>Flash is, simply, a proprietary format that they don't have any patent control over. They want h264, which is a proprietary format controlled by a consortium they are a major member of.
I think you got the Apple v. Flash "war" mixed up with the HTML5 v Flash war...
I'm pretty sure Apple's objection to Flash on their iOS devices has more with it being an alternate development platform that they can't control and little to do with the specialized use case of video delivery. In other words, they want to make sure HotSellingGame is written using *their* dev tools, not against Flash.
Not that the HTML5 v. Flash war makes that much more sense.
I've been using GV (since GC days actually) with Gizmo as a landline at home , mostly as a number to give businesses that want my phone number (think cable/gas/credit card companies) and it's been swell. I've got an ATA to handle the SIP so I even got a traditional cordless handset from my landline days hooked up to it.
I want to get friends set up with something similar and want to play around more with GV with a cellphone + SIP as well but since folding Gizmo in, Google has closed off signups (you can find gizmo accounts being on auctioned off on ebay!), it's been a waiting game. I've tried other SIP providers but they never work as well (more lag, usually).
Besides, I figure they are working on something pretty awesome. I mean, if I can already rig up a free landline as it was, I can only imagine what actual integration with Gizmo technology can lead to. Death of the phone companies? One can dream right?
So hurry up Google! I want to see what you've been working on with this stuff for the past 6 months!
I suppose if you like fiddling and want to tweak, then building your own is fun and all but if you just want something that works, is most likely quieter and uses less power than one you build yourself, then I say a standalone NAS unit.
I have a QNAP which I love - Synlogy, D-Link, Thecus, Buffalo, etc etc there's a lot of choices out there in 1/2/4/8+++ drive bay sizes. They will typically have various RAIDing options, spiffy web management interfaces, etc that make 'em pretty plug and play.
Just make sure to get one with DLNA support if you want to do streaming to entertainment systems.
I've been playing around with duckduckgo and it does something like this. For example, the query for "saturn" at http://duckduckgo.com/?q=saturn starts off with
Saturn can mean different things. Which one? (Some meanings grouped into sections Aircraft, ships and other vehicles, Arts and entertainment, Computing and electronics, Fiction, and Other.)
I'm sure coverage for something like that is hit-or-miss at best, but it's pretty cool
> Isn't the whole point of Facebook to share user information.
I think this gets at a key point in the discussion at hand: there is a fuzzy area where "communication" and "sharing" overlap. I personally think of Facebook as a tool to communicate with people I've chosen to communicate with. As such, sharing my personal information to other 3rd party business appalls me[1].
I think others may think of Facebook as a tool for sharing information, and perhaps they aren't so bothered.
----- [1] I don't actually have a Facebook account - I closed it out after the 3rd or 4th (15th? 87th?) change to their privacy terms, which broke *that* camel's back.
I never used an AV product at all at home. Using most of them, the cure is worse than the disease. Many viruses use less resources than McAfee and Norton.
If you think the only problem with viruses is that they slow down *your* computer, and that since they slow it down less an AV solution it is preferable, then I wish you'd unplug from the Internet.
They *were* doing that - their twitter feed was full of "@so-and-so did you know you are telling people you're not home" messages (something close to 2000).
That was yesterday. Today, it seems that twitter feed has been suspended, probably since this story hit and got everyone's attention.
Coincidentally, I recently came across this independently surveyed coverage for the big 4 across the U.S. It's done by a group called Root Wireless, who I'd never heard of before, and can be interactively viewed here:
It looks like they are going use users/customers to gather data for them (I sure would participate) but for now, the voice coverage map is pretty thorough while the 2G/3G ones are a little light (this is in the part of Los Angeles where I live that I looked). It jibes pretty well with my experience in the area, and it better than any coverage map that I've seen from the carrier themselves (that always shows excellent coverage:p ).
I was addressing the question of whether one could go data-only and not need a voice plan. I believe the method I outlined fits that model. Whether it's fits certain definitions of VoIP/sip or not, I don't know, but I don't think that's relevant to the topic at hand.
Dell moved the apostrophe key to the bottom row, which pretty much broke the deal on the Mini 9 for. I don't know what kind of coding you do, but I use the apostrophe and quotation mark TONS.
That maybe true for some things (Skype support, for example) but the hardware omissions cannot be addressed by hardware. Obviously, downloading an app isn't going to give you a 3.5mm audio jack. I believe A2DP may also be tied to hardware, but I'd love to be corrected. Video recording - perhaps this can be done in 3rd party software, as I believe someone has done something similar for the iPhone.
To go back to your computer analogy - you can always extend and expand your computer (for the most part), but a phone is what it is, so it's that much more crucial that the hardware you need is there since you simply can't add it later.
That video is full of misleading information. First of all, to complain about the video quality and talk about "interlacing" ? LOLWUT??? Of course it's gonna look garbage if you're using it on some SD set. 1080p, looks fine. Secondly, I installed Ubuntu on my PS3 and had no problem watching Youtubes - I guess YDL has some issues, but that doesn't make it a problem with/Linux/. And of course Wine won't work - that he even tried indicates some fundamental misunderstanding of How Things Work.
You are the worst kind of person, one who puts themselves before all others. Thanks for making car choice an arms race, where those who can't or won't partcipate are put at higher risk by the likes of you. I hope you get hit by a semi with flamethrowers and titanium spikes someday.
I just tried it in a VMWare XP image, and after installation, I get an error about having a "suitable graphics device" and making sure I have the "latest version of DirectX 9 installed"...
They may have changed it since you looked, but that page you linked also lists "DX 9"
The thing I like about using Pokemon names is that they are "canonical" numbers for each (wikipedia) so you can use them for the numerical address portion. pikachu.example.com would be x.x.x.25, for example.
Similar to the idea of using the periodic table with atomic numbers, but Pokemon go up to 400+!
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>Flash is, simply, a proprietary format that they don't have any patent control over. They want h264, which is a proprietary format controlled by a consortium they are a major member of.
I think you got the Apple v. Flash "war" mixed up with the HTML5 v Flash war...
I'm pretty sure Apple's objection to Flash on their iOS devices has more with it being an alternate development platform that they can't control and little to do with the specialized use case of video delivery. In other words, they want to make sure HotSellingGame is written using *their* dev tools, not against Flash.
Not that the HTML5 v. Flash war makes that much more sense.
Wow, seems like not so many people know:
http://dir.xiph.org/index.php
Icecast has been around a long, long time. I've been running a stream off it since 1999 (!!).
Check it out if you like Bay Area punk: http://gilman.duckpond.net/
PICT
I've been using GV (since GC days actually) with Gizmo as a landline at home , mostly as a number to give businesses that want my phone number (think cable/gas/credit card companies) and it's been swell. I've got an ATA to handle the SIP so I even got a traditional cordless handset from my landline days hooked up to it.
I want to get friends set up with something similar and want to play around more with GV with a cellphone + SIP as well but since folding Gizmo in, Google has closed off signups (you can find gizmo accounts being on auctioned off on ebay!), it's been a waiting game. I've tried other SIP providers but they never work as well (more lag, usually).
Besides, I figure they are working on something pretty awesome. I mean, if I can already rig up a free landline as it was, I can only imagine what actual integration with Gizmo technology can lead to. Death of the phone companies? One can dream right?
So hurry up Google! I want to see what you've been working on with this stuff for the past 6 months!
I suppose if you like fiddling and want to tweak, then building your own is fun and all but if you just want something that works, is most likely quieter and uses less power than one you build yourself, then I say a standalone NAS unit.
I have a QNAP which I love - Synlogy, D-Link, Thecus, Buffalo, etc etc there's a lot of choices out there in 1/2/4/8+++ drive bay sizes. They will typically have various RAIDing options, spiffy web management interfaces, etc that make 'em pretty plug and play.
Just make sure to get one with DLNA support if you want to do streaming to entertainment systems.
I've been playing around with duckduckgo and it does something like this. For example, the query for "saturn" at http://duckduckgo.com/?q=saturn starts off with
I'm sure coverage for something like that is hit-or-miss at best, but it's pretty cool
> Isn't the whole point of Facebook to share user information.
I think this gets at a key point in the discussion at hand: there is a fuzzy area where "communication" and "sharing" overlap. I personally think of Facebook as a tool to communicate with people I've chosen to communicate with. As such, sharing my personal information to other 3rd party business appalls me[1].
I think others may think of Facebook as a tool for sharing information, and perhaps they aren't so bothered.
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[1] I don't actually have a Facebook account - I closed it out after the 3rd or 4th (15th? 87th?) change to their privacy terms, which broke *that* camel's back.
> He is saying that we have more capacity and usage then even Japan, which wouldn't surprise me as we have about 100X the number of people.
100X???
2009 estimates from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population:
USA : 309,023,000
Japan : 127,380,000
If you think the only problem with viruses is that they slow down *your* computer, and that since they slow it down less an AV solution it is preferable, then I wish you'd unplug from the Internet.
They *were* doing that - their twitter feed was full of "@so-and-so did you know you are telling people you're not home" messages (something close to 2000).
That was yesterday. Today, it seems that twitter feed has been suspended, probably since this story hit and got everyone's attention.
Coincidentally, I recently came across this independently surveyed coverage for the big 4 across the U.S. It's done by a group called Root Wireless, who I'd never heard of before, and can be interactively viewed here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/coveragemap/
It looks like they are going use users/customers to gather data for them (I sure would participate) but for now, the voice coverage map is pretty thorough while the 2G/3G ones are a little light (this is in the part of Los Angeles where I live that I looked). It jibes pretty well with my experience in the area, and it better than any coverage map that I've seen from the carrier themselves (that always shows excellent coverage :p ).
Also (and this is only partially relevant) : Gizmo *is* GV now ;)
I was addressing the question of whether one could go data-only and not need a voice plan. I believe the method I outlined fits that model. Whether it's fits certain definitions of VoIP/sip or not, I don't know, but I don't think that's relevant to the topic at hand.
Well, unless I'm mistaken, you can hook your GV number to Gizmo account and use a SIP client on your phone. That way would not require a voice plan.
How's this: http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08414/iwish-01755.jpg ?
Dell moved the apostrophe key to the bottom row, which pretty much broke the deal on the Mini 9 for. I don't know what kind of coding you do, but I use the apostrophe and quotation mark TONS.
See here for a closeup: http://www.medicthree.com/2008/10/remapping-dell-mini-9-inspiron-910.html
That maybe true for some things (Skype support, for example) but the hardware omissions cannot be addressed by hardware. Obviously, downloading an app isn't going to give you a 3.5mm audio jack. I believe A2DP may also be tied to hardware, but I'd love to be corrected. Video recording - perhaps this can be done in 3rd party software, as I believe someone has done something similar for the iPhone.
To go back to your computer analogy - you can always extend and expand your computer (for the most part), but a phone is what it is, so it's that much more crucial that the hardware you need is there since you simply can't add it later.
Wow is troy@gmail.com really your email address? I never knew they allowed usernames that short - It was 6 or 8 chars by the time I signed up.
Just curious - did you work for Sony or Philips? According to wikipedia CDR were first spec'd in 1988, 20 years ago.
That video is full of misleading information. First of all, to complain about the video quality and talk about "interlacing" ? LOLWUT??? Of course it's gonna look garbage if you're using it on some SD set. 1080p, looks fine. Secondly, I installed Ubuntu on my PS3 and had no problem watching Youtubes - I guess YDL has some issues, but that doesn't make it a problem with /Linux/. And of course Wine won't work - that he even tried indicates some fundamental misunderstanding of How Things Work.
> robust telecom competition should prevent the worst of the monopolistic behavior exhibited by telco and cable incumbents
It's 2008, does anyone really believe that?
You are the worst kind of person, one who puts themselves before all others. Thanks for making car choice an arms race, where those who can't or won't partcipate are put at higher risk by the likes of you. I hope you get hit by a semi with flamethrowers and titanium spikes someday.
At least the SQLite folks are upfront about it - MySQLs sins are greater, in my opinion.
I just tried it in a VMWare XP image, and after installation, I get an error about having a "suitable graphics device" and making sure I have the "latest version of DirectX 9 installed"...
They may have changed it since you looked, but that page you linked also lists "DX 9"
The thing I like about using Pokemon names is that they are "canonical" numbers for each (wikipedia) so you can use them for the numerical address portion. pikachu.example.com would be x.x.x.25, for example.
Similar to the idea of using the periodic table with atomic numbers, but Pokemon go up to 400+!