Check COmputer Museums, don't know how many but there is one in Boston. (Boston Computer Museum). ALso check some large universities involved in computing and technologies.
The only way Ogg Vorbis can succeed is to cleraly demonstrate it can do a better job than mp3 at 128Kbps, somethine en par with AAC (like LiquidAudio). Since AAC is heavily patented, and there are no free implementations available (seems like FAAC isn't going anywhere), Ogg may get its chance. As to the fact that mp3 is formally not free either - who gives? It is an open standard. THere are some fairly decent free encoders and a large number of decoders. Period.
Try chase your ice-cold Stoli with a beer. Watch the speed of CPU.
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Incidently this reminds the a funny story. Many eons ago where 300bps links where the fastest once and only the managers were able to get those links from the company, my boss got the link and a dumb terminal, with a purpose to access mainframe-based operating system VM. VM terminal interface has never been designed for a slow links, so it worked like a shit. My boss finally discovered that drinking lots of beer slows him down so he's no longer typing that fast. Alas, he coudln't get the company to reimburse the cost of beer. Oh well...
Yes, FUCK the pundits. Real people choose practical solutions. Pundits are not real people. Here is a good example. I remember very well how discussions on 1Gb Ethernet were taking place, and at the same time practically all so-called industry pundits kept screaming 'Don't you understand that for the speed higher than 100Mbps you need ATM?' Of course the fact that things line LANE were completely impractical were beyound and above them. Oh well... Trust the common sense, not the pundits.
Linux is not the only operating system which can be tweaked. As a former IBM mainframe systems programmer I've done lots of local modifications via 'user exits', the key of course is to have a solid change control system and provide a proper documentation. Note: you scan screw up the whole system via those controlled exits as well, no different from tweaking the source.
The fact is that 'opressive regieme' meaning UK isn't exactly free. Their censorship is in fact more oppresive than here in US, and hey just read the latest news - you can get 2 years if you refuse the disclose your encryption keys and 5 years if you disclose you encrypiont keys to the government *and* told someone else about it. The '1984' vision of Orwell (God Bless His Soul) is becoming a reality.
'My filter can distinguish between the art and porno'! - What a bunch of BS. But - isn't this cool to create some AI-based software and milk the naive users anyway? 'My software will protect your child from the corrupting influences of/.'
Hey, I've been just reading that at UK they are passing the law that british intelligence services can monitor all the Internet communication, and at USA we got FBI's Carnivor. So here is my question: which nations are free, which citizens are actually under the constant watch, and who can be arrested for sending some e-mail to whoever? So - why are we worrying about N. Korea or Iran? Solidarity begins at home, correct?
Reminds me this line from Dilbert: - back at my old days we had to code directly with 0s and 1s.... - you had 0's? We had to use O's. Well, back at *my* old days we didn't have any computers to start with.
On a very noisy line I was getting something like 19Kbps, Compaq Armade with built-in modem; at some point I've downloaded a new microcode and got around 45Kbps, on the same noisy line. If you got a shitty modem which is not PROM-upgradable,and can't shelve a few bucks to get a decent one - well, it is *your* and not v.92 problem.
what Nortel gear has is OC-768 sonet pipe, but you still need a router operating at the same speed if you want to make it Internet backbone. At this time Juniper has OC-192, Cisco presumably will have it soon. Will Juniper have oc-768 interface in a year? Probably. This box really rocks. In any case, you have to understand one thing: all these rates, OC-192 (about 10Gbps) and OC-768 (about 40Gbps) is for Internet core only.
note that Orbis' highest rate is variable 128Kbps. This is probably ok for casual listening (w/portable player), but not adequate for high-quality compression. so far it appears that only format which is better than MP3 is AAC (sort of next generation of MP3, but not quite MP4). Liquid Audio is based on AAC, it does produce better results than MP3, but it is less popular format since free encoders like LAME (ok, ok, LAME is sort of a 'gray area') are not available (though you can easily find a cracked Liquid Audio Demo). Everything else is frankly a fluff. VQF may work better with certain tracks, something else may work ok with something else, but MP3 exhibits the consistent quality among the wide range of music (just read the latest issue of Hi-Fi News and Records Review, its conclusion is that MP3 gives the most consistent results, they didn't compare it against AAC though). Meanwhile LAME makes a tremendous progress, in fact they are adopting some of the AAC techniques. It is probably the most advanced MP3 encoder yet. Orbis? I wish them luck but reserve the right to remain sceptical till I have a good beta-quality encoder I can give a try.
Ilya was extremely talented person, yet the arrogant and mean SOB. It's to bad he left PERL. It's great he left PERL Whatever... I'm using Perl a lot, yet its kitchen-sink like syntax constanly annoys me. What Perl needs at this point is stabilization and consolidation. But the fact is that Perl is here to stay, exactly because it is PRACTICAL, and has reached a critical mass in many respects.
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Your message implies that the child abuse is the attribute only of a modern society (with its anonymity). What have you smoked lately?
Check COmputer Museums, don't know how many but there is one in Boston. (Boston Computer Museum). ALso check some large universities involved in computing and technologies.
I am trying to reconcile this deep concept with another one: NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE. Please anyone help ...
The only way Ogg Vorbis can succeed is to cleraly demonstrate it can do a better job than mp3 at 128Kbps, somethine en par with AAC (like LiquidAudio). Since AAC is heavily patented, and there are no free implementations available (seems like FAAC isn't going anywhere), Ogg may get its chance. As to the fact that mp3 is formally not free either - who gives? It is an open standard. THere are some fairly decent free encoders and a large number of decoders. Period.
You can convert between mp3 and ogg files using LAME, the one which has OGG support, but there will be some quality loss. Formats are not compatible.
Try chase your ice-cold Stoli with a beer. Watch the speed of CPU. / / / Incidently this reminds the a funny story. Many eons ago where 300bps links where the fastest once and only the managers were able to get those links from the company, my boss got the link and a dumb terminal, with a purpose to access mainframe-based operating system VM. VM terminal interface has never been designed for a slow links, so it worked like a shit. My boss finally discovered that drinking lots of beer slows him down so he's no longer typing that fast. Alas, he coudln't get the company to reimburse the cost of beer. Oh well ...
That is 'Stolichnaya vodka' in case you don't know
Yes, FUCK the pundits. Real people choose practical solutions. Pundits are not real people. Here is a good example. I remember very well how discussions on 1Gb Ethernet were taking place, and at the same time practically all so-called industry pundits kept screaming 'Don't you understand that for the speed higher than 100Mbps you need ATM?' Of course the fact that things line LANE were completely impractical were beyound and above them. Oh well ... Trust the common sense, not the pundits.
Linux is not the only operating system which can be tweaked. As a former IBM mainframe systems programmer I've done lots of local modifications via 'user exits', the key of course is to have a solid change control system and provide a proper documentation. Note: you scan screw up the whole system via those controlled exits as well, no different from tweaking the source.
The fact is that 'opressive regieme' meaning UK isn't exactly free. Their censorship is in fact more oppresive than here in US, and hey just read the latest news - you can get 2 years if you refuse the disclose your encryption keys and 5 years if you disclose you encrypiont keys to the government *and* told someone else about it. The '1984' vision of Orwell (God Bless His Soul) is becoming a reality.
'My filter can distinguish between the art and porno'! - What a bunch of BS. But - isn't this cool to create some AI-based software and milk the naive users anyway? 'My software will protect your child from the corrupting influences of /.'
SCP is a user-friendly as it can ever be. If you feel like you need some GUI for SCP, why don't you go ahead and write one?
Hey, I've been just reading that at UK they are passing the law that british intelligence services can monitor all the Internet communication, and at USA we got FBI's Carnivor. So here is my question: which nations are free, which citizens are actually under the constant watch, and who can be arrested for sending some e-mail to whoever? So - why are we worrying about N. Korea or Iran? Solidarity begins at home, correct?
Reminds me this line from Dilbert: - back at my old days we had to code directly with 0s and 1s. ... - you had 0's? We had to use O's. Well, back at *my* old days we didn't have any computers to start with.
speling cheker is for sissies
On a very noisy line I was getting something like 19Kbps, Compaq Armade with built-in modem; at some point I've downloaded a new microcode and got around 45Kbps, on the same noisy line. If you got a shitty modem which is not PROM-upgradable,and can't shelve a few bucks to get a decent one - well, it is *your* and not v.92 problem.
what Nortel gear has is OC-768 sonet pipe, but you still need a router operating at the same speed if you want to make it Internet backbone. At this time Juniper has OC-192, Cisco presumably will have it soon. Will Juniper have oc-768 interface in a year? Probably. This box really rocks. In any case, you have to understand one thing: all these rates, OC-192 (about 10Gbps) and OC-768 (about 40Gbps) is for Internet core only.
note that Orbis' highest rate is variable 128Kbps. This is probably ok for casual listening (w/portable player), but not adequate for high-quality compression. so far it appears that only format which is better than MP3 is AAC (sort of next generation of MP3, but not quite MP4). Liquid Audio is based on AAC, it does produce better results than MP3, but it is less popular format since free encoders like LAME (ok, ok, LAME is sort of a 'gray area') are not available (though you can easily find a cracked Liquid Audio Demo). Everything else is frankly a fluff. VQF may work better with certain tracks, something else may work ok with something else, but MP3 exhibits the consistent quality among the wide range of music (just read the latest issue of Hi-Fi News and Records Review, its conclusion is that MP3 gives the most consistent results, they didn't compare it against AAC though). Meanwhile LAME makes a tremendous progress, in fact they are adopting some of the AAC techniques. It is probably the most advanced MP3 encoder yet. Orbis? I wish them luck but reserve the right to remain sceptical till I have a good beta-quality encoder I can give a try.
Q: At what point does all this 'K' naming staff stop being cute? A: when it's no longer cute but 'Kute'.
Stupid Computer: No seasonal reference, Not a true haiku
is that more people will understand what the bunch of crap is that Dianetics bs.
Ilya was extremely talented person, yet the arrogant and mean SOB. It's to bad he left PERL. It's great he left PERL Whatever ... I'm using Perl a lot, yet its kitchen-sink like syntax constanly annoys me. What Perl needs at this point is stabilization and consolidation. But the fact is that Perl is here to stay, exactly because it is PRACTICAL, and has reached a critical mass in many respects.
Noone is forcing you to read what RMS has to say. Now stop crying and go back to mommy.
Me thinks Utah is a fascist state. Will US bomb it like they did to Yugoslavia?