Yes you will. If you buy a laptop that claims to be USB 2.0 when it is really only 1.1 and then plug a USB 2.0 device into it you will get a notifiction balloon.
"HI-SPEED USB Device Plugged into Non-HIGH-SPEED USB Hub"
At least you will with XP SP1, which I assume most of these laptops will have been shipped with.
From that message it is pretty clear that the port you have just attached the device to does not support the version of the spec the device does. If you laptop claims USB 2.0 and you get that warning every time, it would be pretty clear you should complain to the manufacturer.
I was wondering about that too, I didn't RTFA but what form do chinese SMS messages take? Go they use GSM or another system? Do they use a different character set? How do they type them in on their phones? Anyway, the larger the character set the more secure a replacement cipher becomes. In English these codes are easy to crack by looking at the most commonly used characters, usually E.
you could always do it yourself, just work out a basic replacement cipher. A=N X=B etc. Of course you would have to have some way of letting the other person know the code, but I doubt the SMS monitoring systems would bother to try to decode it.
The name you see in the win2k file properties is metadata stored in the file system, it is not part of the file itself and does not add to its size, certainly not worth 16KB. If you try to copy the document from the ntfs partition it is on to a FAT partition that does not support this metadata you will get a warning that some information will be lost. I'd guess that openoffice has a more efficient implementation of the doc file format, word must be storing blank space. Word can also store file revision historys, you can see how many time a file was edited, what changes were made, etc. perhaps openoffice does not support this.
I think that is what it will end up being. NTFS underneath and the WinFS running as a service. Most applications will still use normal file system access calls. The winfs seems mainly for shell integration, searches etc. If the files are still saved on ntfs they will still be accessible from linux, minus the fancy queries. The only problem will be you won't be able to update the database structures from linux, at least not right away.
As I recall the 1984 was similar to the Matrix in that they were made to believe it was 1984. It may actually have been 2050 or later, so the technology could still be on its way.
With Total Information Awareness you could find that it is mandatory to have a camera built into your TV in the next couple of years all in the name of preventing terrorism.
I agree that microsofts support of bluetooth has been very poor. But wasn't it Microsoft itself that released the first bluetooth connected keyboard and mouse?
i admit they don't hide it as much as real player, but its not as prominant as the paid for version.
I've never used quicktime streaming, not having broadband I prefer to spend 2-3 hours getting a high quality file with a download manager than watching 3 frames at a time and waiting while it buffers the next 3. The matrix reloaded trailer was 95mb. Having got a high quality file it is annoying not to be able to view it fullscreen.
I think it is a good idea and a sign of things to come. Signing up Indie labels is a good first start, but it could go so much further.
Technology and the internet have made it so that anyone can create and publish their own "content" using comodity hardware and software.
I would like to see iTMS deal with individual artists. If they are paying 65cent per song to the labels then the artists should have a choice. Either sign up to a label for a bit of cash up front to produce your record and end up owing the label money and having no rights to the content you have created, or deal directly with iTMS.
Suppose they charge $50 to include your track in their catalogue, I think there has to be some barrier to entry. $50 covers converting the track to AAC, including it in the database, sampling 30secs for a preview and inputting the infomation / label notes / artwork etc.
If I had any talent I could make my own music, sample, edit record and master with a PC in my bedroom/studio, then upload it to apples server. I have then placed my music on an open market on a level playing field with the major labels offerings.
Linking by genres, similar artists etc. will allow people to find my music by chance, the 30 second preview allows people to assess its quality. If the like it they download it and I get 30-65cents per download.
If they include the features like amazons user rating, with/,s meta-moderation to prevent abuse people will be able to trust the suggestions.
A system like amazons sales rank will show the most popular tracks in a genre. The most downloaded, the most sampled. the most searched for etc. If they can provide the bandwidth of Google to support the databases it could become so useful.
Imagine if they could sample all the music. A "You humm it I'll find it" system could be introduced, find any existing music with a melody you just thought up.
Of course if just anyone can be listed it places a burden on Apple data storage capacity, but I'd imagine a system where if no one downloaded a track in a two month period you would have to pay again to have it remain in the database. They don't want to store 3Mb of the sound of someone farting, that no one ever downloads
The only problem I see in a system like this would be plagerism (sp?). Someone could download a track, upload it as their own and then reap the rewards of someone elses work. There would have to be a system in place to counteract this. Prevent dupes as it were.
If the system becomes really popular perhaps comercial radios would pay apple to play the top rated tunes. "Here's something that 100,000 people downloaded last week" The artists would only benefit from such exposure.
Ideally the artist would also have a choice about the DRM system as well. Should I sell unprotected songs at 69cents each or protected songs at 99cents?
If all this could be implemented it would just show the RIAA and the major labels how irrelevent they really are. What would you get by signing up to a label? Money upfront, production, promotion, distribution, and access to the market. Apple can provide the promotion, distribution, and access to the market for you and you the artist retain
the rights to your work. There are less middlemen so you can also reap a greater return on your sales. Start with $50 up front and if you do well you can pay for all the equipment, expertise etc. that you need to produce a professional quality product.
Yes you are removing one monopoly at the expense of creating another, but one founded on a much fairer basis with one degree of separation between the producer and the consumer.
Yes all this can be done, and there are similar systems already, MP3.com etc. but I think that the difference here is that the store will have all the content from the major labels as well. That will get people to come and browse, look around and find similar music from independants that they might like.
I wonder how many copies of quicktime for windows those trailers managed to persuade people to buy. Just to get rid of the nag screens and be able to watch them full-screen almost makes it worthwhile. Also rather like realplayer the site makes it a lot easier to but the paid for version than to find and download the free version.
Yes theres a button on the side of the pen that you hold down while touching the screen to make a right click. There is also the click'N'Hold technique similar to pocket pcs. Some tablet pens even have an eraser on the other end.
looks like the pepto-bismol people already knew about this
http://www.pepto-bismol.com/faqs.htm#8
How do I read the expiration Date? Can I use Pepto-Bismol® past the expiration date?
Expiration date example: EXP JL02C0041 EXP = expires JL = indicates the month (July) 02 = indicates the last digits of the year (2002) C0041 = indicates plant and production information
If your Pepto-Bismol® has expired, please do not use it. The ingredients may not be stable after the expiration date.
that would be EXP JL20000000000000002003C0041 I suppose, it should be safe to drink for a while yet.
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ok thanks, are there any links to further info in this area?
Cinema Safety and Technical Officer (salary £14k) based in Milton Keynes.
Main Accountabilities
Emergency evacuation warden, able to demonstrate knowledge of and carry out the Company's emergency evacuation procedures. Maintain and operate projection and sound equipment. Make up/break down films. Display "show" reels in accordance with procedure scheduling plans. Install, upgrade, repair, swap-out and troubleshoot PC's. Maintain and troubleshoot vending machines, including testing, resetting and swapping-out of internal components, changing print heads and rolls. Configure, manage and troubleshoot Access Control System software. Manage, maintain and troubleshoot turnstile barriers, door keypad and local area network. Monitor and troubleshoot ISP connection and UPS devices.
Manage all warranty, returns and local third party support issues and source and maintain stock of IT consumables and spares.
To act as Safety Supervisor in charge of carrying out a possible evacuation as required when not rostered on other duties. To ensure compliance with the Conditions of the cinema licence (attached). Monitor day-to-day operation of cinema (staff, cleaning, turnaround time, premises and call centre) and reports to head office as appropriate. Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Essential: Existing projection and management experience required. Perfectionist with eye and ear for excellence. Team oriented. Competencies
Confident and positive Team orientated. Achievement orientated ('Can do' attitude). Reliable. Flexible. Enjoys persuading/motivating. Success driven.
Sounds like they want you to run the entire cinema single handed, for 14k a year. Who fancies doing that job? Can they find people with experiance in Management, Computing, Telephone systems, Turnstiles, Vending Machines, Internet Services, Customer Relations, Customer Safety, Film projection systems, and splicing together the advertising? They want to run these places with only about 3 staff on the premises.
Call Centre Operator/ Usher (salary £10k) based in Milton Keynes.
Main Accountabilities Emergency evacuation warden, able to demonstrate knowledge of and carry out the Company's emergency evacuation procedures.
Sell cinema admissions through the onsite call centre and reply to customer enquiries over the web.
Maintain the cleanliness of the cinema, including the auditoriums between showings.
The people who arn't doing the technical things have to be both call centre operators and cleaners?
This new easycinema is in The Point. They have stripped out all the refreshment stalls and painted the exterior bright orange.
http://www.easygroup.co.uk/easyCinema/map.html
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sure, this is in the framebuffer, does the actual pixel on the lcd panel support more than two states per colour segment?. I though that they either let light from the backlight through or didn't. I'll have to look at my laptop through a magnifying glass. I thought that you could see many colours on an lcd panel was because there were sufficient pixels close enough together to make your eyes perceive the colours blended together.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9619 > SAMSUNG ALSO said that it has developed the first four colour channel TFT technology, which adds a white subpixel to the array for red, green and blue, to maximise brightness for screens.
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Ok, so maybe I am completely wrong. I just imagined that for each current pixel you have three sections that are either on or off. That would be effectively 3 bits of information per pixel or one bit per segment.
As you stated a current 1024 display has 3612 horizontal segments. In a new display each of those would be separately adressable. If you can get each new pixel to produce light at a specific frequency you could need to supply it with a value in an appropriate range. I just picked 32bit at random, but idealy you would want to give a suitable range of values for a suitable range of frequencies produced.
From howstuffworks.com "The frequency of visible light is referred to as color, and ranges from 430 trillion Hz, seen as red, to 750 trillion Hz, seen as violet" so thats a pretty wide range to cover. Of course you wouldn't be able to produce light at a specific frequency down to an individual hertz but you ought to be able to adjust it by units of half a million hertz or so.
Also if screens could be made with a universal pixels even higher resolutions should be possible.
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yes, I agree with this. Maybe I wasn't thinking to clearly. It wouldn't mess up the visual effect of sub pixel rendering. I think what I meant was that it would make all the research and development that has gone into sub pixel rendering irrelevent.
I think such a change would still be a long way off. The bandwidth required to address each pixel with a 32-bit value to tell it which colour to produce would be huge.
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I flat panel displays will no longer need separate reg, green and blue pixels. They could just have uniform pixels which could produce light in any shade required. Should be good for higher resolution displays, greater colour depth. But might mess up things like sub pixel rendering.
I think the brittish system is a better solution. Notes are £100,£50,£20,£10,£5 Coins are £2,£1,50p,20p,10p,5p,2p,1p notice the repeating 5,2,1 system? This makes it easy to always add up to the right ammount. Start with the biggest one that will fit and work down. Well at least the decimal system beats the old shillings and pence deal.
Yes becuase prices tend to be £1.99 it does get more complicted than it should be but I think it provides the best trade off between number of required coins and ease of calculation.
You need to get rid of your 25 cent coints and come up with a better system. But 18 cent coins are not the way to go about it.
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Yes you will. If you buy a laptop that claims to be USB 2.0 when it is really only 1.1 and then plug a USB 2.0 device into it you will get a notifiction balloon.
"HI-SPEED USB Device Plugged into Non-HIGH-SPEED USB Hub"
At least you will with XP SP1, which I assume most of these laptops will have been shipped with.
From that message it is pretty clear that the port you have just attached the device to does not support the version of the spec the device does. If you laptop claims USB 2.0 and you get that warning every time, it would be pretty clear you should complain to the manufacturer.
I was wondering about that too, I didn't RTFA but what form do chinese SMS messages take? Go they use GSM or another system? Do they use a different character set? How do they type them in on their phones? Anyway, the larger the character set the more secure a replacement cipher becomes. In English these codes are easy to crack by looking at the most commonly used characters, usually E.
you could always do it yourself, just work out a basic replacement cipher. A=N X=B etc. Of course you would have to have some way of letting the other person know the code, but I doubt the SMS monitoring systems would bother to try to decode it.
The name you see in the win2k file properties is metadata stored in the file system, it is not part of the file itself and does not add to its size, certainly not worth 16KB. If you try to copy the document from the ntfs partition it is on to a FAT partition that does not support this metadata you will get a warning that some information will be lost.
I'd guess that openoffice has a more efficient implementation of the doc file format, word must be storing blank space. Word can also store file revision historys, you can see how many time a file was edited, what changes were made, etc. perhaps openoffice does not support this.
I think that is what it will end up being. NTFS underneath and the WinFS running as a service. Most applications will still use normal file system access calls. The winfs seems mainly for shell integration, searches etc. If the files are still saved on ntfs they will still be accessible from linux, minus the fancy queries. The only problem will be you won't be able to update the database structures from linux, at least not right away.
Can hypertransport be used for inter-machine communication? What distance can it operate over?
Imagine a beow... of MACs?
As I recall the 1984 was similar to the Matrix in that they were made to believe it was 1984. It may actually have been 2050 or later, so the technology could still be on its way.
With Total Information Awareness you could find that it is mandatory to have a camera built into your TV in the next couple of years all in the name of preventing terrorism.
Oceana has always been at war with Eurasia.
I agree that microsofts support of bluetooth has been very poor. But wasn't it Microsoft itself that released the first bluetooth connected keyboard and mouse?
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http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/wodb
I agree, see here a post on the iTMS story
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=66423&cid=6
i admit they don't hide it as much as real player, but its not as prominant as the paid for version.
I've never used quicktime streaming, not having broadband I prefer to spend 2-3 hours getting a high quality file with a download manager than watching 3 frames at a time and waiting while it buffers the next 3. The matrix reloaded trailer was 95mb. Having got a high quality file it is annoying not to be able to view it fullscreen.
I think it is a good idea and a sign of things to
/,s meta-moderation to prevent abuse people will be able to trust the suggestions.
come. Signing up Indie labels is a good first
start, but it could go so much further.
Technology and the internet have made it so that
anyone can create and publish their own "content"
using comodity hardware and software.
I would like to see iTMS deal with individual
artists. If they are paying 65cent per song to
the labels then the artists should have a
choice. Either sign up to a label for a bit of
cash up front to produce your record and end up
owing the label money and having no rights to the
content you have created, or deal directly with
iTMS.
Suppose they charge $50 to include your
track in their catalogue, I think there has to be
some barrier to entry. $50 covers converting the
track to AAC, including it in the database,
sampling 30secs for a preview and inputting the
infomation / label notes / artwork etc.
If I had any talent I could make my own music,
sample, edit record and master with a PC in my
bedroom/studio, then upload it to apples server.
I have then placed my music on an open market on
a level playing field with the major labels
offerings.
Linking by genres, similar artists
etc. will allow people to find my music by
chance, the 30 second preview allows people to assess its quality. If the like it they download
it and I get 30-65cents per download.
If they include the features like amazons user
rating, with
A system like amazons sales rank will show the
most popular tracks in a genre. The most downloaded, the most sampled. the most searched for etc. If they can provide the bandwidth of Google to support the databases it could become so useful.
Imagine if they could sample all the music. A
"You humm it I'll find it" system could be
introduced, find any existing music with a melody you just thought up.
Of course if just anyone can be listed it places
a burden on Apple data storage capacity, but I'd
imagine a system where if no one downloaded a
track in a two month period you would have to pay again to have it remain in the database. They don't want to store 3Mb of the sound of someone farting, that no one ever downloads
The only problem I see in a system like this
would be plagerism (sp?). Someone could download
a track, upload it as their own and then reap the rewards of someone elses work. There would have to be a system in place to counteract this.
Prevent dupes as it were.
If the system becomes really popular perhaps
comercial radios would pay apple to play the top
rated tunes. "Here's something that 100,000
people downloaded last week" The artists would
only benefit from such exposure.
Ideally the artist would also have a choice about the DRM system as well. Should I sell unprotected songs at 69cents each or protected songs at 99cents?
If all this could be implemented it would just
show the RIAA and the major labels how irrelevent they really are. What would you get by signing up to a label? Money upfront, production, promotion, distribution, and access to the market. Apple can provide the promotion, distribution, and access
to the market for you and you the artist retain
the rights to your work. There are less middlemen so you can also reap a greater return on your sales. Start with $50 up front and if you do well you can pay for all the equipment, expertise etc. that you need to produce a professional quality product.
Yes you are removing one monopoly at the expense
of creating another, but one founded on a much
fairer basis with one degree of separation
between the producer and the consumer.
Yes all this can be done, and there are similar systems already, MP3.com etc. but I think that the difference here is that the store will have all the content from the major labels as well. That will get people to come and browse, look around and find similar music from independants that they might like.
If this is true then mod this up. On second thoughts don't, if it becomes public knowledge it will undoubtably be changed very rapidly.
I wonder how many copies of quicktime for windows those trailers managed to persuade people to buy. Just to get rid of the nag screens and be able to watch them full-screen almost makes it worthwhile. Also rather like realplayer the site makes it a lot easier to but the paid for version than to find and download the free version.
Yes theres a button on the side of the pen that you hold down while touching the screen to make a right click. There is also the click'N'Hold technique similar to pocket pcs. Some tablet pens even have an eraser on the other end.
Like this one?u se/mou se
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http://members.optusnet.com.au/~azagnoev/mo
as mentioned here?
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/05/21/1562
mod parent up
+1 insightful
+1 funny
looks like the pepto-bismol people already knew about this
http://www.pepto-bismol.com/faqs.htm#8
How do I read the expiration Date? Can I use Pepto-Bismol® past the expiration date?
Expiration date example:
EXP JL02C0041
EXP = expires
JL = indicates the month (July)
02 = indicates the last digits of the year (2002)
C0041 = indicates plant and production information
If your Pepto-Bismol® has expired, please do not use it. The ingredients may not be stable after the expiration date.
that would be EXP JL20000000000000002003C0041 I suppose, it should be safe to drink for a while yet.
ok thanks,
are there any links to further info in this area?
Cinema Safety and Technical Officer (salary £14k)
based in Milton Keynes.
Main Accountabilities
Emergency evacuation warden, able to demonstrate knowledge of and carry out the Company's emergency evacuation procedures.
Maintain and operate projection and sound equipment.
Make up/break down films. Display "show" reels in accordance with procedure scheduling plans.
Install, upgrade, repair, swap-out and troubleshoot PC's.
Maintain and troubleshoot vending machines, including testing, resetting and swapping-out of internal components, changing print heads and rolls.
Configure, manage and troubleshoot Access Control System software.
Manage, maintain and troubleshoot turnstile barriers, door keypad and local area network.
Monitor and troubleshoot ISP connection and UPS devices.
Manage all warranty, returns and local third party support issues and source and maintain stock of IT consumables and spares.
To act as Safety Supervisor in charge of carrying out a possible evacuation as required when not rostered on other duties.
To ensure compliance with the Conditions of the cinema licence (attached).
Monitor day-to-day operation of cinema (staff, cleaning, turnaround time, premises and call centre) and reports to head office as appropriate.
Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Essential:
Existing projection and management experience required.
Perfectionist with eye and ear for excellence.
Team oriented.
Competencies
Confident and positive Team orientated.
Achievement orientated ('Can do' attitude).
Reliable.
Flexible.
Enjoys persuading/motivating.
Success driven.
Sounds like they want you to run the entire cinema single handed, for 14k a year. Who fancies doing that job? Can they find people with experiance in Management, Computing, Telephone systems, Turnstiles, Vending Machines, Internet Services, Customer Relations, Customer Safety, Film projection systems, and splicing together the advertising?
They want to run these places with only about 3 staff on the premises.
Call Centre Operator/ Usher (salary £10k)
based in Milton Keynes.
Main Accountabilities
Emergency evacuation warden, able to demonstrate knowledge of and carry out the Company's emergency evacuation procedures.
Sell cinema admissions through the onsite call centre and reply to customer enquiries over the web.
Maintain the cleanliness of the cinema, including the auditoriums between showings.
The people who arn't doing the technical things have to be both call centre operators and cleaners?
Sounds like exploitation to me
http://www.easygroup.co.uk/easyCinema/jobs.html
This new easycinema is in The Point. They have stripped out all the refreshment stalls and painted the exterior bright orange.
http://www.easygroup.co.uk/easyCinema/map.html
sure, this is in the framebuffer, does the actual pixel on the lcd panel support more than two states per colour segment?. I though that they either let light from the backlight through or didn't. I'll have to look at my laptop through a magnifying glass. I thought that you could see many colours on an lcd panel was because there were sufficient pixels close enough together to make your eyes perceive the colours blended together.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9619
> SAMSUNG ALSO said that it has developed the first four colour channel TFT technology, which adds a white subpixel to the array for red, green and blue, to maximise brightness for screens.
Ok, so maybe I am completely wrong. I just imagined that for each current pixel you have three sections that are either on or off. That would be effectively 3 bits of information per pixel or one bit per segment.
As you stated a current 1024 display has 3612 horizontal segments. In a new display each of those would be separately adressable.
If you can get each new pixel to produce light at a specific frequency you could need to supply it with a value in an appropriate range. I just picked 32bit at random, but idealy you would want to give a suitable range of values for a suitable range of frequencies produced.
From howstuffworks.com "The frequency of visible light is referred to as color, and ranges from 430 trillion Hz, seen as red, to 750 trillion Hz, seen as violet" so thats a pretty wide range to cover. Of course you wouldn't be able to produce light at a specific frequency down to an individual hertz but you ought to be able to adjust it by units of half a million hertz or so.
Also if screens could be made with a universal pixels even higher resolutions should be possible.
yes, I agree with this. Maybe I wasn't thinking to clearly. It wouldn't mess up the visual effect of sub pixel rendering. I think what I meant was that it would make all the research and development that has gone into sub pixel rendering irrelevent.
I think such a change would still be a long way off. The bandwidth required to address each pixel with a 32-bit value to tell it which colour to produce would be huge.
I flat panel displays will no longer need separate reg, green and blue pixels. They could just have uniform pixels which could produce light in any shade required. Should be good for higher resolution displays, greater colour depth. But might mess up things like sub pixel rendering.
http://grc.com/cleartype.htm
I think the brittish system is a better solution.
Notes are £100,£50,£20,£10,£5
Coins are £2,£1,50p,20p,10p,5p,2p,1p
notice the repeating 5,2,1 system?
This makes it easy to always add up to the right ammount.
Start with the biggest one that will fit and work down.
Well at least the decimal system beats the old shillings and pence deal.
Yes becuase prices tend to be £1.99 it does get more complicted than it should be but I think it provides the best trade off between number of required coins and ease of calculation.
You need to get rid of your 25 cent coints and come up with a better system. But 18 cent coins are not the way to go about it.