Actually, you may want to argue that point on hydrogenaudio.org; there are people on there with unbelievable hearing ability who generally agree that lame 3.97ß2 at preset standard is undiscerably different from the lossless file. quicktime/itunes aac I'm not so sure about, especially at 128. When will apple finally start selling lossless copies?
I know, just think of the productivity gained by the _users_ if winfs came with it. Windows users would finally know the crashing filesystem security that beos has had since 1996!
"I do love numbers," he says. "It isn't only an intellectual or aloof thing that I do. I really feel that there is an emotional attachment, a caring for numbers. I think this is a human thing - in the same way that a poet humanises a river or a tree through metaphor, my world gives me a sense of numbers as personal. It sounds silly, but numbers are my friends."
In other words, we don't know how our brains work.
What is lzip?
Glad you asked. Lzip is an advanced file compression utility that
generates smaller file sizes than either gzip or bzip2, and does so
much faster. Lzip can achieve these goals because it it based on a
so-called "lossy" compression scheme (most other utilties make use of
slower, less efficient "lossless" compression). For more information,
you can consult the Frequently Asked Questions list. Or, you can dive
right in, grab the 1.0 tarball and start reducing your bloated files
down to 10%, 15%, in some cases 0% of their original size!
I believe the AmigaOS 4's ASMP is the future; assymmetric multiprocessing. You have three computers in your home? Cluster them together with Windows GEE Home Clustering Edition!
Now I finally understand why if you download a really large text file that sometimes the speed can get to 10Kbps or even 13Kbps sometimes, because it compresses really well!
Most people forget that the Jewish people and the Palestinian people are actually the same people; at some point eons ago a group of jews broke away from the "pure" jewish religion and gradually through the ages islam came to be. The Jewish shunned them, naturally.
A few days ago, Infusion (screenshots) was announced on apps.kde.com. Along with Citadel/UX serving as backend, Infusion aspires to compete with the likes of Aethera, Magellan, Evolution, and yes, Microsoft Outlook+Exchange. Is Infusion there yet? Nope. But from what I've seen, I've certainly been impressed by Citadel/UX, and once I managed to get Infusion compiled, I was able to enjoy some neat functionality. Coupled with the enthusiam of author Brian Ledbetter, it would seem that Infusion is going places. Read on for further details of my Infusion experience and for an interesting interview with the author. Update: 06/16 03:30 AM by N: Art wrote in with some interesting comments on the upcoming version(s) of Citadel.
Nothing much happens in China without the consent of our despicable, foul government that has kept the Chinese enslaved for over fifty years now (not that they were free before, but that's a separate issue.)
The behavior described in this article dovetails perfectly with our shameful history of dictatorship of the communist party in our country, and their avowed intention to obliterate the free world by any and all means at their disposal.
If this allegation is true, they are hurting themselves
more than they are helping. They would have to keep their private forked code separate, and constantly modify and merge with the evolving open code base. In the long run, they would lose the open code base advantages because they would not be able to merge their own forked code.
Furthermore, if there are secret things being put in, I would imagine it would be backdoors to allow the government the control it seems to need. These "enhancements" are not needed by the community anyway.
The Chinese can decide that the GPL means nothing in which case the author can sue Chinese companies in jurisdictions where it is respected. If those companies do this in China however I think they will eventually become very weak Linux related companies due to the hostility they are sure to draw.
Also, keep in mind that these claims are being made by one competitor against another. I'm not saying they aren't true, but the problems are likely being exaggerated to make them sound bigger than they are. For example, no specific case of GPL violating was quoted, just general accusations and assumptions. We need more proof before we should feel outraged.
People in US and the west have experienced monopolies in IT for last 30 years, such as IBM and Microsoft, and realize that opensource is good. People here have not yet suffered enough because of those monopolies, and we still look at IBM and Microsoft as an example for our own software industry. Let's face it, all the opensource companies are burning their VC money ( or other financial resources), trying to find a good opensource business model, what can you expect from those Chinese opensource companies who don't have nearly as much money to burn? If Red Hat is really interested to open Chinese market, it should put money where its mouth is, and hire some Chinese programmers to work on open-source projects ( btw, $30k USD/year is very good money for programmers in China).
As a matter of fact, I really like to see that happen. I tried redflag, and the truth is you can not install it if you are not fluent in English, and understand all those OS jargons in English. Linux probably has the best internationalization support, including Chinese thanks to all those programmers in Taiwan and mainland China, but still there are many many programs that are in western(Latin systems) languages only, such as evolution and gedit( menu bar is Chinese, but the content canvas can not display Chinese). I wish I have time to fix all those, which is not that difficult at all. But I graduated from college a while ago, and it is hard to get away from wife and kids nowadays.
Anyway, I agree that Chinese programmers should contribute more, but keep expectations low, for now, please.
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Actually, you may want to argue that point on hydrogenaudio.org; there are people on there with unbelievable hearing ability who generally agree that lame 3.97ß2 at preset standard is undiscerably different from the lossless file.
quicktime/itunes aac I'm not so sure about, especially at 128.
When will apple finally start selling lossless copies?
So so true. What we are seeing is people buying and experiencing new music.
offtopic rant: Man oh man do I ever miss the old mp3.com.
the cynic project, 303 infinity, trance [] control, etc....
I REALLY miss audiogalaxy, there was no better service for finding new music in an unbiased way based on what you like, ie: what you shared.
Frontline plus
Wouldn't backing up and reinstalling work just a good?
Someone should use the Beagle software, heck call it wikibeagle!
If you use IMAP, Mahogany is great, and cross-platform via wxWidgets. I think it was written by one of the people who wrote the IMAP protocol, too.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mahogany
also see this
actually you can
Should I even bother applying as a technician at best buy then?
The important issue here, is now Phil Zimmerman can now say, fuck the government!!!
In other words, we don't know how our brains work.
Don't forget ipv6's built in multicasting will
change that as well, I think.
I wonder if it could be applied to the original uncompressed
images?
Lzip
Actually aren't they merely further compressing
what is already compressed throught the v.92 standard?
I wish every website everywhere used gzip.
Trust me, it's not that.
I really does happen.
I believe the AmigaOS 4's ASMP is the future; assymmetric multiprocessing.
You have three computers in your home?
Cluster them together with Windows GEE Home Clustering Edition!
Now I finally understand why
if you download a really large text file
that sometimes the speed can get to 10Kbps or
even 13Kbps sometimes, because it compresses really well!
I just heard this on CNN!!!! This is
terrible.
Maybe someone can post a link.
Most people forget that the Jewish people and the Palestinian people are actually the same people; at some point eons ago a group of jews broke away from the "pure" jewish religion and gradually through the ages islam came to be. The Jewish shunned them, naturally.
Alt+H ==>> About Windows 2000. Microsoft Windows 2000 (c) 2000 Microsoft corporation. Portions copyright The Regents of the University of California.
checkout http://dot.kde.org/992627943/
Here is what is says:
A few days ago, Infusion (screenshots) was announced on apps.kde.com. Along with Citadel/UX serving as backend, Infusion aspires to compete with the likes of Aethera, Magellan, Evolution, and yes, Microsoft Outlook+Exchange. Is Infusion there yet? Nope. But from what I've seen, I've certainly been impressed by Citadel/UX, and once I managed to get Infusion compiled, I was able to enjoy some neat functionality. Coupled with the enthusiam of author Brian Ledbetter, it would seem that Infusion is going places. Read on for further details of my Infusion experience and for an interesting interview with the author. Update: 06/16 03:30 AM by N: Art wrote in with some interesting comments on the upcoming version(s) of Citadel.
true, but australia has a very stable economy, unlike the U.S.
Nothing much happens in China without the consent of our despicable, foul government that has kept the Chinese enslaved for over fifty years now (not that they were free before, but that's a separate issue.)
The behavior described in this article dovetails perfectly with our shameful history of dictatorship of the communist party in our country, and their avowed intention to obliterate the free world by any and all means at their disposal.
If this allegation is true, they are hurting themselves
more than they are helping. They would have to keep their private forked code separate, and constantly modify and merge with the evolving open code base. In the long run, they would lose the open code base advantages because they would not be able to merge their own forked code.
Furthermore, if there are secret things being put in, I would imagine it would be backdoors to allow the government the control it seems to need. These "enhancements" are not needed by the community anyway.
The Chinese can decide that the GPL means nothing in which case the author can sue Chinese companies in jurisdictions where it is respected. If those companies do this in China however I think they will eventually become very weak Linux related companies due to the hostility they are sure to draw.
Also, keep in mind that these claims are being made by one competitor against another. I'm not saying they aren't true, but the problems are likely being exaggerated to make them sound bigger than they are. For example, no specific case of GPL violating was quoted, just general accusations and assumptions. We need more proof before we should feel outraged.
People in US and the west have experienced monopolies in IT for last 30 years, such as IBM and Microsoft, and realize that opensource is good. People here have not yet suffered enough because of those monopolies, and we still look at IBM and Microsoft as an example for our own software industry. Let's face it, all the opensource companies are burning their VC money ( or other financial resources), trying to find a good opensource business model, what can you expect from those Chinese opensource companies who don't have nearly as much money to burn? If Red Hat is really interested to open Chinese market, it should put money where its mouth is, and hire some Chinese programmers to work on open-source projects ( btw, $30k USD/year is very good money for programmers in China).
As a matter of fact, I really like to see that happen. I tried redflag, and the truth is you can not install it if you are not fluent in English, and understand all those OS jargons in English. Linux probably has the best internationalization support, including Chinese thanks to all those programmers in Taiwan and mainland China, but still there are many many programs that are in western(Latin systems) languages only, such as evolution and gedit( menu bar is Chinese, but the content canvas can not display Chinese). I wish I have time to fix all those, which is not that difficult at all. But I graduated from college a while ago, and it is hard to get away from wife and kids nowadays.
Anyway, I agree that Chinese programmers should contribute more, but keep expectations low, for now, please.
because you have to pay 75$ just to pay for the CD! Are they plated in gold leaf with diamond dust sparkles?