Pulp fiction refers to cheap nickel serials published on shitty paper ("pulp").
I would actually think that "Any operating system sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from BeOS" would be more appropriate. Linux is, sadly, the last thing I think of when I think "advanced" or "magic." I mean, its inspiration was Minix, and frankly, other than (a lot of) hardware drivers and some added necessary POSIX system calls, it hasn't really advanced much beyond that. The only real plus for Linux is that it is open source. Now, a completely modular, modern day operating system like BeOS, open sourced, with plenty of drivers and software... Mmmmm.
I have read Timeline and, while an amusing story, I would almost rather refer someone to Tom Clancy's Net Force Night Moves than to Michael Crichton's Timeline, because, at least in Tom Clancy's Net Force Night Moves, the author (not Tom Clancy), tries, but fails (miserably), to correctly explain the concept and practical uses of quantum computing, where as Mr. Crichton seems consigned to writing it off as some kind of magic with a minimal of research and a sprinkling of irrelevant buzz-words to make it seem "real" (reality being something he has apparently lost touch with long ago).
In any event, here is a decent beginner's explanation of quantum computing. It can easily be read in less time than Timeline, although arguably less entertaining, if you're into sword-fighting.
LAME just makes an MPEG encoder. The only real difference between that and the Fraunhofer encoder is optimization and the psychoacoustic model. "Proprietary" does not really factor into it. Maybe you should change your analogy to Ogg Vorbis instead of LAME.
Actually, MPEG encoding uses dct, not fft. And Fraunhofer has nothing to do with it. Layer 3 is just some (obvious, really) extensions on top of the MPEG-1 codec.
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way too obvious. try again, idiot
Now, was is it really necessary to call him an idiot? Now you may have discouraged him, putting your "try again" in a sarcastic light, and he may never troll again. You may have singlehandedly prevented slashdot from receiving some very fine trolls by discouraging this new troll.
Please, try to be more civil. Explain, why is this person a fag? Perhaps if you used reasonable, well thought out arguments and explanations, we could resolve these differences, and get on with our lives. Now Mark A. Rhowe is going to walk around all day, wondering, "Am I a fag??"
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Yeah, I'm one of them. Seriously. Are you from Section 9 or Hillse?
This probably happens more than we know.
I would actually think that "Any operating system sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from BeOS" would be more appropriate. Linux is, sadly, the last thing I think of when I think "advanced" or "magic." I mean, its inspiration was Minix, and frankly, other than (a lot of) hardware drivers and some added necessary POSIX system calls, it hasn't really advanced much beyond that. The only real plus for Linux is that it is open source. Now, a completely modular, modern day operating system like BeOS, open sourced, with plenty of drivers and software... Mmmmm.
In any event, here is a decent beginner's explanation of quantum computing. It can easily be read in less time than Timeline, although arguably less entertaining, if you're into sword-fighting.
I have to ask... Why the monospace font?
LAME just makes an MPEG encoder. The only real difference between that and the Fraunhofer encoder is optimization and the psychoacoustic model. "Proprietary" does not really factor into it. Maybe you should change your analogy to Ogg Vorbis instead of LAME.
Actually, MPEG encoding uses dct, not fft. And Fraunhofer has nothing to do with it. Layer 3 is just some (obvious, really) extensions on top of the MPEG-1 codec.
Now, was is it really necessary to call him an idiot? Now you may have discouraged him, putting your "try again" in a sarcastic light, and he may never troll again. You may have singlehandedly prevented slashdot from receiving some very fine trolls by discouraging this new troll.
Shame on you, sir.
Please, try to be more civil. Explain, why is this person a fag? Perhaps if you used reasonable, well thought out arguments and explanations, we could resolve these differences, and get on with our lives. Now Mark A. Rhowe is going to walk around all day, wondering, "Am I a fag??"