Ogg Vorbis, because of its openness and mpeg, becase people ignore the patent, are my best two options. AAC is not an option, so its quality means nothing.
oxymoron time. AAC is *part* of MPEG. why is it ok for you to use one patented part of an mpeg standard (MP3) and not another (AAC)?
One of the articles (yea, some of us read them) actually pointed out a rather obvious 3) point, that is the goodwill generated if IBM were to GPL SCO's IP
that'd be great! then linux could really incorperate SCO's code into the kernel!:)
The juxtaposition of Woz and Jobs embigend the synergy that was Apple.
Seriously, you are so right. The perfect geek and the perfect suit.
you're calling jobs a suit??? the guy wears jeans with so many holes in them you can almost see his wee wee!
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What if someone has, in the past or future, malicously or accidentally, injected proprietary code w/ copyright or patent entanglements, into core Linux systems?
There are no implications for the user, period. If someone uses code he is not allowed to, it's his problem and nobody else's. And this applies to all licenses and all development models equally.
i believe the question was asked because there are parties that might see fit to sabatoge Linux and other Open Source projects. Not to say that the Open Source/Free Software methodologies a priori are on shakier legal ground, but that they're possibly more vulnerable to sabotage given malicious third parties.
that's not just AltiVec accounting for that increase. the G3 uses the old 60X bus designed for the original PPC chips. the G4 uses the MaxBus, which offers streaming from RAM. the G3 burns up a lot of it's bus repeatedly asking for the next block of whatever from memory, while the G4 can say "fetch me these next few blocks." that makes a huge difference on a slow bus.
Insight into modern issues I might agree with. Great author? In short spurts maybe (like first 1/3 of Snow Crash) but often writes as if he's just trying to get the damn thing done (third 1/3 of Snow Crash). His stuff is good, and I read it, but seriously, this guy will be completely forgotten in 30 years.
my girlfriend's parents are both literature professors and editors of a prominent literature anthology, and they teach Snow Crash in class. so i beg to differ.
I dunno, those are going to be awfully small wires, and motherboards have multiple layers... what's to stop them from putting the "secure" traces inside the board?
well, i was joking in the above. ideally, people wouldn't buy stuff with this installed to begin with. but assuming i'm serious with my wiresnips comment, the only viable solution would be to remove the damn chip itself, and hope your machine still works.
ideally, while performing this operation, you'd pretend you're Arnold in Total Recall pulling that tracing device out of his nose.:)
You'll NEVER know. Actually, since they're planning on implementing a software kernel (like a mini-OS) in a BIOS chip, you won't know what it's doing at all. That secure channel between the motherboard, the video, and the peripherals? It's still there even if you "turn off" DRM. So, how do you know it isn't snooping on you?
"Hamvention" sounds to me like an event where a vegetarian's friends confront them about their dietary practices and try to force-feed them a sandwich.
NYC is staring a $10 BILLION deficit this year alone and this is all they can talk about?
holy strawman argument, batman. my guess is based on the other headlines i'm reading, such as the transit fare hike that's coming next week, the proposed commuter tax, the slashing of the police and fire forces, etc., that they're talking about a whole bunch aside from thinking about open source.
There already is a cure for SARS, and it can be made in any hospital in the world for pennies.
It's called Colloidal Silver, and is made by electrolysis of pure silver wire in distilled water. Contrary to the scare tactics of the FDA, it will not give you Agyria.
if you're looking for 970 info, Hannibal has a decent article over at Ars Technica, and a followup is on the way. also there's a +1 thread of deth in Ars' forums.
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here's a picture of a model of it
ideally, while performing this operation, you'd pretend you're Arnold in Total Recall pulling that tracing device out of his nose. :)
tons of interesting info... :)
"Hamvention" sounds to me like an event where a vegetarian's friends confront them about their dietary practices and try to force-feed them a sandwich.
let's compare video codec image quality by streaming the data thru a hex editor in realtime. :)
- i can avoid AIDS by wearing a condom or only having sex with one person who is not infected. ergo, it's controllable.
- tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria, not a virus.
- the common cold has a nice benefit: it's non-lethal.
if you want to start comparing this to other diseases, try smallpox, plague and the spanish flu.the day i trust some anonymous coward on slashdot for medical advice over the FDA... oh forget it.
if you're looking for 970 info, Hannibal has a decent article over at Ars Technica, and a followup is on the way. also there's a +1 thread of deth in Ars' forums.
i'd like to see a man-shaped manhole cover that was mostly lip, but with a circle area to cover a round hole.
or how about a sphere with a larger radius than the hole?
or come to think of it, any shape would, so long as it's shortest profile in one dimension is longer than the hole's.
don't make me do the proof, please. :)