Don't see how. My comment applies to all those who crave uber detail in activities they could likely do themselves.
OMG this dish washing game is 1080p @ 60fps!!! awesomes!!!
I'm all for video games (though I don't really play them often) but for me the attraction is the fantasy. When I play Halo 2 [for instance] I don't want to be reminded that running full speed for 13 kilometers would actually be hard. I just want to blow up my friends with the rocket launcher.
A lot of the incidentals like super high detailed textures are lost by the fact that you're playing a fast paced game and not concentrating on it.
And besides, poly count matters more than pixel count.
A 7 min track with FLAC usually gets around 54MiB insize. At 256kbps it would be 13.5MiB. Multiply that difference by a billion and you can see why they don't sell FLACs.
I'm not saying they shouldn't have the option, just that it should cost more because it does take more resources to transmit.
Cuz I'm sure the vast majority of people who play video games are incapable of scheduling an hour long game into their week somewhere. I'm so definitely sure that every waking moment is already occupied with things of the utmost priority.
You have to cause to be published, or presented, your views that the holocaust didn't happen [or support the Nazi party, etc]. If someone compels you against your will, e.g., by forcibly reading your mind, then you're hardly at fault.
My point was it's not illegal in Germany to think the holocaust didn't happen. It's just a crime to express those values.
And you know what, over 10 million people died because of the Nazis. I think maybe this is one of those situations where you just don't let the hatred build up again.
Actually my first hand experience is when my brother slipped on ice at a bus stop. People would move out of the way to walk around.
I'm not saying there aren't nice people out there, I'm saying most people will try and not get involved, or their threshold for intervention is very high. For example, the same people that might not help you when you slip, may help if they saw you bleeding on the ground, who knows.
I'm shocked when people hold doors open, which happens enough I suppose, but I've seen my share of "me first" attitudes around too to get a bit miffed.
Point though, people throwing around "Internet MD (tm)" Diagnoses are really annoying. Just because you read a wiki article doesn't make you a doctor.
Arrg, people fling that "syndrome" around, lets see the symptoms from Wikipedia...
"a lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, one-sided conversation, intense absorption in a special interest, and clumsy movements"
Well the empathy thing is common amongst 99% of the population? Don't trust me? Pretend to slip on a busy sidewalk and see how many people stop to see if you're ok.
Ability to form friendships? Newsflash, most people have a couple good friends a bunch of "people I know". How do you measure if you're "good" at making friends? One sided conversations? Hello weblogs. Intense absorption in a special interest? You mean like people who swear up and down about this that and the other thing without the first damn clue?
Point is, I'm talking out of my ass, and so are you. You can't read some paragraph description off a website and pretend to be a doctor. I'd bet out of all of/. maybe less than a dozen people would even qualify for a diagnosis of AS, probably less.
what's that you're sitting on? OH THE WADS OF MONEY YOU JUST SAVED!
Honestly, y0 h0 h0 and a bottle of rum, macs are good computers [I guess...] but dell + linux works just fine [I imagine acer+linux or hp+linux work fine too... just have personal exp. with dell].
I'm sure that if he gracefully bowed out and said "fuck you world I'm rich biatch!" they'd keep handing fist over fist of cash to MSFT just like they ar e now.
He shows up to work. Even if he only works 1 hour a week it's more than I'd want to think of.
Think about your youth when you had the summer off, unstructured, went where your bike would take you. Replace bike with car/private jet and you get the idea.
I'd be off doing endlessly long trips, seeing every nook and cranny of the planet. Screw being in one location, tied to an office, saying things I don't really believe...
Which makes me question his motives. If he's so far removed from the technical realities of the world (let's face it, he supports Vista...) why even bother? Cash out, live the life of luxory and do whatever the hell you want.
well my ISP is a monopoly, so they're not really afraid of the other players in the area.
But yeah, it's clear they don't work for the customers. A while back someone decided it would be fun to post kiddie porn to usenet with my email address on it and forged (but clearly fake) headers. People complained and my ISP threatened to cut the account. Until I explained to them how NNTP worked and they shut up...
it's like diagnostics in C, any conforming C compiler can emit ANY warning they want (whether warranted or not).
BayTSP is not the government (right?) they can issue any non-legally binding warning they want, up to the point they are served an injunction. it doesn't mean you, or your ISP, have to act on its behalf.
Imagine a publisher of a text book, was allowed to control which passages of the text you could cite for your research paper. Imagine if they could control the order of how you read it, what sections you read, when you read it, who you can allow to read your copy, etc.
Once you s/mp3/book/ it somehow seems a little simpler.
Like Bruce Schneier, here we have a dude who's opinion apparently is notable. I don't agree in that big deal he was part of the deCSS group. Whoopy. There are many FLOSS contributors out there that have distinct political and civil ideas, yet we don't seem to want to listen to them or give them attention. I guess the media makes the "star", not because of actual merit but because they need a star to sell print [or get ad impressions].
As for DRM, I'm glad that corporations, er, the leaders of corporations are starting to smarten up a smidge. DRM is nothing but a huge gaping waste of effort. It costs the customers money, and takes away their rights to fair use.
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Don't see how. My comment applies to all those who crave uber detail in activities they could likely do themselves.
OMG this dish washing game is 1080p @ 60fps!!! awesomes!!!
I'm all for video games (though I don't really play them often) but for me the attraction is the fantasy. When I play Halo 2 [for instance] I don't want to be reminded that running full speed for 13 kilometers would actually be hard. I just want to blow up my friends with the rocket launcher.
A lot of the incidentals like super high detailed textures are lost by the fact that you're playing a fast paced game and not concentrating on it.
And besides, poly count matters more than pixel count.
Tom
bandwidth costs?
A 7 min track with FLAC usually gets around 54MiB insize. At 256kbps it would be 13.5MiB. Multiply that difference by a billion and you can see why they don't sell FLACs.
I'm not saying they shouldn't have the option, just that it should cost more because it does take more resources to transmit.
Tom
Depends who you play with. All about the co-ed. :-)
Tom
No problem! I do what I can to help!
Cuz I'm sure the vast majority of people who play video games are incapable of scheduling an hour long game into their week somewhere. I'm so definitely sure that every waking moment is already occupied with things of the utmost priority.
Right.
Tom
The sense, your comment does not make.
I'd buy legit tracks [as opposed to just massively hording ripped cds] if I was assured they were encoded to sound reasonably well.
I'm sure 128kbit/sec AAC sounds good on an iPod, but a home stereo with a decent speakers requires a bit more fidelity than that.
Tom
You could try playing sports in RL, the graphics are much higher resolution.
Tom
Aim for a decent rate with a good encoder? lame with q=2, 256 kbit/sec joint stereo should be nice.
None of this q=uber_fast 64 kbit/sec stereo please.
Tom
No, no you can't.
You have to cause to be published, or presented, your views that the holocaust didn't happen [or support the Nazi party, etc]. If someone compels you against your will, e.g., by forcibly reading your mind, then you're hardly at fault.
Tom
My point was it's not illegal in Germany to think the holocaust didn't happen. It's just a crime to express those values.
And you know what, over 10 million people died because of the Nazis. I think maybe this is one of those situations where you just don't let the hatred build up again.
Tom
Wrong. It's a crime to deny the holocaust. It's not a crime to not talk about it.
So if someone asked if you thought the holocaust happened you could just not answer if you didn't want to talk about it.
But thanks for playing the I think I know the law game.
Tom
HHGTTG?
Clever...
Actually my first hand experience is when my brother slipped on ice at a bus stop. People would move out of the way to walk around.
I'm not saying there aren't nice people out there, I'm saying most people will try and not get involved, or their threshold for intervention is very high. For example, the same people that might not help you when you slip, may help if they saw you bleeding on the ground, who knows.
I'm shocked when people hold doors open, which happens enough I suppose, but I've seen my share of "me first" attitudes around too to get a bit miffed.
Point though, people throwing around "Internet MD (tm)" Diagnoses are really annoying. Just because you read a wiki article doesn't make you a doctor.
Arrg, people fling that "syndrome" around, lets see the symptoms from Wikipedia...
/. maybe less than a dozen people would even qualify for a diagnosis of AS, probably less.
"a lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, one-sided conversation, intense absorption in a special interest, and clumsy movements"
Well the empathy thing is common amongst 99% of the population? Don't trust me? Pretend to slip on a busy sidewalk and see how many people stop to see if you're ok.
Ability to form friendships? Newsflash, most people have a couple good friends a bunch of "people I know". How do you measure if you're "good" at making friends? One sided conversations? Hello weblogs. Intense absorption in a special interest? You mean like people who swear up and down about this that and the other thing without the first damn clue?
Point is, I'm talking out of my ass, and so are you. You can't read some paragraph description off a website and pretend to be a doctor. I'd bet out of all of
Tom
They keep curing the mice!!! what about us humans? ... :-) [yes this is a joke].
what's that you're sitting on? OH THE WADS OF MONEY YOU JUST SAVED!
... just have personal exp. with dell].
Honestly, y0 h0 h0 and a bottle of rum, macs are good computers [I guess...] but dell + linux works just fine [I imagine acer+linux or hp+linux work fine too
Tom
Maybe he should start actually objectively evaluating the technical merits of various OSes and other pieces of software.
Instead of just blinding assuming whatever MSFT does is gold.
Maybe embrace and not kill some useful public open standards?
Tom
He doesn't have to WORK for msft to own stock there.
He could easily cash out a few million a YEAR and still live a life devoid of the 9-5 office and heartless corporate shilling.
Tom
OMG only 50 million? How will he live!!!
I'm sure that if he gracefully bowed out and said "fuck you world I'm rich biatch!" they'd keep handing fist over fist of cash to MSFT just like they ar e now.
Tom
He shows up to work. Even if he only works 1 hour a week it's more than I'd want to think of.
Think about your youth when you had the summer off, unstructured, went where your bike would take you. Replace bike with car/private jet and you get the idea.
I'd be off doing endlessly long trips, seeing every nook and cranny of the planet. Screw being in one location, tied to an office, saying things I don't really believe...
Tom
Which makes me question his motives. If he's so far removed from the technical realities of the world (let's face it, he supports Vista...) why even bother? Cash out, live the life of luxory and do whatever the hell you want.
Tom
well my ISP is a monopoly, so they're not really afraid of the other players in the area.
But yeah, it's clear they don't work for the customers. A while back someone decided it would be fun to post kiddie porn to usenet with my email address on it and forged (but clearly fake) headers. People complained and my ISP threatened to cut the account. Until I explained to them how NNTP worked and they shut up...
Tom
it's like diagnostics in C, any conforming C compiler can emit ANY warning they want (whether warranted or not).
BayTSP is not the government (right?) they can issue any non-legally binding warning they want, up to the point they are served an injunction. it doesn't mean you, or your ISP, have to act on its behalf.
Tom
DRM is the thingy that enables those ridiculous restrictions.
Also I think you missed the part where I said "imagine they could..." As in, what if all books were ebooks and implemented DRM like that?
Hint: There will come a time when portable ebook readers replace inprint books for things like school. You want those DRM enabled?
If your friend asks why they can't convert their tunes to mp3, tell them Steve Jobs told them they couldn't. That's effectively the truth of it.
Tom
This is how you explain DRM to the lay person.
Imagine a publisher of a text book, was allowed to control which passages of the text you could cite for your research paper. Imagine if they could control the order of how you read it, what sections you read, when you read it, who you can allow to read your copy, etc.
Once you s/mp3/book/ it somehow seems a little simpler.
Tom
Like Bruce Schneier, here we have a dude who's opinion apparently is notable. I don't agree in that big deal he was part of the deCSS group. Whoopy. There are many FLOSS contributors out there that have distinct political and civil ideas, yet we don't seem to want to listen to them or give them attention. I guess the media makes the "star", not because of actual merit but because they need a star to sell print [or get ad impressions].
As for DRM, I'm glad that corporations, er, the leaders of corporations are starting to smarten up a smidge. DRM is nothing but a huge gaping waste of effort. It costs the customers money, and takes away their rights to fair use.
Tom