Okay, so first things first -- we all know the world's on track to end in 2012, so it's not like this really matters. But if, just if it manages to survive (à la Y2K), you can pretty much bank on a mass reversal of culture as we all push aside our netbooks and return to the playground. According to some "research" slated to be fully published "later this year," PCs and laptops are apt to "operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the internet an unreliable toy" from 2012 onward. The reason? Massive growth in internet demand, which is undoubtedly on pace to crush existing infrastructure that can't ever be improved upon by anyone, regardless of their market capitalization or determination to expand. It's noted that the internet itself will somehow survive, but that users will begin to see "brownouts," which are described as "a combination of temporary freezing and computers being reduced to a slow speed." Thank heavens for FinallyFast, right?
Psst... the solution to all of this is just past the break.
RAAAAAGE, brownouts, traffic jams, games slowing down the internet... give me a break.... The web is moving to less bandwidth intensive programs like twitter other microblogging. Until Hulu and the like hit explosive (read. Mainstream) growth, the internet will be perfectly fine.
"Massive growth in internet demand, which is undoubtedly on pace to crush existing infrastructure *that can't ever be improved upon by anyone, regardless of their market capitalization or determination to expand.*"
Didn't they have a name for this back in the late Nineties when Internet collapse scenarios were all the rage? I think they called it the "Gigalapse" or something stupid like that.
Hmm, these middle-aged (and above) politicians and researchers that usually have no proper idea about the internet or the entire computing parigdim in general annoy me, thinking they understand everything perfectly and are "old enough" to make decisions about it when in reality today’s technology is understood better by younger generations who have actually grown up using it and not by attending some night school class for "How to use a Computer!".
Usually any use of the words "cyberspace", "surfing the net" and pluralization of the word internet is a sure sign that the article you are about to read is useless.
TANSTAAFL - get used to it. Pay to play/per use is gonna become a way of life unless they can build a magic net that supports the assholes in my area with their "seedboxes" snarfing up every chunk of bandwidth.
I thought that it's not the bandwidth that's the problem, that it's more the fact that the IPv4 addresses are nearly all used up. Microsoft Vista supports the newer IPv6 addressing model that open's up many more addresses to be used.
HAHAHAHA What a joke. With countries like Korea and Japan having amazing consumer internet bandwidth, this news is simply a hoax to justify the recent bandwidth capping bonanza done by ISPs to inhibit the growth of internet content delivery.
2+0+1+2=5=the number of fingers on the hand, the fifth number in the roman and arabic numeral system, the number of times muslims pray to Allah, the number of books in the Torah and Bible (count them!), the highest category of a hurricane, and the best rating of a hotel.
Revelations 5:5: "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep."
5% of 5 is .25=1/4, the ratio of the living to the dead in the 2012 disaster "event horizon paradigm" predicted by the Mayan. These probability calculations were confirmed clandestinely by the top 10 physicists in Fermilab. (All of them died of heart failure in the year 1989. See title.)
If the brainwashed capitaloconsumerist masses such yourselves opened your eyes to the facts, and not what your intellectually devoid leaders claim is fact. Here are some real facts.
FACT: The ECHELON signal analysis system is set to self destruct in 2012.
FACT: The corresponding word in the hebrew alphabet for 2012 is "cataclysm."
FACT: The government has a secret file, "Omega Point," which was first published in 1989 and will be declassified in 2012.
About the 23 in the title... it means we have only one hour left.... and then we go away.
FORCE OUT! (A traditional Mayan term for "goodbye")
With time considered to be infinite, this is the probability that the world will end in December 2012. Ok, it's not zero, but it's really really close.
Uh I have done alot of research on this and it doesn't mean the end of the world. It means it the end of the world "as we know it." The main change is we will be tilting toward the center of the galaxy (this will happen quite slowly, not an abrupt change), right now we are in the "dark Ages" (to the mayan and sumerians) and will be entering the "light ages" or enlightened ages." Something is going to change but we aren't all going to die. "ALL" being the key word here.
"It means it the end of the world "as we know it."" Of course!!! It's so clear now! The Mayan's weren't saying the world will end, they were just saying REM is going to make a huge comeback! Can't wait!
I think it's pretty safe to assume that most everyone who reads Engadget knows what this is all about. What we really need to do is inform the less tech savvy people in our circle of influence.
It looks like the cable companies are going to be putting forth a pretty good wave of propaganda regarding bandwidth, and unless we let the general public know what's really going on they're going to get their way with the caps and overage fees. We need to get to them before the cable company BS does.
That's fine. Life before the internet was more interesting. Initial there was good information, now there is lots of useless stuff out there and redundant info as well. Life was goon in the good 'ole days.
Great comment though. Worth everyone's time to read what "painted82" thinks about this article. Seriously, thanks for letting everyone know that the article is dumb, and I hope your "please stop posting crap like this" movement will eventually take the form of a petition.
In addition, I hope that this petition has a "comments" area, because in that area I would like to express how much I - and presumably everyone - appreciate reading about what "painted82" thinks it dumb and crap.
Come on, everybody, respond in kind to "painted82" so he knows how much we value his opinion! He needs the email notifications to keep his spirit going, especially after being forced to read a dumb and and crap article on the internet.
I don't know who you are, "painted82," but you are my hero and you are probably 27.
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posted April 30th 2009 2:59PM
RAAAAAGE, brownouts, traffic jams, games slowing down the internet... give me a break.... The web is moving to less bandwidth intensive programs like twitter other microblogging. Until Hulu and the like hit explosive (read. Mainstream) growth, the internet will be perfectly fine.
you forgot apparently unprovoked explosions, those will become much more frequent.
If 4chan ever evolves to a video board and anon likes then consider the internet doomed.
"Massive growth in internet demand, which is undoubtedly on pace to crush existing infrastructure *that can't ever be improved upon by anyone, regardless of their market capitalization or determination to expand.*"
How do they figure that?
i'm pretty sure that was the author being facetious.
Oh, didn't you know that there is a cap on human ingenuity? Yeah, we're pretty much done inventing stuff.
Theres always internet in California.
There's always money in the banana stand.
Nice Arrested Development reference lol
250,000 dollars Michael! There was money lining the walls of the banana stand! Cash! I can't say it anymore clearly!
Finally fast, can i has more speeds?
I don't think youre computer has enough Megahertz. Please Download more megahertz. Then you might have more speeds for your internets.
I think we can keep up with demand just fine, unless every ISP on the planet switches to time warner's business model.
I thought FinallyFast.com was a haven to install spyware on PC's... It's actually legit?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Sarcasm
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Peter%20is%20a%20Douche
Didn't they have a name for this back in the late Nineties when Internet collapse scenarios were all the rage? I think they called it the "Gigalapse" or something stupid like that.
Just has a SCTS moment (silent chuckle to self) remembering the IT crowd episode with "the internet"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg
lol, I love that show
I want those two minutes of my life back.
Your computer must be new and fast - really fast! My computer is older, and now it's only kinda fast. It took me three minutes to watch it.
Joe you need to use FinallyFast so you can be like Chad
@ Chad..
So does your mom.
Well Al Gore invented the internet so he needs to really start updating it before his baby dies.
Aww, how cute. They conflate Internet access speed with the speed of the computer itself, just like old people!
Hmm, these middle-aged (and above) politicians and researchers that usually have no proper idea about the internet or the entire computing parigdim in general annoy me, thinking they understand everything perfectly and are "old enough" to make decisions about it when in reality today’s technology is understood better by younger generations who have actually grown up using it and not by attending some night school class for "How to use a Computer!".
Usually any use of the words "cyberspace", "surfing the net" and pluralization of the word internet is a sure sign that the article you are about to read is useless.
actually think "The Internets" fits the reality better than the singular form.
Whoa, Tommo, take a step back, breathe deeply and take that back.
Or there'll be no more cookies from gramma.
LMAO
It doesn't help that the ISP in the US are being dicks with their expansion vs pricing plans.
TANSTAAFL - get used to it. Pay to play/per use is gonna become a way of life unless they can build a magic net that supports the assholes in my area with their "seedboxes" snarfing up every chunk of bandwidth.
I have stacked enough pr0ns and YouTubes to last me at least a decade ....
If the internet fails, i'll just run my own private internet.
Muahahahaha - super villain voice -
That's your problem right there...
Needs moooooooooooarr internets.
The article seems to imply that increased internet traffic will slow down our computers, great research and knowledge there.
Hooray! I got in here in time to make the first post!
Or I would have, if my darn computer was finally fast.
I thought that it's not the bandwidth that's the problem, that it's more the fact that the IPv4 addresses are nearly all used up. Microsoft Vista supports the newer IPv6 addressing model that open's up many more addresses to be used.
HAHAHAHA What a joke. With countries like Korea and Japan having amazing consumer internet bandwidth, this news is simply a hoax to justify the recent bandwidth capping bonanza done by ISPs to inhibit the growth of internet content delivery.
Here's the TRUTH!
2+0+1+2=5=the number of fingers on the hand, the fifth number in the roman and arabic numeral system, the number of times muslims pray to Allah, the number of books in the Torah and Bible (count them!), the highest category of a hurricane, and the best rating of a hotel.
Revelations 5:5: "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep."
5% of 5 is .25=1/4, the ratio of the living to the dead in the 2012 disaster "event horizon paradigm" predicted by the Mayan. These probability calculations were confirmed clandestinely by the top 10 physicists in Fermilab. (All of them died of heart failure in the year 1989. See title.)
If the brainwashed capitaloconsumerist masses such yourselves opened your eyes to the facts, and not what your intellectually devoid leaders claim is fact. Here are some real facts.
FACT: The ECHELON signal analysis system is set to self destruct in 2012.
FACT: The corresponding word in the hebrew alphabet for 2012 is "cataclysm."
FACT: The government has a secret file, "Omega Point," which was first published in 1989 and will be declassified in 2012.
About the 23 in the title... it means we have only one hour left.... and then we go away.
FORCE OUT! (A traditional Mayan term for "goodbye")
FACT: If the world ends, it ends, none of us will be around to care. So chill the hell out.
You're either brilliant (for the comedic value of this) or batshit insane (if you actually believe it).
Either way I find it hilarious.
"2+0+1+2=5=the number of fingers on the hand"
Lol wut?
Pfffft, moron. A thumb is not a finger.
2 * 0 * 1 * 2 = 0
With time considered to be infinite, this is the probability that the world will end in December 2012. Ok, it's not zero, but it's really really close.
Uh I have done alot of research on this and it doesn't mean the end of the world. It means it the end of the world "as we know it." The main change is we will be tilting toward the center of the galaxy (this will happen quite slowly, not an abrupt change), right now we are in the "dark Ages" (to the mayan and sumerians) and will be entering the "light ages" or enlightened ages." Something is going to change but we aren't all going to die. "ALL" being the key word here.
"It means it the end of the world "as we know it.""
Of course!!! It's so clear now! The Mayan's weren't saying the world will end, they were just saying REM is going to make a huge comeback! Can't wait!
Don't worry everyone, it was just a joke...
I think it's pretty safe to assume that most everyone who reads Engadget knows what this is all about. What we really need to do is inform the less tech savvy people in our circle of influence.
It looks like the cable companies are going to be putting forth a pretty good wave of propaganda regarding bandwidth, and unless we let the general public know what's really going on they're going to get their way with the caps and overage fees. We need to get to them before the cable company BS does.
That's fine. Life before the internet was more interesting. Initial there was good information, now there is lots of useless stuff out there and redundant info as well. Life was goon in the good 'ole days.
What a dumb article... please stop posting crap like this.
Great comment though. Worth everyone's time to read what "painted82" thinks about this article. Seriously, thanks for letting everyone know that the article is dumb, and I hope your "please stop posting crap like this" movement will eventually take the form of a petition.
In addition, I hope that this petition has a "comments" area, because in that area I would like to express how much I - and presumably everyone - appreciate reading about what "painted82" thinks it dumb and crap.
Come on, everybody, respond in kind to "painted82" so he knows how much we value his opinion! He needs the email notifications to keep his spirit going, especially after being forced to read a dumb and and crap article on the internet.
I don't know who you are, "painted82," but you are my hero and you are probably 27.