redtigerdragon Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 A well respected think tank thinks that the inerwebs is getting to clogged! They think there will be brown outs on the web! Link. What do you think? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Wait... What? Really... What the hell? -_- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 "While the net itself will ultimately survive, Ritter said that waves of disruption would begin to emerge next year, when computers would jitter and freeze. This would be followed by Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 NO, I did as well... According to the article we are already experiencing brownouts when stuff temporarily lags... err... I believe thats called buffering... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARandomOWL Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) Brownouts I always thought that was something you do in the bathroom Edited April 30, 2009 by AJW256 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turophiliac Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Brownouts I always thought that was something you do in the bathroom HAH! a poop joke! never too old for one of those I'm thinking someone that doesn't know anything about how the internet works wrote this article... either that, or someone was really late on their April Fools joke... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 I'm thinking someone that doesn't know anything about how the internet works wrote this article... either that, or someone was really late on their April Fools joke... Possibly. Even though demand continues to rise quickly it's not like everything will just shut off (or make your whole computer slow and unresponsive ) when it meets capacity...it'll just slow down a bit when demand is high around that bottleneck. It's exactly the same thing that happens on weekends when everyone is home downloading/uploading and stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 The best way to ensure bandwidth doesn't keep up with demand is to concentrate control of the internet under one roof. As long as we have businesses out to make a profit and provide good service, with internet providers wanting to deliver access to that service, I don't see how the internet could become "flooded." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlrwrite Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 You guys are filling up the internet(s) with all your water skiing squirrels, and cup fetish girls! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 .ing AL Gore forgot to Draino the pipes this month! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARandomOWL Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 We need the old chimney sweeps back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 I knew the internet was a fad. Told you so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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