Really, has society gotten to the point where life is imitating art? I can see it now:
2036 elections It has been 8 years since the city of New York has been renamed to Metropolis. The current primary elections for the United States President have been reduced to the following candidates:
Al Gore Lex Luthor Stan Lee Edward Brock Strom Thurmond Jeb Bush Impossible Man Adam Warlock
People are still stupid enough to buy it anyways. They don't read warnings simply since they are jaded by the sheer amount they get daily. Not on CD covers (besides, the RIAA would probably print it with a 2 point font) not on styrofoam coffee cups from McDonalds, not on aerosol canisters, not on ladders. Record stores will only have more unhappy customers, like the 45 year old secretary who hasn't a clue about this whole debate and buys Kenny G's greatest hits so she can listen to on her work computer, only to find out that she isn't responsible enough to do it without the permission of the RIAA.
Maybe it is good that the RIAA lost in the long run, but they are now absolved of any liability for stupid people who could potentially help our cause...
On the flipside, this may raise more awareness as to the dirty deeds of the RIAA by creating more unhappy customers.
I know this is the case with paperback books. For instance it is not uncommon to run across one in a second hand store like the Salvation Army or the local Goodwill store that under the front cover is a page that states something to the effect of:
If you have purchased this book with the cover removed, the book has been reported as unsold to the publisher and neither the publisher or author of the book has received payment for this book.
AFAIK, this may be implying that by possessing such a book, you may be in violation of copyright law, but I do not know for sure.
I am interested to know if this will make the response time on X86free faster. So far from what I have noticed, comparing the way MS-Windows works where the GUI is running within the kernal, and how X runs non natively. I have seen significant lag between mouse clicks and on-screen response.
Example. Running XMMS and pushing play on an MP3 the video display and the sound are not synched. I am running a reasonable video card and sound card (Geforce 256 and a SB-Live) and I expect the video to work on the same scale and rate as the audio, like MS-Windows.
BTW, this has been one of the biggest complaints I have had against X86free and why I haven't completely made the transition to Linux yet. If this patch does in fact improve the response time of X86free, then I would be more likely to use it more often than I use XP.
Where are the little Lego people? This is cool, but it seems a more effective presentation would include the little lego figures into this contraption. Put some on the lift, some with construction gear, some at the base with the control unit in lab coats working on mini control panels. Some at the local coffee machine or guiding a tour, etc.
Still a very cool way of setting up a changer, but it would be more fun to add some realism to it:P
Now think of one small reason why they could have donated more to the Republicans. I contracted there during the last election cycle and a well known VP who's name has appeared on/. before and who shall go unmentioned dropped the hint to all the employees in his division on which candidates were running which systems for their websites. Guess who was running the Windows based server? You guessed it, GW.
Now I cannot speak for the other divisions and where and why their contributions went to the other party, but it is clear that there was an anti-Linux sentiment within the Windows division and hung a stigma on Gore because he was using Apache.
Now before you mod me down as a troll, realize that this was from my own experience watching BV rallying his troops during a free party for his division (think free as in beer)
I could be off my rocker, but a SWAG that occured to me could be that he may have stumbled upon a Natural Law (ie. 'gravity' or 'no two forms of matter can occupy the same space at any given time') that has always been in existence and has manifested itself in this. Evolution could very well be the correct term, at a light speed rate of course. Could this be the first step into determining or simulating where the source of life came from, or could this lead to the destruction of it? (insert your favorite Sci-Fi scenario here)
I agree, "Digital Cable(TM)" is nothing more than an MPEG-2 (DVD quality) encoded stream of the existing channels that run on the same copper. The bandwidth required by these signals is at a higher frequency, therefore more channels are able to get pushed down the pipe. I would not expect them to look any better than regular cable on an HDTV box. Maybe less noise, but not better picture quality.
However I have not seen or heard of a Digital Cable service--the local offerings are AT&T Broadband or Click! Network--that has any HDTV channels, since IIRC the required bandwidth of one 1080i encoded channel is approx 4 analog channels.
This is not to say that they don't pipe them in by copper in your own city, or have them beamed in by DirectTV or Dish Network (I know one of those services offers HDTV programming)
This is a very interesting concept that he is putting forth, but at the same time, how many geeks out there are going to really make use of such a clustering farm? Not everyone I know does video compression projects, and it would seem kinda prohibitive for a black-hat to set one up to break encryption codes. Could someone please tell this naive soul what useful everyday application all these CPU cycles could be used for? (if you say SETI@Home, I am going to bitch-slap you)
Secondly, UWB seems to be the holy grail of wireless networking, yes, however is this something that the agencies of the world are going to let out of the bag so easily as he says, I can think of the CIA and the NSA having a few choice words about such "undetectable signals" being used by commonfolk after September 11th...
Yes, I have heard of this principal used to reclaim electricity from braking. But instead of something like incorporating these into the brake calipers, apparently the Prius uses a generator attached to the axle in the wheel wells and when you step on the brake slightly, the circuit closes and uses the magnetic drag of generation to reclaim energy from kinetic motion while slowing the car down. Push further and the brake pads engage to slow the car down more.
I first saw this technique reading an article in Popular Science about super-sized industrial dump-trucks that have to be assembled on site instead of transported. But instead of storing the energy from braking, they were dissipating it with some mega heat sinks since mechanical brakes were not practical due to size.
Of course if you want to really go crazy and reduce entropy in more ways, why not incorporate piezoelectric pads into the tires themselves?;P
My question is how much more gas mileage could this technology squeeze forth given an array of these attached to the heat producers of a vehicle, like the engine or the brake pads.
Another thing is how do these "thermal diodes" compare to a Peltier Element in heat conversion to electricity?
It just occured to me that the dual uses of steam powered were to drive mechanical machines and using the by product for other things. For the longest time afterwards, the properties of a calculator that could also heat your home were lost, that is until the late 1990's when AMD invented the Athlon.;)
Seems the only way to effectively track which clicks by user were intended versus any popups that porn/spam/malicious website owners seeking on a WindowOpen/WindowClose to get as many clicks as they can, would be to have it built into the browser to track the mouse movements...
And then if that of course, privacy advocates would cry foul. So it will be a no-win situation.
Subtitles are probably better than dubbing, anyway
I too thought that the dubbing would not bring justice to the original seiyuu*, but I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of Spike and Faye's 'Engrish' voice acting. Bandai cast those two roles well IMHO. After comparing both last week's ep.4 in both languages, I must concede that the English version is better than the original Japanese in this particular series.
(the only other show I would consider debating sub-vs-dub would be Ranma ½)
We had a working setup of this at our school in 1995. We would indeed get older equipment from local businesses and regional tech companies (Boeing, MSFT) that were willing to donate it. You are right as this would not fly in a conventional high school, we tried to set up a program there, and it did not last mostly due to the lack of competent and motivated teachers.
We were quite successful in getting some decent curriculum with this technology hand-me-downs and for a couple of years ran the district's web server, until the ESD decided to take it over since it was too valuable of a resource to leave in the hands of deliquents learning new technologies.
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Really, has society gotten to the point where life is imitating art? I can see it now:
2036 elections
It has been 8 years since the city of New York has been renamed to Metropolis. The current primary elections for the United States President have been reduced to the following candidates:
Al Gore
Lex Luthor
Stan Lee
Edward Brock
Strom Thurmond
Jeb Bush
Impossible Man
Adam Warlock
People are still stupid enough to buy it anyways. They don't read warnings simply since they are jaded by the sheer amount they get daily. Not on CD covers (besides, the RIAA would probably print it with a 2 point font) not on styrofoam coffee cups from McDonalds, not on aerosol canisters, not on ladders. Record stores will only have more unhappy customers, like the 45 year old secretary who hasn't a clue about this whole debate and buys Kenny G's greatest hits so she can listen to on her work computer, only to find out that she isn't responsible enough to do it without the permission of the RIAA.
Maybe it is good that the RIAA lost in the long run, but they are now absolved of any liability for stupid people who could potentially help our cause...
On the flipside, this may raise more awareness as to the dirty deeds of the RIAA by creating more unhappy customers.
So when are they going to release a Windows version of this Direct3D to OpenGL Wrapper?
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I don't think it's a matter of violating copyright law. If the book has no cover, it was stolen.
It has been a long time since I have seen one, but now that you mention it, this is in fact the case.
AFAIK, this may be implying that by possessing such a book, you may be in violation of copyright law, but I do not know for sure.
I am interested to know if this will make the response time on X86free faster. So far from what I have noticed, comparing the way MS-Windows works where the GUI is running within the kernal, and how X runs non natively. I have seen significant lag between mouse clicks and on-screen response.
Example. Running XMMS and pushing play on an MP3 the video display and the sound are not synched. I am running a reasonable video card and sound card (Geforce 256 and a SB-Live) and I expect the video to work on the same scale and rate as the audio, like MS-Windows.
BTW, this has been one of the biggest complaints I have had against X86free and why I haven't completely made the transition to Linux yet. If this patch does in fact improve the response time of X86free, then I would be more likely to use it more often than I use XP.
Where are the little Lego people? This is cool, but it seems a more effective presentation would include the little lego figures into this contraption. Put some on the lift, some with construction gear, some at the base with the control unit in lab coats working on mini control panels. Some at the local coffee machine or guiding a tour, etc.
:P
Still a very cool way of setting up a changer, but it would be more fun to add some realism to it
Great, now I can port all those old arcade games from 10 and 20 years ago onto 21st century platform. Who woulda thunk it?
Now think of one small reason why they could have donated more to the Republicans. I contracted there during the last election cycle and a well known VP who's name has appeared on /. before and who shall go unmentioned dropped the hint to all the employees in his division on which candidates were running which systems for their websites. Guess who was running the Windows based server? You guessed it, GW.
Now I cannot speak for the other divisions and where and why their contributions went to the other party, but it is clear that there was an anti-Linux sentiment within the Windows division and hung a stigma on Gore because he was using Apache.
Now before you mod me down as a troll, realize that this was from my own experience watching BV rallying his troops during a free party for his division (think free as in beer)
I am still waiting for this to happen...it seems that they might be getting closer with the technology, but what obstacles still need to be faced?
I could be off my rocker, but a SWAG that occured to me could be that he may have stumbled upon a Natural Law (ie. 'gravity' or 'no two forms of matter can occupy the same space at any given time') that has always been in existence and has manifested itself in this. Evolution could very well be the correct term, at a light speed rate of course. Could this be the first step into determining or simulating where the source of life came from, or could this lead to the destruction of it? (insert your favorite Sci-Fi scenario here)
I agree, "Digital Cable(TM)" is nothing more than an MPEG-2 (DVD quality) encoded stream of the existing channels that run on the same copper. The bandwidth required by these signals is at a higher frequency, therefore more channels are able to get pushed down the pipe. I would not expect them to look any better than regular cable on an HDTV box. Maybe less noise, but not better picture quality.
However I have not seen or heard of a Digital Cable service--the local offerings are AT&T Broadband or Click! Network--that has any HDTV channels, since IIRC the required bandwidth of one 1080i encoded channel is approx 4 analog channels.
This is not to say that they don't pipe them in by copper in your own city, or have them beamed in by DirectTV or Dish Network (I know one of those services offers HDTV programming)
Even so, are you going to be starting your own 3D animation production company out of your garage? Lemme get more specific...
Are any AVERAGE geeks out there going to be able to make use of this processing power 0r is it ju5t f0r th3 1337 br4gg1n6 |216h+5?
IIRC, Babylon 5 was produced on an Amiga, however I don't know what software package they used.
[Insert references to the Schumann Resonance and Protocol 7 here]
This is a very interesting concept that he is putting forth, but at the same time, how many geeks out there are going to really make use of such a clustering farm? Not everyone I know does video compression projects, and it would seem kinda prohibitive for a black-hat to set one up to break encryption codes. Could someone please tell this naive soul what useful everyday application all these CPU cycles could be used for? (if you say SETI@Home, I am going to bitch-slap you)
Secondly, UWB seems to be the holy grail of wireless networking, yes, however is this something that the agencies of the world are going to let out of the bag so easily as he says, I can think of the CIA and the NSA having a few choice words about such "undetectable signals" being used by commonfolk after September 11th...
Just my two cents
I kinda wonder if this idea will gain more of a foothold in the gaming industry, or the online pr0n industry...
Oh wait, is that sweaty palms or hairy palms?
I first saw this technique reading an article in Popular Science about super-sized industrial dump-trucks that have to be assembled on site instead of transported. But instead of storing the energy from braking, they were dissipating it with some mega heat sinks since mechanical brakes were not practical due to size.
Of course if you want to really go crazy and reduce entropy in more ways, why not incorporate piezoelectric pads into the tires themselves? ;P
My question is how much more gas mileage could this technology squeeze forth given an array of these attached to the heat producers of a vehicle, like the engine or the brake pads.
Another thing is how do these "thermal diodes" compare to a Peltier Element in heat conversion to electricity?
um....check your numbers, the prices coming off eBay are FAAAR higher than the retail price.
It just occured to me that the dual uses of steam powered were to drive mechanical machines and using the by product for other things. For the longest time afterwards, the properties of a calculator that could also heat your home were lost, that is until the late 1990's when AMD invented the Athlon. ;)
And then if that of course, privacy advocates would cry foul. So it will be a no-win situation.
I have been wanting to see #6, but have no idea why they skipped that one. Anyone know something I don't?
I too thought that the dubbing would not bring justice to the original seiyuu*, but I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of Spike and Faye's 'Engrish' voice acting. Bandai cast those two roles well IMHO. After comparing both last week's ep.4 in both languages, I must concede that the English version is better than the original Japanese in this particular series.
(the only other show I would consider debating sub-vs-dub would be Ranma ½)
Hell, until it can support my video card, I will not be impressed.
We were quite successful in getting some decent curriculum with this technology hand-me-downs and for a couple of years ran the district's web server, until the ESD decided to take it over since it was too valuable of a resource to leave in the hands of deliquents learning new technologies.