People simply will not pay the top dollar needed for GOOD user interface.
Plus.. if you've ever seen the difference between eneginner & marketing for any given product.. you'd see in a jiffy why things are so messed up. What you often end up with as a final product is the engineers great work, kludged up to be something like what the marketroids told everyone it would be... the end result being not really a good version of either.
Except that in many places, salary ends up meaning "We don't have to pay you more when you work overtime, even if state law requires it, cause you'll anger us and lose your job, and you have to be here 50 hours a week ANYWAY, becuase that's part of doing your job."
References please? Every study I've ever read attributed this to how they were used, and not the headphones themselves (usually earbuds). I mean they were used walking around outside, in noisy environments, etcetera.
If you use GOOD headphones, a GOOD amp, and preferably a GOOD source, and listen in a proper environment (a quiet room), you have no problems. It's no different than listening to speakers.
I listen on a set of Grado RS-1 headphones, run through a Creek OBH-11se amp..
And yeah, I listen to the output of the soundcard on my laptop. I know, that's almost blashemy... but....
I have to agree. I know my headphones aren't quite reference.. they do introduce some coloration... but they are more responsive than, well, anything I've ever heard. And I agree.. many cds that sounded good on my little stereo sound like dirt. I can hear how lacking they are in dynamic range, and how crappy the recording is.
I thought my hearing couldn't tell.. but the second I go back to any other headphone I can get my hands on, I can immediately hear where things are tight and costrained.
Detail is #1..... you will hear more stuff that was just glossed over before. This doesn't necessarily mean quieter stuff.. just details (the system overall can respond faster to changes in sound)
The response curve will be flatter/more tuned to proper listening. And will be tuned to the way you like it, because you listened and got the setup that sounded best to you. (not necessarily flat at all)
How do you know your hearing is good enough? You go listening before you buy. If your $500 little stereo sounds just as good to you, you would be a fool to spend $5000.
The efficiency of the speakers is the #1 important thing to note. Things like an amp that can't really produce power it says it can, of course, will make things seem worse... but efficiency is the real factor.
Why knock paper cone? Some of the best speakers on earth are paper cone.
Peak power is not a scam.. peak power is peak power. IT means the momentary power levels the device can handle... not continuous max power. Peak & RMS are two different things (I know you know that).
It's a scam, perhaps, because they write the peak power on the amp so that kids will buy stereos with bigger numbers.... but if they did some research, they'd know how to read a spec sheet.
The sensitivity of the speakers is far more important.... a 3db incrase in sensitivity means half the power is required for the same volume.
If you don't respond, they may investigate you. That's cool. That's their perogative. If they want to start investigating me, they can go right ahead.. they still have to abide by the law.
That means: Can they send an email to my company,look to see if the reply came from an exchange server, then ask microsoft if we bought exchange? Sure. Can they walk in the door and demand that we run software? Absolutely not.
They can "investigate" all they want. The only people that can force you to do anything, however, are the courts.
Non-profit does not mean people do not get paid to work. It means the organization as a whole is not a for-profit organization: It does not exist in order to make a profit for it's owners.
THe goal of the organisation is to reduce software piracy. The fact that the people who work for them get paid has no bearing.
I'm as much of a unix nut as the next guy.. but NT's ACL system is far more robust and flexible than the traditional unix system... hands down.
Example: Can the standard unix permissions give access to everyone in group a,b, and c, except for user x who is also a member of groups b and c, and y, as well as ensuring that z has full access to everything? No, you can't.
If you allow your customers to upload their own cgis, this is merely a tool.
I doubt it. There is repitition to YOU, but digitally, it's different. THis isn't about "no detectable loss in the waveform".. it's about perfect reproduction of a digital stream.
You could compress any data you want with flac, and get the original back out of it... like zip.
This is a way to store an original, full quality recording without using the same space as the original.. NOT a replacement for lossy high compression codecs.
Speaking of quality increase isn't really the right way to look at it. It's the decrease from the original that is important.
Most poeple, experts included, cannot tell the difference between a 320kbps mp3 and an original 44.1khz pcm sample. I mean, the vast, huge majority of experts simply cannot tell the difference.
But there IS a difference. We know there is a difference because it's lossy compression. We know that when we take an original CD and use flac on it, we end up with an exact copy of the original. That's why lossy compression exists.
If you are simply listening to something on the headphone jack of your computer with medium or low quality headphone (like Bose or most of the Sennheiser line (medium) or the normal crap you buy in any store (low)), you don't have a chance of hearing the difference between a high bitrate mp3 and the original.. there is too much noise from the computer, and not enough power from the headphone jack.
On the other hand, if you are using a clock stabilized external output from a good external soundcard with a proper mixer, running through a good class-A headphone amp and into a good pair of headphones (Sennheiser HD580, HD600, Grado RS-1, RS-2, SR325), in a quiet room built for listening, and if you have good ears, and are used to listening for detail, you may hear a difference.
ALL security is by obfuscation, to some degree. Got a password? That's obfuscation... access relies on something only you know.
Take, say, a public school. Security relies on an alarm system and a set of keys. The keys are hard to get, and the alarm system codes are secret. Nobody thinks this is indefeatable.... but it does the job. People can't just walk in on a whim and trash the place.
Locks can be picked; so should we stop using them? They still do the job.
If someone wants to break into your business... is using a lock "obfuscation"? Do you have a false sense of security? Hell no, you KNOW they could just smash a window. That's why you have an alarm, and insurance.
Does the bank do other stuff? YES, they have alarms, and a vault. The vault has a combination.. does that make it security through obscurity, and hence, designed by idiots? What other method should they use?
Because you are using a copy of a key that works in that particular door. Master heights for each pin are usually higher than each individual door key uses... it's like taking a key that works, and then extending each section to find out how high you can push each pin and still have it works. As we don't have dynamically adjustable keys... you kind of need a few blanks to play with
I don't want "one ip address". I want to be able to put all my computers on the internet.. FULLY.
That is what IP was *designed* for. The idea was that anyone could get unique address space, even if your network wasn't connected to anyone else.. so one day you could do so.
Nevermind all the other uses for ssl certificates.. if you are referring to secure web sites, which you probably are, the reason we don't all make our own is because the browsers will whine about not recognizing the CA. This is percieved to turn customers off... so you pay up so things are smooth. That is the real reason.
If you are talking about certs for vpn stuff, etc.. there is no reason to go with verisign or anyone else.. by all means, make your own. All you need is openssl.
No.. as long as you didn't pretend it was a 9700. You have the right to re-sell it however you want.
However.. that doesn't mean that ATI won't find some bullshit reason to sue you and throw confusion on the whole issue to make you look like a bad guy. (presuming you are in America, where this kind of things is all so common)
Remember when US Robotics had a fit becase they were selling their Dual Standard modems at twice the price of their Sporster (single standard), yet using the same board/chipset? Someone published an init string that would enable dual mode on the sporster.... and ATI had a fit, trying to say it was copyrigh violation, illegal, etcetera.
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Employers don't usually spend money for no reason. That includes upgrades.
If they took the time to get new software, or build it, then it's because someone convinced them it was a good idea.
because they are wretched.
People simply will not pay the top dollar needed for GOOD user interface.
Plus.. if you've ever seen the difference between eneginner & marketing for any given product.. you'd see in a jiffy why things are so messed up. What you often end up with as a final product is the engineers great work, kludged up to be something like what the marketroids told everyone it would be... the end result being not really a good version of either.
Except that in many places, salary ends up meaning "We don't have to pay you more when you work overtime, even if state law requires it, cause you'll anger us and lose your job, and you have to be here 50 hours a week ANYWAY, becuase that's part of doing your job."
References please? Every study I've ever read attributed this to how they were used, and not the headphones themselves (usually earbuds). I mean they were used walking around outside, in noisy environments, etcetera.
If you use GOOD headphones, a GOOD amp, and preferably a GOOD source, and listen in a proper environment (a quiet room), you have no problems. It's no different than listening to speakers.
I listen on a set of Grado RS-1 headphones, run through a Creek OBH-11se amp..
And yeah, I listen to the output of the soundcard on my laptop. I know, that's almost blashemy... but....
I have to agree. I know my headphones aren't quite reference.. they do introduce some coloration... but they are more responsive than, well, anything I've ever heard. And I agree.. many cds that sounded good on my little stereo sound like dirt. I can hear how lacking they are in dynamic range, and how crappy the recording is.
I thought my hearing couldn't tell.. but the second I go back to any other headphone I can get my hands on, I can immediately hear where things are tight and costrained.
Detail is #1..... you will hear more stuff that was just glossed over before. This doesn't necessarily mean quieter stuff.. just details (the system overall can respond faster to changes in sound)
The response curve will be flatter/more tuned to proper listening. And will be tuned to the way you like it, because you listened and got the setup that sounded best to you. (not necessarily flat at all)
How do you know your hearing is good enough? You go listening before you buy. If your $500 little stereo sounds just as good to you, you would be a fool to spend $5000.
He said 1000 watts of peak power, not power.
The efficiency of the speakers is the #1 important thing to note.
Things like an amp that can't really produce power it says it can, of course, will make things seem worse... but efficiency is the real factor.
Why knock paper cone? Some of the best speakers on earth are paper cone.
Peak power is not a scam.. peak power is peak power. IT means the momentary power levels the device can handle... not continuous max power. Peak & RMS are two different things (I know you know that).
It's a scam, perhaps, because they write the peak power on the amp so that kids will buy stereos with bigger numbers.... but if they did some research, they'd know how to read a spec sheet.
The sensitivity of the speakers is far more important.... a 3db incrase in sensitivity means half the power is required for the same volume.
I say.. how?
If you don't respond, they may investigate you. That's cool. That's their perogative. If they want to start investigating me, they can go right ahead.. they still have to abide by the law.
That means: Can they send an email to my company,look to see if the reply came from an exchange server, then ask microsoft if we bought exchange? Sure. Can they walk in the door and demand that we run software? Absolutely not.
They can "investigate" all they want. The only people that can force you to do anything, however, are the courts.
Non-profit does not mean people do not get paid to work. It means the organization as a whole is not a for-profit organization: It does not exist in order to make a profit for it's owners.
THe goal of the organisation is to reduce software piracy. The fact that the people who work for them get paid has no bearing.
hydrogen peroxide, in very high concentration.
I'm as much of a unix nut as the next guy.. but NT's ACL system is far more robust and flexible than the traditional unix system... hands down.
Example: Can the standard unix permissions give access to everyone in group a,b, and c, except for user x who is also a member of groups b and c, and y, as well as ensuring that z has full access to everything? No, you can't.
If you allow your customers to upload their own cgis, this is merely a tool.
This IS a good tool.
The site says they are in test, and that the final boards haven't even come in yet... where is it available? It doesn't exist yet.
I doubt it. There is repitition to YOU, but digitally, it's different. THis isn't about "no detectable loss in the waveform".. it's about perfect reproduction of a digital stream.
You could compress any data you want with flac, and get the original back out of it... like zip.
This is a way to store an original, full quality recording without using the same space as the original.. NOT a replacement for lossy high compression codecs.
Speaking of quality increase isn't really the right way to look at it. It's the decrease from the original that is important.
Most poeple, experts included, cannot tell the difference between a 320kbps mp3 and an original 44.1khz pcm sample. I mean, the vast, huge majority of experts simply cannot tell the difference.
But there IS a difference. We know there is a difference because it's lossy compression. We know that when we take an original CD and use flac on it, we end up with an exact copy of the original. That's why lossy compression exists.
If you are simply listening to something on the headphone jack of your computer with medium or low quality headphone (like Bose or most of the Sennheiser line (medium) or the normal crap you buy in any store (low)), you don't have a chance of hearing the difference between a high bitrate mp3 and the original.. there is too much noise from the computer, and not enough power from the headphone jack.
On the other hand, if you are using a clock stabilized external output from a good external soundcard with a proper mixer, running through a good class-A headphone amp and into a good pair of headphones (Sennheiser HD580, HD600, Grado RS-1, RS-2, SR325), in a quiet room built for listening, and if you have good ears, and are used to listening for detail, you may hear a difference.
How about this.. you are either entitled to copyright protection (current books, records, etc)... ie: no technological protections...
OR
you are entitled to technological protctions. not both.
If you want to restrict sometihng by technology, you are free to, but you have no protection of the actual work under law.
Obfuscation is such an overused word.
ALL security is by obfuscation, to some degree. Got a password? That's obfuscation... access relies on something only you know.
Take, say, a public school. Security relies on an alarm system and a set of keys. The keys are hard to get, and the alarm system codes are secret. Nobody thinks this is indefeatable.... but it does the job. People can't just walk in on a whim and trash the place.
Locks can be picked; so should we stop using them? They still do the job.
If someone wants to break into your business... is using a lock "obfuscation"? Do you have a false sense of security? Hell no, you KNOW they could just smash a window. That's why you have an alarm, and insurance.
Does the bank do other stuff? YES, they have alarms, and a vault. The vault has a combination.. does that make it security through obscurity, and hence, designed by idiots? What other method should they use?
Disassemble the lock? where does it say that? All you do is try a few keys and file them down.
This is not even really lock picking. It doesn't require the same skill.
Lock picking will get you in a door.
This will get you a key to anywhere in the building.
Because you are using a copy of a key that works in that particular door. Master heights for each pin are usually higher than each individual door key uses... it's like taking a key that works, and then extending each section to find out how high you can push each pin and still have it works. As we don't have dynamically adjustable keys... you kind of need a few blanks to play with
Because.. NAT is NOT a solution.. NAT is a hack.
I don't want "one ip address". I want to be able to put all my computers on the internet.. FULLY.
That is what IP was *designed* for. The idea was that anyone could get unique address space, even if your network wasn't connected to anyone else.. so one day you could do so.
We need more public IP address space, not less.
Nevermind all the other uses for ssl certificates.. if you are referring to secure web sites, which you probably are, the reason we don't all make our own is because the browsers will whine about not recognizing the CA.
This is percieved to turn customers off... so you pay up so things are smooth.
That is the real reason.
If you are talking about certs for vpn stuff, etc.. there is no reason to go with verisign or anyone else.. by all means, make your own. All you need is openssl.
Uhh...
yeah.
I shaddup now.
They were nuts because it could (perhaps did) massively hurt the sales of their rather expensive dual-mode modems.
Of course, that's what tends to happen when your pricing model is based on artificial differences.
No.. as long as you didn't pretend it was a 9700. You have the right to re-sell it however you want.
However.. that doesn't mean that ATI won't find some bullshit reason to sue you and throw confusion on the whole issue to make you look like a bad guy. (presuming you are in America, where this kind of things is all so common)
Remember when US Robotics had a fit becase they were selling their Dual Standard modems at twice the price of their Sporster (single standard), yet using the same board/chipset? Someone published an init string that would enable dual mode on the sporster.... and ATI had a fit, trying to say it was copyrigh violation, illegal, etcetera.
Umm.. no
You need a license to watch television, specifically.. due to state-funded bbc.
You do not need a license to have a radio receiver in general.