Those videos of a cute kitten falling asleep in it's food bowl on YouTube is causing the net to crash! Videos have Net bursting at the seams by John Van (Chicago Tribune) discusses how the web is near it's limit. Traffic volumes are high and computing power can't keep up. Yeah, I'd say that's a problem. I think Second Life is really the problem, but I digress...

So, how can you fix this problem? Toolfarm links to videos on the web in our Inspirations page and we have a big video project in the works (sorry, no spoilers). We're uploading tutorial videos and files, demo downloads, all which can get pretty bandwidth hefty. I also use Vonage and Skype, which are internet phone services. And yeah, I do download a mess of mp3s.

I guess I'm part of the problem, eh.

If the internet does blow up, this could be a good thing. It would probably not happen at once, but blackouts here and there. This would force technology to catch up in a hurry, drastically increasing bandwidth, quality and the substance that currently exists, spreading knowledge and freedom to all corners of the world.

By downloading videos on the web, I'm actually helping someone in the Third World, in my own twisted logic.

Or, it's all just a conspiracy to keep the public in fear and off the internet so "they" can have the bandwidth all to themselves. Yes, I'm sure that's it.

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