How about knives? There's no regulations on the sale of knives, yet it's easy to kill someone with a knife, too. And bricks? Dropping a brick on someone's head kills. How about various chemicals (for cleaning etc) that are sold?
Just because it can kill, doesn't mean it should be regulated. Sure, warnings are nice, and chemicals have them. Knives don't. Analogies never work in a digital world.
Most of the time, it rains, though there might be some snow in winter, or sun in summer. It never gets really cold (or hot). Broadband (512/64) is about $40-45 a month, cable is a bit cheaper, depending on where you live. You'd have to learn dutch, though most people speak english pretty well, so you could use that while learning. Owning a gun is much harder than in the US, but I don't know much about that. There are taxes, the one you're going to like least is the heavy tax on fuel for cars. Not sure about tech jobs.
But we're slipping too. About 15% of our country is about to vote for a bald, gay guy who talks nice and has no agenda other than to kick all foreigners out. His program doesn't even have a financial foundation yet... sigh.
Try a vbr file created with LAME's --r3mix option, or one of the --dm options. There really is no reason to use CBR.
And, if you make claims you can hear the difference, have you tried telling the difference with ABX? This is the only good way to try it. Then post the results again. And use mp3's you encoded yourself, not something you downloaded.
Why are they testing 128kbit? Perhaps because a little while ago, a high quality listening test was conducted on the r3mix forums (although ogg wasn't included), on which, by the way, ff123 is a moderator and a contributor.
128kbit still has it's uses, since not eveyone has enough bandwidth to download higher quality files. Streaming is another option: you have to be able to download the file at the same speed it's playing, which is much easier on a 128kbit file than on a vbr file averaging about 190kbit.
So, both tests have their uses. Anyway, I saw ff123 was asking on the r3mix forum who was up for another high quality test, so that's coming as well.
The thing is, everyone should be designing their sites to be standards-comliant. That way, it would work with all standards-compliant browsers. IE6 is coming a long way with this, as is Mozilla, and Opera. That way, noone would have to modify their sites if a new browser came along.
While you're clutching at the mouse, finding the cursor on your screen, then navigating to the close button, I've already hit Ctrl-W and done eighteen other tasks.
But I already have my hand on the mouse. That's why those mouse gestures are so great.
I'm a big fan of keyboard commands, but you have it backwards. When I'm using my browser, I'm holding my mouse. The other hand is on the keyboard, but for commands like ALT-F4 I need two hands. Holding the right button and moving right, then down, is much faster. To go three pages back: normally I'd hit ALT-left three times. Now, I hold the right button and click the left button three times. It really speeds things up. In fact, I use it so often that when using another browser, I'm annoyed when I find out it doesn't work.
Actually, if it works, no PC's will be able to play these. Well, no CD-ROM drives. That's the entire point. In the article, it says:
Trouble is, many high-end and car-stereo CD players use CD-ROM technology, which is both more accurate and less likely to skip when the player is jostled. Consequently, some audiophiles and commuters may not be able to play protected CDs. "I feel gloomy every time I go on a plane and see how many people are listening to music with their laptops," says a label executive who nonetheless regards copy protection as inevitable. "High-end players, car players, laptops -- those people are going to feel burned, and justifiably so, if they can't listen to music in the way they like."
Goddammit, why won't Guinness let me use whatever browser I like? I go to their site with Opera 5, and get a message saying I should use Netscape or IE 4+. No (easy) way around it. Perhaps I should boycot them, and stop drinking their beer. Naaaaahh, I'd better not;-)
Opera has this (kinda) built in. You can choose to either identify as Opera 5, Mozilla 3, 4 or 5, or MSIE 5.
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So what you're saying is that software piracy is GOOD for the large players whose software is pirated? That if software could not be pirated, people would start using free alternatives, I can see, although I doubt it will happen on a large scale. But nobody was making any money off these pirated copies. Businesses and schools (universities) will still buy expensive large scale licenses, and so will middle-class families. I cannot see how this will cost MS any money...
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Could just be one of those programs that downloads entire webpages for offline viewing.
N = 1 + 1 +... (N times)
N * N = N + N +... (N times)
then we differentiate to N on both sides:
2 * N = 1 + 1 +... (N times) = N
and divide by N to get:
2 = 1
There are a lot more of these 'proofs' in books with titles like mathemagic. Great fun.
Yes, one photon can cause cancer. Are you going to hide in a dark cellar now? What you should do in cases like this is not check if it can pose a threat, but if that threat is big enough to warrant action.
All new technologies (and old ones for that matter) pose dangers. Electric wires can cause fires, and you don't think all that radiation stays in your microwave, do you? The trick here is to create a situation where the risk is such that we can all live with it. If it is larger, we take action. If it is not, we just say: "Oh well, we're going to die anyway."
Approx. $30 for a browser is not much, considering you get the best browser available.
And if you are a student, you can get an educational version for about 50% of the normal price.
And you give such great arguments to support this theory...Oh yes you have used it extensively, so we should all believe you...
Was it the great speed, the support of standards, or the small download that put you off?
Actually, while I agree with you from personal experience, the studies I've seen on this subject seem to contradict each other. Some say cd sales improved, some say they dropped. Some studies were done near large colleges with high-bandwith connections, others weren't. The case isn't as clear-cut as you put it.
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How about knives? There's no regulations on the sale of knives, yet it's easy to kill someone with a knife, too. And bricks? Dropping a brick on someone's head kills. How about various chemicals (for cleaning etc) that are sold?
Just because it can kill, doesn't mean it should be regulated. Sure, warnings are nice, and chemicals have them. Knives don't. Analogies never work in a digital world.
Most of the time, it rains, though there might be some snow in winter, or sun in summer. It never gets really cold (or hot). Broadband (512/64) is about $40-45 a month, cable is a bit cheaper, depending on where you live. You'd have to learn dutch, though most people speak english pretty well, so you could use that while learning. Owning a gun is much harder than in the US, but I don't know much about that. There are taxes, the one you're going to like least is the heavy tax on fuel for cars. Not sure about tech jobs.
But we're slipping too. About 15% of our country is about to vote for a bald, gay guy who talks nice and has no agenda other than to kick all foreigners out. His program doesn't even have a financial foundation yet... sigh.
Sorry, but lossless compresses about 1:1.4 to 1:2, not 1:4 (sadly).
Try a vbr file created with LAME's --r3mix option, or one of the --dm options. There really is no reason to use CBR.
And, if you make claims you can hear the difference, have you tried telling the difference with ABX? This is the only good way to try it. Then post the results again. And use mp3's you encoded yourself, not something you downloaded.
Why are they testing 128kbit? Perhaps because a little while ago, a high quality listening test was conducted on the r3mix forums (although ogg wasn't included), on which, by the way, ff123 is a moderator and a contributor.
128kbit still has it's uses, since not eveyone has enough bandwidth to download higher quality files. Streaming is another option: you have to be able to download the file at the same speed it's playing, which is much easier on a 128kbit file than on a vbr file averaging about 190kbit.
So, both tests have their uses. Anyway, I saw ff123 was asking on the r3mix forum who was up for another high quality test, so that's coming as well.
Poor CSS support
This is simply not true. It supports all of CSS1 according to the specifications, and a lot of CSS2.
Check out this chart to compare the CSS implementation of different browsers and browser versions.
The thing is, everyone should be designing their sites to be standards-comliant. That way, it would work with all standards-compliant browsers. IE6 is coming a long way with this, as is Mozilla, and Opera. That way, noone would have to modify their sites if a new browser came along.
How do you figure that? I'm using Opera exclusively, and I harldy ever find sites that look messed up (once a month or so).
On top of that, it's lighter, has mouse gestures and a much better interface (once you get used to it). I'd say, try it.
Photons do *not* have mass, at least they do not have rest mass, which is what is meant here.
AFAIK, Opera can do most Javascript.
;)
The MDI is a blessing, not a curse. Once you get used to it, you never want to go back.
And it handles Flash just fine. And Java. And CSS1. And 2 (mostly).
And it has mouse gestures! Yippee!
You can get in using Opera. Just let it identify as some browser that is supported (IE, for example).
While you're clutching at the mouse, finding the cursor on your screen, then navigating to the close button, I've already hit Ctrl-W and done eighteen other tasks.
But I already have my hand on the mouse. That's why those mouse gestures are so great.
I'm a big fan of keyboard commands, but you have it backwards. When I'm using my browser, I'm holding my mouse. The other hand is on the keyboard, but for commands like ALT-F4 I need two hands. Holding the right button and moving right, then down, is much faster. To go three pages back: normally I'd hit ALT-left three times. Now, I hold the right button and click the left button three times. It really speeds things up. In fact, I use it so often that when using another browser, I'm annoyed when I find out it doesn't work.
Actually, if it works, no PC's will be able to play these. Well, no CD-ROM drives. That's the entire point. In the article, it says:
Trouble is, many high-end and car-stereo CD players use CD-ROM technology, which is both more accurate and less likely to skip when the player is jostled. Consequently, some audiophiles and commuters may not be able to play protected CDs. "I feel gloomy every time I go on a plane and see how many people are listening to music with their laptops," says a label executive who nonetheless regards copy protection as inevitable. "High-end players, car players, laptops -- those people are going to feel burned, and justifiably so, if they can't listen to music in the way they like."
Goddammit, why won't Guinness let me use whatever browser I like? I go to their site with Opera 5, and get a message saying I should use Netscape or IE 4+. No (easy) way around it. Perhaps I should boycot them, and stop drinking their beer. Naaaaahh, I'd better not ;-)
Doesn't work in Opera 5 for Windows. Just a little rectangle.
Opera has this (kinda) built in. You can choose to either identify as Opera 5, Mozilla 3, 4 or 5, or MSIE 5.
So what you're saying is that software piracy is GOOD for the large players whose software is pirated? That if software could not be pirated, people would start using free alternatives, I can see, although I doubt it will happen on a large scale. But nobody was making any money off these pirated copies. Businesses and schools (universities) will still buy expensive large scale licenses, and so will middle-class families. I cannot see how this will cost MS any money...
Could just be one of those programs that downloads entire webpages for offline viewing.
As Homer Simpson said:
"But raising a kid is so hard! Can't the tv do it for me?"
Try this:
... (N times)
... (N times)
... (N times) = N
N = 1 + 1 +
N * N = N + N +
then we differentiate to N on both sides:
2 * N = 1 + 1 +
and divide by N to get:
2 = 1
There are a lot more of these 'proofs' in books with titles like mathemagic. Great fun.
For those interested, you can find info about the player here.
Oh, and this is odd: from their page:
Plays MP3 Files from CD, CD-R, CD-RW Media
And later:
Q. Will the Genica player read CD-RW discs?
A. No the unit will not read CD-RW.
They probably mean it only plays MP3 CD-RW's, not music CD-RW's, but it's still odd.
Yes, one photon can cause cancer. Are you going to hide in a dark cellar now? What you should do in cases like this is not check if it can pose a threat, but if that threat is big enough to warrant action. All new technologies (and old ones for that matter) pose dangers. Electric wires can cause fires, and you don't think all that radiation stays in your microwave, do you? The trick here is to create a situation where the risk is such that we can all live with it. If it is larger, we take action. If it is not, we just say: "Oh well, we're going to die anyway."
Approx. $30 for a browser is not much, considering you get the best browser available. And if you are a student, you can get an educational version for about 50% of the normal price.
And you give such great arguments to support this theory...Oh yes you have used it extensively, so we should all believe you... Was it the great speed, the support of standards, or the small download that put you off?
Actually, while I agree with you from personal experience, the studies I've seen on this subject seem to contradict each other. Some say cd sales improved, some say they dropped. Some studies were done near large colleges with high-bandwith connections, others weren't. The case isn't as clear-cut as you put it.