OK, as a windows/linux fanboy I will not be able to anything with the AAC file (or the iTunes account). I need mp3/ogg. What if after the completed sale I'd go on kazaa/gnutella/soulseek and download the file. I would not be stealing (as I have the song in my ownership), rather shortcutting the conversion step...
RIAA would surely sue and I would have to spend 1-2 years (and $$$) to defend it...
I was not aware that the Vietnam War has officially become Taboo(TM). When did this happen? How did Ashcroft manage to shove it up to the Congress and the Senate (we know he can handle Dubiya) in such a short time?
Anyway, free speech is free as in anything goes. There are court-set limits, where applicable (peadophilia, etc), but the rest is FREE (as in GNU).
I would not even object to have:
a. Vietnam War (we have) b. Vietnam War where you kill the Yankees as a VietCong c. US soldier occupying Iraq d. Bhaat Party animal shooting at Yankees e. Palestinian suicide bomber f. Israeli Army solder demolishing above mentioned idiot's family's house
As a matter of fact, I tend to think that e) would be an undeground hit. Just think about the free media:-)... Ashcroft however likely to lock up the whole SW company, probably in Guantanamo Bay:-( without trial or due process.
I have not actually did the proof, so it is only my hunch that only the 9th bit can help you there as far as interpolation goes. Rest of them will be rounded off, and exponentailly less significant.
You mean the full board positions cannot be encoded in about 32 bytes (12 different figures=4bit * 64 squares = 32 bytes)? And the resulting move cannot be communicated back in less than 3 bytes? (from x=3bit + y=3bit + new_x=3bit + new_y=3bit)
That is correct, however unless you set your image to RAW format you will not be able to benefit from the extra resolution (JPG is 8 bit per channel). 9th bit might help as far as rounding go, but 10 or 14 does not make any difference as far as looking at pictures on your monitor. Even the top of line Matrox Paraphelia uses 10bit display at best. ATI and nVidia are nowhere near. Your LCD monitor (in case you use that) will have only about 5-6 bits per channel.
Always look at the bottleneck of your system, in the overall picture. Currently this stands at:
1. LCD 5 bit ($300) to 7 bit ($1000) 2. CRT 7 bit ($150) to 9 bit ($800) 3. Video Card 8bit($99) to 10bit ($500) 4. Camera 8bit ($200) to 14bit ($1500)
B. On a recent vacation (7 days) I have used up about 0.9 GB with my 3Mpx Nikon 995. With 8 Mpx, it would baloon to 2.4 GB. Yes, I do take a lot of pics, but not Japanese lot. I use HQ JPG with highest res.
That is true. Demosiac algorithm is just magic, you cannot really invent the missing information. I would say that you can safely say that a 3 mega-pixel camera has 1000 kilo-pixel. All of the rest is algorithmic magic.
As for the image size, you have to remember that these cameras use 4 pixels (a 2x2 square) to create what we typically think of as one pixel, so the storage requirements are significantly smaller. Plus, when stored as jpegs (instead of the raw bits coming off the sensor), they're smaller yet. For example, the 11 meg monster above produces photos that are 4 MB at level of compression suitable for professional work.
Well that is not true, sorry.
the 4 pixels actually become four pixels after the "demosaic" is applied to it. The final file size is 4MB with high quality JPG compression (about 5-6:1)
Well I have just done that. I still don't understand your point. The camera still has one CCD (charge-coupled device) with a 4 color Bayer-patterned color filter in front of it.
I have also heard about the multiple CCD cameras (video cameras), which are much better quality, but cost mega-bux. That is why I wrote "almost all" in there.
Here is the link to Nikon 995. This features C-M-G-Y filter array. Even older one is Nikon 900 (truly ancient as far as digital photography goes) and it also has CMGY.
Also worth noting that Sony named this color emerald, probably some patent is protecting the cyan (maybe Nikon)?
Well if you somehow manage to fabricate the 2.7 micrometer pixel pitch filter array, and also manage to remove the currently mounted one, and replace it with this custom-made of yours.
I also don't like Sony products for your reasons, however I dont like FUD even more.
This Sony model features a compact flash slot (as well as memory bubble gum slot). This is a truly interesting development, as sony memstick have traditionally cost about 4x as much as the same size CF. And even nowadays you can barely find it bigger size than 128MB (sony has vapored out some PR about memstick up to 1GB, however I have never seen one in any store).
The camera (as almost all other) feature a single CCD. It does however have a 4 color fileter in front of it. BTW, Nikon had that for about 4-5 years now.
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OK, as a windows/linux fanboy I will not be able to anything with the AAC file (or the iTunes account). I need mp3/ogg. What if after the completed sale I'd go on kazaa/gnutella/soulseek and download the file. I would not be stealing (as I have the song in my ownership), rather shortcutting the conversion step...
RIAA would surely sue and I would have to spend 1-2 years (and $$$) to defend it...
RTFWG!
Read The F*ing William Gibson! Not troll, more like alluding to books that should be mandatory reading as an example of 21st century poetry...
OK, I concur, you need to use the cold lamination (the glue type) not the heat type!
Laminate it. It seems that both inkjet and thermal printers are harmed by the air just as much as by sunlight. Keep it in the dark, and laminate it...
"As reported by the BBC, humans could be living on the Moon within 20 years, according to a leading lunatic scientist."
But think about the free media exposure you would get immediately. Priceless (R).
You should add palestinian suicide bomber and iraqi baath liberator to that list of yours.
I see we have a Gillian Wibson in the making here...
:-)
Somewhat less skilled in English, but nothing that a few million years of prectice could not correct.
I was not aware that the Vietnam War has officially become Taboo(TM). When did this happen? How did Ashcroft manage to shove it up to the Congress and the Senate (we know he can handle Dubiya) in such a short time?
:-) ... Ashcroft however likely to lock up the whole SW company, probably in Guantanamo Bay :-( without trial or due process.
Anyway, free speech is free as in anything goes. There are court-set limits, where applicable (peadophilia, etc), but the rest is FREE (as in GNU).
I would not even object to have:
a. Vietnam War (we have)
b. Vietnam War where you kill the Yankees as a VietCong
c. US soldier occupying Iraq
d. Bhaat Party animal shooting at Yankees
e. Palestinian suicide bomber
f. Israeli Army solder demolishing above mentioned idiot's family's house
As a matter of fact, I tend to think that e) would be an undeground hit. Just think about the free media
I have not actually did the proof, so it is only my hunch that only the 9th bit can help you there as far as interpolation goes. Rest of them will be rounded off, and exponentailly less significant.
Good point. Worst case that 32bytes will be enough though.
:-) (and apparently in English)
This just shows my unskilledness in chess
You mean the full board positions cannot be encoded in about 32 bytes (12 different figures=4bit * 64 squares = 32 bytes)? And the resulting move cannot be communicated back in less than 3 bytes? (from x=3bit + y=3bit + new_x=3bit + new_y=3bit)
1. You need a single point of reach. One single number, without some elaborate (and superbly expensive) package from the phone company.
2. When you don't have the phone you are off the clock. Nobody is trying to reach you.
3. Clients don't have you personal phone numbers. This way if they cannot reach the on-support guy, they won't try to reach others.
and so on.
Since when has AOL done anything truly cross platform?
Uhhh, Mozilla?
That is correct, however unless you set your image to RAW format you will not be able to benefit from the extra resolution (JPG is 8 bit per channel). 9th bit might help as far as rounding go, but 10 or 14 does not make any difference as far as looking at pictures on your monitor. Even the top of line Matrox Paraphelia uses 10bit display at best. ATI and nVidia are nowhere near. Your LCD monitor (in case you use that) will have only about 5-6 bits per channel.
Always look at the bottleneck of your system, in the overall picture. Currently this stands at:
1. LCD 5 bit ($300) to 7 bit ($1000)
2. CRT 7 bit ($150) to 9 bit ($800)
3. Video Card 8bit($99) to 10bit ($500)
4. Camera 8bit ($200) to 14bit ($1500)
A. From DealRAM.com:
128MB 256MB
CF $33 $46
MS $46 $70
MSPro - $93
B. On a recent vacation (7 days) I have used up about 0.9 GB with my 3Mpx Nikon 995. With 8 Mpx, it would baloon to 2.4 GB. Yes, I do take a lot of pics, but not Japanese lot. I use HQ JPG with highest res.
That is true. Demosiac algorithm is just magic, you cannot really invent the missing information. I would say that you can safely say that a 3 mega-pixel camera has 1000 kilo-pixel. All of the rest is algorithmic magic.
I would have much preferred .{1,1} or . by itself. I expect just a single char, so "?" is still better than "*"...
True, but it is still 4-dimension color space. I remember some old Canon also used this CMGY, right?
Well that is not true, sorry.
the 4 pixels actually become four pixels after the "demosaic" is applied to it. The final file size is 4MB with high quality JPG compression (about 5-6:1)
Well I have just done that. I still don't understand your point. The camera still has one CCD (charge-coupled device) with a 4 color Bayer-patterned color filter in front of it.
I have also heard about the multiple CCD cameras (video cameras), which are much better quality, but cost mega-bux. That is why I wrote "almost all" in there.
What did you try to tell us here?
Thanks for the edit. I did use preview this time.
Here is the link to Nikon 995. This features C-M-G-Y filter array. Even older one is Nikon 900 (truly ancient as far as digital photography goes) and it also has CMGY.
Also worth noting that Sony named this color emerald, probably some patent is protecting the cyan (maybe Nikon)?
Well if you somehow manage to fabricate the 2.7 micrometer pixel pitch filter array, and also manage to remove the currently mounted one, and replace it with this custom-made of yours.
Well, good luck..
I also don't like Sony products for your reasons, however I dont like FUD even more.
This Sony model features a compact flash slot (as well as memory bubble gum slot). This is a truly interesting development, as sony memstick have traditionally cost about 4x as much as the same size CF. And even nowadays you can barely find it bigger size than 128MB (sony has vapored out some PR about memstick up to 1GB, however I have never seen one in any store).
The camera (as almost all other) feature a single CCD. It does however have a 4 color fileter in front of it. BTW, Nikon had that for about 4-5 years now.
Moron? You just don't like his sig, do you?