No, but sometimes operating at less than maximal efficiency in order to allow other sections of the economy to flourish as well is the better LONG TERM option.
Sadly, anything that isn't an increase in profits every single quarter means the world is ending.
Nice strawman, though. Just remember that there are nuances between "Operate at a loss" and "Earn ALL THE MONIES!"
The internet was different back then. There were a lot fewer images, widgets, features, no video streaming of VoIP...
The internet has changed because the technology has changed. I dare you to deliberately throttle your connection (or find someone like me with a really slow connection, in my case 448 kbps downstream) and experience the internet of TODAY through that lens.
So from your little list there, no. I CAN'T stream a show. If I go to Youtube, it auto-adjusts to 144p to avoid buffering. Loading my bank's website literally takes several minutes because of all of the bells and whistles that have been added in the expectation that everyone sits on 20mbps+ connections. It is only a matter of time before job hunting websites require direct video contact, and then what are you going to do sitting on a connection that belongs in the previous millenium?
But that just gives us a baseline for figuring out what reasonable internet speed IS.
Would you find it reasonable if you had to turn off your TV to have enough power to turn on your stove, or if you had to schedule when there was enough water to prepare coffee or brush your teeth, or if you more often than not got a busy signal on your landline because someone else in your apartment complex was talking on the phone?
Because we have allowed these things to become, essentially, universal passwords.
You will most likely tell your friends to never use the same password for multiple sites, and then turn around and identify yourself EVERYWHERE with your driver's license or social security card. It's the same thing, just in the real world.
In my experience, a good half of your total data usage goes to stuff like advertisements, Facebook buttons, Twitter links and the like. The net is full of so much crud because no one cares about bandwidth anymore, it's just something magical that is infinite and always there.
When you start seeing people using 20 MB gifs as signatures on game forums, that's really a wake up call for how much bandwidth you're wasting.
Only if we get to play it in one of the triple-ring things that simulate weightlessness, like in Lawnmower Man. That's the only way to properly simulate the gut-twisting turns some portals create!
Consider the problems that then get involved with basic facts of life, like getting groceries, picking kids up from school, visiting friends and family... A bike works, sure, but it's slow. Those eight kilometers each way just to get to and from the bus stop can easily add a half hour transport each way.
For health reasons I am currently visiting a hospital that is approximately 120 km away every month or two. I've checked, I simply can't find a system of busses and/or trains that can get me there in the same day that I leave home. That is NOT useful public transport, at least from my personal perspective.
Not a single German citizen of working age lives rurally several kilometers away from the nearest bus stop or train station? Care to cite your sources on that?
Public transport? The nearest bus stop from me is EIGHT KILOMETERS away. If I don't have a car I'm not getting to go anywhere.
And yes, I'm in Germany. Please remember in all discussions about public transport that not everyone lives in the middle of a metropolis with everything they'll ever need within walking distance.
You know, if Microsoft was specifically selling MSPaint as an image editor, then you would have a point. But it is a basic tool to perform basic tasks from the people who made the operating system. If you want advanced features, then you go and buy something like Photoshop from the guys who make a living making an image editor.
I would much rather die healthy, sane and in the middle of doing something I love at age 90 than I want to be a drooling vegetable that needs help to do even the most basic chores like wipe myself after a visit to the toilet but living to the age of 130.
The constant yelling and screaming over limited wireless bandwidth is the biggest concern with this policy, IMHO. It is one thing to say "Get with the times" but another entirely to say "We are going to artificially limit you from options you used to have".
Problem: Easy anonymous access for legitimate users allows easy anonymous access for malicious users.
Solution: ?
The problem isn't necessarily technical so much as it is psychological. To quote one of the Batman movies, some people just want to watch the world burn.
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Personally I just saw the spaces as additional highlighting.
No, but sometimes operating at less than maximal efficiency in order to allow other sections of the economy to flourish as well is the better LONG TERM option.
Sadly, anything that isn't an increase in profits every single quarter means the world is ending.
Nice strawman, though. Just remember that there are nuances between "Operate at a loss" and "Earn ALL THE MONIES!"
Let's be honest, the cards aren't stolen. The owners of the cards still have them.
Copied, however ...
The internet was different back then. There were a lot fewer images, widgets, features, no video streaming of VoIP ...
The internet has changed because the technology has changed. I dare you to deliberately throttle your connection (or find someone like me with a really slow connection, in my case 448 kbps downstream) and experience the internet of TODAY through that lens.
So from your little list there, no. I CAN'T stream a show. If I go to Youtube, it auto-adjusts to 144p to avoid buffering. Loading my bank's website literally takes several minutes because of all of the bells and whistles that have been added in the expectation that everyone sits on 20mbps+ connections. It is only a matter of time before job hunting websites require direct video contact, and then what are you going to do sitting on a connection that belongs in the previous millenium?
But that just gives us a baseline for figuring out what reasonable internet speed IS.
Would you find it reasonable if you had to turn off your TV to have enough power to turn on your stove, or if you had to schedule when there was enough water to prepare coffee or brush your teeth, or if you more often than not got a busy signal on your landline because someone else in your apartment complex was talking on the phone?
Because we have allowed these things to become, essentially, universal passwords.
You will most likely tell your friends to never use the same password for multiple sites, and then turn around and identify yourself EVERYWHERE with your driver's license or social security card. It's the same thing, just in the real world.
They should only compare the best medical diagnosis AI to the best human doctors, then.
The authorization on payment by nodding was given by you by signing up for the feature. What's the difference?
Do you pay by handing over cash, or do you authorize payment by handing over cash?
In my experience, a good half of your total data usage goes to stuff like advertisements, Facebook buttons, Twitter links and the like. The net is full of so much crud because no one cares about bandwidth anymore, it's just something magical that is infinite and always there.
When you start seeing people using 20 MB gifs as signatures on game forums, that's really a wake up call for how much bandwidth you're wasting.
Only if we get to play it in one of the triple-ring things that simulate weightlessness, like in Lawnmower Man. That's the only way to properly simulate the gut-twisting turns some portals create!
Consider the problems that then get involved with basic facts of life, like getting groceries, picking kids up from school, visiting friends and family ... A bike works, sure, but it's slow. Those eight kilometers each way just to get to and from the bus stop can easily add a half hour transport each way.
For health reasons I am currently visiting a hospital that is approximately 120 km away every month or two. I've checked, I simply can't find a system of busses and/or trains that can get me there in the same day that I leave home. That is NOT useful public transport, at least from my personal perspective.
Nordfriesland, not far from the Danish border.
Not a single German citizen of working age lives rurally several kilometers away from the nearest bus stop or train station? Care to cite your sources on that?
Public transport? The nearest bus stop from me is EIGHT KILOMETERS away. If I don't have a car I'm not getting to go anywhere.
And yes, I'm in Germany. Please remember in all discussions about public transport that not everyone lives in the middle of a metropolis with everything they'll ever need within walking distance.
And the PROBLEM is that the employer is trying to fill their diversity quota, and they're really low on women under 40 at the moment.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I am morbidly curious how they test whether the disks with the launch codes are still in usable condition ...
Maybe, just maybe, taking bigger risks than the other guys and still getting away with it is seen as an attractive trait when females look for a mate.
There you go, natural selection for risk-taking in the teenage years.
You know, if Microsoft was specifically selling MSPaint as an image editor, then you would have a point. But it is a basic tool to perform basic tasks from the people who made the operating system. If you want advanced features, then you go and buy something like Photoshop from the guys who make a living making an image editor.
They're sharing Office Space?!
Call the MPAA and we'll have them stopped for good!
Of course they matter! Now more than ever!
Perform review manipulation on your COMPETITOR and get them removed from the marketplace!
Pretty soon those nuns will be nones.
I would much rather die healthy, sane and in the middle of doing something I love at age 90 than I want to be a drooling vegetable that needs help to do even the most basic chores like wipe myself after a visit to the toilet but living to the age of 130.
The constant yelling and screaming over limited wireless bandwidth is the biggest concern with this policy, IMHO. It is one thing to say "Get with the times" but another entirely to say "We are going to artificially limit you from options you used to have".
Problem: Easy anonymous access for legitimate users allows easy anonymous access for malicious users.
Solution: ?
The problem isn't necessarily technical so much as it is psychological. To quote one of the Batman movies, some people just want to watch the world burn.