie (and you know which is better right?). The change between TV and HDTV will be so miniscule to the average joe it'll just perpetuate the public and broadcaster's attitude of 'why do we need this?'. Admittedly, watching dvd's on a widescreen hdtv is sweet, and has tons of decent content available, but broadcast tv always has and always will suck ass. It's up to cable or directv to rescue us.
There's no shame in that. It gives you a leg-up when you start begging for help on irc with your new linux box. You already know exactly what's inside, what your computer consists of. And you're not scared to crack open the case if someone asks you to.
Actually it doesn't outdo the Playstation at every turn.
It has nowhere near the game library the ps2 has. Remember the ps2 can play ps1 games easily. It doesn't have as many exclusive, must-buy titles as the ps2 has. The world market share from the Xbox's perspective is puny compared to the ps2. The ps2 has more and better developer support. The ps2 has all the top games (grand theft auto 3, gran turismo 3 just to name two). The ps2 doesn't require a costly addon to allow you to play dvds; it can do this right out of the box.
I know you're probably a proud Xbox owner that revels in ignoring facts, but do some research before you post something like this.
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Shit, you guys went about it the AOL way. I chatted with an Earthlink guy online via their secure chat and it took 5 minutes for me. It was the night before the trial period ended. Couldn't have been more painless or easier.
As long as they're handing out cyanide tablets at the premiere, I'm there. No way I'm gonna live through another Showgirls with that Saved by the Bell chick jerking about spasmodically.
While this smells an awful lot like an offtopic troll, I'll bite.
"One more description of how to 'rape a bitch' 'fuck a hoe' or otherwise insert a penis into a females body and I am going to shove the next boombox I see up some whiteboy wannabe gangbangers ass"
Why not shove it up a wannabe blackboy gangbanger's ass? Or a chinese guy's ass? Why does it have to be a white person? I follow your argument but wonder why you have to discriminate when it comes to bad rap (yes there IS good rap but you may never hear it). Bad rap is played by black folks as much as white. Same set of stereotypes used in the music (that of the artist being a pimp on top of the world or whatever) and of women being nothing more than sex objects. But it sells, there's no denying that. I attribute that to the LCD theory, if you cater to the lowest common denominator (wannabe gangstas of any color) you'll hit your mark and make money.
It's one thing to hate bad rap and the morons who blast it, but no reason to get all racist.
No, the cat isn't counted as an observer because it can't report to the scientists. The box is sealed and you can assume it's soundproofed for the sake of completeness. This way the cat is both alive and dead, meowing and quiet, the hammer is cocked/uncocked etc. etc.
I wonder what the FCC will have to say about this. Infringing on another allocated frequency range is a big no-no, especially if these things get popular.
Schroedinger's cat test is a little more sadistic than that.
You have a box you can't see into. Inside the box you place a vial of deadly poison that will produce instant death if it's broken. Close to the vial you position a hammer that's cocked. It can go off and break the vial at any time.
After you stick the cat in the box, you close it up. What follows is an incredibly simplified base for Quantum physics.
At any time, the hammer is both cocked and uncocked, the vial both broken and unbroken, the cat both alive and dead. None of the objects are in a definite state until you take a measurement, in which case you determine all three.
The nature of light is similar. It is both a particle and a wave, depending on how you measure it. In most experiments, researchers focus upon either light's particle aspects (by counting photons, for instance) or wave aspects (by measuring an interference between electromagnetic fields, to cite a simple example). Hence the dual nature of light and the relation to Schroedinger's cat experiment.
A good page with further explanation is cached at google here http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:fbyF8_1R6_4C: users.ox.ac.uk/~jsw/Schroedinger.html+schroedinger %27s+cat&hl=en
Funny how linux doesn't have a single decent gui newsreader that'll combine binaries from newsgroups like Newsbin on Windows. Probably because we don't need one for warez right?
A million sites, 999,999 of which were links to other links with porn popups and redirects to another link page with 'vote for top 50 to continue' that takes you to another porn site. Yeah, great research fellas. Anyone can type 'warez' in a search engine and come up with crap, but it takes an honest effort and lots of digging to come up with sites that actually have anything.
Take a look at most desktop-targeted linux distributions to see how Microsoft could modularize their OS. Choose KDE with Konqueror, or install Gnome with Nautilus, or use Galeon under IceWM, or whatever. There are heaps of choices on both platforms and I hope it stays that way.
Not in Texas. Any crime involving guns gets the maximum penalty allowed by law, no questions asked. They don't tolerate bullshit here very well. -1 Offtopic +1 Informative...:)
Idiocy didn't create winmodems, bean-counters at major companies did.
Marketing guy to Engineer: "So let me get this straight. If you guys make a huge, processor intensive driver that takes over the function of the dsp chip on current modems, then we can cut our costs by 4/5ths?"
Engineer: "Yes, but it'll suck and the drivers will only work on windows because that's all our programmers know."
Marketing guy: "Doesn't matter. Everyone uses windows anyway.We can market it as a win-modem for a lower cost!"
Marketing guy to bean counter: "We can make new modems for 4/5th the price of current modems with these new drivers! We can either slash prices on the new stuff or increase our profit margin to ridiculous new heights!"
Bean counter: "Excellent! Tell the CEO right away!"
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Dude, you got Claire Danes with crazy NHO's in the rain. What more could you ask of a movie like Spiderman? All you get in AOTC is Natalie Portman's bare midriff. Which one has more spank potential?
You're missing the point. I *know* the speed is aggregate somewhere in the headend. The point is that people on cable are bitching about the speed of their connections and it's because the bandwidth distribution isn't controlled or segmented. Actually from what I know about Cox's network, they have X amount of bandwidth per node and most nodes support about 1k users. So all it takes is one or two dorks in your neighborhood on your node to suck up most of the bandwidth because these nodes are rarely maxed out. I think they aim for ~60% capacity at any given time and are supposed to split the node if it gets higher. This is to prevent the very problem they're faced with now.
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The dilemma they're faced with, as I understand it, isn't the total bandwidth usage per month. They're having trouble with individuals on each node flooding the node with traffic through (what some might call) excessive leeching. It could be that they didn't expect people to actually take advantage of the bandwidth they have on tap..but that's just bad planning. We all know big corps never make planning mistakes don't we?
Get dsl and quit whining. When you get dsl you get your chunk of bandwidth and no more, which is actually a better plan if you see it from the ISP's side. You can still leech all you want but you're not killing other user's bandwidth. You can get cut-rate, crap bandwidth connection packages or full-blown speed (price commensurate of course). The concept of above-t1 speeds for $50 a month or less is a fallacy and no companies could afford it unless everyone had their service. They're just now starting to feel the pain of professional leeches and this is the first volley in what is sure to become a total war on bandwidth hogs.
In the end it's lack of planning and prediction on the ISP's part that's causing this. Blame your local leecher second and your ISP first. If the leecher couldn't pull down mad bandwidth all the time, he wouldn't leech all the time. I say implement a 200K cap on everyone's downstream at the headend.
Actually they're going to pack in RC Pro-Am with the Dragon Eye so it'll be entertaining enough for the jarheads.
This is offtopic but relevant.
The funny thing about all this is to think that with all this computerization, video, etc., there's still not enough bandwidth for decent video over the net. People are *still* listening to 'radio' after all this time. Internet radio is a precious resource and I doubt better video will change that. It'll be nice if/when XM satellite radio receivers start shipping on pcmcia cards.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
If things keep going the way they are now, you'll only get crap like Dark Angel and Everybody Loves Raymond in higher definition. Who gives a shit? Get good programming first that drives the demand for HDTV.
While the radio to tv transition was probably much more dramatic, it was also a paradigm shift. You went from only hearing to hearing and seeing. Kinda like the difference between reading the book and watching the movie (and you know which is better right?). The change between TV and HDTV will be so miniscule to the average joe it'll just perpetuate the public and broadcaster's attitude of 'why do we need this?'. Admittedly, watching dvd's on a widescreen hdtv is sweet, and has tons of decent content available, but broadcast tv always has and always will suck ass. It's up to cable or directv to rescue us.
Use your boss's account, fuck everything up, blame it on him since they can't tell who was using it at the time, get him fired and get promoted.
"Do they "force" themselves on YOUR desktop?"
Well when Gateway, Dell, and nearly everyone else preinstalls windows, the answer is a clear YES.
There's no shame in that. It gives you a leg-up when you start begging for help on irc with your new linux box. You already know exactly what's inside, what your computer consists of. And you're not scared to crack open the case if someone asks you to.
Actually it doesn't outdo the Playstation at every turn.
It has nowhere near the game library the ps2 has. Remember the ps2 can play ps1 games easily. It doesn't have as many exclusive, must-buy titles as the ps2 has. The world market share from the Xbox's perspective is puny compared to the ps2. The ps2 has more and better developer support. The ps2 has all the top games (grand theft auto 3, gran turismo 3 just to name two). The ps2 doesn't require a costly addon to allow you to play dvds; it can do this right out of the box.
I know you're probably a proud Xbox owner that revels in ignoring facts, but do some research before you post something like this.
Shit, you guys went about it the AOL way. I chatted with an Earthlink guy online via their secure chat and it took 5 minutes for me. It was the night before the trial period ended. Couldn't have been more painless or easier.
"How about making the guy sound like some fanatical old cook talking about hackers. "
Hmm, a fanatical old cook eh? I think I know the one you're talking about, he's called the Swedish Chef.
As long as they're handing out cyanide tablets at the premiere, I'm there. No way I'm gonna live through another Showgirls with that Saved by the Bell chick jerking about spasmodically.
While this smells an awful lot like an offtopic troll, I'll bite.
"One more description of how to 'rape a bitch' 'fuck a hoe' or otherwise insert a penis into a females body and I am going to shove the next boombox I see up some whiteboy wannabe gangbangers ass"
Why not shove it up a wannabe blackboy gangbanger's ass? Or a chinese guy's ass? Why does it have to be a white person? I follow your argument but wonder why you have to discriminate when it comes to bad rap (yes there IS good rap but you may never hear it). Bad rap is played by black folks as much as white. Same set of stereotypes used in the music (that of the artist being a pimp on top of the world or whatever) and of women being nothing more than sex objects. But it sells, there's no denying that. I attribute that to the LCD theory, if you cater to the lowest common denominator (wannabe gangstas of any color) you'll hit your mark and make money.
It's one thing to hate bad rap and the morons who blast it, but no reason to get all racist.
"Short green dudes with hair growing out their ears never get the hot chicks."
Depends on which flash animation you've seen. Yoda gets some real lip service from Cindy after using the force in one from Bentframe.
Why go to the trouble and expense of using acrobatic midgets? Throw a pizza in the back and whistle at some fat girls. Problem solved.
No, the cat isn't counted as an observer because it can't report to the scientists. The box is sealed and you can assume it's soundproofed for the sake of completeness. This way the cat is both alive and dead, meowing and quiet, the hammer is cocked/uncocked etc. etc.
I wonder what the FCC will have to say about this. Infringing on another allocated frequency range is a big no-no, especially if these things get popular.
Here's your requested correction.
: users.ox.ac.uk/~jsw/Schroedinger.html+schroedinger %27s+cat&hl=en
Schroedinger's cat test is a little more sadistic than that.
You have a box you can't see into. Inside the box you place a vial of deadly poison that will produce instant death if it's broken. Close to the vial you position a hammer that's cocked. It can go off and break the vial at any time.
After you stick the cat in the box, you close it up. What follows is an incredibly simplified base for Quantum physics.
At any time, the hammer is both cocked and uncocked, the vial both broken and unbroken, the cat both alive and dead. None of the objects are in a definite state until you take a measurement, in which case you determine all three.
The nature of light is similar. It is both a particle and a wave, depending on how you measure it. In most experiments, researchers focus upon either light's particle aspects (by counting photons, for instance) or wave aspects (by measuring an interference between electromagnetic fields, to cite a simple example). Hence the dual nature of light and the relation to Schroedinger's cat experiment.
A good page with further explanation is cached at google here http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:fbyF8_1R6_4C
That's ok. There are plenty of films like Good Will Hunting, Miss Congeniality, etc. for people like you.
*cough* newsgroups *cough*
Funny how linux doesn't have a single decent gui newsreader that'll combine binaries from newsgroups like Newsbin on Windows. Probably because we don't need one for warez right?
A million sites, 999,999 of which were links to other links with porn popups and redirects to another link page with 'vote for top 50 to continue' that takes you to another porn site. Yeah, great research fellas. Anyone can type 'warez' in a search engine and come up with crap, but it takes an honest effort and lots of digging to come up with sites that actually have anything.
Take a look at most desktop-targeted linux distributions to see how Microsoft could modularize their OS. Choose KDE with Konqueror, or install Gnome with Nautilus, or use Galeon under IceWM, or whatever. There are heaps of choices on both platforms and I hope it stays that way.
Not in Texas. Any crime involving guns gets the maximum penalty allowed by law, no questions asked. They don't tolerate bullshit here very well. -1 Offtopic +1 Informative...:)
Idiocy didn't create winmodems, bean-counters at major companies did.
Marketing guy to Engineer: "So let me get this straight. If you guys make a huge, processor intensive driver that takes over the function of the dsp chip on current modems, then we can cut our costs by 4/5ths?"
Engineer: "Yes, but it'll suck and the drivers will only work on windows because that's all our programmers know."
Marketing guy: "Doesn't matter. Everyone uses windows anyway.We can market it as a win-modem for a lower cost!"
Marketing guy to bean counter: "We can make new modems for 4/5th the price of current modems with these new drivers! We can either slash prices on the new stuff or increase our profit margin to ridiculous new heights!"
Bean counter: "Excellent! Tell the CEO right away!"
And thus it began...