Wow! Its not only confusing, but confusion itself will be confused when it sees this. I have seen Yes,Minister and wondered, but this takes the cake. How does your government get ANYTHING done at all?
Actually no. These are not first-time astronauts. They have "been there, done that". After a few times it gets boring to look at the same Blue,Grey globe slowly revolve under you... A movie brings you down to Earth. Whenever i get lonely in a foreign country the first thing i do is to watch "Used Cars" or "American Pie 2" to beat the blues. Kinda like that.
No, itsn't it. VLC actually uses dual-core chips effectively. MP Classic doesn't care. Secondly, VLC opens up a lot faster than MP does. The only thing faster and could play anything i threw at it was Windows 7 Media player. Oddly, that is 32-bit on a 64-bit OS. Figure it out.
...the sheer compexity of the game, its realistic shots and firing, its amazing amount of sound and real-time weaponry all make it like wonderful that i wanna play forever. OTOH i hate Railroads. Why? it can't play decent with a 64-bit OS, damn slow when it comes to running (i have a powerful enough comp that makes Crysis cry) due to its bugs, multi-processor issues, etc.
In terms of innovation, US is still king. They were the first to introduce Cable in 1995 and FiOS. It's just that Verizon, Crapcast and AT&T don't want to adapt to progress and instead prefer to throttle instead of grow... Speed alone doesn't count as US showed in its first trails as covered by TIME magazine in 1995-96 issues.
Yes, or Japan. Pick your poison...
I would rather prefer a 3rd term abortion than prefer Japan. Those guys are still racists who make the Nazis look like saints. I have numerous incidents to count.
He's the President? I thought the French PM's were all powerful in a parlimentary democracy, and since he is sooo visible i thought he was PM... Sorry about the the mistake. Really it was! Who the hell is this Fillon guy?
Access to internet is a Fundamental Right as per EU. The 3-strikes law directly violates a Fundamental Right. The EU can and should sue France to overturn this law... but i don't think the French PM would overturn it, as he is very much enamoured of an ex-singer and an ex-model so much as to publicize it on 'net.
...the three strikes law! Wow! Equality was the name of EU, wasn't it? Sweden should show the middle finger to EU. Its a pity it doesn't have any Rush Limbaughs there, one would be enough to shout hoarse about swedish nationality and violation of the same. If i were the PM, i would take EU's action under advisement and in Brussels directly question the French about 3-strikes law which violates EU laws...
Actually only some of the reasons you have said above is applicable in this case. Because: 1) Imports are from China which is a lot closer to India than China to US. 2) No import taxes or duties or that crap on computer products. 3) Profits these guys earn is about 10% max. The cost of setting up a new IT shop and starting ti import is a LOT cheaper than setting one in San Mateo, California. 4) Pollution? What pollution? These resellers only emit Carbon-di-oxide when they wax lyrical about their products. You mean E-Waste, naahhh here people still repair their 20-year radios and TVs and PCs. They don't waste anything.
Courtesy of Microsoft Natural Keyboard... Should have used my tiny little brains before buying the Natural keyboard when i don't know typing. But, yes, the local FCC is manned by technocrats, some of whom are directors in large corporates and not ex-politicians or ex-civil servants. And they know the wool Vodafone or others can pull over their eyes. Indians don't have number portability, but net neutrality is sacrosanct, so much so that someone sued the Railways for it! Wondering why? Railways signals division is perhaps the longest, most covered and reliable wired network anyone can have. They created a RailNet which offers broadband access through their own signaling lines. Technically sound idea! Horribly bad in business sense. Once they realized their own signals and network usage is getting throttled due to RailNet, they started to throttle the RailNet, sorta like 5% or something occassionally, when a local storm blew out rail lines and load was heavy, something that Sir Humphrey would say: "negligible interference.". Some puke leaked this info to the press one green day and the next moment someone had talked to the local FCC about RailNet violating law and they had a full blown issue on hands. Ultimately RailTel (the corp that provides it) pulled the plug and un-volunteered to become an ISP (in other words they are not a public ISP now). Its a pity and a curse. RailNet had the fastest network (MPLS) and the average speed was close to 54Mbps most of the time. The local FCC forced them to obey the sacrosanct stupid law and now am stuck with 22~34Mbps connection.
So you saying that US connectivity is a legless racer? Wow! And i always thought US was the forerunner in internet & broadband...Guess we have to compete against Korea which has insane speeds.
I pay $106 per month, 50GB traffic free PM (extra chargeable), and 24x7 access. Its so fast that rapidshare had to block my ip for 2 hours when i was downloading a... "classic non-copyrighted HD movie." Each 200MB file was opening up 5 simulatenous connections to RS and Flashget was having 4 files being downloaded at same time: which translates to 5x4= 20 connections to RS from same ip at speeds exceeding the rate at which i could write to a USB 2.0 drive. They banned me for 2 hours and warned me that if i try again my ip would get a permanent ban. Damn those RS bastards. Now i download 2 files at a time and open up 2 connections for each file. My speed varies between 1500KBps to 1829KBps. To assuage myself i download from torrents, although those seeding torrents can offer 256KBps max...
But i was able to download Windows 7 RC1 (3.8 GB) in 20 mins 13 seconds flat ! Flashget really does work! Oh, BTW, if my connection goes down and i get a ticket number. i don't pay any rent for the down day. This sucks majorly for the ISP, so they are maniacal in repairing any faults. When i shifted from one room to another the first guy screwed up the wiring and my speeds were about 4Mbps. I called, got a refund for those days and had a technician the next day at 8AM at my door. That guy forced me to sit with him until 12.30 while he fixed the bad wiring, made sure my connection was triple-wired (the ISP's internal network can't handle the speeds they offer, so they wire together 3-4 connections into a single one for me) and tested thrice at speedtest.net to make sure i got what iam paying for. Only then did he get my "completion" signature so that the ISP could start billing me in full. Tell, is there any other excellent premium file sharing service like RS? No other services comes as close with its massive amount of files (all of which are legal)
U think, its funny you twit? It happened on the day i had an emergency. The day i had to catch a train at 6 AM in the morning, and the cab driver hadn't showed up at 5.10AM, and i had to retrieve his number from my Desktop. I boot up and i see this ugly blue screen. Man i was so pissed off i could have shot at my PC if i had the time. It was then i decided no more playing and supporting Linux... After i returned back, i i tried bringing it up via ACronis secure zone, etc. Nope. No Linux, No crap. Only Windows 7 64-bit And i will be in the queue waiting to buy it when Microsoft releases it
I hate Ubuntu. 9.04 hosed my XP setup when i tried to uninstall it. (yes i installed ubuntu under windows). The registry hive SOFTWARE was gone. Restore couldn't do a shit. Plus i had long lost my XP CD and key. I had to download WIndows 7 RC1 to boot up my system. I hate Ubuntu for screwing up my computer.
Hmmm... Considering i have a 38.4MBps connection to the 'net supplemented by a backup connection (from another ISP) of 2Mbps, both of which are NOT throttled in any way, and i have the freedom to download anything anytime i want, plus indian equivalent of FCC actually man dating net neutrality as per law and sending to jail company execs that don't obey their advertised speed limits, and the fact i can buy a 9800GTX+ in the next door PC shop, AND got Spore one day earlier than released in US, yeah i guess we are pretty backward. BTW, how's comcast treating you now?
You can build it a lot cheaper with branded components that cost way less: Here's my rig and prices translated into USD at INR47:$1 M2N-E-SLI mobo: 189 AMD Athlon X2-63 bit dual core 4200+: 96 9800GTX+ AND 8600GT (yeah two): 189 LG 17" monitor LCD: 93 Case: 20 OCZ Vanquisher cooler: 35 Point of View PSU: 170 Total: 792 Hell, the shops here will fix it up, assemble and home deliver free if you spend this much amount at one shop. I got a free MS Natural keyboard, Microsoft Mouse and a 8GB JetFlash card free
You are basing your opinion on emotions. Facts state otherwise. Guerilla warfare has never, ever won a regular army on regular terms. Its a mosquito that bites a fly. Yes it can annoy the lion, but the lion eventually develops a thicker skin. Please don't start by saying partisan warfare in Russia drew the Nazis out. Because they did't. And neither did the french. All they did was to betray jews. Historically, regular armies have won with massive resurces. Partisan warfare can annoy but can't compete with a regular army on a regular battlefield.
That is what i was referring to by money! MS has a unified source of income and is able to spend it on caviar and Limos for the pukes. OSS cannot. Oh please, you are not expecting a civil servant to put public good over his career???
...yet none of them are on the bid in NZ. Surprising isn't it? Visibility my friend, is the first lesson in marketing. You gotta be out there selling yourself. You can't wait here and expect NZ to find and come to you. I bought Diskeeper instead of the better/free/competitor products when it came to defragging my drives. Why? Marketing. Which is why i think an iPhone is better than a Nokia E95. Even you maybe. Why?
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...those who used to watch FRIENDS every Thursday night will get this joke. Others, you don't what fund you missed.
Ahhh... my comrade, iam not a fool: i run Windows 7 64-bit. A far better OS than Vista, the bastard child, will ever be...
Wow!
Its not only confusing, but confusion itself will be confused when it sees this.
I have seen Yes,Minister and wondered, but this takes the cake.
How does your government get ANYTHING done at all?
Actually no. These are not first-time astronauts. They have "been there, done that".
After a few times it gets boring to look at the same Blue,Grey globe slowly revolve under you...
A movie brings you down to Earth.
Whenever i get lonely in a foreign country the first thing i do is to watch "Used Cars" or "American Pie 2" to beat the blues. Kinda like that.
No, itsn't it.
VLC actually uses dual-core chips effectively. MP Classic doesn't care.
Secondly, VLC opens up a lot faster than MP does.
The only thing faster and could play anything i threw at it was Windows 7 Media player.
Oddly, that is 32-bit on a 64-bit OS. Figure it out.
...the sheer compexity of the game, its realistic shots and firing, its amazing amount of sound and real-time weaponry all make it like wonderful that i wanna play forever.
OTOH i hate Railroads. Why? it can't play decent with a 64-bit OS, damn slow when it comes to running (i have a powerful enough comp that makes Crysis cry) due to its bugs, multi-processor issues, etc.
In terms of innovation, US is still king. They were the first to introduce Cable in 1995 and FiOS.
It's just that Verizon, Crapcast and AT&T don't want to adapt to progress and instead prefer to throttle instead of grow...
Speed alone doesn't count as US showed in its first trails as covered by TIME magazine in 1995-96 issues.
Yes, or Japan. Pick your poison...
I would rather prefer a 3rd term abortion than prefer Japan. Those guys are still racists who make the Nazis look like saints.
I have numerous incidents to count.
He's the President?
I thought the French PM's were all powerful in a parlimentary democracy, and since he is sooo visible i thought he was PM...
Sorry about the the mistake. Really it was!
Who the hell is this Fillon guy?
Access to internet is a Fundamental Right as per EU.
The 3-strikes law directly violates a Fundamental Right.
The EU can and should sue France to overturn this law... but i don't think the French PM would overturn it, as he is very much enamoured of an ex-singer and an ex-model so much as to publicize it on 'net.
...the three strikes law!
Wow!
Equality was the name of EU, wasn't it?
Sweden should show the middle finger to EU.
Its a pity it doesn't have any Rush Limbaughs there, one would be enough to shout hoarse about swedish nationality and violation of the same.
If i were the PM, i would take EU's action under advisement and in Brussels directly question the French about 3-strikes law which violates EU laws...
Actually only some of the reasons you have said above is applicable in this case. Because:
1) Imports are from China which is a lot closer to India than China to US.
2) No import taxes or duties or that crap on computer products.
3) Profits these guys earn is about 10% max. The cost of setting up a new IT shop and starting ti import is a LOT cheaper than setting one in San Mateo, California.
4) Pollution? What pollution? These resellers only emit Carbon-di-oxide when they wax lyrical about their products. You mean E-Waste, naahhh here people still repair their 20-year radios and TVs and PCs. They don't waste anything.
Courtesy of Microsoft Natural Keyboard...
Should have used my tiny little brains before buying the Natural keyboard when i don't know typing.
But, yes, the local FCC is manned by technocrats, some of whom are directors in large corporates and not ex-politicians or ex-civil servants.
And they know the wool Vodafone or others can pull over their eyes.
Indians don't have number portability, but net neutrality is sacrosanct, so much so that someone sued the Railways for it! Wondering why?
Railways signals division is perhaps the longest, most covered and reliable wired network anyone can have. They created a RailNet which offers broadband access through their own signaling lines. Technically sound idea! Horribly bad in business sense.
Once they realized their own signals and network usage is getting throttled due to RailNet, they started to throttle the RailNet, sorta like 5% or something occassionally, when a local storm blew out rail lines and load was heavy, something that Sir Humphrey would say: "negligible interference.".
Some puke leaked this info to the press one green day and the next moment someone had talked to the local FCC about RailNet violating law and they had a full blown issue on hands.
Ultimately RailTel (the corp that provides it) pulled the plug and un-volunteered to become an ISP (in other words they are not a public ISP now).
Its a pity and a curse. RailNet had the fastest network (MPLS) and the average speed was close to 54Mbps most of the time. The local FCC forced them to obey the sacrosanct stupid law and now am stuck with 22~34Mbps connection.
So you saying that US connectivity is a legless racer? Wow! And i always thought US was the forerunner in internet & broadband...Guess we have to compete against Korea which has insane speeds.
I pay $106 per month, 50GB traffic free PM (extra chargeable), and 24x7 access. Its so fast that rapidshare had to block my ip for 2 hours when i was downloading a... "classic non-copyrighted HD movie." Each 200MB file was opening up 5 simulatenous connections to RS and Flashget was having 4 files being downloaded at same time: which translates to 5x4= 20 connections to RS from same ip at speeds exceeding the rate at which i could write to a USB 2.0 drive. They banned me for 2 hours and warned me that if i try again my ip would get a permanent ban.
Damn those RS bastards.
Now i download 2 files at a time and open up 2 connections for each file. My speed varies between 1500KBps to 1829KBps.
To assuage myself i download from torrents, although those seeding torrents can offer 256KBps max...
But i was able to download Windows 7 RC1 (3.8 GB) in 20 mins 13 seconds flat ! Flashget really does work!
Oh, BTW, if my connection goes down and i get a ticket number. i don't pay any rent for the down day.
This sucks majorly for the ISP, so they are maniacal in repairing any faults. When i shifted from one room to another the first guy screwed up the wiring and my speeds were about 4Mbps. I called, got a refund for those days and had a technician the next day at 8AM at my door. That guy forced me to sit with him until 12.30 while he fixed the bad wiring, made sure my connection was triple-wired (the ISP's internal network can't handle the speeds they offer, so they wire together 3-4 connections into a single one for me) and tested thrice at speedtest.net to make sure i got what iam paying for.
Only then did he get my "completion" signature so that the ISP could start billing me in full.
Tell, is there any other excellent premium file sharing service like RS? No other services comes as close with its massive amount of files (all of which are legal)
U think, its funny you twit?
It happened on the day i had an emergency.
The day i had to catch a train at 6 AM in the morning, and the cab driver hadn't showed up at 5.10AM, and i had to retrieve his number from my Desktop.
I boot up and i see this ugly blue screen.
Man i was so pissed off i could have shot at my PC if i had the time.
It was then i decided no more playing and supporting Linux...
After i returned back, i i tried bringing it up via ACronis secure zone, etc. Nope.
No Linux, No crap. Only Windows 7 64-bit
And i will be in the queue waiting to buy it when Microsoft releases it
I hate Ubuntu.
9.04 hosed my XP setup when i tried to uninstall it.
(yes i installed ubuntu under windows).
The registry hive SOFTWARE was gone. Restore couldn't do a shit.
Plus i had long lost my XP CD and key.
I had to download WIndows 7 RC1 to boot up my system.
I hate Ubuntu for screwing up my computer.
Hmmm...
Considering i have a 38.4MBps connection to the 'net supplemented by a backup connection (from another ISP) of 2Mbps, both of which are NOT throttled in any way, and i have the freedom to download anything anytime i want, plus indian equivalent of FCC actually man dating net neutrality as per law and sending to jail company execs that don't obey their advertised speed limits, and the fact i can buy a 9800GTX+ in the next door PC shop, AND got Spore one day earlier than released in US, yeah i guess we are pretty backward.
BTW, how's comcast treating you now?
I forgot to mention that it includes 4GB RAM
You can build it a lot cheaper with branded components that cost way less: Here's my rig and prices translated into USD at INR47:$1
M2N-E-SLI mobo: 189
AMD Athlon X2-63 bit dual core 4200+: 96
9800GTX+ AND 8600GT (yeah two): 189
LG 17" monitor LCD: 93
Case: 20
OCZ Vanquisher cooler: 35
Point of View PSU: 170
Total: 792
Hell, the shops here will fix it up, assemble and home deliver free if you spend this much amount at one shop.
I got a free MS Natural keyboard, Microsoft Mouse and a 8GB JetFlash card free
Yes:
Civilization III
Company of Heroes: MP
Age of Empires 2: MP
Democracy 2
Political Machine.
There are lots.
You just need to see beyond the hype.
Microsoft fights in regular battlefields. Exclusively.
You are basing your opinion on emotions. Facts state otherwise.
Guerilla warfare has never, ever won a regular army on regular terms.
Its a mosquito that bites a fly. Yes it can annoy the lion, but the lion eventually develops a thicker skin.
Please don't start by saying partisan warfare in Russia drew the Nazis out. Because they did't. And neither did the french. All they did was to betray jews.
Historically, regular armies have won with massive resurces.
Partisan warfare can annoy but can't compete with a regular army on a regular battlefield.
That is what i was referring to by money!
MS has a unified source of income and is able to spend it on caviar and Limos for the pukes.
OSS cannot.
Oh please, you are not expecting a civil servant to put public good over his career???
Ever heard of partisan warfare defeating a regular army in a regular battlefield?
...yet none of them are on the bid in NZ. Surprising isn't it?
Visibility my friend, is the first lesson in marketing.
You gotta be out there selling yourself. You can't wait here and expect NZ to find and come to you.
I bought Diskeeper instead of the better/free/competitor products when it came to defragging my drives. Why? Marketing.
Which is why i think an iPhone is better than a Nokia E95. Even you maybe.
Why?