Comments on: The Streamyx Rant http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/ Get a grip! Fri, 18 May 2012 02:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: gbyeow http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-570 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:18:46 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-570 Grazer: Murphy's law. Haha. That resulted in a comedy. Simonsays: Did I miss out saying ordinary Joe somewhere in my post? menj: While its cool to have, I find that their stand on the matter to be somewhat distasteful. Also, while the 2MB line is available, it doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be getting that bandwidth. Grazer: Murphy’s law. Haha. That resulted in a comedy.

Simonsays: Did I miss out saying ordinary Joe somewhere in my post?

menj: While its cool to have, I find that their stand on the matter to be somewhat distasteful. Also, while the 2MB line is available, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be getting that bandwidth.

]]> by: menj http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-568 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:37:03 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-568 2MB line?? Are you kidding? I'll subscribe at the first opportunity if this is true! - MENJ 2MB line?? Are you kidding? I’ll subscribe at the first opportunity if this is true!

- MENJ

]]> by: Simonsays http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-548 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:40:10 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-548 A 2Mb line would be useful for a huge Debian <em>aptitude</em> upgrade or for being a <a href="http://php.net" rel="nofollow">php.net</a> mirror :) But seriously, there are two sides to the coin. The first is of course our beloved TMNet, which you have well elaborated on above. The second problem is of course, TMNet's customers - the other side of the coin. Somebody once said people who want to operate a computer should get a certificate first. I couldn't agree more, especially those who surf the net with an Administrator account. Clueless users like these are providing easy zombie machines to those who have the ambition to shut down the Net. This could recursively be pointed in part back to TMNet's fault for failing to educate the consumer on the dark side of the Net. Hang on, this coin also has another face - the middle. This whole bandwidth saga is also Microsoft's fault and the fault of PC vendors to educate customers about computer and Net usage. What then is the solution? Well, we already know how inefficient our government is, so no solution from them. The answer lies in brave (and knowledgeable) souls from the public to rise and show the way to ordinary people about how to use computers properly. If you're reading this and know exactly what I'm talking about, I challenge you to consider, er, this challenge :) And no, using an <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/06/17/157962.aspx" rel="nofollow">Administrator </a>account with an antivirus is still <b>not</b> good enough! That's another <a href="http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html" rel="nofollow">story </a>for another day. A 2Mb line would be useful for a huge Debian aptitude upgrade or for being a php.net mirror :)

But seriously, there are two sides to the coin. The first is of course our beloved TMNet, which you have well elaborated on above. The second problem is of course, TMNet’s customers - the other side of the coin. Somebody once said people who want to operate a computer should get a certificate first. I couldn’t agree more, especially those who surf the net with an Administrator account. Clueless users like these are providing easy zombie machines to those who have the ambition to shut down the Net. This could recursively be pointed in part back to TMNet’s fault for failing to educate the consumer on the dark side of the Net. Hang on, this coin also has another face - the middle. This whole bandwidth saga is also Microsoft’s fault and the fault of PC vendors to educate customers about computer and Net usage. What then is the solution? Well, we already know how inefficient our government is, so no solution from them. The answer lies in brave (and knowledgeable) souls from the public to rise and show the way to ordinary people about how to use computers properly. If you’re reading this and know exactly what I’m talking about, I challenge you to consider, er, this challenge :)
And no, using an Administrator account with an antivirus is still not good enough! That’s another story for another day.

]]> by: GraZer http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-545 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:15:12 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/04/06/the-streamyx-rant/#comment-545 All ppl who work in GLC's are idiots. Most of the time they don't know what they're doing. Makan gaji buta saja. The current 2 big clown GLC companies are good examples. As that Murphy guy who came up with Murphy's Law said "If there's any way to do it wrong, he'll find it." His most famous law is "If anything can go wrong, it will." (<a href="http://www.murphys-laws.com">murphys-laws.com</a>) He's quite a pessimist by the way.... but with all these GLC's around... it's kinda hard not to be! All ppl who work in GLC’s are idiots. Most of the time they don’t know what they’re doing. Makan gaji buta saja. The current 2 big clown GLC companies are good examples. As that Murphy guy who came up with Murphy’s Law said “If there’s any way to do it wrong, he’ll find it.”
His most famous law is “If anything can go wrong, it will.” (murphys-laws.com)

He’s quite a pessimist by the way…. but with all these GLC’s around… it’s kinda hard not to be!

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