I think the task should be something that is unique for each student with a pass/fail grading system. 20% Implement a novel scripting language or compiler 80% Publish a best selling book on said language
Because we don't have enough easy-to-use multi-paradigm write-once-synergize-everywhere languages.
Unless there is new infrastructure built today these "Fast Lanes" will run over the same finite capacity as the rest of the network. They have to give up bandwidth or latency at peak hours to sustain the higher priority traffic.
The disregard for loyal early adopters is almost universal in these sorts of commercial projects. I guess if you want something done you might be better off contributing to an open source project. If not with your time and software-writing skills, then with your dollars by paying some open source zealot through Patreon that shares your opinion on the priority of features. That might be the most democratic way to steer a project.
On the technical aspect, theoretically Plex has Plug-ins for their "Freemium" Server that would allow you to extend it yourself. But I'm not sure if the architecture is complete enough to do the things you want done.
I remember when ReplayTV first appeared and had this same feature. It was a simpler mechanism, it detected certain audio tweaks that commercials in the US typically use to make them seem louder through a loop hole in regulations. That easily detected audio fingerprint made ReplyTV able to reliably remove the most annoying commercials. Obviously technology progresses in 15+ years but this is not really new technology, more like the industry grew a new pair of balls to take on the legal aspects of advertisement skipping.
I have met more than one person that believes the FUD that we need to have central authority on the Internet to prevent Russians from manipulating elections. It's not going to be hard for those in power to strip the Internet away from us, turning the information superhighway into a very long toll booth.
The ISPs will block VPNs claiming they are maleware sites. They won't even need to go to the effort of throttling, you simply won't be able to reach your favorite VPNs.
I can't imagine the public transportation in a fallout zone being better than London's. Of course you wouldn't need to commute so much if you could afford to rent closer to your job.
Renting is where instead of paying $10 to buy a video you pay $2 to watch it once then a $6 fine for returning it late or $60 fine if you lose or damage it.
The rich white people running the government tends to keep crime lower in neighborhoods where affluent white people shop. These people usually want to make their own tribe comfortable before helping anyone else.
This is not so much racial profiling by Apple as it is simple arithmetic to maximum profit, as required by an publicly traded company. Rather the root cause is founded in the failure of our government and the democratic process and the lack of class mobility in America.
It used to hurt sales for flagship phones not to come with the most recently announced version of Android. Now it seems like people don't care if they have Nougat from 2016 or Oreo from 2017. Or at least manufacturers are hoping that people don't care and will still pay a premium for the latest phone without the latest software.
And they may have had radio for 500 years and radio is used primarily for children to do simple astronomy projects. You don't know, you can only guess at what is on the other end. But what is certain is you will never get a response if you never send a message.
Given that we have managed to operate fusion reactors in brief intervals today, I don't see how running out of fission material is such a huge problem. Assuming we don't do something stupid like stop investing in fusion.
Nice thing about our technology is the amount of power used per person has gone down dramatically over the last few decades as energy needed for lighting has gone down.
Polluting the most when you're the main industrial nation of the region is hardly surprising. If Germany lowered their industrial base to that or Italy or Greece they'd also lower their carbon emissions too, but they'd have to import everything. All of Europe would need austerity measures to deal with the loss of the massive amount of capital that Germany injects into the EU economy.
Nuclear is not an option only after you've converted all matter available to you into iron. We'll want viable fusion reactors built before we run out o fissile materials that are easily mined on the surface. Something that will happen, but not likely in our lifetimes. And thankfully we've been working very hard on fusion reactor technology and we will continue to do so.
If the processing becomes profitable enough then factories will open up, perhaps outside of China. The finance situation has made poly-Si briefly (and artificially) cheap. If there is demand then people will pay more and investment can start again. Right now it's just too cheap to bother investing in a factory.
a 16-color low resolution GIF was usually all you needed when surfing over dial-up. And one of my favorite devices is an off-line browser of a text-only copy of Wikipedia.
I was told in typing class that I shouldn't rest my wrists on anything because it can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome. And if you look at a modern typewriter keyboard like an IBM Selectric you'll also notice there is no way to rest your wrists because the keys go up to the edge and the top of the keyboard is a few inches above the table. I suspect the flaw you describe is not an accident and it was intentionally designed not to have a place to rest your hands.
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No, obviously it's John McAfee.
I think the task should be something that is unique for each student with a pass/fail grading system.
20% Implement a novel scripting language or compiler
80% Publish a best selling book on said language
Because we don't have enough easy-to-use multi-paradigm write-once-synergize-everywhere languages.
Finland, the birthplace of Linux.
Same Speed As Always Lanes
Unless there is new infrastructure built today these "Fast Lanes" will run over the same finite capacity as the rest of the network. They have to give up bandwidth or latency at peak hours to sustain the higher priority traffic.
The disregard for loyal early adopters is almost universal in these sorts of commercial projects. I guess if you want something done you might be better off contributing to an open source project. If not with your time and software-writing skills, then with your dollars by paying some open source zealot through Patreon that shares your opinion on the priority of features. That might be the most democratic way to steer a project.
On the technical aspect, theoretically Plex has Plug-ins for their "Freemium" Server that would allow you to extend it yourself. But I'm not sure if the architecture is complete enough to do the things you want done.
I remember when ReplayTV first appeared and had this same feature. It was a simpler mechanism, it detected certain audio tweaks that commercials in the US typically use to make them seem louder through a loop hole in regulations. That easily detected audio fingerprint made ReplyTV able to reliably remove the most annoying commercials. Obviously technology progresses in 15+ years but this is not really new technology, more like the industry grew a new pair of balls to take on the legal aspects of advertisement skipping.
I wonder how many Commodore 64's I could emulate at once on a decent sized workstation. Maybe 500?
I have met more than one person that believes the FUD that we need to have central authority on the Internet to prevent Russians from manipulating elections. It's not going to be hard for those in power to strip the Internet away from us, turning the information superhighway into a very long toll booth.
The ISPs will block VPNs claiming they are maleware sites. They won't even need to go to the effort of throttling, you simply won't be able to reach your favorite VPNs.
I can't imagine the public transportation in a fallout zone being better than London's. Of course you wouldn't need to commute so much if you could afford to rent closer to your job.
Renting is where instead of paying $10 to buy a video you pay $2 to watch it once then a $6 fine for returning it late or $60 fine if you lose or damage it.
No, people commit less crime when they are raised to respect other people and their property
That doesn't explain why we have embezzlement and mass shooters that were raised by respectful middle class parents.
The rich white people running the government tends to keep crime lower in neighborhoods where affluent white people shop. These people usually want to make their own tribe comfortable before helping anyone else.
This is not so much racial profiling by Apple as it is simple arithmetic to maximum profit, as required by an publicly traded company. Rather the root cause is founded in the failure of our government and the democratic process and the lack of class mobility in America.
Ugly teenage kids also have less sex than attractive teenage kids.
The ugly ones have sex with each other. The attractive ones gets to have sex with Roy Moore.
It used to hurt sales for flagship phones not to come with the most recently announced version of Android. Now it seems like people don't care if they have Nougat from 2016 or Oreo from 2017. Or at least manufacturers are hoping that people don't care and will still pay a premium for the latest phone without the latest software.
Or do the same thing again and expect a different response. Either/or.
Is it doing the same thing? It's a sending a different message, at a different time, to a different location.
And they may have had radio for 500 years and radio is used primarily for children to do simple astronomy projects. You don't know, you can only guess at what is on the other end. But what is certain is you will never get a response if you never send a message.
Lucy was beemed out there 65 years ago.
That's right, if at first you don't succeed: give up and quit trying.
If there was technologically advanced civilization there you could send them a message and get a response in your lifetime. Seems pretty close to me.
Given that we have managed to operate fusion reactors in brief intervals today, I don't see how running out of fission material is such a huge problem. Assuming we don't do something stupid like stop investing in fusion.
Nice thing about our technology is the amount of power used per person has gone down dramatically over the last few decades as energy needed for lighting has gone down.
Polluting the most when you're the main industrial nation of the region is hardly surprising. If Germany lowered their industrial base to that or Italy or Greece they'd also lower their carbon emissions too, but they'd have to import everything. All of Europe would need austerity measures to deal with the loss of the massive amount of capital that Germany injects into the EU economy.
Nuclear is not an option only after you've converted all matter available to you into iron. We'll want viable fusion reactors built before we run out o fissile materials that are easily mined on the surface. Something that will happen, but not likely in our lifetimes. And thankfully we've been working very hard on fusion reactor technology and we will continue to do so.
If the processing becomes profitable enough then factories will open up, perhaps outside of China. The finance situation has made poly-Si briefly (and artificially) cheap. If there is demand then people will pay more and investment can start again. Right now it's just too cheap to bother investing in a factory.
a 16-color low resolution GIF was usually all you needed when surfing over dial-up. And one of my favorite devices is an off-line browser of a text-only copy of Wikipedia.
I was told in typing class that I shouldn't rest my wrists on anything because it can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome. And if you look at a modern typewriter keyboard like an IBM Selectric you'll also notice there is no way to rest your wrists because the keys go up to the edge and the top of the keyboard is a few inches above the table. I suspect the flaw you describe is not an accident and it was intentionally designed not to have a place to rest your hands.