That and only 2GHz two years from now is just too little, too late. There won't be a desktop or laptop market for a processor that lags in performance as soon as it hits the street. And being a new design, it will likely be out of the cost-conscious market range as well.
If the PNG format is so much better, then why does Slashdot continue to use GIF images? I know this is trolling, but one would think a forum such as Slashdot would bestow the same ideals in its operation as it does in the stories it carries.
The FIC MAAT Server from FIC can serve as a Linux wireless access point. Specs:
Embedded Linux
Transmeta Crusoe TM5600 500MHz
On-board 128MB SDRAM (512MB max)
2X 2.5' IDE HDD 20GB (120GB max)
4 ports 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Hub Switch
Built-in Wireless Access Point (802.11b)
Dimensions: W246 X D240 X H56mm
Unfortunately, it is rather pricey at $995 MSRP or $645 direct from the FIC California branch. Interesting nonetheless.
To be truly useful for multi-user editing, wouldn't it be helpful to have some sort of version control built in? What kind of undo facility does it have? Does it keep a history journal of which user makes edits so that edits can be rolled back? How about a way to lock parts of the document?
I don't know what kind of agreement patent holders have with the JPEG committee or ISO group, but what would happen if another entity purchased the IP rights to a patent which makes up part of the JPEG2000 standard? Could the new owner of the patent decide to charge a royalty from that point forward? In fact, if you were cunning enough, you could agree to offer your patent royalty free in order to allow inclusion into a standard, then later sell your patent for a profit. From there, the new owner could screw everyone.
I also remember seeing a similar product used on Radio Shack Color Computers back in the day. I believe the manufacturer called it the Dragonfly Fan. It used two flat blades side by side that would bend (or flap) in opposite directions. I think the whole kit cost around $30.
In order for users to rate a site, they should have to provide a valid e-mail address that Google can perform a reverse lookup on.
As stated by others, Google should provide the standard sort with a user rating next to the displayed sites. Then allow the user to click a button to sort by user rating. Or just provide a button to allow the user to select Google Sort or User Rating Sort on the main search page.
First off, I watched one of the news reports via videophone and I was quite impressed by the audio clarity and the video quality. M$'s NetMeeting can't even compare at the same data rate.
MPEG4 is an outgrowth of H.263.
The reason H.263 is chosen over MPEG4 and other similar streaming codecs is because the latency from video capture to transmission of the encoded image is better under H.263. During some informal testing, latency of H.263 video conferencing on a LAN was well under 2 seconds. The best I could do with Real's RealProducer using their G2 codec was around 4-5 seconds. The best I could do with Microsoft's Media Encoder with the MPEG4 codec was around 7-10 seconds.
Because of the way that MPEG2 and MPEG4 take advantage of the time domain to achieve higher compression also makes them unsuitable for 'live' 2-way video.
Here are some links to chew on:
http://myhome.hananet.net/~soonjp/vclinux.html http://archive.dstc.edu.au/RDU/staff/jane-hunter/v ideo-streaming.html http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/ The H.263 spec is available at http://www.itu.org for a fee.
When registering software from companies that I don't want to receive spam from, I usually enter something like webmaster@company.com. If I'm registering Real Player, I'd enter webmaster@real.com. Unfortunately, Adobe has become wise of this and their online registration won't allow you to use webmaster@adobe.com. I wonder why, hehe.
Another favorite is to make up a name like harrybalzac@company.com.
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That and only 2GHz two years from now is just too little, too late. There won't be a desktop or laptop market for a processor that lags in performance as soon as it hits the street. And being a new design, it will likely be out of the cost-conscious market range as well.
Electric Universe's "Love Is Not A Crime" is an all time classic, found on the Logic EP (http://www.discogs.com/release/95965) and Divine Design album (http://www.discogs.com/release/66751). There's a 2.5 minute clip at (http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_releas e.asp?id=1034).
If the PNG format is so much better, then why does Slashdot continue to use GIF images? I know this is trolling, but one would think a forum such as Slashdot would bestow the same ideals in its operation as it does in the stories it carries.
The FIC MAAT Server from FIC can serve as a Linux wireless access point.
Specs:
Embedded Linux
Transmeta Crusoe TM5600 500MHz
On-board 128MB SDRAM (512MB max)
2X 2.5' IDE HDD 20GB (120GB max)
4 ports 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Hub Switch
Built-in Wireless Access Point (802.11b)
Dimensions: W246 X D240 X H56mm
Unfortunately, it is rather pricey at $995 MSRP or $645 direct from the FIC California branch. Interesting nonetheless.
To be truly useful for multi-user editing, wouldn't it be helpful to have some sort of version control built in?
What kind of undo facility does it have? Does it keep a history journal of which user makes edits so that edits can be rolled back?
How about a way to lock parts of the document?
I don't know what kind of agreement patent holders have with the JPEG committee or ISO group, but what would happen if another entity purchased the IP rights to a patent which makes up part of the JPEG2000 standard? Could the new owner of the patent decide to charge a royalty from that point forward? In fact, if you were cunning enough, you could agree to offer your patent royalty free in order to allow inclusion into a standard, then later sell your patent for a profit. From there, the new owner could screw everyone.
I also remember seeing a similar product used on Radio Shack Color Computers back in the day. I believe the manufacturer called it the Dragonfly Fan. It used two flat blades side by side that would bend (or flap) in opposite directions. I think the whole kit cost around $30.
In order for users to rate a site, they should have to provide a valid e-mail address that Google can perform a reverse lookup on.
As stated by others, Google should provide the standard sort with a user rating next to the displayed sites. Then allow the user to click a button to sort by user rating. Or just provide a button to allow the user to select Google Sort or User Rating Sort on the main search page.
First off, I watched one of the news reports via videophone and I was quite impressed by the audio clarity and the video quality. M$'s NetMeeting can't even compare at the same data rate.v ideo-streaming.html
MPEG4 is an outgrowth of H.263.
The reason H.263 is chosen over MPEG4 and other similar streaming codecs is because the latency from video capture to transmission of the encoded image is better under H.263. During some informal testing, latency of H.263 video conferencing on a LAN was well under 2 seconds. The best I could do with Real's RealProducer using their G2 codec was around 4-5 seconds. The best I could do with Microsoft's Media Encoder with the MPEG4 codec was around 7-10 seconds.
Because of the way that MPEG2 and MPEG4 take advantage of the time domain to achieve higher compression also makes them unsuitable for 'live' 2-way video.
Here are some links to chew on:
http://myhome.hananet.net/~soonjp/vclinux.html
http://archive.dstc.edu.au/RDU/staff/jane-hunter/
http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/
The H.263 spec is available at http://www.itu.org for a fee.
When registering software from companies that I don't want to receive spam from, I usually enter something like webmaster@company.com. If I'm registering Real Player, I'd enter webmaster@real.com. Unfortunately, Adobe has become wise of this and their online registration won't allow you to use webmaster@adobe.com. I wonder why, hehe. Another favorite is to make up a name like harrybalzac@company.com.