Damn, no respect from every quarter. Sadly, I'm used to that. --DJR
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > ============================================================ > 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 > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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