WinRK uses PAQ technology. Since the winner in this story used a tweaked PAQ engine, I doubt that WinRK would perform better. Better than the WinZip, et al, examples people have been posting, but not better than the winning entry.
Even though this move against Lik-Sang is outrageous, it turns out that people just don't care enough to deprive themselves of entertainment.
This was true last time when after the rootkit I caved and bought Ultraviolet and Underworld 2, but with the falling quality of mass entertainment in general and the rise in anti-consumer behaviour by entire industries, I reckon I could stick to my boycott this time.
It might have been cool when the first coffee pot webcam hit the net, but do we really need everyone to share that? This democratising ability to be able to publish anythingis cool, but I predict that people will soon start to exercise their editor muscles as well as their publisher ones. It's not that no one wants to know what you had on your toast this morning, it's just that there will be more and more examples of why that might not be something you want to share as things progress. Within private networks, I'm sure the sharing will continue, but broadcasting your life to the unwashed masses is increasingly ill-advised.
Primary reason: Other people don't want my photos of them made public.
I have other hosting options, or email, if I want to share photos. I manually edit my blog on my own little corner of the web and can host pics there -- mostly it's not personal photos I use, it's product shots anyway. I have five PCs and I burn backups of all of my stuff to DVD, so Flickr's not part of my backup system.
Really though, the era of sharing every scrap of your daily existance on the Intertubes is drawing to a close. And if I happen upon something truly newsworthy, I'd send it to Scoopt, not Flickr.
I'm a Flickr member. I was a GeoCities member, a "community leader" in fact, so I've experienced this before. I bought a Flickr Pro account shortly before Yahoo bought it out and because of their "double your pro" offer, my Pro account will be running out in January of next year. I find the timing of this announcement interesting, as it coincides with the majority of original Pro accounts coming to an end.
As for Flickr, my interest has wained so much that at the moment I'm basically only using it because of Metroblogging Azeroth, but since I'm probably leaving WoW for good at the end of this month, I'm probably just going to delete my Flickr account. I've already "privatised" all but about 150 of my 5,000+ photos.
That's want I'm trying to do now. I've had some success using those music creation "games" for the Playstation and my copy of Electroplankton arrived yesterday. These programs mean that I can create music even though I don't even know how to play an instrument or read sheet music.
Solar power is simply a small way from being price competitive with established power generation. It is a viable energy source. It is not a net energy loss.
If you're complaining about inefficient bureaucracy, such as having to deal with multiple government departments for something that should be able to be handled by a single body, particularly if the inefficiency causes extra cost, then fair enough. But not that no one hobby has a monopoly on such a situation.
Meanwhile, I don't see anything wrong with the concept of heavy regulation around a hobby that isn't that far removed from dealing in weapons. A poorly regulated activity with such explosive potential is easily abused by any moderately-funded group that wishes to twist it for their own ends.
No one likes to have their hobbies stomped on by blunt government, but I think you'll be hard pushed to find someone who's say "Well, gosh, I've never had the slightest interest in firing a rocket myself, but I can't see why we should be all up in someone's face if they want to buy a whole heap of rocket fuel".
You can legally posess 50lbs of gunpowder without any permit or inspections according to ATF regulations. 50lbs of gunpowder is a heck of a lot more dangerous than a few rocket motors.
So perhaps gunpowder is under-regulated rather than rocket fuel being over-regulated?
I mean, is it really an infringement of civil liberties to require federal background checks, or some sort of goverment control if you're launching rockets into the air using the same stuff the Shuttle uses? I'm fairly sure fireworks people need some sort of licence too, should we get out the protest signs?
(Disclaimer: I would have RTFA if it wasn't on the NYTimes.)
Litestep's virtual window manager was brilliant, but installing the shell under XP is a PITA -- even piecing together the latest version of Litestep itself is a bit of a hassle. I really should archive off the Litestep directory from my old 98SE laptop.
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My Javascript Packer does that. To actually compete with the recent winner you need to start exploring far more complicated stuff.
WinRK uses PAQ technology. Since the winner in this story used a tweaked PAQ engine, I doubt that WinRK would perform better. Better than the WinZip, et al, examples people have been posting, but not better than the winning entry.
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It might have been cool when the first coffee pot webcam hit the net, but do we really need everyone to share that? This democratising ability to be able to publish anything is cool, but I predict that people will soon start to exercise their editor muscles as well as their publisher ones. It's not that no one wants to know what you had on your toast this morning, it's just that there will be more and more examples of why that might not be something you want to share as things progress. Within private networks, I'm sure the sharing will continue, but broadcasting your life to the unwashed masses is increasingly ill-advised.
I have other hosting options, or email, if I want to share photos. I manually edit my blog on my own little corner of the web and can host pics there -- mostly it's not personal photos I use, it's product shots anyway. I have five PCs and I burn backups of all of my stuff to DVD, so Flickr's not part of my backup system.
Really though, the era of sharing every scrap of your daily existance on the Intertubes is drawing to a close. And if I happen upon something truly newsworthy, I'd send it to Scoopt, not Flickr.
As for Flickr, my interest has wained so much that at the moment I'm basically only using it because of Metroblogging Azeroth, but since I'm probably leaving WoW for good at the end of this month, I'm probably just going to delete my Flickr account. I've already "privatised" all but about 150 of my 5,000+ photos.
Solar power is simply a small way from being price competitive with established power generation. It is a viable energy source. It is not a net energy loss.
After posting the same request to a similar link, I realised that my two triple-head PCs would really benefit from a smart powerboard like this.
Anyone got a link for an Australian one of those?
I am so ready to walk away from email. I just need someone to point me to a workable replacement.
Meanwhile, I don't see anything wrong with the concept of heavy regulation around a hobby that isn't that far removed from dealing in weapons. A poorly regulated activity with such explosive potential is easily abused by any moderately-funded group that wishes to twist it for their own ends.
No one likes to have their hobbies stomped on by blunt government, but I think you'll be hard pushed to find someone who's say "Well, gosh, I've never had the slightest interest in firing a rocket myself, but I can't see why we should be all up in someone's face if they want to buy a whole heap of rocket fuel".
I prefer liquid points. They may be harder to handle since they're more impulsive, but they're capable of being throttled, shut down, and restarted.
Given the airspace and explosives issues surrounding rocketeering, I put it to you that it always should have been better regulated.
Their stupid registration junk.
(Disclaimer: I would have RTFA if it wasn't on the NYTimes.)
Litestep's virtual window manager was brilliant, but installing the shell under XP is a PITA -- even piecing together the latest version of Litestep itself is a bit of a hassle. I really should archive off the Litestep directory from my old 98SE laptop.
Take the link out of the story, seriously.
How can you review a 19xx-series ATI card and not include a Folding@home benchmark?