If you have interpolated frames, then you need at least two frames (at the source frame rate, e.g. 30 FPS) in the buffer before it can be put on screen, making input lag a bit of a problem.
More recent versions of emacs are able to render SVG files, and I have actually used it on a few occasions to clean up some SVG files (particularly to reduce their file size).
I really hope you were being sarcastic with that. That code is not good for grammar / syntax — it has no obvious start point, comments look like unbalanced quotations, and there are subroutines that only set string values to an empty string.
[add to that my personal preference for end-of-line markers, and brackets / braces to surround statement blocks (without them, it's like sentences without commas and full stops)]
There is an issue with Dynamic range compression use by broadcasters and advertisers to increase the apparent volume of sound while staying within legislated limits. That trick is not something that can be easily regulated, unless you do something silly like requiring all sound clips to be stored on records.
As mentioned previously, that summary puts an odd spin on data in an attempt to make it look like everyone is suffering equally:
Sony... net loss [of]... ¥58.5bn [~650 million USD] Microsoft... first loss [of] $31 million US Nintendo... sales of the Wii dropping by 67 percent in the US, 60 percent in Japan and 47 percent in the rest of the world.
The summary (excluding the first sentence) seems to essentially be a direct quote from page 2 of the article. Clicking through on the Nintendo link, there's a mention of Nintendo net profit for a 3 month period of ¥42 billion (US$443 million).
The first sentence of the article mentions that
the title of this feature alone has “troll” written all over it
I think if this guy wants to look less like a troll, he should at least try to choose more comparable statistics.
The one you've linked to doesn't quite seem to match the summary. The submitter talks about a brief mention of the incident by a friend. The incident that you linked to is a first-person account (lot's of 'I's, and not much 'my friend's), and is hardly what I would call 'brief'.
And when you steal from us, you steal from [the people who build]
Really? Do the people who build the games get paid royalties for games that they help create?
If so, I suppose we can get into the 'making a copy of a piece of software' vs 'removing cargo from ships without permission' debate. If not, those builders got their money for the game before anyone was able to take it from them.
the fourth was the Perl module Language::INTERCAL::Charset::EBCDIC, which I strongly hope can't burn CDs
Of course that INTERCAL module can burn CDs — it sets a 'Char' onto the CD (Even Before CD is Cold). If you're looking for a character set, then you'll want the Language::INTERCAL::Arrangement::VIOLIN module (Voice Input Output for Local INterfaces).
There's also a "make localyesconfig" that will be even more useful for me, particularly for removing the need for initrd. I can now do a "make localyesconfig", and not have to try to guess what particular combination of compiled-in options is required for the computer to start up, then add in the additional things as modules.
There's another form of pseudo-science that is more rampant in the clinical world -- genetic testing. Or, more specifically, carrying out genetic tests for things that only contribute a small fraction (say 2%) of the total variation, and making it out that it's closer to 100%:
"Oh, you have type O blood, that means you're at risk for cardiovascular disease."
[cloud computing] is so vague (or shall we say, nebulous) that it can't be used for meaningful statements. Basically what the term means is, don't pay attention to who has your data, or who controls any part of the computing you do, just ignore it. And ignoring it is what you shouldn't do.
If you let someone else control your access to your own files, consider that they might have a different idea of appropriate access to those files.
I use git as a local backup for my PhD stuff (every hour), and have a cron job to copy the git store (and important files, just in case) to my university drive (when my login works), which is apparently backed up off-site. I've verified a couple of times that I can actually restore from the copied backups, and it has saved me on a few occasions when I accidentally delete files.
On the downside, the git repository serves as a record of how little work I have done each day.
He was talking about Software as a Service (SAAS) there, which is a more specific term.
His comments regarding "cloud computing" remind me of what he says about "intellectual property", so I wonder if he would be similarly frustrated with both terms (i.e. cloud computing is to SAAS as intellectual property is to patent law).
Thanks a lot for the video and link/post. I wonder why googling 'a free digital society' does not find it. Not even the FSF page has much info on the talk.
YW. Both the video and the talk are new; the video was uploaded 10 days ago, and I think this talk is one of his newer ones (1-2 years old, from what I recall). Thanks to your mention in/., it'll probably show up soon enough.
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If you have interpolated frames, then you need at least two frames (at the source frame rate, e.g. 30 FPS) in the buffer before it can be put on screen, making input lag a bit of a problem.
More recent versions of emacs are able to render SVG files, and I have actually used it on a few occasions to clean up some SVG files (particularly to reduce their file size).
Actually, I think I do recall that wikipedia one now. It's Gametic Sex.
Gender is not social. It is biological. Don't be a fucking moron.
Not a moron, just a bio<pedant>. My biology teachings suggest that there are at least three things that can be considered male/female/etc:
Wikipedia suggests another one, whether you produce sperm or eggs, which probably goes between the Genetic and Biological ones that I have here.
I really hope you were being sarcastic with that. That code is not good for grammar / syntax — it has no obvious start point, comments look like unbalanced quotations, and there are subroutines that only set string values to an empty string.
[add to that my personal preference for end-of-line markers, and brackets / braces to surround statement blocks (without them, it's like sentences without commas and full stops)]
oh, damn, somebody's already asked that....
How much Perl should a Perl Packager package, if a Perl Packager could Package Perl?
Don't get me wrong, I 3 Ubuntu more than most people
You what Ubuntu? I'm all for Ubuntu when introducing people to Linux, (and 4 > 3) but I think I'll stick to Debian.
Did you buy that uid because I'd normally say "you must be new here"...
Anyone with a 6-figure UID is "new" on /.
There is an issue with Dynamic range compression use by broadcasters and advertisers to increase the apparent volume of sound while staying within legislated limits. That trick is not something that can be easily regulated, unless you do something silly like requiring all sound clips to be stored on records.
As mentioned previously, that summary puts an odd spin on data in an attempt to make it look like everyone is suffering equally:
Sony... net loss [of]... ¥58.5bn [~650 million USD]
Microsoft... first loss [of] $31 million US
Nintendo... sales of the Wii dropping by 67 percent in the US, 60 percent in Japan and 47 percent in the rest of the world.
The summary (excluding the first sentence) seems to essentially be a direct quote from page 2 of the article. Clicking through on the Nintendo link, there's a mention of Nintendo net profit for a 3 month period of ¥42 billion (US$443 million).
The first sentence of the article mentions that
the title of this feature alone has “troll” written all over it
I think if this guy wants to look less like a troll, he should at least try to choose more comparable statistics.
The one you've linked to doesn't quite seem to match the summary. The submitter talks about a brief mention of the incident by a friend. The incident that you linked to is a first-person account (lot's of 'I's, and not much 'my friend's), and is hardly what I would call 'brief'.
Did you rape and murder my sister while burglarizing her house 15 years ago?
Isn't it interesting that you're the only one asking that question? Why hasn't he responded to your question yet? Perhaps he has something to hide.
And when you steal from us, you steal from [the people who build]
Really? Do the people who build the games get paid royalties for games that they help create?
If so, I suppose we can get into the 'making a copy of a piece of software' vs 'removing cargo from ships without permission' debate. If not, those builders got their money for the game before anyone was able to take it from them.
the fourth was the Perl module Language::INTERCAL::Charset::EBCDIC, which I strongly hope can't burn CDs
Of course that INTERCAL module can burn CDs — it sets a 'Char' onto the CD (Even Before CD is Cold). If you're looking for a character set, then you'll want the Language::INTERCAL::Arrangement::VIOLIN module (Voice Input Output for Local INterfaces).
There's also a "make localyesconfig" that will be even more useful for me, particularly for removing the need for initrd. I can now do a "make localyesconfig", and not have to try to guess what particular combination of compiled-in options is required for the computer to start up, then add in the additional things as modules.
There's another form of pseudo-science that is more rampant in the clinical world -- genetic testing. Or, more specifically, carrying out genetic tests for things that only contribute a small fraction (say 2%) of the total variation, and making it out that it's closer to 100%:
"Oh, you have type O blood, that means you're at risk for cardiovascular disease."
Here's Richard Stallman's view on Cloud computing [about 40s in]:
[cloud computing] is so vague (or shall we say, nebulous) that it can't be used for meaningful statements. Basically what the term means is, don't pay attention to who has your data, or who controls any part of the computing you do, just ignore it. And ignoring it is what you shouldn't do.
If you let someone else control your access to your own files, consider that they might have a different idea of appropriate access to those files.
I use git as a local backup for my PhD stuff (every hour), and have a cron job to copy the git store (and important files, just in case) to my university drive (when my login works), which is apparently backed up off-site. I've verified a couple of times that I can actually restore from the copied backups, and it has saved me on a few occasions when I accidentally delete files.
On the downside, the git repository serves as a record of how little work I have done each day.
This is an example of using some light to cast an issue.
GSpot is a video codec identification tool for windows:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
I seem to remember writing up a wine bug about it sometime in the distant past. Ah yes, here it is:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14868
In New Zealand, we have Tui ads for that.
Sure, MP3s sound better than FLAC, but if you used *both*, you'd get even better sound.
Also further explained at about 10:20 in [part2]
He was talking about Software as a Service (SAAS) there, which is a more specific term.
His comments regarding "cloud computing" remind me of what he says about "intellectual property", so I wonder if he would be similarly frustrated with both terms (i.e. cloud computing is to SAAS as intellectual property is to patent law).
Thanks a lot for the video and link/post. I wonder why googling 'a free digital society'
does not find it. Not even the FSF page has much info on the talk.
YW. Both the video and the talk are new; the video was uploaded 10 days ago, and I think this talk is one of his newer ones (1-2 years old, from what I recall). Thanks to your mention in /., it'll probably show up soon enough.