Paul W.S. Anderson will direct the film, after having game-to-movie experience with Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil.
So, a 5.1 rating and a 6.2 rating. Personally, I thought Resident Evil was one of the worst films I have ever seen. Even my nephew, who was 11 when watching it, and thought films like "Bad Boys" were cool, could see how awful it was. Big mistake.
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That last bit of the headline is a superb example of what we have come to with computers/consoles:
"The 'rebirth of Sonic' will offer an unparalleled sense of speed that is only possible using the processing power afforded by the new systems."
Sorry? A sense of speed only possible with massive processing power? Erm, no.
When the original sonic the hedgehog on Sega Genesis came out, the sense of speed as you zoomed around the loops was incredible. It actually made me nauseous, being new to gaming at the time. This was on a 16 bit machine with an 8 Mhz 68000 processor.
You don't need massive processing power for a sense of speed, you need good coders.
The article is on a site using IntelliTxt advertising - I hate that stuff, and block it whenever I can. If you want to block the ads on that site too, block the following with your hosts file:
text.burstnet.com
Might as well add the list of ones I already block to stop IntelliTxt -
It's easy to speak of the "original" footage, but how can you prove that it wasn't created in a modified state?
Think for a moment of the faked fight scene in "The Running Man", where Arnie's character is killed - the video is edited to overlay his body instead of the actual person.
Now think about the already existing technology to insert things into live video streams, covered by Slashdot in the past - the BBC for example overlay athlete names onto the track lanes in running events.
Is it really that long before we can make near impossible to detect changes to video in real time? I think not.
"They will let shoppers email their shopping lists to the store"
What for? Something wrong with a hand-written list? Or even one typed then printed?
"... and check prices on the spot."
You mean, as opposed to just looking at the shelf, or the price ON the item? Unless this will let you check COMPETITORS prices (yeah right) I see no point.
"The computer will also alert shoppers as they approach favorite items or promotions."
Oh joy. So we get to the REAL point. Even more targeted advertising. Just what I always wanted.
Perhaps I am missing something here, maybe someone can enlighten me.
How can you give away the source for free, yet also charge for the software? What stops people just downloading the source and compiling it, without paying? Or do you just rely on people/companies being good enough to CHOOSE to pay for it, when then don't actually have to?
Thanks in advance to anyone who has a better understanding of the GPL than I and can give a simple explanation!
Surprised nobody seems to have pointed it out so far, but depending upon the format and licensing, this will potentially be a very useful corpus for researchers working in Natural Language Processing.
I was looking for a basic, cheap RAID system to give me some redundancy.
I got an Adaptec 1200A RAID Controller card, and used two drives in RAID1 mode. This served me well, until I needed more capacity - RAID1 has 100% wasted space.
So I looked at RAID5. I got a Highpoint RocketRAID 454, because it was cheap. BIG mistake. The write performance, on my P4 2.8 Ghz, with three WD1200JB drives, was a terrible 9 Mb/sec, with 80-100% CPU usage. AVOID. I returned it then next day.
Now I have a Promise SuperTRAK SX6000. It's very nice, 25 Mb/s write with only 20% CPU thanks to RISC processor, but expensive.
In summary:
If you want RAID1 only, a nice cheap Adaptec will do fine. If you want RAID5, you will need a reasonable card. Promise do some cheaper ones than the SX6000, with less channels, you could look at those.
They claim Skype has no feedback/echo cancellation and that you need to use either a headset or at least headphones - this is simply not true.
I have used Skype a lot with a 4 speaker setup around me and a free standing desk mic, and I get absolutely *no* feedback or echo, nor does the person I am chatting with. I'd consider it one of Skype's best features in fact. I can sit here and chat totally hands free, and it sounds nicer than your average speakerphone too.
Note: This post is not intended as a troll or flamebait, I'm merely stating my opinion, which is this:
When this kind of thing can happen with such important and widely used open source software, I think people should take a moment to consider being more lenient towards Microsoft and their endless patches.
I'm not saying that MS products are in any way more secure than their OSS equivalents, indeed they are most likely less secure, but we need to remember that theirs are not the only insecure programs in the world. Take heed people.
I'm sure a lot of the Slashdot crowd will be put off this program because it's by the makers of Kazaa. To them I say - download it. Start the installer, read the EULA. This isn't another Kazaa. It's not allowing copyright violation, so it's not going to get into legal trouble on that front.
I've been using this program for a little while. It doesn't contain any spyware, it works just fine even when both users are on NAT setups, and the quality really is as good as they say - it's like the person is right there in the room with you, it beats the telephone hands down.
In particular, the feedback cancellation is truly excellent - there is no need to use a headset. I'm using it with a desk standing mic, and the other persons voice coming out of 4 speakers around me, and they get no feedback at all.
From "A Guide to the Guide" at the start of the five part trilogy Hitchhikers hardback:
"At roughly the same time a double record album was released... wholly new recordings of substantially the same scripts. This was done because we had used music off gramophone records as incidental music for the series, which is fine on radio, but makes commercial release impossible."
I would think the same applies to the CD box set, not certain though.
So if the original radio versions are released, they are technically the *original* definitive version, with the original crappy music:)
I find it very unlikely that every single show ever broadcast on BBC TV and Radio will be put online.
For one, it would be an *immense* undertaking, and secondly, what about liscensing issues? For example, BBC2 shows The Simpsons. They will have had to pay at some point to get that, this is obvious because they don't have any of the more recent series. Did the fee they paid give them the right to distribute the content on the Internet? I very much doubt it. It seems much more likely this archive will only be actual BBC made programs, not just shows that have been on the BBC - The Simpsons no, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy yes.
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Paul W.S. Anderson will direct the film, after having game-to-movie experience with Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil.
So, a 5.1 rating and a 6.2 rating. Personally, I thought Resident Evil was one of the worst films I have ever seen. Even my nephew, who was 11 when watching it, and thought films like "Bad Boys" were cool, could see how awful it was. Big mistake.
That last bit of the headline is a superb example of what we have come to with computers/consoles:
"The 'rebirth of Sonic' will offer an unparalleled sense of speed that is only possible using the processing power afforded by the new systems."
Sorry? A sense of speed only possible with massive processing power? Erm, no.
When the original sonic the hedgehog on Sega Genesis came out, the sense of speed as you zoomed around the loops was incredible. It actually made me nauseous, being new to gaming at the time. This was on a 16 bit machine with an 8 Mhz 68000 processor.
You don't need massive processing power for a sense of speed, you need good coders.
The article is on a site using IntelliTxt advertising - I hate that stuff, and block it whenever I can. If you want to block the ads on that site too, block the following with your hosts file:
t .come llitxt.coml itxt.comt media.coml itxt.coml itxt.com. coms news.vibrantmedia.coml litxt.com
text.burstnet.com
Might as well add the list of ones I already block to stop IntelliTxt -
compnet.us.intellitxt.com
devshed.us.intellitx
examnotes.us.intellitxt.com
experts.us.int
forbes.us.intellitxt.com
g2.us.intel
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lmcd.us.intel
rydium.us.intellitxt.com
toms.us.intel
tribal.us.intellitxt.com
uk.intellitxt
us.intellitxt.com
usads.vibrantmedia.com
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vibrantmedia.com
www.inte
www.vibrantmedia.com
http://www.cdrinfo.com/
Has some very detailed reviews, including detailed quality analysis tests with many combinations of drives and media.
I use WinAmp 2.81 to play OGG streams.
The important thing with this one is to ensure you get the full version, not the lite one. The lite one doesn't have the necessary features.
It's easy to speak of the "original" footage, but how can you prove that it wasn't created in a modified state?
Think for a moment of the faked fight scene in "The Running Man", where Arnie's character is killed - the video is edited to overlay his body instead of the actual person.
Now think about the already existing technology to insert things into live video streams, covered by Slashdot in the past - the BBC for example overlay athlete names onto the track lanes in running events.
Is it really that long before we can make near impossible to detect changes to video in real time? I think not.
Here's the high res, high quality Quicktime version, on the official site:X 360.mov
http://63.236.94.187/satrailer/GTASA_TRAILER3_480
"They will let shoppers email their shopping lists to the store"
What for? Something wrong with a hand-written list? Or even one typed then printed?
"... and check prices on the spot."
You mean, as opposed to just looking at the shelf, or the price ON the item? Unless this will let you check COMPETITORS prices (yeah right) I see no point.
"The computer will also alert shoppers as they approach favorite items or promotions."
Oh joy. So we get to the REAL point. Even more targeted advertising. Just what I always wanted.
Here's the direct link to the high res 81 Mb Quicktime version on the official site, to save you digging in their HTML yourself:
X 360.mov
http://63.236.94.187/satrailer/GTASA_TRAILER2_480
Seems to be having trouble responding right now though.
Perhaps I am missing something here, maybe someone can enlighten me.
How can you give away the source for free, yet also charge for the software? What stops people just downloading the source and compiling it, without paying? Or do you just rely on people/companies being good enough to CHOOSE to pay for it, when then don't actually have to?
Thanks in advance to anyone who has a better understanding of the GPL than I and can give a simple explanation!
Are people really prepared to [insert giving up of x privacy or y civil liberties here] to save money [...]?
Sadly, the answer is yes. I think most people would care much more about their money than their privacy.
Surprised nobody seems to have pointed it out so far, but depending upon the format and licensing, this will potentially be a very useful corpus for researchers working in Natural Language Processing.
"The Great Waldo Search" for the Sega Genesis.
You know those books? (a.k.a "Where's Wally" in the UK)
They made a game of it. There were five levels. FIVE. The location of waldo was NOT randomised.
It took about 5 minutes to play through the thing, and that was it.
ZERO replay value, and a wad of wasted cash. Even the books had more "levels" than this, and cost about a tenth of the price.
Does anyone else remember the robotic dog enemies in the game Robocop vs. Terminator?
I think someone should show the US Army all the Terminator films before they go ahead and make them happen...
"But what if I just escape by hitting the clutch and use my speed to go downhill?"
:)
But what if they just disable your clutch?
Seriously, if they can stop the car remotely, they can probably do it by taking complete control and just forcing the brakes on.
OK, my own experiences in this area:
I was looking for a basic, cheap RAID system to give me some redundancy.
I got an Adaptec 1200A RAID Controller card, and used two drives in RAID1 mode. This served me well, until I needed more capacity - RAID1 has 100% wasted space.
So I looked at RAID5. I got a Highpoint RocketRAID 454, because it was cheap. BIG mistake. The write performance, on my P4 2.8 Ghz, with three WD1200JB drives, was a terrible 9 Mb/sec, with 80-100% CPU usage. AVOID. I returned it then next day.
Now I have a Promise SuperTRAK SX6000. It's very nice, 25 Mb/s write with only 20% CPU thanks to RISC processor, but expensive.
In summary:
If you want RAID1 only, a nice cheap Adaptec will do fine. If you want RAID5, you will need a reasonable card. Promise do some cheaper ones than the SX6000, with less channels, you could look at those.
Hope this helps!
They claim Skype has no feedback/echo cancellation and that you need to use either a headset or at least headphones - this is simply not true.
I have used Skype a lot with a 4 speaker setup around me and a free standing desk mic, and I get absolutely *no* feedback or echo, nor does the person I am chatting with. I'd consider it one of Skype's best features in fact. I can sit here and chat totally hands free, and it sounds nicer than your average speakerphone too.
In the UK, the ITC regulate advertising on TV, amongst other things. Does the US not have an equivalent?
Note: This post is not intended as a troll or flamebait, I'm merely stating my opinion, which is this:
When this kind of thing can happen with such important and widely used open source software, I think people should take a moment to consider being more lenient towards Microsoft and their endless patches.
I'm not saying that MS products are in any way more secure than their OSS equivalents, indeed they are most likely less secure, but we need to remember that theirs are not the only insecure programs in the world. Take heed people.
I'm sure a lot of the Slashdot crowd will be put off this program because it's by the makers of Kazaa. To them I say - download it. Start the installer, read the EULA. This isn't another Kazaa. It's not allowing copyright violation, so it's not going to get into legal trouble on that front.
I've been using this program for a little while. It doesn't contain any spyware, it works just fine even when both users are on NAT setups, and the quality really is as good as they say - it's like the person is right there in the room with you, it beats the telephone hands down.
In particular, the feedback cancellation is truly excellent - there is no need to use a headset. I'm using it with a desk standing mic, and the other persons voice coming out of 4 speakers around me, and they get no feedback at all.
I for one would be very interested in this info.
I recently got a webcam, and I'm having a hell of a time getting decent videoconferencing through anything at all.
Yahoo Messenger works but not in super webcam mode, giving a wonderful 1.5 FPS. MSN Messenger works but not with audio. Etc...
I'm on ADSL going through a router using NAT and a firewall.
This child died because the parents neglected it, simple as that. What they were doing doesn't matter.
Just because they were playing a computer game, it makes the news. If they were distracted watching TV instead, we would never have heard about it.
From "A Guide to the Guide" at the start of the five part trilogy Hitchhikers hardback:
... wholly new recordings of substantially the same scripts. This was done because we had used music off gramophone records as incidental music for the series, which is fine on radio, but makes commercial release impossible."
:)
"At roughly the same time a double record album was released
I would think the same applies to the CD box set, not certain though.
So if the original radio versions are released, they are technically the *original* definitive version, with the original crappy music
I find it very unlikely that every single show ever broadcast on BBC TV and Radio will be put online.
For one, it would be an *immense* undertaking, and secondly, what about liscensing issues? For example, BBC2 shows The Simpsons. They will have had to pay at some point to get that, this is obvious because they don't have any of the more recent series. Did the fee they paid give them the right to distribute the content on the Internet? I very much doubt it. It seems much more likely this archive will only be actual BBC made programs, not just shows that have been on the BBC - The Simpsons no, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy yes.
Anyone know how DVDs compare for reliability?