If you don't like the rule, complain about the existence of the rule, not its enforcement. Rules are supposed to be enforced. Sometimes they are not, and in that case you can complain about a lack of enforcement of the rules, but rules are supposed to be enforced, so if you don't like the result of a rule, complain about the rule, not its enforcement.
The flaw in your analogy is that cars have moving parts which wear out. The reason I would not want him using my car is that after a certain amount of use and friction between all these moving parts, something will break. The car will wear out.
CPUs don't move. I suppose they can "wear out" by overheating, but it doesn't seem that they overheated, so they were no worse off after crunching rc5 packets for McOwen.
Right. I'm sure they won't take into account the fact that the telescope isn't at the center of the earth.
I believe these people know more about what they are doing than you do. At least give them the benefit of the doubt. But wait... you don't even have a reason to doubt.
Well, failing that, don't talk unless you know what the hell you're talking about.
I'm sick of people complaining about the loss of quality they get doing D->A conversions and the general crappiness of analog signals. Think about this: What format do the craziest audiophiles prefer for audio? Vinyl, the decades old analog technology.
Analog isn't inherently lower quality than digital. The problem with it is that you can't make a perfect copy, and successive generations of copying tend to degrade the quality, but that isn't important in the distinction between digital and analog output devices because that conversion gets made at most once by any output device. Digital signals can have just as crappy fidelity as the worst analog signal, and conversely, analog signals can be just as good as the best digital signal.
This is so simple! Driving is not a right.
If it were, anyone could drive, even people who aren't fit to drive! And there are definitely people who aren't.
Blind people, comatose people, etc, etc....
It's much harder to kill or seriously injure someone when you're eating, walking, or breathing. With a 2-ton piece of metal at your command, this becomes much easier to do. So some training is in order before one should be allowed to drive. A driver's license is merely proof of this training.
This is a common idea, and it might seem like it would work. However this idea still fails to take into account the counting argument. For example, if the seed is limited to 64 bits, this
algorithm can generate at most 2^64 different files, and thus is unable to compress *all* files longer than 8 bytes
The problem is that this scheme would have to differentiate between the indices and the rest of the raw data. So, let's say, for each "block", you either have a 3 byte index or a 8 bytes of raw data. But you also need at least one bit of header information do determine what it is. I think you would lose most if not all of your gains on this one bit.
Thankfully I'm not as bad as some people in the article, but I get rather obsessive about games. It was worse a couple of years ago.
My drug of choice was quake2. I dreamed about it when I was sleeping. I watched and analyzed demos of the masters playing.
And when I wasn't playing, I was thinking about it. Whenever I had to go outside, for instance, I would look at my immediate surroundings and try to find the quickest/best route through based on quake2 physics and its anomolies. (double jump, bunny hop, etc) It was affecting my life.
But then, something marvelous happened that cured me of quake2. I got a girlfriend.:) It really pulled me back into the real world. I still played games casually though.
But my personality makes it easy for me to fall into this sort of thing. For instance about a week ago, I discovered my roommate had brought gotten a copy of Super Mario 64 from somewhere. I just finished getting all 120 stars. For those that aren't familiar with the game, this is a major undertaking in such a short time. And as a result my life over the past week has gotten shittier. I have no clean clothes, there's garbage all over, etc.
After reading this article and the responses, I have decided that I can't play games casually. Any time I pick up a game, I'm in danger of losing control. I've decided that it's in my best interests to stay away from games for the forseeable future.
How do you know that the author is framing his arguments base-10 numbers?
This would seem like a pretty collossal blunder for someone who's supposedly so smart. Perhaps you've underestimated him or misunderstood something. This seems more likely to me than this author "framing his arguments base-10 numbers".
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If you don't like the rule, complain about the existence of the rule, not its enforcement. Rules are supposed to be enforced. Sometimes they are not, and in that case you can complain about a lack of enforcement of the rules, but rules are supposed to be enforced, so if you don't like the result of a rule, complain about the rule, not its enforcement.
Don't tell you it's faster? That's FUD??
Wait... what if it actually is faster? Can't be FUD then.
I would like an invitation, but you neglected to give your email address. Consider this a reminder to post your email address.
The flaw in your analogy is that cars have moving parts which wear out. The reason I would not want him using my car is that after a certain amount of use and friction between all these moving parts, something will break. The car will wear out.
CPUs don't move. I suppose they can "wear out" by overheating, but it doesn't seem that they overheated, so they were no worse off after crunching rc5 packets for McOwen.
232 as far as i know
because it was last moderated as flamebait.
It's very difficult for me not to believe that those components could work at 7GHz(2*3.5). After all, it was posted to /.
Anyway, what makes it hard for you to believe?
This is very interesting
but what i really want to know is how fast this will get modded down.
In other news, to keep linux from being rooted, you have to "apply all kinds of patches and tweaks which are barely documented".
Right. I'm sure they won't take into account the fact that the telescope isn't at the center of the earth.
I believe these people know more about what they are doing than you do. At least give them the benefit of the doubt. But wait... you don't even have a reason to doubt.
Well, failing that, don't talk unless you know what the hell you're talking about.
I think he meant 300W, as I got mine from a local (not cheap) computer parts store for something like $50.
It comes up randomly. Look for the ad in the rightmost column with the "TechnoScout" Heading.
But it *doesn't* say released!
sheesh...
Analog isn't inherently lower quality than digital. The problem with it is that you can't make a perfect copy, and successive generations of copying tend to degrade the quality, but that isn't important in the distinction between digital and analog output devices because that conversion gets made at most once by any output device. Digital signals can have just as crappy fidelity as the worst analog signal, and conversely, analog signals can be just as good as the best digital signal.
> 7. broadband $0 (can't get it without a phone line or legal cable)
False.
All last year, I had Charter@Home broadband (cable) over a pirated line! Hah!
This is so simple! Driving is not a right.
If it were, anyone could drive, even people who aren't fit to drive! And there are definitely people who aren't.
Blind people, comatose people, etc, etc....
It's much harder to kill or seriously injure someone when you're eating, walking, or breathing. With a 2-ton piece of metal at your command, this becomes much easier to do. So some training is in order before one should be allowed to drive. A driver's license is merely proof of this training.
This is a common idea, and it might seem like it would work. However this idea still fails to take into account the counting argument. For example, if the seed is limited to 64 bits, this
algorithm can generate at most 2^64 different files, and thus is unable to compress *all* files longer than 8 bytes
The problem is that this scheme would have to differentiate between the indices and the rest of the raw data. So, let's say, for each "block", you either have a 3 byte index or a 8 bytes of raw data. But you also need at least one bit of header information do determine what it is. I think you would lose most if not all of your gains on this one bit.
Yes it does.
Compressing random data is impossible!
What makes you think it's per click? You fools! It's a one time fee!
Thankfully I'm not as bad as some people in the article, but I get rather obsessive about games. It was worse a couple of years ago.
:) It really pulled me back into the real world. I still played games casually though.
My drug of choice was quake2. I dreamed about it when I was sleeping. I watched and analyzed demos of the masters playing.
And when I wasn't playing, I was thinking about it. Whenever I had to go outside, for instance, I would look at my immediate surroundings and try to find the quickest/best route through based on quake2 physics and its anomolies. (double jump, bunny hop, etc) It was affecting my life.
But then, something marvelous happened that cured me of quake2. I got a girlfriend.
But my personality makes it easy for me to fall into this sort of thing. For instance about a week ago, I discovered my roommate had brought gotten a copy of Super Mario 64 from somewhere. I just finished getting all 120 stars. For those that aren't familiar with the game, this is a major undertaking in such a short time. And as a result my life over the past week has gotten shittier. I have no clean clothes, there's garbage all over, etc.
After reading this article and the responses, I have decided that I can't play games casually. Any time I pick up a game, I'm in danger of losing control. I've decided that it's in my best interests to stay away from games for the forseeable future.
Insightful? This story has absolutely nothing to do with Jon Katz.
This would seem like a pretty collossal blunder for someone who's supposedly so smart. Perhaps you've underestimated him or misunderstood something. This seems more likely to me than this author "framing his arguments base-10 numbers".
It may be larger than average, but come on... it's not that big. It's not all that unlikely.