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Gonz
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      05-23-2007, 10:11 AM
About them claiming they have no useage limits when they've got throttlin
goin on! )

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/


 
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      05-23-2007, 01:39 PM


Gonz wrote:

> About them claiming they have no useage limits when they've got throttlin
> goin on! )
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/


It's not a usage limit.

Graham


 
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Gonz
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      05-23-2007, 04:11 PM

"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Gonz wrote:
>
>> About them claiming they have no useage limits when they've got throttlin
>> goin on! )
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/

>
> It's not a usage limit.


Yes it is.
Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.
How simple can it be?


 
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James Egan
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      05-23-2007, 04:33 PM

On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:11:22 +0100, "Gonz" <T o p @ S e c r e t . c o
m> wrote:

>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/

>>
>> It's not a usage limit.

>
>Yes it is.
>Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.
>How simple can it be?
>


I suppose we're going to get another long and boring thread now about
the similarity or difference between limit and limited.

Funnily enough the last marathon thread started off about Virgin Media
too before disappearing off at a tangent.


Jim.

 
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George Weston
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      05-23-2007, 04:58 PM

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:11:22 +0100, "Gonz" <T o p @ S e c r e t . c o
> m> wrote:
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>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/
>>>
>>> It's not a usage limit.

>>
>>Yes it is.
>>Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.
>>How simple can it be?
>>

>
> I suppose we're going to get another long and boring thread now about
> the similarity or difference between limit and limited.
>
> Funnily enough the last marathon thread started off about Virgin Media
> too before disappearing off at a tangent.
>
>
> Jim.


OK - let's go with the tangent idea...
What gauge strings do people think I should fit to my Fender Stratocaster?
;-)

George


 
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      05-23-2007, 05:28 PM
"Gonz" <T o p @ S e c r e t . c o m> declared for all the world to
hear...
> > It's not a usage limit.

>
> Yes it is.
> Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.
> How simple can it be?


A limit is a restriction which is defined absolutely.

Restriction implies a reduced service, not an absolute limit. If you
reach the restricted phase then you can still use your service, just
more slowly. As long as some part of the service remains available then
it cannot be classed as a limit.
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      05-23-2007, 05:40 PM


Gonz wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote:
> > Gonz wrote:
> >
> >> About them claiming they have no useage limits when they've got throttlin
> >> goin on! )
> >>
> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/

> >
> > It's not a usage limit.

>
> Yes it is.
> Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.


It's slowed down but it's not a limit. A limit means a point past which you can't
go.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/limit

You need to learn the real meanings of words but I recall you've showed no real
interest in using language properly so no surprise to me if you don't know what
the words mean.

Graham

 
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      05-23-2007, 05:45 PM


Jon wrote:

> "Gonz" declared for all the world to hear...
> Eeyore wrote:
> > > It's not a usage limit.

> >
> > Yes it is.
> > Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.
> > How simple can it be?

>
> A limit is a restriction which is defined absolutely.
>
> Restriction implies a reduced service, not an absolute limit. If you
> reach the restricted phase then you can still use your service, just
> more slowly. As long as some part of the service remains available then
> it cannot be classed as a limit.


Exactly. Gonz clearly never learnt much about the exact meaning of words. It's
that damn dumbed-down Blairised education system to blame again.

I came across an amusing example of anothe rmisunderstanding of a word a while
back.

A chap in the local shop had been to an interview and wore a suit to impress.
In his own words "to look respectful" - LOL !

Hey Gonz, if you don't get it - yell and I'll explain the difference betwen
'ful' and 'able'.

Graham

 
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Ivor Jones
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      05-23-2007, 05:52 PM
"Eeyore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Gonz wrote:
>
> > "Eeyore" wrote:
> > > Gonz wrote:
> > >
> > > > About them claiming they have no useage limits when
> > > > they've got throttlin goin on! )
> > > >
> > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/
> > >
> > > It's not a usage limit.

> >
> > Yes it is.
> > Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.

>
> It's slowed down but it's not a limit. A limit means a
> point past which you can't go.
>
> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/limit


Not necessarily. "Limited access" can be taken to mean some access but not
total access. For example I have *limited* access to my company computer
network, but I don't have *full* access. Only the system admin has that.

Ivor


 
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Eeyore
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      05-23-2007, 06:23 PM


Ivor Jones wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote
> > Gonz wrote:
> > > "Eeyore" wrote:
> > > > Gonz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > About them claiming


DAMN !

Gonz used the lettter 'g' !


> > > > > they have no useage limits when they've got throttlin goin


But then forgot again of course.

> > > > > on! )
> > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05..._usage_limits/
> > > >
> > > > It's not a usage limit.
> > >
> > > Yes it is.
> > > Hit the limit, and your useage is restricted.

> >
> > It's slowed down but it's not a limit. A limit means a
> > point past which you can't go.
> >
> > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/limit

>
> Not necessarily. "Limited access" can be taken to mean some access but not
> total access. For example I have *limited* access to my company computer
> network, but I don't have *full* access. Only the system admin has that.


That's an example of using the word as an adjective though. There's an inferred 'degree
of limitation'.

On its own the meaning of 'a limit' is quite clear. It's like a brick wall.


Graham

 
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