Then people will complain that the page works fine in IE but doesn't work in Firefox. The average web user doesn't understand that the problem lies with the creator of the web site. I don't think the average user even understands that the creator of the web site and the creator of the browser are different. Or that the web site and browser itself are different.
I would recommend that you read the protocol and watch some BT traffic using Ethereal or something, because it doesn't work like this at all.
The tracker pretty much only tells the client the ip and port for other clients. In fact, a client really should only contact the tracker a few times, when launching the download, when completed, and when shutting down. The client can also make periodic requests for more clients should it lose some connections. Although that should be fairly rare since other clients will be constantly making incoming connections when the tracker informs them about you.
The track does NOT tell the client which clients have which pieces, it doesn't even know (with the exception of which clients have all the pieces). The clients share that information with each other.
So, ultimately, the amount of traffic a tracker gets is very low. Much, much lower than a single Slashdot age load per client.
1. Ed calls John. 2. John's phone checks Ed's caller ID against a whitelist. 3. John's phone rings.
Sometimes people insist on using technology just for the sake of using it. How about some practicality?
And as for the inevitable "what if Ed's caller ID is blocked?" arguements that are sure to arise, do you really think Ed will want to photograph himself every time he makes a call if he chose to have his caller ID blocked? I think not.
Actually when I worked at a grocery store we were told that ice creams sells best during the winter months. I don't know how true that is, but having worked there and paying semi-close attention to that oddity, I think I can say it certainly seemed that way. Perhaps it was just a trick of the mind though.
The "pop-up ads" are just banners that appear across the top of the screen while you fastforward. They "force" you to want them simply because they are there. You can still fastforward at any speed you normally can. Considering that the max is 60x, these banners (which accompany specific commercials) will appear for no more than 1 second each, half a second for most of them.
Despite some media outlets attempt to sensationalize the "pop-up ad" story, it's really a non-issue. They are just as invasive as normal television ads.
Don't kid yourself, no one is going to notice this movie. The fanboys (myself included) will see it and remember things, but the average viewer will see it and forget it. You're not going to see normal people using 42.
If this happened, the Bittorrent protocol would be updated to include another (or possibly multiple) hashing algorithms. The protocol itself is very simple and expandable. Give me an hour or two and I can re-write the software to include both the SHA1 and MD5 hashes of the pieces, the client can then guarantee that the data is intact. Not an issue.
Also of note, should the protocol be expanded to include both hashes, backwards compatibility would be preserved. Clients that don't know anything about the MD5 hash would simply ignore it.
Series 2 TiVos can get all their data via an ethernet connection. I'm guessing that anyonewith VoIP service is capable of connecting their TiVo to their network. I have Vonage and that's exactly what I do.
I should add that it's possible to have it play songs in a pre-set order, which you would define from within iTunes. You would just need to memorize the order.
At least give credit where credit's due. "Virgin's in space" was the catch-phrase for Virgin Galactic that one of the teams came up with in a recent episode of The Rebel Billionaire (Yes, I watch it. I also watch The Apprentice, want to make something of it?).
Many rear-projection TVs are basically tube-less CRTs. My TV is a 51" rear-projection CRT, that weighs 170 pounds. My old 36" tube CRT weighed about 275.
Almost every DVD player on the market has some sort of code you can enter that allows you to play DVDs from any region and skip chapters that are flagged as unskippable.
you have to dodge commercials of the recanned and redubbed Japanese game shows
I assume you're refering to Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC)... have you *watched* it? It's hysterical! One of the best shows on TV for sure. And unlike other popular programming on SpikeTV (and Fox), the jokes are a little more intelligent. Some of them require some geek knowledge to understand (think Futurama-style jokes).
Before I go on, I have to point out that I only have a deep interest in AI, I haven't actually started my post-grad coursework in it yet (hopefully next year). So my information might not be 100% correct (I look forward to someone correcting/supplementing my post). I should also add that I play Go on occasion, but I suck at it...
Go does have a very large branch factor, so brute-force techniques to playing well are nearly impossible (or take WAY too long to compute). Chess doesn't have a large amount of branching (relative to Go), so brute-force is actually somewhat effective. But the real problem comes when trying to actually write an AI that makes decisions instead of exhausting all possibilities.
In Go, there is a very large amount of information to process. The relative strengths of each player in each position of the board, the aggressiveness of the other player, common move patterns, and of course the number of possible outcomes of an action. Simply put, Go is simply too complex to represent and analyze in a simple manner.
It's my understanding that successful Go programs work by simply looking up common scenarios in a large database of pre-programmed moves, supplementing that with some basic neural network pattern recognition, and then narrowing down decisions with a brute force attack on a reduced set.
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A week ago I would have agreed with you, but the recent Comcast/TiVo deal kills any "TiVo is dying" arguments.
Then people will complain that the page works fine in IE but doesn't work in Firefox. The average web user doesn't understand that the problem lies with the creator of the web site. I don't think the average user even understands that the creator of the web site and the creator of the browser are different. Or that the web site and browser itself are different.
I would recommend that you read the protocol and watch some BT traffic using Ethereal or something, because it doesn't work like this at all.
The tracker pretty much only tells the client the ip and port for other clients. In fact, a client really should only contact the tracker a few times, when launching the download, when completed, and when shutting down. The client can also make periodic requests for more clients should it lose some connections. Although that should be fairly rare since other clients will be constantly making incoming connections when the tracker informs them about you.
The track does NOT tell the client which clients have which pieces, it doesn't even know (with the exception of which clients have all the pieces). The clients share that information with each other.
So, ultimately, the amount of traffic a tracker gets is very low. Much, much lower than a single Slashdot age load per client.
Even better:
1. Ed calls John.
2. John's phone checks Ed's caller ID against a whitelist.
3. John's phone rings.
Sometimes people insist on using technology just for the sake of using it. How about some practicality?
And as for the inevitable "what if Ed's caller ID is blocked?" arguements that are sure to arise, do you really think Ed will want to photograph himself every time he makes a call if he chose to have his caller ID blocked? I think not.
Actually when I worked at a grocery store we were told that ice creams sells best during the winter months. I don't know how true that is, but having worked there and paying semi-close attention to that oddity, I think I can say it certainly seemed that way. Perhaps it was just a trick of the mind though.
The "pop-up ads" are just banners that appear across the top of the screen while you fastforward. They "force" you to want them simply because they are there. You can still fastforward at any speed you normally can. Considering that the max is 60x, these banners (which accompany specific commercials) will appear for no more than 1 second each, half a second for most of them.
Despite some media outlets attempt to sensationalize the "pop-up ad" story, it's really a non-issue. They are just as invasive as normal television ads.
Don't kid yourself, no one is going to notice this movie. The fanboys (myself included) will see it and remember things, but the average viewer will see it and forget it. You're not going to see normal people using 42.
If this happened, the Bittorrent protocol would be updated to include another (or possibly multiple) hashing algorithms. The protocol itself is very simple and expandable. Give me an hour or two and I can re-write the software to include both the SHA1 and MD5 hashes of the pieces, the client can then guarantee that the data is intact. Not an issue.
Also of note, should the protocol be expanded to include both hashes, backwards compatibility would be preserved. Clients that don't know anything about the MD5 hash would simply ignore it.
Series 2 TiVos can get all their data via an ethernet connection. I'm guessing that anyonewith VoIP service is capable of connecting their TiVo to their network. I have Vonage and that's exactly what I do.
Boy, I try to make a point and end up looking like an idiot. So it's 349,140.639 CUBIC meters. Very sorry. :)
So a beetle is at least 3.49140639x10^9 meters wide? (This number found by using the smallest estimate for the diameter of a human hair from here.)
I should add that it's possible to have it play songs in a pre-set order, which you would define from within iTunes. You would just need to memorize the order.
As the name suggests, the iPod Shuffle doesn't allow navigation, it just randomly plays songs.
At least give credit where credit's due. "Virgin's in space" was the catch-phrase for Virgin Galactic that one of the teams came up with in a recent episode of The Rebel Billionaire (Yes, I watch it. I also watch The Apprentice, want to make something of it?).
Anyone else find it interesting that the Celeron was named after a fast vegetable?
Many rear-projection TVs are basically tube-less CRTs. My TV is a 51" rear-projection CRT, that weighs 170 pounds. My old 36" tube CRT weighed about 275.
How funny, my reaction to the grandparent was exactly the same, almost word for word.
Woops! I didn't realize that I linked to a site that charged for the codes... sorry! They can be found for free if you google for them.
Almost every DVD player on the market has some sort of code you can enter that allows you to play DVDs from any region and skip chapters that are flagged as unskippable.
Look for your DVD player's codes here.
Old people in Korea like them... or whatever. I'm not good at cliche posts.
You're both wrong and right...
Before I go on, I have to point out that I only have a deep interest in AI, I haven't actually started my post-grad coursework in it yet (hopefully next year). So my information might not be 100% correct (I look forward to someone correcting/supplementing my post). I should also add that I play Go on occasion, but I suck at it...
Go does have a very large branch factor, so brute-force techniques to playing well are nearly impossible (or take WAY too long to compute). Chess doesn't have a large amount of branching (relative to Go), so brute-force is actually somewhat effective. But the real problem comes when trying to actually write an AI that makes decisions instead of exhausting all possibilities.
In Go, there is a very large amount of information to process. The relative strengths of each player in each position of the board, the aggressiveness of the other player, common move patterns, and of course the number of possible outcomes of an action. Simply put, Go is simply too complex to represent and analyze in a simple manner.
It's my understanding that successful Go programs work by simply looking up common scenarios in a large database of pre-programmed moves, supplementing that with some basic neural network pattern recognition, and then narrowing down decisions with a brute force attack on a reduced set.
I'm married and have a deal with my wife, I watch The Bachelor with her, and she watches Mythbusters with me...