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tsf14
02/02/09

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looks like they are gonna download 5K films sooner than i thought. HD is gonna be oooooold!
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ripfire
02/02/09

@tsf14: Wow, 5k Korean soaps. Nothing says HD more than the drama of Dae Jang Geum.
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ripfire
02/02/09

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Mmmm. I think I'll have tofu bowl tonight.
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axiomatic
02/02/09

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The US problem isn't technology, we have that in spades. The US problem is local politics and GREED. (and to a small extent that we are a much larger country.)
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ripfire
02/02/09

@axiomatic: That and our country is a little more than the size of Southern California. We have more wires/fiber to deal with.
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Hong Kim
02/02/09

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FUCK. why did my parents decide to move to America before I was born.
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frigg
02/02/09

@Hong Kim: Because they have strict instructions to bring you to the Joshua Tree National Park in around 5 years for what will seem like a vacation. A round, blinking ship will appear in the sky with a large toothy mouth on its underbelly. Don't be afraid of the mouth. The teeth aren't teeth. They're antennas. The mouth will open up and a large tongue-like ramp will extend to the ground, surrounding you in a sticky cocoon that will enable it to carry you safely into the ammoniac environment inside.

I think the issue your parents struggled with, and still struggle with, is if they were to propose the vacation as a family of Korean citizens, you might think "why now, why there?" While their instructions were to raise you to love Bono without revealing their intentions (they must never mention His name), the mission is simply too important to rely on your nascent musical tastes.
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daftrok
02/02/09

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WHY?! Isn't 100 Mbps frigging enough?! Why not use this money for something else, such as energy efficiency or advances in research.
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GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
02/02/09

@daftrok: If you can download a 120 minute movie in 12 seconds, aren't you saving power by your computer not needing to be on?
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Kaiser-Machead
02/02/09

@daftrok: You know, the faster the pipe, the better content distribution gets. The reason why online streaming rentals still sort of sucks is because we're stuck with very high compression to make up for the fact that we don't have a good enough transfer rate to handle HD.

Think about it.

Better bandwidth = better digital distribution over the web = less need to package and ship DVD's like Netflix and the like.
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GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
02/02/09

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The only Sad Panda's will be the ones who are using dial-up. Perhaps NOW they'll mate.
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Cliff_Dangers
02/02/09

@PunchesSmallAnimals_GitEmSteve...:

Panda's are chinese and there is no such thing as dial-up service here in korea.
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GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
02/02/09

@cpadinii: I love my FiOS. So fast and reliable. In the year I've had it, It's been down twice, and one of those times the problem was I couldn't upload to their servers, but downloads were fine.
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