Yeah better not encode into a patented format. Also, stop using your patented computer hardware parts, patented mobile phone, patented communications protcols, patented car parts, anything manufacturered by a patented method....
It goes on. Why is it so bad to use a patented compression system that works? I can understand not wanting generic software patents but a patent on some seriously clever compression routines that took them hundreds of man hours and a lot of money... come on.
He's entitled to his opinion - as long as he's not reciting it just to get a rise out of people.
i.e. he's stating an opinion "I think Jesus is an Asshole" rather than the flamebait "Jesus is a Fucking Asshole"
They are both very contentious statements and will result in serious and heated replies but one is valid in that it is constructive - it gives an opinion and a place from which to discuss - whilst the other is simply an invitation to flame back and generally piss people off.
Now I don't actually know Jesus so I personally can't comment on whether he is an Asshole or not. I was just using this as an example.
People taking offence, purely for the sake of taking offence are as bad as flamebaiters IMHO.
That's soooo last decade. Surely you will be using your household teleportation booth?
You could combine it with a trip to the tactile 3D hologram suite.
At least tell me you have a subspace communications port or how else will you download the 1Tb bug updates to Microsoft Windows XXXP with "use this browser or else" Interuniversenet Explorationer?
Not that I am doubting there's enough silicon out there for a few brain dumps, no, of course not. And anyway Skynet will protect us from the Matrix.
All mission critical RAID systems use some form of SCSI drive (UW, Fibrechannel etc).
This might be partially because of the higher performance with SCSI in general (yeah yeah I know ATA/133 is nice and fast but my 15000 rpm fibrechanel drives are faster;)
If I toddle down to our server room I find a huge number of RAIDed 18Gb (total 50-60 Tb) SCSI drives and no IDE ones.
Assuming your TiVo is connected to a computer (or a network - I have an ethernet card in mine), TiVoWeb allows you to (amongst other things) shedure recordings from anywhere in the world you can find a net terminal;)
It's pretty neat when you are abroad and realise you forgot to set up a recording - or you need to delete stuff etc etc.
yes I happen to have a mac.com address. However I am also an old-fashioned UNIX hacker:)
so I quite happily compile and install all sorts of crap on my OS X system (and others)
I wasn't whinging that I didn't understand, or that I was turned off from Linux because of the odd compile here and there. I was simply pointing out that the average computer user wants things to work - they can just about handle (semi)automatic downloads and can usually cope with hand-hlding install apps BUT they are not happy with kernel hacking....... Imagine the support problems at windows if Nvidia had something similar for their driver installs.
Until Linux is as easy to install, configure and maintain as Windows (yes yes I know windows registry sucks - and I know you need to reinstall the OS every Friday the thirteenth or when a goat eats your hat but the average users just chucks in a cd and it's done) - or ideally Mac OS, Linux will not be a true desktop OS.
By that I mean the one your Granny would choose to use. (yes yes I know YOUR granny is a Linux Geek but:)
Most decent EU tvs in the last few years, plus decent vcrs (and dvd players - heck even my playstation) can talk RGB. Most medium - good tvs have at least 2 scarts, usually one that accepts RGB and S video and one that is S video bi-directional (mine happens to have a third S video SCART too)
Indeed, my whole system, TiVo, TV, DVD, VCR are all connected together via RGB SCART.
If you want a decent picture on a normal (not HDTV etc) TV then I'd recommend moving to Europe and using SCART for your connections - beats S Video hands down;)
I realise that's not really a useful suggestion mind you.
You don't NEED a multibutton mouse with OSX, that's the whole point. Therefore Apple doesn't NEED to give you one.
OSX works fine without one - this way, if you feel you NEED one (because of some kind of button envy) you can choose the exact mouse you want....
it's called choice.
If Apple sold everything with 3 button mice, you would be in the queue whinging their mice sucked because of their [size/shape/colour/weight/etc] anyway.
Not only that but it's screw up all the Apple uers who have trained their muscle memory for one button.
Whilst I have used multi-button mice for years and I fully support the idea of Apple oferin a choice of 1 or 2 (or 3) with a scroll wheel, the vast majority or users don't care.
Ant who exactly does serious amounts of AutoCad work on a laptop? The same pepole who do their Photoshop Prepress work on 'em?
I think it was (is) the most successful single computer of all time. The original blue one redefined what the average Joe expects to buy for his average house.....
Dunno about Germany, but Scientology is regarded as a cult in France and is well and truly illegal there:)
It's possibly one of the few reasons to live in France (I have to say that, I'm British)
Troc
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Firewire is 400mbps SUSTAINED between devices without needing a host controller. USB 2.0 is 480 mbps *MAXIMUM* throughput. Bearing in mind that everything a usb device does goes through the controller, you actually get a maximum of 240 in each direction, assuming there's nothing else on the usb chain. If there is then you'll get even less.
I am sure that in a lab you can get usb 2.0 to go faster than firewire but in reality there is no way it will.
I have both and I have usb 2.0 and firewire external drives and the firewire one smokes the usb one (they are both 7200 rpm ibm drives) even when the drive is the only thing on the usb chain.....
ok, not *permanently* unbreakable but a one time pad (assuming the 'pad is sent safely:) has certain advantages over normal asymmetric codes....
Sure they have drawbacks in distribution of pads etc which adds costs to the system but with nothing except some encoded text (and no plaintext to guess/assume, no other messages with the same pad) that really will appear random, to work on, the bad guys will have their work cut out.;)
people with user #'s of 4 digits or less just read slashdot to remind themselves it was all better when.......... meanwhile we all hang out on boards you guys can't even find;)
Occasionally our highly sophisticated intelligent agents write stuff to convince everyone slashdot is still populated by *real* hackers.
Meanwhile I have this rather clever water powered windmill that drives a wind turbine to pump up oil which I use to turn an internal combustion engine which drives my laptop. When the laptop is off, I use the excess power to fill up my water reservior. At night I use my batteryless solar torches to power a tesla coil to run a rather natty blue fluorescent tube.
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Yeah better not encode into a patented format. Also, stop using your patented computer hardware parts, patented mobile phone, patented communications protcols, patented car parts, anything manufacturered by a patented method....
It goes on. Why is it so bad to use a patented compression system that works? I can understand not wanting generic software patents but a patent on some seriously clever compression routines that took them hundreds of man hours and a lot of money... come on.
Should we all give our time away for free?
Troc
He's entitled to his opinion - as long as he's not reciting it just to get a rise out of people.
i.e. he's stating an opinion "I think Jesus is an Asshole" rather than the flamebait "Jesus is a Fucking Asshole"
They are both very contentious statements and will result in serious and heated replies but one is valid in that it is constructive - it gives an opinion and a place from which to discuss - whilst the other is simply an invitation to flame back and generally piss people off.
Now I don't actually know Jesus so I personally can't comment on whether he is an Asshole or not. I was just using this as an example.
People taking offence, purely for the sake of taking offence are as bad as flamebaiters IMHO.
Troc
Flying car?
That's soooo last decade. Surely you will be using your household teleportation booth?
You could combine it with a trip to the tactile 3D hologram suite.
At least tell me you have a subspace communications port or how else will you download the 1Tb bug updates to Microsoft Windows XXXP with "use this browser or else" Interuniversenet Explorationer?
Not that I am doubting there's enough silicon out there for a few brain dumps, no, of course not. And anyway Skynet will protect us from the Matrix.
Troc
Nope It's SCSI that puts the I in RAID really.
;)
All mission critical RAID systems use some form of SCSI drive (UW, Fibrechannel etc).
This might be partially because of the higher performance with SCSI in general (yeah yeah I know ATA/133 is nice and fast but my 15000 rpm fibrechanel drives are faster
If I toddle down to our server room I find a huge number of RAIDed 18Gb (total 50-60 Tb) SCSI drives and no IDE ones.
Troc
TiVo can add that feature to their software whenever they want to - it's actually quite a common hack amongst TiVo hackers.
So unless ReplayTV have a patent on one button ad. skipping......... *smirk*
Troc
Hmm
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I boght a camera and it came with a cd.... never even tried the thing in my computer. I connect camera. I download images.
Even better the MemoryStick in the camera mounts like a HD when I connect it
Yes it's a mac but then I am fairly certain that XP etc doesn't need drivers these days to do the same thing
troc
Sony have DV cameras with Bluetooth enabled. I think they even have basic webserving and stuff
Troc.
Assuming your TiVo is connected to a computer (or a network - I have an ethernet card in mine), TiVoWeb allows you to (amongst other things) shedure recordings from anywhere in the world you can find a net terminal ;)
It's pretty neat when you are abroad and realise you forgot to set up a recording - or you need to delete stuff etc etc.
Troc
yes I happen to have a mac.com address. However I am also an old-fashioned UNIX hacker :)
:)
so I quite happily compile and install all sorts of crap on my OS X system (and others)
I wasn't whinging that I didn't understand, or that I was turned off from Linux because of the odd compile here and there. I was simply pointing out that the average computer user wants things to work - they can just about handle (semi)automatic downloads and can usually cope with hand-hlding install apps BUT they are not happy with kernel hacking....... Imagine the support problems at windows if Nvidia had something similar for their driver installs.
Until Linux is as easy to install, configure and maintain as Windows (yes yes I know windows registry sucks - and I know you need to reinstall the OS every Friday the thirteenth or when a goat eats your hat but the average users just chucks in a cd and it's done) - or ideally Mac OS, Linux will not be a true desktop OS.
By that I mean the one your Granny would choose to use. (yes yes I know YOUR granny is a Linux Geek but
Troc
Most decent EU tvs in the last few years, plus decent vcrs (and dvd players - heck even my playstation) can talk RGB. Most medium - good tvs have at least 2 scarts, usually one that accepts RGB and S video and one that is S video bi-directional (mine happens to have a third S video SCART too)
Indeed, my whole system, TiVo, TV, DVD, VCR are all connected together via RGB SCART.
If you want a decent picture on a normal (not HDTV etc) TV then I'd recommend moving to Europe and using SCART for your connections - beats S Video hands down ;)
I realise that's not really a useful suggestion mind you.
Oh well.
troc
And that's why Linux isn't more popular with Mr Average ;)
Troc
The question is, did you start at 1 or at 700,000 or somewhere in between.
I feel a script coming on.
Troc
He probably paid good money on ebay for that ;)
Beats buying Everquest characters anyway.
There's a scary thought, buying "desirable" UIDs in general.....
Troc
and with a user # of 476 we might even believe you ;)
I remember when this was all just binary data.... oh wait, um.
Troc
Except the 5GB one is 299 :)
Troc
Oh FFS
You don't NEED a multibutton mouse with OSX, that's the whole point. Therefore Apple doesn't NEED to give you one.
OSX works fine without one - this way, if you feel you NEED one (because of some kind of button envy) you can choose the exact mouse you want....
it's called choice.
If Apple sold everything with 3 button mice, you would be in the queue whinging their mice sucked because of their [size/shape/colour/weight/etc] anyway.
Not only that but it's screw up all the Apple uers who have trained their muscle memory for one button.
Whilst I have used multi-button mice for years and I fully support the idea of Apple oferin a choice of 1 or 2 (or 3) with a scroll wheel, the vast majority or users don't care.
Ant who exactly does serious amounts of AutoCad work on a laptop? The same pepole who do their Photoshop Prepress work on 'em?
yeah right.
troc
You are saying the iMac was a mistake?
I think it was (is) the most successful single computer of all time. The original blue one redefined what the average Joe expects to buy for his average house.....
Troc
Porsche are owned by Audi......
Who are owned by VW....
sorry.
Therefore VW would qualify as an independent car maker, as would BMW.
I can think of lots of independent UK manufacturers though..
Rover
Morgan
Caterham
TVR
jensen
And the big multinational ones....
Honda
Renault
Depends how you define *independent*
But Porsche are owned by VW
Troc
Dunno about Germany, but Scientology is regarded as a cult in France and is well and truly illegal there :)
It's possibly one of the few reasons to live in France (I have to say that, I'm British)
Troc
Firewire is 400mbps SUSTAINED between devices without needing a host controller. USB 2.0 is 480 mbps *MAXIMUM* throughput. Bearing in mind that everything a usb device does goes through the controller, you actually get a maximum of 240 in each direction, assuming there's nothing else on the usb chain. If there is then you'll get even less.
I am sure that in a lab you can get usb 2.0 to go faster than firewire but in reality there is no way it will.
I have both and I have usb 2.0 and firewire external drives and the firewire one smokes the usb one (they are both 7200 rpm ibm drives) even when the drive is the only thing on the usb chain.....
if I add a mouse it gets comical.
Troc
One time pads?
:) has certain advantages over normal asymmetric codes....
;)
ok, not *permanently* unbreakable but a one time pad (assuming the 'pad is sent safely
Sure they have drawbacks in distribution of pads etc which adds costs to the system but with nothing except some encoded text (and no plaintext to guess/assume, no other messages with the same pad) that really will appear random, to work on, the bad guys will have their work cut out.
Troc
people with user #'s of 4 digits or less just read slashdot to remind themselves it was all better when...... .... meanwhile we all hang out on boards you guys can't even find ;)
Occasionally our highly sophisticated intelligent agents write stuff to convince everyone slashdot is still populated by *real* hackers.
Meanwhile I have this rather clever water powered windmill that drives a wind turbine to pump up oil which I use to turn an internal combustion engine which drives my laptop. When the laptop is off, I use the excess power to fill up my water reservior. At night I use my batteryless solar torches to power a tesla coil to run a rather natty blue fluorescent tube.
or something
Troc
And this is particularly good why exactly?
;)
;)
You live in a cold, quiet place and prefer a hot place filled with the whine of fans?
If you are trying to make a "lots of processing power for not much cash" point, please be more specific
If you are just trolling, you could at least have mentioned something exceptionally powerful
Troc
There was me thinking he meant watching women walk along the beach whilst carrying beer ;)
i.e the women were carrying the beer.
whatever
Troc