PIPEX was one of the first ISPs to throttle BitTorrent traffic. I only know this because a small group of friends and I used a share a forum regarding this sort of stuff and a PIPEX user was the first to report. Only encryption helped - thanks to Azureus and their Wiki.
Some ISPs in the UK quote their speeds in seconds per song. Mine says "2 seconds to download a music track". Funny how one track for me lasts 70 minutes, but I digress.
I think they should quote their download limits in the same way. I know that my limit is 3gb per day (evening) before I get throttled, therefore the ISP should say "You can download 600 songs per day!" or even better "You can download eight TV programmes!" or "...four films..."
But they wouldn't do that now, would they?
I'm on the Extra Large Super-duper ISP package. If others knew about "600 songs per day!" they'd drop to the lowest package in an instant. They'd manage on a "100 songs a day!" limit, I think.
30 SSL connections to Astraweb, 18.5mbit down, g'wan, treat yourself for Christmas.
One of the guys on the gadget show is a real 1st class geek who collects all manner of things including his favourite mini-robots. He has mentioned open and closed formats in the past. He is not frightened to say "your music will only work on one machine".
Great show. I think the main problem with it is that they need to make it a 'fun' show and fit it all into the 1 hour slot.
I suspect one of the british release groups has capped the new series - worth a look.
"it's like comparing IMAX to watching a movie on a iPhone" - There's someone else in this thread who did just that. Funniest thing I've read today.
We have a monster system here. 2m display in the middle, 2 half size displays either side, digital whiteboard that can be broadcast, overhead projector that can do the same, cameras that can auto-focus on the speaker, multiple network connection points for laptops (all broadcastable), satellite TV with sports channels! (why?), and this funky remote control for, um, controlling the lot.
That's the main room... we have another 3 rooms with smaller displays that can all be interconnected plus a press room where audio and video can be limited.
Aren't you the lucky one. Born with a siver spoon up your arse too, I would think.
I smoke and all those people in hospital at the moment are getting free health care because of the huge amount of tax I pay on each packet. Good luck to them. I hope they all get better soon.
OhI live in the UK where we try and look after our own.
You and the GP AC are correct. Try running FlashBlock on a very slow PC and you'll see the first frame of the Flash application display... but this was witnessed by me over 6 months ago, I have not been back on my old, slow PC in a while.
I was writing Javascript on the server and client 7 years ago. I stopped on the server because there was so little support on the net. It was really good fun until there was a problem I couldn't get my head round.
The server was IIS. The language was ASP. I swapped JS for VBS. I'll get my coat. Anyone want a lower than average Slashdot ID?
I used to be a naughty boy in my youth and early twenties. I sometimes discuss my criminal exploits during those late night wine drinking sessions, often with family, sometimes with an ex-copper who always offers some great insight.
"You never get caught the first time"
If people got caught the first time, we'd live in an almost crime free world. The risk of getting caught would be 100% and only crimes of desperation would be undertaken.
So, not wanting to get too deep, and just wanted to answer your question, a risk of getting caught would have been a decent deterrent.
Sorry to pick on your post but I giggle at these 'great' MPG figures.
For me: Driving like a cunt in an urban environment, 42mpg. Urban driving sensibly, as described above, 50mpg. Driving at 60-70mph, 70mpg.
Controlling the traffic behind you is a good skill to learn. Keeping the revs at 1,000 in 1st or 2nd gear is not easy. Ignore the other road users who push-in - let them get home 60 seconds before you.
Pump your tyres up once a week too for an extra couple of mpg.
Honda Jazz Sport, btw. Yeah, yeah, Honda do a sports version. It has a rear spoiler...
A razor is a bit extreme in my opinion. Each to their own though.
I have a nice set of clippers. The whole head, beard included, gets done daily at about 1-2mm. Only takes a few minutes.
No one, including me, gives a flying monkeys about baldness. I care more about the speed in which it grows more than anything else. I can't believe baldness is a big issues for people at all. I think they probably have other 'issues' and baldness is an easy target.
When I worked for BMW Rover (UK) we made six cars to crash test. I used to make B-Grade models that the panel beaters used to make the panels. Fun times of old.
Smoking. I got to know my current boss while having a fag outside. The bastard's given up now though.
He has no problem with me going for a fag a couple of times in the morning and afternoon. You have to get away from this keyboard for health reason.:p. I don't believe all this rubbish about smokers doing less work. It takes 10 minutes maximum to leave my desk and return. Everyone needs to get away for 10 minutes. Moaning non-smokers could do themselves a big favour by taking a small break. Turning to the person next door and disturbing them with chit-chat is not a break.
I often wondered how people knew I smoked, even if I'd not had a fag for a few hours. Fag packet in the top pocket was the giveaway.
I don't understand what you mean by non-Vista product but I use DVD Flick for doing all my transcoding from my old animation avi files to DVD *wink* http://dvdflick.sourceforge.net/ It works on Vista... and Windows... and open source, whatever that is?
Comes with imgburn (donate-ware, multi OS) that does the burning side of things.
Keeps me awake too. Mine, aged 8, already knows about Bebo, Facebook and the like, and she also knows they are not the sort of sites for her eyes.
Email. She has gmail account. All her email is forwarded to me and she knows this. I also know her password and she knows I know. When she's old enough to read the FAQ, can change the forwarding rules in the options and change her password, she'll be old enough to handle the rest.
It's damn boring to read, to be honest. If I see another build-a-bear workshop email...:)
I wanted to get me a big gun after I saw one of them YouTube vids. It was mental. My man, younger than me, was givin' it some. Blat-blat-blat. 'av it you cunts! 'is bedroom was stocked. 'nuff ammo, I'm tellin' ya. No fucker would mess wiv ya wiv gear like tha'.
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PIPEX was one of the first ISPs to throttle BitTorrent traffic. I only know this because a small group of friends and I used a share a forum regarding this sort of stuff and a PIPEX user was the first to report. Only encryption helped - thanks to Azureus and their Wiki.
Some ISPs in the UK quote their speeds in seconds per song. Mine says "2 seconds to download a music track". Funny how one track for me lasts 70 minutes, but I digress.
I think they should quote their download limits in the same way. I know that my limit is 3gb per day (evening) before I get throttled, therefore the ISP should say "You can download 600 songs per day!" or even better "You can download eight TV programmes!" or "...four films..."
But they wouldn't do that now, would they?
I'm on the Extra Large Super-duper ISP package. If others knew about "600 songs per day!" they'd drop to the lowest package in an instant. They'd manage on a "100 songs a day!" limit, I think.
30 SSL connections to Astraweb, 18.5mbit down, g'wan, treat yourself for Christmas.
One of the guys on the gadget show is a real 1st class geek who collects all manner of things including his favourite mini-robots. He has mentioned open and closed formats in the past. He is not frightened to say "your music will only work on one machine".
Great show. I think the main problem with it is that they need to make it a 'fun' show and fit it all into the 1 hour slot.
I suspect one of the british release groups has capped the new series - worth a look.
And that crapware would be iTunes.
My bootime on Vista halves when I remove iTunes from msconfig>start up. Why oh why does iTunes take a few minutes to load?
One week later iTune has decided, all by itself, that it needs to start up at boot.
I would really like to punch the programmer who thought this was a good idea.
"it's like comparing IMAX to watching a movie on a iPhone" - There's someone else in this thread who did just that. Funniest thing I've read today.
We have a monster system here. 2m display in the middle, 2 half size displays either side, digital whiteboard that can be broadcast, overhead projector that can do the same, cameras that can auto-focus on the speaker, multiple network connection points for laptops (all broadcastable), satellite TV with sports channels! (why?), and this funky remote control for, um, controlling the lot.
That's the main room... we have another 3 rooms with smaller displays that can all be interconnected plus a press room where audio and video can be limited.
It's a geek's dream.
Aren't you the lucky one. Born with a siver spoon up your arse too, I would think.
I smoke and all those people in hospital at the moment are getting free health care because of the huge amount of tax I pay on each packet. Good luck to them. I hope they all get better soon.
OhI live in the UK where we try and look after our own.
I hate you and your attitude.
I have not and will not read TFA.
I own a wormery and, funnily enough, after giving the worms a good feed, they breed. Dig them up out the ground? How medieval is that?
You and the GP AC are correct. Try running FlashBlock on a very slow PC and you'll see the first frame of the Flash application display... but this was witnessed by me over 6 months ago, I have not been back on my old, slow PC in a while.
I was writing Javascript on the server and client 7 years ago. I stopped on the server because there was so little support on the net. It was really good fun until there was a problem I couldn't get my head round.
The server was IIS. The language was ASP. I swapped JS for VBS. I'll get my coat. Anyone want a lower than average Slashdot ID?
I used to be a naughty boy in my youth and early twenties. I sometimes discuss my criminal exploits during those late night wine drinking sessions, often with family, sometimes with an ex-copper who always offers some great insight.
"You never get caught the first time"
If people got caught the first time, we'd live in an almost crime free world. The risk of getting caught would be 100% and only crimes of desperation would be undertaken.
So, not wanting to get too deep, and just wanted to answer your question, a risk of getting caught would have been a decent deterrent.
Inda (never caught)
Sorry to pick on your post but I giggle at these 'great' MPG figures.
For me:
Driving like a cunt in an urban environment, 42mpg.
Urban driving sensibly, as described above, 50mpg.
Driving at 60-70mph, 70mpg.
Controlling the traffic behind you is a good skill to learn. Keeping the revs at 1,000 in 1st or 2nd gear is not easy. Ignore the other road users who push-in - let them get home 60 seconds before you.
Pump your tyres up once a week too for an extra couple of mpg.
Honda Jazz Sport, btw. Yeah, yeah, Honda do a sports version. It has a rear spoiler...
Hello fellow 'cursed' person.
A razor is a bit extreme in my opinion. Each to their own though.
I have a nice set of clippers. The whole head, beard included, gets done daily at about 1-2mm. Only takes a few minutes.
No one, including me, gives a flying monkeys about baldness. I care more about the speed in which it grows more than anything else. I can't believe baldness is a big issues for people at all. I think they probably have other 'issues' and baldness is an easy target.
You're lucky. Mine wants a PS3 but can't tell me why she'd like it over the massively cheaper 360.
Playground currency - that's my theory.
All mobile phones that have good quality audio also have an "airplane mode" or offline mode. I use my phone to listen to music on planes.
very good :)
I take it you've never driven the Focus RS? 0-60 in just over 6 seconds. Very, very nice to drive.
When I worked for BMW Rover (UK) we made six cars to crash test. I used to make B-Grade models that the panel beaters used to make the panels. Fun times of old.
Read the comments. Check the spellings and typos. Not one of them is good enough to answer the phone in McDonalds.
Smoking. I got to know my current boss while having a fag outside. The bastard's given up now though.
:p. I don't believe all this rubbish about smokers doing less work. It takes 10 minutes maximum to leave my desk and return. Everyone needs to get away for 10 minutes. Moaning non-smokers could do themselves a big favour by taking a small break. Turning to the person next door and disturbing them with chit-chat is not a break.
He has no problem with me going for a fag a couple of times in the morning and afternoon. You have to get away from this keyboard for health reason.
I often wondered how people knew I smoked, even if I'd not had a fag for a few hours. Fag packet in the top pocket was the giveaway.
I have not had a day off sick in 6 years.
I don't understand what you mean by non-Vista product but I use DVD Flick for doing all my transcoding from my old animation avi files to DVD *wink* http://dvdflick.sourceforge.net/ It works on Vista... and Windows... and open source, whatever that is?
Comes with imgburn (donate-ware, multi OS) that does the burning side of things.
Keeps me awake too. Mine, aged 8, already knows about Bebo, Facebook and the like, and she also knows they are not the sort of sites for her eyes.
:)
Email. She has gmail account. All her email is forwarded to me and she knows this. I also know her password and she knows I know. When she's old enough to read the FAQ, can change the forwarding rules in the options and change her password, she'll be old enough to handle the rest.
It's damn boring to read, to be honest. If I see another build-a-bear workshop email...
You shouldn't. I shouldn't. No one should.
...but many, many people do.
Add another $20 (in English money) and I can get you a DVD recorder...
I wanted to get me a big gun after I saw one of them YouTube vids. It was mental. My man, younger than me, was givin' it some. Blat-blat-blat. 'av it you cunts! 'is bedroom was stocked. 'nuff ammo, I'm tellin' ya. No fucker would mess wiv ya wiv gear like tha'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pNu1yfviTM&NR=1
No, I am Jonathan Zdziarski.