adisor19
join:2004-10-11
 ·Velcom
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Radioactif
 ·Videotron
·Look Communications
| LOL
Ya right ! VPN is nothing compared with the ammount of bandwith a torrent consumes.
Now if you'll excuse me, i'm off to downloading some HD-DVD rips. I hear they finally found the first "universal" key 
Adi |
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kaila
join:2000-10-11
Lincolnshire, IL
clubs: 
| While i agree that something like a..
pandemic would shift a lot of network usage to residential ISP's (torching comcast, at&t, etc, and the news sites), I don't think it would cause a total meltdown.
I'd be more worried about the effects on the transportation industry. In a just-in-time inventory world, hospitals and every other sector would begin hurting in short order if ships, docks, and trucks stop moving. |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs:
| This makes sense
In the event that we all realized we only had a few days before we all died a slow and agonizing death, people everywhere will be in need of porn. Going to the video store will not be possible. Porn will be obtain via online access. The government may need to ration porn out to make sure there is enough to go around. |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs: |  |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Maxo
DOWNLOAD NOW!
Be prepared, burn some DVDs for "emergencies"
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raw
War Eagle
Premium
join:2001-01-17
Madison, AL
clubs: | Spoken like a true boy scout. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | I have my Whack Badge! |
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GlobalMind
Domino Dude, POWER Systems Guy
Premium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL
| No no that would be your Whack-n-Chit card. And for every time you are caught not maintaining arms length radius around you for safety, a corner will be removed.
If all corners are removed your whack-n-privilege would be revoked. 
K
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TheGlobalMind.com | Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go? | Angus the IT Chap |
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MagMan
Life is simpler when you tell the truth.
Premium
join:2003-10-01
Westlake, OH
·AT&T Midwest
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to dadkins
said by dadkins  :DOWNLOAD NOW! Be prepared, burn some DVDs for "emergencies" Yes you will need at least a 30-day supply. 
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"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is." |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs:
| reply to GlobalMind
said by GlobalMind :If all corners are removed your whack-n-privilege would be revoked. Then a one-on-one meating with your Scout master will be necessary to get another Whack-n-Chit card. |
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11
| Hmmmm
(Insert Noun Here)Woot's Endless Bag of Crap Will Choke The Internet!
Or perhaps the Hillary Clinton/Obama sex tape?
Oh.. I know, Vista Patch tuesdays!  |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to MagMan
Re: This makes sense
Blu-ray baby!
One DVD - 50GB!
10 Full Length Standard DVDs on a single disc.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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dr3yec
join:2002-12-19
00000 | Yeah I cant wait, but I am falling for HD-DVD not blueray. But regardless they are both good for a few dvd movies. Imagine how many x264 shows you can put on there. LOL |
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL
| The Market will decide
Seems to me that to use only half the capacity of any marketable product would be counter productive to the idea of capitalism-unless of course if a company was to slow production of it's product or service (or infrastructure) in order to cause a shortage of such product (or infrastructure) for the reason to raise prices. Just sell what you have and expand production (or infrastructure) |
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cableties
Premium
join:2005-01-27 | reply to Maxo
Re: This makes sense
Stock of Ky, Lubriderm and tissues surge!!
End of world is nigh!
Internet collapse due to HD-DVD/BR porn downloads!
(yawn).
It's (roastbeef) curtains for all!
(sorry. That was bad) |
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
Premium
join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL
| ...
Instead of saying something stupid as "choke the internet" why not let the mass media call it by what it is?
Or better said is it even possible to choke the "internet" if I remember correctly there are more than several pipe's connecting to different peer's even for consumers themselves. Just because NY is suffering from massive data transmission where ping times soar and there is simply not enough capacity to meet demand anyone whose not going through NYC will still have fast access to the internet.
This worry is all idiocy and the only thing that could be a problem is transatlantic connections connecting two continent's by a few strand's of fiber. Please don't bring slashdot's crap or digg's doodoo butter over here, I left those places for a reason. |
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs: | A little FUD goes a long way
The correct byline title written by Chicken Little should be FUD Will Choke the Internets. Now if you excuse me, I have to go stock up on some downloads in the event of an emergency. Semper Paratus, people! |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to dr3yec
Re: This makes sense
@ 700MB to 1.3GB per movie... a couple! |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Nothing new......
I have said this for years especially with the "caps" floating around the discussion boards.
"You can do this with high speed internet" seems to be the key selling point yet do it too much and you get cut off.  |
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XknightHawkX
join:2003-02-13
Morton, IL
clubs:
| There is no need for more bandwidth?
Didn't the industry use to say there is no need for more bandwidth. There is no killer app to drive the need for more bandwidth. Oh yeah isn't there all kinds of dark fiber to. Well let's light up that dark fiber if the internet is starting to choke. |
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