Every audio CD i've ever heard of was 16bit 44.1kHz stereo audio. I must admit, i'm not current on the redbook spec, so it's possible that you can specify alternate sample rates in the TOC or something, but again, i've never seen it.
The rio car player was designed to fit nicely in your dash; it has the same form factor as a normal car stereo. That's the major advantage, otherwise, yes, you might as well put a computer in your trunk.
You'd be surprised how difficult it is to deliver a product to market at a reasonable price. Consumer electronic distribution channels (which Rio was trying to use) pocket about 33% of the $1000 price tag. Additionally, Rio has to make some money off this. Then it comes down to components, and things like LCDs, hard drives, processors add up quick. Rio was probably making an OK margin on these, but it's not like they were making bank at all. The reason they were the only company with a car jukebox is because most companies have noted that it's not economically feasable yet.
This movie was queued. At the end of mallrats (i think it was?) they refer to jay, silent bob, and an ape, then mention that's another story. hmm..
I liked the fact that he tied together a lot of random bits and pieces from other movies, plus brought closure to his jersey series. All the jokes about the audience watching the movie, and mirimax sucking were just jokes. Look at how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck panned each others' movie performances - they're just a bunch of psuedo-inside jokes about movies, actors, and studios. Jay mentions "I hate hollywood. Everything here is so fake." It has to be a joke - if it was really true, would they be making movies?
And i totally agree about jason mewes driving this movie. He doesn't do it because he's a good actor, but because he's very tangible.
I think the end result will be less reliance on a central PC. If you look at it right now, the only people who really _need_ a serious PC are:
1) Gamers
2) Software developers
3) Graphics artists (i'll argue that lots of these use Macs:))
Having cheap individual devices will be the direction things will go, but not using PC parts. If you're interested in browsing the web, does it matter what the underlying hardware is? No. And there are cheaper processors available (like xscale). This is the general thought behind embedded devices being the future.
It's funny that we're supposedly in the era where the network is king, but people are still spending a lot of money on PCs, which are inherently centralized multi-purpose devices (instead of decentralized, purpose-built, network enabled devices).
Thank you for noticing that the magic here is not a new processor, rather, that they have a technique that allows 2.2GHz chips. They explicitly state their target audience is telecom and networking appliances, so this only relates to the "Does it run Linux?1!?!" crowd in that it shows 2+GHz can be done now, and it will likely accelerate the PC chipmakers.
Multiple audio channels for music, which is often encoded in stereo, is not really necessary.
ID3V1 for mp3 is a hack, however, ID3V2 for mp3 allows arbitrary length fields. no, it is not as warm and fuzzy as vorbis comments.
MP3 and WMA work _better_ on portable players, since they are less computationally intensive and have a smaller footprint. Additionally, people who use portable players typically have crappy headphones, so audio quality is not the biggest factor.
WMA allows 48kHz audio. It doesn't matter much because the vast majority of hardware out there only plays back at 44kHz.
The quality of the encoder is only an argument now because there is only one encoder. Have no fear that someone will go out and make a faster, lower quality ogg encoder at some point. These Things Happen.
In general you make a decent argument for Vorbis, but the technical and accoustic merits don't outweigh the real world downsides of switching content to a new format.
there was an article in wired (dont laugh) about what happened to this guy when he posted his original piece. effectively he had performed experiments years ago that proved flaws in relativity, and had a paper prepared on the matter. he made the mistake of conducting an interview with a journalist, who later distorted the story to glorify it and attract readers. the distorted story led many people to say this guy was a crap scientist, and his paper ended up not being published (i think the magazine that was going to carry it declined after the prior incident). since then he's been working solely on solidifying his theories, and he (understandably so) lost a lot of faith in the "scientific community" which so briskly disregarded his theories. or, at least, that is what i remember from the article i read a while back.
good to see that he is producing something. if i'm in the mood to feel stupid i'll try and understand his paper.:)
somehow i find it hard to believe that a method for compressing text at a 100:1 ratio has been buried away forever. standard compression programs get about 10:1 on text, you'd think that a better model would be incorporated if one existed.
interesting point. the only savings i really see are in the bandwidth, since all applications need maintenance, hardware, and development tools (of some sort). so i'm guessing the hope is that curl will save companies enough in bandwidth cost to offset the constant bleed of curl programs?
one thing to consider, no matter how beautiful or elegant a solution is these days, if it comes from a company and any sort of cost or restriction is associated with it, an alternative will be developed.:)
i didn't know that hipzip support was actually released, i thought it was just a technology demo.
one problem with ogg is that it is computationally more expensive than mp3, in addition to requiring a bit more memory. this prevents it from living in some of the more popular mp3 players (like the rio 600, nomad 2, etc which live in
in general, ogg will succeed when it is perceived as significantly better than the existing formats. the audio quality and "free" factor aren't very compelling to people who already have a large amount of content in mp3 format, so mp3 will continue to exist. every format will have to overcome this hurdle. chances are WMA will be very succesfull, just because they have the PC as a way to get their encoder into everybody's hands.
MP3 doesn't inherently support it, however, there are DRM schemes (such as Intertrust and i think liquidaudio) which 'wrap' mp3 files with DRM protection.
Remember, the consumer demand was there for napster, but that didn't work out either:)
no, the consumers of mp3 players are the ones losing money. it's just like buying a PC with windows preinstalled - you're paying for that license when you get the pc. with mp3 players, no company that makes an mp3 player is going to eat the cost on the codecs. instead, they're going to factor it into the cost of the device.
indeed so. it is also very easy to see the correlation between the golf club (phallus), the golf ball (sperm), and the green (ovum, or more specifically, the surface of the ovum).
naturally, the hole is admittance into the ovum, and the gopher symbolizes a resistance to this admission, almost certainly by the state of the golf ball when it arrives. as we all know, golf players tend to be sterile, and the gopher is a manifestation of this sterility, by preventing the fertilization.
Murray's battle is more symbolic of the efforts of a son to buy viagra for an aged father.
Ok, the big claim to fame for QNX is that it boots off a floppy. Unfortunately, it only runs on x86 processors. If you knew about the embedded space, you'd know that almost nobody uses x86.
I haven't heard of chorusOS or nucleus. I've heard of ThreadX, and had a demo of it from green hills, but why bother? It comes to something like $20k for the scheduler, synch mechanisms, and a file i/o layer. My embedded OS of choice: eCos.
Also, FYI, distributions dont matter in the embedded space. Most embedded devices have limitations on space (or, if they dont, they should for cost reasons), so using a distribution is pointless. Just a kernel and a ramfs with some basic utilities is all you really need. This is how it's done on devices like the empeg.
I would be interested in seeing a company that makes a profit from a linux distro. The biggest company behind any distro is RedHat, and they make almost no money off sales. They try and offer support contracts and make their money there, but even that is slim. If you look at the numbers, they made a bunch of cash in their IPO and used it to pick up Cygnus, which actually _does_ make money off consulting and support contracts.
Small scale distros will have trouble surviving in the end though, because there is no profit model. That is the only way they relate to dotcoms.
hopefully this will be the start of a reduction in the number of available distros. linux would benefit a lot from having only a limited selection of solid instead of the current lineup.
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Every audio CD i've ever heard of was 16bit 44.1kHz stereo audio. I must admit, i'm not current on the redbook spec, so it's possible that you can specify alternate sample rates in the TOC or something, but again, i've never seen it.
Clik! media is magnetic, not optical. it's rewriteable, and only available in 40MB and 100MB sizes.
Dataplay drives transfer up to 20MB/sec. That is the theoretical limit based on best-case timing and no error conditions.
Obviously when they say "CD-quality" they are using the (inappropriate) reference to 128kbps mp3 encodings.
The rio car player was designed to fit nicely in your dash; it has the same form factor as a normal car stereo. That's the major advantage, otherwise, yes, you might as well put a computer in your trunk.
You'd be surprised how difficult it is to deliver a product to market at a reasonable price. Consumer electronic distribution channels (which Rio was trying to use) pocket about 33% of the $1000 price tag. Additionally, Rio has to make some money off this. Then it comes down to components, and things like LCDs, hard drives, processors add up quick. Rio was probably making an OK margin on these, but it's not like they were making bank at all. The reason they were the only company with a car jukebox is because most companies have noted that it's not economically feasable yet.
That's an interesting way to look at it.
This movie was queued. At the end of mallrats (i think it was?) they refer to jay, silent bob, and an ape, then mention that's another story. hmm..
I liked the fact that he tied together a lot of random bits and pieces from other movies, plus brought closure to his jersey series. All the jokes about the audience watching the movie, and mirimax sucking were just jokes. Look at how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck panned each others' movie performances - they're just a bunch of psuedo-inside jokes about movies, actors, and studios. Jay mentions "I hate hollywood. Everything here is so fake." It has to be a joke - if it was really true, would they be making movies?
And i totally agree about jason mewes driving this movie. He doesn't do it because he's a good actor, but because he's very tangible.
Similar to the ending of Doctor Strangelove, indeed.
I think the end result will be less reliance on a central PC. If you look at it right now, the only people who really _need_ a serious PC are: 1) Gamers :))
2) Software developers
3) Graphics artists (i'll argue that lots of these use Macs
Having cheap individual devices will be the direction things will go, but not using PC parts. If you're interested in browsing the web, does it matter what the underlying hardware is? No. And there are cheaper processors available (like xscale). This is the general thought behind embedded devices being the future.
It's funny that we're supposedly in the era where the network is king, but people are still spending a lot of money on PCs, which are inherently centralized multi-purpose devices (instead of decentralized, purpose-built, network enabled devices).
All the people they are asking are former apple employees - none are current, and none are from other companies. Seems like a poorly weighted group.
Thank you for noticing that the magic here is not a new processor, rather, that they have a technique that allows 2.2GHz chips. They explicitly state their target audience is telecom and networking appliances, so this only relates to the "Does it run Linux?1!?!" crowd in that it shows 2+GHz can be done now, and it will likely accelerate the PC chipmakers.
MP3 was first, it's not best. There are problems, they chose not to fix them in MP3, rather, they are introducing MP3Pro.
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Multiple audio channels for music, which is often encoded in stereo, is not really necessary.
ID3V1 for mp3 is a hack, however, ID3V2 for mp3 allows arbitrary length fields. no, it is not as warm and fuzzy as vorbis comments.
MP3 and WMA work _better_ on portable players, since they are less computationally intensive and have a smaller footprint. Additionally, people who use portable players typically have crappy headphones, so audio quality is not the biggest factor.
WMA allows 48kHz audio. It doesn't matter much because the vast majority of hardware out there only plays back at 44kHz.
The quality of the encoder is only an argument now because there is only one encoder. Have no fear that someone will go out and make a faster, lower quality ogg encoder at some point. These Things Happen.
In general you make a decent argument for Vorbis, but the technical and accoustic merits don't outweigh the real world downsides of switching content to a new format.
there was an article in wired (dont laugh) about what happened to this guy when he posted his original piece. effectively he had performed experiments years ago that proved flaws in relativity, and had a paper prepared on the matter. he made the mistake of conducting an interview with a journalist, who later distorted the story to glorify it and attract readers. the distorted story led many people to say this guy was a crap scientist, and his paper ended up not being published (i think the magazine that was going to carry it declined after the prior incident). since then he's been working solely on solidifying his theories, and he (understandably so) lost a lot of faith in the "scientific community" which so briskly disregarded his theories. or, at least, that is what i remember from the article i read a while back.
:)
good to see that he is producing something. if i'm in the mood to feel stupid i'll try and understand his paper.
somehow i find it hard to believe that a method for compressing text at a 100:1 ratio has been buried away forever. standard compression programs get about 10:1 on text, you'd think that a better model would be incorporated if one existed.
interesting point. the only savings i really see are in the bandwidth, since all applications need maintenance, hardware, and development tools (of some sort). so i'm guessing the hope is that curl will save companies enough in bandwidth cost to offset the constant bleed of curl programs?
:)
one thing to consider, no matter how beautiful or elegant a solution is these days, if it comes from a company and any sort of cost or restriction is associated with it, an alternative will be developed.
i didn't know that hipzip support was actually released, i thought it was just a technology demo.
one problem with ogg is that it is computationally more expensive than mp3, in addition to requiring a bit more memory. this prevents it from living in some of the more popular mp3 players (like the rio 600, nomad 2, etc which live in
in general, ogg will succeed when it is perceived as significantly better than the existing formats. the audio quality and "free" factor aren't very compelling to people who already have a large amount of content in mp3 format, so mp3 will continue to exist. every format will have to overcome this hurdle. chances are WMA will be very succesfull, just because they have the PC as a way to get their encoder into everybody's hands.
MP3 doesn't inherently support it, however, there are DRM schemes (such as Intertrust and i think liquidaudio) which 'wrap' mp3 files with DRM protection.
:)
Remember, the consumer demand was there for napster, but that didn't work out either
no, the consumers of mp3 players are the ones losing money. it's just like buying a PC with windows preinstalled - you're paying for that license when you get the pc. with mp3 players, no company that makes an mp3 player is going to eat the cost on the codecs. instead, they're going to factor it into the cost of the device.
naturally, the hole is admittance into the ovum, and the gopher symbolizes a resistance to this admission, almost certainly by the state of the golf ball when it arrives. as we all know, golf players tend to be sterile, and the gopher is a manifestation of this sterility, by preventing the fertilization.
Murray's battle is more symbolic of the efforts of a son to buy viagra for an aged father.Ok, the big claim to fame for QNX is that it boots off a floppy. Unfortunately, it only runs on x86 processors. If you knew about the embedded space, you'd know that almost nobody uses x86.
I haven't heard of chorusOS or nucleus. I've heard of ThreadX, and had a demo of it from green hills, but why bother? It comes to something like $20k for the scheduler, synch mechanisms, and a file i/o layer. My embedded OS of choice: eCos.
Also, FYI, distributions dont matter in the embedded space. Most embedded devices have limitations on space (or, if they dont, they should for cost reasons), so using a distribution is pointless. Just a kernel and a ramfs with some basic utilities is all you really need. This is how it's done on devices like the empeg.
I would be interested in seeing a company that makes a profit from a linux distro. The biggest company behind any distro is RedHat, and they make almost no money off sales. They try and offer support contracts and make their money there, but even that is slim. If you look at the numbers, they made a bunch of cash in their IPO and used it to pick up Cygnus, which actually _does_ make money off consulting and support contracts.
Small scale distros will have trouble surviving in the end though, because there is no profit model. That is the only way they relate to dotcoms.
hopefully this will be the start of a reduction in the number of available distros. linux would benefit a lot from having only a limited selection of solid instead of the current lineup.
Wow, i like the new mangled URLs you use for goatse.cx.
Too bad you can't get moderated to -1, Annoyingly Creative
That's right man, shame on /. Wouldn't want anyone to post stories you dont agree with, would we?
someone mentions that the link is wrong, and you guys mark it offtopic. god, you all fucking rock. i tell you kids, you fucking rock.