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Encryption wasn't the biggest problem in creating Joost. The primary puzzle was piecing together a network powerful enough to stream near DVD-quality, full-screen video to millions of computers simultaneously. The trick, it turned out, was to employ distributed computer power, using viewers' own PCs to speed video along. Having developed similar person-to-person networks for Kazaa and Skype--to transmit music files and phone calls through the Net--Joost's engineers finally nailed the solution last summer. Shouts of joy went up when they streamed their first video. It depicted, appropriately enough, sharks circling prey...
...voting for representatives who then make decisions for us, we cede them our moral agency. If our Congressmen permit the military to employ torture, there is nothing we can do to stop it, save vote them out of office in a few years...
Wise anticipates that the institute will eventually employ as many as 100 people. She said that the institute will not only be devoted to research, but also to training and education in association with UW’s Department of Global Health...
...always, with empowerment comes responsibility. The mere existence of the teaching hotline will not bring the above benefits to fruition. Students will have the responsibility to thoughtfully and consistently make use of the new hotline. Likewise, both TFs and professors will have to vigorously employ the new knowledge provided by this resource to improve teaching in their classrooms. Like so many of the positive changes astir in the College today, the task of improving teaching requires a partnership between students and educators. We hope the teaching hotline acts as a first step in strengthening that partnership...
...byproducts of the Crimson’s early offensive explosion in last night’s 8-0 rout of Northeastern in the Beanpot consolation game was the opportunity for head coach Katey Stone to employ her fourth line late in the game. After Harvard took a 5-0 lead, Stone emptied the bench and the little-used trio of junior Brenna McLean and sophomores Jodi Krakower and Kirsten Kester entered the fray...