Oh heck yes. The number of times I've been bitten by a few projects (yes mplayer guys, I mean you) doing this and breaking Gentoo's digest system...
Why would the Mplayer project folks be to blaim? Wouldn't the blaim be properly focused on Gentoo, as they modified (?) the core distribution for use with Gentoo?
Yes, ~250 ms each way is close (depending on one's exact distance from the bird, and ignoring the propagation latency through the equipment at each end). It's a lot easier for humans to accomodate a ~520 ms roundtrip: that's not an unusual latency for a normal human reaction to the words heard - it doesn't start getting annoying or noticeable until it's 700-800 ms or higher, imho.
I can't imagine that's the case. With a 700ms delay each way, you're talking ~1.5 seconds between someone speaking and someone responding. That's walkietalkie push button response, not interactive 2-way communication. A 150ms delay under Skype is not acceptable to me...I'm looking at sub 80ms for reasonable interactivity (each way of course).
www.mindawn.com is pretty nice too. It's about the only place that sells songs in a lossless audio format (FLAC).
Thanks for the link, though for the record so does Magnatune. They even offer WAV files if you want them...though I can't think of a reason why since FLAC can be converted into any other lossless format.
With all due respect, don't say that to the thousands of people who have used our satellite network technology over the years for voice and video. That includes Provincial Governments that do medical imaging (remote medicine), as well as videoconferencing on our satellite network.
Do you have details? Sat. networks I've seen have about a ~250ms latency each way, not the 10-100ms wired connections tend to have.
Why the heck can't you just replace the chip with the flash with a new one?
The password is duplicated on each platter, so the new firmware will read the password and halt again.
Since the controller likely reads the password and stores it, if you can remove the flash chip, and you know what pin is the write pin, you should be able to;
Get duplicate drive.
Yank the rom and flash chip from the duplicate and break the write pin.
Swap the chips or just the boards.
Boot. (The password can't be written back to flash.)
Passwords are ignored.
Copy data off of the drive.
The downside being that you now have two useless drives, though you could swap in the flash chip from the protected drive to see if it can be used in the new duplicate.
We're still here. We're just as confused as a bunch of Perot-style Reform Party people hearing about Buchanan becoming 'the Reform Party candidate'. Except, we've had more years to adjust to the current Twilight Zone happenings.
I have no idea what the evolution of those documents was before, and even after viewing the visualizations (and knowing what they mean), I still have no idea what it means about the document.
Go here and look at the text to the right. It looks like you can 'slice' the graph (the vertical line) and see the color coded text at each point along the graph.
A quick glance through sections would be an easy way to figure out the stability and quality of any one document and who is a good editor or writer.
"You can disable the banner easily: Edit->Preferences->Startup Uncheck "Show messages and automatically update" (This works on Windows, so I guess it is the same on Linux as well)"
6. Its too easy to get things like text munging and simple GUIs done. What the point if you get everything done in five minutes
Easy to start. Hard to debug and maintain. I'm forced to use and repair a PBH's idea of an ideal app daily...and I don't have time to get rid of it by re-doing it in Java or Python. I estimate that about 1/4 of my day is shot because of this monster.
The reason why the PBH dictated TCL? He's a TCL wiz! The initial developer wasn't; he was a manager. The specialists maintaining it till I got my hands on it weren't either; they mainly deal with Java. Personally, I have no bias...though the app is not trivial and it needs to be expanded just to handle the new work. (Templates would work...though everything is currently hard coded.)
I lump TCL in with Perl; the original developer can understand it, though if they do a 1/2 ass job, it's a real pain to deal with later. With Python, even bad ideas seem to be easier to deal with (and replace).
But does it stop the bloody pop ups I've had to turn off Javascript to cure?
By default, popups aren't disabled for plugins (like Flash). Here's how to disable them for plugins;
1. Open a new browser window.
2. Type about:config for the URL and press enter.
3. You should see a long list of settings. Ignore them.
4. Right click on the background and select "New...integer".
5. Enter in the following;
privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins (press OK)
2 (press OK)
For reference, here's are the settings for the privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins option;
* 0: open allowed * 1: the opened windows are treated as popups, but they're allowed to open (we limit the number of these types of popups) * 2: the window is a popup, block it * 3: block all, even the whitelisted ones.
Yes, I tried to talk him out of it at the time. No, he didn't listen. Yes, he's gotten a clue now.
He won't admit that he bought anything; we're at the "Do not ask"/"Do not tell" level now. Nobody wants to admit they were an idiot. Kind of takes the edge off of being the wise old parent role.
Yes, yes, I'm sure it would be wonderful if Apple wanted or intended to sell music without DRM. But they, and the content owners - you know, those people who actually have LEGAL RIGHTS to the content - don't intend to do that.
Hold a moment! The content owners do indeed have a legal right to do as they please with what they own. Remember that point, I'll get back to it.
And it's their service and their content. Whether or not things "can" be technically done aside, does anyone realize that? Or is that just completely lost in the vacuum of "Information wants to be free"?
Not at all, though don't forget that there are multiple owners here; the artist(s), the producers/managers, the labels, the distributors, and the final buyer.
As one of those final buyers, I do indeed like to do what I please with what I own. I do have a legal right to it, though limited.
The whole media market is two faced;
* "It's a licence" - So, if my copy is destroyed or becomes lost, I have a right to it?
* "Erm...no, you purchased _THAT_COPY_!" - So, if it's mine, I can do as I please with it, including give it to others?
* "Not at all...it's uniquely licenced to you." - So, I can use it as long as I don't pass it along...why do you put restrictions on it then?
* "People will steal it!" - But not my licence...I can't duplicate my licence (between you and I), give it to someone else, and have it be effective. The licence is still in effect. I could normally transfer that licence to someone else and give up my rights, yet your DRM prevents that...
...and so on. Bottom line: You're right that the producers have rights. I have no sympathy for them, though, because I (a legal owner of a licence/copy/whatever) would have to suffer because they can't convince others to respect those rights.
It didn't and doesn't fly with software rights restrictions, and it doesn't convince me for media (music, movies,...) either.
I have seen (and experienced myself) Symantec products CAUSE more problems than they fix (if they are even successful at fixing any) on the Mac platform.
So, what you're saying is it's just like the Windows version?
Considering the grammar and spelling travesties on Slashdot, not to mention the execrable comprehension of story headlines, summaries, and TFAs themselves, this pseudoliterate community is the last place to ask that question.
Bull. I work with 2 English majors, and they constantly laugh about how they mangled and misuse English on a regular basis -- even when writing professional docs. Your standards are too high, plus many of the people here are not native English speakers.
I'm curious. Not counting Apple or Napster going out of business, what are the risks over time of changing your player? Is it likely or possible that you will 'loose' your music unless you intentionally break the DRM on all the songs you get?
The management utility in the FreeBSD ports tree is binary-only. OpenBSD refuse to accept binary only crap, which is why they want this documentation.
If the BSD folks don't want binary only crap, why allow what they write to turn into binary only crap?
(Cheap shot...I know...I don't have any problem with BSD-style licences and would be happy to either admin or install a new system using BSD, though this is one serious drawback to the BSD licence so complaining about someone closing the source is...well.)
For some reason, I still have a bright blue dot at the point of one of my vaccinations. Of course, maybe that's just the corner of the GPS/mind-control chip they embedded in me.
Hmmmm. Seems like 1/2 of it is malfunctioning. Stay right there, I'll be right over!
I'm a bit frustrated reading what has been posted so far. Ready to use up my last mod point, I only found this comment by Guroove (already highly rated) and few other pointers to actual wireless implementations at a city scale. At 6 miles, you're talking about that scale, even if the area isn't crammed with buildings.
Hills or a maze of skysrapers...each have line of sight problems. There are plenty of answers out there and it doesn't take high end equipment or experts to pull this off...though it does take time, tweaking, and a reasonable amount of planning.
It's not possible to know where and how you might be in violation of an unknown patent. The best you can do is dodge the obvious patent violations or as others have said don't go looking for trouble.
Besides, if you spend all your time looking for a patent you mighg be violating, you'll not get any coding done.
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Oh heck yes. The number of times I've been bitten by a few projects (yes mplayer guys, I mean you) doing this and breaking Gentoo's digest system...
Why would the Mplayer project folks be to blaim? Wouldn't the blaim be properly focused on Gentoo, as they modified (?) the core distribution for use with Gentoo?
I can't imagine that's the case. With a 700ms delay each way, you're talking ~1.5 seconds between someone speaking and someone responding. That's walkietalkie push button response, not interactive 2-way communication. A 150ms delay under Skype is not acceptable to me...I'm looking at sub 80ms for reasonable interactivity (each way of course).
Thanks for the link, though for the record so does Magnatune. They even offer WAV files if you want them...though I can't think of a reason why since FLAC can be converted into any other lossless format.
Do you have details? Sat. networks I've seen have about a ~250ms latency each way, not the 10-100ms wired connections tend to have.
If you need any interactivity, satilite connections won't cut it. Voice and video would need other communications methods.
The password is duplicated on each platter, so the new firmware will read the password and halt again.
Since the controller likely reads the password and stores it, if you can remove the flash chip, and you know what pin is the write pin, you should be able to;
Get duplicate drive.
Yank the rom and flash chip from the duplicate and break the write pin.
Swap the chips or just the boards.
Boot. (The password can't be written back to flash.)
Passwords are ignored.
Copy data off of the drive.
The downside being that you now have two useless drives, though you could swap in the flash chip from the protected drive to see if it can be used in the new duplicate.
We're still here. We're just as confused as a bunch of Perot-style Reform Party people hearing about Buchanan becoming 'the Reform Party candidate'. Except, we've had more years to adjust to the current Twilight Zone happenings.
They focused on fixing errors in Excel first.
Wait! Wait! I know this!
(AHEM!) 'The difference between auto mechanics and computer repairmen is that the auto mechanic knows when they are lying.'
Go here and look at the text to the right. It looks like you can 'slice' the graph (the vertical line) and see the color coded text at each point along the graph.
A quick glance through sections would be an easy way to figure out the stability and quality of any one document and who is a good editor or writer.
"You can disable the banner easily:
Edit->Preferences->Startup
Uncheck "Show messages and automatically update"
(This works on Windows, so I guess it is the same on Linux as well)"
That it does...thanks!
Easy to start. Hard to debug and maintain. I'm forced to use and repair a PBH's idea of an ideal app daily...and I don't have time to get rid of it by re-doing it in Java or Python. I estimate that about 1/4 of my day is shot because of this monster.
The reason why the PBH dictated TCL? He's a TCL wiz! The initial developer wasn't; he was a manager. The specialists maintaining it till I got my hands on it weren't either; they mainly deal with Java. Personally, I have no bias...though the app is not trivial and it needs to be expanded just to handle the new work. (Templates would work...though everything is currently hard coded.)
I lump TCL in with Perl; the original developer can understand it, though if they do a 1/2 ass job, it's a real pain to deal with later. With Python, even bad ideas seem to be easier to deal with (and replace).
By default, popups aren't disabled for plugins (like Flash). Here's how to disable them for plugins;
reference link
He won't admit that he bought anything; we're at the "Do not ask"/"Do not tell" level now. Nobody wants to admit they were an idiot. Kind of takes the edge off of being the wise old parent role.
A tip for you and others just in case you didn't know about this company.
Hold a moment! The content owners do indeed have a legal right to do as they please with what they own. Remember that point, I'll get back to it.
Not at all, though don't forget that there are multiple owners here; the artist(s), the producers/managers, the labels, the distributors, and the final buyer.
As one of those final buyers, I do indeed like to do what I please with what I own. I do have a legal right to it, though limited.
The whole media market is two faced;
* "It's a licence" - So, if my copy is destroyed or becomes lost, I have a right to it?
* "Erm...no, you purchased _THAT_COPY_!" - So, if it's mine, I can do as I please with it, including give it to others?
* "Not at all...it's uniquely licenced to you." - So, I can use it as long as I don't pass it along...why do you put restrictions on it then?
* "People will steal it!" - But not my licence...I can't duplicate my licence (between you and I), give it to someone else, and have it be effective. The licence is still in effect. I could normally transfer that licence to someone else and give up my rights, yet your DRM prevents that...
...and so on. Bottom line: You're right that the producers have rights. I have no sympathy for them, though, because I (a legal owner of a licence/copy/whatever) would have to suffer because they can't convince others to respect those rights.
It didn't and doesn't fly with software rights restrictions, and it doesn't convince me for media (music, movies, ...) either.
I respect the rights of others -- just as I respect the letter and the spirit of both the BSD and GPL-style licences -- what can I say; I appreciate those who respect me and don't immediately treat me like a thief.
So, what you're saying is it's just like the Windows version?
Bull. I work with 2 English majors, and they constantly laugh about how they mangled and misuse English on a regular basis -- even when writing professional docs. Your standards are too high, plus many of the people here are not native English speakers.
Agreed. IT Conversations and The Peanut Gallery are my current favorites. I almost never turn on the radio anymore.
I'm curious. Not counting Apple or Napster going out of business, what are the risks over time of changing your player? Is it likely or possible that you will 'loose' your music unless you intentionally break the DRM on all the songs you get?
If the BSD folks don't want binary only crap, why allow what they write to turn into binary only crap?
(Cheap shot...I know...I don't have any problem with BSD-style licences and would be happy to either admin or install a new system using BSD, though this is one serious drawback to the BSD licence so complaining about someone closing the source is...well.)
Hmmmm. Seems like 1/2 of it is malfunctioning. Stay right there, I'll be right over!
To help fill in the basic gaps, go take a look at Building Wireless Community Networks, Wireless Hacks, as well as the larger city and national groups Seattle Wireless and NYC Wireless. Go to NYC Wireless for the tools and the user groups, go to Seattle Wireless to see if you want to add affiliate services.
Hills or a maze of skysrapers...each have line of sight problems. There are plenty of answers out there and it doesn't take high end equipment or experts to pull this off...though it does take time, tweaking, and a reasonable amount of planning.
Besides, if you spend all your time looking for a patent you mighg be violating, you'll not get any coding done.
"Ah, you've been smoking from the WiMax pipe....."
Feel free to offer other and entirely contrary information. That was the point to my post. Teach me if you know something I don't.