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11/02/09
this is like azureus, i mean vuze.... all over again, except not as bad (yet!) #utorrent20betatorrentudp
11/03/09
If you max out your upload (on normal dsl/cable) your download speeds suffer. Most people don't know enough about their connection to cap the upload speeds correctly.
This feature is about doing the work for you. Anyone that uses their connection for anything time sensitive knows that if you are downloading a torrent you have to throttle it or else your other applications won't work. #utorrent20betatorrentudp
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For years I've done this manually by measuring my upload speed occasionally and using iptables to limit uploads. But hard numbers assume some things about things upstream that you can't guarantee hour to hour. uTorrent 2.0 detects it and throttles back so things don't pile up.
The bottom line is it's better to ease off slightly and keep all your packets than it is to have someone else deciding which of your packets to randomly drop. #utorrent20betatorrentudp
11/03/09
Most people don't realize that a fully saturated outbound results in a massive ding in your inbound, not to mention some serious latency.
It's more for the user, not the ISP. #utorrent20betatorrentudp
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Actually yes, I use Transmission, and I have it set to throttle uploads at 50 KB/s and uploads at 100 KB/s during the time that I want to use my network for other stuff. Although even at that speed the internet is pretty sluggish. I had 10 megabit internet through Charter, but it wasn't that much of a step up, so I went back down to 5 megabit. My ping times in this apartment are just abysmal no matter what I try. Even without torrents up, it feels sluggish compared to my last place. I let Transmission bust it's balls at night when I'm sleeping, and during the day when I'm working, but in the evening, I use my network for watching stuff I've downloaded wireless from my externals, so I usually have to keep everything pegged like I mentioned above or else vlc gets choppy. #utorrent20betatorrentudp
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As long as people want to go on dates or just get the hell out of the house I think there will be places for them to escape. And nothing looks as good as projected film.
10/08/09
This is why grubby art-house theaters show grubby art-house films (lower rental fees for those obscure documentaries and subtitles Euro-pr0n) and why the dollar theaters get everything weeks or months after initial release, when the studios can no longer charge the exorbitant rental fees from opening week...
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Forget that. Everyone has a God-given right to their own home theater system and free entertainment content. It's the only way we'll ever be free of each other once and for all.
10/08/09
*opens arms*
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You know what we did before the internet?
Snuck our own snacks in. Don't want to pay $12 for a coke? Buy a $2 coke and put it in your pocket.
10/08/09
The theaters should do either
1) lower their concession prices or
2) let us bring our own food (food that doesn't smell preferably) without having to feel like thieves.
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I understand that some theaters charge $10+ for movies. The movie companies in return get a good portion of that back. Most theaters don't make gobs of cash on the ticket sales. We're not a franchise theater and in a town of roughly 15,000 people. We happen to offer movies for $5 so our profit margin is even less.
The concessions are obviously the moneymaker for theaters. The problem is that expenses are pretty high considering the number of people working and rising energy costs. That coupled by the fact that you really only sell concessions for a small fraction of the time you're open. It'd be nice to offer a cheaper price, but economically it doesn't make sense considering you're limited to the number of people you can serve on a daily basis.
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But I'm still with tande, I buy Skittles or whatever at the cornerstore first and sometimes a drink.
10/08/09
So if concession sales are the only thing that bring profits to a movie theater, why don't they lower the prices to entice more people to buy their candy and drinks there instead of the drugstore a block away? Settling for a smaller profit per sale, yet increasing actual sales numbers would turn better profits for the theaters in the long run. They're just greedy.
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Now when I do see movies in theatre there at my local dollar theatre. It's a single theater where a large popcorn is a a $1.50 and a pop is $.50. The line is always MUCH longer than any regular theater. Hmm....
I know that this is the only money maker that theaters have. I also know a large popcorn shouldn't cost $8.00. It's driving people away from movies theaters and in some cases, leading people to pirating.
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