A satelite hop is ~ 300ms. That's the time it takes to get to geosync and back. (double that to 600ms if you are pinging and the response seend to com back over the same connection). No getting around that.
So, unless you call 600+ ms "good response", you're probably not going through a satellite hop.
Satellite bandwidth is expensive (and fairly rare). You couldn't put 1% of global internet traffic over satellite without running out of satellites.
Satellite is good, if you have no other option due to geographic isolation, however.
Actually, Canada allows TV advertising of prescription drugs as well, but, IIRC, the ads cannot say the name of the drug AND what it does in the same add.
This leads to some really puzzling TV ads:
Feeling anxious? Call 1-800-xxx-xxxx to speak to someone about possible treatment.
(I assume it's the drug company at the other end of the 800 number)
The answer is actually pretty simple, and I can't believe that nobody has thought of it yet. BIDIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
The TV/VCR/whatever needs to send the interface to the remote via IR. The remote is then a touch sensitive LCD screen displaying wheatever interface the equipment manufacturer wants.
Essentially, the remote should be a browser, receiving and displaying whatever is sent to it.
Actually, if DHCP fails, you could send a ping with a bogus source address to a known IP address, with the record route option set and a payload containing a serial number.
The host at the known address might not be able to tell exactly where the lost machine is, but it would know it is active, and also be able to trace it partway back...
Provided the ISP isn't filtering bogus addresses (they should be!) it would be workable.
There have been many examples of the mishandling of cases where the justice system just didn't get it with regards to technology. Do you feel like there were some technical concepts that the justice system did not understand, and as a result mishandled in some way?
In short, where would you like to see the justice system have more of a clue?
Here's my solution, though it's not practical (takes too long), it is a workable solution if you assume that the prisoners cannot see the light bulb from their cells.
1. Number the prisoners 1 to 100 2. Number the days, starting with the first day, each prisoner keeps count of what day it is. 3. Prisoner number 1 is allowed to switch on the light if he arrives on a day that ends in "01" 4. Each other prisoner will leave the light on if the day ends in the same digits as their personal number, else they will turn the light off. 5. Prisoner number 100 can delare that all prisoners have visited the room if he arrives, the day ends in '00' and the light is on when he arrives.
Eventually, all the prisoners will visit the room in order, and the last prisoner will see that the light has remained on through the entire sequence.
Whew. I don't think this is the correct answer, because an unreasonable amount of time could elapse before this happens...
Excellent idea -- now for Infocom-style multiplayer deathmatch! I can see it now:
West of steaming pit of hell
You are standing in an open room west of a steaming pit of hell leading down.
There is a gun here.
>pick up gun
Fragmaster enters the room.
>shoot gun at fragmatser
I don't know who 'fragmatser' is.
Fragmaster shoots at you. You are hit!
>shoot gun at fragmaster
You hit fragmaster.
Fragmaster shoots at you. You are hit!
>e
Steaming pit of hell.
There are exits to the west and north.
Fragmaster enters the room.
Dethhead enters the room.
...
Let's all remember that Id was one of the first (if not the first) game company to encourage mods and user-designed add-on levels. Id has had its head screwed on straight from the get-go.
Without Id, it might still be in vogue for software companies to sue people who distribute total conversions and other hacks.
Maybe I missed something in the technical description of the SonicBlue Protocol, but wouldn't it be trivial to pick up an instance of the someone's server through a portscan, then start downloading music through HTTP?
One could even get organized playlists to help you shop for what you would like to swipe...
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A satelite hop is ~ 300ms. That's the time it takes to get to geosync and back. (double that to 600ms if you are pinging and the response seend to com back over the same connection). No getting around that.
So, unless you call 600+ ms "good response", you're probably not going through a satellite hop.
Satellite bandwidth is expensive (and fairly rare). You couldn't put 1% of global internet traffic over satellite without running out of satellites.
Satellite is good, if you have no other option due to geographic isolation, however.
Actually, Canada allows TV advertising of prescription drugs as well, but, IIRC, the ads cannot say the name of the drug AND what it does in the same add.
This leads to some really puzzling TV ads:
Feeling anxious? Call 1-800-xxx-xxxx to speak to someone about possible treatment.
(I assume it's the drug company at the other end of the 800 number)
Very surreal commercials to watch at 4am.
A little late, and probably bound to get lost under the /. noise floor, but how 'bout cell-phone portable?
Couple of phone lines, digital answering machines, publish the phone number on the exhibit, and people can call in for their own commentary...?
That's the origins of a good idea, really...
We're used to thinking of spam as noise, with the legitimate email being the signal.
If you consider spam the signal (as the spammers do), what if you increased the noise level?
Interesting.
The answer is actually pretty simple, and I can't believe that nobody has thought of it yet. BIDIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
The TV/VCR/whatever needs to send the interface to the remote via IR. The remote is then a touch sensitive LCD screen displaying wheatever interface the equipment manufacturer wants.
Essentially, the remote should be a browser, receiving and displaying whatever is sent to it.
Actually, if DHCP fails, you could send a ping with a bogus source address to a known IP address, with the record route option set and a payload containing a serial number.
The host at the known address might not be able to tell exactly where the lost machine is, but it would know it is active, and also be able to trace it partway back...
Provided the ISP isn't filtering bogus addresses (they should be!) it would be workable.
There have been many examples of the mishandling of cases where the justice system just didn't get it with regards to technology. Do you feel like there were some technical concepts that the justice system did not understand, and as a result mishandled in some way? In short, where would you like to see the justice system have more of a clue?
Here's my solution, though it's not practical (takes too long), it is a workable solution if you assume that the prisoners cannot see the light bulb from their cells.
1. Number the prisoners 1 to 100
2. Number the days, starting with the first day, each prisoner keeps count of what day it is.
3. Prisoner number 1 is allowed to switch on the light if he arrives on a day that ends in "01"
4. Each other prisoner will leave the light on if the day ends in the same digits as their personal number, else they will turn the light off.
5. Prisoner number 100 can delare that all prisoners have visited the room if he arrives, the day ends in '00' and the light is on when he arrives.
Eventually, all the prisoners will visit the room in order, and the last prisoner will see that the light has remained on through the entire sequence.
Whew. I don't think this is the correct answer, because an unreasonable amount of time could elapse before this happens...
Oops. Just reinvented the MUD. Damn.
Let's all remember that Id was one of the first (if not the first) game company to encourage mods and user-designed add-on levels. Id has had its head screwed on straight from the get-go.
Without Id, it might still be in vogue for software companies to sue people who distribute total conversions and other hacks.
Maybe I missed something in the technical description of the SonicBlue Protocol, but wouldn't it be trivial to pick up an instance of the someone's server through a portscan, then start downloading music through HTTP?
One could even get organized playlists to help you shop for what you would like to swipe...