If the brain's ability to keep track of time is based on neural activity (I can't help but compare it a bit to ancient computer games that used the CPU clock to determine speed...), that could be linked to the way time seems to slow down if you find yourself in a suddenly dangerous situation, with the brain going into a momentary overdrive to find a solution before it's too late.
Consider the size of games being released these days. 20 GB+. I think Fallout 4 clocks in close to 30 GB off the top of my head.
2006, ten years ago, saw the release of Oblivion - same company, same genre, a pretty good comparison. That is a 5.6 GB download off of Steam according to https://au.answers.yahoo.com/q... .
Let's see. Rounding off we have approximately a 550% size increase in similar games over the past ten years. Not that far from your 625% goal, is it?
I can see one simple situation where that wouldn't be the case.
If the site had a verification process that was already in place, so new files wouldn't show up immediately but would be vetted by moderators, that could stay up, allowing file after file of evidence to be submitted - and the submitters would only start to get worried when the usual turnaround time was exceeded.
That covers who pays. Thank you for your answer. I now have a follow-up question: Now who compensates me for having been tainted with "access" to the copyrighted works that the roommate or store plays?
The same people who compensate you for seeing a piece of art you don't like, or who puts people in jail with opinions you disapprove of. Ie., no one compensates you.
The theater goers.
That covers who pays. Thank you for your answer. I now have a follow-up question: To whom shall royalties be paid for a performance of a play by Shakespeare?
I would have to look it up to be entirely sure, but I suspect Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain by now.
One million dollars, over the course of seven or eight years, spread over all the accounts she had access to? Sounds to me like no one's life was ruined, at least.
The thing is, at least to me, that there are two different aspects of a net connection that 'unlimited' can target.
One is speed. Obviously physics prevent such a thing as an unlimited speed, but it could be taken to mean that no matter how much you're trying to download, it will come through as fast as the server on the other end is pushing it.
The second is total data transfer. Download 100 GB in a month? Fine, do so with nothing extra appearing on your bill or your speed dropping from overuse. 200 GB? 15 TB? Go right ahead, it's unlimited!
It seems to me that they are going kinda for the second - download as much video content as you will, BUT it will be at this speed. Not really unlimited, but marketing is about buzzwords, not page-long descriptions about what it is they're selling. That's for you to look at before you put your signature on the paper.
I really wish that reports of, "Undeveloped country X has a monthly wage of just ten dollars!" would also include the cost of basic necessities in that same country. What does a loaf of bread cost? A gallon of milk? Average rent for a two bedroom apartment if they have those?
'Ten dollars' means nothing if you can buy a car for twenty dollars.
This is about an app based on a movie that came out in 2015; I somehow doubt the Jurassic World game was involved in the story you quoted. In other words, Apple failed to live up to their agreement with the FTC, and that will be an interesting case to watch. I hope.
Why would you add different versions of Windows together if you're not adding different versions of iOS or Linux together? Bash Microsoft all you want, sure, but hold them to the SAME standard as the rest, not a far harsher one.
Just because you get a larger dose over a 15 minute stay in the sun with no realistic harmful effects doesn't mean no harm will come to you from getting the same dose in 15 seconds.
Gonna have to agree with the Citation Needed. I am not an airplane expert and I have stuff to do in a bit so no time for thorough research, but even if the x-ray exposure from cosmic and background radiation at cruising altitude is 3000 times higher than at sea level, how much of that is absorbed or reflected by the airplane itself, effectively shielded the passengers inside the giant metal tube?
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You missed such a grand opportunity to say that the squeaky wheel gets the Cleese. For shame.
He might be American and have no idea how to drive a stick shift.
448/96 kbit/s looks enviously in your direction ...
Denmark as well. I'm guessing all of Scandinavia is serviced by Canal Digital.
If the brain's ability to keep track of time is based on neural activity (I can't help but compare it a bit to ancient computer games that used the CPU clock to determine speed ...), that could be linked to the way time seems to slow down if you find yourself in a suddenly dangerous situation, with the brain going into a momentary overdrive to find a solution before it's too late.
New York Times isn't a mainstream site?
http://www.dailyfinance.com/20...
Consider the size of games being released these days. 20 GB+. I think Fallout 4 clocks in close to 30 GB off the top of my head.
2006, ten years ago, saw the release of Oblivion - same company, same genre, a pretty good comparison. That is a 5.6 GB download off of Steam according to https://au.answers.yahoo.com/q... .
Let's see. Rounding off we have approximately a 550% size increase in similar games over the past ten years. Not that far from your 625% goal, is it?
I'm stuck on 448/96 Kbps. The internet is absolutely terrible at this speed.
I can see one simple situation where that wouldn't be the case.
If the site had a verification process that was already in place, so new files wouldn't show up immediately but would be vetted by moderators, that could stay up, allowing file after file of evidence to be submitted - and the submitters would only start to get worried when the usual turnaround time was exceeded.
Did you also say that WinXP's support should have been pulled when Win2K's support was pulled?
Well THAT reply is really a Number Two.
The roommate.
That covers who pays. Thank you for your answer. I now have a follow-up question: Now who compensates me for having been tainted with "access" to the copyrighted works that the roommate or store plays?
The same people who compensate you for seeing a piece of art you don't like, or who puts people in jail with opinions you disapprove of. Ie., no one compensates you.
The theater goers.
That covers who pays. Thank you for your answer. I now have a follow-up question: To whom shall royalties be paid for a performance of a play by Shakespeare?
I would have to look it up to be entirely sure, but I suspect Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain by now.
a roommate blaring the TV
The roommate.
a store playing popular music
The store.
when William Shakespeare's plays are performed?
The theater goers.
One million dollars, over the course of seven or eight years, spread over all the accounts she had access to? Sounds to me like no one's life was ruined, at least.
The thing is, at least to me, that there are two different aspects of a net connection that 'unlimited' can target.
One is speed. Obviously physics prevent such a thing as an unlimited speed, but it could be taken to mean that no matter how much you're trying to download, it will come through as fast as the server on the other end is pushing it.
The second is total data transfer. Download 100 GB in a month? Fine, do so with nothing extra appearing on your bill or your speed dropping from overuse. 200 GB? 15 TB? Go right ahead, it's unlimited!
It seems to me that they are going kinda for the second - download as much video content as you will, BUT it will be at this speed. Not really unlimited, but marketing is about buzzwords, not page-long descriptions about what it is they're selling. That's for you to look at before you put your signature on the paper.
Or letters, or live speeches, or just TALKING to people?
Maybe my high school math is failing me, but ten times zero ...
This. So much this.
I really wish that reports of, "Undeveloped country X has a monthly wage of just ten dollars!" would also include the cost of basic necessities in that same country. What does a loaf of bread cost? A gallon of milk? Average rent for a two bedroom apartment if they have those?
'Ten dollars' means nothing if you can buy a car for twenty dollars.
That story is from 2014.
This is about an app based on a movie that came out in 2015; I somehow doubt the Jurassic World game was involved in the story you quoted. In other words, Apple failed to live up to their agreement with the FTC, and that will be an interesting case to watch. I hope.
Hey, whatever you're into ...
Why would you add different versions of Windows together if you're not adding different versions of iOS or Linux together? Bash Microsoft all you want, sure, but hold them to the SAME standard as the rest, not a far harsher one.
"outed yourself"
What, is it a crime or socially unacceptable to not be a native English speaker?
But wouldn't this amount to flooding?
Just because you get a larger dose over a 15 minute stay in the sun with no realistic harmful effects doesn't mean no harm will come to you from getting the same dose in 15 seconds.
Gonna have to agree with the Citation Needed. I am not an airplane expert and I have stuff to do in a bit so no time for thorough research, but even if the x-ray exposure from cosmic and background radiation at cruising altitude is 3000 times higher than at sea level, how much of that is absorbed or reflected by the airplane itself, effectively shielded the passengers inside the giant metal tube?
There's a book in the Star Trek 'verse called The Peacekeepers, and Zepherus B was a toxin that caused a series of mutations that resulted in Reavers.
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/...
http://memory-gamma.wikia.com/... (incidentally they look a LOT like wraiths in Stargate Atlantis)