That's for gasses.... The article discusses... water as a liquid, acting as a solid... so no, Pressure (Pa) * Volume (m^3) != # moles * 8.31* T (K) here.
Given that I've missed 3 classes in the last week because I didn't want to get out of bed.. I'd say I'm an idea candidate for one of these, though I feel like it'd get lost enough in the mess of my dorm room that I'd never find it. Another trick that works though, is to get a LOUD alarm clock and put it across the room from you. This works especially well if you have a bunked bed, and FORCES you to get out of bed to shut the damn thing off. Putting your alarm within reach of your sleeping body is a good way to ensure a late morning.
Looks like they're based in PA, USA... But due to US regulations, they aren't allowed to test the device on patients in the US, and have outsourced such clinical testing to India.
Yes, you can run a mac without os x on it.. Kind of ass backwards if you ask me, especially since every mac comes with an os x license... But hey, feel free to do what you please. It makes things like firmware updates a bit more challenging though, so keep that in mind if you do ever decide to take that route.
In parallel efforts, hackers in both the Xboxhacker and Doom9 forums have exposed the "Volume ID" for discs played on XBOX 360 HD DVD drives. Any inserted disc will play without first authenticating with AACS, even those with Volume IDs which have already been revoked by the AACS LA due to previous hacking efforts. Add the exposed processing keys and you can decrypt and backup your discs for playback on any device of your choosing. Now go ahead AACS LA, revoke the Toshiba-built XBOX 360 HD DVD player... we double-dog dare ya.
Perhaps your right. In fact, I'm sure I'm in the minority when it comes to being blown away by next generation audio (Though surely that minority is bigger than.1%;)). Even so, the fact remains that having HDMI at least enables the xbox 360 to become a full blown HD DVD player, something it could only do with limited abilities in its non-hdmi version (if you play a truehd or dts hd track with the current generation xbox 360 it gets downconverted and encoded on the fly to dolby digital).
Now, 60p I'm not disagreeing with, framerate definitely makes a difference. But things shot on film look like there were.. well.. shot on film *because* of the 24fps frame rate.. and because of the film grain... And just like you (well, I can anyways...) distinguish when something was shot with a 1 ccd mini-dv cam, or a 3ccd mini-dv cam, or an HDV camera, or a DVC Pro camera... you can just TELL when something is shot on film. And to a lot of people, that's part of what makes a movie.. what it is.
Then again, there are some people that enjoyed the oh so cinematic experience of watching the blair witch project on the big screen...:P (That's not to say that movies shot digitally look like that piece of trash, merely making the point that you can tell the difference between film and digital).
Now, with all of the digital effects in movies today, and movies going directly to theater digitally to be played on DLP projectors the argument becomes a bit less cohesive... but there's definitely something about 24 frames per second that makes a movie a movie.. and not an NFL football game.
That's right, audio. While HDMI clearly presents a slight improvement for video (analog vs digital...), its real benefit is next generation audio support. While HDMI is a true digital picture and will give us a slightly better image, this improvement is negligible for the vast majority of people. With HD DVD content sporting DD+/TrueHD, and DTS HD audio that currently can't be handled over optical, HDMI provides us with a way of supporting that... Not that there's a whole lot of receivers that support those yet, but they'll be more available soon enough. You may think your A52/AC3 5.1 dolby digital compressed surround sound is good, but uncompressed TrueHD/DTS HD BLOWS IT AWAY. With even a half decent sound system, movies spring to life with the new audio formats.. Once you watch a film with a TrueHD or DTS HD audio track enabled, you wont be able to go back to "crappy" compressed Dolby Digital. Obviously, it depends on the mixing and the original soundtrack for the film your watching, but from what I've heard so far it's a real improvement across the board.
And, as much as I hate DRM, ultimately the decision to flag HD DVDs to downconvert over component is up to the movie studios... And... should they go that route in the future (I don't see it happening, especially now that HD DVD is compromised...), M$ will be ready with HDCP compliant HDMI.
Under contract law in most states (And yes, the UCC is a model law that is adopted by all 50 states, though some have modified it a bit), if one party enters into a contract while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the point at which they no longer have contractual capacity, then the contract can be nullified by the intoxicated party.
This is also the case when dealing with a minor or someone who is mentally incompetent... In all three of these cases, the law provides that both parties be returned to status quo.
So.. unless you're trying to tell me that Amazon.com was a minor, mentally incompetent, or intoxicated at the time of sale, the contract formed when the final invoice was accepted is valid and enforceable, especially after both parties completely performed their contractual duties (In this case, you entering your credit card information and getting billed the invoiced amount, and Amazon then shipping your order.
Even if the invoice price was $0.00, Amazon has no leg to stand on once they ship the order. It is at that point considered a gift, and once the gift is delivered the offeree has no recourse to request it back.
And let me add that there is no DRM with OS X on Mac hardware, no licence keys. They trust that you will install it on one mac and one mac only, and they don't restrict you to a certain hardware configuration and they don't check. And they trust that if you intend to upgrade multiple computers that you will purchase a license that covers multiple computers such as the Family Pack.
Exactly. Apple wont change the EULA to let users run OS X on non-apple hardware, including virtualization solutions, unless they first add license keys/software activation/etc... Something they really don't have a reason to do now. Apple is primarily a hardware company, and while they make some damn good software, the hardware innovation and sales are what really run the company at this point in time.
That might change, but I for one hope it never does. Yeah, it'd be nice to virtualize OS X, but at the same time I'd prefer to not ever have to deal with licenses keys/etc... (The only apple products that have them are.. OS X Server Edition, The Final Cut Studio (Including Final Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, etc), and a few of their other "Pro" apps (Aperture, etc)).
No, I agree, Chiariglione is definitely advocating DRM (Protection). I was interjecting my own opinions on the matter based on what he said in the article... I'm disagreeing with him to an extent and pointing out why his idea of an open DRM standard wouldn't work quite as well as he thinks it might given the already established marketplace/mullions of devices in use, as well as the optional nature of adopting the 'standard'.
DRM isn't necessarily evil; it's the unfair enforcement of such DRM that is, which is his main point. He's also saying also that a standard unencrypted mp3 can have DRM merely by being bound by a license agreement; it's once you start employing a digital means to enforce those terms that DRM begins to become intrusive. Chiariglione goes on to talk about open DRM standards and how the music industry should adopt one to promote interoperability. The problem there is that not everyone will adopt the standards, be it for their own personal gain (IE, Apple), or because they're existing technology lacks the capability of supporting a new standard (IE, retroactive compatibility wont be there). This is the main argument for completely open and free MP3 files; anybody with a player since 1992 can play mp3s. Granted, if apple were to ever go DRM-Free, it'd be with unprotected AAC (MPEG-4) files, but the idea is the same.
Also make it a point to always declare something, a book, cigarettes, a bottle of cheep vodka, whatever. You can be detained for transporting undeclared materials. Was your alcohol listed on your customs form? If not, and the fact that they let you [underage] keep your booze seems to indicate they were looking for someething else.
Exactly. I didn't declare them (granted, I won them so they were free anyways, but still), and I was underage.. and I still was able to keep them. The last time I got stopped at the canadian border with undeclared booze they threatened to place me under arrest (they just ended up dumping the booze out in front of us, as they should have). It's by no means odd that they searched me; they do that all the time. It's why they searched me that was odd.
Clearly they were looking for something else (likely pirated materials (which I don't have, but that's their cop out for prosecuting most DMCA/copy protection curcumvention crimes.. I don't think any to date haven't been piracy related) and/or modchips on my person).
No, they definitely had information about my business in their files. That was the reason they flagged me for search. The questions they asked me were too specific for them not to (At the point they were asking me about "chips" I hadn't given them any information.)
I was returning from a pleasure trip to the dominican republic yesterday. Once we got to atlanta (the intermediary hub for my trip), I had to go through customs. I gave the immigration agent my (US) passport and stood there waiting for him to stamp it, give it back, and send me on my way like they usually do. Of course, that's not what happened.
He looked at me suspiciously, asked me some personal identifing information (social security number, DOB, middle name, etc) and proceded to type in his computer for a few minutes. Then he put a giant "B" on my immigration form and asked if I was travelling alone. I said no, that I was travelling with the young lady that he had just cleared through. He looked at her, and she walked back over.. He then put a big "B" on her form too. Great. At this point I had no idea what this was about... but it only got better.
The next step after that is to claim your checked luggage and clear through customs. For most people that involves handing the agent your form and being sent on your way. Not for me. I walk up to the agent and give him my passport and form and he says "I just need your form here sir, not your passport". So, I give him my form. And then he sees the giant "B". Oh. Uh oh... I need your passport after all sir. He takes my passport and form and puts them in an envelope, then tells me to follow lane two to the left. I ask him what the "B" means.. he responds "Oh, they'll tell you over there." Great, I'm thinking, I hope this doesn't take long.
I walk over and they have me put the folder in a numbered rack and take a seat. This is the area where they fully search your bags, looking for agricultural products, drugs, and who knows what else. It's full of people, and some are getting pretty irate, wondering if the border people will pay for connecting flights missed because they're taking forever to get through people. At one point I looked back and saw four agents seemingly doing nothing. Great. (In their defense I'm sure there were doing something, but from the blank look on their faces and lack of activity you'd never guess it). It didn't help that this was a no camera and cellphone zone, and that everyone and their mother was using a cell phone, trying to explain to family members why they weren't going to be home on time.
Anyways, after 45 minutes or so of nervously sitting in a chair I get called up. The woman that called me told me to leave my bags, and then proceeded to ask me some identifying information again (SS number, Middle name...). Then she asked me a very odd question: "What do you do for a living, Adam?", to which I replied "Well, I'm a student I guess..." Apparently that wasn't a satisfactory answer for her though, as she replied, prodding for more information "Just a student? You don't do.. anything else?" I answered, saying that I also ran a small business. From there the conversation went like this:
Her: "And what does your business do?" Me: "I sell game console parts, accessories, and upgrades." Her: "Is that all you sell?" Me: "Uhm... yes?" Her: "You don't sell any 'chips'?" Me (Knowing perfectly well what she meant, though it's always good to clarify because for all I know she means potato chips): "What kind of chips?" Her: "You tell me." Me: "I sell some microchips I suppose..." Her: "And are these chips illegal?" Me: "Well, it's a legal grey area due to the DMCA, but no, I don't think they are." Her: "Ok sir, go sit back down."
Uhm, right.. so at this point I'm a bit baffled. I just can't believe their stopping me at the BORDER because I sell modchips. I suppose that means I've garnered the attention of someone pretty high up there in our oh so wonderful government, and that made me feel like.. and important person or something. Definitely an ego booster.
Well, I go sit back down and wait to be called again. After another half hour or so of waiting they call me up again (Thank God we had a 3 hour layover...). At this point a gentleman asks us to put our bags on the belt and proc
They're not going to not allow HDCP content to play over non-hdcp compliant outputs at full resolution. Instead, they'll downscale to something like 480p for analog and non-protected digital connections (The article here touches on this a bit, saying it's up to the content provider and specifying a limitaion based on total number of pixels in the image.
I've been doing this for ages too... On my last roadtrip from massachusetts to colorado in november it stayed connected for a solid 15 hours via my verizon EVDO 3g cellphone connected to my macbook pro via bluetooth. (That was all the way from MA to Joliet, IL on I-80)
The next day through the;ess populated stats wasn't quite as good, but still not bad at all.
On a recent trip to Delaware, we used the same system, but shared the connection via WiFi on my MBP so my dad could use it on his iBook. Worked perfectly.
Finally some concrete evidence to set the rumors to rest once and for all. I shall now continue to excessively use my cell phone without the worry of detrimental repercussions other than to perhaps my wallet.
I'm not calling BS on the statistic in the artical.. I'm calling it on the concept that "Apples are for grannies". My point is merely that I see growth in all sectors of mac sales, especially amongst the young-adult community. Perhaps more "old" people are buying macs because they're sick of dealing with popups and spyware.. I know thats why my grandfater bought an iMac;)`
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That's for gasses.... The article discusses... water as a liquid, acting as a solid... so no, Pressure (Pa) * Volume (m^3) != # moles * 8.31* T (K) here.
Given that I've missed 3 classes in the last week because I didn't want to get out of bed.. I'd say I'm an idea candidate for one of these, though I feel like it'd get lost enough in the mess of my dorm room that I'd never find it. Another trick that works though, is to get a LOUD alarm clock and put it across the room from you. This works especially well if you have a bunked bed, and FORCES you to get out of bed to shut the damn thing off. Putting your alarm within reach of your sleeping body is a good way to ensure a late morning.
http://www.infrascanner.com/
Looks like they're based in PA, USA... But due to US regulations, they aren't allowed to test the device on patients in the US, and have outsourced such clinical testing to India.
Yes, you can run a mac without os x on it.. Kind of ass backwards if you ask me, especially since every mac comes with an os x license... But hey, feel free to do what you please. It makes things like firmware updates a bit more challenging though, so keep that in mind if you do ever decide to take that route.
http://www.bombich.com/mactips/dualboot.html
Yes.. You can even tri-boot.
o otCamp
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_B
http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=6866.0
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?&t=124294&p
http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to
You can.. though it'll cost you a pretty penny, and afaict you can't buy 3.0ghz Clovertowns at retail yet:
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http://anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2832&p=6
$2400 for a pair of 2.66GHz Clovertowns on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N
Perhaps your right. In fact, I'm sure I'm in the minority when it comes to being blown away by next generation audio (Though surely that minority is bigger than .1% ;)). Even so, the fact remains that having HDMI at least enables the xbox 360 to become a full blown HD DVD player, something it could only do with limited abilities in its non-hdmi version (if you play a truehd or dts hd track with the current generation xbox 360 it gets downconverted and encoded on the fly to dolby digital).
:P (That's not to say that movies shot digitally look like that piece of trash, merely making the point that you can tell the difference between film and digital).
Now, 60p I'm not disagreeing with, framerate definitely makes a difference. But things shot on film look like there were.. well.. shot on film *because* of the 24fps frame rate.. and because of the film grain... And just like you (well, I can anyways...) distinguish when something was shot with a 1 ccd mini-dv cam, or a 3ccd mini-dv cam, or an HDV camera, or a DVC Pro camera... you can just TELL when something is shot on film. And to a lot of people, that's part of what makes a movie.. what it is.
Then again, there are some people that enjoyed the oh so cinematic experience of watching the blair witch project on the big screen...
Now, with all of the digital effects in movies today, and movies going directly to theater digitally to be played on DLP projectors the argument becomes a bit less cohesive... but there's definitely something about 24 frames per second that makes a movie a movie.. and not an NFL football game.
That's right, audio. While HDMI clearly presents a slight improvement for video (analog vs digital...), its real benefit is next generation audio support. While HDMI is a true digital picture and will give us a slightly better image, this improvement is negligible for the vast majority of people. With HD DVD content sporting DD+/TrueHD, and DTS HD audio that currently can't be handled over optical, HDMI provides us with a way of supporting that... Not that there's a whole lot of receivers that support those yet, but they'll be more available soon enough. You may think your A52/AC3 5.1 dolby digital compressed surround sound is good, but uncompressed TrueHD/DTS HD BLOWS IT AWAY. With even a half decent sound system, movies spring to life with the new audio formats.. Once you watch a film with a TrueHD or DTS HD audio track enabled, you wont be able to go back to "crappy" compressed Dolby Digital. Obviously, it depends on the mixing and the original soundtrack for the film your watching, but from what I've heard so far it's a real improvement across the board.
And, as much as I hate DRM, ultimately the decision to flag HD DVDs to downconvert over component is up to the movie studios... And... should they go that route in the future (I don't see it happening, especially now that HD DVD is compromised...), M$ will be ready with HDCP compliant HDMI.
Under contract law in most states (And yes, the UCC is a model law that is adopted by all 50 states, though some have modified it a bit), if one party enters into a contract while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the point at which they no longer have contractual capacity, then the contract can be nullified by the intoxicated party.
This is also the case when dealing with a minor or someone who is mentally incompetent... In all three of these cases, the law provides that both parties be returned to status quo.
So.. unless you're trying to tell me that Amazon.com was a minor, mentally incompetent, or intoxicated at the time of sale, the contract formed when the final invoice was accepted is valid and enforceable, especially after both parties completely performed their contractual duties (In this case, you entering your credit card information and getting billed the invoiced amount, and Amazon then shipping your order.
Even if the invoice price was $0.00, Amazon has no leg to stand on once they ship the order. It is at that point considered a gift, and once the gift is delivered the offeree has no recourse to request it back.
Exactly. Apple wont change the EULA to let users run OS X on non-apple hardware, including virtualization solutions, unless they first add license keys/software activation/etc... Something they really don't have a reason to do now. Apple is primarily a hardware company, and while they make some damn good software, the hardware innovation and sales are what really run the company at this point in time.
That might change, but I for one hope it never does. Yeah, it'd be nice to virtualize OS X, but at the same time I'd prefer to not ever have to deal with licenses keys/etc... (The only apple products that have them are.. OS X Server Edition, The Final Cut Studio (Including Final Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, etc), and a few of their other "Pro" apps (Aperture, etc)).
No, I agree, Chiariglione is definitely advocating DRM (Protection). I was interjecting my own opinions on the matter based on what he said in the article... I'm disagreeing with him to an extent and pointing out why his idea of an open DRM standard wouldn't work quite as well as he thinks it might given the already established marketplace/mullions of devices in use, as well as the optional nature of adopting the 'standard'.
DRM isn't necessarily evil; it's the unfair enforcement of such DRM that is, which is his main point. He's also saying also that a standard unencrypted mp3 can have DRM merely by being bound by a license agreement; it's once you start employing a digital means to enforce those terms that DRM begins to become intrusive. Chiariglione goes on to talk about open DRM standards and how the music industry should adopt one to promote interoperability. The problem there is that not everyone will adopt the standards, be it for their own personal gain (IE, Apple), or because they're existing technology lacks the capability of supporting a new standard (IE, retroactive compatibility wont be there). This is the main argument for completely open and free MP3 files; anybody with a player since 1992 can play mp3s. Granted, if apple were to ever go DRM-Free, it'd be with unprotected AAC (MPEG-4) files, but the idea is the same.
No. M$ will always remain the corporate evil center of the world.
You've got to wonder why in the hell the FAA approved that flight plan...
Exactly. I didn't declare them (granted, I won them so they were free anyways, but still), and I was underage.. and I still was able to keep them. The last time I got stopped at the canadian border with undeclared booze they threatened to place me under arrest (they just ended up dumping the booze out in front of us, as they should have). It's by no means odd that they searched me; they do that all the time. It's why they searched me that was odd.
Clearly they were looking for something else (likely pirated materials (which I don't have, but that's their cop out for prosecuting most DMCA/copy protection curcumvention crimes.. I don't think any to date haven't been piracy related) and/or modchips on my person).
No, they definitely had information about my business in their files. That was the reason they flagged me for search. The questions they asked me were too specific for them not to (At the point they were asking me about "chips" I hadn't given them any information.)
I was returning from a pleasure trip to the dominican republic yesterday. Once we got to atlanta (the intermediary hub for my trip), I had to go through customs. I gave the immigration agent my (US) passport and stood there waiting for him to stamp it, give it back, and send me on my way like they usually do. Of course, that's not what happened.
He looked at me suspiciously, asked me some personal identifing information (social security number, DOB, middle name, etc) and proceded to type in his computer for a few minutes. Then he put a giant "B" on my immigration form and asked if I was travelling alone. I said no, that I was travelling with the young lady that he had just cleared through. He looked at her, and she walked back over.. He then put a big "B" on her form too. Great. At this point I had no idea what this was about... but it only got better.
The next step after that is to claim your checked luggage and clear through customs. For most people that involves handing the agent your form and being sent on your way. Not for me. I walk up to the agent and give him my passport and form and he says "I just need your form here sir, not your passport". So, I give him my form. And then he sees the giant "B". Oh. Uh oh... I need your passport after all sir. He takes my passport and form and puts them in an envelope, then tells me to follow lane two to the left. I ask him what the "B" means.. he responds "Oh, they'll tell you over there." Great, I'm thinking, I hope this doesn't take long.
I walk over and they have me put the folder in a numbered rack and take a seat. This is the area where they fully search your bags, looking for agricultural products, drugs, and who knows what else. It's full of people, and some are getting pretty irate, wondering if the border people will pay for connecting flights missed because they're taking forever to get through people. At one point I looked back and saw four agents seemingly doing nothing. Great. (In their defense I'm sure there were doing something, but from the blank look on their faces and lack of activity you'd never guess it). It didn't help that this was a no camera and cellphone zone, and that everyone and their mother was using a cell phone, trying to explain to family members why they weren't going to be home on time.
Anyways, after 45 minutes or so of nervously sitting in a chair I get called up. The woman that called me told me to leave my bags, and then proceeded to ask me some identifying information again (SS number, Middle name...). Then she asked me a very odd question: "What do you do for a living, Adam?", to which I replied "Well, I'm a student I guess..." Apparently that wasn't a satisfactory answer for her though, as she replied, prodding for more information "Just a student? You don't do.. anything else?" I answered, saying that I also ran a small business. From there the conversation went like this:
Her: "And what does your business do?"
Me: "I sell game console parts, accessories, and upgrades."
Her: "Is that all you sell?"
Me: "Uhm... yes?"
Her: "You don't sell any 'chips'?"
Me (Knowing perfectly well what she meant, though it's always good to clarify because for all I know she means potato chips): "What kind of chips?"
Her: "You tell me."
Me: "I sell some microchips I suppose..."
Her: "And are these chips illegal?"
Me: "Well, it's a legal grey area due to the DMCA, but no, I don't think they are."
Her: "Ok sir, go sit back down."
Uhm, right.. so at this point I'm a bit baffled. I just can't believe their stopping me at the BORDER because I sell modchips. I suppose that means I've garnered the attention of someone pretty high up there in our oh so wonderful government, and that made me feel like.. and important person or something. Definitely an ego booster.
Well, I go sit back down and wait to be called again. After another half hour or so of waiting they call me up again (Thank God we had a 3 hour layover...). At this point a gentleman asks us to put our bags on the belt and proc
They're not going to not allow HDCP content to play over non-hdcp compliant outputs at full resolution. Instead, they'll downscale to something like 480p for analog and non-protected digital connections (The article here touches on this a bit, saying it's up to the content provider and specifying a limitaion based on total number of pixels in the image.
Yes can someone please fix the incorrect title?
I've been doing this for ages too... On my last roadtrip from massachusetts to colorado in november it stayed connected for a solid 15 hours via my verizon EVDO 3g cellphone connected to my macbook pro via bluetooth. (That was all the way from MA to Joliet, IL on I-80) The next day through the ;ess populated stats wasn't quite as good, but still not bad at all.
On a recent trip to Delaware, we used the same system, but shared the connection via WiFi on my MBP so my dad could use it on his iBook. Worked perfectly.
Finally some concrete evidence to set the rumors to rest once and for all. I shall now continue to excessively use my cell phone without the worry of detrimental repercussions other than to perhaps my wallet.
I'm not calling BS on the statistic in the artical.. I'm calling it on the concept that "Apples are for grannies". My point is merely that I see growth in all sectors of mac sales, especially amongst the young-adult community. Perhaps more "old" people are buying macs because they're sick of dealing with popups and spyware.. I know thats why my grandfater bought an iMac ;)`