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Comment People Don't Understand the Internet (Score 1) 312

Its so unlikely at a "single" provider can cause an internet meltdown. However, the STREAMING sites may not be able to handle the client traffic, or companies LAN could fall under the weight, due to employees watching. But a world or national (US) Internet melt down is probably very hard to create, and the FIFA World Cup won't do it.

The colo that is doing the streaming is much more likely to have issues, than the "Internet" as a whole. And I figure there is more than 1 server, in more than 1 colo doing this. Yes, for some, it could be slow, or they can't connect ... but that is just for that site, not the "Internet".
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Journal Journal: php data access abstraction layer

I've been thinking about this for awhile. After working on an Auction Management System for one of the many ebay consignment companies, working on my own home page and other smaller utility scripts, I came up with this idea of a data access abstraction layer.

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Journal Journal: SprintPCS - US Moible/PCS Mess

K.I.S.S cell phones prompted this thought. How much I like sprintpcs but their hardware line up sucks. Yes, I am a mac user. I also bought the much hyped, and Sprint killed Sony Ericsson T608 CDMA Bluetooth phone. Its freaking slow (interface), battery sucked (replaced it with a hong kong mail order). Over all has held up nicely, and each new phone I

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