You have things that need low latency. VoIP, online gaming, and http (especially for audio/video), maybe ssh traffic, etc., and then you have things where it's okay to lag a bit, especially things like email, usenet, etc.
I can go a few seconds or even minutes longer between reloading the newsgroups I'm reading (I forget what the protocol word is, XLIST?) if it means I'm not going to catch a sticky grenade to the face in Call of Duty: World at War. I don't mind if my email shows up a couple minutes late if it means my VoIP calls are intelligible -- and I've been on my cell to a VoIP user where I got maybe 2/3rds of every sentence because they were downloading something.
Honestly, this doesn't bother me. I'd be happier if it were me doing the shaping, but I get where they're coming from.
Dunno if this is what you were getting at, but back in the day, there was no income tax; the federal government was expected to make its "living" off interstate commerce.
Or so I'm told -- please enlighten me if I've been misinformed.
The gaping hole in your argument, of course, is that programmers know that they know dick about business. The businessmen don't know that they know dick about business, and so...
Not even trying to troll. It really is. It took a few months of living without it for me to realize it.
Yeah, I'll still watch the Simpsons, Futurama, and Family Guy -- go figure, the guy saying TV is stupid is watching questionable shows -- but, jesus, I've had "Dude, Where's My Car?" on as background noise since it started. I'm watching the gag reel at the end right now, and it's the first time I've actually paid attention to it. No shit, this is what's on TV. Check my local listings if you don't believe me. Continuum transfunctioner, hot chicks, etc. etc.
If my TV fell off the "entertainment center" tomorrow, I wouldn't feel too bad about it. I bet even Colbert would approve of the "kill your television" philosophy, or at least the "ignore it when it dies" one. (See what I did there? How I tied it in to make it relevant? Yeah. Half a gallon of whiskey makes you pretty fucking insightful.)
Mod me troll if you don't believe the first sentence. I probably would. Of course... I'd agree with myself.:-)
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You have things that need low latency. VoIP, online gaming, and http (especially for audio/video), maybe ssh traffic, etc., and then you have things where it's okay to lag a bit, especially things like email, usenet, etc.
I can go a few seconds or even minutes longer between reloading the newsgroups I'm reading (I forget what the protocol word is, XLIST?) if it means I'm not going to catch a sticky grenade to the face in Call of Duty: World at War. I don't mind if my email shows up a couple minutes late if it means my VoIP calls are intelligible -- and I've been on my cell to a VoIP user where I got maybe 2/3rds of every sentence because they were downloading something.
Honestly, this doesn't bother me. I'd be happier if it were me doing the shaping, but I get where they're coming from.
(Yes, I have a cable ISP, for some reason.)
Double woosh?
Google it again. This thread is the single result.
NYRGHRHGHGHHGHGHHHH
OJ.
Man. Am I in the wrong line of work.
That's not funny. My best friend's girlfriend's second cousin's roommate's cat died that way.
What's a "VCR"? ;)
Until 3 hours later when THAT password is now cracked.
Hours?
No. This could work to our advantage.
Insert curses into the Windows source code.
Dunno if this is what you were getting at, but back in the day, there was no income tax; the federal government was expected to make its "living" off interstate commerce.
Or so I'm told -- please enlighten me if I've been misinformed.
Fuck shit cockballs scumrot weaselbag.
(I was out of seashells.)
I may be abnormal, but I have degrees
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The gaping hole in your argument, of course, is that programmers know that they know dick about business. The businessmen don't know that they know dick about business, and so ...
That's what I love about Slashdot--everyone here is smarter than me!
Too easy.
Wanna know what really scares me?
4chan memes showing up on Slashdot.
That's it, ladies and gents, pack your bags, there's the fuckin' seventh sign right there. (To paraphrase Carlin, very badly.)
OH MY GOD, THERE'S A GIRL ON SLASHDOT?!#%)(*
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Zune is now a meme.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Internet_Fuckwad_Theory
It's a bad idea though. You'll get roasted on taxes.
Yes and no -- save your receipts.
What we've got here is failure to administrate.
Not even trying to troll. It really is. It took a few months of living without it for me to realize it.
:-)
Yeah, I'll still watch the Simpsons, Futurama, and Family Guy -- go figure, the guy saying TV is stupid is watching questionable shows -- but, jesus, I've had "Dude, Where's My Car?" on as background noise since it started. I'm watching the gag reel at the end right now, and it's the first time I've actually paid attention to it. No shit, this is what's on TV. Check my local listings if you don't believe me. Continuum transfunctioner, hot chicks, etc. etc.
If my TV fell off the "entertainment center" tomorrow, I wouldn't feel too bad about it. I bet even Colbert would approve of the "kill your television" philosophy, or at least the "ignore it when it dies" one. (See what I did there? How I tied it in to make it relevant? Yeah. Half a gallon of whiskey makes you pretty fucking insightful.)
Mod me troll if you don't believe the first sentence. I probably would. Of course... I'd agree with myself.
The cake is a lie.
The word is "revolt", and, yes, we can.
Gears of War 1 and 2. Ahh, many a sleepless night.