Actually, I bought a LCD at the beginning of May, and I am quite satisfied with it. There's only a slight pixel lag which is most noticeable when scrolling webpages. (No joke!) I can't even notice the lag when playing games or movies. As for the viewing angle, I have no problems whatsoever. I can look at my screen from pretty much anywhere and have no problems.
20 watt power consumption, reduced heat radiation, and smaller footprint on my desktop all while having sharper text than before? Sign me up:D
Anywys, go back to the lab room just before the generator, and take the wriggling thing in the glass bin by typing "take devil". Go the upper left part of the room, "take beaker". Go to the scientist's quarters, walk onto the treadmill "push button". Once it says you're sweaty, type "get sweat". walk quickly back into the lab. AVOID THE BEES. Walk up to the computer and type "analyze sweat". Now walk back up to the boot. Type in "put salt on devil"
Reading from the review, (which hasnt yet been slashdotted) they did the same thing I did when I made a briefcase computer. That is, make a hole right above the CPU fan and have it blow out. The powersupply looks incredibly wimpy so it is doubtful that it would generate that much heat. Also, from the looks of it, the AC to DC conversion doesnt take place on the actual powersupply. There's probably a separated power brick for it. Thus, the only heat-producing component in there of any relevance would be the CPU.
Anyways, it seems that without proper filtering, the output looks REALLY weird. (look at they guy walking in a circle in front of the quilt) It seems that the motion vectors from the MPEG get taken in as part of the detected edges somehow! Thus, this would be most useful for uncompressed analog video as an input.
Okay. Let me debunk you. What you are describing is impossible. You can't get more "hidden" detail out of any image. What the poster of this article is describing, is using additional detail from nearby frames in a video sequence to gain additional pixels. In effect, a higher resolution image is created because the amount of data is there. It just needs to be juggled properly.
This principle applies to astronomy. If you want to find faint galaxies, you simply increase the exposure time for your video device (CCD or photo film) and make sure your tracking is right. Then you just let it go and in effect do the same thing as is done here digitally.
Yes, typically there would be. However, if you look at the Duke U thesis, it uses MPEG's own motion vectors to determine when there's motion video (vs. a still scene) and compensate for this. Thus, what it will accomplish, is making still shots look a LOT better (and more compressible!), and in the fast-moving scenes it will do very little (but you won't notice it that much, either).
If my programming skills were better, I've be VERY interested in seeing if this can be done with MPEG-2. Noise originating from the original video has always been my primary gripe with those kinds of sequences. if this could be compensated for and exported to MPEG-4.... MMM that would be tasty.
Is there any word on how easy it would be to make a mod like this for Vice City? I think the idea of having helicopters, motorcycles, and Michael Jackson singing in the background is great:).
It's not that simple. MP3s can be a double edged sword. People know what they're getting before they pay money on it. People will refuse to pay for crap, and are much more likely to pay money for something chancy if it's good.
This isn't a simple equation where one can assume that changing one variable will result in a change in another.
You put up MP3s of your CD on the web, of an indie band, and then expect people to buy your CD?
Not to sound like a troll, but I fail to see your logic. The point of having a few mp3s is to give them a sample of what the rest sounds like. (Or in the RIAA's case, the few good songs on a CD).
Also, my experience with indie bands is, well, that they suck. My cousin was part of one, and it wasn't what I would consider remotely stellar.
I buy CDs for music that I downloaded the MP3s of and found good, but that music has all been Good music.
well I just put win2k back on this morning. When I posted that, I was sick of trying to find the right PPD file in order to make lpd and/or cups work. (I tried both). Then after it coastered 2 cds in a row trying to back up files I had downloaded on the linux install, I threw up my hands in disgust. (My distro was Slack 9 FYI)
Microsoft would have to pay me to use their inferior Windows Media Audio codec. I could take a crap, and throw it in a blender and come up with something that would sound more realistic. I'll stick to MP3, OGG, MPC, or even better.. a plain old regular CD.
I couldn't agree with you more. I genuinely tried to install linux for a desktop OS, and ran into more problems with printing than anything else. That and CD burning. Linux is fine for a server, but trying to pass it off as good for much of anything is just plain retarded.
I had a talk with my astronomy teacher on this topic of processing. Apparently what is done, is the color information is squashed so that a basic 3:1 compression can be done with hardly any effort at all. Alongside the huge image file, is a color table that lets it be re-added back at the other end. Albeit it's as crappy color as TV. This is very common among pictures taken from space.
No offense, but quite a few readers at slashdot actually have a social life, do get laid, and have SOs/wives. I think the only person who should be made fun of are the people who sit there and bash nerds. Because, those are the people who are so juvenile that no girl could stand them. Except maybe a wannabe gangstress whore, but those want the guy who talks the most shit. So either way, yeah.
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Actually, I bought a LCD at the beginning of May, and I am quite satisfied with it. There's only a slight pixel lag which is most noticeable when scrolling webpages. (No joke!) I can't even notice the lag when playing games or movies. As for the viewing angle, I have no problems whatsoever. I can look at my screen from pretty much anywhere and have no problems.
:D
20 watt power consumption, reduced heat radiation, and smaller footprint on my desktop all while having sharper text than before? Sign me up
Like maybe a heatsink and fan for your processor? You did list an OEM processor after all.
Coming from newegg.com,
METIS CS-I3ALB.701 (Light-Blue) ATX MID-TOWER CASE w/ 300W POWER SUPPLY -2 x USB RETAIL
$22.00
Seagate 30GB 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive Barracuda V ST330013A - OEM
$50.00
SimpleTech (Simple Technologies) 128MB DDR PC2100 - OEM
$22.00
Shuttle Motherboard for AMD processors Micro ATX, Model MN31N - Retail (nForce2 Chipset with a geforce 4 onboard)
$90.00
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz 200MHz Bus Socket A PGA Processor
$35.00
Coolermaster DP5-6I11A HSF
$4
Total:
$223.00
SPOILER!!!
Anywys, go back to the lab room just before the generator, and take the wriggling thing in the glass bin by typing "take devil". Go the upper left part of the room, "take beaker". Go to the scientist's quarters, walk onto the treadmill "push button". Once it says you're sweaty, type "get sweat". walk quickly back into the lab. AVOID THE BEES. Walk up to the computer and type "analyze sweat". Now walk back up to the boot. Type in "put salt on devil"
Reading from the review, (which hasnt yet been slashdotted) they did the same thing I did when I made a briefcase computer. That is, make a hole right above the CPU fan and have it blow out. The powersupply looks incredibly wimpy so it is doubtful that it would generate that much heat. Also, from the looks of it, the AC to DC conversion doesnt take place on the actual powersupply. There's probably a separated power brick for it. Thus, the only heat-producing component in there of any relevance would be the CPU.
Random Guy: Why'd you make a fork off Gentoo?
Ex-Gentoo Devel Guy: Zynot?
I mean besides Mario, who else got a cartoon show?
Ok, after googling for a little bit (I will never MSN anything!), I found a site who has done just what you were describing with MPEG video.
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http://www.ai.mit.edu/~brussell/research/sres/dat
Anyways, it seems that without proper filtering, the output looks REALLY weird. (look at they guy walking in a circle in front of the quilt) It seems that the motion vectors from the MPEG get taken in as part of the detected edges somehow! Thus, this would be most useful for uncompressed analog video as an input.
Okay. Let me debunk you. What you are describing is impossible. You can't get more "hidden" detail out of any image. What the poster of this article is describing, is using additional detail from nearby frames in a video sequence to gain additional pixels. In effect, a higher resolution image is created because the amount of data is there. It just needs to be juggled properly.
This principle applies to astronomy. If you want to find faint galaxies, you simply increase the exposure time for your video device (CCD or photo film) and make sure your tracking is right. Then you just let it go and in effect do the same thing as is done here digitally.
Yes, typically there would be. However, if you look at the Duke U thesis, it uses MPEG's own motion vectors to determine when there's motion video (vs. a still scene) and compensate for this. Thus, what it will accomplish, is making still shots look a LOT better (and more compressible!), and in the fast-moving scenes it will do very little (but you won't notice it that much, either).
If my programming skills were better, I've be VERY interested in seeing if this can be done with MPEG-2. Noise originating from the original video has always been my primary gripe with those kinds of sequences. if this could be compensated for and exported to MPEG-4.... MMM that would be tasty.
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Slim to none, I would think. It is, after all, a Microsoft product.
1984.
Is there any word on how easy it would be to make a mod like this for Vice City? I think the idea of having helicopters, motorcycles, and Michael Jackson singing in the background is great :).
It's not that simple. MP3s can be a double edged sword. People know what they're getting before they pay money on it. People will refuse to pay for crap, and are much more likely to pay money for something chancy if it's good.
This isn't a simple equation where one can assume that changing one variable will result in a change in another.
Get a job.
Props to you. I don't think anyone could have stated this better.
You put up MP3s of your CD on the web, of an indie band, and then expect people to buy your CD?
Not to sound like a troll, but I fail to see your logic. The point of having a few mp3s is to give them a sample of what the rest sounds like. (Or in the RIAA's case, the few good songs on a CD). Also, my experience with indie bands is, well, that they suck. My cousin was part of one, and it wasn't what I would consider remotely stellar.
I buy CDs for music that I downloaded the MP3s of and found good, but that music has all been Good music.
well I just put win2k back on this morning. When I posted that, I was sick of trying to find the right PPD file in order to make lpd and/or cups work. (I tried both). Then after it coastered 2 cds in a row trying to back up files I had downloaded on the linux install, I threw up my hands in disgust. (My distro was Slack 9 FYI)
Microsoft would have to pay me to use their inferior Windows Media Audio codec. I could take a crap, and throw it in a blender and come up with something that would sound more realistic. I'll stick to MP3, OGG, MPC, or even better.. a plain old regular CD.
I couldn't agree with you more. I genuinely tried to install linux for a desktop OS, and ran into more problems with printing than anything else. That and CD burning. Linux is fine for a server, but trying to pass it off as good for much of anything is just plain retarded.
I had a talk with my astronomy teacher on this topic of processing. Apparently what is done, is the color information is squashed so that a basic 3:1 compression can be done with hardly any effort at all. Alongside the huge image file, is a color table that lets it be re-added back at the other end. Albeit it's as crappy color as TV. This is very common among pictures taken from space.
Isn't that line from Jurassic Park shortly before showing the cutesy flat-shaded 3-d graphics of the "computer system"?
point taken. I apologize. I thought you were trolling.
No offense, but quite a few readers at slashdot actually have a social life, do get laid, and have SOs/wives. I think the only person who should be made fun of are the people who sit there and bash nerds. Because, those are the people who are so juvenile that no girl could stand them. Except maybe a wannabe gangstress whore, but those want the guy who talks the most shit. So either way, yeah.
Sounds like New Hampshire here in the United States :)