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Comment Idiocy by any measure, and by all accounts (Score 1) 80

I wrote a quite detailed comment, but was forbidden from posting as AC.
In logging in, despite being a programmer, I copy-pasted password reset codes and lost my copied comment.

To briefly reconstruct my comment:
1) Exceptions to data caps are absurd; the cost of delivering bandwidth has drastically fallen (in the many thousands of percentage points) compared to the rising prices that ISP's charge. Data caps are an artificial limit to implement a sense of artificial scarcity; bandwidth is not so scarce as water and natural resources, when you can spin up a fresh 10 gbps switch for about the same price as a 10 mbps switch cost 20 years ago. How do you think Verizon and Comcast grew into such big media conglomerates, whilst beating the network congestion drum?
2) Slashdot is dead. 10 comments on a network neutrality topic? Long live Slashdot.

Comment Re:Great Game (Score 1) 602

That's the beauty of being a casual gamer, you see. You budget your time, say two hours a day, and you know when to stop. Some quests might take longer, but considering that ahead of time can help you plan when you can afford the time to finish that quest for the Dark Sword of Impenetrable Defending. It might take longer to achieve your objective, but you'll get there eventually. It took me three years to get to level 80 in Asheron's Call. This leaves time for reading, writing, enjoying company, smoking bud, etc. Some might be expert multi-taskers that can do all of this at once, and good for them. It's not for everyone. I think the whole battle that we see regularly played out on MMO forums between power gamers and casual gamers is silly. If you only have two hours to play in a night, you only have two hours to play in a night. The game is there to be enjoyable for a long period of time, depending of course on your play style. Sure, you can race to level 60 in a few weeks, but where's the fun in that? I can honestly say that I prefer being a casual gamer.
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