hi all On 11/02/2010, at 8:13 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Also there is the question of bandwidth and I've had this argument > with several people, and I'm often in the minority. But i believe my > position so I stand by it. Bandwidth is not free, contrary to > popular opinion. Someone somewhere is paying for it. We wil all pay > for it if the ISPs want to throttle their networks thanks to every > tom dick and harry publishing HD video of their son on a swing, thus > choking up the networks with unnecessary bits. your content may very > well warrant the higher quality. Thats your choice. Miine does not. > Thats my choice. really want to second this. In a world where sustainability really is an issue network sustainability (which includes bandwidth) *is* significant. You can't pump big video into most of the world. For some projects that does not matter, but for many it does. I remember teaching Masters students in Norway who scoffed at what I showed them in QuickTime for compression and editing, pointing out that downstairs they had Avids, 3 chip cameras etc. Half of these students were on scholarships from the developing world. I asked them "so, when you go home and out to a school, do you want everyone to be able to shoot and edit and publish video for a $30 bit of software, or do you want to tell them that they can only tell their stories when they learn how to use, own, maintain, an Avid?" Every one of them shut up and started playing. Today I could have the same conversation with them about bandwidth. cheers Adrian Miles [email protected] Program Director, Bachelor of Communication Honours vogmae.net.au/research/contact-me/
