I am deaf in one ear, so I won't take the test since I don't think I can do it justice.
I know that mono encoding saves relatively little space since joint stereo minimizes redundancy between the channels, but is there anything else I should be aware of as someone who transcodes everything to mono before I copy it to my mp3 player ?.
I usually lurk in these discussions because they have so much crap in them. However in the UK at least I think I have the answer. I work for an ISP so I have some industry knowledge.
BT in the past wanted to invest in a upgraded national data network, this was back when they were a public company, the british government said no because it would cost the taxpayer too much and cause too much disruption (roads being dug up and stuff). As a private company they are reluctant to invest because offcom may want them to share their infrastructure with their competitors. BT are in a strange half way house where they have obligations that other companies don't such as providing telecom services to remote areas yet they are expected to compete privately with other companies. I am no fan of BT, they are a monolithic organisation but their position in the industry is crazy.
In my opinion, the network should be a public utility, not like the water system, more like the national grid or the road system. The british government has a poor reputation with IT projects but I see no reason why an independent organisation could be set up to develop, maintain and invest in a national data network. Its not trivial, but not so complicated that it needs private capitalist companies to compete and duplicate infrastructure. Essentially all we are talking about is laying new fibre back bones, we could probably get away with using wireless for the last mile in the majority of cases.
In theory if you charge ISP's sensible prices to access the national network it could pay for itself and perhaps even turn a profit. If its paid for by taxpayers the motivating factor should be to allow as many people access as possible.
BT are kinda of going down this route anyway, the OpenReach division of BT are responsible for the infrastructure, they have a poor reputation at the moment but I believe that is due to BT's conflicting business interests. All DSL ISP's in the UK have to use OpenReach if there is a physical problem with a phone line (even LLU), this should be a public service not a government mandated monopoly given to a private company.
Unfortunately is a bit too sensible I fear, so I don't see it happening.
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In fact your income is directly proportional (to how useful it is * how hard it is to manage/use)
This assumes that there is no easy to use closed source software to compete with.
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There is a difference between computer science and writing business logic.
Linux, OTOH, will happily install a package under the current UID without alerting the user, and then blissfully wait until the package is run by root, pwning your machine.
No, the object was for microsoft to promote themselves, if they put the firefox logo on the cake then how would you know it was from microsoft when you look at it ?.
I don't consider this to be insidious, the moz team should just send a firefox cake to MS when they ship IE8.
I always said that if they added a tv out i would probably pick one up, the 5g ipod had tv out and was released at the same time. The only argument against a tv out was that it might impact ps2 sales (since a lot of psp games are ps2 ports) but if you have a tv out the psp becomes a fairly high spec portable media machine, thats how most people will use it I think.
This same sort of logic applies to cars. Is 45Mpg really that much better than 35? For you individually probably not. Multiply that by the millions of cars out there though and it's a big deal.
Their will come a time when that 10 MPG is worth it for most people, and the same is true of CPU power usage.
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Thats basically what joint stereo does.
I am deaf in one ear, so I won't take the test since I don't think I can do it justice.
I know that mono encoding saves relatively little space since joint stereo minimizes redundancy between the channels, but is there anything else I should be aware of as someone who transcodes everything to mono before I copy it to my mp3 player ?.
I usually lurk in these discussions because they have so much crap in them. However in the UK at least I think I have the answer. I work for an ISP so I have some industry knowledge.
BT in the past wanted to invest in a upgraded national data network, this was back when they were a public company, the british government said no because it would cost the taxpayer too much and cause too much disruption (roads being dug up and stuff). As a private company they are reluctant to invest because offcom may want them to share their infrastructure with their competitors. BT are in a strange half way house where they have obligations that other companies don't such as providing telecom services to remote areas yet they are expected to compete privately with other companies. I am no fan of BT, they are a monolithic organisation but their position in the industry is crazy.
In my opinion, the network should be a public utility, not like the water system, more like the national grid or the road system. The british government has a poor reputation with IT projects but I see no reason why an independent organisation could be set up to develop, maintain and invest in a national data network. Its not trivial, but not so complicated that it needs private capitalist companies to compete and duplicate infrastructure. Essentially all we are talking about is laying new fibre back bones, we could probably get away with using wireless for the last mile in the majority of cases.
In theory if you charge ISP's sensible prices to access the national network it could pay for itself and perhaps even turn a profit. If its paid for by taxpayers the motivating factor should be to allow as many people access as possible.
BT are kinda of going down this route anyway, the OpenReach division of BT are responsible for the infrastructure, they have a poor reputation at the moment but I believe that is due to BT's conflicting business interests. All DSL ISP's in the UK have to use OpenReach if there is a physical problem with a phone line (even LLU), this should be a public service not a government mandated monopoly given to a private company.
Unfortunately is a bit too sensible I fear, so I don't see it happening.
In fact your income is directly proportional (to how useful it is * how hard it is to manage/use)
This assumes that there is no easy to use closed source software to compete with.
There is a difference between computer science and writing business logic.
Linux, OTOH, will happily install a package under the current UID without alerting the user, and then blissfully wait until the package is run by root, pwning your machine.
which distro of linux does that ?
No, the object was for microsoft to promote themselves, if they put the firefox logo on the cake then how would you know it was from microsoft when you look at it ?.
I don't consider this to be insidious, the moz team should just send a firefox cake to MS when they ship IE8.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795
analysis of th win2000 source code
Only forwards though right ?
the only method for developing new application avenues is through academia IMHO, or at least in terms of operating sytems/applications
yeah its not nintendo's fault its father christmas's !
including 3D graphics drivers ?
I think he meant that "if the spec was human readable".
I always said that if they added a tv out i would probably pick one up, the 5g ipod had tv out and was released at the same time. The only argument against a tv out was that it might impact ps2 sales (since a lot of psp games are ps2 ports) but if you have a tv out the psp becomes a fairly high spec portable media machine, thats how most people will use it I think.
yeah, being modded a troll on slashdot, tough going...
Seconded, Deus Ex is one of the best games ever, the second is really not that bad, but it pales in comparison to the original.
Perhaps they fel a need to beat you ?
how does this law differiate between mainstream depiction of rape and violent pornography ?
just because something is bad does not mean society should ignore it.
- UT (99, 2k3, 2k4)
The editor does not work, until it does i can't switch.
This same sort of logic applies to cars. Is 45Mpg really that much better than 35? For you individually probably not. Multiply that by the millions of cars out there though and it's a big deal.
Their will come a time when that 10 MPG is worth it for most people, and the same is true of CPU power usage.
brazil always do this tho, play average to begin with and then turn on the skill in the knockout stages
Your too stupid to read slashdot, no one will miss you if you stop. Try digg, they can't get enough retards.
circle theory, eventually if you go to the far right or the far left you come back round and meet in the middle.
I think you are quite naive if you think that all of the oil on the earth won't be used up (all that carbon will be transferred in to the atmosphere).
Even if the west managed to restructure its economy tomorrow the poorest parts of the world would still use the oil because its cheap.
Technology will have to solve the problems this causes.
news for nerds, what do you expect ?