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srufolo1
2/28/2017 8:25:49 PM
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Re: And yet another advantage
@JohnBarnes Once again you've enlightened me on something I did not know. How is buffering a hack point? Does it have something to do with the delay before the video plays?
srufolo1
2/28/2017 8:22:27 PM
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Re: Dial up
@freehe The "shhk-shhk" sound was referred to as the "handshake" signal, I recall. I cannot imagine anyone having dial-up because it required a certain kind of modem that is probably now obsolete. Anyone not old enough to know that sound should watch the movie "You've Got Mail" with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.
JohnBarnes
2/28/2017 8:20:14 PM
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Re: Dial Up Obsolete
Batye,
Rural areas in affluent countries will keep dial up for a little while longer, sure, because they already have phones and they've never installed higher-tech stuff. But rural areas in less developed nations will just go straight to satellite or other media that don't require laying cable out to shacks in the boondocks. So probably the last dial-ups will be in the poorest parts of the richest countries.
JohnBarnes
2/28/2017 8:18:09 PM
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Re: And yet another advantage
Michelle,
Abolishing buffering is also going to be a godsend for totalitarian dictatorships; nobody can preserve any significant amount of information from previous state-media broadcasts.
we have always been at war with Eastasia, and you have no way to prove we haven't.
JohnBarnes
2/28/2017 8:15:58 PM
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Re: Netlfix CEO
I'm always kind of surprised by how non-visual so many of the supposedly visual generation are. Shows up when I try to teach how to present a graph -- many students really don't see why they should explain or address a graph, as its function is, to them, very much like a white coat in a toothpaste commercial, i.e. "I waved my magic evidence now you must believe!" Related, I think, is the number of students with normal hearing who always want captioning turned on because essentially they're planning to read the movie -- even if a third of it is obscured behind the words. They just don't get as much info from pictures. Sometimes I wonder if they actually get much information at all ...
Content Provider
Indeed, Hastings was clearly trying to position Netflix more as a content provider than a service provider throughout the interview, saying, "We've always wanted to create excellent programming, and distribute it worldwide, all at the same time."
It is clear that he is promoting Netflix as a content provider more than a service provider. I believe that kind of hints their strategy.
Re: And yet another advantage
@elizabethv:
I haven't used much of amazon but have heard from others about not so pleasant experience they had. Netflix has certainly grabbed good market share.
Re: Dial Up Obsolete
@batye:
Agree with you. I shared exactly similar thoughts about dial up connections still being around in rural / suburb areas.
Re: And yet another advantage
@Michelle:
I second you - Netflix is leading the way in video world. And this move to eliminate buffering is certainly going to make them even stronger in the video world.
Re: Dial up
@afwriter:
I wouldn't disagree with you about dial up technology not being worthy any more.
But we can't dismiss that there are absolutely no dial ups. I don't have stats to share. But there are some remote areas that do not give folks options to upgrade.
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