Caps are to stop the heaviest users, not the lightest ones. That 14% (which is a lot, not a little) that exceeded their caps are the ones they are targeting. That 14% ties up the majority of the bandwidth and light users get poorer service because of it.
For the record, I have always been one of the top users of every ISP I've ever been with. I was '#1 abuser' for the smalltown ISP I had back 12-15 years ago. I haven't ever let up. (Yes, that's what the ISP called me to my face.)
Overall, their customers are going to be a LOT happier without caps... Caps make customers worried about extra charges on their bill. Most customers will pick a slightly higher priced 'unlimited' plan over one with a cap, even if they would never hit the cap even on crazy months.
Time Warner will figure this out again soon when their competitors get a good hold on their market.
Ah, yeah. The picture viewer on my n800 does that same thing with subfolders and I absolutely hate it. I also don't need to see a preview of all the images in a folder before I open one of the images... Stupid.
Yes, I've heard that a thousand times already. And I actually read it before I installed KDE 4.0. But nothing could prepare me for how buggy and absolutely un-ready it was. Naming conventions exist for a reason, and if you're going to violate them, expect a huge backlash... Pretty much exactly what happened.
Calling it an pre-alpha, since that's what it was, would have been a very, very good idea. In fact, until it's feature-complete, calling it even a beta is stupid. To name it a full version number with nothing else was absolutely the stupidest thing they've ever done.
Luckily, it didn't take that long to get to 4.2 and things will smooth out again soon. I really thought it would be another year until they got to this point, so I'm pretty happy with them.
I have to say, 4.1 wasn't -that- bad. 4.0 was horrid, though.
4.2 is indeed more stable and prettier, though. And finally firefox looks right again... A lot of the radio buttons and checkboxes wouldn't show up right on 4.1.
At 4.0, I seriously considered a switch to Gnome. I even installed it to try it for a while. But 4.2 has totally relieved that feeling.
If you pay $30 for a movie and watch it only once, you are an -idiot-.
For your $30, you get more than 3 hours... You get 3 hours times however many times you watch it. For a good movie, I expect to want to watch it 5 or more times over the next 5 years.
So if you look at it like that, then renting it for $2 a pop is a good deal, and you don't have to worry about losing it in the mean time... Or floods... Or fires... Or...
The problem is not in the solving, but in the parsing. It's particularly hard for a computer to understand a complex instruction like that if it hasn't been specifically programmed for it.
Yes, but my post was also based on the assumption that all processing would be moved server-side, and in that case, Linux is already as good or better than Windows for that user, since all the apps would be exactly the same.
I have apps that I prefer on Linux, and apps that I prefer on Windows. I don't yet have any that I prefer on OSX, but I'm sure I'll find one eventually.
The difference is that in the 70s, this architecture was limited to your office. Now, it's limited to the entire world. You can log on and work with your data from everywhere that you can go.
Once we move into space, unless we've also got instantaneous data transfer, the 'dumb terminal' will make less sense again.
Everything cycles because not everything advances at the same rate. This is the same as multi-core computing becoming popular again.
Then work on getting your governments to agree on global laws for everything from basic human rights to intellectual property rights. Once you've unified the entire world under a single government, then you can stop seeing companies treat different countries differently.
You seem to have forgotten that every country has its own laws and its own market.
Last.fm CANNOT MAKE MONEY in those countries as it is. Their choices were -charge- or -ban-. At least this way they can still access the service somehow.
The system is supposed to ensure fairness by having employees rate each other, but I know how this goes simply by watching people around me, in person and in real life.
Every 'contest' I've ever seen has been about popularity, not efficiency. They guy who sucks up to everyone and buys them beers after work will have the highest pay, while the guy who does his shitty job in silent magnificence will have one of the lowest pays. In addition, everyone in a group will rate their own group members higher than they rate other group's members. This means the biggest group will have the highest average pay as well.
Absolutely none of it will be based on efficiency or profitability.
That is, assuming it's truly 'open' and not just claiming it and then having the owner overrule everything anyhow.
If that were the case, the company should seriously think about producing more of good A and less of good B.
I get that it's a hypothetical, but it's not realistic. You're trying to force a choice when that choice doesn't really need to be made... There are other options.
I use Skype from a dedicated phone I bought for it, rather than through the computer. (I think it was a DLink.) My experience has been very good. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world to set up (had to manually enter quite a few settings) but it's been pretty nice since then. I've had to reboot the base twice in like a year and a half or so.
My biggest complaint so far is that there's no way to turn off voicemail unless you've got a client (or phone) logged in. If you don't, it'll go to voicemail whether you want it to or not.
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Indeed. I really didn't expect it to be something this nice and easy. I'm definitely going to pass this one around.
Caps are to stop the heaviest users, not the lightest ones. That 14% (which is a lot, not a little) that exceeded their caps are the ones they are targeting. That 14% ties up the majority of the bandwidth and light users get poorer service because of it.
For the record, I have always been one of the top users of every ISP I've ever been with. I was '#1 abuser' for the smalltown ISP I had back 12-15 years ago. I haven't ever let up. (Yes, that's what the ISP called me to my face.)
Overall, their customers are going to be a LOT happier without caps... Caps make customers worried about extra charges on their bill. Most customers will pick a slightly higher priced 'unlimited' plan over one with a cap, even if they would never hit the cap even on crazy months.
Time Warner will figure this out again soon when their competitors get a good hold on their market.
Yeah, I remember the same thing from gradeschool... Over 20 years ago.
I love mouse gestures. It's a -lot- quicker than finding the keyboard buttons or a little button on the screen somewhere. I use them a lot.
I think it's awesome, joke or not :D
Ah, yeah. The picture viewer on my n800 does that same thing with subfolders and I absolutely hate it. I also don't need to see a preview of all the images in a folder before I open one of the images... Stupid.
Yes, I've heard that a thousand times already. And I actually read it before I installed KDE 4.0. But nothing could prepare me for how buggy and absolutely un-ready it was. Naming conventions exist for a reason, and if you're going to violate them, expect a huge backlash... Pretty much exactly what happened.
Calling it an pre-alpha, since that's what it was, would have been a very, very good idea. In fact, until it's feature-complete, calling it even a beta is stupid. To name it a full version number with nothing else was absolutely the stupidest thing they've ever done.
Luckily, it didn't take that long to get to 4.2 and things will smooth out again soon. I really thought it would be another year until they got to this point, so I'm pretty happy with them.
Is Gnome providing more stastics, previews, etc? That would make a huge difference in the time it takes to show a directory.
Also, have you tried KDE instead, to see how it stacks up?
While I didn't like those first 2, Theme Park was awesome, B&W was amazing and Fable was a good game... It just didn't live up to the hype.
I didn't care for Fable 2, though... It seemed to be just more of the same without a story worth telling. I gave up on it after a few hours.
I have to say, 4.1 wasn't -that- bad. 4.0 was horrid, though.
4.2 is indeed more stable and prettier, though. And finally firefox looks right again... A lot of the radio buttons and checkboxes wouldn't show up right on 4.1.
At 4.0, I seriously considered a switch to Gnome. I even installed it to try it for a while. But 4.2 has totally relieved that feeling.
If you pay $30 for a movie and watch it only once, you are an -idiot-.
For your $30, you get more than 3 hours... You get 3 hours times however many times you watch it. For a good movie, I expect to want to watch it 5 or more times over the next 5 years.
So if you look at it like that, then renting it for $2 a pop is a good deal, and you don't have to worry about losing it in the mean time... Or floods... Or fires... Or...
The problem is not in the solving, but in the parsing. It's particularly hard for a computer to understand a complex instruction like that if it hasn't been specifically programmed for it.
In a company of 10,000+ employees, it took a 'small team' only 18 months to convert and test what took 11 years to build? I think that's pretty good.
I was thinking the same thing, but then I came up with the answer:
It validates every time the hardware changes... So you need to be online every time you get a new computer or make a hardware change.
Yes, but my post was also based on the assumption that all processing would be moved server-side, and in that case, Linux is already as good or better than Windows for that user, since all the apps would be exactly the same.
I have apps that I prefer on Linux, and apps that I prefer on Windows. I don't yet have any that I prefer on OSX, but I'm sure I'll find one eventually.
I'm guessing you've never tried Netflix' online service. If you had, you'd know that it streams as you watch it. It's not a 'download'.
Shame on any site that accepts 'anonymous' comments and then tracks email and IP.
And shame on the government for this ruling.
The difference is that in the 70s, this architecture was limited to your office. Now, it's limited to the entire world. You can log on and work with your data from everywhere that you can go.
Once we move into space, unless we've also got instantaneous data transfer, the 'dumb terminal' will make less sense again.
Everything cycles because not everything advances at the same rate. This is the same as multi-core computing becoming popular again.
I think you've missed something else, though:
If all the work is being done server-side, why would you BUY a desktop OS? It would make a lot more sense to use a free one.
That means Linux will be -more- relevant, not less.
In fact, assuming the free product works as well as the non-free one, why would anyone pick the non-free one? We are quickly approaching that point.
Then work on getting your governments to agree on global laws for everything from basic human rights to intellectual property rights. Once you've unified the entire world under a single government, then you can stop seeing companies treat different countries differently.
You seem to have forgotten that every country has its own laws and its own market.
Last.fm CANNOT MAKE MONEY in those countries as it is. Their choices were -charge- or -ban-. At least this way they can still access the service somehow.
The system is supposed to ensure fairness by having employees rate each other, but I know how this goes simply by watching people around me, in person and in real life.
Every 'contest' I've ever seen has been about popularity, not efficiency. They guy who sucks up to everyone and buys them beers after work will have the highest pay, while the guy who does his shitty job in silent magnificence will have one of the lowest pays. In addition, everyone in a group will rate their own group members higher than they rate other group's members. This means the biggest group will have the highest average pay as well.
Absolutely none of it will be based on efficiency or profitability.
That is, assuming it's truly 'open' and not just claiming it and then having the owner overrule everything anyhow.
Maybe, but it makes some good points with them. They extreme beyond reality to show those points clearly, instead of being muddied with grey areas.
It's supposed to highlight a problem and describe a philosophy, and it does it very, very well.
If that were the case, the company should seriously think about producing more of good A and less of good B.
I get that it's a hypothetical, but it's not realistic. You're trying to force a choice when that choice doesn't really need to be made... There are other options.
Yes, it is. It is considered discrimination just to ask about them, since you have -no- reason to ask those questions other than to discriminate.
I use Skype from a dedicated phone I bought for it, rather than through the computer. (I think it was a DLink.) My experience has been very good. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world to set up (had to manually enter quite a few settings) but it's been pretty nice since then. I've had to reboot the base twice in like a year and a half or so.
My biggest complaint so far is that there's no way to turn off voicemail unless you've got a client (or phone) logged in. If you don't, it'll go to voicemail whether you want it to or not.