FLAC could compress the source more than it does, but that could compromise playback by making decoding more demanding, which is a concern on low power devices. Compression is very useful, but it isn't a free lunch... you have to work harder at both ends for the space you save in the middle.
I still recall the reaction of our 11th grade German exchange student to seeing a history book with a swastika on its dust cover. He was shocked to discover that was okay to have lying about in the US.
I felt that way too... until I got the RROD on my Elite. Lesson learned! I'll send it in to be replaced, but I refuse to spend any more money on games or add-ons.
Microsoft benefits from each person that thinks "surely it won't happen to me..."
Makers of desktop operating systems should focus intensively on responsiveness. The OS should react as fast as possible on any user request, regardless of whatever else it is doing.
Then you and I are both eagerly awaiting Haiku's R1 release.
BitTorrent would almost certainly not be used, as everyone in the swarm can see the IP addresses of everyone else.
If anything, I would think UseNet would be the most used tool, as it is much easier to be anonymous there than on the Internet.
But no groups will be lobbying over UseNet, as they have no idea that it even exists.
As a matter of fact, this past presidential election was the first one in which the vote was split in otherwise eternally Republican Nebraska. It took quite some time to count and verify, but it was found that Obama won a majority of votes in the 2nd district (the metro area of Omaha), and thus McCain received 4 EC votes and Obama, 1.
Of course, now that this system has actually shown its value for giving non Republicans a voice in NE, the GOP is trying to shut it down.
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Even worse, task manager itself spikes the CPU... then you get the systray icon, but the actual window doesn't open. Totally frustrating!
Jim Whitehurst's comments seem like -1 Flamebait to me. Can't compete in an area? Cop out and say it's not important... just like a 6 year old would.
MP3 is proprietary, and this is based on MP3... what makes you think this isn't proprietary?
FLAC could compress the source more than it does, but that could compromise playback by making decoding more demanding, which is a concern on low power devices. Compression is very useful, but it isn't a free lunch... you have to work harder at both ends for the space you save in the middle.
Thanks! I was wanting to finally join the 21st century since I broke my CD player, but I wanted something that would play FLAC.
is more FLAC support in portables. Problem solved more elegantly and without yet more proprietary codecs.
Bush came from Texas.
He's from Connecticut.
Dubya was from Connecticut. He really was successful at that whole "I'm from Texas" routine, though.
So true! Everything from Google has "beta" as part of the logo. Gmail *still* says that... and how many years have I used it?
I still recall the reaction of our 11th grade German exchange student to seeing a history book with a swastika on its dust cover. He was shocked to discover that was okay to have lying about in the US.
I have heard Germans found the idea of door greeters distasteful. They have much more formal social rules for random interaction than Americans.
I felt that way too... until I got the RROD on my Elite. Lesson learned! I'll send it in to be replaced, but I refuse to spend any more money on games or add-ons. Microsoft benefits from each person that thinks "surely it won't happen to me..."
Engine output in 1984 was craptastic compared to now... no way this is true.
Makers of desktop operating systems should focus intensively on responsiveness. The OS should react as fast as possible on any user request, regardless of whatever else it is doing.
Then you and I are both eagerly awaiting Haiku's R1 release.
BitTorrent would almost certainly not be used, as everyone in the swarm can see the IP addresses of everyone else. If anything, I would think UseNet would be the most used tool, as it is much easier to be anonymous there than on the Internet. But no groups will be lobbying over UseNet, as they have no idea that it even exists.
As I mentioned farther up, this in fact happened in Nebraska in 2008... the first time ever the vote was split.
As a matter of fact, this past presidential election was the first one in which the vote was split in otherwise eternally Republican Nebraska. It took quite some time to count and verify, but it was found that Obama won a majority of votes in the 2nd district (the metro area of Omaha), and thus McCain received 4 EC votes and Obama, 1. Of course, now that this system has actually shown its value for giving non Republicans a voice in NE, the GOP is trying to shut it down.