Ferinstance: Somone sends a Windows DRMed video over my Linux AP and I don't have a CODEC for it so I cannot view it since it is just a jumble of bits. Is that stream of bits a picture?
iMovie works by decompressing and recompressing the music, resulting in a loss of quality. Apparently, this new software works by extracting the compressed stream after it has been decrypted, giving it the distinct advantage of being lossless.
AIFF uses uncompressed PCM. You can choose to apply lossy compression after converting to AIFF if you want to, but nobody's got a gun to your head.
Bundled in with this patch is a change to the behaviour of embedded controls in IE6 on Windows XP, due to the Eolas patent issue [slashdot.org]. This means that things like Flash navigation or Java widgets might not work without being clicked first to activate. TechWeb have a good article [techweb.com] with a summary of the changes, along with some links elswhere.
Entries could include an indication of the amount of "activity" that has occured, which will give the reader an instant idea if the text is controversial.
Walking down the street with a NES controller strapped to your belt: Yep, that's gonna be a good look... Why is it I can't picture anyone but Steve Irkle doing this?
The incident in the above-linked article occurred in Moscow, not Hawaii. I don't know whether or not these were seperate instances, or if the grandparent poster was in error.
There was a metal membrane hidden inside a wooden carving, which would passively vibrate with sounds in the room. A strong RF beam of around 900 MHz (details are hazy again, and it's not quite microwave) was directed towards the office from a fair distance away, then the signal would be minutely modulated and reflected by the metal membrane.
Is there a replica of this in the NSA crytography museum?
Same action they always take: tally up my opinion in their database and wait for enough people to chime in on the issue before they consider it something to address.
Now, will you be contacting your representative, as well?
Write your Congressional representatives and demand that they take action to stop unrelated riders in legislation, such as the one mentioned in the article. I did.
If you want to see something really scary in taking away rights go read executive order 13132, 13107 and 13083. Not just the wordings of the orders but what the way they were implemented.
Hi; I think I'm confused regarding your comment here. Two of these appear to address powers reserved for the states, and one addresses the implementation of human rights treaties. Could you go into more detail about your concerns regarding these executive orders?
Blackboard is very primitive. I'm surprised they can actually sell it considering that it does not have many capabilities.
Funny thing is, if Blackboard was much more complicated than it currently is, they *definitely* wouldn't be able to sell it. You'd be surprised at how many higher education faculty members don't like even moderately complicated technologies.
I often read Americans saying they had to turn on subtitles to understand parts of The Office. As an English person I've always wanted to know which parts/characters Americans find hard to understand. Or is it just the slang terms used?
Often, people speaking any sort of accented English are subtitled via lower-thirds in American programming. I guess I find it to be a sad situation, but it's the nature of things.
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Actually, it's a meteorological term...but who's counting?
Surely this will increase the security of electronic voting in India.
The best use for this is obviously to install it on the wheels of a stellar El Dorado.
I'm not sure. Is it a video of a cat in a box?
iMovie works by decompressing and recompressing the music, resulting in a loss of quality. Apparently, this new software works by extracting the compressed stream after it has been decrypted, giving it the distinct advantage of being lossless.
AIFF uses uncompressed PCM. You can choose to apply lossy compression after converting to AIFF if you want to, but nobody's got a gun to your head.
Bundled in with this patch is a change to the behaviour of embedded controls in IE6 on Windows XP, due to the Eolas patent issue [slashdot.org]. This means that things like Flash navigation or Java widgets might not work without being clicked first to activate. TechWeb have a good article [techweb.com] with a summary of the changes, along with some links elswhere.
Amusingly, this behavior can be disabled with either a patch or a registry change.
Can someone explain to me why a PO Box is not acceptable as an address?
Maybe because you can't do service of process to a PO Box, but that's just a guess.
Entries could include an indication of the amount of "activity" that has occured, which will give the reader an instant idea if the text is controversial.
Er, they do. Click "History".
Define 'truth'. Seriously. Do you mean scientific truth, absolute (Platonic) truth, religious truth, political truth?
What about good ol' fashioned truthiness?
With this new 3D technology, the incompetence really comes through with great clarity.
Walking down the street with a NES controller strapped to your belt: Yep, that's gonna be a good look... Why is it I can't picture anyone but Steve Irkle doing this?
It worked for Captain N.
Is there a replica of this in the NSA crytography museum?
Just answered my own question:
http://www.nsa.gov/museum/museu00029.cfm
The incident in the above-linked article occurred in Moscow, not Hawaii. I don't know whether or not these were seperate instances, or if the grandparent poster was in error.
There was a metal membrane hidden inside a wooden carving, which would passively vibrate with sounds in the room. A strong RF beam of around 900 MHz (details are hazy again, and it's not quite microwave) was directed towards the office from a fair distance away, then the signal would be minutely modulated and reflected by the metal membrane.
Is there a replica of this in the NSA crytography museum?
I am not sure why they just don't enable OBEX?! That is what everyone wanted in the first place.
That would require Verizon to admit that they did something wrong.
Who's going to manage it when you're gone?
Don't forget that $100 profit has to cover:
* Packaging
* Shipping
* Retail margin
And hope to recover the costs of:
* Advertising
* R & D
I could be wrong, but isn't profit the money a business gets AFTER costs such as these are considered?
In other news, Karl sued for being truly hot.
Same action they always take: tally up my opinion in their database and wait for enough people to chime in on the issue before they consider it something to address.
Now, will you be contacting your representative, as well?
Write your Congressional representatives and demand that they take action to stop unrelated riders in legislation, such as the one mentioned in the article. I did.
Also, I'm confused about the </i> tag. ;)
If you want to see something really scary in taking away rights go read executive order 13132, 13107 and 13083. Not just the wordings of the orders but what the way they were implemented.
Hi; I think I'm confused regarding your comment here. Two of these appear to address powers reserved for the states, and one addresses the implementation of human rights treaties. Could you go into more detail about your concerns regarding these executive orders?
Blackboard is very primitive. I'm surprised they can actually sell it considering that it does not have many capabilities.
Funny thing is, if Blackboard was much more complicated than it currently is, they *definitely* wouldn't be able to sell it. You'd be surprised at how many higher education faculty members don't like even moderately complicated technologies.
Easy! I don't have an accent -- you do. :)
I often read Americans saying they had to turn on subtitles to understand parts of The Office. As an English person I've always wanted to know which parts/characters Americans find hard to understand. Or is it just the slang terms used?
Often, people speaking any sort of accented English are subtitled via lower-thirds in American programming. I guess I find it to be a sad situation, but it's the nature of things.
...and to further the cause, here is a reputable source outlining what to do when your accelerator sticks.
You know, I don't even know why I'm bothering to keep adding to this thread. It's not like anyone gives a crap.