I agree with you but then something hit me. Maybe the next step up will only be a minor increase in resolution, but a major increase in quality. Right now, there's a crap load of compression on BD discs. A format with much less compression would likely look much better. Maybe not enough for the average person to care though, we'll have to see.
I definitely agree. Considering where your data is going and what might happen to it will almost always prevent these problems.
I think my main point is about the people on Youtube who don't read Boing Boing and/. Mostly, all of the videos on Youtube are crap that no one has to worry about. But there have to be some cases where someone makes a mistake. One may forget to edit something embarassing out, or leave something personal visible in the edge of a scene. Some YouTube users will assume that the delete switch can fix this. They probably have no idea that this information is going to stay in storage somewhere practically indefinitely.
Now, before I get caught up in the uber paranoid every-large-corporation-is-evil groupthink, it's probably safe to say that YouTube isn't going to do anything with this embarassing/personal information that the user thought was deleted. But the possibility is there and it's something to consider.
Before anyone says something along the lines of the following...
But these are private companies, they can do whatever they want. It's there space.
..., please tell me when the last time Youtube told you it would hold your content after you deleted it. Oh right, you had to find that little minuscule footer link that most no one goes to. These are also posted when signing up, but they are in boring, long, law-speak that no one bothers to understand.
That's interesting to think about. Most of Google's revenue comes from advertising. In fact, I'm sure Chrome is a play towards that end. If (when?) someone designs and ad blocker plugin, what is Google going to do?
Google Chrome, Google's Browser Just when you thought Google wasn't going to get any cooler, we try desperately to prove you wrong.
Google Chrome, Google's Browser Don't worry, it won't be out of Beta until IE 10.
Google Chrome, Google's Browser Now with Omni Bar, the omniscient Awesome Bar
Google Chrome, Google's Browser Just when you thought data mining couldn't get any closer to home
OK, in all seriousness I think it's nice to see another Webkit based browser around. I'm personally waiting to see the Epiphany team's Webkit based browser. Hopefully, Google's Chrome project will spur some innovations that the Firefox/Safari/Opera/IE competition has failed to supply. Maybe the JS engine will prove it's worth as well, speedups in this area are always nice.
All right, this is a complete straw man. The citizens in MN had not done anything yet. If they had started violence, than yes, it's the police's job to protect the other citizens. At the moment though, they were innocent. Innocent until proven guilty or intimidated until proven guilty?
As someone mentioned above, it's enablers like you who keep this sort of thing hush hush. So in conclusion, sir: fuck you.
Yeah. From the article, it's a $20 monthly or $156 annual subscription. THEN, to get anything more than absolutely shitty cars (Pontiac Solstice??) and shitty tracks you have to buy your way up.
Stop taking yourself so seriously and lighten up a little bit. Requiring a subscription and a racing wheel should be enough to weed out the mad 1337 gamers. Do you really think all the WoW people are going to suddenly poo their pants over a racing game?
You're both right. Corruption is common in government AND private projects. The problem isn't the people corrupting, that's inevitable. The problem is that we don't have a good system of accountability set up to put all this corruption in the public eye.
5 years ago few believed that a simple prime number could be calculated to 10 million digits. There was a lot of scepticism that a prime number could be calculated so large. A prime number, calculated to 10 million digits?? pfft. But now, 5 years later GIMPS has calculated Mersenne primes over 9 million digits using computers of all ages, all over the world. That's because GIMPS is scientifically proven to work. It's not a gimmick.
...
(Random interviews)
Q: What happened when you participated in the GIMPS project?
A: Ah.. It got bigger.
Q: And you're not embarassed to say that?
I thought of this but maybe the OP is being tasked with saving thousands+ pictures. In which case the bulk of the hard copies would be a factor, plus they would be more likely to be damaged if they had to be shoved in the capsule. Plus, pictures fade over time (although this may only be a factor of being exposed to light, if anyone could clarify that would be great).
What if you encrypted these pictures and put the key (on paper) in the time capsule? You would just have to keep a copy of the encryption software and the encrypted files themselves around for 25 years. Definitely not perfect though, x86 might die etc.
Slashdot has jumped the shark with Idle leaving beta. It lost too much of it's original appeal when goofy humour lost it's spontaneity and "Stuff that Matters" began to apply to only a portion of the main content.
Of course, this is just my opinion with no reasonable backup.
I didn't even have to close the tab, just going to another page made the clipboard go back to normal behaviour (ctrl-c / ctrl-v flavour and middle click flavour both) on Ubuntu 8.04.1 / Firefox 3.01. And the script didn't even work until I let it through NoScript. However, to the exploit's credit I often will allow all for credible pages.
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I agree with you but then something hit me. Maybe the next step up will only be a minor increase in resolution, but a major increase in quality. Right now, there's a crap load of compression on BD discs. A format with much less compression would likely look much better. Maybe not enough for the average person to care though, we'll have to see.
I definitely agree. Considering where your data is going and what might happen to it will almost always prevent these problems.
I think my main point is about the people on Youtube who don't read Boing Boing and /. Mostly, all of the videos on Youtube are crap that no one has to worry about. But there have to be some cases where someone makes a mistake. One may forget to edit something embarassing out, or leave something personal visible in the edge of a scene. Some YouTube users will assume that the delete switch can fix this. They probably have no idea that this information is going to stay in storage somewhere practically indefinitely.
Now, before I get caught up in the uber paranoid every-large-corporation-is-evil groupthink, it's probably safe to say that YouTube isn't going to do anything with this embarassing/personal information that the user thought was deleted. But the possibility is there and it's something to consider.
Before anyone says something along the lines of the following...
But these are private companies, they can do whatever they want. It's there space.
..., please tell me when the last time Youtube told you it would hold your content after you deleted it. Oh right, you had to find that little minuscule footer link that most no one goes to. These are also posted when signing up, but they are in boring, long, law-speak that no one bothers to understand.
1. Ad blocker (AdBlock Plus)
That's interesting to think about. Most of Google's revenue comes from advertising. In fact, I'm sure Chrome is a play towards that end. If (when?) someone designs and ad blocker plugin, what is Google going to do?
Thanks for the information, I'll be following the development of Midori as well.
Just when you thought Google wasn't going to get any cooler, we try desperately to prove you wrong.
Don't worry, it won't be out of Beta until IE 10.
Now with Omni Bar, the omniscient Awesome Bar
Just when you thought data mining couldn't get any closer to home
OK, in all seriousness I think it's nice to see another Webkit based browser around. I'm personally waiting to see the Epiphany team's Webkit based browser. Hopefully, Google's Chrome project will spur some innovations that the Firefox/Safari/Opera/IE competition has failed to supply. Maybe the JS engine will prove it's worth as well, speedups in this area are always nice.
All right, this is a complete straw man. The citizens in MN had not done anything yet. If they had started violence, than yes, it's the police's job to protect the other citizens. At the moment though, they were innocent. Innocent until proven guilty or intimidated until proven guilty?
As someone mentioned above, it's enablers like you who keep this sort of thing hush hush. So in conclusion, sir: fuck you.
I'm not exactly going to pick up NVDA, but I may sell it shorter than the 55nm process used on these chips!
One word: Extensions. I can choose to have mouse gestures or not. Not to mention a plethora of other things.
Yeah. From the article, it's a $20 monthly or $156 annual subscription. THEN, to get anything more than absolutely shitty cars (Pontiac Solstice??) and shitty tracks you have to buy your way up.
Stop taking yourself so seriously and lighten up a little bit. Requiring a subscription and a racing wheel should be enough to weed out the mad 1337 gamers. Do you really think all the WoW people are going to suddenly poo their pants over a racing game?
Damn, that's the password on my luggage!
You're both right. Corruption is common in government AND private projects. The problem isn't the people corrupting, that's inevitable. The problem is that we don't have a good system of accountability set up to put all this corruption in the public eye.
Thanks! I almost didn't post it, I figured it was boring. How wrong I was apparently. The girl comes in on the "It's not a gimmick!!" line IIRC.
And mods, WTF? Parent is most definitely not troll.
...even!
Well, I guess you've got a 50% chance*...
*For very small quantities of 50%
5 years ago few believed that a simple prime number could be calculated to 10 million digits. There was a lot of scepticism that a prime number could be calculated so large. A prime number, calculated to 10 million digits?? pfft. But now, 5 years later GIMPS has calculated Mersenne primes over 9 million digits using computers of all ages, all over the world. That's because GIMPS is scientifically proven to work. It's not a gimmick.
...
(Random interviews)
Q: What happened when you participated in the GIMPS project?
A: Ah.. It got bigger.
Q: And you're not embarassed to say that?
I thought of this but maybe the OP is being tasked with saving thousands+ pictures. In which case the bulk of the hard copies would be a factor, plus they would be more likely to be damaged if they had to be shoved in the capsule. Plus, pictures fade over time (although this may only be a factor of being exposed to light, if anyone could clarify that would be great).
What if you encrypted these pictures and put the key (on paper) in the time capsule? You would just have to keep a copy of the encryption software and the encrypted files themselves around for 25 years. Definitely not perfect though, x86 might die etc.
I thought I'd heard this name before.
stfu google u dont no ne thing about commants. fucktard
(Kidding, of course)
Too all those thinking this is a masturbation joke... *whooosh*
Slashdot has jumped the shark with Idle leaving beta. It lost too much of it's original appeal when goofy humour lost it's spontaneity and "Stuff that Matters" began to apply to only a portion of the main content.
Of course, this is just my opinion with no reasonable backup.
Microsoft?
I'm confused, are you criticizing groupthink or whoring it out? Or both? Come on, it's not THAT cheap of a whore. Get some respect!
Thanks for keeping things that way. Really.
I didn't even have to close the tab, just going to another page made the clipboard go back to normal behaviour (ctrl-c / ctrl-v flavour and middle click flavour both) on Ubuntu 8.04.1 / Firefox 3.01. And the script didn't even work until I let it through NoScript. However, to the exploit's credit I often will allow all for credible pages.