mungouk Posted June 2, 2019 at 11:40 AM Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 at 11:40 AM @889 I thought it would be a bad idea to accept illegal software from my students, so I politely declined to discuss it with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted June 2, 2019 at 11:44 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 at 11:44 AM So talk to folks who aren't your students. Good chance to work on your Chinese! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackie1402 Posted June 6, 2019 at 05:16 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 at 05:16 AM Express VPN now has a Beta version for better connectivity. Since I installed it it has been connecting fine. Not fast by any means, but better than nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungouk Posted June 7, 2019 at 04:04 PM Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 at 04:04 PM Yeah, me too. it certainly seems to be getting easier to connect now that we've passed that landmark. Although that Beta client is quite buggy. As to the question (paraphrased): "if they can, why wouldn't they just lock it down all the time?", I guess this is how you maximise your leverage as a totalitarian state... in practice the threat of the action has much more power than actually carrying it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StChris Posted June 9, 2019 at 05:46 AM Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 at 05:46 AM It's been ok for me earlier in the week, but now I'm only getting 240p on youtube...it's like being back in the 90s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungouk Posted June 9, 2019 at 09:58 AM Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 at 09:58 AM Tokyo 1 is a pretty decent connection for me at the moment. I've noticed a few youtube videos starting up on auto with low resolution, but switching it manually to higher works OK for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 9, 2019 at 10:55 AM Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 at 10:55 AM 4 hours ago, StChris said: it's like being back in the 90s! Don't know what 90's you were living in, but there wasn't much in the way of streaming video back then 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StChris Posted June 10, 2019 at 02:24 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 02:24 PM On 6/9/2019 at 6:55 PM, imron said: Don't know what 90's you were living in, but there wasn't much in the way of streaming video back then I honestly can't recall the first time I streamed. I just have a vague memory of tiny windows in very low resolution. Wasn't there even a little bit of that in 1999? It's hard to imagine an internet without streaming now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungouk Posted June 10, 2019 at 02:30 PM Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 02:30 PM I distinctly remember xmas day 1997 when I streamed a short BBC News broadcast even though I was using a 9600bps dial-up modem. (OK, it might have been 14k) And yes, the video was the size of a postage stamp, as it played on my Toshiba 486 laptop, but it was a glimpse of the future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 10, 2019 at 04:47 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 04:47 PM 2 hours ago, StChris said: Wasn't there even a little bit of that in 1999? RealPlayer had streaming video in 1997, but it wasn't particularly great. Back then even streaming audio had problems if you were on dialup. Napster came out in 1999. Bittorrent in 2001. Youtube in 2005. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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