I read this to my MythBuntu server, and it's only comment was: ow, butthead. -- rec --
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>wrote: > Far, far removed, thankfully, from the topic of 'should, or should not > FRIAMers be encouraged to ramble enthusiastically about [pick your topic] in > the never ending goal of advancing science'. Topic du Jour, for those who > have lost count: emergence, and should we (or not) expect anything of > substance to (pardon me) emerge from discussions thereunto. > > Ok, the different topic: > > Today I was, with mixed anticipation, looking forward to watching the 2009 > remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still". The mixed nature of my > anticipations were rooted in > > a} the movie got shitty reviews, > b) it would be the first actual 1080p movie that I would stream from my > fileserver to my new Linux home entertainment center, and > c) I like good science fiction. > > Imagine my surprise to discover that > > a) the movie was a shitty remake of the wonderful 1951 classic which > starred Michael Rennie. Keaneu Reeves was but a pale imitator in the role of > Klaatu. > b) I did not have enough bandwith to stream the movie from my file server, > and > c) the science fiction was pretty pathetic, compared to the original. > > The BluRay 1080p movie is 8.8 GB, which translates to about 1.9 - 2.2 > GB/sec streaming rate necessary to watch it. I was unpleasantly surprised > to discover that my supposedly 300 Mbps (37.5 MB/s) 801.11N wireless network > capped out at around 2 MB/s. The movie would go for bit, then get all > choppy, then lose sound, then stick. > > As it turns out, life is all about the bottlenecks, and working around > them... Is it flawed Linux drivers for my 801.11n USB wireless internet > hardware that is the problem, or is it the hardware? Or, perhaps, is it the > massive flux of pscitticene* *brainwave activity from the Parrot Farm that > is creating emergent GHz interference patterns with the 801.11n TCP stack? > Rigorous investigation is indicated. > > Later, we will return to the current raging *emergence* controversy, at > which time we will vigorously engage in the discussion about whether or not > the history of "chaos science" is a basis upon which we should wish to build > a platform of "emergence science". > > --Doug > > > > > - > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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