doesn't quite have the same ring as www.leacam.org tho:) *coughs a bit and goes back to his email*
And besides, with a site like that you would probably need/could afford T3:) Based on an estimate I read that the average site "of that ilk" can bring in over $100k/mo
Plaintiff: Your Honour, plainly this software is intended to defeat our copy protection scheme, something which can't be done now. (Bear with me, I'm just using some of their arguments) Defendant: How many The Matrix DVD's have been sold worldwide? Plaintiff: I'm not sure. 500,000? Defendant: Wait. I'm confused. How did this many copies come into existence? Plaintiff: We uhh... we used a DVD mastering/copy system... Defendant: Ahh. And you didn't need DeCSS to copy these DVDs did you? Plaintiff: Well of course not. *pause* Oh.
ATRAC is about half as efficient because it is 292kbps (IIRC). If you wanted to (and were able to bring it down to what most people encode MP3s at (typically 128 or 160) then I'm sure you'd see more....:)
Not really failed, but until recently (in.au) anywhere, the pricing was prohibitive - upwards of one thousand dollars. Now you can get portable recorders for $500 or so. I love it... I digitally copy all my CDs and MP3s to MD straight away. My MD player is only about 80% of the size of a pack of cigarettes (roughly).
about 8 yrs ago, I remember a project on the dat-heads mailing list that was a hardware kit that would allow the user to control the SCMS settings. there were hundreds of kits sold, I believe. and it wasn't all that hard to build, either. in fact, for about $50, there was a kit in Japan that would strip SCMS nicely from the digital stream. and the pcb was only a few inches square - small enough to embed inside a dat machine, if you wanted to.
Most MiniDisc players - which also use SCMS when doing digital recording from CD/DAT/MD/etc, also have a "test mode". Many of these allow you to switch SCMS on or off. See http://www.minidisc.org - be aware tho, you want to read instructions carefully, test modes allow you to do things like re-align heads, fiddle with rotation speeds etc. It can be *extremely* easy to screw up your MD player/recorder beyond all recognition.
VCD sucks arse too, esp. compared to DVD. It's not the format, it's the capture. It's like whining about WinAmp because the MP3 you downloaded from Napster was encoded at 32kbps (don't laugh, I've seen it!)
Whereas Australia is the most sparsely populated country in the world besides Antarctica. I'm not sure that is the reason for our immigration chaos (boat people, etc) but more because there are many more opportunities here and the government gives them a free ride. Do you know the.au government gives illegal immigrants $30 more a fortnight than it does it's own pensioners?!? The mind boggles.
Okay, I'll be the first to admit 'opensourceman' is, for the most part, a wanker, but I just had to laugh (even though it made little sense in context) at "cuosnpist: i was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this in a comittee!":)
There probably are multiple definitions of "xth Word"... I was more using that to mean "quality of life" more that political ideology, though I am sure that, in no unsignificant part, also would be a factor...
Simple. And again, not a flame. The US is a First World country. Most immigrants to it are from Mexico, India, Pakistan, etc - second or third world countries. Other first world countries have much lower immigration rates - from the article - "from a European country where there is little demand to immigrate to the United States".
Think a person on skis. Think a pond skater (the insect, not Tonya Harding on a picnic with friends). It's more to do with surface area/tension (I forget which). The higher the surface area, especially if rolling, not stepping, the less likely it is that this will be the case.
Another example: your home pool. Put a long pole flat on the water (maybe the skimmer) - it'll last a few seconds. Put a large sheet of wood. See how long it lasts... extrapolate.
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Assume it's digital?
I just had to laugh at this line. In a good way! :-)
And besides, with a site like that you would probably need/could afford T3 :) Based on an estimate I read that the average site "of that ilk" can bring in over $100k/mo
I love my MD player... cheap, rerecordable, easy to manage... If someone would design a USB CD-ripper for my MD player, I'd bear their children.
I'll refrain from tasteless jokes about coldness :)
"I'll pay that" means (here at least) when someone fires a (good) comeback at you, you're admitting defeat... as in "I deserved that" :)
*inserts cluestick somewhere small, tight and puckered until it becomes painful*
I'll pay that :) Or when applying for a job. Even if they shouldn't (lame attempt at correctness) :)
Plaintiff: Your Honour, plainly this software is intended to defeat our copy protection scheme, something which can't be done now. (Bear with me, I'm just using some of their arguments)
Defendant: How many The Matrix DVD's have been sold worldwide?
Plaintiff: I'm not sure. 500,000?
Defendant: Wait. I'm confused. How did this many copies come into existence?
Plaintiff: We uhh... we used a DVD mastering/copy system...
Defendant: Ahh. And you didn't need DeCSS to copy these DVDs did you?
Plaintiff: Well of course not. *pause* Oh.
One can dream ;-)
ATRAC is about half as efficient because it is 292kbps (IIRC). If you wanted to (and were able to bring it down to what most people encode MP3s at (typically 128 or 160) then I'm sure you'd see more.... :)
Not really failed, but until recently (in .au) anywhere, the pricing was prohibitive - upwards of one thousand dollars. Now you can get portable recorders for $500 or so. I love it... I digitally copy all my CDs and MP3s to MD straight away. My MD player is only about 80% of the size of a pack of cigarettes (roughly).
Most MiniDisc players - which also use SCMS when doing digital recording from CD/DAT/MD/etc, also have a "test mode". Many of these allow you to switch SCMS on or off. See http://www.minidisc.org - be aware tho, you want to read instructions carefully, test modes allow you to do things like re-align heads, fiddle with rotation speeds etc. It can be *extremely* easy to screw up your MD player/recorder beyond all recognition.
Sorry. No. Have a look in a court. Houses are numbered sequentially. Some streets are also numbered geographically (I forget the example).
No. The next even day is Friday - 04/02/2000, then Sunday - 06/02/2000, then Tuesday, 08/02/2000.
VCD sucks arse too, esp. compared to DVD. It's not the format, it's the capture. It's like whining about WinAmp because the MP3 you downloaded from Napster was encoded at 32kbps (don't laugh, I've seen it!)
I assume you're referring to PCMCIA? :) I'd love to see the desktop system that lets you 'hot swap' PCI devices ;)
Whereas Australia is the most sparsely populated country in the world besides Antarctica. I'm not sure that is the reason for our immigration chaos (boat people, etc) but more because there are many more opportunities here and the government gives them a free ride. Do you know the .au government gives illegal immigrants $30 more a fortnight than it does it's own pensioners?!? The mind boggles.
Okay, I'll be the first to admit 'opensourceman' is, for the most part, a wanker, but I just had to laugh (even though it made little sense in context) at "cuosnpist: i was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this in a comittee!" :)
There probably are multiple definitions of "xth Word"... I was more using that to mean "quality of life" more that political ideology, though I am sure that, in no unsignificant part, also would be a factor...
Simple. And again, not a flame. The US is a First World country. Most immigrants to it are from Mexico, India, Pakistan, etc - second or third world countries. Other first world countries have much lower immigration rates - from the article - "from a European country where there is little demand to immigrate to the United States".
I bow to your superior and more exact knowledge ;-)</sincere>
Another example: your home pool. Put a long pole flat on the water (maybe the skimmer) - it'll last a few seconds. Put a large sheet of wood. See how long it lasts... extrapolate.
And nary a whisper has been said on /. ...
They do, in effect. Every borrowing is tracked, and every author whose works are in a library are paid a fee per borrowing of their book.
That said, I agree. :)
So that would explain why Melissa was a huge anticlimax because, of course, every company just restored from backup?
This is surely the saddest joke I have doth seen.