Well..probably so...but 80Gb/s of aggregate bandwidth is still nothing to sneeze at. Remember that the current single connection speed for any connection (land speed record over internet 2) is at around 6.5 Gb/s
More importantly. SC is one of the places each year that Networking companies use to test new gear. The convention encourages people to use the bandwidth for anything as long as its legal since they are demoing equipment and gear.
I say if they have the bandwidth available for this week...why not use it.
It's not like I'm trying to get anybody to buy anything
If anybody at SC2004 (Supercomputing 2004) in Pittsburg (currently in progress) Is reading this, get somebody on the floor with a big RAID box and a 10 GigE connection to join the torrent!
It's like an alignment of stars! SC2004 bandwidth challenge and Fedora Core 3 released at the same time!
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/bandwidth.ht ml
One of the things I've found a bit interesting is how awful some older games look on a VGA/SVGA or higher resolution display that were designed with TV monitors in mind.
I fondly remember games on my 2600 and C64 that looked cool, but when seeing them on a high res monitor they looked like crap (emulator also).
It seems many designers back then took into account the low resolution nature of monitors and low scan rates to kind of use a natural form of anti-aliasing.
So when using that emulator of old games be sure to lower your monitor refresh rate (if possible) to what the game was originally ment to play under and it will look as you remember it!
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I live in the Fredericksburg area as well. Although Adelphia is in Bankrupsy and cox is thinking of buying the market I've been able to get low latency 5 Mb/s downstream 512Kb upstream. AND I live way out in the sticks. There is'nt a substation for DSL in MILES.
Prestige Cable was bought out by Adelphia (with funny money that Adelphia was cooking up). BUT...before they did, Prestige did a complete overhaul of their system and laid fiber to every curb of every customer. Why they did'nt just go up to the HOUSE of every customer I don't know. BUT why would I EVER go with DSL when I have the bandwidth I have now? And fiber just 50 yards away? Verizon can take all the time it wants. In this area the cable companies are in the driver's seat.
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Something about this article sounds strange. I'd like to know who reported the story to AP? Who at AP called Homeland security?
There is so much bullshit flying around before the newswires before the election that EVERYBODY should just ignore stuff like this until after the election. Both sides are going to plant stuff to make the other look bad.
I can imagine they would be. It's just that there are rumors that there are MANY more films that they've done but not been given credit for. And of course movies currently being done.
Tell your friend to mention to them that they have fans that would love to know the work they've done and what they are doing (if the studios let them tell).
Have you seen any of the results. Lowry has said that their job is not to IMPROVE movies but to restore them to what they were when they were released. Now I don't know how old you are, but would'nt be nice to see a film like "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" or "Fall of the Roman Empire" that was as good as when the first print was made?
THX1138 is the only one of the movies Lowry has done that's been "enhanced"...that's Lucas's Job. All the rest are as close to what they were when first released in the theaters (except for the fact that back then the projectors were not as good).
Amazon has a list made up by Chuck Kahn of movies that have been cleaned up by Lowry.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/l is t-browse/-/1X2DZ42QS8OVB/103-1368633-4717431
I've picked up THX1138, Once upon a time in the west, North by Northwest, The Ghoul and of course Star Wars.
The results are INCREDIBLE. Except for some obvious dubbing with sound, Once upon a time in the west looks like it was filmed yesterday. So does THX1138!
I've tried finding the Lowry Digital Web site. But INCREDIBLY it seems like they don't have one! Seems strange. You would think they would have a web site telling people the films they have done so people might go out and buy them.
Instead of the Slashdot editors making the final say on what gets posted as a story. Why not have a list of stories that people can mod up or down. Then only let the stories that have a high enough score get on the front page? That might of kept this story off of the front page
Apple does not need to support the whole range of PC peripherals. If it used PC hardware but ONLY supported the devices it certified then they could have a PC with OS X that is just as good as the stuff they do now. (probably) The added advantage would be the cost savings from using the x86 architecture.
For example...they could come out with a powerbook or desktop system that LOOKS from the outside identical to the ones they make now...but have x86 hardware in them. They could still restrict OS X to systems they sell, but save a bunch of money over using the PowerPC stuff.
This is combination with the story earlier about Apple comming out with a 60GB version of the IPOD makes me want to wait until geting the Kali. I use FLAC files (yea..yea...perfectionist) and 60 GB would be GREAT for a portable if you wanted BIG flac files.
I totally agree that Bush thinks WAY to simplistic and allows his aids to manipulate him like a puppet...BUT
I am TOTALLY angry at the Dem's for stacking the primary process so that they had a candidate so early in the primary process. So very FEW states decided for the rest of the country who was going to be their candidate that the vetting process was not fully completed. AND as a result I'm of the opinion that Kerry is one of the WORST if not THE WORST candidate they could of fielded.
Mind you I don't like BUSH...but don't think that Kerry is anything more than a Political opportunist who has no values other than the collection of POWER. Say what you want about Bush and I'm likely to agree with you.
Bush is stuck up in moral self-righteousness
Kerry is stuck up on an Elitist attitude that he should be prez because everybody else is "little people" and "HE" knows whats "right"
If Kerry wins....mark my words he'll be just as much in bed with Corporations as Bush. AND he'll change his position at a moments notice if he thinks public opinion is against him.
Don't think Kerry would go to war for stupid reasons. I think that if Kerry were in the same position and as Bush was and the public just happened to be screaming for war against Iraq/Iran/Korea....Kerry would do it.
So who do you want? Somebody who does not give a rats ass about public but uses his own hard religious convictions(Bush)? Or somebody who is so fickle that he'll follow the masses wherever they lead....right off the cliff (Kerry)!
To all you German/French/Russian citizens....there is enough hypocracy to go around. Where were you when your countries ignored the sanctions and sold everything under the sun including WEAPONS to Saddam during the sanctions.
I've never seen a worse set of canidates to vote for. I hate ALL of them!
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I REALLY hope that this spurs development of XUL based applications. There are'nt that many yet, but I'd love to see more. (trying to learn myself)
Example of XUL app is the amazon.com content browser
http://www.faser.net/mab/remote.cfm
Of course you MUST use Mozilla/Firefox to view it!
Website seems overloaded...but the coral link works. I just went there using it so the cache is updated.
i re fox/
http://www.mozilla.org.nyud.net:8090/products/f
Well..probably so...but 80Gb/s of aggregate bandwidth is still nothing to sneeze at. Remember that the current single connection speed for any connection (land speed record over internet 2) is at around 6.5 Gb/s
0 4i nternet2.html
http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2004/09/p1309
More importantly. SC is one of the places each year that Networking companies use to test new gear. The convention encourages people to use the bandwidth for anything as long as its legal since they are demoing equipment and gear.
I say if they have the bandwidth available for this week...why not use it.
It's not like I'm trying to get anybody to buy anything
If anybody at SC2004 (Supercomputing 2004) in Pittsburg (currently in progress) Is reading this, get somebody on the floor with a big RAID box and a 10 GigE connection to join the torrent!
t ml
It's like an alignment of stars! SC2004 bandwidth challenge and Fedora Core 3 released at the same time!
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2004/bandwidth.h
yea baby! 8 OC-192s....for a limited time only!
One of the things I've found a bit interesting is how awful some older games look on a VGA/SVGA or higher resolution display that were designed with TV monitors in mind.
I fondly remember games on my 2600 and C64 that looked cool, but when seeing them on a high res monitor they looked like crap (emulator also).
It seems many designers back then took into account the low resolution nature of monitors and low scan rates to kind of use a natural form of anti-aliasing.
So when using that emulator of old games be sure to lower your monitor refresh rate (if possible) to what the game was originally ment to play under and it will look as you remember it!
I live in the Fredericksburg area as well. Although Adelphia is in Bankrupsy and cox is thinking of buying the market I've been able to get low latency 5 Mb/s downstream 512Kb upstream. AND I live way out in the sticks. There is'nt a substation for DSL in MILES.
Prestige Cable was bought out by Adelphia (with funny money that Adelphia was cooking up). BUT...before they did, Prestige did a complete overhaul of their system and laid fiber to every curb of every customer. Why they did'nt just go up to the HOUSE of every customer I don't know. BUT why would I EVER go with DSL when I have the bandwidth I have now? And fiber just 50 yards away? Verizon can take all the time it wants. In this area the cable companies are in the driver's seat.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/start.htm
Notice I said both sides....
Something about this article sounds strange. I'd like to know who reported the story to AP? Who at AP called Homeland security?
There is so much bullshit flying around before the newswires before the election that EVERYBODY should just ignore stuff like this until after the election. Both sides are going to plant stuff to make the other look bad.
Ooooo.....This should make my Christmas tree which uses fiber optics MUCH more interesting!
hmm....must be larger than the coral cache allows. Oh well
http://www.blurr.net.nyud.net:8090/mirror/powell-s tern-2004-10-26.mp3
You must of forgot to push in the "Turbo" button on the chassis......
I can imagine they would be. It's just that there are rumors that there are MANY more films that they've done but not been given credit for. And of course movies currently being done.
Tell your friend to mention to them that they have fans that would love to know the work they've done and what they are doing (if the studios let them tell).
Have you seen any of the results. Lowry has said that their job is not to IMPROVE movies but to restore them to what they were when they were released. Now I don't know how old you are, but would'nt be nice to see a film like "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" or "Fall of the Roman Empire" that was as good as when the first print was made?
THX1138 is the only one of the movies Lowry has done that's been "enhanced"...that's Lucas's Job. All the rest are as close to what they were when first released in the theaters (except for the fact that back then the projectors were not as good).
Amazon has a list made up by Chuck Kahn of movies that have been cleaned up by Lowry.
l is t-browse/-/1X2DZ42QS8OVB/103-1368633-4717431
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/
I've picked up THX1138, Once upon a time in the west, North by Northwest, The Ghoul and of course Star Wars.
The results are INCREDIBLE. Except for some obvious dubbing with sound, Once upon a time in the west looks like it was filmed yesterday. So does THX1138!
I've tried finding the Lowry Digital Web site. But INCREDIBLY it seems like they don't have one! Seems strange. You would think they would have a web site telling people the films they have done so people might go out and buy them.
If somebody knows it....PLEASE post it!
Great job slashdot editors....Do you have alzheimers?
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http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/
Instead of the Slashdot editors making the final say on what gets posted as a story. Why not have a list of stories that people can mod up or down. Then only let the stories that have a high enough score get on the front page? That might of kept this story off of the front page
Since working on a Data center floor for years I've become accustomed to sub 70F temperatures. The colder the better!
Other Data center people I know feel the same way. Am I alone here?
Do the guy a favor and use the coral link to the movie instead of the normal one....
o botics.mov
http://www.mikeoconnor.net.nyud.net:8090/Videos/R
In my opinion...
Apple does not need to support the whole range of PC peripherals. If it used PC hardware but ONLY supported the devices it certified then they could have a PC with OS X that is just as good as the stuff they do now. (probably) The added advantage would be the cost savings from using the x86 architecture.
For example...they could come out with a powerbook or desktop system that LOOKS from the outside identical to the ones they make now...but have x86 hardware in them. They could still restrict OS X to systems they sell, but save a bunch of money over using the PowerPC stuff.
I'm sorry...but the case design is Butt/Ass ugly.
How can I feel "Hip" with that thing?
http://www.cherryos.com.nyud.net:8090/
This is combination with the story earlier about Apple comming out with a 60GB version of the IPOD makes me want to wait until geting the Kali. I use FLAC files (yea..yea...perfectionist) and 60 GB would be GREAT for a portable if you wanted BIG flac files.
I totally agree that Bush thinks WAY to simplistic and allows his aids to manipulate him like a puppet...BUT
/Korea....Kerry would do it.
I am TOTALLY angry at the Dem's for stacking the primary process so that they had a candidate so early in the primary process. So very FEW states decided for the rest of the country who was going to be their candidate that the vetting process was not fully completed. AND as a result I'm of the opinion that Kerry is one of the WORST if not THE WORST candidate they could of fielded.
Mind you I don't like BUSH...but don't think that Kerry is anything more than a Political opportunist who has no values other than the collection of POWER. Say what you want about Bush and I'm likely to agree with you.
Bush is stuck up in moral self-righteousness
Kerry is stuck up on an Elitist attitude that he should be prez because everybody else is "little people" and "HE" knows whats "right"
If Kerry wins....mark my words he'll be just as much in bed with Corporations as Bush. AND he'll change his position at a moments notice if he thinks public opinion is against him.
Don't think Kerry would go to war for stupid reasons. I think that if Kerry were in the same position and as Bush was and the public just happened to be screaming for war against Iraq/Iran
So who do you want? Somebody who does not give a rats ass about public but uses his own hard religious convictions(Bush)? Or somebody who is so fickle that he'll follow the masses wherever they lead....right off the cliff (Kerry)!
To all you German/French/Russian citizens....there is enough hypocracy to go around. Where were you when your countries ignored the sanctions and sold everything under the sun including WEAPONS to Saddam during the sanctions.
I've never seen a worse set of canidates to vote for. I hate ALL of them!