You're missing the point. It's great that the failure rate has dropped, but the failures appear to be totally random, countering the GP's point about crashes in Linux being predictable and reproducible.
Actually, keyframes are called "I" frames. There is no such thing as a "K" frame in an MPEG video GOP. The other two types are predective ("P" frames) and bi-predictive ("B" frames).
. . . but did anyone not know this game was gonna suck?
It all makes me think of the lead-up to the "Coupon: The Movie" skit on Mr. Show. (Scroll down to the "Greenlight Gang" section). I can totally see that exact same meeting happening in some Sony conference room.
I think I agree with this. It seems that the definition of "Open Source", as it's used in the summary, isn't quite right. Software that is Open Source does not necessarily have to be free (as-in-freedom, - as-in-beer, whatever). This is why we sometimes see software referred to as "FLOSS" rather than simply "OSS", right?
Now the "final solution" is about to be unleashed, which is the encryption being applied to the ink cartridges themselves.
I've seen this at my work, where we have several older-model CD and DVD duplicators manufactured by Primera. They come with modified Lexmark printers, which have a little IR doohickey mounted under the ink carriage to read a little barcode-esque sticker on the bottom of the ink carts. They cost significantly more than the carts sold by Lexmark, but we've found that the printers only remember the last 10 or so ink carts that have passed by the sensor. As long as we keep enough around to outlast that 10-cart cycle, we can still refill them on our own and re-use them.
Here in Maryland (and I assume elsewhere), you can just get an I.D. card. You get them at the MVA, just like your driver's license. I haven't looked at one recently, but if I remember correctly, they just say "Identification Card" instead of "Driver's License".
Well, now, if that's really the case, then there's a strong argument here that all of these other posts claiming that Americans just don't want this stuff are fairly misguided.
It does sound plausible to me, but I'm an American that doesn't know a whole lot about what we're like to trade with - anyone else care to weigh in on this? I mean, every day on slashdot there is an article + a bazillion posts about how our patent system stifles innovation and competition . . .
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You're missing the point. It's great that the failure rate has dropped, but the failures appear to be totally random, countering the GP's point about crashes in Linux being predictable and reproducible.
Wow - I swear that reply from an hour before mine was NOT there 10 minutes ago.
Actually, keyframes are called "I" frames. There is no such thing as a "K" frame in an MPEG video GOP. The other two types are predective ("P" frames) and bi-predictive ("B" frames).
Sure they would.
Ahh, I see. I spotted that "station.sony.com" at the end of one of the websites and immediately thought to myself, "well, there's the problem."
. . . but did anyone not know this game was gonna suck?
It all makes me think of the lead-up to the "Coupon: The Movie" skit on Mr. Show. (Scroll down to the "Greenlight Gang" section). I can totally see that exact same meeting happening in some Sony conference room.
You should try spending some time on our highways . . . we also think this about each other.
I think I agree with this. It seems that the definition of "Open Source", as it's used in the summary, isn't quite right. Software that is Open Source does not necessarily have to be free (as-in-freedom, - as-in-beer, whatever). This is why we sometimes see software referred to as "FLOSS" rather than simply "OSS", right?
I've seen this at my work, where we have several older-model CD and DVD duplicators manufactured by Primera. They come with modified Lexmark printers, which have a little IR doohickey mounted under the ink carriage to read a little barcode-esque sticker on the bottom of the ink carts. They cost significantly more than the carts sold by Lexmark, but we've found that the printers only remember the last 10 or so ink carts that have passed by the sensor. As long as we keep enough around to outlast that 10-cart cycle, we can still refill them on our own and re-use them.
Sure. Just like Al Gore can claim responsibility for the internet.
3.5.6 in Kubuntu 7.04 crashes after loading up the page. I don't get any questions about "empty.txt".
I don't know if I'd call that "fairing better", but at least it's different.
Score:4, Interesting?! The mods must be hi . . . oh.
Here in Maryland (and I assume elsewhere), you can just get an I.D. card. You get them at the MVA, just like your driver's license. I haven't looked at one recently, but if I remember correctly, they just say "Identification Card" instead of "Driver's License".
Only, I don't think the artists own the copyright. I'm pretty sure that they can't sue.
The speed of sound isn't a constant, and space isn't a total vacuum.
Well, now, if that's really the case, then there's a strong argument here that all of these other posts claiming that Americans just don't want this stuff are fairly misguided.
It does sound plausible to me, but I'm an American that doesn't know a whole lot about what we're like to trade with - anyone else care to weigh in on this? I mean, every day on slashdot there is an article + a bazillion posts about how our patent system stifles innovation and competition . . .