I had a similar situation, with Time Warner Cable in this case.
I had subscribed to the 20Mbps tier, the fastest available at my location, but could never get more than 3Mbps. Tech support was never any help, so I changed to the 10Mbps tier, and kept receiving 3Mbps. The next tier down was 1.5Mbps, but I ran out of patience and cancelled instead of switching to that level to see if it would also deliver 3Mbps.
I'm sure if I were able to sign up for a gigabit connection from Time Warner, it would also run at 3Mbps.
I really enjoyed Daemon and FreedomTM by Daniel Suarez. They're kind of a present-day sci-fi thriller, in case you haven't heard of them. William Gibson's three trilogies are good too. The Sprawl trilogy is especially fun, now that you can see all the things it has influenced since it was first published.
Also, this Sun video from 1992 - http://www.asktog.com/starfire/index.html - had most or all of the concepts as in the Microsoft video, but with extra cheesy flavor. It is 15 years old though, so maybe they deserve a bit of slack.
If you released the pressure suddenly, it should get a lot colder as the gas inside suddenly expands. Maybe even cold enough to keep the ice frozen, for a little while anyway. (See Ideal Gas Law)
But if ad revenues drop below a certain threshold, the networks might decide to make the show iTunes-only, or at least move it to (for example) 3:00 AM Wednesday, to free up the time-slot for something where people will watch the ads.
I'm listening to iTunes right now, and it is currently using between 0% and 1% of my CPU (which, I admit, is a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, but that probably implies less than 20% usage on a single-core 500 MHz CPU). I don't think that's really "quite a few cycles," especially if your computer was built this century.
Seriously, Microsoft is the last company I'd trust to write software to control my house. I mean, if you thought a security hole that lets someone format your hard drive was bad, imagine what kind of trouble someone could start if they could hack into the box that controls your house... I hope the FlatStack is relatively secure.
actually you're probably right about CAD, but for 3D animation, Maya doesn't run on Solaris - just Irix, Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows NT/2000/XP and Lightwave is only available for MacOS and Windows. Softimage, incidentally, is also available for only Windows, Linux, and Irix, which means you'll be stuck using Houdini. Too bad Houdini's so hard to use.
OK, but you'd better make sure that every component in your system, (from the D/A converter all the way to the speakers) has a frequency response of 0-48kHz if you want to hear everything that's on your DVD-Audio disc, or 0-100kHz for a SACD (according to this article). Even the Polk LSi9's - at $900 a pair - top out at 26kHz, and most people's stereos can't do much over 20kHz. I would bet, however, that you're average consumer isn't going to go out and buy a whole new audio system just to listen to SACDs or DVD-Audio discs, and therefore won't be able to hear all that much difference.
Also, the equipment used to record your violin would also have to have the same frequency response as the SACD or DVD-A you're recording for, which probably means more upgrading, at least for smaller studios.
After having about 200 CDs stolen from my car a couple weeks ago, I have decided only to carry copies of my audio media with me (which is within my legal "fair use" rights), and accordingly I will never buy a format which can't be copied.
While the copy protection within these new discs will eventually be cracked, the DMCA currently makes that illegal. As I'm concerned, the RIAA has demonstrated that they don't want my money, and I won't be spending any of it on a copy-protected audio format.
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(from Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television, linked to in an earlier comment)
I had a similar situation, with Time Warner Cable in this case.
I had subscribed to the 20Mbps tier, the fastest available at my location, but could never get more than 3Mbps. Tech support was never any help, so I changed to the 10Mbps tier, and kept receiving 3Mbps. The next tier down was 1.5Mbps, but I ran out of patience and cancelled instead of switching to that level to see if it would also deliver 3Mbps.
I'm sure if I were able to sign up for a gigabit connection from Time Warner, it would also run at 3Mbps.
I really enjoyed Daemon and FreedomTM by Daniel Suarez. They're kind of a present-day sci-fi thriller, in case you haven't heard of them. William Gibson's three trilogies are good too. The Sprawl trilogy is especially fun, now that you can see all the things it has influenced since it was first published.
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Oh, come on -- it couldn't be THAT bad.
We'll really see which format people prefer when the Matrix trilogy is released on Blu-Ray later this year.
Also, this Sun video from 1992 - http://www.asktog.com/starfire/index.html - had most or all of the concepts as in the Microsoft video, but with extra cheesy flavor. It is 15 years old though, so maybe they deserve a bit of slack.
If you released the pressure suddenly, it should get a lot colder as the gas inside suddenly expands. Maybe even cold enough to keep the ice frozen, for a little while anyway. (See Ideal Gas Law)
But if ad revenues drop below a certain threshold, the networks might decide to make the show iTunes-only, or at least move it to (for example) 3:00 AM Wednesday, to free up the time-slot for something where people will watch the ads.
I'm listening to iTunes right now, and it is currently using between 0% and 1% of my CPU (which, I admit, is a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, but that probably implies less than 20% usage on a single-core 500 MHz CPU). I don't think that's really "quite a few cycles," especially if your computer was built this century.
Yeah, but look how well that worked for MP3.com.
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Wow, and I thought Windows ME was craptacular!
Seriously, Microsoft is the last company I'd trust to write software to control my house. I mean, if you thought a security hole that lets someone format your hard drive was bad, imagine what kind of trouble someone could start if they could hack into the box that controls your house... I hope the FlatStack is relatively secure.
actually you're probably right about CAD, but for 3D animation, Maya doesn't run on Solaris - just Irix, Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows NT/2000/XP and Lightwave is only available for MacOS and Windows. Softimage, incidentally, is also available for only Windows, Linux, and Irix, which means you'll be stuck using Houdini. Too bad Houdini's so hard to use.
OK, but you'd better make sure that every component in your system, (from the D/A converter all the way to the speakers) has a frequency response of 0-48kHz if you want to hear everything that's on your DVD-Audio disc, or 0-100kHz for a SACD (according to this article). Even the Polk LSi9's - at $900 a pair - top out at 26kHz, and most people's stereos can't do much over 20kHz. I would bet, however, that you're average consumer isn't going to go out and buy a whole new audio system just to listen to SACDs or DVD-Audio discs, and therefore won't be able to hear all that much difference.
Also, the equipment used to record your violin would also have to have the same frequency response as the SACD or DVD-A you're recording for, which probably means more upgrading, at least for smaller studios.
After having about 200 CDs stolen from my car a couple weeks ago, I have decided only to carry copies of my audio media with me (which is within my legal "fair use" rights), and accordingly I will never buy a format which can't be copied.
While the copy protection within these new discs will eventually be cracked, the DMCA currently makes that illegal. As I'm concerned, the RIAA has demonstrated that they don't want my money, and I won't be spending any of it on a copy-protected audio format.
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