I've heard that if ones digital photos are good enough, many clerks will refuse to print them on the slim chance that the photos were taken by a professional with a penchant for launching copyright infringement suits.
A semi-illegal act is an act that, if brought to the attention of the police or the district attorney, would result in ones attorney racking up some billable hours.
a cd player does need an accurate clock, so not every tweak can be dismissed out of hand.. However, many of these designs seem to be taken from the turntable crowd, where claims such as
are not all that far removed from reality. An idiot could understand. The needle vibrates in response to a sound. Outside vibrations add noise to the signal. If the record is too slow, or too fast, the pitch of the sound is off. As soon as you enter the digital realm, those simple minded concepts about vibrations make less of a difference, and an audiophile needs to know about digital signal theory to make smart buying decisions. IIRC Gibbs Phenonemon is the latest evil to be recognized by vinylphiles.
Re:IP will give these no advantage at all.
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LC265i-IP ($1450 each) = LC265i ($650) + 200 WPC amplifier + IP addressing. LC80i-IP ($600 each ) = LC80i ($400) + 100 WPC amplifier + IP addressing
The speakers aren't terribly inexpensive, and one could argue that the geek premium isn't that high.
You cannot notice a 20ms delay. Repeat. You cannot notice a 20ms delay. You are either deluded or an outright liar if you claim you can.
And so the man with one ear speaks.
I have two ears, and my brain uses millisecond differences to provide me with a "three dimensional" model of my auditory environment. It's a pretty neat mutation.
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On some cables, the arrows do (allegedly) serve a purpose. If a pre-amp and a subwoofer are both grounded, a distinctive, quite audible 60 Hz hum can be heard. Supposedly, the arrow laden cable is only grounded at one end (the pre-out), breaking the ground loop
Perhaps your cable box has a IEEE1394 port. If so, you might be able to record the digital signal using VirtualDVHS
Re:DRM primarily for HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players.
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I have a old atsc (a samsung SIR-T165) tuner that uses plaintext DVI. It also has a built in scaler--you can plug in a dvd player, vcr, etc, and it will scale the video up to 1080i or 720p. The scaler function requires HDCP.
Later incarnations of the tuner seem to require HDCP displays. I suppose it's all part of samsung's plan to comply with the broadcast flag requirements. Although it may be cheaper, and certainly less craven to buy a display that doesn't implement HDCP, locating consumer electronics capable of sending a plaintext DVI signal is a difficult and time-consuming task. Many companies have already switched to HDMI, which usually implies encryption.
On a different note, the key exchange algorithm used by HDCP over DVI is flawed. Do those flaws extend to HDMI?
Google is thinking like a search engine company. Every day, it copies the material of millions of copyrighted web pages into its servers and uses that material to respond to search queries. generally, the web is grateful for this service, though the jealous type can used robots.txt to reassert his or her exclusive rights. Similarly, the distributers of dead trees can opt out of the program...
Perhaps cnet wasn't the best place to obtain news about this lawsuit. From the article:
Google did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the lawsuit. (Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story.)
Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., said in a statement that it respects copyright.
"We regret that this group has chosen litigation to try to stop a program that will make books and the information within them more discoverable to the world," the company said.
It said authors and publishers can exclude books from the program if they don't want their material included.
Google has said it offers protections to copyright holders by limiting users of books covered by copyrights to bibliographic information and a few sentences of text.
The company also has said it will direct readers who want more to booksellers and libraries.
Wait a minute. The intensity of an Atlantic hurricane season shouldn't be measured by number of strikes on the Us mainland, but by the numbers of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes in the entire Atlantic basin.
No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion-- or even good business. Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
But FDR was probably well aware that he was quoting Franklin,, who in 1759, printed a An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. with this adage:
Those who would give up ESSENTIAL LIBERTY to purchase a little TEMPORARY SAFETY, deserve neither LIBERTY nor SAFETY
But Franklin was quoting a November 11, 1755 letter from the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor of that colony. It is possible that he drafted portions of that letter-- he did serve in the Assembly.
The CNN article (actually Reuters, but hey...) refers to "Wednesday's issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research." So, going back to google, one discovers that abstracts from the JGR are available...
Statistical trend analyses have been performed for monthly zonal average total ozone data from both TOMS and SBUV satellite sources and ground-based instruments over the period 1978-2002 for detection of a "turnaround" in the previous downward trend behavior and hence evidence for the beginning of an ozone recovery. Since other climatic and geophysical changes can impact ozone behavior and can influence the detection of turnaround and recovery, we also focus on accounting for ozone variations that may be ascribed to various physical and chemical influences. Thus we include in the statistical trend modeling and analysis the effects of various dynamical and circulation variations in the atmosphere, including those associated with the quasibiennial oscillation (QBO), Arctic Oscillation (AO) and Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), and Eliassen-Palm (EP) flux influences, as well as influences of solar cycle. A notable result of the analysis is that for latitude zones of 40 and above in both hemispheres, large positive and significant estimates of a change in trend (since 1996) are obtained (on the order of 1.5 to 3 DU per year). The dynamic index series, AO/AAO and EP flux, are found to have a substantial influence on total ozone for these higher latitudes, and significant influences of lesser magnitude are also found for lower latitudes. The feature of positive significant change in trend in total ozone over recent years, however, is obtained both without and with the dynamical index terms included in the statistical models.
In today's modern industrial society, corporations have the freedom to restructure their corporate operations unfettered by such obsolete, quaint notions as labor unions or national borders. But can today's lean, muscular engines of economic opportunity lay off workers with the assurance that their trade secrets will be protected? Will HR consultants be able to utilize the synergistic interplay between noncompete clauses and pink slips? Or will meddling nation-states intervene, citing old-fashioned notions of "justice"?
If f I'm misinformed, I'm not alone. Regardless of which exactly which formulas were used on which flights, we know that there are better formulas and we choose not to use them despite knowing how critical this is to a safe mission. Your facts have the stench of butt-covering and obviscation trying to deflect from the core fact that freon based foams should have been used when it was known they had suppior characteristics.
1. BX 250 is blown with freon. BX-265 is blown with an HCFC substitute. 2. For Colombia's final mission, SST-107, NASA used an older tank in its inventory, ET-93. 3. The fabricators of ET-93 used BX-250 to insulate a number of components, including the bipod ramps. 4. BX-265 was not used on ET-93. 5. Foam from the bipod ramp is believed to have been shed, and it is this foam that hit the orbiter's wing.
The "better" foam was used. Your core facts are stale lies promulgated by conspiracy theorists, polluters, and objectivists. Perhaps you also believe that Greenpeace terrorists planted bombs on the French naval vessel Guerrier D'Arc-en-ciel in a delusional attempt to steal atomic weapons.
I believe your original comment was:
It was the switch to foam that isn't manufactured with freon in 1999 that led to the Columbia tragedy. NASA knew that the new foam shed more than the old foam but ignored the problem.
Yet in a desperate attempt to save your polemic, you cited
If we are not prepared to take bold, calculated risks, this brings hazards of its own. For example, the detachment of a lump of insulation foam that imperilled Discovery's latest mission has been connected to the fact that NASA has changed its foam formula
Now assuming that the recent discovery mission was imperiled by a HCFC based foam, then we know one thing:
NASA foam formulations shed. Switching from one blowing agent to another does not change the fact that they shed.. Shedding can cost lives.
It was the switch to foam that isn't manufactured with freon in 1999 that led to the Columbia tragedy. NASA knew that the new foam shed more than the old foam but ignored the problem Please, do a little research. Learn the difference between BX-250 and BX-265. Discover for yourself what foam compound was used for ET-93. Here. Maybe this will help...
Monster SUV's, idling in traffic. One would hope that the drivers are not trying their hands at knitting when they should be focusing on all the other road denizens.
so, what are the security implications of this thing? Can you trust the host machine not to record things that you might want to keep private? Or is the task of modifying VMware just too daunting?
Since it is possible that the user may lose his SoulPad, we encrypt sensitive data on the SoulPad, namely the virtual machine state using the AES128 block cipher.
It's sort of an updated version of the original Next concept, in which users would store everything on a removable drive. If one had to use a different NextCube, one would simply pop in the disc, and boot into one's usual operating environment, with all the personalized software, user settings and so on. Allegedly, it didn't work so well, as the drive was a bit slow.
And of course, one had to wait for the machine to boot up. The soulpad scheme allows users to suspend and resume the virtual machine at will, so moving from one machine to another does not entail a reboot.
Ultima IV was considered one of the most revolutionary computer games of its day. Before "Quest of the Avatar", most of the genre was made up of "kill the monster, gain a level, and go out and kill some more." Garriott attempted to add role-playing to the mix, and he largely succeeded, given memory limitations.
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I've heard that if ones digital photos are good enough, many clerks will refuse to print them on the slim chance that the photos were taken by a professional with a penchant for launching copyright infringement suits.
Try this definition on for size.
A semi-illegal act is an act that, if brought to the attention of the police or the district attorney, would result in ones attorney racking up some billable hours.
are not all that far removed from reality. An idiot could understand. The needle vibrates in response to a sound. Outside vibrations add noise to the signal. If the record is too slow, or too fast, the pitch of the sound is off. As soon as you enter the digital realm, those simple minded concepts about vibrations make less of a difference, and an audiophile needs to know about digital signal theory to make smart buying decisions. IIRC Gibbs Phenonemon is the latest evil to be recognized by vinylphiles.
LC265i-IP ($1450 each) = LC265i ($650) + 200 WPC amplifier + IP addressing.
LC80i-IP ($600 each ) = LC80i ($400) + 100 WPC amplifier + IP addressing
The speakers aren't terribly inexpensive, and one could argue that the geek premium isn't that high.
Why the bias against in-wall speakers?
You cannot notice a 20ms delay. Repeat. You cannot notice a 20ms delay. You are either deluded or an outright liar if you claim you can.
And so the man with one ear speaks.
I have two ears, and my brain uses millisecond differences to provide me with a "three dimensional" model of my auditory environment. It's a pretty neat mutation.
On some cables, the arrows do (allegedly) serve a purpose. If a pre-amp and a subwoofer are both grounded, a distinctive, quite audible 60 Hz hum can be heard. Supposedly, the arrow laden cable is only grounded at one end (the pre-out), breaking the ground loop
Perhaps your cable box has a IEEE1394 port. If so, you might be able to record the digital signal using VirtualDVHS
I have a old atsc (a samsung SIR-T165) tuner that uses plaintext DVI. It also has a built in scaler--you can plug in a dvd player, vcr, etc, and it will scale the video up to 1080i or 720p. The scaler function requires HDCP.
Later incarnations of the tuner seem to require HDCP displays. I suppose it's all part of samsung's plan to comply with the broadcast flag requirements.
Although it may be cheaper, and certainly less craven to buy a display that doesn't implement HDCP, locating consumer electronics capable of sending a plaintext DVI signal is a difficult and time-consuming task. Many companies have already switched to HDMI, which usually implies encryption.
On a different note, the key exchange algorithm used by HDCP over DVI is flawed. Do those flaws extend to HDMI?
Google is thinking like a search engine company. Every day, it copies the material of millions of copyrighted web pages into its servers and uses that material to respond to search queries. generally, the web is grateful for this service, though the jealous type can used robots.txt to reassert his or her exclusive rights. Similarly, the distributers of dead trees can opt out of the program...
Google did talk to the associated press, however.
Wait a minute. The intensity of an Atlantic hurricane season shouldn't be measured by number of strikes on the Us mainland, but by the numbers of named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes in the entire Atlantic basin.
Webster et al. 2005. Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment. Science 309:1844-1846. (full text pdf)
What freedom of speech? Singapore has a fucking sedition act. They've already gone too far.
But FDR was probably well aware that he was quoting Franklin,, who in 1759, printed a An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. with this adage: (emphasis in original) source
But Franklin was quoting a November 11, 1755 letter from the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor of that colony. It is possible that he drafted portions of that letter-- he did serve in the Assembly.
Of course, you will have to use Internet Explorer, as there will be checks to disable Firefox, Opera, and the like...
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The bbc article, unfortunately, is a bit harder to track down...
Sandy Peterson who designed Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu, also worked for id Software
In today's modern industrial society, corporations have the freedom to restructure their corporate operations unfettered by such obsolete, quaint notions as labor unions or national borders. But can today's lean, muscular engines of economic opportunity lay off workers with the assurance that their trade secrets will be protected? Will HR consultants be able to utilize the synergistic interplay between noncompete clauses and pink slips? Or will meddling nation-states intervene, citing old-fashioned notions of "justice"?
1. BX 250 is blown with freon. BX-265 is blown with an HCFC substitute.
2. For Colombia's final mission, SST-107, NASA used an older tank in its inventory, ET-93.
3. The fabricators of ET-93 used BX-250 to insulate a number of components, including the bipod ramps.
4. BX-265 was not used on ET-93.
5. Foam from the bipod ramp is believed to have been shed, and it is this foam that hit the orbiter's wing.
The "better" foam was used. Your core facts are stale lies promulgated by conspiracy theorists, polluters, and objectivists. Perhaps you also believe that Greenpeace terrorists planted bombs on the French naval vessel Guerrier D'Arc-en-ciel in a delusional attempt to steal atomic weapons.
I believe your original comment was:
Yet in a desperate attempt to save your polemic, you cited
Now assuming that the recent discovery mission was imperiled by a HCFC based foam, then we know one thing:
NASA foam formulations shed. Switching from one blowing agent to another does not change the fact that they shed.. Shedding can cost lives.
It was the switch to foam that isn't manufactured with freon in 1999 that led to the Columbia tragedy. NASA knew that the new foam shed more than the old foam but ignored the problem
Please, do a little research.
Learn the difference between BX-250 and BX-265. Discover for yourself what foam compound was used for ET-93.
Here. Maybe this will help...
Monster SUV's, idling in traffic. One would hope that the drivers are not trying their hands at knitting when they should be focusing on all the other road denizens.
so, what are the security implications of this thing? Can you trust the host machine not to record things that you might want to keep private? Or is the task of modifying VMware just too daunting?
source
It's sort of an updated version of the original Next concept, in which users would store everything on a removable drive. If one had to use a different NextCube, one would simply pop in the disc, and boot into one's usual operating environment, with all the personalized software, user settings and so on. Allegedly, it didn't work so well, as the drive was a bit slow.
And of course, one had to wait for the machine to boot up. The soulpad scheme allows users to suspend and resume the virtual machine at will, so moving from one machine to another does not entail a reboot.
You find it inferior to iv?
What are you talking about?
Ultima IV was considered one of the most revolutionary computer games of its day. Before "Quest of the Avatar", most of the genre was made up of "kill the monster, gain a level, and go out and kill some more." Garriott attempted to add role-playing to the mix, and he largely succeeded, given memory limitations.