Mypoint re: cars was that that car and highway technology has matured
to the point that anyone from a teenager to a grandparent can just take
off and drive one across the country ... not much specialized knowledge
is needed... which wasn't at all the case for the first 30 to 50 years.
That's where the internet & computers are now... in their early
developmental years... and the "lumps" ... like uneven uncontrolled
access have yet to be worked out. There are so many uncontrolled
variables that it takes skill to figure out what is causing such a
browsing slowdown. In this case, I am betting on the neighbors
downloading movies.
That said, any body know anything about software / bots etc that can be
used for "sniffing" local traffic and spotting such nearby heavy cable
broadband usage?
db
Fred Holmes wrote:
At 11:22 AM 11/29/2008, Tom Piwowar
wrote:file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/db/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Internet%20Explorer/Quick%20Launch/Mozilla%20Firefox.lnk
<cid:[email protected]>
Cars do far less than computers and innovation in that industry is almost
zilch. Given several years warning that lighter, more efficient autos are
what the public wanted, they were unable to deliver and kept making what
they were making. Today innovation is mostly about flying to Washington
in their private jets to ask for new kinds of handouts.
If someone really thought they actually knew how to build an "innovative" car that was
economically feasible (didn't depend upon government coercion), and had a convincing argument for
it, investors would flock to participate. So far, it, along with much "alternative
energy" hasn't really worked yet. Not when all aspect of the economics are considered.
Fred Holmes
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