During his 15-minute presentation, Lauder slammed his Replay box, 'it's too hot,' 'my wife doesn't know how to use it,' and he even tried to fry an egg on his PVR.
I guess he's never used a Motorola DCT-2000 (AT&T Broadband)... i've nearly burned myself on the fucking thing.
Oh, and by the way, they have a faulty power plug which can cause electric shock. No, i'm not kidding.
Oh yeah, and he hates PVR's enough to even OWN one I suppose. Heh
I bought a new Sony DVD player and for basically no extra cost it happens to play SACD as well. Dude, I was skeptical, but even on my humble system, I was POSITIVELY FLOORED.
It came with a sampler disc. Had some great blues and jazz tracks as well as some Roger Waters (Pink Floyd). It's so lifelike, realistic, almost gives me goosebumps. But if you are the type that can't tell the difference between 128k MP3 and the CD, then don't even bother.
My point is: (A) The difference is very clear. The high end is so full, cymbals sound like they are right in the room with you. (B) You don't need to have an audiophile level system to hear it (just halfway decent speakers). Of course every bit helps. For reference I have a set of KLH speakers, good but not very expensive.
At least for SACD, it's not because of purely copy protection reasons.
SACD output is 2.8Mbit/s. Toslink cannot support this as it's not just the bitrate but its a completely different way of sampling.
For what it's worth SACD is the one truly innovative format, DVD-Audio just pushes up the sample size/sample rate that AudioCD has, is a completely new way to do things.
See here for background
Anyway....
There is no(*) receivers that support decoding this into the 120db dynamic range and 100khz frequency range that the format supports. So the solution is to decode to high bandwidth analog outputs and feed each channel in analog format directly to a discrete amplifier.
(*) actually I just saw one the other day, a pioneer, with IEEE-1384 input for SACD/DVDA type formats, now to find a player with this output.
ever heard of a portable DVD player that lets you watch DVDs in high quality on the go? No, neither have I.
Quality aside, they exist, but it's still different than say, an iPod. You won't typically put on a movie on low volume "in the background" or rip 20 DVDs and then shuffle play all the chapters.
Now, if I wanted to bring my movies to a party, etc, my originals are not allowed to leave my apartment. So a backup copy would be nice insurance if it goes missing or gets damaged.
The bad thing about finer control is that it takes more work to set up. "Learning" from program runs helps, but it doesn't fully solve the problem - there are usually many conditions that aren't triggered by simple runs yet can happen in real life.
It would seem to me, given source code, one could easily determine each and every syscall the program could possibly make. Perhaps programs could progamatically drop those certain priveledges it doesn't need, just like now how apache will drop from uid root after binding to port 80? The "fork" privelege, once dropped lets say, can never be reaquired. It would be really nice in an auditing sense, to be able to look at a process and see the list of priveledged syscalls.
Whilst it's great that stuff like this is being implemented, is anyone actually working on making a point and click interface to active/deactivate functionality rather than having to get users to resort to deleting or editing files?
This is a BETA release. (remember Mozilla is not intended for end users)
It's nothing you'd ever need to turn off unless it was causing major problems (ie: crashes).
This news makes sense, because rumor has it that Sanyo will be releasing a couple cellphones with full-color OLED screens in the next year or so. So I can beleive that Sanyo is heavily involved in the OLED research end of things.
Does anyone know the relative expence of the technology? Is it supposed to eventually be cheaper to produce (after initial early adoption prices go doen)? Cause it seems to me that LCD technology still has yet to drop for reasonable sized screens (read: 17" and up).
I refuse to downsize from 20inches, and I refuse to pay more for my monitor than my entire computer. Dont even get me started on the ridiculous prices of the new crop of LCD/HDTV/Monitors... $1200 for 15" ?? Come on.
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Historically, "wardialing" was phr33k-slang for the rapid dialling of phone numbers.
The "War" prefix is from the movie WarGames (1983)
The dialer program in the movie, and ones like it which people made, got nicknamed "War Dialers".
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when XFree86 supported about 10 video cards?
EXCEPT the Wietek P9100 (Diamond Viper Pro Video), which, for the longest time, it never supported. I know this because my friend had this card, pretty funny... not to him though...
So now I can download and watch a video... of an MPEG... being played on an OS... which is being EMULATED under another OS.... which is being run on hardware designed for an entirely different OS.
Um, actually no. The XBOX normally runs the Windows 2000 kernel.
This new CPU does 4,7 GHz which is 4700 MHz, which is 1000 times as fast as what I've started with. Impressive.
Dude, it's WAY more than that. I would venture to say its more like 100,000x. Take into account cache size and speed (did the 8088 even HAVE SRAM, if it did it was on the motherboard), memory speed (5ns vs. 70ns). And in general the overall efficiancy of the cpu (superscalar, speculative execution, etc).
I would post the link to CPUScoreCard.com comparing the 8088 and the P4 2.6GHZ, but they went pay for access to older benchmarks.
Jeezus, I just realized my CPU ranking is considered "historical". Damnit. What 800Mhz isn't good enough anymore? pfft!
The title is highly regarded, said Thomas Lee, a Windows 2000 MVP who specializes in directory issues, and has just been appointed as chief technologist at QA Training.
You've got to be kidding me. SPECIALIZING in directory issues? Assuming "issues" means.. problems, it's a sad fact that there are so many issues with Active Directory that one of these highly praised MS "MVPs" can actually SPECIALIZE in fixing them. Thats like specializing in DNS administration. Wow, I think i'd shoot myself in about 1.5 days at that job.
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> IN A BUSINESS TRANSACTION WHICH IS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT.
About Us
CleanFlicks is a family-oriented company based
in Pleasant Grove, Utah. We love movies, but
prefer to watch them without the sex, nudity,
profanity or extreme violence.
Um, excuse me, but what the hell does that leave? Heh, seriously though, if you want
that, watch a fricken DISNEY movie. But please, *please*, LEAVE Saving Private Ryan ALONE!
Clean Flicks argues it doesn't violate copyright law because it purchases a new copy each time it edits a film and because customers are technically owners of the videos through a cooperative arrangement.
On the page:
Welcome to CleanFlicks.com
As your premier source for edited DVDs and Videos, we have over 400 titles available to buy online. If you would rather rent edited movies, look for an authorized dealer near you or visit www.mycleanflicks.com to rent online!
They seem to be skirting the law since they claim that then edit the customers purchased movies, which falls under fair use. But this doesn't seem to be the case. Sure they buy a "license" that they pass on to the customer, but it definately isn't as if they are coming over to my place, and editing my existing DVD for me.
I think this is VERY interesting indeed. A lot of me wants to side with cleanflicks due to fair use laws. but the problem is, that this company is really pushing the legal limits. First of all, the DVD is not licensed for reproduction, which they are clearly doing.
I'm sure a lawyer familiar with the laws will be quick to sort this one out though. This is the sort of case I'd love to see on CourtTV.
You are forgetting about the growing percentage of HDTV compatible TV sets already out there. The majority of these sets have analog inputs. Yep. High-Res, but its still analog. Basically its a large VGA monitor (only limited to 60hz vert refresh and ~80khz horiz.)
Will these become "obsoleted" as well? No. The copyright protection systems discussed so far involve also the recording of analog signals. This is about the same as macrovision did for DVD players. This is already happening with DVHS.
The truth is, probably ~80% of the HDTVs sold (all the reasonably priced ones) do not contain an HDTV tuner, they have analog inputs which are capable of 1080i, 720p, etc, resolutions. These _cant_ be simply ignored since it took so long to get capable equipment into the hands of consumers, the industry isn't just going to say tell everyone to buy another set.
I imagine these will be grandfathered. New sets will contain digital connections (like DVI for example) and some kind of end-to-end protection, but this, as we all know is futile anyhow.
For the time being, there are VERY few practical ways for Joe Consumer to record a high-def broadcast and replay it, or even send it to someone else. DVHS is the only customer usuable solution right now. Which as we read about earlier has already been taken care of.
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The old versions of DOOM won't run under modern OS's... anyone know how to get them running under, say win XP ? Or do I need VMWare or similar?
Try to actually read the article next time.
"Finished" == burned (presumably with pirated music/movies)
I guess he's never used a Motorola DCT-2000 (AT&T Broadband)... i've nearly burned myself on the fucking thing. Oh, and by the way, they have a faulty power plug which can cause electric shock. No, i'm not kidding.
Oh yeah, and he hates PVR's enough to even OWN one I suppose. Heh
Horny geeks. Cute chic. Need I say more? (Yes I'm aware of her age. It's just a commercial.)
It came with a sampler disc. Had some great blues and jazz tracks as well as some Roger Waters (Pink Floyd). It's so lifelike, realistic, almost gives me goosebumps. But if you are the type that can't tell the difference between 128k MP3 and the CD, then don't even bother.
My point is: (A) The difference is very clear. The high end is so full, cymbals sound like they are right in the room with you. (B) You don't need to have an audiophile level system to hear it (just halfway decent speakers). Of course every bit helps. For reference I have a set of KLH speakers, good but not very expensive.
SACD output is 2.8Mbit/s. Toslink cannot support this as it's not just the bitrate but its a completely different way of sampling.
For what it's worth SACD is the one truly innovative format, DVD-Audio just pushes up the sample size/sample rate that AudioCD has, is a completely new way to do things. See here for background
Anyway....
There is no(*) receivers that support decoding this into the 120db dynamic range and 100khz frequency range that the format supports. So the solution is to decode to high bandwidth analog outputs and feed each channel in analog format directly to a discrete amplifier.
(*) actually I just saw one the other day, a pioneer, with IEEE-1384 input for SACD/DVDA type formats, now to find a player with this output.
add to that:
"...and is SLASHDOTTED to hell and back."
Quality aside, they exist, but it's still different than say, an iPod. You won't typically put on a movie on low volume "in the background" or rip 20 DVDs and then shuffle play all the chapters.
Anyway... PortableDVDStore.com
Now, if I wanted to bring my movies to a party, etc, my originals are not allowed to leave my apartment. So a backup copy would be nice insurance if it goes missing or gets damaged.
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Does anyone know the relative expence of the technology? Is it supposed to eventually be cheaper to produce (after initial early adoption prices go doen)? Cause it seems to me that LCD technology still has yet to drop for reasonable sized screens (read: 17" and up).
I refuse to downsize from 20inches, and I refuse to pay more for my monitor than my entire computer. Dont even get me started on the ridiculous prices of the new crop of LCD/HDTV/Monitors... $1200 for 15" ?? Come on.
The dialer program in the movie, and ones like it which people made, got nicknamed "War Dialers".
I would have had them IM me! Why should your roomate have all the fun ;-)
Um, actually no. The XBOX normally runs the Windows 2000 kernel.
Buy VMware and not only have 37 operating systems, but run several simultaneously.
Dude, it's WAY more than that. I would venture to say its more like 100,000x. Take into account cache size and speed (did the 8088 even HAVE SRAM, if it did it was on the motherboard), memory speed (5ns vs. 70ns). And in general the overall efficiancy of the cpu (superscalar, speculative execution, etc).
I would post the link to CPUScoreCard.com comparing the 8088 and the P4 2.6GHZ, but they went pay for access to older benchmarks.
Jeezus, I just realized my CPU ranking is considered "historical". Damnit. What 800Mhz isn't good enough anymore? pfft!
You've got to be kidding me. SPECIALIZING in directory issues? Assuming "issues" means.. problems, it's a sad fact that there are so many issues with Active Directory that one of these highly praised MS "MVPs" can actually SPECIALIZE in fixing them. Thats like specializing in DNS administration. Wow, I think i'd shoot myself in about 1.5 days at that job.
About Us
CleanFlicks is a family-oriented company based
in Pleasant Grove, Utah. We love movies, but
prefer to watch them without the sex, nudity,
profanity or extreme violence.
Um, excuse me, but what the hell does that leave? Heh, seriously though, if
you want that, watch a fricken DISNEY movie. But please, *please*,
LEAVE Saving Private Ryan ALONE!
They seem to be skirting the law since they claim that then edit the customers purchased movies, which falls under fair use. But this doesn't seem to be the case. Sure they buy a "license" that they pass on to the customer, but it definately isn't as if they are coming over to my place, and editing my existing DVD for me.
I think this is VERY interesting indeed. A lot of me wants to side with cleanflicks due to fair use laws. but the problem is, that this company is really pushing the legal limits. First of all, the DVD is not licensed for reproduction, which they are clearly doing.
I'm sure a lawyer familiar with the laws will be quick to sort this one out though. This is the sort of case I'd love to see on CourtTV.
Will these become "obsoleted" as well? No. The copyright protection systems discussed so far involve also the recording of analog signals. This is about the same as macrovision did for DVD players. This is already happening with DVHS.
The truth is, probably ~80% of the HDTVs sold (all the reasonably priced ones) do not contain an HDTV tuner, they have analog inputs which are capable of 1080i, 720p, etc, resolutions. These _cant_ be simply ignored since it took so long to get capable equipment into the hands of consumers, the industry isn't just going to say tell everyone to buy another set.
I imagine these will be grandfathered. New sets will contain digital connections (like DVI for example) and some kind of end-to-end protection, but this, as we all know is futile anyhow.
For the time being, there are VERY few practical ways for Joe Consumer to record a high-def broadcast and replay it, or even send it to someone else. DVHS is the only customer usuable solution right now. Which as we read about earlier has already been taken care of.