----- Original Message ---- From: Jeff Wilson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 31 December, 2008 12:26:28 PM Subject: [gurps] Re: Internet on blue planet and like worlds
>> From: "Onno Meyer" <[email protected]> >> The difference between that and the internet as we know it is simply a >> matter of scale and search engines. >> But to provide a wealth of content, you need people who write it to start >> with! >> I believe the limiting factor will be content producers, not bandwidth. By >> the time you have a Blue Planet Wikipedia, the hardware will be no problem >> any more. > Historically, bandwidth has always lagged behind *desired* content. but bandwidth has shown us new content, so we demand more bandwidth an example: teletext to telnet to Gopher/BBS to HTML to youtube > Even today, high quality video phones aren't feasible without expensive > dedicated links. most if not all people are happy with 320x240 or 640x480 video sizes > Telepresence and other bulk surveillance will expand to fill any reasonable > capacity shared bandwidth. telepresence is time-depended Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
