The Zip almost standardized, but just as it was really starting to get a foothold, people started getting more bandwidth and the click of death materialized. Add those two to the promise CD-RW held, and a lot of people opted to go for optical media - because you could read them everywhere, even on relatively old computers.
I'm not questioning the rest of this - I have no insight whatsoever regarding the English legal system or the ramifications of pissing off the BBC - but those detector vans are most definitely capable of determining if a TV is in use. Scroll down to Public research for a little more info.
As the AC tried to bring up, but didn't make clear -
Composite is all the image data composited together. Component is when the video data is tranferred as numerous separate components. As such, component video is much clearer, since less signal processing needs to be done to get the original picture data back.
And now labels are releasing their titles on the increasingly popular DualDisc format, which combines a standard CD with a DVD with Dolby 5.1 sound. Thus allowing you to play this in your car or on a home theater system...
The CD side is also annoyingly incompatible with many DVD-compatible units, especially drives on computers. They messed with the standard by placing the reflective surface much closer to the read optics than a CD should be. It would be GREAT if they just put a DD5.1 DVD and a standard CD in the same package, but that'll never happen - probably because it's too easy to give one disc to a friend and keep the other yourself. That, or because it's slightly cheaper to make one disc than two.
I'm just irritated that I have to take my disc to somebody else's computer to rip my DualDiscs.
Actually, I think they randomly draw from the pool of a) the qualifying purchases of the last 100,000 downloads (I believe freebies aren't counted as purchases, but they count for the total downloaded) b) all e-mails sent in during the time span of the last 100,000 downloads.
That's the impression I got from reading the rules. It doesn't say that the 100,000th person wins, but that there will be a winner for every 100,000 purchases.
I mean, c'mon. These are the sort of people you expect to start preaching Scientology and living off the latest chlorphyll-enriched cheese fad diet. He's even been married to the same woman for over twenty years.
So, it's merely concidence that those that get attention and credibility are those who are able to clearly communicate?
I think you're missing the point. It's not self-presentation; it's the ability to communicate ideas. If you can't send a message clearly, consisely, and reliably, nobody's going to listen. Think of the difference between a group of lobbyists presenting hard numbers to a fact-finding committee versus a group of nude protesters at a storefront. Yes, the protesers will get the press, but the well-reasoned argument might actually change opinion.
If you can't communicate your ideas, then your ideas hold effectively zero clout. The merit is merely secondary.
Wow, that is a wonderful piece of magic that I was not familiar with. It's not so useful to me since I have a multimedia keyboard whose features I use, but for some people that's got to be a nifty tool.
Just the same, it doesn't address the OP's issue with the lack of track names.
Where are you seeing this "iTunes only" installer? Every single one of the iTunes installers I have downladed has been a complete package with QuickTime integrated - including the one you linked to.
I'm guessing you have the QT system tray applet enabled, so you don't notice when you re-install QuickTime every time you update iTunes. For those of us that try to keep QuickTime out of our system tray, though, it's an annoyance.
Not only can it be used one-handed, but either-handed. It's ambidextrous. C'mon, use the thumb-stick on the Rio Karma/Chiba/Forge/Cali left-handed. I dare you.
Granted, most of the other companies had that one figured out, but sheesh. What the heck were the Rio guys thinking?
I don't know about that. I just signed my life away to SBC Yahoo! for their bottom-tier residential DSL service. I don't care about speed so much as always-on reliability, and the 1.5/384 max rates I get are more than good enough for pretty much anything. The total cost is $25/month, and $10 of that is for phone service. [I include that, because I wouldn't have it otherwize. My primary phone is cellular.] Ten years ago you would be lucky to get basic POTS Internet for that much, and it would likely have a limited number of connected-hours per month. I remember the good ol' days of AOL and Compuserve that charged by the hour. That wasn't much fun at all.
In short, I think prices have come down, and by quite a large margin. I'm definitely better off now than I was ten or even five years ago.
Sure, if you insist on the top-of-the-line, fastest-available connection, you'll pay a premium. But for the average person, [Or a person like me who can make do;) ] the costs associated with being online are going down.
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The Zip almost standardized, but just as it was really starting to get a foothold, people started getting more bandwidth and the click of death materialized. Add those two to the promise CD-RW held, and a lot of people opted to go for optical media - because you could read them everywhere, even on relatively old computers.
I'm not questioning the rest of this - I have no insight whatsoever regarding the English legal system or the ramifications of pissing off the BBC - but those detector vans are most definitely capable of determining if a TV is in use. Scroll down to Public research for a little more info.
As the AC tried to bring up, but didn't make clear -
Composite is all the image data composited together. Component is when the video data is tranferred as numerous separate components. As such, component video is much clearer, since less signal processing needs to be done to get the original picture data back.
And now labels are releasing their titles on the increasingly popular DualDisc format, which combines a standard CD with a DVD with Dolby 5.1 sound. Thus allowing you to play this in your car or on a home theater system...
The CD side is also annoyingly incompatible with many DVD-compatible units, especially drives on computers. They messed with the standard by placing the reflective surface much closer to the read optics than a CD should be. It would be GREAT if they just put a DD5.1 DVD and a standard CD in the same package, but that'll never happen - probably because it's too easy to give one disc to a friend and keep the other yourself. That, or because it's slightly cheaper to make one disc than two.
I'm just irritated that I have to take my disc to somebody else's computer to rip my DualDiscs.
Well, last time, there was all that uncertainty. "There may be some damage to the shuttle, we'll see when you get back down here."
This time, it'll be more like this:
"Houston to Discovery, you're fucked. Sorry."
Yeah, I had corrected myself already, if you had taken the time to read further. Though, I can't really yell at you for doing the same thing I did.
;)
I'm glad we had this chat.
Ohhhhkay. Apparently I didn't read *enough* of the rules, and/or I'm a moron.
Still, they're somewhat unclear about that running tally...does it count off only purchases, or all entries? It's crazy.
Actually, I think they randomly draw from the pool of
a) the qualifying purchases of the last 100,000 downloads (I believe freebies aren't counted as purchases, but they count for the total downloaded)
b) all e-mails sent in during the time span of the last 100,000 downloads.
That's the impression I got from reading the rules. It doesn't say that the 100,000th person wins, but that there will be a winner for every 100,000 purchases.
It never used to be peer-to-server-to-peer, anyhow. It was p2p, with the server arranging the transactions.
Not to mention that he's a friekin' ACTOR.
I mean, c'mon. These are the sort of people you expect to start preaching Scientology and living off the latest chlorphyll-enriched cheese fad diet. He's even been married to the same woman for over twenty years.
The man's incredible.
Dude, just save the thing to a KML file outright.
;)
You're the second person I've had to correct about this issue. It's getting old.
Dude, they already said it was HOT.
It's not currently used, but Core Image in OS X can do the same tricks already.
Dude, 1 KCal is 4184 Joules, is it not?
After all, the specific heat of water is 4.184 joule/gram C.
Actually...now I'm seeing other people have it listed at 4.186. That's odd that there's a disagreement on such a fundamental number.
That was my question, too. After all, it's still a sound recording, just mated to a value-added syncronized video track.
I also loved the reference to nickel as a "ferrous metal." Does he even know what ferrous means?
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5952/unquote.html
So, it's merely concidence that those that get attention and credibility are those who are able to clearly communicate?
I think you're missing the point. It's not self-presentation; it's the ability to communicate ideas. If you can't send a message clearly, consisely, and reliably, nobody's going to listen. Think of the difference between a group of lobbyists presenting hard numbers to a fact-finding committee versus a group of nude protesters at a storefront. Yes, the protesers will get the press, but the well-reasoned argument might actually change opinion.
If you can't communicate your ideas, then your ideas hold effectively zero clout. The merit is merely secondary.
Google Earth lets you save a .KML file insead of a .KMZ, is the resultant file different from one extracted from a .KMZ?
Some of us are trying.
Wow, that is a wonderful piece of magic that I was not familiar with. It's not so useful to me since I have a multimedia keyboard whose features I use, but for some people that's got to be a nifty tool.
Just the same, it doesn't address the OP's issue with the lack of track names.
Where are you seeing this "iTunes only" installer? Every single one of the iTunes installers I have downladed has been a complete package with QuickTime integrated - including the one you linked to.
I'm guessing you have the QT system tray applet enabled, so you don't notice when you re-install QuickTime every time you update iTunes. For those of us that try to keep QuickTime out of our system tray, though, it's an annoyance.
I believe it's not a reference to the system tray, but to the task bar itself.
Many music playing apps change their window title so that you can go to the task bar to see what song is playing.
Not only can it be used one-handed, but either-handed. It's ambidextrous. C'mon, use the thumb-stick on the Rio Karma/Chiba/Forge/Cali left-handed. I dare you.
Granted, most of the other companies had that one figured out, but sheesh. What the heck were the Rio guys thinking?
I don't know about that. I just signed my life away to SBC Yahoo! for their bottom-tier residential DSL service. I don't care about speed so much as always-on reliability, and the 1.5/384 max rates I get are more than good enough for pretty much anything. The total cost is $25/month, and $10 of that is for phone service. [I include that, because I wouldn't have it otherwize. My primary phone is cellular.] Ten years ago you would be lucky to get basic POTS Internet for that much, and it would likely have a limited number of connected-hours per month. I remember the good ol' days of AOL and Compuserve that charged by the hour. That wasn't much fun at all.
;) ] the costs associated with being online are going down.
In short, I think prices have come down, and by quite a large margin. I'm definitely better off now than I was ten or even five years ago.
Sure, if you insist on the top-of-the-line, fastest-available connection, you'll pay a premium. But for the average person, [Or a person like me who can make do