actually mplayer works better than anything on Windows
mplayer is on windows, which i like. though i do have some odd issues with some videos i find that will not play in anything other than the old version (6.4) of windows media player. nothing else will open then, but they're just plain old Divx 5 with mp3 audio. it's strange.
though the only thing keeping me from running linux for 90% of my stuff is the fact that my modem (stuck in dialup land for awhile longer) doesn't like linux and resists every attempt to make it work, though once i ditch that for a real connection, things should be clear sailing.
But stop giving away all my bandwidth to some dork in somalia
your bandwidth? i was under the impression that I'm paying to use some fixed portion of that bandwidth, making it my bandwidth. i should be able to put my upstream to whatever use i like.
if your system cannot handle it, it would be a good idea to either upgrade the system (a problem, as you said) or ensure that the services you are delivering to the customers are in-line with your system's abilities. overselling is always going to come back and bite you eventually.
If people don't like those things, why don't you see "Unlimited Calls 24/7" cell phone plans?
presumablely as time is a less abstract concept than file sizes.
how much did you download by viewing that website? how about for that hour you spent on WoW? is that second one going to be constant or will it vary? if it does vary, by how much?
Newsflash for you: companies need to make profits. All companies.
newsflash for you: companies are supposed to provide the service they advertise, barring fine print, and sometimes even then. it is not (or shouldn't be) legal to advertise a connection as 20mbit and only provide 3mbit.
if I'm paying for a 10mbit line, i expect to get approximately 10mbit of bandwidth, regardless of what I'm downloading with it.
if they cannot provide that, they should upgrade their systems or not advertise something they cannot deliver.
if there are usage caps, i want to know what they are in hard numbers (not "10 million pictures or 50,000 mp3s" crap)
they give a name of every single geological landmark they find. and given that the definition of "landmark" is very broad (pretty much anything bigger than a sizable rock), they're just burning through names.
it is easier to reprogram computers than it is to reprogram humans.
For that matter, how do you define the "correct pronunciation" of any given word? The King's English? The President's English? The Prime-Minister's English? The MLA's take on it? Your opinion?
opinions are like assholes. everyone has one and a lot of people are assholes about their opinions. you try messing with people's ideas of language and they will tend to hate you.
Caching, prefetch, and P2P techniques mean that as long as you have anything faster than 9600bps, if it's always on you will have essentially the same online experience as someone with a 2Mbps connection.
maybe if every site you visit is tightly-coded HTML with no images or if you're partaking of some potent perception altering substances.
even with pretty much top-grade dial up (48k down) i still have time to go make and eat a sandwich while many "modern" flash-encrusted sites load, let alone streaming audio, and let's not even talk about video or other large downloads.
my uncle would likely feel positively ancient at this discussion. his first computer (kit-built apple II, i think) used an audio cassette drive for storage.
if they are able to block it off, i don't imagine it would be that much more difficult to simply reprioritize it so it doesn't hog all the bandwidth.
or simply make a policy where "if you are going to use bittorrent, limit the upload rate to less than X or your account will be suspended", which is what they do at my college.
If you're not infringing and the complaint is in error, you contact the complainant within 48 hours to tell them so, and you're still golden
but the problem is that you are immediately cut off on the 2nd one, before you even have a chance to refute it, appearently (judging from the policy document) even if the 1st one was completely without merit.
well, why not set the thing to blow up, say, 20 seconds, or however long it takes the motorcade to move 100m (or however far in front of it they jam), after loss of signal?
though actually blowing up that limo is not exactly a trivial task. the thing is practically a tank with leather upholstery.
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However, stereotypes exist because a large portion of the target population exhibits a certain quality, character, or characteristic
or a very noticable minority of the target population. same case where lots of people think that all christians are assholes.
guess i better take a aisle or centre seat then.
isn't that done already (COPS, to serve and protect, etc.)?
Let's hire more police.
please do. too many of the old guys are retiring now and we're starting to get kinda short on lawmen.
The clock starts ticking when the patent is filed, not when the drug is approved.
then perhaps that should be changed.
actually mplayer works better than anything on Windows
mplayer is on windows, which i like. though i do have some odd issues with some videos i find that will not play in anything other than the old version (6.4) of windows media player. nothing else will open then, but they're just plain old Divx 5 with mp3 audio. it's strange.
though the only thing keeping me from running linux for 90% of my stuff is the fact that my modem (stuck in dialup land for awhile longer) doesn't like linux and resists every attempt to make it work, though once i ditch that for a real connection, things should be clear sailing.
But stop giving away all my bandwidth to some dork in somalia
your bandwidth? i was under the impression that I'm paying to use some fixed portion of that bandwidth, making it my bandwidth. i should be able to put my upstream to whatever use i like.
if your system cannot handle it, it would be a good idea to either upgrade the system (a problem, as you said) or ensure that the services you are delivering to the customers are in-line with your system's abilities. overselling is always going to come back and bite you eventually.
DUMP THE ISP AND TELL THEM WHY
here is the main problem. far too often this is not an option.
If people don't like those things, why don't you see "Unlimited Calls 24/7" cell phone plans?
presumablely as time is a less abstract concept than file sizes.
how much did you download by viewing that website? how about for that hour you spent on WoW? is that second one going to be constant or will it vary? if it does vary, by how much?
Newsflash for you: companies need to make profits. All companies.
newsflash for you: companies are supposed to provide the service they advertise, barring fine print, and sometimes even then. it is not (or shouldn't be) legal to advertise a connection as 20mbit and only provide 3mbit.
if I'm paying for a 10mbit line, i expect to get approximately 10mbit of bandwidth, regardless of what I'm downloading with it.
if they cannot provide that, they should upgrade their systems or not advertise something they cannot deliver.
if there are usage caps, i want to know what they are in hard numbers (not "10 million pictures or 50,000 mp3s" crap)
i mean, if all of your computers in your 1 bed apartment are desktops, why go WiFi?
so you're not tripping over cables or having lots of cables covering up the sideboards?
No offense to Gertrude Weise, but -- huh?
they give a name of every single geological landmark they find. and given that the definition of "landmark" is very broad (pretty much anything bigger than a sizable rock), they're just burning through names.
you only get it when you post without logging in. it's an anti-automated spam thing.
it is easier to reprogram computers than it is to reprogram humans.
For that matter, how do you define the "correct pronunciation" of any given word? The King's English? The President's English? The Prime-Minister's English? The MLA's take on it? Your opinion?
opinions are like assholes. everyone has one and a lot of people are assholes about their opinions. you try messing with people's ideas of language and they will tend to hate you.
These are people that have to deal with patents on subjects they might not even have a tenuous grasp on, much less fully understand.
have you seen the qualifications you need to get a job of that type?
Caching, prefetch, and P2P techniques mean that as long as you have anything faster than 9600bps, if it's always on you will have essentially the same online experience as someone with a 2Mbps connection.
maybe if every site you visit is tightly-coded HTML with no images or if you're partaking of some potent perception altering substances.
even with pretty much top-grade dial up (48k down) i still have time to go make and eat a sandwich while many "modern" flash-encrusted sites load, let alone streaming audio, and let's not even talk about video or other large downloads.
my uncle would likely feel positively ancient at this discussion. his first computer (kit-built apple II, i think) used an audio cassette drive for storage.
it looks like the >sup tags got stripped or something. it's like that in TFA. presumablely they mean 2^20 bytes, which is correct.
did you RTFA?
on the 2nd notice, they get automatically disconnected, regardless of if they responded that the 1st one was completely bogus.
if they are able to block it off, i don't imagine it would be that much more difficult to simply reprioritize it so it doesn't hog all the bandwidth.
or simply make a policy where "if you are going to use bittorrent, limit the upload rate to less than X or your account will be suspended", which is what they do at my college.
If you're not infringing and the complaint is in error, you contact the complainant within 48 hours to tell them so, and you're still golden
but the problem is that you are immediately cut off on the 2nd one, before you even have a chance to refute it, appearently (judging from the policy document) even if the 1st one was completely without merit.
let's hope that they can get the driver situation figured out by then.
did they rip out all the payphones?
yes, but a bomb big enough to blow up that limo wouldn't exactly be man-portable and would certainly be difficult to conceal.
well, why not set the thing to blow up, say, 20 seconds, or however long it takes the motorcade to move 100m (or however far in front of it they jam), after loss of signal?
though actually blowing up that limo is not exactly a trivial task. the thing is practically a tank with leather upholstery.