music,porn or what???

[Douglas]

I heard on the news last night, that 1 in 4 people in the U.K. have a broadband cable internet connection.

A poll was conducted concerning why people had broadband cable, the answer was..........

(1) To download music

(2) to download porn.

 

What do you people on this scientific forum think....if anything??

[YT2095]

since most of the Porn originates from the USA (yes it does!) and then secondly from Russia and Europe.

 

and most of the good Music comes from the UK (or at least DID).

 

I wonder who spends most time ULing which catagory ?

 

besides, even if it was Porn we DL`d the most, it just goes to prove we`re not full of it )

[bloodhound]

i actually spend most of my bandwidth downloading anime, and some music obviously.

[YT2095]

I don`t even do anything that fancy, my puter`s a glorified Telephone/ Comms device/ library access.

 

the only thing I DL and save the most often is Bookmarks

[5614]

how was that survey carried out and where?

 

for example was it in america, UK or worldwide, im sure the result would be different in different countries.

 

also who was asked? for example if they did the survey in one area which happened to be into porn then the results would be different to if you went around central working london and asked there!

 

i do have a lot of bookmarks other than that i download a bit of a mix of everything (except porn - yes, i am honestly telling you i dont do that!)

[Douglas]

how was that survey carried out and where?

 

for example was it in america' date=' UK or worldwide, im sure the result would be different in different countries.

 

also who was asked? for example if they did the survey in one area which happened to be into porn then the results would be different to if you went around central working london and asked there!

 

i do have a lot of bookmarks other than that i download a bit of a mix of everything (except porn - yes, i am honestly telling you i dont do that!)[/quote']

5614, I can't answer your question. I heard it on the radio or TV, It was very brief, and only stated that the #1 reason was music, and #2 was porn.

The reason it may have been mentioned was that 1 person out of 4 has broadband cable, which I think is unusually high. Here in the U.S., I would think it would be more like 1 in 10

[Douglas]

I wonder who spends most time ULing which catagory ?

Good question. From what I see here, looks like the science folks aren't that interested in porn.

 

I imagine there must be some cultured porn forums on the internet, maybe they, and Mr. Joe Sixpack download the porn, and the youngsters download the music.

[Auburngirl05]

I live in a rural area and CAN'T get broadband (I'm NOT into porn but it irks me that downloading music is such a hassle). I also heard it on the headlines and wondered how the stats would change if dial-up users were polled for their activities...I guess it's just more patient porn-watchers in that category to wait for long downloads, lol..

[bloodhound]

just a quick stat:

 

Avergae porn movie size:700MB

 

if u have a 600k cable , u get download speed of upto 70KB/s

 

at that rate it will take you about 6 hours to download.... not bad lol..

 

not that i ever downloaded stuff.

[john5746]

I would think it would be easier to wire the UK or Japan than a country like the US.

 

Porn comes in many flavors, some more disturbing than others. I personally don't care - its better than violent stuff.

[JaKiri]

Avergae movie size:700MB

 

Fixed. Except the spelling, I left that as it was.

 

Although this is becoming less of an issue nowadays (the 'fitting onto a cd'), as hard drives and dvd drives become larger and more plentiful respectively.

[iglak]

I heard on the news last night' date=' that 1 in 4 people in the U.K. have a broadband cable internet connection.

A poll was conducted concerning why people had broadband cable, the answer was..........

(1) To download music

(2) to download porn.

 

What do you people on this scientific forum think....if anything??[/quote']

i use it for all three!

 

 

well let's see, what do i use it for...

faster surfing of the net in ALL areas (forums, livejournal, news sites, things for homework).

downloading freeware music.

downloading videos (including movie/game trailers, anime/game music videos, and some pr0n... hey, i'm a horny, somewhat rebellious teenager, what do you expect??!!?!112?11!22111)

playing flash movies/games.

downloading freeware games.

playing online games.

that's all that i can think of. i have no specific reason for having it, it's just better, and makes the internet more useful. and my dad's the one that wanted it first, so blame him