[–] zephjc 16y ago ↗ This is a very slow site. Is there a mirror for this? [–] cicada 16y ago ↗ Anyone who wants to mirror can try downloading the video from http://media.river-valley.tv/conferences/tug-2010/Don-Knuth.... [–] cstuder 16y ago ↗ Don't get impatient: For me, there was a delay of several minutes between HTTP-request and its response. [–] malkia 16y ago ↗ fyi: The new product would speed up such sites, using it's cloud technology built-in, or as a plugin. [–] smallhands 16y ago ↗ please explain what is fyi? [–] russell 16y ago ↗ For Your Information, a pre-internet acronym. [–] pyre 16y ago ↗ The name of the company that Murphy Brown worked for.
[–] cicada 16y ago ↗ Anyone who wants to mirror can try downloading the video from http://media.river-valley.tv/conferences/tug-2010/Don-Knuth.... [–] cstuder 16y ago ↗ Don't get impatient: For me, there was a delay of several minutes between HTTP-request and its response.
[–] cstuder 16y ago ↗ Don't get impatient: For me, there was a delay of several minutes between HTTP-request and its response.
[–] malkia 16y ago ↗ fyi: The new product would speed up such sites, using it's cloud technology built-in, or as a plugin. [–] smallhands 16y ago ↗ please explain what is fyi? [–] russell 16y ago ↗ For Your Information, a pre-internet acronym. [–] pyre 16y ago ↗ The name of the company that Murphy Brown worked for.
[–] smallhands 16y ago ↗ please explain what is fyi? [–] russell 16y ago ↗ For Your Information, a pre-internet acronym. [–] pyre 16y ago ↗ The name of the company that Murphy Brown worked for.
[–] setori88 16y ago ↗ Please post your mirrors here. [–] cicada 16y ago ↗ http://www.mediafire.com/?yzu0w5xnmkk [–] malkia 16y ago ↗ No need to. Once the system becomes available, it'll post itself.
[–] jerguismi 16y ago ↗ I fucking hate these videos. Why they don't even provide summary in the web page? [–] gnaffle 16y ago ↗ Be patient. With the new revolutionary product by Knuth, the summary will be generated automatically.
[–] gnaffle 16y ago ↗ Be patient. With the new revolutionary product by Knuth, the summary will be generated automatically.
[–] warp 16y ago ↗ Normal HTTP link:http://www.frob.nl/tmp/Don-Knuth.mp4 [–] warp 16y ago ↗ Now that avar has posted a .torrent, I've removed this file.
[–] ojilles 16y ago ↗ Anyone have a quick summary of what this is even about? [–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ It's a product announcement by Knuth, for a successor to TeX.Telling any more would spoil the fun-- and if the sentence above doesn't sound like big fun to you, well, then don't even bother with the link, you're not in the target audience. [–] hugh3 16y ago ↗ Really, it's a video, not everyone wants to watch a video.Can I assume it's a joke product rather than a real product? [–] TallGuyShort 16y ago ↗ Yes, it's a joke product. It's 34 minutes, and rather funny, but not likely something you'd take time out of your day to watch in it's entirety. [–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ Different strokes, I guess. I take 34 minutes out of my day to watch a Knuth video every chance I get.
[–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ It's a product announcement by Knuth, for a successor to TeX.Telling any more would spoil the fun-- and if the sentence above doesn't sound like big fun to you, well, then don't even bother with the link, you're not in the target audience. [–] hugh3 16y ago ↗ Really, it's a video, not everyone wants to watch a video.Can I assume it's a joke product rather than a real product? [–] TallGuyShort 16y ago ↗ Yes, it's a joke product. It's 34 minutes, and rather funny, but not likely something you'd take time out of your day to watch in it's entirety. [–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ Different strokes, I guess. I take 34 minutes out of my day to watch a Knuth video every chance I get.
[–] hugh3 16y ago ↗ Really, it's a video, not everyone wants to watch a video.Can I assume it's a joke product rather than a real product? [–] TallGuyShort 16y ago ↗ Yes, it's a joke product. It's 34 minutes, and rather funny, but not likely something you'd take time out of your day to watch in it's entirety. [–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ Different strokes, I guess. I take 34 minutes out of my day to watch a Knuth video every chance I get.
[–] TallGuyShort 16y ago ↗ Yes, it's a joke product. It's 34 minutes, and rather funny, but not likely something you'd take time out of your day to watch in it's entirety. [–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ Different strokes, I guess. I take 34 minutes out of my day to watch a Knuth video every chance I get.
[–] michael_dorfman 16y ago ↗ Different strokes, I guess. I take 34 minutes out of my day to watch a Knuth video every chance I get.
[–] jarin 16y ago ↗ I love that he uses transparencies on an overhead projector. That's true old-school.
[–] avar 16y ago ↗ Since the HTTP mirrors warp and cicada put up are getting hammered I've made a Torrent of Don-Knuth.mp4:http://v.nix.is/~leech/Don-Knuth.mp4.torrentIt's using the OpenBitTorrent tracker. Please seed it. [–] chronomex 16y ago ↗ I can't seem to contact the tracker. Does it work for other people? [–] avar 16y ago ↗ I daresay it's only a problem you're having. As I write this 250 unique IP addresses have downloaded the Torrent, and I've uploaded 1145.7 MB of it myself, or 8.9% of the expected total: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+*+(1145.7+MB)+/+(51...That's not bad for outsourcing your bandwidth, BitTorrent rocks!
[–] chronomex 16y ago ↗ I can't seem to contact the tracker. Does it work for other people? [–] avar 16y ago ↗ I daresay it's only a problem you're having. As I write this 250 unique IP addresses have downloaded the Torrent, and I've uploaded 1145.7 MB of it myself, or 8.9% of the expected total: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+*+(1145.7+MB)+/+(51...That's not bad for outsourcing your bandwidth, BitTorrent rocks!
[–] avar 16y ago ↗ I daresay it's only a problem you're having. As I write this 250 unique IP addresses have downloaded the Torrent, and I've uploaded 1145.7 MB of it myself, or 8.9% of the expected total: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+*+(1145.7+MB)+/+(51...That's not bad for outsourcing your bandwidth, BitTorrent rocks!
[–] mark_h 16y ago ↗ The best thing is somewhere someone is probably working on actually implementing this, like so many XKCD cartoons.
[–] coverband 16y ago ↗ Quick summary from /.: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1705630&cid=... for those with no patience who want to get to the joke.
[–] zck 16y ago ↗ Has anyone been able to get into http://projectmarianne.com , the site about this project?
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 420 ms ] threadhttp://www.frob.nl/tmp/Don-Knuth.mp4
Telling any more would spoil the fun-- and if the sentence above doesn't sound like big fun to you, well, then don't even bother with the link, you're not in the target audience.
Can I assume it's a joke product rather than a real product?
http://v.nix.is/~leech/Don-Knuth.mp4.torrent
It's using the OpenBitTorrent tracker. Please seed it.
That's not bad for outsourcing your bandwidth, BitTorrent rocks!