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  1. Re: MNG as a format on Presenting APNG: Like MNG, Only Better · · Score: 1

    But for those that can't wait, one of the best I've found so far is to save in a lossless AVI format; the codec is LCL (lossless codec library), created by Kenji Oshima.

    I looked into it, and from what I can tell, it's like huffyuv; each frame's a keyframe, so there's no prediction from the previous frame.

    TSCC does this; it was designed for screen captures, so it appears to encode differences pretty well. It worked far better than huffyuv on a something with low motion, anyway. So this _might_ be better for a cartoon, for instance.

  2. Re: Don't hate it on Presenting APNG: Like MNG, Only Better · · Score: 1

    Not to be confused with omnipotent which means the ability to get anything -- male, female, animate, inanimate -- pregnant. If you're omnipotent, the condom gets pregnant.

    Not to be confused with omniscient (note my nick), which I did for a minute there - I wasn't sure whether to proclaim, "Fear me! I have the mighty seed of DOOM!" or simply attempt to back away from my penis.

  3. Re: It will happen a lot sooner than that on NSLU2 Now More Useful · · Score: 1

    You worked it out by days of the week? That's dedication. I decided to double-check:
    Post #4,000,000 on August 2nd, 2002
    Post #5,000,000 on January 2nd, 2003
    Those two were the only ones off. Good work, though!

  4. Re:Hmmm... wondering if I could use this commercia on Coral P2P Cache Enters Public Beta · · Score: 1

    Is dealing with so many concurrent connections the problem? Are there elements you can cache? Then, you might look into using Squid in reverse proxy mode. Users connect to Squid, which connects to your servers, getting the page as quickly as possible, serving to the client at the appropriate speed. If you let it cache, then it can serve requests without hitting the servers.

    Using Coral would mess up dynamic content, unless you avoid using cookies. For static or dynamic content, I don't see Coral doing anything more than Squid would, unless bandwidth is an issue.

  5. Re: It will happen a lot sooner than that on NSLU2 Now More Useful · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I might have a different display setting, because I can see them:

    Post #1,000,000 on June 15th, 2000
    Post #2,000,000 on Mar 1, March 1st, 1999
    Post #3,000,000 on February 13th, 2002

    Yeah. 2000, 1999, 2002. It's been noted elsewhere. Along with the others noted above, that's 2000, 1999, 2002, 2001, 2002...

  6. Re: paperless office , ocr rant, etc. long on Where Did Affordable OCR Go? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing "++ S/N(/.)" means "increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of Slashdot."

  7. Another tool in the toolbox on Holographic Laser Tweezers To Manipulate Cells · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised that no one else has even mentioned the venerable sonic screwdriver yet...

  8. Re:What are the copy protections in DVD-A and SACD on New Digital Audio Formats · · Score: 1

    SACD uses packets for stuff outside the typical CD audio dynamic range - meaning, really loud or really quiet parts.

    Or so I recall. I thought I posted this on a previous story about SACD, but I can't find that comment, so, I could be misremembering completely.

  9. Re: CFQ on The New Linux Speed Trick · · Score: 1

    It's cool to see different schedulers coexist; it looks like freeblock scheduling could supplement or improve anticipatory scheduling, for example.

  10. Re: This sucks, but go out nova style. on WB Cancels Angel · · Score: 1

    It looks like the slayers were setting up an army.

    I was wondering if they would try to set up an empire, or try to eradicate all the supernatural creatures on Earth, & if W&H would then be the central opposition. I haven't seen why W&H wanted Angel there, having missed many episodes the first time round, but having him there might help avoid direct confrontations with the slayers...

  11. Re:coitus interruptus for LotRs fans, not PJ fans. on King Kong: Don't Mess With the Monkey · · Score: 1

    Not to nitpick, but Dangerous Creatures? I think you mean Heavenly Creatures .

  12. Ooh, nifty. on Dish Network DVR-921 HD DVR Reviewed · · Score: 1

    It has Firewire & USB connections on it, & it runs a variation of Linux. I think that the broadcast standard is MPEG-2, & that a later variation of this will burn DVDs.

    I want one... It's important to archive The Daily Show for posterity.

  13. Re: Algorithmic music on A Truly UserFriendly Game Audio Engine? · · Score: 1

    I hate replying to myself, but I fixed the problems. One was the lack of python.h, which was hidden because of a lot of other error messages; the other is that leash.py should go into the boodler directory.

  14. Algorithmic music on A Truly UserFriendly Game Audio Engine? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The public demo is samples, not a runnable demo. According to the article, they're seeking patents. I think I'd rather try to get Boodler running, or Looching, which preceded that. (Or Tranquility, which someone else mentioned.)

  15. Cheesbikini on San Francisco's Got Free Wi-Fi · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are also a ton of restaurants & cafes in the area that offer laptop access - cheesbikini offers a good list of them.

    I have a flaky wireless connection at home; I'd order a cantenna with pigtail but I prefer paying cash...

  16. Re: Wow...articles by Stan Veit! on Computer Folklore, Circa 1984 · · Score: 1

    Charlie Stross, the science fiction author, just stopped writing the Linux column for the UK version; he wrote a farewell to that position, about the decline of Computer Shopper.

  17. Re: some sequel ideas on Review of T3: Rise of the Machines · · Score: 1

    Send Terminators back after John Connor's ancestors, like in a Jane Austen / Terminator crossover...

    "Indeed," said the man (whom Patience could not help but think of as made of clockwork, though he manifestly was something far stranger)...

  18. Gabe from Penny Arcade's opinion on Viewtiful Joe Swoops To Save 2D Gameplay · · Score: 1

    Gabe wrote a glowing review.

  19. Re: One option, and it's probably the easiest. on Managing Bandwidth and Bandwidth Costs? · · Score: 1

    If I'm not misreading, the question is about serving updates out to thousands of people using your program, and you're writing about how best to bring updates in to thousands of your employees. Am I right?

  20. Re: This is a known problem, if: on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 Released · · Score: 1

    Er, hang on, what?

    This is news to me. My Pentium-level machine had no problems burning VCDs or audio CDs on an IDE CD burner using SCSI emulation. This is without burn-proof to avoid buffer underruns, too.

  21. Re: *Shrug* on Java Technology Demo Showcases Quake · · Score: 1

    GL4Java lets you use OpenGL from Java. It's LGPLed. There's an entry for "How does GL4Java compare to Java3D?" in the FAQ.

  22. Re: Review of phone APIs on Qualcomm's BREW Gets GCC Support · · Score: 1

    I love that idea.

    I just got a phone for free (after rebate), which does Java to some extent. I haven't played with that part of it yet - I probably will have to connect it directly to a computer, & I lacked a specific goal, & I just got it.

  23. Re: Oxymoron? on Rad Brad - Gaming's New Movie Hero · · Score: 2, Informative
    Since the movie is written by the creator of Dude, Where's My Car? and its forthcoming sequel called, uhm, Seriously Dude, Where's My Car?, hilarity is 'bound' to ensue

    Anyone else find this statement a bit questionable?


    Yeah! Last I heard, the sequel was off!
  24. Re: And by that same logic... on The Computational Requirements for the Matrix · · Score: 1

    "It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination."

    (Thank you, Douglas Adams.)

  25. Update from spec 1.0 to 1.2 on PNG Second Edition Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think this is just considered an update from the PNG spec 1.0 to spec 1.2 (or, maybe 1.3). The PNG home site mentions version 1.1 (with color correction) & 1.2 (with international text). The text in the linked recommendation mentions that it's the same text as the ISO standard (except for "cover page and boilerplate differences"); the PNG news page mentions that the two announcements are related, but without mentioning why they're related. It mentions "errata and clarifications" from PNG spec 1.0.

    Bleh. Anyway. It's not about PNG 2.0 or anything. If you want animation, you still have to use MNG.