Is it just me, or does monitoring pollution by dumping large amounts of microscopic robots into the pollution seem really rediculous? What happens if a person consumes these robots? What happens to animals if it turns out that these robots build up in some part of their body?
This is fascinating, but I'd prefer to see these studies being done in tanks, not in the ocean. This smells a lot like somebody solving a problem by creating a different one.
Actually AES/EBU also use different signal levels (3 to 10 volts for AES/EBU, 0.5 to 1 volt for S/PDIF), AES/EBU has different subcode data formats, and AES/EBU has a maximum resolution of 24 bits, whereas S/PDIF has 20 bit maximum resolution, though there are four undefined bits which can be used for audio, though that's not neccessary.
S/PDIF is also capable of carring datastreams containing multichannel sound in MPEG2, AC3 and DTS formats. S/PDIF has a bit which indicates whether the payload is digital audio, or something else. This is how your receiver knows not to try to play back that audio feed from your DVD player without decoding it.
There actually is a S/PDIF format which is identical to AES/EBU other than the media, but this is not what is included with consumer equipment.
Additionally, the professional format of AES/EBU and S/PDIF does not carry track marks, which consumer S/PDIF does.
Those protection bits are in S/PDIF as well as AES/EBU, it's called SCMS (Serial Copy Management System). It can be set to allow unlimited generations of copies (00), one generation of copies (11), or no copies whatsoever (10).
You're correct, pro equipment generally lets you set it however you want regardless of the source, which is actually fairly appropriate. After all, there's not a huge market for things like $1000 standalone 1x cd burners, or $1500 DAT drives. People who own these things tend to actually have a legitimate need to have control over those bits.
Though you're also correct that you can buy relatively inexpensive format convertors ($250 or so), that also offer SMCS management, which could be used to defeat the copy protection... or to fix the bits on the demo tape you made, to allow people to distribute it freely.
What does this do? give me the ability to pause live mp3?
I really don't understand why real has deals on the playstation2 and the tivo... last I checked people don't use either of them for listening to badly-encoded audio or video.
The problem is that you're trying to use a DreamCast as a PC replacement, and it's not one. The fact that it boots NetBSD doesn't change this, my toaster boots NetBSD and it's not a PC either. Cheap PCs are readily available from many many vendors.
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This is not a troll, the damned thing looks like a plastic tit with a flat panel attached. It's a reasonably cool machine in a ludicrously gay housing.
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that'd be retarded. fatalities per mile is what you really want.
Airplanes have 0.7 deaths per 100 million aircraft miles.
Cars have 1.7 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles.
What the fuck are you talking about? There was no ego dissolved, the article specifically notes that Romero didn't have the inflated ego that "whiny little bitches" such as yourself imagined.
"People" like you are the reason Ion Storm is gone, despite making Deus Ex, which is a fucking cool game, and Daikatana which isn't nearly so bad as everybody likes to pretend. If I heard somebody talking about "Meiken" I'd think they were talking about their boyfriend named Ken. Daikatana at least sounds like something where I kill shit with a sword.
Congratulations on proving that slashdroids would rather read useless nitpicking than engage in useful, interesting or constructive behavior.
Millions of Americans chose not to accept homosexuality as a healthy lifestyle to be promoting to their children and should have the final say when their dollars, not tax revenues are used to fund an organization, not the courts.
I agree... now how do I make sure that you never get any of my money indirectly again, you fucking prick?
And what about those of us who have resumes like mine? I started my career with a year at a company which no longer exists. I then moved and spent 2 and a half years at a company which has about 30% of the employees it had a year ago to date, and right now I have about 4 months (and counting) at a company which hopefully will continue to exist, but I wouldn't be shocked if we were gone in a year.
In no case was I related to the demise of the company, I've just been smart and lucky enough to see when the end is near, and to find another opportunity.
Just a note, if they do fire you for such reasons, you have a very good legal case as long as you aren't leaving out large portions of the story. Employment at-will is a myth. If they fuck you, fuck them harder, and do it with a sharp object.
The MOTU just does I/O on the computer, and no, it doesn't work with Linux. Works great with MacOS though! The Apogee is just a single-unit ADC and DAC, you need to do something with the output of it, and something to give it input.
yo fuckwit. runco really does make incredibly dope monitors. Of course they tend to cost a dollar or two. There's no possible way to fuck up a Runco or Vidikron demo though, just won't happen, the products are way too fucking good.
This is absolutely unacceptable, am I going to have to carry USD to buy hookers and drugs while in Europe now?
Seriously though, does the government need to know that I spent the hundred euro note that I got from the bank at the widget store or whatever? Refuckindiculous. I guess those who want privacy will have to switch to prepaid visa cards, purchased with the change made from a fairly anonymous purchase (use a 500 euro note to buy some donuts or something?)
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This is fascinating, but I'd prefer to see these studies being done in tanks, not in the ocean. This smells a lot like somebody solving a problem by creating a different one.
S/PDIF is also capable of carring datastreams containing multichannel sound in MPEG2, AC3 and DTS formats. S/PDIF has a bit which indicates whether the payload is digital audio, or something else. This is how your receiver knows not to try to play back that audio feed from your DVD player without decoding it.
There actually is a S/PDIF format which is identical to AES/EBU other than the media, but this is not what is included with consumer equipment.
Additionally, the professional format of AES/EBU and S/PDIF does not carry track marks, which consumer S/PDIF does.
It's a pipe dream today, but tomorrow it could be reality!
You're correct, pro equipment generally lets you set it however you want regardless of the source, which is actually fairly appropriate. After all, there's not a huge market for things like $1000 standalone 1x cd burners, or $1500 DAT drives. People who own these things tend to actually have a legitimate need to have control over those bits.
Though you're also correct that you can buy relatively inexpensive format convertors ($250 or so), that also offer SMCS management, which could be used to defeat the copy protection... or to fix the bits on the demo tape you made, to allow people to distribute it freely.
The conspiracy must be uncovered!
I really don't understand why real has deals on the playstation2 and the tivo... last I checked people don't use either of them for listening to badly-encoded audio or video.
The problem is that you're trying to use a DreamCast as a PC replacement, and it's not one. The fact that it boots NetBSD doesn't change this, my toaster boots NetBSD and it's not a PC either. Cheap PCs are readily available from many many vendors.
This is not a troll, the damned thing looks like a plastic tit with a flat panel attached. It's a reasonably cool machine in a ludicrously gay housing.
Airplanes have 0.7 deaths per 100 million aircraft miles.
Cars have 1.7 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles.
"People" like you are the reason Ion Storm is gone, despite making Deus Ex, which is a fucking cool game, and Daikatana which isn't nearly so bad as everybody likes to pretend. If I heard somebody talking about "Meiken" I'd think they were talking about their boyfriend named Ken. Daikatana at least sounds like something where I kill shit with a sword.
Congratulations on proving that slashdroids would rather read useless nitpicking than engage in useful, interesting or constructive behavior.
This will work wonderfully other than the lack of adaquate RAM, a fast hard drive interface, a powerful CPU, an operating system and DV applications.
You can bet that if you ask for anything from Microsoft, they'll give it to you.... without lubrication either.
Who the fuck said I never finished anything? I have lots of things I finished before I had to change jobs.
In no case was I related to the demise of the company, I've just been smart and lucky enough to see when the end is near, and to find another opportunity.
I have no trouble believing either of the last two possibilities, but last I checked, intelligence applied intelligently is an asset.
Just a note, if they do fire you for such reasons, you have a very good legal case as long as you aren't leaving out large portions of the story. Employment at-will is a myth. If they fuck you, fuck them harder, and do it with a sharp object.
The MOTU just does I/O on the computer, and no, it doesn't work with Linux. Works great with MacOS though! The Apogee is just a single-unit ADC and DAC, you need to do something with the output of it, and something to give it input.
D->A->D works fine with the combination of my MOTU 2408 and my Apogee PSX-100.
yo fuckwit. runco really does make incredibly dope monitors. Of course they tend to cost a dollar or two. There's no possible way to fuck up a Runco or Vidikron demo though, just won't happen, the products are way too fucking good.
Now I finally have a use for that $20 that great-aunt Esther sent me! And to think, I was planning to buy a tank of gas with it...
Seriously though, does the government need to know that I spent the hundred euro note that I got from the bank at the widget store or whatever? Refuckindiculous. I guess those who want privacy will have to switch to prepaid visa cards, purchased with the change made from a fairly anonymous purchase (use a 500 euro note to buy some donuts or something?)
You don't come off as irate; you come off as a fucking retard.