Finally, ONE DAY, there will be a killer app for the general public using the power of the GPU. Then I hope everybody will understand.
a high speed, high quality dvd ripper/transcoder would do it for me, and it sounds (to my uneducated mind) like something that lends itself to GPU style parallelism.
I'd like to see someone make an expresscard (3/4) with as much ram as possible available over the PCI-e port as a disk. this could be used in laptops as swap space and temp space. I don't know if it would need any battery power, I know the machine could format it on boot, but what about when the thing sleeps? would there be enough power to keep it going?
anyways, if one could get 4 or 8G of ram it could be very useful. doesn't have to be extra fast for ram as it would be very fast for disk.
as long as it doesn't stick out of the slot so my MBP looks nice and sleek:)
ahh the amiga, a mighty computer! I still have an A1200 (with 50mhz '030 and '882) in a cupboard. no idea what to do with it, seems a shame to throw it away, but it's not worth anything!
and yes, the amiga was a computer massively before it's time. why didn't it win?
The solution to this *people* problem is simply : policies + training.
I don't completely disagree with you, but I'd extend it to say "Policies + training + audit".
the microsoft solution, amongst others, provides a way to do this audit. it's not perfect, there are ways around the protection, but those ways rely on the person actively trying to get around the system. they know they are doing something wrong. these document DRM systems provide a framework so that the users can easily see what what they are supposed to be able to do and it prevents them from doing what they're not supposed to be able to do.
it also logs all document requests which can be viewed later. in the OP's case, he stated that requests to open a document from overseas might be suspicious. he can audit the logs from a DRM server to see where requests to get keys come from.
yes, but once its open, it's open. and people are highly likely to open the archive, and keep the document unencrypted on their laptops.
here some form of document DRM could be a quite workable solution. I've been using Microsoft RMS as work as part of a pilot and while it has a few gotcha's, and while it does sometimes seem that MS just don't "get" how people use their software, it does seem to work.
the documents are encrypted within office apps (word, excel, outlook and powerpoint) and it has to authenticate itself to the RMS servers to get the keys.
of course, this is just a toe in the water before they'l put in a mechanic enabling you to buy temporary extra damage on your opponent in a fight for more money. swipe your credit card now if you need to take out the biggest baddies!
Nat+uPNP is perfectly capable and 100% backwords compatible{/i>
and also not universal. there's also NAT-PMP and they don't interoperate. so if you've got a router supporting UPnP, and your machine/app supports NAT-PMP then it's not gonna work.
I've been playing Angband for around 15 years now and I'm still playing it. completed it twice now (Hobbit Mage and Human Rogue) and it's still a fun game, for me at least. and no DRM:)
or you can use an apple airport extreme router which supports ipv6 out of the box, though you might need to turn the "firewall" off to get the full functionality.
to be fair, apples allow you to pair the standard apple remote with the computer, so only that one remote will control it, precisely to avoid that issue...
My GPS handles this whole problem for me, I just feed it a few waypoints and it figures out some nifty turn by turn navigation to calculate the shortest distance or fastest travel time depending on traffic congestion, speed traps and limits, and so forth.
ahh, but I'm guessing you feed it waypoints in the order you want them, the GPS doesn't tell you the best order for the waypoints?
the travelling salesman problem here would be where you could enter in say 5 desintations and your starting point, and the application would tell you in what order to visit them and by what route to use the least fuel (or time, depending on what your costings are in).
also, games without formal levels as such aren't a new thing. I'm sure they go back much forther, but I remember how impressed everyone was that SWIV on the amiga was a single level from start to finish with no break in the action. it constantly loaded new bits from the floppy drive as you played. a great advantage of having dedicated disk controllers that don't interrupt the cpu during use.
if that's true, hen surely you can ask apple for the unlock code? the phone isn't on contract, you can buy it with no obligation to "enable it" though AT&T/O2/whoever. when you buy the phone, you buy it outright.
But the vast majority (including the ones Samsung and Sony are rushing out just before that deadline) are only capable of 1.0, and that's because the hardware inside absolutely is not capable of 1.1, and can't be upgraded with a firmware patch.
that said, the PS3 is obviously going to be firmware upgraded to 1.1 status soon, as a) it obviously has all the hardware requirements and b) by november all new bluray players should be running profile 1.1 (afaik it's mandatory) and I'm sure sony won't let themselves fall foul of this.
there is no "DRM" in HDMI, and HDCP, which works over HDMI, also works over DVI. HDMI is just a signal carrier. It doesn't care about what it carries.
my understanding is that while DVI supports HDCP, alot of DVI equipment doesnt have it. HDMI mandates HDCP support. I don't know if it's down to the software to choose to use it or not, but if it is a choice, I see few movies choosing not to use it.
You can run 10 gigabit Ethernet over 100 metres of twisted pair
within limits though, afaik, most of the pci-e 10gig cards don't support 100 metre runs due to sheer power requirements. I think many vendors have brought the distance down to 50 or 35m as otherwise the cards needed to draw more than the 25 watts the pci-e bus supplies...
it's actually a BMW 320td compact. I like it and when i come to replace it, I'd be quite likely to stay with the marque but go for the coupe instead (the 320cd was too expensive when I bought this).
I drive about 30 miles to work (and 30 back) mostly on motorway but with some start stop traffic as well. when I'm on the motorway I'm usually at about 80mph too (sorry, that was was a typo officer, I meant 70).
what I'd like to replace it with is a optioned up 330cd but those are still expensive...
of course I really like the brand new 330cd/335cd's but they are way too expensive...
but the thing is, that's not very impressive. I get, almost without fail, 54mpg+ with my 2002 2 litre diesel bmw. that's got 150bhp, loads of torque and drives well.
I like the idea of hybrids, no doubt, but claiming that 51mpg is really good is laughable. they need to start returning 99mpg+ on average before anyone is really going to take them seriously I think.
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Finally, ONE DAY, there will be a killer app for the general public using the power of the GPU. Then I hope everybody will understand.
a high speed, high quality dvd ripper/transcoder would do it for me, and it sounds (to my uneducated mind) like something that lends itself to GPU style parallelism.
Dave
isn't this day over yet?!
I'd like to see someone make an expresscard (3/4) with as much ram as possible available over the PCI-e port as a disk. this could be used in laptops as swap space and temp space. I don't know if it would need any battery power, I know the machine could format it on boot, but what about when the thing sleeps? would there be enough power to keep it going?
anyways, if one could get 4 or 8G of ram it could be very useful. doesn't have to be extra fast for ram as it would be very fast for disk.
as long as it doesn't stick out of the slot so my MBP looks nice and sleek :)
ahh the amiga, a mighty computer! I still have an A1200 (with 50mhz '030 and '882) in a cupboard. no idea what to do with it, seems a shame to throw it away, but it's not worth anything!
and yes, the amiga was a computer massively before it's time. why didn't it win?
The solution to this *people* problem is simply : policies + training.
I don't completely disagree with you, but I'd extend it to say "Policies + training + audit".
the microsoft solution, amongst others, provides a way to do this audit. it's not perfect, there are ways around the protection, but those ways rely on the person actively trying to get around the system. they know they are doing something wrong. these document DRM systems provide a framework so that the users can easily see what what they are supposed to be able to do and it prevents them from doing what they're not supposed to be able to do.
it also logs all document requests which can be viewed later. in the OP's case, he stated that requests to open a document from overseas might be suspicious. he can audit the logs from a DRM server to see where requests to get keys come from.
dave
yes, but once its open, it's open. and people are highly likely to open the archive, and keep the document unencrypted on their laptops.
here some form of document DRM could be a quite workable solution. I've been using Microsoft RMS as work as part of a pilot and while it has a few gotcha's, and while it does sometimes seem that MS just don't "get" how people use their software, it does seem to work.
the documents are encrypted within office apps (word, excel, outlook and powerpoint) and it has to authenticate itself to the RMS servers to get the keys.
dave
of course, this is just a toe in the water before they'l put in a mechanic enabling you to buy temporary extra damage on your opponent in a fight for more money. swipe your credit card now if you need to take out the biggest baddies!
Nat+uPNP is perfectly capable and 100% backwords compatible{/i>
and also not universal. there's also NAT-PMP and they don't interoperate. so if you've got a router supporting UPnP, and your machine/app supports NAT-PMP then it's not gonna work.
dave
I've been playing Angband for around 15 years now and I'm still playing it. completed it twice now (Hobbit Mage and Human Rogue) and it's still a fun game, for me at least. and no DRM :)
or you can use an apple airport extreme router which supports ipv6 out of the box, though you might need to turn the "firewall" off to get the full functionality.
to be fair, apples allow you to pair the standard apple remote with the computer, so only that one remote will control it, precisely to avoid that issue...
dave
My GPS handles this whole problem for me, I just feed it a few waypoints and it figures out some nifty turn by turn navigation to calculate the shortest distance or fastest travel time depending on traffic congestion, speed traps and limits, and so forth.
ahh, but I'm guessing you feed it waypoints in the order you want them, the GPS doesn't tell you the best order for the waypoints?
the travelling salesman problem here would be where you could enter in say 5 desintations and your starting point, and the application would tell you in what order to visit them and by what route to use the least fuel (or time, depending on what your costings are in).
dave
not on the amiga you didn't. that was all loaded from a floppy disk
also, games without formal levels as such aren't a new thing. I'm sure they go back much forther, but I remember how impressed everyone was that SWIV on the amiga was a single level from start to finish with no break in the action. it constantly loaded new bits from the floppy drive as you played. a great advantage of having dedicated disk controllers that don't interrupt the cpu during use.
dave
What we really need is VLC to be on the PS3
never mind VLC, what we need is something equivalent to XBMC on the ps3. hell, if sony made something that good as a PSN download, I'd pay for it.
come on sony, do what your customers want for a change!
dave
if that's true, hen surely you can ask apple for the unlock code? the phone isn't on contract, you can buy it with no obligation to "enable it" though AT&T/O2/whoever. when you buy the phone, you buy it outright.
dave
If Apple were forced to deal with abysmal sales, then they'd likely respond with the product the way you want it.
or they'd tell everyone that the market isn't interested in the product and stop making it completely...
dave
But the vast majority (including the ones Samsung and Sony are rushing out just before that deadline) are only capable of 1.0, and that's because the hardware inside absolutely is not capable of 1.1, and can't be upgraded with a firmware patch.
that said, the PS3 is obviously going to be firmware upgraded to 1.1 status soon, as a) it obviously has all the hardware requirements and b) by november all new bluray players should be running profile 1.1 (afaik it's mandatory) and I'm sure sony won't let themselves fall foul of this.
yup, I agree with this. in all the HMV's I've looked in, the shelf space for BD is about 5-8 times larger than for HD
Do you actually rewatch movies?
depends on the film, but yes, if it's a good film, I'm happy watching it multiple times. same with books, I'm quite happy to re-read books too.
dave
there is no "DRM" in HDMI, and HDCP, which works over HDMI, also works over DVI. HDMI is just a signal carrier. It doesn't care about what it carries.
my understanding is that while DVI supports HDCP, alot of DVI equipment doesnt have it. HDMI mandates HDCP support. I don't know if it's down to the software to choose to use it or not, but if it is a choice, I see few movies choosing not to use it.
am I wrong?
You can run 10 gigabit Ethernet over 100 metres of twisted pair
within limits though, afaik, most of the pci-e 10gig cards don't support 100 metre runs due to sheer power requirements. I think many vendors have brought the distance down to 50 or 35m as otherwise the cards needed to draw more than the 25 watts the pci-e bus supplies...
None the less, that is still very impressive. I wish I had a memory for that kind of thing
naah, reciting a milliopns digits of pi is easy. the trick is, not to begin at the beginning....
dave
it's actually a BMW 320td compact. I like it and when i come to replace it, I'd be quite likely to stay with the marque but go for the coupe instead (the 320cd was too expensive when I bought this).
I drive about 30 miles to work (and 30 back) mostly on motorway but with some start stop traffic as well. when I'm on the motorway I'm usually at about 80mph too (sorry, that was was a typo officer, I meant 70).
what I'd like to replace it with is a optioned up 330cd but those are still expensive...
of course I really like the brand new 330cd/335cd's but they are way too expensive...
dave
but the thing is, that's not very impressive. I get, almost without fail, 54mpg+ with my 2002 2 litre diesel bmw. that's got 150bhp, loads of torque and drives well.
I like the idea of hybrids, no doubt, but claiming that 51mpg is really good is laughable. they need to start returning 99mpg+ on average before anyone is really going to take them seriously I think.
dave