I'm reading through that and I love how broad it is. Most of the areas you could swap between generations and nobody would know.
Tropy for 8th place? Never. My kids, yeah the leagues tried that shit, but not my age group. 12 years of baseball, 2 years of football, 4 or 5 years of soccer, martial arts since I was 3 years old, etc. We came in first a lot in baseball and I often made allstars, but I remember coming in second a year or two and we didn't get anything lol. Decent league, about 10 teams or so. Most of us knew as we hit our teens that the economy was going to shit and that we likely weren't going to have the job stability our parents did. Everything was offshored, families had less disposable income after the 80s and 90s. I did OK during the dot-com bubble, and never really struggled to find a good tech job. 6 years in the military and a combat deployment to Iraq helped with that though. Still pissed I never got sent to Afghanistan. I wanted nothing to do with Iraq, but the Taliban was a whole different shebang to me at the time. On Apr 11, 2016 10:40 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf > > Go Boomers! > > *From:* Bill Prince <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2016 9:32 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in > Kansas City| Ars Technica > > The definition of a millennial that I've heard is someone who came "of > age" around the millennium. So if you were around 18-21 years of age > between 1995 and 2005, you are a millennial. You turned 18 in 1999, so I > would say you qualify. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 4/11/2016 12:31 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: > > I'm 35. Does that count? > > My 16 year old stepson is into this whole YouTube, Snapchat, and "kik" > stuff I can't understand, and I no longer recognize the names of the video > games he plays :( > On Apr 11, 2016 1:33 AM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Me thinks he is one of them millennials. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 4/10/2016 4:13 PM, Josh Baird wrote: >> >> So you are doing 3-4TB/month to your house? >> >> That's a *bit* on the high side, I would think. >> >> On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My house runs between 10-15 Mbps sustained. When we do our 4K upgrade >> next year, that will be between 50-75Mbps sustained depending on >> HDR/non-hdr content and codec type. >> On Apr 10, 2016 5:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th >>> percentile of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were >>> running closer to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly to >>> where we are on the network, but we can't (or don't choose to) saturate our >>> online-ness like a millennial. >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote: >>> >>> I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download >>> windows updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less than a >>> meg. Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And yeah, mine is >>> free. :) >>> >>> I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh. >>> >>> On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >>> >>> I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials. >>> https://internetessentials.com/ >>> >>> Available if child qualifies for school lunch program. Not a contract >>> or promo price. And you don’t have to live in public housing. >>> >>> I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo. What I’m >>> saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber is >>> so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done. It was either a >>> stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 Mbps was so >>> lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit. >>> >>> No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50 >>> is a helluva price increase. It would certainly seem to offer the local >>> cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something >>> less than $50, maybe around $30. And maybe get some cable TV revenue. >>> Because lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s >>> affordable, no matter what the elites think. Just like some people are >>> fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in >>> Kansas City| Ars Technica >>> >>> >>> I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro >>> broadband pricing. >>> >>> Honestly. >>> >>> I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable >>> / DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc. >>> >>> Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for >>> $45-55+ a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which >>> sucks when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how >>> vastly over provisioned much of those networks are. >>> >>> That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon >>> ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most >>> of the providers asses. >>> On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Free was silly. But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of >>>> extreme. They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a mere >>>> 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price. >>>> >>>> Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50. >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM >>>> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in >>>> Kansas City| Ars Technica >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
