There are a variety of technologies, ranging from Ethernet-based frame buffer device drivers (Userful for Linux), to extended RDP protocols (RemoteFX for Windows). Google Chromecast or the NetFlix capabilities integrated into Smart TVs are similar, although they are more oriented toward delivery of compressed video streams where users don’t care so much about artifacts. Latency is more of a problem for interactive use. It doesn’t matter if a video stream for television is delayed by a second, but it is impossible to use such a thing for a desktop computer or most games. Services like Playstation Now (simple protocols integrated into new televisions) have to deal with latency. High performance networking needs to deal with not just bandwidth (download times), but also reducing latency.
From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Gillian Densmore Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 9:51 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Ting Internet | Crazy fast fiber Internet for US cities Huh this zero client thing reminds me of a X11 stunt Skunkworks had. Basically a computer (Fred) could somehow talk to other computers so that what ever you did was just like it was right there on Ruby, John or who evers computer. It rocked! My testing was mostly on the gaming end since LAN parties were a both useful and fun way to test it out and find gremlins. On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com<mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote: It turns all activities into a 1 Gbit/sec bandwidth. That’s the speed that is needed to stream high resolution (e.g. 1080p) displays and make them feel like they are really local. So, instead of some impoverished stripped-down JavaScript application designed for the web, one can run a real app running on a beefy machine. Further, the app never has to be installed or updated. The host does that for the user. So when companies like Microsoft start offering reduced-price access to applications on Azure over the Internet, areas like San Francisco or Portland or New York will be able to make use of those low-cost & high capability, and we out in the middle of nowhere will not. From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>] On Behalf Of Nick Thompson Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 2:23 PM To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam@redfish.com<mailto:friam@redfish.com>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Ting Internet | Crazy fast fiber Internet for US cities Marcus, Is the zero-client setup one that would turn wordprocessing into a one-gig sort of an activity? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 2:04 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com<mailto:friam@redfish.com>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Ting Internet | Crazy fast fiber Internet for US cities “Do others have very specific advantages that would flow from having 1-gig service in the City?” Zero client technology typically requires reliable 1 Gbit Ethernet. This is the scenario where all apps are hosted on the cloud and display is thrown to the user that has a super cheap device. This is useful in glove box scenarios where portability is important (but also access to corporate databases), security is paramount, or where theft or damage in the user environment is a risk (e.g. public libraries, issuing equipment to students). Also, zero client setups are useful for reducing maintenance costs as everything is centralized. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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