Good point. This was only Rob's second attempt at a home-made water cooling block. Our next will involve water cooling around a heatsink which should help dissipate the heat much further.. Mineral Oil would be a great idea too. Thanks for the suggestion:)
Finally we get to experience the REAL power of a dark clown! Now let's hope they show it here in the UK. I doubt it'll happen, but someone's bound to record each episode and put it online. Maybe they'll even release a DVD!
It's great to see an underground(ish) cartoon like Tripping The Rift get some real recognition instead of them just showing another program invented by a major TV company 'cause their marketing stats say it'll do well.
It's the white transparency on the first layer that'll sort this out. If something is supposed to look closer to you, it'll be made lighter by the nearer screen. If it's further away it'll be darker.
300k/sec seems very excessive. You could try converting it all to mpeg4 with a DivX encoder (http://www.divx.com) and that should compress it right down. If you've got sound in there too, strip it out or at least convert to MP3.
You can do all this with a great program called Virtual Dub (http://www186.pair.com/vdub/)
Just wondering, does anyone know what happened to David Braben and Ian Bell? I heard they went their seperate ways, but I'm not sure if that's just a rumor.
The UK have another hinderance under the guise of British Telecom. BT hold nearly all the phone lines, and as a result smaller companies find it difficult to offer ADSL at a reasonable rate. Blueyonder and such companies are now managing to do this, but it still depends on whether BT have set up their exchanges yet - they're slow.
Municipal networks can help to get rid of this problem. Networks such as the South West Group for Learning connect schools etc. over a WAN, and in turn the schools get 2MB 'net access for a relatively small fee.
Oftel (the phone network regulations people) are clamping down on BT, and as a result ADSL is becoming more widely available, but for small businesses and schools, municpal networks are still one of the best ways to go.
It's all to do with it being made by a company called Microsoft. Microsoft was founded by a businessman that goes by the name of Bill Gates. This man sold his soul to satan in order to gain control over 90% of the world's computers, through this "Microsoft" company. The only real drawback (aside from selling his soul) was that the company name had to reflect the constant state of his genetalia. Thank you.
I've always thought that the main advantage is that noone can shut down a decentralised network. Sure, you can ban Napster servers but you're going to need a shitload more power to ban every gnutella server out there.
I use Gnucleus here - the only real problem I've found with it is the thoughtless assholes that name files differently to confuse people.
They'll probably have to balance their budgets some other way, probably by borrowing future money against something else... and so it goes until there's no more future to borrow money from:)
I've been told (by one of the workers) that games companies often work like this when getting close to a deadline. People bring in sleeping bags and crash on the floor of their office!
A certain Derby based games company have showers, games rooms etc. too to help their workers relax when a 16 hour work day is necessary.
the different colours depend on them changing size, so I'm not sure how feasible this would be.. There's bound to be quite a size difference between a red screen and a blue screen, and let's face it if you're using windows e-book edition, a blue screen is going to be pretty common.;)
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I totally agree. The reason people need more and more security is the little script kiddie who happens to have a copy of netsphere or who's gotten his hands on some IRC utils. IRC bots could be the answer - bots that hunt script kiddies down and ban them. It'd cut down on all the research that goes into making IRC more secure too.
Get the public educated? I'm not sure about many other places, but here in Cornwall (surrounded by many country-folk) 50% of the population don't even *use* computers! Then there's the fact that most people think Windows is an intergral part of the computer itself - the only OSes that exist are Windows and "That there AOL"... The concept of Open Source will be very hard for people to understand.
You pay for newspapers, you pay for 'net access, you pay to watch TV. Free information is a futuristic concept beyond most people. Ever heard the saying "nothing's for free"?
When Open Source hits the classrooms we only have to wait a generation before the students become the judges and jury. Then Open Source and Piracy won't mean the same thing... or something.
Yes, but if it's public enough then you generally get away with it. Feminem got away with nearly shooting someone, Micro$oft got away with practically forcing people to use their software. This story isn't exactly in the public eye yet, but every geek out there should know the name Dimitry Skylarov by now. Give it time, and he'll be out again, crime or no crime.
Right. My mate sets up a law firm in Germany. I create KorelDraw. His law firm sue me, I change the name. Adobe pay him whatever he charges (say, one meeeeellion dollars) as the PR cost, and we split it 50/50. See you in the Caribbean:)
global warming --> melting ice-caps --> colder, bigger oceans --> cooler climate. This'll happen first, destroying most of the arable farmland anyway. Then the warming.
Can't remember where I read that. Sorry:-/
Apparently Looge believes in open source. Not only open source of software, but open source of all patented materials so long as nothing bad will come of it.
Take a look at all the various Distributions of Linux now. Think about how that would be if genetics were open source too. Things need *some* control, but to hand complete control (be it through patent, copyright or just because they've got it stuffed up their ass) over to a single owner is stupid because that introduces errors that that single owner may not think of.
Free distribution of patented products will indeed help to destroy this.
Looge hath decreed it, so let it be done.
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Good point. This was only Rob's second attempt at a home-made water cooling block. Our next will involve water cooling around a heatsink which should help dissipate the heat much further.. Mineral Oil would be a great idea too. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Finally we get to experience the REAL power of a dark clown! Now let's hope they show it here in the UK. I doubt it'll happen, but someone's bound to record each episode and put it online. Maybe they'll even release a DVD!
It's great to see an underground(ish) cartoon like Tripping The Rift get some real recognition instead of them just showing another program invented by a major TV company 'cause their marketing stats say it'll do well.
It's the white transparency on the first layer that'll sort this out. If something is supposed to look closer to you, it'll be made lighter by the nearer screen. If it's further away it'll be darker.
Troll maybe, but he does have a point with all but the goatsex links.
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Design is kinky has some great visuals that pull you in and make you want to view everything there is to offer.
Eimod is a nice clean layout. It's easy to find your way around, it's got some great articles and is visually impressive.
And I've got something to do with it. Snoogans
yeah, but there's much more flexibility with this method. If you want MP3, 8 bit 28KHz mono, it's easily done.
Besides, if it's a security camera sound probably won't be needed anyway. You can strip it out entirely using virtual dub.
300k/sec seems very excessive. You could try converting it all to mpeg4 with a DivX encoder (http://www.divx.com) and that should compress it right down. If you've got sound in there too, strip it out or at least convert to MP3.
You can do all this with a great program called Virtual Dub (http://www186.pair.com/vdub/)
http://www.newkind.co.uk/.
Just wondering, does anyone know what happened to David Braben and Ian Bell? I heard they went their seperate ways, but I'm not sure if that's just a rumor.
The UK have another hinderance under the guise of British Telecom. BT hold nearly all the phone lines, and as a result smaller companies find it difficult to offer ADSL at a reasonable rate. Blueyonder and such companies are now managing to do this, but it still depends on whether BT have set up their exchanges yet - they're slow.
Municipal networks can help to get rid of this problem. Networks such as the South West Group for Learning connect schools etc. over a WAN, and in turn the schools get 2MB 'net access for a relatively small fee.
Oftel (the phone network regulations people) are clamping down on BT, and as a result ADSL is becoming more widely available, but for small businesses and schools, municpal networks are still one of the best ways to go.
It's all to do with it being made by a company called Microsoft. Microsoft was founded by a businessman that goes by the name of Bill Gates. This man sold his soul to satan in order to gain control over 90% of the world's computers, through this "Microsoft" company. The only real drawback (aside from selling his soul) was that the company name had to reflect the constant state of his genetalia. Thank you.
I've always thought that the main advantage is that noone can shut down a decentralised network. Sure, you can ban Napster servers but you're going to need a shitload more power to ban every gnutella server out there.
I use Gnucleus here - the only real problem I've found with it is the thoughtless assholes that name files differently to confuse people.
They'll probably have to balance their budgets some other way, probably by borrowing future money against something else... and so it goes until there's no more future to borrow money from :)
I've been told (by one of the workers) that games companies often work like this when getting close to a deadline. People bring in sleeping bags and crash on the floor of their office!
A certain Derby based games company have showers, games rooms etc. too to help their workers relax when a 16 hour work day is necessary.
Looks like it's time for someone to invent the physics-defying-star-trek-inertial-damper things then.
:)
That reminds me.. Must send off for that patent.
the different colours depend on them changing size, so I'm not sure how feasible this would be.. There's bound to be quite a size difference between a red screen and a blue screen, and let's face it if you're using windows e-book edition, a blue screen is going to be pretty common. ;)
I totally agree. The reason people need more and more security is the little script kiddie who happens to have a copy of netsphere or who's gotten his hands on some IRC utils. IRC bots could be the answer - bots that hunt script kiddies down and ban them. It'd cut down on all the research that goes into making IRC more secure too.
Get the public educated? I'm not sure about many other places, but here in Cornwall (surrounded by many country-folk) 50% of the population don't even *use* computers! Then there's the fact that most people think Windows is an intergral part of the computer itself - the only OSes that exist are Windows and "That there AOL"... The concept of Open Source will be very hard for people to understand. You pay for newspapers, you pay for 'net access, you pay to watch TV. Free information is a futuristic concept beyond most people. Ever heard the saying "nothing's for free"? When Open Source hits the classrooms we only have to wait a generation before the students become the judges and jury. Then Open Source and Piracy won't mean the same thing. .. or something.
so YOU'RE the person that's auctioning 20 of them on ebay!
Are all your base belong to us?
Yes, but if it's public enough then you generally get away with it. Feminem got away with nearly shooting someone, Micro$oft got away with practically forcing people to use their software. This story isn't exactly in the public eye yet, but every geek out there should know the name Dimitry Skylarov by now. Give it time, and he'll be out again, crime or no crime.
Right. My mate sets up a law firm in Germany. I create KorelDraw. His law firm sue me, I change the name. Adobe pay him whatever he charges (say, one meeeeellion dollars) as the PR cost, and we split it 50/50. See you in the Caribbean :)
global warming --> melting ice-caps --> colder, bigger oceans --> cooler climate. This'll happen first, destroying most of the arable farmland anyway. Then the warming. Can't remember where I read that. Sorry :-/
I can imagine "Sponsored by Microsoft" plastered up the side of the boosters now. Imagine how many names Gates could buy :)
Apparently Looge believes in open source. Not only open source of software, but open source of all patented materials so long as nothing bad will come of it. Take a look at all the various Distributions of Linux now. Think about how that would be if genetics were open source too. Things need *some* control, but to hand complete control (be it through patent, copyright or just because they've got it stuffed up their ass) over to a single owner is stupid because that introduces errors that that single owner may not think of. Free distribution of patented products will indeed help to destroy this. Looge hath decreed it, so let it be done.
that Connie (AOL woman?) starts advertising Warner cinemas.
I'd like to see my bits working again.