I don't know how many other people out there were dedicated fans of Yamaha's drives, but I can tell you as a user who owns both their old 6x4x16 and 24x10x40 model of internal SCSI burners that they are really unparalleled. For the upper end market demanding the performance of SCSI (which most other drive makers have abandoned, but alas I won't go off on my SCSI rant today:) these were the best drives, and were reliable (almost all the failed burns were a result of third party software or other software problems that resulted from my own mistakes). I recall many times when I would be burning a cd, while either doing on graphics work, gaming, or watching a movie, and these things kept on burning.
Its a sad day to see one of the pioneers of burning technology leave the arena. They will be missed.
Actually that isn't quite true. Under the Athenian system of government, a lottery was drawn every few years where approximately 5000 of the citizens of Athens were selected to be the governing body. This governing body met regularly (and its members were paid to attend) so that they could pass legislation by popular consent. Although this true democracy does depend on the desire of the majority, its structure of representative governance holds a key difference. Such a system is, however, not what we think of as democracy today, as it is too much a pure implementation.
Additionally, the definitian of an Athenian citizen was not as altruistic as merly being loyal and able to fight for Athens, rather, to be a citizen elegible to take part in the governance of the city-state, one must have both of their parents be Athenian citizens.
The more accurate consideration when examining democracy of today would be to look to Rousseau or Locke, both philosophers of the 17th century. Under Rousseau's model, upon which much of the US system today was based, the body politic is ruled by the desire of the collective body not for individual gain but rather the good of the people as a whole. This is substantially different from mob rule in which each individual acts rashly for their own benifit.
Cheating was one strategy tried and rejected during the process of artificial evolution -- at one point the robot simply stood on its wing tips and later it climbed up on some objects that had been accidentally left nearby. ... But after three hours the robot discovered a flapping technique ... However, the robot could not actually fly because it was too heavy for its electrical motor. "There's only so much that evolution can do," Bentley said.
Finally we understand the dodo's place in evolution.
is any inherient lag involved in encrypting and decrypting the data, cost of realtime hardware encryption, etc. I say this after reading many hundreds of pages of Cisco QoS docs (not that i _understood_ even a page:P ) and being amazed at the sheer quantity of VoIP configuration they suggest, all in the name of reducing latency enough to get decent service. Encryption is only going to increase this unless you go hardware styles, in which case it noticably increases the cost of the product, especially if you require a non-specific chip (hell i don't even know how to implement something like twofish on a phone, but i'm guessing that a risc chip with some flash could do the job). On the other hand you could always find some surplus clipper parts:)
Its late so please excuse any lack of structure in this post. Nuff said, so here we go.
The important fact to examine with this release is the idea, not the implementation, as seems to be the authors intent, as he repeatedly notes that this is a very early beta. And contrary to the reports of other posters, it appears that he is intent on releasing the source, as there is a link on the webpage (read the damn links people) but it is just down at the moment.
Rather than flaming the author on his lack of anonymity or direct association with the desire to counter the CARP decision, we should be praising him for putting himself on the line in an effort to fight censorship (even if it could be / is used for piracy, but thats another debate). It was this same kind of effort that allows people access to many other technologies, the most prominent in this day and age being encryption (historical note: Phil Zimmerman threw together the original copy of pgp to counter pending legislation prohibiting the dissimenation of encryption technology circa 1990).
Ok guys, just got out of the theater down here and I thought I would give some feedback to the community. First of all, I'd like to qualify any negative tones that come through by stating that a few of the specific scenes were tainted in my first viewing by a big fat guy next to me that kept saying "this isn't star wars" I felt like turning next to him and saying, "well fatso, what is it then, mary fucking poppens?" because undoubtedly this is star wars.
Over the years, I think Lucas may have lost touch a little bit with his fan base, but AotC is a step in the right direction. Its hard to go into any details without spoiling (which i promised myself i would not do) so forgive me if I skimp out in those areas
Lucas makes use of two main plots, regarding anakin and obi-wan (sp?) now the former plot in my opinion, endulges a little too much in the realms of honest idealism, and can get cheesy at times, but the remaining portions, along with the later plot, definitely make up for it. (Yoda. need i say more?)
Halfway through the movie I must admit I was quite skeptical, as I had already extrapolated every action to the end. However, the clues did not reveal all, to the point that at the end I was left stunned, contemplating what was going to happen next, what I missed, and how long until I could see it again.
Strong the force in this one is.
-John
disclaimer: as it is 3:21am and I only had 5 hours of sleep in the last 40, please excuse any spelling, errors, or lack of interes... oh screw it - flame away
We must remember that the reason credit cards exist in the first place is to simplify the transfer of money from entity a to entity b. Although it is true that the securtiy is a joke on the current implimentation, the reason it hasn't been upgraded is that nearly any addition of security will add overhead to the user, and complicate their interaction with the credit system. Instead, the credit cards use a system of zero liability for unauthorized transfers for the end user (which nulls their complaints about securty) and a heavy handed, we will find you and prosecute and screw your life over if you rip us off philosophy. Therefore their overall security in the big picture with respect to fraud isn't quite as bad as many people have claimed it to be. They may not have information security, but they have legal security, and as long as their technology people keep up with those people committing fraud (ask a guy in my residence hall at uni whether or not the three guys he knows that did this think that they can keep up... i'm sure he'll get back to you in about 6 months when his friends get out of jail (yep they're about 19 btw)) then the system will continue as it has been.
Of course, if they do flag files, then it may b possible to use the DMCA as another method to sue the rippers, since the loss of the flag would be circumventing a "copyright protection mechanism".
now since gamma rays can have unfortunate interactions with data in ram, thereby possibly flipping a bit or two on occasion...
"no officer, i don't know how that copyright bit got flipped, thereby unflagging the file as copy protected"
just my $.01 worth (depreciated accordingly)
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the main problem ogg vorbis seems to be not the quality of the format, or the encoding/decoding engines, but rather in the inherient problems of accepting a new format.
people changed from wav to mp3 because wav was unusable due to its massive size, while mp3 was not noticably different in quality (to save the flames yes some people with studio quality gear can hear a difference) while resulting in a 10 fold plus savings in space. entire albums could now be stored in less space than one wav file. this in a time where pressure on any audio/video content was high due to shortages in storage capability was a breakthrough, bringing media to the people, and they embraced it. several years later the industry realized that since it was so widespread, they might as well latch on, and so beginning roughly two years ago, we saw the emergence of mp3 players for all uses, personal, car, home. this all based on two factors, compatability, and acceptance. once people accept something, they stick with it until it is blindingly obvious that the rewards of change are greater than the inherient risks.
fast forward to current times. storage capability has exploded. right now i have 100 gigs at my disposal on this box alone, and this quantity is not anything special anymore. do 5 600 meg wav files bother me anymore? no, in fact i don't even notice them except when i realize i should really archive them because that project is done. do mp3's bother me? not at all, in fact storage is so cheap that i can't even be bothered going through my collection to eliminate duplicates or outdated material. what i'm trying to say with this, is that space is no longer a limiting factor, nor is size of the file, therefore the savings accorded by any new format including ogg is not a selling point especially in the face of change.
so the only real selling points are quality or features. features are great, who wouldn't like to beable to pull up realtime lyrics, band info, pics, links, etc. all from within the music file, or spread throughout the files of a album. however, dvd has the video equivalent of these features and they have failed to be implemented to a major degree because of the time problems which accompany putting so much content into a basic product. so just to put features to the side temporarily, lets just say that features could be a selling point that would bring about a new format if the changed required to mp3 would be impractical or impossible to equal such support.
this leaves us with quality. therefore quality alone will be required to convince consumers and companys to abandon mp3 and change to something else like ogg. now quality is subjective to a great degree, but anyone i know can distinguish the difference in video quality from mpeg-1 to mpeg-2 (dvd), they can distinguish the difference between 800x600 and 1600x1200 screen res, but very few on a blind test can distinguish the difference between mp3 at 128 and 192, none, unless i pull out my dj headphones in wich case a very few, can tell the difference between a cd burned from a original, and from mp3s (which is a more accurate comparison because the hardware used to produce the sound is the same). ogg has nothing better to grab than the cd stream, and while a few hardcore fans will tell you that the audio quality is better, the filesize is smaller, and support will eventually come. right now i can not see how these arguments justify the switch from the widely compatable mp3 format, with my collection which can be expanded easily from an uncomprehensiably large supply, is supported wherever i go, and is having money thrown at it by manufacturers to deliver better and better products.
there are far too few pressures to make the change in the area that counts the most, the mind and wallet of the consumer.
undermine the DCMA. Bear with me here, but as long as standard products are able to 'circumvent' the copyright protection via encryption etc (and i used that word encryption very lightly...) because of how shockingly bad the implementations are the RIAA is going to be unhappy (yes the MPAA etc as well) and thus will eventually get greedy and try to prosecute some/many people.
And heres where the crappy DCMA really starts to leak water, because now these products (ie. DVD-ROM drives, etc) that are being manufactured by large corporations some of which don't give a f*** about the MPAA and the DVD Forum because they allow all of that to be handled by software, are circumvention devices, and thus illegal. All it takes is a lawsuit and there is no way that anyone can tell me that this crappy law can stand up in court when multibillion dollar industries go head to head with each other. Now IANAL but in my opinion the DCMA has the quality of construction roughly equal to that of M$'s software, and that under this much scrutiny it will (and forgive the really corny wording of this but i'm tired) BSOD.
damn... i would really want one except the usefullness of 1 gig becomes impared when you have to access it via usb... why couldn't they of just used firewire? or at least released 2 interface versions. albeit this won't be a prob with the smaller ones for 8 megs on usb doesn't really take that long, but who wants to wait like an hour to transfer that video scene you just finised editing and compressing to your keychain to take down to the other editing suite.
I never like usb when it came out because of its speed, and now a few years later the same speed seems releatively less. Jeez start using a more up to date standard... firewire or usb 2.0
yet another wonderful technological innovation that will revolutionize the world
please. is it really that hard to ask ya friend (you know... the one with 10,000 mp3's) what song that is?
yet another technological instrument that if implemented properly along with many other features could contrubute to a useful device, but instead will probably be marketed as a gimmick (just like that blue led "flashlight" you have at the bottom of your desk drawer, don't deny it) and eventually be dismissed as useless.
btw this wasn't meant as a flame. go ahead and -1 it but basically waht i'm trying to say is that these devices have uses which could make them successful, who wouldn't want to know in the middle of a tv show or movie or music vid what song they're listening to. i just get annoyed at the poor implementations and over hype of such ideas
and just disregard this if it makes no sense... i'm tired and feel like crap
we need a dual scsi controller, raid-1 mirrored machine with hourly^H^H^H^H^H^Hnightly offsite backup (to an alternative location via longrange 802.11 wi-fi networking to our automated tape backup library perhaps?) enclosed in a reinforced fireproof safe with appropriate heat exchange and ventalation systems, power conditioning and backup via dual redundant ups's.
just how important are your mp3 collections again?
oh sorry... i forgot... the mp3's only take up 20% of hdd space, the rest is pr0n =)
The artical states that the states objecting to the current settlement want m$ to offer office for other operating systems, but then go on further only to specify macintosh. Now although linux/fbsd have a relatively small userbase, it can't be that much smaller than apple's 10%(?). Why has this been left out?
I guess one possibility is that linux/fbsd don't have a powerful central representative company thats constantly lobbing for them with regard to laws making them more appealing, or to increase their particapation in settlements such as this one.
Kinda annoying that the very thing that makes linux so useful from the development point makes it so useless from the political point.
* MD only attains the long play features by increasing the compression ratio that the ATRAC algorithm is processing the audio to, inheriently losing audio quailty. The actual capacity of MD discs has not changed from the original spec somewhere around 150MB eqiv.
* MD prohibits copies from being made from copies, using a original and copy permitted bit set on the disc. Incidentally no consumer recording hardware (to my knowledge) allows you to mess around with these settings, so your never gonna beable to make a second backup when your original disc goes missing.
* That great Digital I/O feature that MD people love because it allows them to maintain the audio quality bit for bit in transferring between MD devices and MD to Comp utilizes a uncompressed data stream, to maintain compatability (I assume) with other similarly equipped devices. Unfortunately this is where that ATRAC lossy algorithm shows a weakness because it is only preserved within the MD player, and must be decompressed and recompressed when transfered. This introduces inherient artifacts which depending on how picky the listener is, can be heard. (Yes, mp3 uses lossy compression as well and I am not arguing that it uses better technology that ATRAC (I refuse to go there) however, because mp3 device archetecture is such that only one compression decompression cycle is performed, the compression artifacts are less severe for they do not build up.
* MD Computer data drives arn't compatable with MD Audio disks. Very few computer audio recorders exist (to protect from illegal copying I assume). Sayonara to mastering a MD properly.
Now I admit that mp3 has many weaknesses in its current form as well, such as devices placing pauses in between tracks, and copyright protection being introduced. But the point is the medium itself (data storage of mp3's) lacks these inherient flaws introduced by the MD designers, which in the process of preventing some copying, prohibit free use. The flaws of mp3 players can be overcome by anyone willing to undertake the task.
So this means that the US is gonna have to spend $1B themselves to develop anti-GPS-like-sattelite-sattelites to make these sattelites 'accidently' disappear when they believe there to be a 'National Security Risk'
A man in New York reported seeing Elvis at Broadway and 69th St. The man was only slightly intoxicated, but appeared to have a white powder around his nostrils. Officials believe the source to be reliable and look forward to sightings from other such people.
In Arizona two elderly ladies told our sources second cousin thrice removed that yesterday they were abducted by three aliens in tutu's and made to dance to the New York Symphony Orchestra's rendition of Tommy, who were reported to be performing live. The New York Symphony representitive could... er... not be... reached for comment.
In Texas three hillbil^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlocals reported that road kills are down by three percent from last year and appealed to the nation to start "hittn' dem darn critters" for the "sek of der chillin'" They blame the shortage on UFO sightings, and on over hunting of the local populations by Elvis (See Above)
Yes guys... its extinct.
Oh wait... my bad... its still alive, we didn't ever go to the moon, and olestra chips didn't really make people shit bricks.
Windows XP (TM) Certified (TM) Upgrade (TM)
Cost: $100
Includes: CD (ooh shiny), Licence (TM)
Problems: Hm... my wallet... feels... light.
Windows XP (TM) Family (TM) Licence (TM)
Cost: $90
Includes: Piece of paper (yay i saved $10! I can buy a... um... medium... pizza)
Problems: Ok now where did I put my Original (R) CD?
CD-R
Cost: $1
Includes: Windows XP (TM) (funny that... I don't know how that got on there)
Problems: Um... I... misplaced... my... license
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I don't know how many other people out there were dedicated fans of Yamaha's drives, but I can tell you as a user who owns both their old 6x4x16 and 24x10x40 model of internal SCSI burners that they are really unparalleled. For the upper end market demanding the performance of SCSI (which most other drive makers have abandoned, but alas I won't go off on my SCSI rant today :) these were the best drives, and were reliable (almost all the failed burns were a result of third party software or other software problems that resulted from my own mistakes). I recall many times when I would be burning a cd, while either doing on graphics work, gaming, or watching a movie, and these things kept on burning.
Its a sad day to see one of the pioneers of burning technology leave the arena. They will be missed.
Very true, however, I propose the following pronunciation:
... plus it sounds cool.
ODPPPr => Od-Tri-P or Oddtripy
Yep its three syllables, thats even beets Tcp/IP.
Actually that isn't quite true. Under the Athenian system of government, a lottery was drawn every few years where approximately 5000 of the citizens of Athens were selected to be the governing body. This governing body met regularly (and its members were paid to attend) so that they could pass legislation by popular consent. Although this true democracy does depend on the desire of the majority, its structure of representative governance holds a key difference. Such a system is, however, not what we think of as democracy today, as it is too much a pure implementation.
Additionally, the definitian of an Athenian citizen was not as altruistic as merly being loyal and able to fight for Athens, rather, to be a citizen elegible to take part in the governance of the city-state, one must have both of their parents be Athenian citizens.
The more accurate consideration when examining democracy of today would be to look to Rousseau or Locke, both philosophers of the 17th century. Under Rousseau's model, upon which much of the US system today was based, the body politic is ruled by the desire of the collective body not for individual gain but rather the good of the people as a whole. This is substantially different from mob rule in which each individual acts rashly for their own benifit.
Cheating was one strategy tried and rejected during the process of artificial evolution -- at one point the robot simply stood on its wing tips and later it climbed up on some objects that had been accidentally left nearby.
...
...
But after three hours the robot discovered a flapping technique
However, the robot could not actually fly because it was too heavy for its electrical motor.
"There's only so much that evolution can do," Bentley said.
Finally we understand the dodo's place in evolution.
is any inherient lag involved in encrypting and decrypting the data, cost of realtime hardware encryption, etc. I say this after reading many hundreds of pages of Cisco QoS docs (not that i _understood_ even a page :P ) and being amazed at the sheer quantity of VoIP configuration they suggest, all in the name of reducing latency enough to get decent service. Encryption is only going to increase this unless you go hardware styles, in which case it noticably increases the cost of the product, especially if you require a non-specific chip (hell i don't even know how to implement something like twofish on a phone, but i'm guessing that a risc chip with some flash could do the job). On the other hand you could always find some surplus clipper parts :)
Also, you could store the contents of:
149 200GB Fluid Bearing WD HDDs
45850 CDs
116400 256MB Flash Memory Cards
298000 Zip Disks
931300 32MB Memory Sticks
OR!!! 20696000 1.44MB Floppies
No offence guys, but come on. Post meaningful figures.
Its actually 250 trillion bits per square inch.
28.42 TB per square inch.
Now thats impressive.
Its late so please excuse any lack of structure in this post. Nuff said, so here we go.
The important fact to examine with this release is the idea, not the implementation, as seems to be the authors intent, as he repeatedly notes that this is a very early beta. And contrary to the reports of other posters, it appears that he is intent on releasing the source, as there is a link on the webpage (read the damn links people) but it is just down at the moment.
Rather than flaming the author on his lack of anonymity or direct association with the desire to counter the CARP decision, we should be praising him for putting himself on the line in an effort to fight censorship (even if it could be / is used for piracy, but thats another debate). It was this same kind of effort that allows people access to many other technologies, the most prominent in this day and age being encryption (historical note: Phil Zimmerman threw together the original copy of pgp to counter pending legislation prohibiting the dissimenation of encryption technology circa 1990).
Can anyone give a layman's explanation of how the information is getting passed from point a to point b?
Magic.
Can anyone give a scientific explanation of how the information is getting passed from point a to point b?
Spooky action at a distance.
What?
Erm. Magic.
Ok guys, just got out of the theater down here and I thought I would give some feedback to the community. First of all, I'd like to qualify any negative tones that come through by stating that a few of the specific scenes were tainted in my first viewing by a big fat guy next to me that kept saying "this isn't star wars" I felt like turning next to him and saying, "well fatso, what is it then, mary fucking poppens?" because undoubtedly this is star wars.
Over the years, I think Lucas may have lost touch a little bit with his fan base, but AotC is a step in the right direction. Its hard to go into any details without spoiling (which i promised myself i would not do) so forgive me if I skimp out in those areas
Lucas makes use of two main plots, regarding anakin and obi-wan (sp?) now the former plot in my opinion, endulges a little too much in the realms of honest idealism, and can get cheesy at times, but the remaining portions, along with the later plot, definitely make up for it. (Yoda. need i say more?)
Halfway through the movie I must admit I was quite skeptical, as I had already extrapolated every action to the end. However, the clues did not reveal all, to the point that at the end I was left stunned, contemplating what was going to happen next, what I missed, and how long until I could see it again.
Strong the force in this one is.
-John
disclaimer: as it is 3:21am and I only had 5 hours of sleep in the last 40, please excuse any spelling, errors, or lack of interes... oh screw it - flame away
We must remember that the reason credit cards exist in the first place is to simplify the transfer of money from entity a to entity b. Although it is true that the securtiy is a joke on the current implimentation, the reason it hasn't been upgraded is that nearly any addition of security will add overhead to the user, and complicate their interaction with the credit system. Instead, the credit cards use a system of zero liability for unauthorized transfers for the end user (which nulls their complaints about securty) and a heavy handed, we will find you and prosecute and screw your life over if you rip us off philosophy. Therefore their overall security in the big picture with respect to fraud isn't quite as bad as many people have claimed it to be. They may not have information security, but they have legal security, and as long as their technology people keep up with those people committing fraud (ask a guy in my residence hall at uni whether or not the three guys he knows that did this think that they can keep up ... i'm sure he'll get back to you in about 6 months when his friends get out of jail (yep they're about 19 btw)) then the system will continue as it has been.
Of course, if they do flag files, then it may b possible to use the DMCA as another method to sue the rippers, since the loss of the flag would be circumventing a "copyright protection mechanism".
...
now since gamma rays can have unfortunate interactions with data in ram, thereby possibly flipping a bit or two on occasion
"no officer, i don't know how that copyright bit got flipped, thereby unflagging the file as copy protected"
the main problem ogg vorbis seems to be not the quality of the format, or the encoding/decoding engines, but rather in the inherient problems of accepting a new format.
people changed from wav to mp3 because wav was unusable due to its massive size, while mp3 was not noticably different in quality (to save the flames yes some people with studio quality gear can hear a difference) while resulting in a 10 fold plus savings in space. entire albums could now be stored in less space than one wav file. this in a time where pressure on any audio/video content was high due to shortages in storage capability was a breakthrough, bringing media to the people, and they embraced it. several years later the industry realized that since it was so widespread, they might as well latch on, and so beginning roughly two years ago, we saw the emergence of mp3 players for all uses, personal, car, home. this all based on two factors, compatability, and acceptance. once people accept something, they stick with it until it is blindingly obvious that the rewards of change are greater than the inherient risks.
fast forward to current times. storage capability has exploded. right now i have 100 gigs at my disposal on this box alone, and this quantity is not anything special anymore. do 5 600 meg wav files bother me anymore? no, in fact i don't even notice them except when i realize i should really archive them because that project is done. do mp3's bother me? not at all, in fact storage is so cheap that i can't even be bothered going through my collection to eliminate duplicates or outdated material. what i'm trying to say with this, is that space is no longer a limiting factor, nor is size of the file, therefore the savings accorded by any new format including ogg is not a selling point especially in the face of change.
so the only real selling points are quality or features. features are great, who wouldn't like to beable to pull up realtime lyrics, band info, pics, links, etc. all from within the music file, or spread throughout the files of a album. however, dvd has the video equivalent of these features and they have failed to be implemented to a major degree because of the time problems which accompany putting so much content into a basic product. so just to put features to the side temporarily, lets just say that features could be a selling point that would bring about a new format if the changed required to mp3 would be impractical or impossible to equal such support.
this leaves us with quality. therefore quality alone will be required to convince consumers and companys to abandon mp3 and change to something else like ogg. now quality is subjective to a great degree, but anyone i know can distinguish the difference in video quality from mpeg-1 to mpeg-2 (dvd), they can distinguish the difference between 800x600 and 1600x1200 screen res, but very few on a blind test can distinguish the difference between mp3 at 128 and 192, none, unless i pull out my dj headphones in wich case a very few, can tell the difference between a cd burned from a original, and from mp3s (which is a more accurate comparison because the hardware used to produce the sound is the same). ogg has nothing better to grab than the cd stream, and while a few hardcore fans will tell you that the audio quality is better, the filesize is smaller, and support will eventually come. right now i can not see how these arguments justify the switch from the widely compatable mp3 format, with my collection which can be expanded easily from an uncomprehensiably large supply, is supported wherever i go, and is having money thrown at it by manufacturers to deliver better and better products.
there are far too few pressures to make the change in the area that counts the most, the mind and wallet of the consumer.
-john
undermine the DCMA. Bear with me here, but as long as standard products are able to 'circumvent' the copyright protection via encryption etc (and i used that word encryption very lightly ...) because of how shockingly bad the implementations are the RIAA is going to be unhappy (yes the MPAA etc as well) and thus will eventually get greedy and try to prosecute some/many people.
And heres where the crappy DCMA really starts to leak water, because now these products (ie. DVD-ROM drives, etc) that are being manufactured by large corporations some of which don't give a f*** about the MPAA and the DVD Forum because they allow all of that to be handled by software, are circumvention devices, and thus illegal. All it takes is a lawsuit and there is no way that anyone can tell me that this crappy law can stand up in court when multibillion dollar industries go head to head with each other. Now IANAL but in my opinion the DCMA has the quality of construction roughly equal to that of M$'s software, and that under this much scrutiny it will (and forgive the really corny wording of this but i'm tired) BSOD.
Well at least thats what I hope happens.
damn ... i would really want one except the usefullness of 1 gig becomes impared when you have to access it via usb ... why couldn't they of just used firewire? or at least released 2 interface versions. albeit this won't be a prob with the smaller ones for 8 megs on usb doesn't really take that long, but who wants to wait like an hour to transfer that video scene you just finised editing and compressing to your keychain to take down to the other editing suite.
... firewire or usb 2.0
I never like usb when it came out because of its speed, and now a few years later the same speed seems releatively less. Jeez start using a more up to date standard
-end rant
yet another wonderful technological innovation that will revolutionize the world
... the one with 10,000 mp3's) what song that is?
... i'm tired and feel like crap
please. is it really that hard to ask ya friend (you know
yet another technological instrument that if implemented properly along with many other features could contrubute to a useful device, but instead will probably be marketed as a gimmick (just like that blue led "flashlight" you have at the bottom of your desk drawer, don't deny it) and eventually be dismissed as useless.
btw this wasn't meant as a flame. go ahead and -1 it but basically waht i'm trying to say is that these devices have uses which could make them successful, who wouldn't want to know in the middle of a tv show or movie or music vid what song they're listening to. i just get annoyed at the poor implementations and over hype of such ideas
and just disregard this if it makes no sense
-john
we need a dual scsi controller, raid-1 mirrored machine with hourly^H^H^H^H^H^Hnightly offsite backup (to an alternative location via longrange 802.11 wi-fi networking to our automated tape backup library perhaps?) enclosed in a reinforced fireproof safe with appropriate heat exchange and ventalation systems, power conditioning and backup via dual redundant ups's.
... i forgot ... the mp3's only take up 20% of hdd space, the rest is pr0n =)
just how important are your mp3 collections again?
oh sorry
The artical states that the states objecting to the current settlement want m$ to offer office for other operating systems, but then go on further only to specify macintosh. Now although linux/fbsd have a relatively small userbase, it can't be that much smaller than apple's 10%(?). Why has this been left out?
I guess one possibility is that linux/fbsd don't have a powerful central representative company thats constantly lobbing for them with regard to laws making them more appealing, or to increase their particapation in settlements such as this one.
Kinda annoying that the very thing that makes linux so useful from the development point makes it so useless from the political point.
yes yes i know this is offtopic but i thought i'd just address the mentioned price of the Shuttle vs B2 Bomber:
;)
B2: US$1.2 Billion (Source: USAF)
STS: US$2 Billion (Source: ABC News)
ok you may now commence the modding
-1 Offtopic
that we won't have to go on tours to see the whitehouse anymore?
... the backdoor's open
... it is a secure facility
... ok
tourist> yay
tourist> common guys lets go
security officer> um sir please don't tell too many people about this
tourist> er
*walks inside*
What! your still using concretewalls?
havn't you seen the next generation of wireless firewalls?
Concrete(tm) Walls(tm) with Rebar(tm) and(tm^H^H^H Mesh Lateral(tm) Reinforcement?
* MD only attains the long play features by increasing the compression ratio that the ATRAC algorithm is processing the audio to, inheriently losing audio quailty. The actual capacity of MD discs has not changed from the original spec somewhere around 150MB eqiv.
* MD prohibits copies from being made from copies, using a original and copy permitted bit set on the disc. Incidentally no consumer recording hardware (to my knowledge) allows you to mess around with these settings, so your never gonna beable to make a second backup when your original disc goes missing.
* That great Digital I/O feature that MD people love because it allows them to maintain the audio quality bit for bit in transferring between MD devices and MD to Comp utilizes a uncompressed data stream, to maintain compatability (I assume) with other similarly equipped devices. Unfortunately this is where that ATRAC lossy algorithm shows a weakness because it is only preserved within the MD player, and must be decompressed and recompressed when transfered. This introduces inherient artifacts which depending on how picky the listener is, can be heard. (Yes, mp3 uses lossy compression as well and I am not arguing that it uses better technology that ATRAC (I refuse to go there) however, because mp3 device archetecture is such that only one compression decompression cycle is performed, the compression artifacts are less severe for they do not build up.
* MD Computer data drives arn't compatable with MD Audio disks. Very few computer audio recorders exist (to protect from illegal copying I assume). Sayonara to mastering a MD properly.
Now I admit that mp3 has many weaknesses in its current form as well, such as devices placing pauses in between tracks, and copyright protection being introduced. But the point is the medium itself (data storage of mp3's) lacks these inherient flaws introduced by the MD designers, which in the process of preventing some copying, prohibit free use. The flaws of mp3 players can be overcome by anyone willing to undertake the task.
So this means that the US is gonna have to spend $1B themselves to develop anti-GPS-like-sattelite-sattelites to make these sattelites 'accidently' disappear when they believe there to be a 'National Security Risk'
... but will someone port this thing to Windows so the less 31337 :P members of /. can have a play with it.
... but ... um ... oh just think of the children and port the damn thing ;)
Not that I don't run linux
*cough* xp *cough*
A man in New York reported seeing Elvis at Broadway and 69th St. The man was only slightly intoxicated, but appeared to have a white powder around his nostrils. Officials believe the source to be reliable and look forward to sightings from other such people.
... er ... not be ... reached for comment.
... its extinct.
... my bad ... its still alive, we didn't ever go to the moon, and olestra chips didn't really make people shit bricks.
In Arizona two elderly ladies told our sources second cousin thrice removed that yesterday they were abducted by three aliens in tutu's and made to dance to the New York Symphony Orchestra's rendition of Tommy, who were reported to be performing live. The New York Symphony representitive could
In Texas three hillbil^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlocals reported that road kills are down by three percent from last year and appealed to the nation to start "hittn' dem darn critters" for the "sek of der chillin'" They blame the shortage on UFO sightings, and on over hunting of the local populations by Elvis (See Above)
Yes guys
Oh wait
Windows XP (TM) Certified (TM) Upgrade (TM) ... my wallet ... feels ... light.
... um ... medium ... pizza)
... I don't know how that got on there)
... I ... misplaced ... my ... license
Cost: $100
Includes: CD (ooh shiny), Licence (TM)
Problems: Hm
Windows XP (TM) Family (TM) Licence (TM)
Cost: $90
Includes: Piece of paper (yay i saved $10! I can buy a
Problems: Ok now where did I put my Original (R) CD?
CD-R
Cost: $1
Includes: Windows XP (TM) (funny that
Problems: Um