BK
join:2001-09-10
Wheaton, IL | strange
so they want people to innovate ways to compress data better so it doesn't use as much bandwidth to send the same thing...
..but why don't they just innovate ways to get more bandwidth. fiber or something? |
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Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK
 ·SaskTel Saskatchewan
| said by BK  :so they want people to innovate ways to compress data better so it doesn't use as much bandwidth to send the same thing... ..but why don't they just innovate ways to get more bandwidth. fiber or something? well, they're kind of half right
go back in time 15-20 years and see the kind of stuff that companies were doing to cram as much data as they could across the 56k lines that were prevelant then
don't get me wrong, I think it's still just an excuse right now, but there is a grain of truth to it |
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SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| said by Tikker_LoS :don't get me wrong, I think it's still just an excuse right now, but there is a grain of truth to it Yes, in the same way there is a grain of truth in stating that exterminating the Jews aided the "innovation" of a master race.  |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| said by SilverSurfer :said by Tikker_LoS :don't get me wrong, I think it's still just an excuse right now, but there is a grain of truth to it Yes, in the same way there is a grain of truth in stating that exterminating the Jews aided the "innovation" of a master race. Did you just compare the holocaust to your f'ing internet connection being throttled? |
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SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| said by Matt :Did you just compare the holocaust to your f'ing internet connection being throttled? Did you just ask me if you know how to read? |
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apeface
join:2000-09-16
Mckinney, TX | Godwin violation. |
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