My guess is that the software computes a spectrum (using short-time FT or Wavelets, or some other method), looks for harmonic patterns in the lower frequencies (which tend to be attenuated less by lossy compression techniques), and thus regenerates high frequency data to fill in the attenuated harmonics. Audiophiles are probably NOT going to like the results (as well as being philosphically opposed; by its nature it trades one type of harmonic distortion for another), and non-audiophiles will be mostly indifferent, IMHO.
Still, I'd like to listen to the results on some good monitors...
use/dev/shm (or/shm, or something else), instead of/var/shm./var/shm could confuse utilities that don't expect a virtual filesystem in/var (discussed heavily on linux-kernel).
Python has a "tabnanny" feature which helps make sure that tabs and spaces aren't mixed ambiguously. A decent editor (like Vim or Emacs) will keep this sorted. You can also specify that tabs are other than 8 spaces (command line or.pythonrc). I've written thousands of lines of Python, for a large application, and this has never been an issue (contrary to what another poster has said, Emacs CAN be reliably used to adjust block indentation; just specify a block and indent, instead of line by line.)
Finally, there are tools provided in the standard distribution to autostrip #} and #{ block identifiers (which the Emacs mode recognizes). So think of the block identifiers as optional. The indentation requirement is not onerous to those who accept it, and is actually a plus.
I find Python to be a very elegant solution for many of my needs (GUI, signal processing, and mathematical exploration), and people in the lab can understand much of my code, without EVER having looked at a Python tutorial or reference (all except the GUI stuff:).
The Sieve of Eratosthenes is nothing like the Number Field Sieve, and is in fact, NOT a factoring method. It is used to find prime numbers (by eliminating all smaller non-primes), but gives no information on factoring. It requires knowledge of how to factor in order to work, and does not scale efficiently to large numbers.
Based on a description in "Algorithms in C" by R. Sedgewick, I implemented a Quicksort (for a class) that used a Bubble sort to finish the last few steps after Quicksort had collated most of the data. A neat exercise, and my Quicksort ended up being among the fastest in the class (and it was faster than the pure Quicksort due to reduction of recursion overhead and partitioning, etc.)
Well, it sounds like it suffers from a maturity problem, but surely it is a nice idea, and could probably benefit from some active use and testing.
However, like I said, the author seems to be out of touch at the moment. I'm personally interested in pursuing additional development on the base code, if the original author is no longer able to.
I sent e-mail to Paul Rademacher months ago with a patch to the GLUI 2.0 beta (which looks VERY nice and promising). The patch allowed it to compile under GCC 2.95.2 (basically fixed some casts and such). Never heard back from him. The beta has been up for quite a while (> 8 months). Does anyone know if he is still supporting/working on it, or if he is still around?
People working on 3D apps should take a look at GLUI, it is a NICE complement to the more traditional GUIs.
Raph's comparisons seems entirely subjective. Comparing such highly compressed images, all blown up, isn't necessarily a fair technique. Try standing back from the monitor a bit (or downsampling the image size) and the results may change. The JPEG 2000 image looks a LOT better than the JPEG under these circumstances (IMO), as the smearing out of error helps, while the softening of hard lines is less noticeable.
Real error image analysis (using l2-norm, or perceptually based models) can be used to give a better "picture" of the type of improvements that JPEG 2000 offers.
It is true that RedHat has their own interests at heart; however, in this case, what is in their interest is also good for the community. RedHat depends on the community for software and other services, and to the extent that the development community loses interest in making Free Software (due to possible legal punishment) their business suffers.
It would be very bad for RedHat if Samba were deemed illegal to distribute (as stated earlier). Furthermore, if DeCSS can win in court, RedHat would be able to VERY happy to distribute a free, open DVD player with the OS (it would be a real coup).
So yes, they are looking after themselves. But they depend on the community more than most businesses (other than as end purchasers), so their actions help protect that community.
It is well known that if one doesn't regularly replace the laser in a CD player, the laser will wear down the grooves, causing your CDs to digitally "skip" and "pop". Occasionally, a really bad laser scratch can be put in your albums from bumping your CD deck, and you will have to go to Radio Shack and get a new laser.
Of course, I only buy the special pro audiophile high-fidelity lasers, with the diamond focus, because I can really hear the difference. NEVER let your kids play with your laser, or they may bend or dull the tip.
A simple and effective strategy, although I don't exactly want to have to put this in the work machine's/etc/hosts (due to ultra-sensitive environment). Perhaps w/ a comment it is okay...
Thanks for the response; lack of sleep probably kept me from reaching same conclusion, but I WILL read the Network HOWTO.
I haven't used Junkbuster. Can it be used to filter out this URL so that if I accidentally click on one of these stupid links, I don't go to it? An optional "blacklist" built into the browser would be a nice feature (and handy for work browsing).
Is there an option for hashed URL comparisons so that my blocked list can remain secret?
THIS virus, perhaps. But Unix/Linux COULD be susceptible to a similar, mail spreading type virus, it were were prevalent enough among casual computer users.
The alignment of the planets, combined with the rousing celebration of Cinco de Mayo on the west coast, is sure to set off the Hayward fault, and destroy Silicon Valley. SELL YOUR TECH STOCKS BY THURSDAY!!!
Re:OBJECTION - the windows and MacOS channels
on
Quickies Rock!
·
· Score: 2
There was a cable access station here in Silicon Valley that had an Amiga Guru exception #3 (black screen version, no less) on the channel for OVER 6 months! (circa 1999) I used to check almost every other day, and it never went away. I don't have a TV anymore, but it may STILL be there (talk about "uptime";)
There is a good reason why RealPlayer and Quake work so much better on Be than X -- they were designed for two completely different things.
That is true: Realplayer was designed to play movies and report configuration information back to the parent company, while Quake was merely designed to provide a murder simulation experience while reporting configuration information back to the parent company.
I'm running a PII. Rather than upgrade to PIII, I will upgrade to BeOS. It is cheaper...
Slashdot Mirror
What happens when the key date expires? Do you not need to type the old key in to change to a new one?
You can't patent a name, either. "Pentium" is trademarked.
I think the idea is that the technology will work with EXISTING MP3s (as a playback enhancement)...
My guess is that the software computes a spectrum (using short-time FT or Wavelets, or some other method), looks for harmonic patterns in the lower frequencies (which tend to be attenuated less by lossy compression techniques), and thus regenerates high frequency data to fill in the attenuated harmonics. Audiophiles are probably NOT going to like the results (as well as being philosphically opposed; by its nature it trades one type of harmonic distortion for another), and non-audiophiles will be mostly indifferent, IMHO.
Still, I'd like to listen to the results on some good monitors...
use /dev/shm (or /shm, or something else), instead of /var/shm. /var/shm could confuse utilities that don't expect a virtual filesystem in /var (discussed heavily on linux-kernel).
Python has a "tabnanny" feature which helps make sure that tabs and spaces aren't mixed ambiguously. A decent editor (like Vim or Emacs) will keep this sorted. You can also specify that tabs are other than 8 spaces (command line or .pythonrc). I've written thousands of lines of Python, for a large application, and this has never been an issue (contrary to what another poster has said, Emacs CAN be reliably used to adjust block indentation; just specify a block and indent, instead of line by line.)
:).
Finally, there are tools provided in the standard distribution to autostrip #} and #{ block identifiers (which the Emacs mode recognizes). So think of the block identifiers as optional. The indentation requirement is not onerous to those who accept it, and is actually a plus.
I find Python to be a very elegant solution for many of my needs (GUI, signal processing, and mathematical exploration), and people in the lab can understand much of my code, without EVER having looked at a Python tutorial or reference (all except the GUI stuff
The Sieve of Eratosthenes is nothing like the Number Field Sieve, and is in fact, NOT a factoring method. It is used to find prime numbers (by eliminating all smaller non-primes), but gives no information on factoring. It requires knowledge of how to factor in order to work, and does not scale efficiently to large numbers.
Based on a description in "Algorithms in C" by R. Sedgewick, I implemented a Quicksort (for a class) that used a Bubble sort to finish the last few steps after Quicksort had collated most of the data. A neat exercise, and my Quicksort ended up being among the fastest in the class (and it was faster than the pure Quicksort due to reduction of recursion overhead and partitioning, etc.)
Well, it sounds like it suffers from a maturity problem, but surely it is a nice idea, and could probably benefit from some active use and testing.
However, like I said, the author seems to be out of touch at the moment. I'm personally interested in pursuing additional development on the base code, if the original author is no longer able to.
I sent e-mail to Paul Rademacher months ago with a patch to the GLUI 2.0 beta (which looks VERY nice and promising). The patch allowed it to compile under GCC 2.95.2 (basically fixed some casts and such). Never heard back from him. The beta has been up for quite a while (> 8 months). Does anyone know if he is still supporting/working on it, or if he is still around?
People working on 3D apps should take a look at GLUI, it is a NICE complement to the more traditional GUIs.
NTSC television; the ULTIMATE in anti-aliasing. HDTV consoles will have a much tougher job.
http://xbox.ign.com/news/18793.html
Quicktime format. Not Sorenson codec, but Xanim still won't play it. I booted to Windows...
Raph's comparisons seems entirely subjective. Comparing such highly compressed images, all blown up, isn't necessarily a fair technique. Try standing back from the monitor a bit (or downsampling the image size) and the results may change. The JPEG 2000 image looks a LOT better than the JPEG under these circumstances (IMO), as the smearing out of error helps, while the softening of hard lines is less noticeable.
Real error image analysis (using l2-norm, or perceptually based models) can be used to give a better "picture" of the type of improvements that JPEG 2000 offers.
It is true that RedHat has their own interests at heart; however, in this case, what is in their interest is also good for the community. RedHat depends on the community for software and other services, and to the extent that the development community loses interest in making Free Software (due to possible legal punishment) their business suffers.
It would be very bad for RedHat if Samba were deemed illegal to distribute (as stated earlier). Furthermore, if DeCSS can win in court, RedHat would be able to VERY happy to distribute a free, open DVD player with the OS (it would be a real coup).
So yes, they are looking after themselves. But they depend on the community more than most businesses (other than as end purchasers), so their actions help protect that community.
It is well known that if one doesn't regularly replace the laser in a CD player, the laser will wear down the grooves, causing your CDs to digitally "skip" and "pop". Occasionally, a really bad laser scratch can be put in your albums from bumping your CD deck, and you will have to go to Radio Shack and get a new laser.
Of course, I only buy the special pro audiophile high-fidelity lasers, with the diamond focus, because I can really hear the difference. NEVER let your kids play with your laser, or they may bend or dull the tip.
A simple and effective strategy, although I don't exactly want to have to put this in the work machine's /etc/hosts (due to ultra-sensitive environment). Perhaps w/ a comment it is okay...
Thanks for the response; lack of sleep probably kept me from reaching same conclusion, but I WILL read the Network HOWTO.
I haven't used Junkbuster. Can it be used to filter out this URL so that if I accidentally click on one of these stupid links, I don't go to it? An optional "blacklist" built into the browser would be a nice feature (and handy for work browsing).
Is there an option for hashed URL comparisons so that my blocked list can remain secret?
THIS virus, perhaps. But Unix/Linux COULD be susceptible to a similar, mail spreading type virus, it were were prevalent enough among casual computer users.
The alignment of the planets, combined with the rousing celebration of Cinco de Mayo on the west coast, is sure to set off the Hayward fault, and destroy Silicon Valley. SELL YOUR TECH STOCKS BY THURSDAY!!!
There was a cable access station here in Silicon Valley that had an Amiga Guru exception #3 (black screen version, no less) on the channel for OVER 6 months! (circa 1999) I used to check almost every other day, and it never went away. I don't have a TV anymore, but it may STILL be there (talk about "uptime" ;)
An excellent and insightful rebuttal. If I had mod points right now, you'd get a double helping.
The sound you hear is the RIAA sharpening their knives, while they turn their gaze to myplay.com.
There is a good reason why RealPlayer and Quake work so much better on Be than X -- they were designed for two completely different things.
:-)
That is true: Realplayer was designed to play movies and report configuration information back to the parent company, while Quake was merely designed to provide a murder simulation experience while reporting configuration information back to the parent company.
I'm running a PII. Rather than upgrade to PIII, I will upgrade to BeOS. It is cheaper...
Viva Amiga!
Was the PRNG of the new chips disabled as well? Has anyone done an analysis of the bits that this RNG provided; was it all smoke and mirrors?
Yes, BeOS does cost less than a PIII... BeOS runs ON a PIII... What was your point?
Put down the Beck albums, and seek enlightenment.