Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] OT: Why Next Century Cities?

Basically right Kris.

"Quick" is a measure of time.

"Fast" is a measure of speed.

Quick is not always fast and vice versa.

cjc

On 25 Oct 2014, at 2:46 pm, Just Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

You mean quick not fast. Right? Fast is how long it takes a ten gig file to finish and quick is the ping or how quick it takes a couple bytes of HTML to display? You can have a 50/50meg service with crappy ping and it'll seem slow but the ten gig file will finish in no time. I think that I'm
Using the correct terminology.

I've seen that. Slow to get into first gear but awesome top end.

I prefer a balance of both. But I'm happy with most anything really. After over a year on 40 down and 10 up with quick ping I have spent a long time recently where 5 down is unheard of and its split between 10+ users. It's caused me to really be patient. They say good things come to people who are patient. I'm waiting. Patiently.

~Kris M.
\\ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller //

On Oct 24, 2014, at 6:42 PM, david smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I don't quite agree. Fast is a .25-second screen refresh. Fast enough is the local response one gets on a prudently loaded and well-tuned home computer. When you have to wait three or four seconds for a screen refresh, that's slow. No justifications permitted - it's just slow.

For downloading 10GB files, I agree that fast is relative.

On Oct 24, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Just Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Fast is subjective. To some 40mph is fast to others 100mph is slow.

~Kris M.
\\ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller //

On Oct 23, 2014, at 6:01 PM, david smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Anything can be wonderful in theory. Dreamers are great to have in the mix, but they often stumble in the real-world obstacle course of the possible.

I expect to die waiting for Internet service that is consistently fast. I get 50 Gbps now, sometimes, but it's inconsistent, and I have to change the modem channel or reboot the modem or the router every now and then. The real road is strewn with potholes. Things will improve, but slowly. In the meantime, we have to beware of a natural willingness to accept potholes as normal. That's one reason I like Apple: They hold themselves to higher performance standards than much of the rest of the crowd.

On Oct 23, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Just Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Well in the end it was the power companies that had to string power to every house. But it's now essential just like it once was a luxury. That said its a luxury for me that I get past by going to the library where it's free. I think that the consortium thinks that they can make it cheaper and bring it to everyone whereas the monopoly hasn't been doing that. In my old house we had city run internet. It was slower than Comcast but it did goto every house but the prices were the same. Meh. But it's still
An interesting idea.

~Kris M.
\\ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller //