This is similar to a book by Arthur C. Clarke called Songs of Distant Earth. On a low-population planet, the method of electing a leader is basically a randomized computer ballot. Anyone that wants to become leader is automatically eliminated as an option because they are assumed to have ulterior motives that would be detrimental to the population. Of the remaining candidates, the leader is selected at random (or at least as randomly as the computer can).
Or, as in the case of my friend (who lives out East in the Maritimes [Canada]), neither. He was having trouble with his torrents (had recently switched to a new provider), and after a few days of utter frustration finally figured out what was going on.
The provider not only "delayed" traffic based on ports and header-checking, it also had a policy to outright block all encrypted traffic that wasn't coming over port 80. Downright stupid if you ask me.
I'm quite excited to read this article, as Daniel Wigdor was one of my instructors in first-year Engineering Science at the University of Toronto about 4 years ago. He taught me CSC181, which was the advanced option of the first-year computer-science course. Back then he was working with developing a system for cell-phones where you could type text by wobbling the cell-phone aroud in your hand instead of pressing keys.
I'm really glad to see his research going well, it seems he's doing very well for himself =)
I'm not condoning actions such as delivering a channel in Analog that you are paying to receive in Digital, but my question to you as Devil's advocate is this: You ask how you can be sure you are receiving the channel in digital; if you can't tell the difference, can it really bother you that much?
And I'm not talking digital as in ATSC (HDTV), because there's really no way to fake that; I mean the regular cable channels that get broadcast in "digital" format but really there's not much difference.
Isn't there an infobox you can fill out about clips you're uploading? Place a link to your blog entry in that infobox and sate the educational purpose of the video. That way the context doesn't just disappear for people that just happen to be browsing YouTube. They see the link to your blog post, click on it, and then see how the video is used in an educational scenario.
I am not an expert in copyright matters, nor am I experienced in posting YouTube videos; perhaps I'm wrong, but what I've said certainly seems intuitive enough.
Space is not a complete vacuum; you can in fact have an object travelling at "supersonic" speeds in space. Effectively, what they are really saying (assuming the description is accurate, I haven't RTFA), is that the star is creating a shockwave of space particles (mostly Hydrogen and Helium). Its been 16 months since my Gasdynamics course, but if I recall correctly, these "shockwaves" can have widths on the order of 10s of meters.
Besides, although "supersonically" implies faster-than-sound (and indeed, in most intuitive cases this definition applies), what it is really referring to is travelling faster than speed at which information can propagate in a medium. If you are below this speed, than compression of particles "informs" particles ahead of you in your path of your imminent arrival, and they begin to compress to make room. If you are above this speed, there is no prior knowlege of your arrival and the particles hit a shockwave, "instantaneously" (read: very quickly) accelerating to a velocity that brings them out of your path.
Great, so you have a 50Mbit connection in your area. That connects you at 50Mbit to the cable company's switch. What happens then? All your packets get jammed into the same clogged connections from the cable co to their tier2 ISP. I would be far more happy if my 10Mbit cable connection wasn't limited to 60GB per month (combined up/down). If I had a 50Mbit connection, I would just be able to fill up that 60GB quota 5x faster.
Oh really, temperature sensors installed in Canadian gas pumps? All the pumps I've seen here in Ontario bear a small label stating "Volume corrected to 15*C".
If I can smell diesel exhaust (which I can from SmartCars and Volkswagon TDIs), then there is still a significant amount of harmful materials getting through the filtering process. No matter how well you filter engine exhaust, its always better to start from a cleaner combustion source; catalytic converts and exhaust filters can be applied to regular gasoline combustion engines too. Better than gasoline would be Hydrogen combustion (but at that point I'd say we may as well look at fuel cells instead).
Hands-free systems don't make the problem of cell-phone usage goes away; I would argue that they are actually more dangerous, since the driver thinks they are more in control while the main problem is not that you're using a hand to hold the phone to your ear but is rather the attention you have to dedicate to whoever you're talking to.
One of the things that really irks me are these new in-dash DVD players you can get.. who the FUCK thinks it could possibly be a good idea to put a movie screen in view of the driver?
The "SmartCar" is not a car for the energy and environment conscious population. While they get great fuel economy, they run on diesel fuel as opposed to gasoline. Diesel combustion engines release far more harmful byproducts into the atmosphere such as sulfur dioxide and other nasty stuff.
If you're looking at fuel efficiency for the sake of saving money, its great; but if you're looking at it for the sake of saving the environment, then either buy another, lobby for a gasoline version, or ride your bike.
Aikon-
p.s. This is at least the case in Canada; the situation could be different in other countries, and I really can't speak to that.
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This is similar to a book by Arthur C. Clarke called Songs of Distant Earth. On a low-population planet, the method of electing a leader is basically a randomized computer ballot. Anyone that wants to become leader is automatically eliminated as an option because they are assumed to have ulterior motives that would be detrimental to the population. Of the remaining candidates, the leader is selected at random (or at least as randomly as the computer can).
Aikon-
My bad =S
For some reason I didn't even think of that.. even though its a different protocol. Thanks for the correction.
Aikon-
Or, as in the case of my friend (who lives out East in the Maritimes [Canada]), neither. He was having trouble with his torrents (had recently switched to a new provider), and after a few days of utter frustration finally figured out what was going on.
The provider not only "delayed" traffic based on ports and header-checking, it also had a policy to outright block all encrypted traffic that wasn't coming over port 80. Downright stupid if you ask me.
Aikon-
Mac OS X11.. now that would be cool to see =P
Aikon-
I'm quite excited to read this article, as Daniel Wigdor was one of my instructors in first-year Engineering Science at the University of Toronto about 4 years ago. He taught me CSC181, which was the advanced option of the first-year computer-science course. Back then he was working with developing a system for cell-phones where you could type text by wobbling the cell-phone aroud in your hand instead of pressing keys.
I'm really glad to see his research going well, it seems he's doing very well for himself =)
Aikon-
I'm not condoning actions such as delivering a channel in Analog that you are paying to receive in Digital, but my question to you as Devil's advocate is this: You ask how you can be sure you are receiving the channel in digital; if you can't tell the difference, can it really bother you that much?
And I'm not talking digital as in ATSC (HDTV), because there's really no way to fake that; I mean the regular cable channels that get broadcast in "digital" format but really there's not much difference.
Aikon-
Perhaps it is indicative of a less-than-stellar moral stance on law?
Aikon-
Isn't there an infobox you can fill out about clips you're uploading? Place a link to your blog entry in that infobox and sate the educational purpose of the video. That way the context doesn't just disappear for people that just happen to be browsing YouTube. They see the link to your blog post, click on it, and then see how the video is used in an educational scenario.
I am not an expert in copyright matters, nor am I experienced in posting YouTube videos; perhaps I'm wrong, but what I've said certainly seems intuitive enough.
Aikon-
This is a very interesting point and I would love to hear from someone more in-the-know regarding the parent's question.
Aikon-
Epic Fail
I, for one, welcome our new shared corporate overlords.
Someone mod this hilarious, plzkthx
Aikon-
And this simple comparison is possibly the best descriptor I've ever seen for my thoughts on the subject. Well said, Dan Ost.
-Aikon
I was definitely confused as to what the books' weights had to do with anything...
Aikon-
Space is not a complete vacuum; you can in fact have an object travelling at "supersonic" speeds in space. Effectively, what they are really saying (assuming the description is accurate, I haven't RTFA), is that the star is creating a shockwave of space particles (mostly Hydrogen and Helium). Its been 16 months since my Gasdynamics course, but if I recall correctly, these "shockwaves" can have widths on the order of 10s of meters.
Besides, although "supersonically" implies faster-than-sound (and indeed, in most intuitive cases this definition applies), what it is really referring to is travelling faster than speed at which information can propagate in a medium. If you are below this speed, than compression of particles "informs" particles ahead of you in your path of your imminent arrival, and they begin to compress to make room. If you are above this speed, there is no prior knowlege of your arrival and the particles hit a shockwave, "instantaneously" (read: very quickly) accelerating to a velocity that brings them out of your path.
Aikon-
Great, so you have a 50Mbit connection in your area. That connects you at 50Mbit to the cable company's switch. What happens then? All your packets get jammed into the same clogged connections from the cable co to their tier2 ISP. I would be far more happy if my 10Mbit cable connection wasn't limited to 60GB per month (combined up/down). If I had a 50Mbit connection, I would just be able to fill up that 60GB quota 5x faster.
Aikon-
I wish I could still use my mod points to mod you up =P The only question was Insightful or Funny
Aikon-
If you talk with one hand in your pocket, is the other flicking a cigarette or playing the piano?
Aikon-
p.s. check here if you're confused.
Oh really, temperature sensors installed in Canadian gas pumps? All the pumps I've seen here in Ontario bear a small label stating "Volume corrected to 15*C".
Aikon-
Brief but interesting summary.
Oh wait, scratch that second part..
Aikon-
Lets see if we can start the first instance of slashdotting the telephone system.. Our power is spreading!!
Aikon-
If Canadian artists don't want this type of copyright reform, then why should the government be forcing it on them?
-Aikon
If I can smell diesel exhaust (which I can from SmartCars and Volkswagon TDIs), then there is still a significant amount of harmful materials getting through the filtering process. No matter how well you filter engine exhaust, its always better to start from a cleaner combustion source; catalytic converts and exhaust filters can be applied to regular gasoline combustion engines too. Better than gasoline would be Hydrogen combustion (but at that point I'd say we may as well look at fuel cells instead).
Aikon-
Hands-free systems don't make the problem of cell-phone usage goes away; I would argue that they are actually more dangerous, since the driver thinks they are more in control while the main problem is not that you're using a hand to hold the phone to your ear but is rather the attention you have to dedicate to whoever you're talking to.
One of the things that really irks me are these new in-dash DVD players you can get.. who the FUCK thinks it could possibly be a good idea to put a movie screen in view of the driver?
Aikon-
The "SmartCar" is not a car for the energy and environment conscious population. While they get great fuel economy, they run on diesel fuel as opposed to gasoline. Diesel combustion engines release far more harmful byproducts into the atmosphere such as sulfur dioxide and other nasty stuff.
If you're looking at fuel efficiency for the sake of saving money, its great; but if you're looking at it for the sake of saving the environment, then either buy another, lobby for a gasoline version, or ride your bike.
Aikon-
p.s. This is at least the case in Canada; the situation could be different in other countries, and I really can't speak to that.