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public:downloading_certain_videos_of_a_certain_university [2019/07/25 17:54] – [Processing the network traffic dump] fangfufupublic:downloading_certain_videos_of_a_certain_university [2022/07/17 22:17] – fangfufu
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-====== Downloading certain videos of a certain university ====== +====== Downloading graduation videos of a University of East Anglia ====== 
-This is a rather amusing story of my successful attempt at downloading certain videos from a certain university. I have to say it has been a rather educational experience.+This is a rather amusing story of my successful attempt at downloading graduation videos from a University of East Anglia. I have to say it has been a rather educational experience. This note was written back in 2019.
  
-===== The video for The Degree That Matters ===== +===== The video for The Medicine ===== 
-Well, it is called The Degree That Matters, because two of my good friends are in that ceremony. I also happen to know a lot of people who study that degree for some reason.+Well, it is called The Medicine, because two of my good friends are in that ceremony. I also happen to know a lot of people who study that degree for some reason.
  
 The certain ceremony for this degree happens to be the first ceremony during the certain week -- it happened the first thing on Monday morning. The university promised to provide live stream of the ceremony. Unfortunately the third-party provider was underprepared. They did not expect the number of people who attempted to stream the ceremony, so their server crashed. This was really disappointing, because I got up early to watch the certain stream live in the lecture theatre. I and another friend sat in the lecture theatre for 1.5 hrs, and we saw nothing. This was because the lecture theatre used the same public live stream URL provided by that third-party. Effectively I got up early for nothing. However this did lead to the decision of providing an online video recording of live stream.  The certain ceremony for this degree happens to be the first ceremony during the certain week -- it happened the first thing on Monday morning. The university promised to provide live stream of the ceremony. Unfortunately the third-party provider was underprepared. They did not expect the number of people who attempted to stream the ceremony, so their server crashed. This was really disappointing, because I got up early to watch the certain stream live in the lecture theatre. I and another friend sat in the lecture theatre for 1.5 hrs, and we saw nothing. This was because the lecture theatre used the same public live stream URL provided by that third-party. Effectively I got up early for nothing. However this did lead to the decision of providing an online video recording of live stream. 
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 I have to say in some ways, it was great that the video live stream failed, otherwise I would not have been able to download the video stream - the best thing I could have done was doing a screen capture. I did not figure out how to download live stream until Wednesday morning. My housemates had their ceremony on Tuesday morning - all I could do for them was doing a screen capture.  I have to say in some ways, it was great that the video live stream failed, otherwise I would not have been able to download the video stream - the best thing I could have done was doing a screen capture. I did not figure out how to download live stream until Wednesday morning. My housemates had their ceremony on Tuesday morning - all I could do for them was doing a screen capture. 
  
-===== Downloading other certain videos =====+===== Downloading other graduation videos =====
 Another one of my friend had her certain ceremony on Friday. After obtaining videos for two separate ceremonies, I wonder if I could take my art further. I felt the screen captures I did for my housemates was not good enough.  Another one of my friend had her certain ceremony on Friday. After obtaining videos for two separate ceremonies, I wonder if I could take my art further. I felt the screen captures I did for my housemates was not good enough. 
  
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 ===== Ethical Statement ===== ===== Ethical Statement =====
-Jura V jnf na haqretenq, V jnf gbyq gung V unir gb jevgr rguvpny fgngrzrag sbe zl svany lrne cebwrpg, bgurejvfr V jbhyq ybfr znexf. Fb V guvax V cebonoyl fubhyq nqq na rguvpny fgngrzrag sbe guvf jro cntr.+When I was an undergrad, I was told that I have to write ethical statement for my final year project, otherwise I would lose marks. So I think I probably should add an ethical statement for this web page.
  
-Dhvgr senaxyl, V qba'g guvax vg vf snve gb punetr arj tenqhngrf gjragl cbhaqf sbe gur QIQ irefvba bs gur prerzbal, be gjragl-svir cbhaqf sbe gur UQ irefvba bs gur prerzbal ba n HFO zrzbel fgvpx. N ybg bs havirefvgl cebivqrf guvf xvaq bs ivqrb sbe serr, sbe rknzcyr Havirefvgl bs Lbex. Ehzbhe fnlf Havirefvgl bs Ongu nyfb cebivqrf vg sbe serr sbe gurve tenqhngrf. +Quite frankly, I don't think it is fair to charge new graduates twenty pounds for the DVD version of the ceremony, or twenty-five pounds for the HD version of the ceremony on a USB memory stick. A lot of university provides this kind of video for free, for example University of York. Rumour says University of Bath also provides it for free for their graduates. 
  
-Bar bs gur zber nzhfvat pbairefngvba V unq jnf jvgu n TC. Ur nfxrq zr jul V qba'g punetr svsgrra cbhaqf sbe gurfr ivqrbf, zl ercyl gb uvz jnf gung "V ungr pncvgnyvfz". ((Jryy, V jvyy qrsvavgryl trg zlfrys vagb gebhoyr vs V fgneg fryyvat gurfr ivqrbf ng n purncre cevpr! V znl or qhzo, ohg V'z abg fghcvq. ))V qb unccra gb oryvrir punetvat fb zhpu sbe gur tenqhngvba ivqrb vf rkcybvgngvir. Naq lrf, ba guvf bppnfvba, V jbhyq yvxr gb qrabhapr pncvgnyvfz. YBAT YVIR PBZZHAVFZ!!! +One of the more amusing conversation I had was with a GP. He asked me why I don't charge fifteen pounds for these videos, my reply to him was that "I hate capitalism". ((Well, I will definitely get myself into trouble if I start selling these videos at a cheaper price! I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid. ))I do happen to believe charging so much for the graduation video is exploitative. And yes, on this occasion, I would like to denounce capitalism. LONG LIVE COMMUNISM!!! 
  
-Naljnl, gur crbcyr jub qb Gur Qrterr Gung Znggref unir gb qb n FWG. V qrsvavgryl jbhyq abg cnff gur PF rdhvinyrag bs FWG. +Anyway, the people who do The Medicine have to do a Situational Judgement Test. I definitely would not pass the CS equivalent of Situational Judgement Test. 
  
 ===== Other notes ===== ===== Other notes =====
-I have no idea why the certain ceremony video file for The Degree That Matters is bigger than other (2.7GB vs 1.1GB). I don't know if it actually has more entropy compared to other certain ceremony videos, or if whoever made it used a lower compression settings. To be fair, the standard variant of The Degree That Matters is 5 years compared to 3 years for a normal degree. Perhaps the file size reflects that. +I have no idea why the certain ceremony video file for The Medicine is bigger than other (2.7GB vs 1.1GB). I don't know if it actually has more entropy compared to other certain ceremony videos, or if whoever made it used a lower compression settings. To be fair, the standard variant of The Medicine is 5 years compared to 3 years for a normal degree. Perhaps the file size reflects that.