For a society to be free, it MUST be possible for people to do things that are against the law. That's just how it works. If people do something illegal then you can punish them, but only an extremely facist government could hope to prevent crimes before they occur.
But you don't just want a free society, you want a just society. When people can commit crimes anonymously, there is no punishment.
So avoid facism, but retain your ability to punish those to actually do break the law.
Hey drivelikejehu...hopefully you'll see this reply...
You said you own this iRiver iHP-120 gizmo. I've got a test I'd love for you to run:
Rip two songs from a live album that are back-to-back (i.e. the second track starts while there's crowd noise) and encode them in Ogg. Alternatively, record two connecting songs from a progressive rock artist (like Dream Theater's Erotomania/Voices/Silent Man)...the point is, the two tracks should play one after the other with no gap or pop. MP3 format (or others) won't work.
Then load it on the iHP-120 and play them. Could you post the results or email them to me? I'm at ckimyt [at] yahoo [dot] com. I really want to buy a player that handles this condition correctly...i.e. plays the audio seamlessly (Ogg format supports exact sample length coding).
You said you own this Rio Karma gizmo. I've got a test I'd love for you to run:
Rip two songs from a live album that are back-to-back (i.e. the second track starts while there's crowd noise) and encode them in Ogg. Alternatively, record two connecting songs from a progressive rock artist (like Dream Theater's Erotomania/Voices/Silent Man)...the point is, the two tracks should play one after the other with no gap or pop. MP3 format (or others) won't work.
Then load it on the Karma and play them. Could you post the results or email them to me? I'm at ckimyt [at] yahoo [dot] com. I really want to buy a player that handles this condition correctly...i.e. plays the audio seamlessly (Ogg format supports exact sample length coding).
It was intended to be a standalone movie but it was so popular Lucas did two more.
According to Lucas in interviews (at the beginning of the re-release VHS tapes) he always had a trilogy of trilogies in mind, and started with the plot lines in IV first because they were most palatable as a standalone movie.
Anything below 128k/s (in my opinion) is only good for streaming and embedding
I don't think so. I've got a Jeep and I would certainly encode my CDs at 64kbps (VBR) in Ogg Vorbis format to play when I'm going 80 mph on the freeway. I did a double-blind taste test with myself and always picked Ogg files (even 64kbps!) to sound better than MP3 (personally tuned LAME options, yada yada) files at less than 192kbps.
On the other hand, since I've already encoded them at 192kbps (-q 6), and I really don't have too many CDs, and the only real player choice I have is Neuros which has a 20GB disk, which could fit all my "CD" quality Oggs anyway.
There's just this thing that slowly ascends the ribbon into space.
I thought the "proper" way to make a space elevator was to park a construction facility in geosynchronous orbit (over the same spot on Earth) and simultaneously lower and raise the cable from both sides, one side down to Earth and another to balance the orbit, out into space.
Thus there's just this thing that slowly descends the ribbon from space.
Nice job on not reading the story. Shred calculates a panoply of md5 hashes for each text file.. essentially it creates an md5 hash of each 3 line segment of code, starting at every line offset.
Furthermore, the linux code in question is a matter of historical record
Notice what I quoted...specifically
that you can compare proprietary source trees this way.
If they don't have to release the source code, they can just munge their own like the above to change the hashes.
Of course, I guess SCO's aim would be to show the same hashes, so this technique doesn't really apply here. It would, however, apply to Microsoft or other companies incorporating GPL code into their proprietary products.
Interestingly, as the shred algorithm can run reports on source trees using only the MD5 signature shreds (once generated), it is possible to use it to compare trees without direct access to the source code itself, leading to a possible use in comparing various proprietary source trees with each other and with Freely available code bases such as Linux and *BSD without requiring actual disclosure of the proprietary source code
I remember reading The Mystery of the Green Ghost (Robert Arthur, part of the Three Investigators Series) back in 4th grade (1980ish). It's originally published back in 1965, and one of the "techniques" used by the perpetrators to scare people off was using extremely low notes on a pipe organ, too low for them to hear as sound.
I think we should take a collection and buy Chris Hoover a faster internet connection. His Syringe with a RJ-11 jack is really nice, but who uses a phone line anymore? I would think a RJ-45 high-speed ethernet connection would be more apropos.
Wow, just goes to show you how slow I am on the uptake. I thought that was some retro quadraphonic vinyl needle cartridge on the end! I'm thinking "what are we injecting onto our LPs?"
since quality wise noones going to be able to tell the difference on a portable device.
Nope. I can always tell an MP3 at less than 224 Kbps, even on my portable. Even with really good LAME settings (to my ears, better than R3Mix, which I can't find a good link for right now...where'd it go???).
I will certainly purchase an Ogg device; the audio quality is just so much better.
Even if the intentions of all who have access to such an extensive database are indeed pure, its very existence compromises my own personal feeling of security.
Well I suggest you stop living in the 21st century. Your personal feeling of security is obviously based too much on your illusion of privacy. The longer you cling to this fantastic notion that people won't know what you're doing the longer you'll be tormented.
Seriously folks...why is it that "rights" and "freedom" are inextricably bound (in the eyes of 99.9% of/.) to "privacy?"
If there was a government agency that would watch me and my family 24/7 to ensure that crimes aren't being committed, that would be great! No "evil-doer" would even consider robbing or mugging or raping or killing one of us...100% chance of being caught! I don't commit crimes...
I think that's the crux of the issue...make sure that stupid stuff isn't made illegal. Make stiff discouraging harsh penalties for violent crimes. And watch everything.
If we have a decent legal code, then why would anyone be ashamed to expose the way they live their lives? Are we all that ashamed of our inner feelings and desires and, well, whatever that privacy is mandatory in a free and peaceful society?
I sure hope not, 'cause everybody's gonna keep getting watched more and more, guaranteed.
Nope, it's really true. I would listen to a 64 Ogg over a 128 MP3 any day (of course both have artifacts, but the Ogg's high frequency problems are much less than MP3's swirling hi-hats).
Obviously he forgot that one. The one that says that the survival of the human species comes before the first three laws.
Quite a few of Asimov's books are based on the fact that this "zeroth law" can be derived from the rest, and that once humanity starts building sufficiently complicated, intelligent, and emotent robots they realize it independently.
What do you mean quite a few? R. Daneel and what's her face (Seldon's wife) are the only ones who were written to know about the zeroth law (well, none other mentioned by name), and that was only in "Foundation and Earth" and "Forward the Foundation."
Holy shit no. 1992 isn't 'ancient' in any way, only for people with very short memory and attention span. Or for people who thinks XML is a neat new idea. Or for people who thinks Java OO-model is a neat new idea. Or for people who thinks Patterns is the new silver bullet. Or for people who thinks Lisp is dead.
A bit "fsck yeah" to this.
I saw the latest poll (best "breakthrough" in programming) and some of the posts declaring missing options (AOP, FSF, etc.) and thought..."gee, with Lisp I can choose ALL of the above."
It still makes me wonder why so many people (i.e. MASSES) think Java or XML are just amazing.
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... that after The Empire Strikes Back, no more Star Wars movies were ever made.
There, FTFY.
So avoid facism, but retain your ability to punish those to actually do break the law.
Hey drivelikejehu...hopefully you'll see this reply...
You said you own this iRiver iHP-120 gizmo. I've got a test I'd love for you to run:
Rip two songs from a live album that are back-to-back (i.e. the second track starts while there's crowd noise) and encode them in Ogg. Alternatively, record two connecting songs from a progressive rock artist (like Dream Theater's Erotomania/Voices/Silent Man)...the point is, the two tracks should play one after the other with no gap or pop. MP3 format (or others) won't work.
Then load it on the iHP-120 and play them. Could you post the results or email them to me? I'm at ckimyt [at] yahoo [dot] com. I really want to buy a player that handles this condition correctly...i.e. plays the audio seamlessly (Ogg format supports exact sample length coding).
Thanks in advance for any help...
Hey byrd77...hopefully you'll see this reply...
You said you own this Rio Karma gizmo. I've got a test I'd love for you to run:
Rip two songs from a live album that are back-to-back (i.e. the second track starts while there's crowd noise) and encode them in Ogg. Alternatively, record two connecting songs from a progressive rock artist (like Dream Theater's Erotomania/Voices/Silent Man)...the point is, the two tracks should play one after the other with no gap or pop. MP3 format (or others) won't work.
Then load it on the Karma and play them. Could you post the results or email them to me? I'm at ckimyt [at] yahoo [dot] com. I really want to buy a player that handles this condition correctly...i.e. plays the audio seamlessly (Ogg format supports exact sample length coding).
Thanks in advance for any help...
I like Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey) when he's talking to Ellie (Jodie Foster) about faith.
"Do you love your father?"
"Yes!"
"Prove it."
(I'm agnostic myself, but have always thought this was the best argument against most rhetorical "proofs" I've ever heard).
On the other hand, since I've already encoded them at 192kbps (-q 6), and I really don't have too many CDs, and the only real player choice I have is Neuros which has a 20GB disk, which could fit all my "CD" quality Oggs anyway.
Thus there's just this thing that slowly descends the ribbon from space.
Touche. However, just change to:
[EVILSCOBOX]
and you're golden.
Another MacHack wrote:
Notice what I quoted...specifically that you can compare proprietary source trees this way. If they don't have to release the source code, they can just munge their own like the above to change the hashes.
Of course, I guess SCO's aim would be to show the same hashes, so this technique doesn't really apply here. It would, however, apply to Microsoft or other companies incorporating GPL code into their proprietary products.
[evilscobox]
Duh!
I remember reading The Mystery of the Green Ghost (Robert Arthur, part of the Three Investigators Series) back in 4th grade (1980ish). It's originally published back in 1965, and one of the "techniques" used by the perpetrators to scare people off was using extremely low notes on a pipe organ, too low for them to hear as sound.
Wow, just goes to show you how slow I am on the uptake. I thought that was some retro quadraphonic vinyl needle cartridge on the end! I'm thinking "what are we injecting onto our LPs?"
I will certainly purchase an Ogg device; the audio quality is just so much better.
Seriously folks...why is it that "rights" and "freedom" are inextricably bound (in the eyes of 99.9% of /.) to "privacy?"
If there was a government agency that would watch me and my family 24/7 to ensure that crimes aren't being committed, that would be great! No "evil-doer" would even consider robbing or mugging or raping or killing one of us...100% chance of being caught! I don't commit crimes...
I think that's the crux of the issue...make sure that stupid stuff isn't made illegal. Make stiff discouraging harsh penalties for violent crimes. And watch everything.
If we have a decent legal code, then why would anyone be ashamed to expose the way they live their lives? Are we all that ashamed of our inner feelings and desires and, well, whatever that privacy is mandatory in a free and peaceful society?
I sure hope not, 'cause everybody's gonna keep getting watched more and more, guaranteed.
Ironically, you corrected my spelling when you quoted me. =)
What are Karma bouns?
Yeah, and check out the enormous amount of finger/wrist/arm strain the user is experiencing while using it: {tendons snapping}
Nope, it's really true. I would listen to a 64 Ogg over a 128 MP3 any day (of course both have artifacts, but the Ogg's high frequency problems are much less than MP3's swirling hi-hats).
Seriously, why aren't people flaming the innappropriate use of I? I mean, it's "Computer Graphics (CG)" not "Computer Graphics (CGI)."
What is the I supposed to stand for?
The M1A1 is 63 tons, 1500 HP.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people think XML is a language.
A bit "fsck yeah" to this.
I saw the latest poll (best "breakthrough" in programming) and some of the posts declaring missing options (AOP, FSF, etc.) and thought..."gee, with Lisp I can choose ALL of the above."
It still makes me wonder why so many people (i.e. MASSES) think Java or XML are just amazing.