Your second point goes against the reason why you would have a network in place. It might make it easier if you had to transfer between two systems that are not on a network.
Okay outside of my first comment which was based on reading the press release I mow have digested their RFC and am less impressed with the design.
First, MaGIC is built on UDP, so delivery of the datagrams are not guarantied. If a collision occurs on your network you've lost data. The way we hear sounds this will become noticeable if enough collisions happen.
My biggest beef is the sampling rates are too small and to few. The tradeoffs are for a higher sample you lose channels (48k sample gives 32 channels, 192k has 8).
They didn't take flight with the technology and dream big.
Rather than doing something completely new, they did rework MIDI for Ethernet (not that that's a bad thing). It will have it's place, just not with guitars, and most definitely not live on the stage.
So the MIDI protocol / technology is updated. Good for Gibson, et al.
The nice thing about their technology is that it uses off the shelf parts. Should be stanard here real soon.
Wonder if it will require an IP address or not?
Another side though is that the RJ jack should change, to prevent someone from plugging into the wrong network.
You'll see a few intresting titles / names, does anyone know what these were licensed for?
* Bill Watterson - Calvin and Hobbes - This one I really don't understand, Bill didn't license anyone C&H...
So, according to this judge, if I give away the program and not make a profit from it, and the program is designed to defeat DMCA/SDMI/DSS/etc, then it's legal.
Ye gods, what a world we live in.
Where do you feel that academic research and law will go from here?
Who do you blame for the current debacle? Those who drafted the law or those who in an over zealot reach asked for the law (and possibly wrote it)?
And, what's your worst fear of these groups trying to legislate their commercial rights?
Why not just use something like PC on a card (ala Transmeta or one of the others mention here at/. any number of times) to have each PC house multiple systems to compute the results.
I'm sure that a custom system could be designed and built for the problem on the cheap side (using off the shelf products and parts) and the cost could be spread around the various coliders around the world.
Heck, it would make for a good DARPA grant- hint hint.
Also, thinking about the amount of data generated, I'm sure that the collectors have some sort of system to buffer all that data (ungodly amount of RAM anyone?) which is then sent down the wire to storage over multiple NICs.
I also don't think that coliders are run 24/7 as someone else suggested / wrote.
Well argued, but I disagree with the premise of too much bureaucracy and the chilling effect on research.
What I'm suggesting is no different than the full disclosure laws that public officials have to go though when they are placed on a sensitive board or regulator committee. These laws do work, and have stood the test of time.
I do agree that in pursuit of a PhD that there is a lot of tedious work. I've also seen it from the other side (growing up in a University town, and having a father who not only taught but headed departments), where the politics and the pressures to perform are very great indeed.
Simply using the full disclosure to inform all the students under you that you are applying for a patent tells them (1) what is happening with the research that you are doing, (2) where all the pieces go, (3) how your work might be used.
And on the flip side, if you don't disclose, you run the risk of more lawsuits, which only makes the lawyers happy.
Simply require all mentoring professors to list once a year all patents that they are applying for.
Give the students a chance to review the list, and have a board to mediate any disputes.
Finally, have the same standards for academic honesty apply to the professors.
This past year a good friend to many in SF / Fantasy passed away. Gharlane of Eddor (a.k.a. David Potter), who's knowledge and breath of the subject was beyond encyclopedic, enjoyed all the shows that you were attached to, as in his words "Good yarns", and would go out of his way to let the world know that they were shows worth supporting. [1]
He was a mentor in the arts of television crafts, story telling and nearly all things scientific.
Would it be possible to return the favor, so to speak, in some Rami production? I don't know how much pull you would have with the insertion of a minor character - but it would be a nice homage to a man who educated quite a few people in many subjects, and really knew well produced TV when he saw it.
Maybe have that starving actor who likes to hang around here play the part...
1. This so happens to explain why the demographics in Northern CA have dropped by one.
First, I'd want a high resolution to view the photos that I've scanned in. Some of these hit 1600x1280 quite easily. It need not be in pixels, but I'd want to have the density like IBM's high-end panels
Thin. I would want this to be no thicker than a regular picture in a frame.
Connections should either be wireless networking with batteries, or physical connections in the rear coming up though the wall.
Internal HD to store images. Some old IBM laptop.
Integration into a smart house network - so it is possible to change from 'Dogs Playing Poker' to 'Water Lilies' when a date shows up. Also support for standard video signals (TV) would be nice.
Humm... Too bad the bulbs in the LCD projectors don't last more than 200 hours, otherwise I'd suggest using one of those.
That a nice feel good story, but there were too many questions left in my mind about the studios using Linux to do their work, and what they contribute back. Some of the things that they found to work or mde to work, I must wonder if they have made it back into the Linux system, or do they fall into the "What's Mine is Mine" mind set? Not to say that IP is wrong or bad, but if these guys get 'it' then are they talking to the higher ups about the DMCA, etc. It's possible that they are, but on the quite side...
Another thing that caught my eye: And Leonard says he'd still like to see the open-source community look toward entertainment as a partner in innovation, not just in recognition. "One of the hard parts of dealing with open-source is that it's still viewed as a bit of a hackers' world: As long as you're willing to hack at the code you'll get what you want." A reality for the VFX industry is that as a business they need to find a way to channel the talent in the open-source world so that they can get value from it. Channel talent...so that they can get value from it.
Does that leave a bad taste in anyone else's mouth too?
Henry
Admin.
Which is why I will never own their wireless router. Too easy to hack into.
But on the plus side, the amount of things that you can do with these routers is rather limited, and I'd be more worried about some company's routers being cracked than some home user's.
Many of these companies in Hollywood use Linux and other free tools to produce their works of art. Could we, just as a sly move use the evils of the DMCA, etc, make it illegal for anyone to use Open Source software to create any works of art for the Music, Movie, Television, etc. industries with out having a notice running for the first five minutes on the evils of said DMCA, etc. laws?
And since the DMCA allows us to change the EULA without notice, we can force them to retro-actively make these changes in their products.
Because I work for an HMO and sometimes I have to work at home. That's why.
(While I don't have any access to medical data, or personal records, I feel that broadcasting out any information, even if it is encrypted, is just asking for it. I've seen too many news reports on How Easy It Is To Crack a wireless connection for me to feel safe with one. And yes, I do know what I'm doing).
Sony is making their PS2 as an arcade motherboard as well. So what? It makes sense to have a souped up version of the home system as an arcade system. Namoni was basically a Dreamcast with more memory, and daisy-chained motherboards.
If this bill passes it would be great!!!!
Since I hold the copyright to my name and MAC address I can now freely hack into the RIAA systems and delete all referances to my copyrights. And if I happen to ruin the whole database, oh well.
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!
Rule of the thumb that they don't like: "What is good for the goose is good for the gander."
True. But this is not a board to talk about earthquake aid or other humanitarian help, it about what ever fancies the editors. If you want to start a board on humanitarian aid, please do, and more power to you in doing so.
someone to claim hat they have a patent on blight-resistant potatoes, or colored food stuffs and sue patent infringement.
Don't laugh, as it has already happened here in the US and Mexico over yellow beans.
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DId anyone else see the 5000 capacitors that they installed by hand. Suprised someone didn't go postal.
Your second point goes against the reason why you would have a network in place. It might make it easier if you had to transfer between two systems that are not on a network.
Okay outside of my first comment which was based on reading the press release I mow have digested their RFC and am less impressed with the design.
First, MaGIC is built on UDP, so delivery of the datagrams are not guarantied. If a collision occurs on your network you've lost data. The way we hear sounds this will become noticeable if enough collisions happen.
My biggest beef is the sampling rates are too small and to few. The tradeoffs are for a higher sample you lose channels (48k sample gives 32 channels, 192k has 8).
They didn't take flight with the technology and dream big.
Rather than doing something completely new, they did rework MIDI for Ethernet (not that that's a bad thing). It will have it's place, just not with guitars, and most definitely not live on the stage.
So the MIDI protocol / technology is updated. Good for Gibson, et al.
The nice thing about their technology is that it uses off the shelf parts. Should be stanard here real soon.
Wonder if it will require an IP address or not?
Another side though is that the RJ jack should change, to prevent someone from plugging into the wrong network.
You'll see a few intresting titles / names, does anyone know what these were licensed for?
* Bill Watterson - Calvin and Hobbes - This one I really don't understand, Bill didn't license anyone C&H...
* Peter Townhend - Tommy
* Mario, Luigi, The Princess, Yoshi and Koopa are trademarks of Nintendo of America, Inc
* Rodney Dangerfield Copyright © 1997 Dangerfield Entertainment
* Statistics provided by STATS, Inc. © 1998. All rights reserved
Makes you wonder what these chacters are used in / licensed for...
So, according to this judge, if I give away the program and not make a profit from it, and the program is designed to defeat DMCA/SDMI/DSS/etc, then it's legal.
Ye gods, what a world we live in.
Where do you feel that academic research and law will go from here?
Who do you blame for the current debacle? Those who drafted the law or those who in an over zealot reach asked for the law (and possibly wrote it)?
And, what's your worst fear of these groups trying to legislate their commercial rights?
Henry
Why not just use something like PC on a card (ala Transmeta or one of the others mention here at /. any number of times) to have each PC house multiple systems to compute the results.
I'm sure that a custom system could be designed and built for the problem on the cheap side (using off the shelf products and parts) and the cost could be spread around the various coliders around the world.
Heck, it would make for a good DARPA grant- hint hint.
Also, thinking about the amount of data generated, I'm sure that the collectors have some sort of system to buffer all that data (ungodly amount of RAM anyone?) which is then sent down the wire to storage over multiple NICs.
I also don't think that coliders are run 24/7 as someone else suggested / wrote.
Henry
Well argued, but I disagree with the premise of too much bureaucracy and the chilling effect on research.
What I'm suggesting is no different than the full disclosure laws that public officials have to go though when they are placed on a sensitive board or regulator committee. These laws do work, and have stood the test of time.
I do agree that in pursuit of a PhD that there is a lot of tedious work. I've also seen it from the other side (growing up in a University town, and having a father who not only taught but headed departments), where the politics and the pressures to perform are very great indeed.
Simply using the full disclosure to inform all the students under you that you are applying for a patent tells them (1) what is happening with the research that you are doing, (2) where all the pieces go, (3) how your work might be used.
And on the flip side, if you don't disclose, you run the risk of more lawsuits, which only makes the lawyers happy.
Simply require all mentoring professors to list once a year all patents that they are applying for.
Give the students a chance to review the list, and have a board to mediate any disputes.
Finally, have the same standards for academic honesty apply to the professors.
This past year a good friend to many in SF / Fantasy passed away. Gharlane of Eddor (a.k.a. David Potter), who's knowledge and breath of the subject was beyond encyclopedic, enjoyed all the shows that you were attached to, as in his words "Good yarns", and would go out of his way to let the world know that they were shows worth supporting. [1]
He was a mentor in the arts of television crafts, story telling and nearly all things scientific.
Would it be possible to return the favor, so to speak, in some Rami production? I don't know how much pull you would have with the insertion of a minor character - but it would be a nice homage to a man who educated quite a few people in many subjects, and really knew well produced TV when he saw it.
Maybe have that starving actor who likes to hang around here play the part...
1. This so happens to explain why the demographics in Northern CA have dropped by one.
So if you and Jay Leno ended up in a fight to the death, who's chin would come out on top?
First, I'd want a high resolution to view the photos that I've scanned in. Some of these hit 1600x1280 quite easily. It need not be in pixels, but I'd want to have the density like IBM's high-end panels
Thin. I would want this to be no thicker than a regular picture in a frame.
Connections should either be wireless networking with batteries, or physical connections in the rear coming up though the wall.
Internal HD to store images. Some old IBM laptop.
Integration into a smart house network - so it is possible to change from 'Dogs Playing Poker' to 'Water Lilies' when a date shows up. Also support for standard video signals (TV) would be nice.
Humm... Too bad the bulbs in the LCD projectors don't last more than 200 hours, otherwise I'd suggest using one of those.
Does anyone have a plain text copy?
That a nice feel good story, but there were too many questions left in my mind about the studios using Linux to do their work, and what they contribute back. Some of the things that they found to work or mde to work, I must wonder if they have made it back into the Linux system, or do they fall into the "What's Mine is Mine" mind set? Not to say that IP is wrong or bad, but if these guys get 'it' then are they talking to the higher ups about the DMCA, etc. It's possible that they are, but on the quite side...
Another thing that caught my eye:
And Leonard says he'd still like to see the open-source community look toward entertainment as a partner in innovation, not just in recognition. "One of the hard parts of dealing with open-source is that it's still viewed as a bit of a hackers' world: As long as you're willing to hack at the code you'll get what you want." A reality for the VFX industry is that as a business they need to find a way to channel the talent in the open-source world so that they can get value from it.
Channel talent...so that they can get value from it.
Does that leave a bad taste in anyone else's mouth too?
Henry
Just have louder speakers! and a more powerful stereo.
When I play Quake Arena, the whole neighborhood knows it.
Admin.
Which is why I will never own their wireless router. Too easy to hack into.
But on the plus side, the amount of things that you can do with these routers is rather limited, and I'd be more worried about some company's routers being cracked than some home user's.
Many of these companies in Hollywood use Linux and other free tools to produce their works of art. Could we, just as a sly move use the evils of the DMCA, etc, make it illegal for anyone to use Open Source software to create any works of art for the Music, Movie, Television, etc. industries with out having a notice running for the first five minutes on the evils of said DMCA, etc. laws?
And since the DMCA allows us to change the EULA without notice, we can force them to retro-actively make these changes in their products.
Er, no, it will be hacked. The hardware otaku will make a short number on it, I'm sure.
Fucking Idiot.
Because I work for an HMO and sometimes I have to work at home. That's why.
(While I don't have any access to medical data, or personal records, I feel that broadcasting out any information, even if it is encrypted, is just asking for it. I've seen too many news reports on How Easy It Is To Crack a wireless connection for me to feel safe with one. And yes, I do know what I'm doing).
Tom's right on the money.
Sony is making their PS2 as an arcade motherboard as well. So what? It makes sense to have a souped up version of the home system as an arcade system. Namoni was basically a Dreamcast with more memory, and daisy-chained motherboards.
If this bill passes it would be great!!!!
Since I hold the copyright to my name and MAC address I can now freely hack into the RIAA systems and delete all referances to my copyrights. And if I happen to ruin the whole database, oh well.
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!
Rule of the thumb that they don't like: "What is good for the goose is good for the gander."
True. But this is not a board to talk about earthquake aid or other humanitarian help, it about what ever fancies the editors. If you want to start a board on humanitarian aid, please do, and more power to you in doing so.
someone to claim hat they have a patent on blight-resistant potatoes, or colored food stuffs and sue patent infringement.
Don't laugh, as it has already happened here in the US and Mexico over yellow beans.