Just get 3 or 4 friends who all like the same stuff as you, all get kitted out with large hard disks, and share everything with each other. The internet's getting faster these days, just make sure you all download the same torrents. Why not even have a shared torrent folder so you can all see what's up to date.
I guess when your mate gets 20mbit and starts using newsgroups it might cause a few issues, but hey, that's his problem.
And on a more serious note, you could actually do this with hamachi www.hamachi.cc easily, and if you wanted secure storage, you could keep your personal files in encrypted archives on your friends computers.
I reckon that the "owner" of that bit of land might be in for a good malicious damage insurance settlement. It could make the land uninhabitable for 10s of years...
Hammer
Anvil
Forge
Workable Metal.
You're going to need to work out your frustration somehow if you're fixing other peoples PCs.
Why not do that in a productive way, and make a nice piece of Ironmongery.
Does he need to keep his wall cool ?
I doubt their airflow would make any difference to the temperature of the drive.
and why not build it into a mechanical piece of art ? like make it the engine block of a model hot rod. Or perhaps something industrial looking with pipework everywhere.
and to spur this into a more challenging topic, isn't a neuron more of a relay or transmitter in the brain than it is a mass storage device?
I may be wrong, but when i tried azeurus, i thought it was possible to prioritise the foremost files in the torrent.
You could mark each 5 second block of video as a new file, incrementally added to a dynamic.torrent index file. You could get closer to working streaming by prioritising the earliest time indexed files which have not already been downloaded.
This would need only need changes in the bittorrent protocol to allow a dynamic and expanding index file format. Add a client like azeurus to take advantage of it, perhaps with an inbuilt media player like avipreview, and you may have a working torrent streaming solution.
I work for one of those faceless, nameless companies in the uk that employ the "your call will be recorded" mantra.
Many of the things that they direct us to do really seem at odds with the company vision. They, as a member of previously gisc, and now the fsa (uk financial ruling bodies) are required to monitor all calls, and announce that fact.
With the transfer from gisc to fsa at the beginning of 2005 this procedure has marginally changed. We were required to specifically tell clients, at point of contact that their call was going to be monitored. Now, it has been decided, that the recorded pre-answer message is an adequate warning.
I regularly have to put people on hold, and i am scrupulous about using my hold button, rather than the mic cut out button. This is because i have listened to my own calls, and unless you press the hold button, rather than the silence button, your boss will inevitably hear the one call, in which you called them a name while having someone on "hold" This use of available tech seems to be, rather than for the customers benefit (we always defer to the rules regardless of whatever may have been incorrectly said by staff), purely to catch out unlucky us. And i am also aware that the 2% mentionned, regarding calls actually listenned to, are only the 2% used when disproving a customer, or doing a monthly witch hunt on the staff. Fortunately. I always know when my calls will be listened to. Unless I have done something wrong, which has resulted in a complaint (it happens) or it is the beginning of the line managers working month, my calls are by and large, completely unobserved (or unheard if you're being specific (not pacific)). I know therefore, that the cancer sufferer i coached, in order to guarantee a successful household claim, will be able to claim, when they should have been refused. I felt for this person, and could sympathise, as i am a part of a family suffering (and suffered) with the bleakness that cancer impresses on your life. I was able to provide them with the information that could lead to them getting replacment of the furniture that was damaged as a result of their chemo induced illness. This is something that was insured, only if they had made a point of including accidental damage to their household insurance, which nobody knows to do, unless they have worked in insurance claims.
This is of course not relevant to the post. It does also show, that not only is call recording a hazard to customers, but for compassionate staff. This is a hazard to existing and future employment of staff who are also subject to this supposedly protective use of technology.
ps, please apols for spelling issues, i'm *compromised*
I bet there's someone there in their patents aquisition department, who every so often reaches up and curls his little finger up to the corner of his mouth.
This time, finally, he has been able to utter the fabled words "One Billion Dollars", and everyone has started to laugh maniacally.
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Just get 3 or 4 friends who all like the same stuff as you, all get kitted out with large hard disks, and share everything with each other. The internet's getting faster these days, just make sure you all download the same torrents. Why not even have a shared torrent folder so you can all see what's up to date.
I guess when your mate gets 20mbit and starts using newsgroups it might cause a few issues, but hey, that's his problem.
And on a more serious note, you could actually do this with hamachi www.hamachi.cc easily, and if you wanted secure storage, you could keep your personal files in encrypted archives on your friends computers.
I reckon that the "owner" of that bit of land might be in for a good malicious damage insurance settlement. It could make the land uninhabitable for 10s of years...
When it comes to using the facilities, I usually spend a penny.
I really like it, and i'm glad to see that the site continues to be innovative in it's delivery.
Thanks for the revamp Cmdr Taco, I'm very impressed.
this worked for me http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alte rnative.htm you can view your .mov's in windows media player classic.
Hammer Anvil Forge Workable Metal. You're going to need to work out your frustration somehow if you're fixing other peoples PCs. Why not do that in a productive way, and make a nice piece of Ironmongery.
Does he need to keep his wall cool ? I doubt their airflow would make any difference to the temperature of the drive. and why not build it into a mechanical piece of art ? like make it the engine block of a model hot rod. Or perhaps something industrial looking with pipework everywhere. and to spur this into a more challenging topic, isn't a neuron more of a relay or transmitter in the brain than it is a mass storage device?
i'll get my coat. bah humbug.
I may be wrong, but when i tried azeurus, i thought it was possible to prioritise the foremost files in the torrent. You could mark each 5 second block of video as a new file, incrementally added to a dynamic .torrent index file. You could get closer to working streaming by prioritising the earliest time indexed files which have not already been downloaded.
This would need only need changes in the bittorrent protocol to allow a dynamic and expanding index file format. Add a client like azeurus to take advantage of it, perhaps with an inbuilt media player like avipreview, and you may have a working torrent streaming solution.
Anyone experienced this ?
dreaming about fitting tetris blocks ?
I've also experienced this with cnc generals ??
perhaps i'm playing too much.......
I work for one of those faceless, nameless companies in the uk that employ the "your call will be recorded" mantra.
Many of the things that they direct us to do really seem at odds with the company vision.
They, as a member of previously gisc, and now the fsa (uk financial ruling bodies) are required to monitor all calls, and announce that fact.
With the transfer from gisc to fsa at the beginning of 2005 this procedure has marginally changed.
We were required to specifically tell clients, at point of contact that their call was going to be monitored. Now, it has been decided, that the recorded pre-answer message is an adequate warning.
I regularly have to put people on hold, and i am scrupulous about using my hold button, rather than the mic cut out button. This is because i have listened to my own calls, and unless you press the hold button, rather than the silence button, your boss will inevitably hear the one call, in which you called them a name while having someone on "hold"
This use of available tech seems to be, rather than for the customers benefit (we always defer to the rules regardless of whatever may have been incorrectly said by staff), purely to catch out unlucky us.
And i am also aware that the 2% mentionned, regarding calls actually listenned to, are only the 2% used when disproving a customer, or doing a monthly witch hunt on the staff.
Fortunately. I always know when my calls will be listened to.
Unless I have done something wrong, which has resulted in a complaint (it happens) or it is the beginning of the line managers working month, my calls are by and large, completely unobserved (or unheard if you're being specific (not pacific)).
I know therefore, that the cancer sufferer i coached, in order to guarantee a successful household claim, will be able to claim, when they should have been refused.
I felt for this person, and could sympathise, as i am a part of a family suffering (and suffered) with the bleakness that cancer impresses on your life.
I was able to provide them with the information that could lead to them getting replacment of the furniture that was damaged as a result of their chemo induced illness.
This is something that was insured, only if they had made a point of including accidental damage to their household insurance, which nobody knows to do, unless they have worked in insurance claims.
This is of course not relevant to the post.
It does also show, that not only is call recording a hazard to customers, but for compassionate staff. This is a hazard to existing and future employment of staff who are also subject to this supposedly protective use of technology.
ps, please apols for spelling issues, i'm *compromised*
I bet there's someone there in their patents aquisition department, who every so often reaches up and curls his little finger up to the corner of his mouth. This time, finally, he has been able to utter the fabled words "One Billion Dollars", and everyone has started to laugh maniacally.