Well, there is one thing you have to realize: You guys "there over the pond" you're so stuck in this freedom of speech thingie. Namely too many times I see the term taken _too_ literally. And the funny thing with it is that you can turn it anyway you like (like all stuff that became voided of meaning and is taken only literally -- see idiotic religious extremism): Child porn, hate groups, it's_my_constitutional_right_to_tell_you_to_rott_i n_hell.. They all excercize their "freedom of speech", right ?
Get fucking over it. Yes, like the Whole Wide World (heh.. joke, get it:)?), Internet is for everyone. But like a real society it gotta have a set of rules, guide of conduit, (de facto) morals, and so on.
The most notable thing Internet has done is that it brought us all together closer that we ever imagine. And forces us to get over petty differences and live just in another, larger and more dynamic society that _still_ hasn't got yet all the inherent "functioning rules" loud and clear for everyone to know and respect.
Yes, the guy is optimist. Yes, the guy focuses on the bright side. But the fact that we don't have yet everything straighened up it doesn't mean we should start whining "it doesn't work, let's kick it"...
-- Jeez, I never imagined what a globalist/pacifist/flower power boost one gets from a Campari Orange....
Couldn't agree more:
- It's anonymous (for Christ sake!)
- Superficial: CPU load at encoding to MPEG ? Support for other video formats ? Bundled software (e.g. DVD player) ? etc, etc...
All in all, don't confuse "luser stories" with "reviews".
Ah, and one last thingie: here you have a proper review of two video cards with Digital VCR, time-shifting, remote control, (etc, etc) capabilities (namely "ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 8500 DV" and "VisionTek Xtasy Everything")
. Alternatively, do yourself a favor and look for other reviews for ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder 8500 DV card ("tom's hardare" and "tech-report" had two pretty good ones, IIRC)
Oh, yes, I'm looking forward to be modded down to "-1 flamebait";)
I would certainly take this with a grain of salt. While we all WOW to the capacity it is still to be seen when _recorders_ for this format will show up. Please also note that only at the end of the article they mention the "future" use for data. On the other side count the number of appearances for "brodcasting...video compression....copyright protection....". So I wouldn't hold my breath to wait for the next burner to save my dear pr0n^H^H^H^H data on such a disk.
Guys, here is an "intelligent 4:06am (CET) proposal": Why don't you all Super GooRoo moderators simply admit the inevitable and get an YADP counter associated w/ _your_ own personal karma (or whatever makes you proud e.g. wall clock booting times ?)
To make a long story short, clueful simulations NEVER try to "emulate reality". And that for a very simple reason: You simply cannot, for the very reasons you list. So far, I cannot agree more.
But where your story ends, starts the next cycle: After you get your hands dirty, after you sweat for reaching that !@#$% cable, you swear to the point it would make an boot camp sergeant blush,
get pi$$ed out drunk while "just skimming through that !@#!$%^ IOS manual" THEN you're ready to really fubar reality (i.e. "do simulations", in academic terms). And, even more, make something out of it: Since you already know "what would fly, what not, and how" you have that grain of salt at hand. And, "based on simulation results", have a pretty educated guess how things will cheerfuly deviate from your well-thought simulated scenario in a real life environment.
Again, as you so rightfully say, network simulations should _never_ be used for _learning_ reality. If you do that, you're in for very bitter lessons later on.
But if you've "been there, done that", you really ready for it.And it will be so much worth.
P.S. Excuse the lack of HTML tags and the pedagogical tone. It's too late and I'm posting this in a damn IE window. Talk about being in the position to preach about "being educated";)
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Well, there is one thing you have to realize: You guys "there over the pond" you're so stuck in this freedom of speech thingie. Namely too many times I see the term taken _too_ literally. And the funny thing with it is that you can turn it anyway you like (like all stuff that became voided of meaning and is taken only literally -- see idiotic religious extremism): Child porn, hate groups, it's_my_constitutional_right_to_tell_you_to_rott_
Get fucking over it. Yes, like the Whole Wide World (heh.. joke, get it
The most notable thing Internet has done is that it brought us all together closer that we ever imagine. And forces us to get over petty differences and live just in another, larger and more dynamic society that _still_ hasn't got yet all the inherent "functioning rules" loud and clear for everyone to know and respect.
Yes, the guy is optimist. Yes, the guy focuses on the bright side. But the fact that we don't have yet everything straighened up it doesn't mean we should start whining "it doesn't work, let's kick it"...
--
Jeez, I never imagined what a globalist/pacifist/flower power boost one gets from a Campari Orange
Couldn't agree more:
;)
- It's anonymous (for Christ sake!)
- Superficial: CPU load at encoding to MPEG ? Support for other video formats ? Bundled software (e.g. DVD player) ? etc, etc...
All in all, don't confuse "luser stories" with "reviews".
Ah, and one last thingie: here you have a proper review of two video cards with Digital VCR, time-shifting, remote control, (etc, etc) capabilities (namely "ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 8500 DV" and "VisionTek Xtasy Everything") . Alternatively, do yourself a favor and look for other reviews for ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder 8500 DV card ("tom's hardare" and "tech-report" had two pretty good ones, IIRC)
Oh, yes, I'm looking forward to be modded down to "-1 flamebait"
I would certainly take this with a grain of salt. While we all WOW to the capacity it is still to be seen when _recorders_ for this format will show up. Please also note that only at the end of the article they mention the "future" use for data. On the other side count the number of appearances for "brodcasting...video compression....copyright protection....". So I wouldn't hold my breath to wait for the next burner to save my dear pr0n^H^H^H^H data on such a disk.
[Knock,knock]
4 20 9&mode=thread
- Who's there ?
- YADDP
- Who ?
- YADDP
- WTF is YADDP ?
- "Yet another dump duplicate posting"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/06/044
Guys, here is an "intelligent 4:06am (CET) proposal": Why don't you all Super GooRoo moderators simply admit the inevitable and get an YADP counter associated w/ _your_ own personal karma (or whatever makes you proud e.g. wall clock booting times ?)
I would dare to say you got it a bit backwards.
;)
To make a long story short, clueful simulations NEVER try to "emulate reality". And that for a very simple reason: You simply cannot, for the very reasons you list. So far, I cannot agree more.
But where your story ends, starts the next cycle: After you get your hands dirty, after you sweat for reaching that !@#$% cable, you swear to the point it would make an boot camp sergeant blush,
get pi$$ed out drunk while "just skimming through that !@#!$%^ IOS manual" THEN you're ready to really fubar reality (i.e. "do simulations", in academic terms). And, even more, make something out of it: Since you already know "what would fly, what not, and how" you have that grain of salt at hand. And, "based on simulation results", have a pretty educated guess how things will cheerfuly deviate from your well-thought simulated scenario in a real life environment.
Again, as you so rightfully say, network simulations should _never_ be used for _learning_ reality. If you do that, you're in for very bitter lessons later on.
But if you've "been there, done that", you really ready for it.And it will be so much worth.
P.S. Excuse the lack of HTML tags and the pedagogical tone. It's too late and I'm posting this in a damn IE window. Talk about being in the position to preach about "being educated"