Posts by trarch 53 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Mar 2011
It's not possible for Virgin Media to fully comply, given that their 'detrimental usage' policy is based on local contention, and not pre-defined limits.
@aahjnnot: Virgin Media specifically mention that they do not do shaping on iPlayer, in their traffic management policy
http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy.html
Speaking of which, it's about time they were told to remove 'N/A' from the fair use amount for the 'Unlimited' XXL package.
Presumably you're one of the people who would also call people out for the use and reuse of simple passwords.
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that I am not the only one who uses a variety of machines, operating systems and browsers.
This requires some form of central management for passwords, given that they are long and randomly generated and I lack the ability to remember them. The alternative is for me to not have access to sites/services.
Off the top of my head, I think there are only two ways for this to be achieved. One is the 'local' option - carry a USB stick with you everywhere you go, with a password manager on or a portable browser with the passwords stored in it.
As everyone well knows, it's easy to forget to bring your USB stick with you, or even lose it.
The former is an inconvenience. The latter is a disaster.
The other is the 'cloud' option. This has the same pitfall as the first option - all eggs in one basket. However, I'd hazard a guess at saying the chance of losing a USB stick is greater than the loss of cloud data.
With this option, it doesn't matter if your machine dies or is stolen as your passwords are all online, readily accessible for you on another machine.
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