One Gigabyte Equals Six Hours
May 29, 2007
My biggest pet peeve is slow Internet. I probably sound just like the next guy who complains, but now my biggest complaint is going to be the grudgingly slow upload speeds allowed by Internet Service Providers.
Forget the wireless stuff; I am talking about standard wired Ethernet connected directly into the computer. Volatile download speeds are suffice and are always something to complain about. However, my biggest complaint has to be data upload speeds.
Different types of uploaders have different types of restrictions. Some are limited to quantity, while others are limited to a total collective capacity. Of the various uploaders offered by SmugMug to upload pictures into their website, I am forced to use their Java-based version, since it is the most versatile of the offerings. Then, the bottleneck becomes my ISP’s upload connection.
It takes approximately 6.5 hours to grudgingly upload 1 Gigabyte of data. I am depressed at my lack of productivity because of this. It’s not like I can do other stuff, as it drains the Internet connection. What needs to happen to get better upload?
Getting better upload will not happen overnight. The service providers do this because they don’t want people running full blown game servers out of their bedroom, as it will hinder their ability to provide service. Of course, you can do this but there are limitations, especially on servers that experience high traffic patterns.
For now, all I can do is complain and add this to my pet peeve list in life. I hope one day I can take it off though.
The Online Signature of a Hypocrite
May 28, 2007
A signature is something that you leave at the end of something you do, in order to mark it in a unique way. It is a common practice to have a signature on today’s online communities, allowing you to leave that signature with every post you make.
With each online community different in its own unique way, every signature can be different, even if you are using the same name on every forum. There are some voices that feel I am a hypocrite because I do not allow certain organizations in one’s signature, because I have links in my signature on other forums.
Every forum has their own set of rules and policies that they see fit. The difference is what some forums are willing to allow and what others are not.
As an example, I have PNW Riders in my signature on CycleForums. The responsibility falls on the administrators and moderators of that forum to determine if I am doing something that they do not agree with and if that is the case, they would have no problem telling me to remove it. I think this is allowed because PNW Riders is a regional forum and CycleForums is a global forum so the two communities do not interfere with one another.
By that same token, I have been on certain Kawasaki Forums, and they have asked me to remove any mention of other Kawasaki Forums out of my signature. They never mention the PNW Riders in my signature, just the other communities that interfere with the exact same topic of discussion that there community was designed for.
I am on many forums, and my signature varies on every forum. It varies because I respect the similarities of interfering links and because those forum’s moderators have no problem telling me to remove them.
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May 25, 2007
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