After 2010, Mpeg-4 fees are increasing to include "internet broadcast fees" which apply when distributing Mpeg-4 content on the internet. This means that if I host my own Mpeg-4 clip on my own site, I owe an additional fee depending on how many times the clip is downloaded (for clips over 12 minutes)
Would a playlist be able to get around this?
Say I have a video 30 minutes long but I split it into three 10 minute clips. In the flash player (or perhaps with javascript and the video tag) I implement a playlist feature that plays clips immediately after one another and put all 3 sections into one playlist. Would that avoid the higher fees?
This is a good point. My first DVD player was a new laptop that came with a DVD drive and that's where I watched my first DVD. It took a little time after that before I got my first standalone DVD player.
Right now, the overwhelming majority clearly oppose the creation of a liberal Western democracy. The Iranians love a brutal Islamic theocracy.
While it's (probably) true that a lot of Iranians support the current government, I don't think you can say the "overwhelming majority" support it. The current situation proves this -- the people are pissed. They tried to do it the right way and they still got screwed by, what seems to be, a rigged election.
I am done with Verizon and their crippled phones. Why would anybody want a crippled Pre? I sure don't.
I'm on Verizon and I'm no fan of their crippling and putting BREW on their normal phones. I had the Razr for awhile and one of the first things I did to it was flash the firmware to the Alltel version to get rid of the nasty Verizon firmware.
But I recently got a Blackberry Curve and I'm not aware of much that's crippled on here, and there's no BREW. I was skeptical at first but I tried out the phone they had in the store and read up online a bit and I was suprised. I don't think they cripple their smartphones much, if at all.
The only thing that I have noticed is that they won't allow the GPS to work with Google Maps, but I can use it with the Blackberry Maps program (free, I'm not signed up for VZ Navigator). I did read that they allowed Google Maps to work on the Storm but I don't know if they're going to extend that their other Blackberry models.
Other than that I can do as much on this phone as any other Blackberry. Easy to load software to it. I've loaded an SSH program, an AIM program (doesn't use SMS, so it's part of the data plan), Opera, and Google Maps does work but only gets an estimated location from the cell towers. I have no problems using it as a mass storage device when I plug it in to my computer either.
Sure, but I'm not sure what it has to do with this article:
.DAT File - Data File Generic data file created by a specific application and typically accessed only by that application; may contain data in text or binary format; text-based DAT files can be viewed in a text editor.
Many programs create, open, or reference DAT files; some examples include: Microsoft Visual Studio, Corel WordPerfect, Nero ShowTime, Nullsoft Winamp, SoftVelocity Clarion, Ontrack EasyRecovery, Runtime GetDataBack, and MapInfo software.
and for on topic: I've never heard of that court case but it doesn't seem much different than just clicking through. The only thing it adds is forcing you to scroll the box but they still write them legalese that slowly drives you insane.
But the nice part about Squared is you can add and remove any results you want, as well as columns of information.
You can also choose from various values for each data point, though at the moment this part seems a little limited. It would be nice to able select from more choices (maybe dynamically added as requested like other parts of the app).
My first thoughts after trying a few of the example searches on the main page are that it seems to be aimed a bit at Wolfram Alpha. It isn't as broad as Wolfram Alpha but it is focused on giving back data sets instead of a list of search results.
Be wary of godaddy.com as any whois lookup made on there site then that dom name is then registered to them so choose a registrar that is not going to screw you.
I think you mean Network Solutions, and I'm not sure they do it anymore. Like my sibling poster, I've also dealt with godaddy and haven't had any problems. In fact, it seems the president of GoDaddy is outwardly against the idea and was calling for it to end.
All music would be free too since Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor also started releasing all his new music for free and is arguably better than 99% of the crap put out.
I'm sure they've run the numbers and determined they make more money...
Of course they did. That's why Jobs killed the original macintosh clone program when he returned to Apple.
Soon after Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he backed out of recently renegotiated licensing deals with OS licensees that Apple executives complained were still financially unfavorable. Because the clonemakers' licenses were valid only for Apple's System 7 operating system, Apple's release of Mac OS 8 left the clone manufacturers without the ability to ship a current Mac OS version and effectively ended the cloning program
If the dollar is so insignificant then the game developer shouldn't have a problem refunding it either. The fact they're even bothering to ask for a refund of 99 cents says something about what they thought of the product.
Ask the customer what they didn't like or what they want to see improved. Try to make a better game instead of just bitching that the customer is a cheap idiot and that your game is perfect, unable to be improved upon.
A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table,
a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with
large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips.
'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?'
It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.
Its gaze was met by looks of startled bewilderment from Arthur and Trillian, a resigned shrug from Ford Prefect and naked hunger from Zaphod Beeblebrox.
'Something off the shoulder perhaps?' suggested the animal, 'Braised in a white wine sauce?'
'Er, your shoulder?' said Arthur in a horrified whisper.
'But naturally my shoulder, sir,' mooed the animal contentedly, 'nobody else's is mine to offer.'
Zaphod leapt to his feet and started prodding and feeling the animal's shoulder appreciatively.
'Or the rump is very good,' murmured the animal. 'I've been exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot of good meat there.'
It gave a mellow grunt, gurgled again and started to chew the cud. It swallowed the cud again.
'Or a casselore of me perhaps?' it added.
'You mean this animal actually wants us to eat it?' whispered Trillian to Ford.
'Me?' said Ford, with a glazed look in his eyes, 'I don't mean anything.'
'That's absolutely horrible,' exclaimed Arthur, 'the most revolting thing I've ever heard.'
'What's the problem Earthman?' said Zaphod, now transfering his attention to the animal's enormous rump.
'I just don't want to eat an animal that's standing there inviting me to,' said Arthur, 'It's heartless.'
'Better than eating an animal that doesn't want to be eaten,' said Zaphod.
'That's not the point,' Arthur protested. Then he thought about it
for a moment. 'Alright,' he said, 'maybe it is the point. I don't
care, I'm not going to think about it now. I'll just... er... I
think I'll just have a green salad,' he muttered.
'May I urge you to consider my liver?' asked the animal, 'it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.'
'A green salad,' said Arthur emphatically.
'A green salad?' said the animal, rolling his eyes disapprovingly at Arthur.
'Are you going to tell me,' said Arthur, 'that I shouldn't have green salad?'
'Well,' said the animal, 'I know many vegetables that are
very clear on that point. Which is why it was eventually
decided to cut through the whoile tangled problem and breed
an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of
saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am.'
It managed a very slight bow.
'Glass of water please,' said Arthur.
'Look,' said Zaphod, 'we want to eat, we don't want to make a meal of the issues. Four rare stakes please, and hurry. We haven't eaten in five hundred and sevebty-six thousand million years.'
The animal staggered to its feet. It gave a mellow gurgle. 'A very wise coice, sir, if I may say so. Very good,' it said, 'I'll just nip off and shoot myself.'
He turned and gave a friendly wink to Arthur. 'Don't worry, sir,' he said, 'I'll be very humane.'
Though a true accessory would change that bluescreen to match the case color.
Here you go:
Open the SYSTEM.INI file found in the %systemroot% folder (i.e. C:'Windows or other). You can easily open the file by running SYSEDIT from the Run command, or by using Notepad.exe.
Locate the [386enh] section in the file:
If not already present, create the following new entries:
MessageBackColor= MessageTextColor=
and give it a value according to the following list:
0 = black 1 = blue 2 = green 3 = cyan 4 = red 5 = magenta 6 = yellow/brown 7 = white 8 = gray 9 = bright blue A = bright green B = bright cyan C = bright red D = bright magenta E = bright yellow F = bright white
For example:
MessageBackColor=2 MessageTextColor=F
will change the BSOD to Green with bright white text.
Note: Use CAPITAL LETTERS, i.e. F and not f.
It must be really worth it for these big companies to risk millions in fines to making competition suffer.
I always wondered if they really make that much more money (after the fine) or if what they really
If you enclose your content in a main container (it's also possible to just resize and use ) you can center by giving this div a width then setting the margins like so:
div#container {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 700px; }
This will set the left and right margins to auto and center the content. The following will also work: margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
I agree biometrics are also great for identification, particularly with phones + this ear ID. For instance, when someone calls 911 they could immediately do an ear response to ID them. Biometric caller ID, you can identify who is calling you regardless of the number. Perfect for screening calls from that ousted sister in law or annoying aunt.
Speakerphone, headset, holding away from ear.
Any of these would bypass the ID, and that's not even accounting for the possibility of creating fake responses (I don't mean identifying as someone else but just making it not identify you).
Is this going to stop Ray Beckerman from posting articles and making comments about other ongoing cases on slashdot now? I really hope not because his posts are usually the best way to keep informed about their cases.
From TFA
has maintained an anti-recording industry blog during the course of this case and has consistently posted virtually every one of his baseless motions on his blog seeking to bolster his public relations campaign and embarrass plaintiffs
This also makes it sound like that's exactly what they're trying to stop, him actually informing people (us) about their baseless cases. I wonder if they're going to seek a gag order?
Indeed, Bill Clinton's fleeting facial slip was the only clear example that Ekman could recount of a politician saying something that they did not mean during both the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
Over the course of the entire Democratic (4 days long) and Republican (also 4 days) conventions, he could only spot onemicroexpression? And having spotted only one microexpression after analyzing hours and hours of speeches made by over 40 people over the course of 8 days he doesn't even consider that this could be a fluke?
I have a hard time believing he could only spot one microexpression. I'm guessing either his method for spotting them was flawed (perhaps the best way to spot them is with a high-speed camera and he only used TV footage?), or he missed a lot. I would have thought this would be the best way to figure out the "spin" but apparently it was the worst method he used.
Assuming the data is correct, he wasn't too far off. Non-religious and Atheist make up 14.27%, and depending on their definition of "religious" some (or all) of the non-religious group could still believe in a god.
Slashdot Mirror
Film at 11.
Don't you mean "Streaming digital video at 11"?
After 2010, Mpeg-4 fees are increasing to include "internet broadcast fees" which apply when distributing Mpeg-4 content on the internet. This means that if I host my own Mpeg-4 clip on my own site, I owe an additional fee depending on how many times the clip is downloaded (for clips over 12 minutes)
Would a playlist be able to get around this?
Say I have a video 30 minutes long but I split it into three 10 minute clips. In the flash player (or perhaps with javascript and the video tag) I implement a playlist feature that plays clips immediately after one another and put all 3 sections into one playlist. Would that avoid the higher fees?
This is a good point. My first DVD player was a new laptop that came with a DVD drive and that's where I watched my first DVD. It took a little time after that before I got my first standalone DVD player.
Right now, the overwhelming majority clearly oppose the creation of a liberal Western democracy. The Iranians love a brutal Islamic theocracy.
While it's (probably) true that a lot of Iranians support the current government, I don't think you can say the "overwhelming majority" support it. The current situation proves this -- the people are pissed. They tried to do it the right way and they still got screwed by, what seems to be, a rigged election.
I am done with Verizon and their crippled phones. Why would anybody want a crippled Pre? I sure don't.
I'm on Verizon and I'm no fan of their crippling and putting BREW on their normal phones. I had the Razr for awhile and one of the first things I did to it was flash the firmware to the Alltel version to get rid of the nasty Verizon firmware.
But I recently got a Blackberry Curve and I'm not aware of much that's crippled on here, and there's no BREW. I was skeptical at first but I tried out the phone they had in the store and read up online a bit and I was suprised. I don't think they cripple their smartphones much, if at all.
The only thing that I have noticed is that they won't allow the GPS to work with Google Maps, but I can use it with the Blackberry Maps program (free, I'm not signed up for VZ Navigator). I did read that they allowed Google Maps to work on the Storm but I don't know if they're going to extend that their other Blackberry models.
Other than that I can do as much on this phone as any other Blackberry. Easy to load software to it. I've loaded an SSH program, an AIM program (doesn't use SMS, so it's part of the data plan), Opera, and Google Maps does work but only gets an estimated location from the cell towers. I have no problems using it as a mass storage device when I plug it in to my computer either.
Slashdot is the single most important english site (8), another extremely sophisticated example (4), another online community (3), 15 more...
It's a psychosexual nightmare given virtual form, where giant flying penises are nowhere to be seen...
Actually that's not quite true.
(Or if you don't trust a direct link to the video just do a video search for 'flying dildo')
If your tower remains inflated for more than four hours, seek the advise of a structural engineer immediately.
Happy now?
No, that's just an inflatable tower in my pocket.
Anyone have info on dat?
Sure, but I'm not sure what it has to do with this article:
and for on topic: I've never heard of that court case but it doesn't seem much different than just clicking through. The only thing it adds is forcing you to scroll the box but they still write them legalese that slowly drives you insane.
This will take google bombing to the next level.
But the nice part about Squared is you can add and remove any results you want, as well as columns of information.
You can also choose from various values for each data point, though at the moment this part seems a little limited. It would be nice to able select from more choices (maybe dynamically added as requested like other parts of the app).
My first thoughts after trying a few of the example searches on the main page are that it seems to be aimed a bit at Wolfram Alpha. It isn't as broad as Wolfram Alpha but it is focused on giving back data sets instead of a list of search results.
Be wary of godaddy.com as any whois lookup made on there site then that dom name is then registered to them so choose a registrar that is not going to screw you.
I think you mean Network Solutions, and I'm not sure they do it anymore. Like my sibling poster, I've also dealt with godaddy and haven't had any problems. In fact, it seems the president of GoDaddy is outwardly against the idea and was calling for it to end.
All music would be free too since Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor also started releasing all his new music for free and is arguably better than 99% of the crap put out.
I'm sure they've run the numbers and determined they make more money...
Of course they did. That's why Jobs killed the original macintosh clone program when he returned to Apple.
Soon after Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he backed out of recently renegotiated licensing deals with OS licensees that Apple executives complained were still financially unfavorable. Because the clonemakers' licenses were valid only for Apple's System 7 operating system, Apple's release of Mac OS 8 left the clone manufacturers without the ability to ship a current Mac OS version and effectively ended the cloning program
If the dollar is so insignificant then the game developer shouldn't have a problem refunding it either. The fact they're even bothering to ask for a refund of 99 cents says something about what they thought of the product.
Ask the customer what they didn't like or what they want to see improved. Try to make a better game instead of just bitching that the customer is a cheap idiot and that your game is perfect, unable to be improved upon.
Emotions or not, I'm still eating cows.
A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table,
... er ... I
a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with
large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips.
'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?'
It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.
Its gaze was met by looks of startled bewilderment from Arthur and Trillian, a resigned shrug from Ford Prefect and naked hunger from Zaphod Beeblebrox.
'Something off the shoulder perhaps?' suggested the animal, 'Braised in a white wine sauce?'
'Er, your shoulder?' said Arthur in a horrified whisper.
'But naturally my shoulder, sir,' mooed the animal contentedly, 'nobody else's is mine to offer.'
Zaphod leapt to his feet and started prodding and feeling the animal's shoulder appreciatively.
'Or the rump is very good,' murmured the animal. 'I've been exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot of good meat there.'
It gave a mellow grunt, gurgled again and started to chew the cud. It swallowed the cud again.
'Or a casselore of me perhaps?' it added.
'You mean this animal actually wants us to eat it?' whispered Trillian to Ford.
'Me?' said Ford, with a glazed look in his eyes, 'I don't mean anything.'
'That's absolutely horrible,' exclaimed Arthur, 'the most revolting thing I've ever heard.'
'What's the problem Earthman?' said Zaphod, now transfering his attention to the animal's enormous rump.
'I just don't want to eat an animal that's standing there inviting me to,' said Arthur, 'It's heartless.'
'Better than eating an animal that doesn't want to be eaten,' said Zaphod.
'That's not the point,' Arthur protested. Then he thought about it
for a moment. 'Alright,' he said, 'maybe it is the point. I don't
care, I'm not going to think about it now. I'll just
think I'll just have a green salad,' he muttered.
'May I urge you to consider my liver?' asked the animal, 'it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.'
'A green salad,' said Arthur emphatically.
'A green salad?' said the animal, rolling his eyes disapprovingly at Arthur.
'Are you going to tell me,' said Arthur, 'that I shouldn't have green salad?'
'Well,' said the animal, 'I know many vegetables that are
very clear on that point. Which is why it was eventually
decided to cut through the whoile tangled problem and breed
an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of
saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am.'
It managed a very slight bow.
'Glass of water please,' said Arthur.
'Look,' said Zaphod, 'we want to eat, we don't want to make a meal of the issues. Four rare stakes please, and hurry. We haven't eaten in five hundred and sevebty-six thousand million years.'
The animal staggered to its feet. It gave a mellow gurgle. 'A very wise coice, sir, if I may say so. Very good,' it said, 'I'll just nip off and shoot myself.'
He turned and gave a friendly wink to Arthur. 'Don't worry, sir,' he said, 'I'll be very humane.'
It waddled unhurriedly off to the kitchen.
Requirements
256 MB memory
After 2 years MS knows a lot more about its user base :)
Like what? That, for some strange reason, half their user base seems to be composed of cats, dogs and random varieties of household plants?
Though a true accessory would change that bluescreen to match the case color.
Here you go:
and give it a value according to the following list:
For example:
will change the BSOD to Green with bright white text.
Note: Use CAPITAL LETTERS, i.e. F and not f.
From: http://www.petri.co.il/change_bsod_color.htm
http://www.google.com/finance?fstype=ii&q=NASDAQ:INTC
Sure looks like it's worth it to me.
If you enclose your content in a main container (it's also possible to just resize and use ) you can center by giving this div a width then setting the margins like so:
div#container {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 700px;
}
This will set the left and right margins to auto and center the content. The following will also work:
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
I agree biometrics are also great for identification, particularly with phones + this ear ID. For instance, when someone calls 911 they could immediately do an ear response to ID them. Biometric caller ID, you can identify who is calling you regardless of the number. Perfect for screening calls from that ousted sister in law or annoying aunt.
Speakerphone, headset, holding away from ear.
Any of these would bypass the ID, and that's not even accounting for the possibility of creating fake responses (I don't mean identifying as someone else but just making it not identify you).
From TFA
has maintained an anti-recording industry blog during the course of this case and has consistently posted virtually every one of his baseless motions on his blog seeking to bolster his public relations campaign and embarrass plaintiffs
This also makes it sound like that's exactly what they're trying to stop, him actually informing people (us) about their baseless cases. I wonder if they're going to seek a gag order?
Indeed, Bill Clinton's fleeting facial slip was the only clear example that Ekman could recount of a politician saying something that they did not mean during both the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
Over the course of the entire Democratic (4 days long) and Republican (also 4 days) conventions, he could only spot one microexpression? And having spotted only one microexpression after analyzing hours and hours of speeches made by over 40 people over the course of 8 days he doesn't even consider that this could be a fluke?
I have a hard time believing he could only spot one microexpression. I'm guessing either his method for spotting them was flawed (perhaps the best way to spot them is with a high-speed camera and he only used TV footage?), or he missed a lot. I would have thought this would be the best way to figure out the "spin" but apparently it was the worst method he used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Worldwide_percentage_of_Adherents_by_Religion.png
Assuming the data is correct, he wasn't too far off. Non-religious and Atheist make up 14.27%, and depending on their definition of "religious" some (or all) of the non-religious group could still believe in a god.