that's exactly what you shouldn't do. converting an mp3 to wav doesn't fix mp3's artifacts. You don't get the original CD-quality waveform back. you are basically going from mp3 to ogg
The free market is not a conscious entity. If ever there was an underlying philosophy to the US in general, it's this odd idea that The Market is somehow this all-knowing, all-seeing entity that does What Is Best For Everyone. I don't have the proper background to expound expertly, but it seems to me that relying on The Market to decide everything inevitably benefits those who benefit most from capitalism -- the rich. Ok, so having the government decide what is best for everyone doesn't have a great record in history. For one thing, its motive is profit, nothing more. Is profit really the best measure of a society?
Closer to this example, it bears pointing out that the recording industry has a monopoly on music distribution anyway, and they prices they charge and the restrictions they impose are not those of a natural system. When the artists themselves are restrained from distributing their music how they see fit, is the Great Free Market really fulfilling its function?
this is like saying that when you buy games from Loki you have to buy from Loki, and you can't run them in windows. How is this any different from buying a windows game that doesn't work in linux?
You know ICANN took all this time to mull over new top-level domains, why don't they add ".sucks"? They could stipulate that no one owning a copyright for a name could buy the.sucks domain, and then all of the webmasters with grudges would have their own little playground to make fun of companies. Because all of the domains end in.sucks, they could not be "confusingly similar" to the original since everyone would know what the purpose of the.sucks domain is.
then this guy could buy vivendiuniversal.sucks, and everyone would be happy.
I just watched it, and frankly it wasn't much more or less cheesy than the Food Network version. I'd watch it regularly, sure. The only bad point is that they based it more on the American dubbed import than the original Japanese, down to the delivery style of the dubbing actors. Remember the announcers have to focus on the basics of the show for people who haven't seen it before, so of course they are going to ask pretty stupid questions.
I now get a lot of the tv I watch online. I get anime fansubs from private ftps, and I download Enterprise epsiodes from newsgroups. Is there any place I can get Iron Chef episodes? My cable has the WORST LINEUP EVER (no cartoon network, no news except cnn, no food channel, comedy central from 6p-6a only) so I can't get the dubbed version. It would be cool if someone out there was capping iron chef and fansubbing them, but I'll settle for food network versions. Ideas? offers?
When I had Charter@home cablemodem (in madison, wi) I could not get dhcp to work with linux or my netgear router. It did, however, work with windows. I have a feeling it was asking for samba information of some sort, but none of my poking and tweaking could get it to work. My solution was to simply force the ip to what the dhcp server gave me, and copy all of the other info manually. It worked, and the ip never changed on me.
or perhaps the unix client could actually display the ad, and then tell AOL that they are still getting their revenue. This way AOL can't say "they're stealing our money, we can lock them out." Naturally someone would release an unofficial patch to block the ads, but as long as the primary project kept them in we can keep AOL happy.
There used to be software called Pointix (for windows) that allowed you to navigate easily by making more unique gestures. With mozilla you have to click and drag, but with pointix you could make a counter-clockwise circle-motion with the mouse, and it would interpret that as "back." As long as you don't make idle circular motions with the mouse it worked wonderfully. I'd like to see those gestures incoporated into this project.
(the full list of gestures: clockwise circle, counterclockwise circle, quick side-to-side motion, quick forward-back motion)
well as long as they set up a 3g tower there, otherwise you'd just be saying: "but normally, you get like video!!!!" "I don't see anything." "But you _would_ in Tokyo, and look! the internet!" "I still don't see anything."
the encore Action channel also shows lots of anime, sometimes subtitled, always uncut. They also play three or four episodes in a row, and don't have any ads. This is usually a digital cable-only channel, but it's worth the money.
the video won't play on my linux machine: "Warning: picture block before sequence header block". I think it's one of those "broken but the player can work around it" files. Unfortunately smpeg prefers files that are near-flawless.
Along the left side of my screen are launchers for my most often-used programs. Thanks to badgering of programmers on my part they respond to edge-clicks, making them easy targets.
The top of my screen has hacked versions of the deskguide and tasklist which also respond to edge-clicks. Thus, I can switch desktops and windows quite quickly with the mouse
I have a transparent terminal for when I need it. The large panel on the bottom is auto-hide. The applets there are too big to fit on a 24 pixel panel. Brak is there for dancing to music.
I don't believe the Keyboard is God, I think my setup is quite efficient, pleasant to look at, and very functional.
why not look at the several threads on mozillazine.org which document the distortions of fact and pure speculation on the part of mozilla quest? Various errors include misinterpretation of bug statistics, misconstruing the meaning of projected release dates, and a uniformly unequivically negative opinion of everything mozilla. Mozilla Quest has a bad reputation because its view is extremely contrary to the opinions and experiences of users and programmers of mozilla. While it could be that MQ is right and everyone else is wrong, most people have concluded that MQ is not a valid source for mozilla information.
Again, please refer to mozillazine archives for in depth discussion.
1) the UI is totally themeable. Of course linux has had this for a long time, but this is a definite improvment.
2) Of course it requires an upgrade. New versions of windows are not meant to run on legacy hardware. a new 1300$ computer gets you a 1GHz machine with all the fixins. When was the last time a major system upgrade came out that _didn't_ slightly newer hardware? You can say "linux 2.2 -> 2.4" all you want, but that's not comparable. I tried to look up redhat 6 and redhat 7 specs, but they don't list them. My guess is, they went up.
3) you forget to mention that XP is based on the NT kernel, but with the hardware / game support of the 98 base. Every anecdote I've read online says that for the average 98 user, XP is a godsend. It doesn't crash nearly as much. MS has finally ditched DOS, and this is a good thing. Is it as stable as linux? probably not. But an improvement over 98 is an improvement.
4)Windows ME has been panned by lots and lots of people. Everyone knew it was a stupid service pak with a price tag. It sucks.
With that said, I won't be buying XP. I use linux fulltime, with a rare trip to NT 4 for video editing (old card / old drivers). I have 98 sitting around for the rare quicktime file and games, but otherwise... I can't justify the upgrade price. A bunch of overmodded uninformed trolling isn't going to do any good, however.
I would think of paying because I want them to stay in business. Sure, I could pay 50 cents and take every single newspaper out of the dispenser, but I don't because I'm not an asshole. Likewise, just because you _can_ get rid of ads with various programs doesn't mean you should. Why not support a service you enjoy? I'm tired of all my favorite sites dying because they don't have any money, we don't need people like you making things worse
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the point is there's no point in reencoding an mp3 to another codec, resulting in a worse file at a higher bitrate
that's exactly what you shouldn't do. converting an mp3 to wav doesn't fix mp3's artifacts. You don't get the original CD-quality waveform back. you are basically going from mp3 to ogg
"our free market system will let them"
The free market is not a conscious entity. If ever there was an underlying philosophy to the US in general, it's this odd idea that The Market is somehow this all-knowing, all-seeing entity that does What Is Best For Everyone. I don't have the proper background to expound expertly, but it seems to me that relying on The Market to decide everything inevitably benefits those who benefit most from capitalism -- the rich. Ok, so having the government decide what is best for everyone doesn't have a great record in history. For one thing, its motive is profit, nothing more. Is profit really the best measure of a society?
Closer to this example, it bears pointing out that the recording industry has a monopoly on music distribution anyway, and they prices they charge and the restrictions they impose are not those of a natural system. When the artists themselves are restrained from distributing their music how they see fit, is the Great Free Market really fulfilling its function?
he claims he's not doing the spamming. uh huh.
this is like saying that when you buy games from Loki you have to buy from Loki, and you can't run them in windows. How is this any different from buying a windows game that doesn't work in linux?
Graeme was hired by id software a while ago, over a year at least, maybe longer.
as opposed to the microsoft equivalent. 1$ billion dollar's worth of OSes and software products.
Penguins: BEST GAME EVAR
You know ICANN took all this time to mull over new top-level domains, why don't they add ".sucks"? They could stipulate that no one owning a copyright for a name could buy the .sucks domain, and then all of the webmasters with grudges would have their own little playground to make fun of companies. Because all of the domains end in .sucks, they could not be "confusingly similar" to the original since everyone would know what the purpose of the .sucks domain is.
then this guy could buy vivendiuniversal.sucks, and everyone would be happy.
I just watched it, and frankly it wasn't much more or less cheesy than the Food Network version. I'd watch it regularly, sure. The only bad point is that they based it more on the American dubbed import than the original Japanese, down to the delivery style of the dubbing actors. Remember the announcers have to focus on the basics of the show for people who haven't seen it before, so of course they are going to ask pretty stupid questions.
I now get a lot of the tv I watch online. I get anime fansubs from private ftps, and I download Enterprise epsiodes from newsgroups. Is there any place I can get Iron Chef episodes? My cable has the WORST LINEUP EVER (no cartoon network, no news except cnn, no food channel, comedy central from 6p-6a only) so I can't get the dubbed version. It would be cool if someone out there was capping iron chef and fansubbing them, but I'll settle for food network versions. Ideas? offers?
When I had Charter@home cablemodem (in madison, wi) I could not get dhcp to work with linux or my netgear router. It did, however, work with windows. I have a feeling it was asking for samba information of some sort, but none of my poking and tweaking could get it to work. My solution was to simply force the ip to what the dhcp server gave me, and copy all of the other info manually. It worked, and the ip never changed on me.
can we mod this down, it's covered extensively on his site and elsewhere.
or perhaps the unix client could actually display the ad, and then tell AOL that they are still getting their revenue. This way AOL can't say "they're stealing our money, we can lock them out." Naturally someone would release an unofficial patch to block the ads, but as long as the primary project kept them in we can keep AOL happy.
There used to be software called Pointix (for windows) that allowed you to navigate easily by making more unique gestures. With mozilla you have to click and drag, but with pointix you could make a counter-clockwise circle-motion with the mouse, and it would interpret that as "back." As long as you don't make idle circular motions with the mouse it worked wonderfully. I'd like to see those gestures incoporated into this project.
(the full list of gestures: clockwise circle, counterclockwise circle, quick side-to-side motion, quick forward-back motion)
well as long as they set up a 3g tower there, otherwise you'd just be saying: "but normally, you get like video!!!!" "I don't see anything." "But you _would_ in Tokyo, and look! the internet!" "I still don't see anything."
the encore Action channel also shows lots of anime, sometimes subtitled, always uncut. They also play three or four episodes in a row, and don't have any ads. This is usually a digital cable-only channel, but it's worth the money.
the video won't play on my linux machine: "Warning: picture block before sequence header block". I think it's one of those "broken but the player can work around it" files. Unfortunately smpeg prefers files that are near-flawless.
figz.com, the gdancer plugin
my desktop.
Along the left side of my screen are launchers for my most often-used programs. Thanks to badgering of programmers on my part they respond to edge-clicks, making them easy targets.
The top of my screen has hacked versions of the deskguide and tasklist which also respond to edge-clicks. Thus, I can switch desktops and windows quite quickly with the mouse
I have a transparent terminal for when I need it. The large panel on the bottom is auto-hide. The applets there are too big to fit on a 24 pixel panel. Brak is there for dancing to music.
I don't believe the Keyboard is God, I think my setup is quite efficient, pleasant to look at, and very functional.
To borrow and alter a slogan (I don't believe in the original btw): Fear the company that fears your PC. This type of crap is only going to get worse.
why not look at the several threads on mozillazine.org which document the distortions of fact and pure speculation on the part of mozilla quest? Various errors include misinterpretation of bug statistics, misconstruing the meaning of projected release dates, and a uniformly unequivically negative opinion of everything mozilla. Mozilla Quest has a bad reputation because its view is extremely contrary to the opinions and experiences of users and programmers of mozilla. While it could be that MQ is right and everyone else is wrong, most people have concluded that MQ is not a valid source for mozilla information.
Again, please refer to mozillazine archives for in depth discussion.
much of this is flat out not true.
1) the UI is totally themeable. Of course linux has had this for a long time, but this is a definite improvment.
2) Of course it requires an upgrade. New versions of windows are not meant to run on legacy hardware. a new 1300$ computer gets you a 1GHz machine with all the fixins. When was the last time a major system upgrade came out that _didn't_ slightly newer hardware? You can say "linux 2.2 -> 2.4" all you want, but that's not comparable. I tried to look up redhat 6 and redhat 7 specs, but they don't list them. My guess is, they went up.
3) you forget to mention that XP is based on the NT kernel, but with the hardware / game support of the 98 base. Every anecdote I've read online says that for the average 98 user, XP is a godsend. It doesn't crash nearly as much. MS has finally ditched DOS, and this is a good thing. Is it as stable as linux? probably not. But an improvement over 98 is an improvement.
4)Windows ME has been panned by lots and lots of people. Everyone knew it was a stupid service pak with a price tag. It sucks.
With that said, I won't be buying XP. I use linux fulltime, with a rare trip to NT 4 for video editing (old card / old drivers). I have 98 sitting around for the rare quicktime file and games, but otherwise... I can't justify the upgrade price. A bunch of overmodded uninformed trolling isn't going to do any good, however.
I would think of paying because I want them to stay in business. Sure, I could pay 50 cents and take every single newspaper out of the dispenser, but I don't because I'm not an asshole. Likewise, just because you _can_ get rid of ads with various programs doesn't mean you should. Why not support a service you enjoy? I'm tired of all my favorite sites dying because they don't have any money, we don't need people like you making things worse
I had a feeling I didn't have the definition quite right, thanks for the correction.