The captioning (or at least subtitling) exists for most content already, as almost every other form of media supports it (whether physical or broadcast). Moreover, it would seem that it would make good business sense to willingly provide captioning, as they won't be doing it themselves (and shouldn't have to - in fact, as a content provider, I wouldn't want them to caption it, I would want to provide them with the captioning). If they provide captioning to customers, then they will likely gain revenue via subscriptions within the Deaf community from people who otherwise would not be able to properly enjoy the content.
The onus should be on the content providers to create and distribute the captioning. The only requirement on the part of the distributors should be to pass through captioning when it is provided with the media.
In this case, non-DPI aware programs don't gain the benefit of higher resolution text, UI widgets, etc. They're still rendered at the original resolution and upscaled by the DWM. This may also cause the whole thing to be less crisp because the GPU will likely apply interpolation to the image, softly blurring it. From what I've seen and experienced, Apple's 2x implementation uses simple pixel quadrupling, which I personally prefer.
It is better than XP, but when you hammer the fonts to the pixel grid, you change the spacing in subtle ways that add up quick. Ever noticed how glyphs are weirdly spaced in Word on Windows? It's because they're positioning the glyphs according to the unhinted version (essentially) but still displaying it with full hinting.
That's how Apple does high DPI - it's basically a 2x mode. The idea is that programs not designed for a Retina display will still act like they're running on a 1440x900 display (and thus will be of a decent size on the screen) but programs with 2x assets will display with the increased sharpness. Non-Retina-aware programs still get some of the benefit in terms of font and UI rendering (as standard system widgets are always displayed at Retina resolution regardless of whether the app is Retina-aware). This is the same way that it works on the iPhone/iPod touch 4 and the iPad 3.
This is where the fact that Apple chose to use unhinted fonts is a big win. Windows can't easily do high DPI because many programs are not designed for it, font spacing will be way off in some programs because Microsoft chooses to hammer fonts to the pixel grid.
That's the only way it can be done without emulation, and interestingly they don't actually list Amiga with Blizzard/Cyberstorm PPC accelerator as supported hardware. Referring to version 3.x here, did they drop such support or merely stop publicizing it?
The fact that you say that people think of it as some sort of "sacred text" is part of the problem. Intelligent people such as my self just wish to see the government follow the procedures that the Constitution requires it to follow, in order to gain power that they are not explicitly already granted in the Consitution itself, nor in any amendment to the same. The Constitution is meant to limit the government and empower the people, and nowadays it does neither from a practical standpoint.
We don't need a Constitutional reform, we need a legislative reform to prevent laws from being passed that violate the Constitution, without going through the proper process to amend the same. I would say we need a judicial reform as well, to prevent judges from acting in a manner contrary to the Constitution.
A good start would be to make violating the Constitution a treasonous act on the part of every government employee with power (all the way up to the POTUS). Also, if one knowingly signs a bill that goes contrary to the Constitution, then one should be barred for life from serving in any public office, even on a city council or county board, much less on a national level.
First of all, diet sodas don't have "zero calories". Even "Coca-Cola Zero" has 0.75 calories per liter.
Secondly, the number of calories in a drink has nothing inherently to do with health.
If they're going to ban large servings of soda, it should cover all soda, not just the ones that people perceive as the "worst". Especially because there are health concerns over artificial sweeteners.
I don't forget. I harp on that daily in my meatspace life. However, those laws are not the subject of the article. This article is about the New York legislature trying to violate the 1st and 14th amendment.
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Read that until it soaks in. No state can take away rights granted in the Constitution, nor the implicit rights acknowledged by the Ninth and Tenth. State legislatures are absolutely bound by the Constitution.
Ninth Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Something tells me they didn't even probe further, but even if they did they wouldn't have reported this part of the data. I bet that a significant portion of the 57% of "admitted pirates" are also legitimate customers who are using pirated software to bypass the annoyances (activation, DRM) that generally comes from high-profile commercial software.
I read the entire article you linked to, and he did far more than what you write. He was a bigot and he tried to cover up what he did to Clementi, only because of Clementi's homosexuality.
The bastard should have gotten more jail time than he did. Bigotry should be unacceptable in this day and time, and things are slowly changing, but when someone does what Ravi did, [b]they deserve to pay[/b]. He may not have been directly responsible for Clementi's death, but he sure pushed him much closer towards the edge.
If he had "turned on his webcam, saw his roommate kissing [a girl], turned it off", do you think things would have happened the way they did? Do you think Clementi would be dead today?
It's not what they felt, it's why they committed the crime. If a person of one race kills someone of another race because he or she wanted something the victim had, it's not a hate crime. If a person of one race kills someone of another race because he or she thinks that the victim, and others of the victim's race, are subhuman and don't deserve to exist, then it's a hate crime.
Bigotry is evil and damaging to large segments of society. When bigotry is the primary reason for a crime to be committed, then the crime should be punished more harshly than if the crime was committed for unrelated reasons.
I used to think like you, until I saw first-hand how damaging bigotry is. I'm almost leaning towards the viewpoint that bigotry should be illegal even outside of any crime being committed, but I have yet to reconcile that viewpoint with some of my other strongly-held beliefs (such as how absolute freedom of speech should be). That's part of the journey of building one's character, though.
When the security is meant to prevent you from using the device in the way that you wish to as the lawful owner, then it's a good thing to have a way to break that security.
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The captioning (or at least subtitling) exists for most content already, as almost every other form of media supports it (whether physical or broadcast). Moreover, it would seem that it would make good business sense to willingly provide captioning, as they won't be doing it themselves (and shouldn't have to - in fact, as a content provider, I wouldn't want them to caption it, I would want to provide them with the captioning). If they provide captioning to customers, then they will likely gain revenue via subscriptions within the Deaf community from people who otherwise would not be able to properly enjoy the content.
The onus should be on the content providers to create and distribute the captioning. The only requirement on the part of the distributors should be to pass through captioning when it is provided with the media.
In this case, non-DPI aware programs don't gain the benefit of higher resolution text, UI widgets, etc. They're still rendered at the original resolution and upscaled by the DWM. This may also cause the whole thing to be less crisp because the GPU will likely apply interpolation to the image, softly blurring it. From what I've seen and experienced, Apple's 2x implementation uses simple pixel quadrupling, which I personally prefer.
It is better than XP, but when you hammer the fonts to the pixel grid, you change the spacing in subtle ways that add up quick. Ever noticed how glyphs are weirdly spaced in Word on Windows? It's because they're positioning the glyphs according to the unhinted version (essentially) but still displaying it with full hinting.
That's how Apple does high DPI - it's basically a 2x mode. The idea is that programs not designed for a Retina display will still act like they're running on a 1440x900 display (and thus will be of a decent size on the screen) but programs with 2x assets will display with the increased sharpness. Non-Retina-aware programs still get some of the benefit in terms of font and UI rendering (as standard system widgets are always displayed at Retina resolution regardless of whether the app is Retina-aware). This is the same way that it works on the iPhone/iPod touch 4 and the iPad 3.
This is where the fact that Apple chose to use unhinted fonts is a big win. Windows can't easily do high DPI because many programs are not designed for it, font spacing will be way off in some programs because Microsoft chooses to hammer fonts to the pixel grid.
This drivel got +3 Informative at the time of posting.
I weep for the future of humanity.
As long as it's limited to actual driving and not "sitting at a red light while texting" which I'm afraid would get caught up in this.
That's the only way it can be done without emulation, and interestingly they don't actually list Amiga with Blizzard/Cyberstorm PPC accelerator as supported hardware. Referring to version 3.x here, did they drop such support or merely stop publicizing it?
So MorphOS can run classic 68k software on your PPC hardware without emulation? Because I know it can run 68k Amiga apps.
How is MorphOS providing full Amiga compatibility if not for emulation?
But you have no property rights over data involving other people's identity, which means you don't get to store, process or distribute such data.
Taken literally, that means you support banning address books and phonebooks?
The fact that you say that people think of it as some sort of "sacred text" is part of the problem. Intelligent people such as my self just wish to see the government follow the procedures that the Constitution requires it to follow, in order to gain power that they are not explicitly already granted in the Consitution itself, nor in any amendment to the same. The Constitution is meant to limit the government and empower the people, and nowadays it does neither from a practical standpoint.
We don't need a Constitutional reform, we need a legislative reform to prevent laws from being passed that violate the Constitution, without going through the proper process to amend the same. I would say we need a judicial reform as well, to prevent judges from acting in a manner contrary to the Constitution.
A good start would be to make violating the Constitution a treasonous act on the part of every government employee with power (all the way up to the POTUS). Also, if one knowingly signs a bill that goes contrary to the Constitution, then one should be barred for life from serving in any public office, even on a city council or county board, much less on a national level.
First of all, diet sodas don't have "zero calories". Even "Coca-Cola Zero" has 0.75 calories per liter.
Secondly, the number of calories in a drink has nothing inherently to do with health.
If they're going to ban large servings of soda, it should cover all soda, not just the ones that people perceive as the "worst". Especially because there are health concerns over artificial sweeteners.
Good luck with that.
Myself, I haven't watched the games in decades nor have I bought anything "Olympic". You're only starting now?
I don't forget. I harp on that daily in my meatspace life. However, those laws are not the subject of the article. This article is about the New York legislature trying to violate the 1st and 14th amendment.
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Read that until it soaks in. No state can take away rights granted in the Constitution, nor the implicit rights acknowledged by the Ninth and Tenth. State legislatures are absolutely bound by the Constitution.
Ninth Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
So you advocate the repeal of the 9th and 10th Amendments to the United Stated Constitution?
Fuck you, nationalist pig.
Something tells me they didn't even probe further, but even if they did they wouldn't have reported this part of the data. I bet that a significant portion of the 57% of "admitted pirates" are also legitimate customers who are using pirated software to bypass the annoyances (activation, DRM) that generally comes from high-profile commercial software.
I read the entire article you linked to, and he did far more than what you write. He was a bigot and he tried to cover up what he did to Clementi, only because of Clementi's homosexuality.
The bastard should have gotten more jail time than he did. Bigotry should be unacceptable in this day and time, and things are slowly changing, but when someone does what Ravi did, [b]they deserve to pay[/b]. He may not have been directly responsible for Clementi's death, but he sure pushed him much closer towards the edge.
If he had "turned on his webcam, saw his roommate kissing [a girl], turned it off", do you think things would have happened the way they did? Do you think Clementi would be dead today?
It's not what they felt, it's why they committed the crime. If a person of one race kills someone of another race because he or she wanted something the victim had, it's not a hate crime. If a person of one race kills someone of another race because he or she thinks that the victim, and others of the victim's race, are subhuman and don't deserve to exist, then it's a hate crime.
Bigotry is evil and damaging to large segments of society. When bigotry is the primary reason for a crime to be committed, then the crime should be punished more harshly than if the crime was committed for unrelated reasons.
I used to think like you, until I saw first-hand how damaging bigotry is. I'm almost leaning towards the viewpoint that bigotry should be illegal even outside of any crime being committed, but I have yet to reconcile that viewpoint with some of my other strongly-held beliefs (such as how absolute freedom of speech should be). That's part of the journey of building one's character, though.
When the security is meant to prevent you from using the device in the way that you wish to as the lawful owner, then it's a good thing to have a way to break that security.
Doesn't seem like they're "cheating" to me, if they're looking at images taken from the patient they are operating on.
Several client businesses of mine have stated a zero tolerance for slacking off unless it's on your lunch break time.
Please list some of those clients so that everyone here can avoid ever working for them.
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