[gurps] Re: Internet on blue planet and like worlds

[Tom Sparks]

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From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com>
To: gurpsnet-l at sjgames.com
Sent: Wednesday, 31 December, 2008 12:26:28 PM
Subject: [gurps] Re: Internet on blue planet and like worlds 

>> From: "Onno Meyer" <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de>
>> The difference between that and the internet as we know it is simply a matter of scale and search engines.
>> But to provide a wealth of content, you need people who write it to start with! 
>> I believe the limiting factor will be content producers, not bandwidth. By
>> the time you have a Blue Planet Wikipedia, the hardware will be no problem any more.

> Historically, bandwidth has always lagged behind *desired* content.
but bandwidth has shown us new content, so we  demand more bandwidth
an example: teletext to telnet to Gopher/BBS to HTML to youtube

> Even today, high quality video phones aren't feasible without expensive dedicated links.
most if not all people are happy with 320x240 or 640x480 video sizes

> Telepresence and other bulk surveillance will expand to fill any reasonable capacity shared bandwidth.
telepresence is time-depended


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