And even if it was the case that they had to pay for domain names for all 200 sites, it would cost just under ?1250GBP a year (?6.21/domain) if they bought them off Go Daddy, assuming they couldn't get some kind of bulk discount and they used .co.uk domains (Go Daddy doesn't list a bulk discount for .co.uk domains). If they used Go Daddy's .info domains and got the bulk discount they could do it for less than ?1000 a year (?4.96/domain) which is about the cost of a MacBook Pro. It's not negligible, but neither is it exactly a huge outlay for the BBC.
(Also, these are the renewal prices, not the heavily discounted first year prices which, for .info, come to less than ?50).
And intelligent people use units that make sense. There's a reason they're called Standard International units.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_illAgCPg
I'm also a complete twit who can't read. It's 50,000/day. Not 50,000/month. Should be corrected now (including the date of the number of internet users statistic), giving just over 3 years. Duh.
Let this be a lesson to me to actually check stuff before I post it! >.
Ah. The AC above me's source says the statistic giving the number of internet users is from June, while I've assumed it's from January (Wikipedia just said 2010). This means my spreadsheet will slightly overestimate the time reqired.
By that metric it would take just under two and a half years to disconnect all current subscribers (44,630,000/50,000=893 days=2.44 years). That's still an overestimation, however, as multiple internet users would, in many cases, share the same connection. The average French household contains 2.5 people. Assuming this ratio also works for internet users/internet connections, it would take less than a year to disconnect all internet connections (44,630,000/(50,000*2.5)=357 days=0.978 years).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_ave_siz_of_hou-people-average-size-of-households
Assuming, however, that el_segfaulto's value for the rate of change of the population is correct and constant at an increase of 25,000 people per month and the proliferation of internet usage remains constant (and that all internet connections may be detected by Hadopi), it will take just under 153 years to disconnect all internet connections.
Someone want to check my working to make sure I haven't stuffed up somewhere?
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AllmFR1j-8TPdFZRLUoyYTdja1d1ekFBYk9wb0VvLXc&hl=en_GB&authkey=CJrV0fgC
Oh god Thankyou for sharing that Daily Show clip! It's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! :D
(Totally off-topic, I know, but it's seriously hilarious!)
I'm *pretty* sure it's not incorrect. It's a weird and obscure way to put it, though.
Crux, Latin for "cross", in this context referencing Jesus carrying the cross to his crucifixion to describe a heavy burden that is difficult to carry.
There you go. Having religious relatives *does* come in handy once in a while!
Yeah, up until a few years ago I had a plan with Bigpond (quite an old one, granted) for 256/64kbps, 12GB/month at $59.95 per month! And that plan was called something like "Liberty-unlimited". Yeah. So I switched to Internode. A very good move! That said, by American standards it's still shocking...
You want bad broadband plans at stupidly high prices? Come to Australia.
http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/adsl/plans-and-offers/
That's Telstra Bigpond's list of plans and it's really hard for anyone to provide significant competition because they almost exclusively have to rent from Telstra!
You reckon? I'd be pretty damn nervous! They're deciding how you're going to be dealt with for probably the next few years, based on a you-don't-know-how-reliable system.
I'd say that's a pretty fair reason to be nervous! ;)
Nice to see my government representing my interests...
/sarcasm
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It's triply hilarious (especially given the use of "your") if you consider it as a reference to you needing to throw up!
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Da na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na, Buddha!
Re: I'm laughing hysterically
Good god, man! Put a warning or something when you link to TV Tropes... or at least throw a rope when people fall in!
Re: Forum for trolls
I'm a little disappointed that second one doesn't actually exist...
Re: Re: BBC Kill Off
And even if it was the case that they had to pay for domain names for all 200 sites, it would cost just under ?1250GBP a year (?6.21/domain) if they bought them off Go Daddy, assuming they couldn't get some kind of bulk discount and they used .co.uk domains (Go Daddy doesn't list a bulk discount for .co.uk domains). If they used Go Daddy's .info domains and got the bulk discount they could do it for less than ?1000 a year (?4.96/domain) which is about the cost of a MacBook Pro. It's not negligible, but neither is it exactly a huge outlay for the BBC.
(Also, these are the renewal prices, not the heavily discounted first year prices which, for .info, come to less than ?50).
Re: Re: Re: Learning something new every day...
And intelligent people use units that make sense. There's a reason they're called Standard International units.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_illAgCPg
Re: Re: Maths anyone?
I'm also a complete twit who can't read. It's 50,000/day. Not 50,000/month. Should be corrected now (including the date of the number of internet users statistic), giving just over 3 years. Duh.
Let this be a lesson to me to actually check stuff before I post it! >.
Re: Re: Maths anyone?
Ah. The AC above me's source says the statistic giving the number of internet users is from June, while I've assumed it's from January (Wikipedia just said 2010). This means my spreadsheet will slightly overestimate the time reqired.
Re: Maths anyone?
By that metric it would take just under two and a half years to disconnect all current subscribers (44,630,000/50,000=893 days=2.44 years). That's still an overestimation, however, as multiple internet users would, in many cases, share the same connection. The average French household contains 2.5 people. Assuming this ratio also works for internet users/internet connections, it would take less than a year to disconnect all internet connections (44,630,000/(50,000*2.5)=357 days=0.978 years).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_ave_siz_of_hou-people-average-size-of-households
Assuming, however, that el_segfaulto's value for the rate of change of the population is correct and constant at an increase of 25,000 people per month and the proliferation of internet usage remains constant (and that all internet connections may be detected by Hadopi), it will take just under 153 years to disconnect all internet connections.
Someone want to check my working to make sure I haven't stuffed up somewhere?
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AllmFR1j-8TPdFZRLUoyYTdja1d1ekFBYk9wb0VvLXc&hl=en_GB&authkey=CJrV0fgC
Re: Is Ricky Gervais the original Anonymous Coward?
Oh god Thankyou for sharing that Daily Show clip! It's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! :D
(Totally off-topic, I know, but it's seriously hilarious!)
Freaky...
That's quite freaky timing - I just received an email from DFTBA saying my copy of his CD has shipped!
The album sales are actually handled directly by his label, DFTBA, rather than BandCamp. http://dftba.com/shop/products/This-Is-Me-%5BCD%5D.html
Re: Re: Re: Re: Wait what?
I'm *pretty* sure it's not incorrect. It's a weird and obscure way to put it, though.
Crux, Latin for "cross", in this context referencing Jesus carrying the cross to his crucifixion to describe a heavy burden that is difficult to carry.
There you go. Having religious relatives *does* come in handy once in a while!
*THE MORE YOU KNOW!*
Re: Psychological
Absolutely! I wish they'd get rid of the 5c coin as well because they're effectively worthless these days and you can't get rid of the bloody things!
Also, probably stating the obvious but credit card (and debit card, eftpos, online etc.) transactions are still not rounded and go to the cent.
Re: Got to read Telstra's fine print to see how bad it is
Yeah, up until a few years ago I had a plan with Bigpond (quite an old one, granted) for 256/64kbps, 12GB/month at $59.95 per month! And that plan was called something like "Liberty-unlimited". Yeah. So I switched to Internode. A very good move! That said, by American standards it's still shocking...
You want bad broadband plans at stupidly high prices? Come to Australia.
http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/adsl/plans-and-offers/
That's Telstra Bigpond's list of plans and it's really hard for anyone to provide significant competition because they almost exclusively have to rent from Telstra!
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You reckon? I'd be pretty damn nervous! They're deciding how you're going to be dealt with for probably the next few years, based on a you-don't-know-how-reliable system.
I'd say that's a pretty fair reason to be nervous! ;)
That's a beautiful quote from the judge at the end!