Long time decemberists fan, quick question, was it on purpose or a blooper that the blackboard didn't stay the same from the different camera angles around 2:15 into the video?
Yeah, it sucks, the WAP gateway is closed down:-(.
If you have a Symbian phone (like the Nokia 3650) or any high-end phone (generally most color phones, i.e. Treo 600, MS smart phones), install/run a full browser (like Opera) and it should work fine by routing through port 80 instead of wap.voicestream.com (the wap proxy gateway).
At least it still works fine for now on my Treo 600 and talking to people that use their phone to do web/wap browsing through port 80.
You mean the Motorola MPX? Yeah, it can play movies and be a infrared remote control too, just wait a few months:-), hope you're saving your pennies, cause it's going to cost $1000. Did I mention WiFi?
I also have a M1300, but the argument against hybrids is very apt, BUT the M1300 is EXCELLENT with a keyboard too! There's a snap-on USB keyboard made by Motion Computing. What's good about a detachable keyboard is that you have the benefits of a convertable AND a slate. Keyboard when you need it or, when weight is an issue, you can shed off the 1LB keyboard and only have a 3LB computer. The only issue I have with it is the tiny weirdly-placed backspace key, but using it for a while makes it a non-issue after a month.
When using a tablet, THE biggest issue is weight. Nearly all laptops are heavier than the Motion slate (with the exception of the insane Japanese Sony). This is essentially a NOTEBOOK REPLACEMENT, which means it's going to be carried EVERYWHERE. A 5LB convertible is a big difference when you've got to walk 20 minutes to class.
And for those that claim that a pen and peice of paper is like a tablet, then they obviously haven't tried OneNote. OneNote allows me to RECORD lectures and all I need to do is highlight a sentence and it'll play back exactly what was said at the time the sentence was written. No need to synchronize between paper notes and a tape recorder:-D Looking over a scribbled chart/diagram afterwards saying "WTF IS THAT?!" is moot just by highlighting the diagram:-)
The present world order does not allow for proper free trade within the context of globalization. Adam Smith, great poobah of free-trade advocacy based his argument on the premise that free markets are efficient IF there is a free flow of populations, i.e. I can move to India tomorrow. Too bad the REAL WORLD isn't that way, huh? Weird how absolute ideologies, like Communism and Neo-Liberalism never work out perfectly, huh?
A detachable keyboard is very very nice, I can break out the keyboard for my social sciences where text notetaking is all that's needed and keep the keyboard in my backpack when I'm in a math class. If I need to draw a couple of diagrams/charts/etc side by side in my text-heavy classes, I could do that too:-)
Say what you will about the sucess of tablets, having handwritten notes searchable to prep for tests is happy-fun-good-times. Bringing a plain laptop isn't good enough for most classes, I'd end up bringing a sheet of paper along with it to draw diagrams, and because of that it fucks up my organization when looking over my notes later. Tablets keep everything ORGANIZED and searchable.
I really couldn't see some start-up company doing this on their own. There's some serious stuff in there, all the modern tablets have pressure sensitivity (the "button" is on the tip of the pen, not the screen like with palm pilots) and I'm pretty sure that Linux doesn't have drivers to support that last time I looked, so doodling or professional drawing won't work (Penny Arcade is drawn on a tablet, for example). Also there is very little integration with the tablet in slate mode (no keyboard), think of linux w/o using the command line . Linux without the convienience of power nor the UI integration of Tablet XP. We're talking about copying and pasting handwritten stuff between programs here, if you want to get indignant.
Tablet PCs have a LONG way to go with Linux, unfortunately.
Because the test model is a Seagate Barracuda IV. I have two(ATA/IDE 100mbps version). They're EXTREMELY quiet. I guess the author hasn't ever used a Barracuda IV before . The drawback with these drives are that they're slightly slower, but you can only hear it when it spins up. Reading/writing, you can only hear if you're several inches away with the case open. So SATA won't make it quieter.
Change your VESA settings to allow non-root. This isn't an MPlayer problem. Also, it'd be a good idea to try -vo x11 or -vo xv (xv works THE best, with translucent subtitles and all, W00T), those two drivers work much better. I think that thinkpad has a Savage card, which xvideo is supported. Try doing xvinfo in console and see if the card pops up. If not, try changing your xfree settings/w xf86cfg -textmode (?). If you get xv working, try "mplayer -vo xv -fs -ao oss -dvd 1 -slang en" which will play a DVD fullscreen with translucent english subtitiles. It should also be able to play DVDs and DIVX better since more processing is offloaded to the video card. If your DVD still skips, check if DMA is enabled on the DVD.
Incidentally, many people in alt.binaries.news-server-comparison (one of the places Jeremy hangs out) are very opposed to PAR files and say they cause an increase in bandwidth. I don't know if Jeremy's one of them.
An excellent idea would be to make a new format where yEnc and PARs are combined. Imagine this: get rid of RARs, PARs and SFVs altogether. Post a file as one big file and have 1% parity. Tbe parity will be for individual posts (not enire RAR archives like before). 1% is more than enough since a 500 message post will have 5 parity messages. Most incomplete files only have about 3 or 4 missed messages and the 5 will fix those INDIVIDUAL POSTS. If that isn't enough, a few more parities are generated.
I find this idea MUCH more important than silly nitpicks on implementation. Of course, this can eliminate yEnc from the face of the earth if this was implemented, simply because it makes downloading binaries much much easier and simpler.
I've emailed Jurgen about this, but his reason was that it'd make adding in this way too complicated for news client maintainers.
Those who want to push a MIME format should implement this and create a new standard, everyone will jump from the yEnc bandwagon onto this like they jumped from the UUE bandwagon to yEnc.
I believe it started out as some animosity in the alt.scientology usenet newsgroup. alt.scientology is an ANTI-scientology group, and there were a LOT of scientology flooding/spam/cancel posts, etc. That incident made many people in the usenet community curious about what exactly is scientology. The rest of the world probably has no idea what it is, let alone be rabidly opposed. Every time Scientology gets press on the internet, more people learn about the scam.
P2P? If you're an anime junkie, P2P isn't the way to go. Go usenet. Usenet most of the time is provided by your ISP (albiet not that great). Alt.binaries.anime and alt.binaries.multimedia.anime provide all the new anime you want. Although there isn't much old anime and you can't actively look for something other than by requesting it, it's really great for new stuff. Check out what's on user anime channels right now by going to www.animeusenet.org. I'd advise you to sign up with giganews/easynews/newshosting/etc and giving it a try. It's ~6 gigs a month, which is around 18 episodes. If you're lucky like me, your ISP would provide the server for you and just download gigs a day without filling up your ISPs internet pipes (the server is hosted locally). If you're interested I can be a bit more descriptive...
They do. Check out the Alpha PAL 80345. It can't fit on half the motherboards w/o modifications. It uses the 4 open holes in new AMD motherboards. Mine is coming tomorrow =]. It's an incredibe heatsink, but rather expensive, 40 bucks without a fan. But it cools nicely and there's no chance that it'll pop off since it's screwed into the motherboard
Well there's two camps of subtitles, one is all dubs are bad, another is dubs are OK as long as they're ok. Personally, i'm in the latter. The argument of the first is that you lose the feel due to the lack of Japanese. Second prefer subs when the dubs are done horribly. Those who hate dubs for the sake of hating dubs are elitist morons.
***WARNING SPOILER ON EXPLAINATION ON THE SYMBOLISM/MEANING/SOME PLOT OF THE SHOW***
Seral Experiments Lain [cjas.org] (were a girl discoveres her identy as a man-made god [maybe, its a compicated show] while in The Wird)
The primary plot of Lain is about a culture immersed in technology. There are also many other side storylines, one of them being God and dealing with it, but imho human relationships is much of a bigger thing. It's similar to how Eva talks about how relationships between one another is important, but Lain takes a different approach and applies it to technology. HINT: Even though technology is such an important part of the show, it isn't praising everything technological;-]
So it's not as the cliched ROBOTS/TECHNOLOGY == BAD, but much more, talking about human emotion and all that. See when Lain felt Alice's heartbeat at the end, which was the turning point of the entire show, when Lain is enlightened.
The parts that are up to debate are the Roswell aliens and Lain's bear pajamas. Some think it's a "growing up" type of thing, but I think it's more of a good thing,
Hope that helps you understand Lain. Rewatch it and you'll understand much more about the weird shadows and the power lines.
You sir (or madam) are an elitist bastard. Don't pull that bullshit. You can keep your crappy subs and everything, it's not like we're going to change the stuidos over there. At worst stations show dubs and make their own anime wannabe, whoop de do. You're part of the same people who love ultra-obscure anime just for the sake of it. Oh and about you want anime to be only in "fringe comic shops and fserv-packed IRC channels"? Wow. Incredible. So you want it to stay small and a obscure. Hey, what's your favorite indie band? Does it have less than 1000 fans? What if it gets more? Ohhh ya you're going to find a different band. You're no different than those people. Of course, there's nothing to sell out of compared to bands. The anime will stay the same as long as you get your subtitles. Sheesh. Shut the hell up and get a f'n clue.
I'll be grabbing my fansubs happily off of alt.binaries.anime/alt.binaries.multimedia.anime happily even after it becomes mainstream. Just because people know wtf anime is now doesn't make it crap.
I'd be more nice and all, but this is one of my pet peeves. You've just rubbed me the wrong way, sorry.
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Long time decemberists fan, quick question, was it on purpose or a blooper that the blackboard didn't stay the same from the different camera angles around 2:15 into the video?
:-)
Love the video style, great story
Yeah, it sucks, the WAP gateway is closed down :-(.
If you have a Symbian phone (like the Nokia 3650) or any high-end phone (generally most color phones, i.e. Treo 600, MS smart phones), install/run a full browser (like Opera) and it should work fine by routing through port 80 instead of wap.voicestream.com (the wap proxy gateway).
At least it still works fine for now on my Treo 600 and talking to people that use their phone to do web/wap browsing through port 80.
You mean the Motorola MPX? Yeah, it can play movies and be a infrared remote control too, just wait a few months :-), hope you're saving your pennies, cause it's going to cost $1000. Did I mention WiFi?
I also have a M1300, but the argument against hybrids is very apt, BUT the M1300 is EXCELLENT with a keyboard too! There's a snap-on USB keyboard made by Motion Computing. What's good about a detachable keyboard is that you have the benefits of a convertable AND a slate. Keyboard when you need it or, when weight is an issue, you can shed off the 1LB keyboard and only have a 3LB computer. The only issue I have with it is the tiny weirdly-placed backspace key, but using it for a while makes it a non-issue after a month.
:-D Looking over a scribbled chart/diagram afterwards saying "WTF IS THAT?!" is moot just by highlighting the diagram :-)
When using a tablet, THE biggest issue is weight. Nearly all laptops are heavier than the Motion slate (with the exception of the insane Japanese Sony). This is essentially a NOTEBOOK REPLACEMENT, which means it's going to be carried EVERYWHERE. A 5LB convertible is a big difference when you've got to walk 20 minutes to class.
And for those that claim that a pen and peice of paper is like a tablet, then they obviously haven't tried OneNote. OneNote allows me to RECORD lectures and all I need to do is highlight a sentence and it'll play back exactly what was said at the time the sentence was written. No need to synchronize between paper notes and a tape recorder
The present world order does not allow for proper free trade within the context of globalization. Adam Smith, great poobah of free-trade advocacy based his argument on the premise that free markets are efficient IF there is a free flow of populations, i.e. I can move to India tomorrow. Too bad the REAL WORLD isn't that way, huh? Weird how absolute ideologies, like Communism and Neo-Liberalism never work out perfectly, huh?
HP's and Motion computer have DETACHABLE keyboards, meaning that you CAN have the best of both worlds.
I would know, I have a Motion M1300 with mobile keyboard.
A detachable keyboard is very very nice, I can break out the keyboard for my social sciences where text notetaking is all that's needed and keep the keyboard in my backpack when I'm in a math class. If I need to draw a couple of diagrams/charts/etc side by side in my text-heavy classes, I could do that too :-)
Say what you will about the sucess of tablets, having handwritten notes searchable to prep for tests is happy-fun-good-times. Bringing a plain laptop isn't good enough for most classes, I'd end up bringing a sheet of paper along with it to draw diagrams, and because of that it fucks up my organization when looking over my notes later. Tablets keep everything ORGANIZED and searchable.
I really couldn't see some start-up company doing this on their own. There's some serious stuff in there, all the modern tablets have pressure sensitivity (the "button" is on the tip of the pen, not the screen like with palm pilots) and I'm pretty sure that Linux doesn't have drivers to support that last time I looked, so doodling or professional drawing won't work (Penny Arcade is drawn on a tablet, for example). Also there is very little integration with the tablet in slate mode (no keyboard), think of linux w/o using the command line . Linux without the convienience of power nor the UI integration of Tablet XP. We're talking about copying and pasting handwritten stuff between programs here, if you want to get indignant.
Tablet PCs have a LONG way to go with Linux, unfortunately.
I'm writing with a Tablet PC right now (motion m 1300) . The handwriting recognition is quite good. This was made with no Corrections.
Because the test model is a Seagate Barracuda IV. I have two(ATA/IDE 100mbps version). They're EXTREMELY quiet. I guess the author hasn't ever used a Barracuda IV before . The drawback with these drives are that they're slightly slower, but you can only hear it when it spins up. Reading/writing, you can only hear if you're several inches away with the case open. So SATA won't make it quieter.
Change your VESA settings to allow non-root. This isn't an MPlayer problem. Also, it'd be a good idea to try -vo x11 or -vo xv (xv works THE best, with translucent subtitles and all, W00T), those two drivers work much better. I think that thinkpad has a Savage card, which xvideo is supported. Try doing xvinfo in console and see if the card pops up. If not, try changing your xfree settings /w xf86cfg -textmode (?). If you get xv working, try "mplayer -vo xv -fs -ao oss -dvd 1 -slang en" which will play a DVD fullscreen with translucent english subtitiles. It should also be able to play DVDs and DIVX better since more processing is offloaded to the video card. If your DVD still skips, check if DMA is enabled on the DVD.
Dude, I dunno where you live, but over here that's called a DISHWASHER...
Wait... Eminem files that are good?
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Yes you are. None of us see Microsoft killing 6+ million civilians and invading and overthrowing foreign governments. Oh, and Godwin's Law.
Oh and I forgot! Do goatse.cx and all its variants! ^_^
I'm getting this just to claim that every single page on the FAST website is pirated software. Yes, I have no life.
Statistically, if you were a complete, utter moron, 99% of the people you meet will be smarter than you.
For those who are wondering what that address is, it's the Yahoo HQ...
Incidentally, many people in alt.binaries.news-server-comparison (one of the places Jeremy hangs out) are very opposed to PAR files and say they cause an increase in bandwidth. I don't know if Jeremy's one of them.
An excellent idea would be to make a new format where yEnc and PARs are combined. Imagine this: get rid of RARs, PARs and SFVs altogether. Post a file as one big file and have 1% parity. Tbe parity will be for individual posts (not enire RAR archives like before). 1% is more than enough since a 500 message post will have 5 parity messages. Most incomplete files only have about 3 or 4 missed messages and the 5 will fix those INDIVIDUAL POSTS. If that isn't enough, a few more parities are generated.
I find this idea MUCH more important than silly nitpicks on implementation. Of course, this can eliminate yEnc from the face of the earth if this was implemented, simply because it makes downloading binaries much much easier and simpler.
I've emailed Jurgen about this, but his reason was that it'd make adding in this way too complicated for news client maintainers.
Those who want to push a MIME format should implement this and create a new standard, everyone will jump from the yEnc bandwagon onto this like they jumped from the UUE bandwagon to yEnc.
I believe it started out as some animosity in the alt.scientology usenet newsgroup. alt.scientology is an ANTI-scientology group, and there were a LOT of scientology flooding/spam/cancel posts, etc. That incident made many people in the usenet community curious about what exactly is scientology. The rest of the world probably has no idea what it is, let alone be rabidly opposed. Every time Scientology gets press on the internet, more people learn about the scam.
afaik the founder of earthlink (who was the scientologist) stepped down due to some embezzling or somesuch..
P2P? If you're an anime junkie, P2P isn't the way to go. Go usenet. Usenet most of the time is provided by your ISP (albiet not that great). Alt.binaries.anime and alt.binaries.multimedia.anime provide all the new anime you want. Although there isn't much old anime and you can't actively look for something other than by requesting it, it's really great for new stuff. Check out what's on user anime channels right now by going to www.animeusenet.org. I'd advise you to sign up with giganews/easynews/newshosting/etc and giving it a try. It's ~6 gigs a month, which is around 18 episodes. If you're lucky like me, your ISP would provide the server for you and just download gigs a day without filling up your ISPs internet pipes (the server is hosted locally). If you're interested I can be a bit more descriptive...
They do. Check out the Alpha PAL 80345. It can't fit on half the motherboards w/o modifications. It uses the 4 open holes in new AMD motherboards. Mine is coming tomorrow =]. It's an incredibe heatsink, but rather expensive, 40 bucks without a fan. But it cools nicely and there's no chance that it'll pop off since it's screwed into the motherboard
Well there's two camps of subtitles, one is all dubs are bad, another is dubs are OK as long as they're ok. Personally, i'm in the latter. The argument of the first is that you lose the feel due to the lack of Japanese. Second prefer subs when the dubs are done horribly. Those who hate dubs for the sake of hating dubs are elitist morons.
Seral Experiments Lain [cjas.org] (were a girl discoveres her identy as a man-made god [maybe, its a compicated show] while in The Wird) The primary plot of Lain is about a culture immersed in technology. There are also many other side storylines, one of them being God and dealing with it, but imho human relationships is much of a bigger thing. It's similar to how Eva talks about how relationships between one another is important, but Lain takes a different approach and applies it to technology. HINT: Even though technology is such an important part of the show, it isn't praising everything technological ;-]
So it's not as the cliched ROBOTS/TECHNOLOGY == BAD, but much more, talking about human emotion and all that. See when Lain felt Alice's heartbeat at the end, which was the turning point of the entire show, when Lain is enlightened.
The parts that are up to debate are the Roswell aliens and Lain's bear pajamas. Some think it's a "growing up" type of thing, but I think it's more of a good thing,
Hope that helps you understand Lain. Rewatch it and you'll understand much more about the weird shadows and the power lines.
Disable Fast AGP write (AGP Turbo?) in your BIOS.
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Read the manual. http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2313/README
You sir (or madam) are an elitist bastard. Don't pull that bullshit. You can keep your crappy subs and everything, it's not like we're going to change the stuidos over there. At worst stations show dubs and make their own anime wannabe, whoop de do. You're part of the same people who love ultra-obscure anime just for the sake of it. Oh and about you want anime to be only in "fringe comic shops and fserv-packed IRC channels"? Wow. Incredible. So you want it to stay small and a obscure. Hey, what's your favorite indie band? Does it have less than 1000 fans? What if it gets more? Ohhh ya you're going to find a different band. You're no different than those people. Of course, there's nothing to sell out of compared to bands. The anime will stay the same as long as you get your subtitles. Sheesh. Shut the hell up and get a f'n clue.
I'll be grabbing my fansubs happily off of alt.binaries.anime/alt.binaries.multimedia.anime happily even after it becomes mainstream. Just because people know wtf anime is now doesn't make it crap.
I'd be more nice and all, but this is one of my pet peeves. You've just rubbed me the wrong way, sorry.