Variable bit rate encoding is nice. You can chop an Ogg Vorbis into pieces, and stick the pieces back together using scripts. Bit rate peeling is promised soon (oooh). You can't convert MP3 to Ogg Vorbis without nasty side effects, but this holds for transcodes between other formats so isn't unique to Ogg Vorbis. Sorry about P2P but maybe you should start uploading Ogg Vorbis if you want to download Ogg Vorbis:-) This may sound picky, but you should say Ogg Vorbis, take a look on xiph.org for why.
Anyone care to enlighten me why the serial number generation for Ogg Vorbis streams seems to use a one second resolution clock as a seed? I haven't had time to look at the source or RTFM vry closely.
Number your RW disks sequentially and stick a numbered post-it note listing the contents on the inside cover of the jewel case or on your wall if you don't use jewel cases.
For the price of a DVD burner I can buy 1,400 blank CD-R (14p x 1,400 = 200 quid UK). I can use 1 a day for 4 years and after 3 months I've backed up 45 Gbytes at an average 500Mbyte per CD-R. Sure files that won't fit are a pain but "split" and "cat" are my friends. Disclaimer - My arithmetic will self-destruct when I hit submit.
My company paid 13,000 quid for an Indy back in 1994 and I was so impressed by the 3 juggling balls freebie that came with it. It was the first new computer anyone ever bought me. Sigh.
I once saw an SGI for retail sale (or so I assumed, I can't read Japanese) over the counter in Akihabara (sp) in Tokyo back in 1999. I took a photo like only a geek would...
If someone asks me which computer to buy, I'd like to think I could assess their level of technical understanding and their needs in under two hours,
provide encouragement, explanation, and make a useful recommendation. Your attitude alienates people.
I had to underclock my 1400 MHz Tbird to 1302 MHz (124MHz FSB on a KT7A-RAID) to get it to run without segfaults. So now I feel justified and morally superior to people who don't overclock, and doubly so to overclockers.
I ignored the _content_ of the post but challenged the netiquette. Implication being that if the parent wants to be heard, should play fair. Happy now AC?
Sadly, your elegant and concise post will likely go unappreciated. My only quibble would be that it's a mistake to declare communism without having the low cost duplication infrastructure in place or viable.
Imagine a stick that splits into N little sticks at each end, each of which splits into N littler sticks, and so on down to micron size, whole thing about a metre in diameter. Can't recall the name or where I read it - maybe Robert L Forward?
Too cute I'm afraid. Context determines the need for appropriate quality spelling and grammar. A typo on slashdot is more acceptable than a typo in a formal context. It's reasonable to attempt to infer nationality from an ad-hoc analysis of English spelling and grammar - humans make similar guesses in many social situations, it's what they're good at.
(grrrrr) just like the price nVIDIA presumably paid after taking $200M for the orignal Xbox - doesnt anyone here even _think_ before posting conspiracy theories? (/grrrrr)
(groan)
Which explains why nVIDIA, who got the first Xbox business worth $200M, abandoned Linux immediately
and what I thought were Linux drivers are really a figment of my imagination?
(/groan)
You're welcome not to pay for it of course. I didn't intend an analogy, I honestly think there are some things worth doing for the hell of it, not because they are useful.
PS Excuse me if this sounds a bit stroppy, but you really should avoid the scare quotes. Nasty.
If mathematicans aren't really interested in helping understand the world, why should society fund them?
Because they're able to create beauty, like artists and writers and musicians do. Not all human activity should be measured with money, even if money is needed to make it happen
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Mod parent up. AC, you should get an account, why be shy?
Variable bit rate encoding is nice. You can chop an Ogg Vorbis into pieces, and stick the pieces back together using scripts. Bit rate peeling is promised soon (oooh). You can't convert MP3 to Ogg Vorbis without nasty side effects, but this holds for transcodes between other formats so isn't unique to Ogg Vorbis. Sorry about P2P but maybe you should start uploading Ogg Vorbis if you want to download Ogg Vorbis :-) This may sound picky, but you should say Ogg Vorbis, take a look on xiph.org for why.
Anyone care to enlighten me why the serial number generation for Ogg Vorbis streams seems to use a one second resolution clock as a seed? I haven't had time to look at the source or RTFM vry closely.
Number your RW disks sequentially and stick a numbered post-it note listing the contents on the inside cover of the jewel case or on your wall if you don't use jewel cases.
For the price of a DVD burner I can buy 1,400 blank CD-R (14p x 1,400 = 200 quid UK). I can use 1 a day for 4 years and after 3 months I've backed up 45 Gbytes at an average 500Mbyte per CD-R. Sure files that won't fit are a pain but "split" and "cat" are my friends. Disclaimer - My arithmetic will self-destruct when I hit submit.
http://www.shevek.f9.co.uk/dscf55e/sgi.jpg
My company paid 13,000 quid for an Indy back in 1994 and I was so impressed by the 3 juggling balls freebie that came with it. It was the first new computer anyone ever bought me. Sigh.
I once saw an SGI for retail sale (or so I assumed, I can't read Japanese) over the counter in Akihabara (sp) in Tokyo back in 1999. I took a photo like only a geek would ...
If someone asks me which computer to buy, I'd like to think I could assess their level of technical understanding and their needs in under two hours, provide encouragement, explanation, and make a useful recommendation. Your attitude alienates people.
send them all to Santa Cruz
I'm bored with SCO jokes
I had to underclock my 1400 MHz Tbird to 1302 MHz (124MHz FSB on a KT7A-RAID) to get it to run without segfaults. So now I feel justified and morally superior to people who don't overclock, and doubly so to overclockers.
I ignored the _content_ of the post but challenged the netiquette. Implication being that if the parent wants to be heard, should play fair. Happy now AC?
Sadly, your elegant and concise post will likely go unappreciated. My only quibble would be that it's a mistake to declare communism without having the low cost duplication infrastructure in place or viable.
Less of the emphasis/bold. I deliberately ignored your post for that reason
Bruce Sterling - Distraction IIRC
There are no gophers in Sussex, Pooh, and no bears either - hang on a minute you're a bear - well no gophers anyway.
"pants"???
For example: "several people are posting comments claiming that the patent is pants"
Imagine a stick that splits into N little sticks at each end, each of which splits into N littler sticks, and so on down to micron size, whole thing about a metre in diameter. Can't recall the name or where I read it - maybe Robert L Forward?
take a look here I'm well pleased with their stuff.
Too cute I'm afraid. Context determines the need for appropriate quality spelling and grammar. A typo on slashdot is more acceptable than a typo in a formal context. It's reasonable to attempt to infer nationality from an ad-hoc analysis of English spelling and grammar - humans make similar guesses in many social situations, it's what they're good at.
(grrrrr) just like the price nVIDIA presumably paid after taking $200M for the orignal Xbox - doesnt anyone here even _think_ before posting conspiracy theories? (/grrrrr)
(groan) Which explains why nVIDIA, who got the first Xbox business worth $200M, abandoned Linux immediately and what I thought were Linux drivers are really a figment of my imagination? (/groan)
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You're welcome not to pay for it of course. I didn't intend an analogy, I honestly think there are some things worth doing for the hell of it, not because they are useful.
PS Excuse me if this sounds a bit stroppy, but you really should avoid the scare quotes. Nasty.
If mathematicans aren't really interested in helping understand the world, why should society fund them?
Because they're able to create beauty, like artists and writers and musicians do. Not all human activity should be measured with money, even if money is needed to make it happen